LEXINGTON — School officials had to sweat out Tuesday’s primary election for results on a 6.4-mill, 10-year renewal levy. In the end, voters supported the levy for Lexington Local Schools by a margin of 2,013 to 1,955 in final, unofficial vote totals from the Richland and Morrow counties boards of election. The winning margin was […]
The penultimate game of this year’s Six Nations tournament is proving to be a tense affair as Ireland lead Scotland 7-6 at half-time at the Aviva. Hugo Keenan was a late change for Ireland after pulling up in the warm-up, with Jordan Larmour slotting in at fullback. Scotland opened the scoring with an early penalty […]
West Ham drew a blank in the Black Forest as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 meeting with Freiburg. Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paqueta missed golden opportunities to give the Hammers a lead to take back to the London Stadium next week. But instead they will […]
A California ballot measure that restructures the state’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and unlocks billions in bond funding for homeless housing and behavioral health treatment centers appeared poised to pass Tuesday evening. Initial vote results after polls closed showed the ballot measure with 52% in favor and 47% opposed. The results come as polling […]
This article was originally published in Utah News Dispatch. A bill that would have controlled what teachers can and can’t say — or display — in their classrooms has hit a dead end. The Utah House on Monday narrowly voted down HB303, a bill that would have banned teachers from “endorsing, promoting or disparaging” certain […]
Naomi Osaka’s run at the Qatar Open ended in the quarter-finals with a narrow defeat by Karolina Pliskova. The former world number one was through to the last eight at a tournament for the first time in nearly two years following her maternity break but she could not capitalise on good starts in both sets. […]
Feb. 14—Advocates for a state-run paid family and medical leave program came closer than ever this year to getting something passed in the Legislature but were two votes shy. The House of Representatives voted 36-34 Wednesday afternoon to kill Senate Bill 3, with 11 Democrats joining Republicans to defeat the measure on the last full […]
Democrats won a state House special election in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, preserving the party’s narrow majority in the closely watched battleground state, The Associated Press projected. In the race for the open seat in the 140th state House District, Democrat Jim Prokopiak, a school board member in Bucks County, defeated Republican Candace Cabanas. Prokopiak’s […]
AC Milan’s unbeaten start to the year in Serie A continued with a 1-0 victory over Napoli at the San Siro. Scudetto champions Napoli have failed to match the form which saw them win the title last season and were beaten by Theo Hernandez’s first-half strike. The France international latched onto Rafael Leao’s through ball […]
Disney (DIS) announced it would boost its cash dividend by 50% on Wednesday as the company reported fiscal first quarter earnings that beat expectations while streaming losses narrowed. Disney reported adjusted earnings of $1.22 a share — a significant beat compared to the $0.99 analysts polled by Bloomberg had expected. The company also guided to […]
Disney (DIS) announced it would boost its cash dividend by 50% on Wednesday as the company reported fiscal first quarter earnings that beat expectations while streaming losses narrowed. Disney reported adjusted earnings of $1.22 a share — a significant beat compared to the $0.99 analysts polled by Bloomberg had expected. The company also guided to […]
Medtech giant Edwards Lifesciences (EW) reported in-line profit late Tuesday and a narrow sales beat for the fourth quarter. But EW stock slumped in late trades. X During the fourth quarter, sales grew 14% to $1.53 billion. Excluding the impact of exchange rates, sales rose 13%. Analysts expected a slightly lower $1.5 billion. Adjusted earnings […]