BEIJING – China on Wednesday ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighborhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi’an following a spike in coronavirus cases, setting off panic buying just weeks before the country hosts the Winter Olympic Games.
MOSCOW – Russian and U.S. negotiators will sit down for talks early next year to discuss Moscow’s demand for Western guarantees precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine, Russia’s top diplomat said Wednesday.
Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action, payments on federal student loans will remain paused through May 1.
Texas A&M won’t play in Gator Bowl due to COVID-19 issues No. 23 Texas A&M won’t play in the Gator Bowl against Wake Forest on Dec.
LAWRENCE — Kansas volleyball’s run to the Sweet Sixteen didn’t go unnoticed, as head coach Ray Bechard’s squad saw itself ranked No. 19 in the 2021 season’s final American Volleyball Coaches Association coaches poll.
Last winter, USA TODAY Sports ranked this season’s crop of first-year coaches based on best fit and the best chance for immediate and long-term success. With the 2021 regular season complete, let’s reassess how programs fared on the hiring circuit:
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Dec. 23 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 4 p.m.
BOULDER, Colo. — Anyone arriving at CU Events Center on Tuesday at about 5:15 p.m. local time likely learned what so many had just minutes earlier, that the 7 p.m. scheduled tipoff between Kansas men’s basketball and Colorado had been canceled.
MANHATTAN — It appears Skylar Thompson is on track to lead Kansas State’s offense in the Texas Bowl. K-State coach Chris Klieman stopped just short Tuesday of guaranteeing that his sixth-year senior quarterback will be ready to go when the Wildcats face LSU on Jan.