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Last week, Athens-Clarke County saw a decrease in the rate of new confirmed COVID-19 cases compared to the week before. From March 25-31, ACC reported 74 new confirmed cases, compared to 75 from March 18-24, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The county’s seven-day average positivity rate increased to 4.2% on March 31 compared to 3% on March 24. The World Health Organization and Johns Hopkins University recommend that communities try to maintain a positivity rate of 5% o...

Legendary North Carolina coach Roy Williams announced his retirement Thursday — catching a lot of people by surprise in the process.

THE FLATS – Looking for its fourth straight win in Atlantic Coast Conference play, Georgia Tech plays the first of two straight home games Saturday with a noon tip against Syracuse at McCamish Pavilion. Georgia Tech update – The Yellow Jackets, 6-5 since returning from its 17-day COVID pause, are alone in eighth place in the ACC standings and have a NCAA NET ranking of No. 38. Tech’s last two wins have come on the road by double digits at Miami (87-60) and No. 16/15 Virginia Tech (69-53),...

UConn frosh Paige Bueckers leads womens AP All-America team DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 15 1of15FILE - Connecticuts Paige Bueckers, right, dances over to teammates while celebrating an NCAA college basketball game win in the Big East tournament finals against Marquette at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn, in this Monday, March 8, 2021, file photo. Bueckers has made The Associated Press All-America first team, announced Wednesday, Mar...

At 34, Seavey becomes first to win Iditarod 5 times Chronicle News Services FacebookTwitterEmail Since 2012, when Dallas Seavey became the youngest winner of the Iditarod sled dog race, he’s been bombarded by “if” he could get five titles, the most ever by a musher. “I think it was probably 10 minutes after I won that first race that somebody mentioned five,” he said before this year’s race. “At that point, I said I got to worry about No. 2 first. I may be home-schooled, but I kno...

  Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com  Published: 16 Mar 2021 07:16 PM BdST Updated: 16 Mar 2021 07:16 PM BdST The High Court has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC how many people had been cleared of the charges against them in the five months before Iqbal Mahmood’s tenure as chairman ended recently. "); } The ACC will have to submit a list containing the reasons behind the acquittal along with the names and addresses of the accused within Apr 11. The virtual panel of Justice Justi...

Finance Minister Grant Robertson asks Super Fund to ethically invest its $55 billion 14 Mar, 2021 11:28 PM 3 minutes to read Minister of Finance Hon Grant Robertson MP at Mood of the Boardroom. 28 September 2020 New Zealand Herald photograph by Michael Craig Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92 Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has written to chairs of the Super Fund and ACC, asking them to adopt ethical investment policies to help ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Michael Devoe scored a game-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field and Georgia Tech men’s basketball closed the regular season with its sixth-straight win, a 75-63 triumph over Wake Forest at Joel Coliseum on Friday night. With the win, Georgia Tech (15-8, 11-6 ACC) clinched no worse than a fifth-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings for the second-straight year. If No. 21 Virginia defeats Louisville on Saturday, Tech will finish fourth in...

  Staff Correspondent,  bdnews24.com Published: 15 Mar 2021 08:08 PM BdST Updated: 15 Mar 2021 08:33 PM BdST The High Court is left wondering why the Anti-Corruption Commission is not arresting Shitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, a former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, and Md Shah Alam, an incumbent executive director of the central bank, even though their names surfaced in the Proshanta Kumar Halder scam. "); } The virtual bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Mohi Uddin S...

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kate “Flare” Archer, F-22 Pilot with the 27th Fighter Squadron, prepares her gear before stepping out to the flight line, on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 25, 2021. The female hair regulation change in AFI 36-2903, allows ponytails and braids in uniform. Before the change, most women would have to wear their hair out of regulation in order for their gear to fit them properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jaylen Molden) U.S. Air Force Maj. Nichole �...