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Michael Shroyer-USA TODAY Sports NASHVILLE — For at least a few hours, Chattanooga had the best record in the nation. Until Drake knocked off North Dakota on Tuesday night, the Mocs were the only 9-0 team in Division I, now with back-to-back road wins over KenPom top-100 UAB and in-state rival Tennessee State. Despite its record, Chattanooga certainly isn’t dominant. The Mocs aren’t even particularly great at any one aspect of the game. But, as the cliche goes, they know how to make winn...

iPolitics By Kady OMalley. Published on Dec 23, 2020 9:30am (Steve Russell/Toronto Star) Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole:  Birdsong by Julie Flett (Greystone Books)  “I read this book with my son, as it deals with aging and health — perfect for chats with your kids about COVID times.”  From the publisher: “When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of art...

Mesa employees will receive a generous New Year’s present – a pay raise designed to compensate them for lost wages while they were working long hours during the pandemic earlier this year. Freezes on pay raises, hiring and layoffs in certain departments were among the steps taken by City Manager Chris Brady to compensate for an anticipated drop in sales tax revenue after remaining Cactus League games were canceled and Gov. Doug Ducey shut down many businesses. Brady said the drop in s...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- — Malachi Smith had a career-high 29 points plus 13 rebounds as Chattanooga won its ninth straight game, edging past Tennessee State 66-63 on Tuesday. Smith made two free throws with 8.8 seconds left and Mark Freeman missed a 3-pointer at the other end. Stefan Kenic had 16 points for Chattanooga (9-0). Trey Doomes added six rebounds. Smith hit 10 of 11 foul shots. Freeman had 20 points and six assists for the Tigers (1-4). Josh Linder added 13 points and Shakem Johnson had...

On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced additional House committee assignments.  Congresswoman-elect Sara Jacobs (D-CA) was the only incoming House freshman named to the Foreign Affairs Committee. “I look forward to bringing my experience in U.S. foreign policy and international organizations — and my voice as a millennial who has never known a day in my adult life that the United States has not been at war — to the committee as we work to rebuild America’s standing i...

Share On Wednesday evening last week, Annamie Paul, Canada’s newly elected Green Party leader, gathered with friends and family for a virtual menorah lighting ceremony on Zoom. Ever since she clinched the leadership role nearly three months ago, Paul has kept up a demanding schedule, including hundreds of events and interviews, but with Hanukkah in full swing, she seemed grateful for the opportunity to briefly slow down and reflect on her achievement in the company of those who are close to ...

But the city’s decision came with a stiff warning. Mesa Mayor John Giles said he was initially inclined to close the fields after Dr. Marjorie Bessel, chief health officer of Banner Health, told him that intensive care units are filling up with COVID-19 patients at an alarming rate. “The quote I remember was, ‘we are going to be crushed,’’ Giles said, with Bessel predicting double-bunking as a necessary evil when hospitals reach 150 percent of capacity within the next t...

There. >> its called the golden ring of freedom. mark freeman and ben rhodes, thank you both. up next the historic smackdown after the cowardly behavior of paul ryan. one of the republicans who sided with the speaker joins me next. introducing fidelity stock and bond index funds

Interest in this potential money trail and the question of whether or not there was more russian money flowing into the nra and possibly even to the trump campaign, which of course would be illegal. so, you know, i think were hearing very sharp skepticism from sources on the hill about the nras claim so far that they have seen no russian money essentially. they disclosed a few hundred dollars here and there over the last few years. then why was alexander torshin getting such vip treatment for so...

160,000-plus in welfare dollars, while they lived in florida on this yacht. and i should say that the yacht was eventually taken away by the coast guard due to a lack of payment. the prosecutor is calling this couple con men of the best kind, he called them film-flamers during a press conference. this all comes from them submitting repeatedly fraudulent documents to the system and getting away with it. >> how do they get away with having a $1.2 million yacht with recove welfare benefits. >> well...