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Feb 28, 2024 @ 10:27pm - KU Women's Basketball - Avery Hamel, Special to the Journal-World After a crucial win at home against Kansas State on Sunday, Kansas women's basketball cruised to a 65-53 road victory in its first-ever trip to UCF on Wednesday. The Jayhawks got out to a 15-point lead at halftime on the back of an eight-point run heading into the break. They were led by ... ...

The homepage for the official website of The Independent, the British online newspaper. Picture: Shutterstock The Independent was one of the fastest-growing news sites in the US in January, according to Press Gazette's latest ranking. Top 50 most popular news websites in the UK (monthly ranking) Top 50 most popular news websites in the world (monthly ranking) Visits to the UK publisher's site were up 29% month-on-month to 24.3 million, making it the second-fastest growing news site in the US, according to data from digital intelligence platform, Similarweb. The Independent is one of several UK newsbrands along with The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Express and the BBC that have recently put focus on expansion in the US. Thanks for subscribing. Close The I...

EXCLUSIVE: Mumbai-based Reliance Entertainment is joining forces with Indian media group Mid-Day Infomedia in a strategic collaboration to bring real-life stories to the screen.  The two partners will work together to create stories across multiple formats and platforms, including films, web series, documentaries, and other forms of content. The stories will be inspired by real-life events that are reported in Mid-Day, a subsidiary of media conglomerate Jagran Group.  Mid-Day Infomedia publishes three leading newspaper brands in India – Mid-Day English, a niche English-language daily; Inquilab, the highest-read Urdu daily in India; and Mid-Day Gujarati, the second biggest Gujarati newspaper in Mumbai. All three brands are hugely popular in Mumbai, one of the two largest advertising markets in India. Inquilab is circulated in Maharashtra and the states of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Bihar.  The publisher is a wholly ...

The following is a press release from the United States Postal Service: MISSOULA, Mont. - As part of a $40 billion investment strategy to upgrade and improve the Postal processing, transportation, and delivery networks, the U.S. Postal Service is conducting an evaluation of current operations and potential future uses of its Missoula Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) facility in Missoula, Montana. The USPS 10-year Delivering for America (DFA) plan includes initiatives to improve  organizational and operational processes and actively make the Postal Service an efficient, high-performing, world class logistics and delivery provider. Improvements to Postal operations will enhance the level of service provided to the public; drive innovation and enable a broader array of postal products and services; enhance organizational competitiveness; improve efficiency and lo...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Ford Stock Offers Early Entry, Special Dividend As Earnings Double Estimates    Investor's Business Daily

MPX International Acquires HolyWeed, a Swiss Premium Organic Cannabis Company TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / April 10, 2019 / MPX International Corporation ("MPX International", "MPXI" or the "Company") (CNSX: MPXI; OTC PINK: MPXOF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all outstanding shares of HolyWorld SA ("HolyWeed") from Romain Gruner, Bernard Rappaz and Laurent Rappaport (the "Shareholders"). This acquisition represents a major step in MPXI's expansion strategy, adding a highly recognized brand to its portfolio, as well as one of the largest Western European outdoor cultivators of high-CBD flowers. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, MPXI will acquire all of the HolyWeed Shares for a total purchase price of CHF10,000,000 (CDN$13,384,000 calculated using a deemed exchange rate of CDN$1.34 for each CHF1.00 for the purposes of ...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Daylight-saving time ends in California. Why isn't it year-round?    San Francisco Chronicle

LONDON (AP) — Members of Britain's opposition Labour Party gather in Liverpool on Sunday for their annual conference with an unfamiliar feeling: optimism. The party has been out of power for 13 years, and in the last national election in 2019, voters handed Labour its worst drubbing since 1935. But with an election due next year, polls put Labour as much as 20 points ahead of the governing Conservative Party, and Labour scored a morale-boosting special election victory in Scotland last week. Power is within the party's grasp — as long as it doesn't mess things up. "It was a big step in the right direction, an important one," Labour leader Keir Starmer said Friday after the special election result. "But we accept this humbly. This is a step on the journey." Labour's landslide 1997 election victory under Tony Blair — the peak of its popularity — was a quarter-century ago, and the party has suffered four straight election defeats. ...

Customer and partner announcements showcase momentum in generative AI New services and features demonstrate innovation throughout the entire product portfolio  SUNNYVALE, Calif. , Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at Next '23, Google Cloud announced  a series of new customers, partners, and product innovations to help every business, government, and user benefit from generative AI and leading cloud technologies. "We are in an entirely new era of cloud, fueled by generative AI," said Thomas Kurian , CEO, Google Cloud. "Our focus is on putting gen AI tools into the hands of everyone across the organization—from IT, to operations, to security, to the board room. As the industry's most open cloud, our goal is to help companies use AI and other cloud technologies to streamline their operations, increase productivity, and create entirely new lines of business." Customer momentum around the world Organizations across industries and arou...