Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. apologized Monday for a tweet that included a racist photo that appeared on Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page decades ago. “After listening to African American LU leaders and alumni over the past week and hearing their concerns, I understand that by tweeting an image to remind all…
If President Trump is seeking a high-ranking Democrat to side with him against mail-in election ballots – in a bid to build bipartisan opposition to the idea in Congress -- he could try contacting U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler.Although Nadler, as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, helped lead the impeachment fight against Trump last year,…
Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78. The Jazz said he died from complications of Pa…
CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt and former Jazz Center Mark Eaton discuss the impact Jerry Sloan had not only on the game of basketball but on the lives of people he encountered as well. USA TODAYJerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who spent a majority of his coaching career with the…
Famed NBA coach led Utah to NBA finals in 1997 and 1998 Sloan spent 34 years with Jazz franchise, 23 as head coach Hall of Fame basketball coach Jerry Sloan, who spent a majority of his coaching career with the Utah Jazz, died aged 78. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…