Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. I’m Eric Sondheimer. Drum roll, please. With the high school football season set for zero week Aug. 20-21, The Times begins a nine-part series profiling some of the area’s top players with a top 10 position list. Let the series begin Quarterback Chris Fields III of…
More than 40 years after The Breakfast Club first brought five very different teenagers together for a Saturday detention, Anthony Michael Hall has revealed that director John Hughes once envisioned bringing the group back together as adults. Hall, who played Brian Johnson, “the brain,” in the beloved 1985 film, recently recalled one of his final…
People who used cannabis frequently woke up with more cortisol already circulating in their bodies than people who did not, according to Oregon State University researchers, though the size of the normal morning cortisol rise was similar between the two groups. The distinction is the finding. The study examined the cortisol awakening response, and the…
BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 August 2026 – On August 8, China’s 18th National Fitness Day, the opening ceremony of the 17th Beijing Sports Games was held at the National Indoor Stadium, with many champion athletes on hand to lend support. A performance at the opening ceremony of the 17th Beijing Sports…
Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on environmental cleanup, more than half the yards in a section of Omaha, Nebraska, that used to surround a lead smelter still have enough contamination to cause high blood-lead levels in kids, according to tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica. The findings were consistent across the…
The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires, prolonged drought and new national temperature records across the region, as well as thousands of projected…
Lord’s is currently playing balanced to slightly bowler-friendly in the Men’s Hundred this season, with the new ball offering swing, seam movement, and bounce, while the famous slope can make timing genuinely tricky for batters. The three men’s matches here in 2026 have produced first-innings totals of 138/9, 105, and 160/5, showing the surface can…
2 Sky Germany reporters Florian Plettenberg and Dennis Bayer report that SC Paderborn are set to complete the signing of highly-rated TSG Hoffenheim attacking prospect Deniz Zeitler. The newly-promoted Bundesliga club have moved decisively in negotiations for the 19-year-old after opening talks with Hoffenheim. Final details are now being completed ahead of the transfer. Plettenberg…
Jul 29, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; Atlanta Braves left fielder Mauricio Dubon (14) singles during the ninth inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images The Atlanta Braves will be looking for their 10th straight victory at home on Monday when they open a three-game series…
Leaders of governments with stricter migration policies have criticized Sánchez. Denmark and Italy, for example, accused Spain of not being able to secure the E.U.’s only border with Africa. How has Spain responded? Spain deployed armed forces and police to Ceuta, where migrants were met with water cannons and tear gas and escorted back across…
