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A recent view of Milan. (Mairo Cinquetti/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) BARCELONA, Spain — A report released Friday morning by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) found that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the continent was improving compared with the spikes of new cases and hospitalizations experienced in December. But experts who spoke with Yahoo News painted a much less encouraging picture, saying the ECDC “Country Overview Report” is based on… Source link

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston shared a video of a prank call involving two Chinese restaurants on his personal Facebook page last week. In a now-deleted post, the Republican official shared a video of a man calling two Chinese restaurants on separate phones to have the two workers speak to each other, reported the Arkansas Times. In the video, the man can be seen holding and facing the cell phones together so both of the restaurant workers think one is calling the other to place an… Source link

A report from The Verge confirms that Google is beta testing support for digital identification cards in the Google Wallet app. Apple Wallet currently supports adding ID cards from three states including Maryland, Colorado, and Arizona. A tipster sent in screen shots to The Verge and shared the process required to add a new ID card to the Wallet. First scan the front of the ID > scan the back > take a short video of your face >… Source link

Maryland was one of the first states to make state IDs available on Apple’s Wallet app for iPhones, and now Google is beta testing support for the “Digital Driver’s License” in the Wallet app on Android phones. The Apple Wallet integration can already be used to get through TSA at airports like the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport that allow the use of digital state IDs, which should be similar on Android. Users running Android 13 who are in the Google Play… Source link

Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach has coached three seasons in Starkville. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach was hospitalized due to a health issue that occurred at his home on Sunday and is in critical condition. According to a university statement, Leach was transported to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. No other information was provided by the university, but the Clarion Ledger reported Monday that Leach suffered… Source link

It stings that Deion Sanders has left Jackson State University for the University of Colorado. Sanders brought a great deal of positive attention to the program and the rich history of JSU football, the Southwestern Athletic Conference and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Yet, surveying the list of 68 head coaches at Power 5 conference programs reveals a homogenous group and a depressingly familiar reality of the football head coaching ranks. For as bad as the NFL’s… Source link

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh (right), talks with quarterback J.J. McCarthy prior to a matchup against Ohio State on Nov. 26, 2022, at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) COLUMBUS, Ohio — He talks weird. He acts weird. He sometimes dresses weird. He’s an easy punchline, or was, especially back when his Michigan teams couldn’t beat Ohio State to save his football life. Remember when Jim Harbaugh was supposedly the most overpaid coach… Source link

Michigan Wolverines wide receiver Cornelius Johnson (6) races down the sideline as he scores a touchdown against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Nov. 26, 2022, at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) No. 3 Michigan is a win away from a second straight Big Ten title and College Football Playoff appearance after its offense ripped apart No. 2 Ohio State’s defense in a 45-23 win in Columbus on Saturday. Michigan scored TDs of 45, 69, 75, and 85… Source link

Utah quarterback Cameron Rising (7) hands the ball off the ball against USC on October 15, 2022 Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City Utah. (Photo by Chris Gardner/ Getty Images) Week 7 of the college football season was the most loaded collection of games we’ve seen yet this season. And for the most part, they delivered. Saturday features six ranked vs. ranked matchups, and those games brought all kinds of drama. None bigger than No. 6 Tennessee outlasting No. 3 Alabama 52-49, winning on a… Source link

State Street says Yvette Hollingsworth Clark’s background in risk compliance management and in setting up anti-money-laundering and compliance frameworks will strengthen its compliance functions. Photo: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg News … Source link