8:38 PM ET Kansas has placed head football coach Les Miles on administrative leave and the university will conduct a full review to determine the appropriate next steps on his future, Jayhawks athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement Friday night. The decision came after reports into Miles’ conduct while coaching at LSU in
Month: March 2021
The founder of Cazoo, the fledgling online car retailer, is weighing a merger with a ‘blank cheque’ company involving some of the best-known names in American finance and technology that could value it at as much as $8bn (£6bn). Sky News has learnt that Alex Chesterman, who set up Cazoo just two years ago, has
New variants of COVID-19 are “very unlikely to send us back to square one” as coronavirus restrictions are lifted in the UK in the run-up to summer, a top scientist has said. Professor Sharon Peacock, who is in charge of tracking strains of the virus in Britain, said the country is well equipped to “stay
The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas. Angus Mordant | Reuters Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub said Thursday that she doesn’t envision U.S. oil production returning to pre-pandemic highs. “I do believe that most companies have committed to value growth, rather than production growth,” she
Pope Francis has met Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani – Iraq’s top Shia cleric – at the Islamic scholar’s home in the Iraqi city of Najaf. The Pope arrived at the cleric’s small home in a bullet-proof vehicle. As he entered the house, white doves were released, reflecting the themes of this four-day visit to
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has taken its first, short drive on the surface of the red planet, two weeks after the robot science lab’s picture-perfect touchdown on the floor of a massive crater, mission managers said on Friday. The six-wheeled, car-sized astrobiology probe put a total of 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) on its odometer on
The government has been accused of “snatching away” a previously suggested pay rise of 2.1% for NHS workers, as four major unions expressed their dismay at the 1% increase on offer. NHS Providers, which represents NHS trusts in England, said a long-term plan set out years ago by the government had assumed a pay rise
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.By Mike Jacobs, Senior energy analyst Gather in and read the news! Prepare yourselves for sights never before seen! Ok, I’m no carnival sideshow barker, but this also isn’t a sideshow. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is creating an Office of Public Participation after 35 years of dodging the issue.
Electrek‘s Michelle Lewis spoke with three electric car owners in Texas. They each explained how their EVs helped them get through February’s deep freeze and rolling blackouts. How 3 Texas EV owners coped Stephen Slawek of Austin said: I had charged my LeafPlus to 80% the day before the storm hit and power went off.
This week the International Code Council (ICC) announced that it would effectively limit the input of states and cities in the development of new building codes that can help cut energy use and emissions. The ICC decision goes against numerous local leaders, members of Congress, and the US Department of Energy and caves to industry groups like the American Gas Association and National
The row of two-story tall 3D printer bays at the company’s headquarters. Relativity Space The founders of two private rocket-building companies met today – one, the richest person on Earth; the other, leader of a venture pushing the boundaries of manufacturing. Jeff Bezos stopped by the gleaming new “factory of the future” of Relativity Space
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveils a new all-wheel-drive version of the Model S car in Hawthorne, California October 9, 2014. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Shares in Tesla were down as much as 8% Friday morning. They’ve since recovered to finish down less than 2% as markets showed a dramatic bounceback late on Friday, but
Kolwezi, DRC – The sun sets on one of the open pit copper mines at Mutanda Mining Sarl on July 6, 2016 in Kolwezi, DRC. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Countries rich in natural resources have become increasingly protectionist over the past year as Covid-19 threatened their economies, a new study has shown. A report published Thursday
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has branded the chancellor’s new business rates holiday “near worthless” for larger firms and is an obstacle to it taking on old Debenhams shops. The Sports Direct and House of Fraser owner said the £2m limit on the amount of relief a company can claim means it will have to review
A nun who knelt in front of armed security forces in Myanmar to stop them firing on civilians has said she was prepared to die to save protestors’ lives. In extraordinary scenes in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Sister Ann Roza Nu Tawng can be seen pleading with police and soldiers not to shoot. The intervention has
The Royal Family’s handling of bullying claims against the Duchess of Sussex show it is “bankrupt of decency”, one of Meghan’s former Suits co-stars has said. Patrick J Adams said it was “obscene” the palace was “promoting and amplifying accusations of bullying against a woman who herself was basically forced to flea (sic) the UK
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