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The Zags became the fifth team to enter the NCAA Tournament with a perfect record since Indiana compiled the last undefeated championship season in 1976, and their attempt to match the Hoosiers’ achievement will define the 2021 edition of March Madness. It will get loud now, even with limited attendance at these games. The 2021 tournament will be played entirely in the state of Indiana, nearly all of it in the city of Indianapolis, and it’s almost as if there is a Curse of the Hoosiers at work to protect the legacy of Quinn Buckner, Scott May, Kent Benson and all the rest....

Google has been using Oracle’s code for more than a decade. It was caught flat-footed when Apple announced the first iPhone back in 2007. One way Google closed the gap was to copy Oracle’s Java code into its Android mobile platform. Java was already a well-known and respected program, and by using it Google could entice app developers to write apps for its phones quickly, to catch up with Apple’s early lead....

The Hall of Fame pitcher on Tuesday engaged in another profanity-laced rant about the sport in the 21st century, this time blaming replay. He even incorporated a snarky remark about Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. MORE: Most infamous moment of every MLB team “It’s a shame, it breaks my heart to see the direction this game is going," Gossage said, via the New York Post. “What, do we want a bunch of Cam Newtons running around?...

The lawsuit dismissed Monday was filed earlier this month by pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta. It sought to halt voting in the state’s Senate runoff elections on January 5. Lin wanted to change voting procedures, such as in verifying signatures on absentee ballots and the counting of ballots, before the contests were decided. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten Sr....

Gracia, who currently serves as the president of the organization Latinos for Trump, made the comparison to the controversial Republican Georgia representative during an appearance on The McFiles podcast on Wednesday. She praised Greene as “the only one right now that’s really fighting back.” “They don’t like her. So I might be a little mini Marjorie Taylor Greene,” she said. “I don’t know. They’re going to call me BRG.”...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said some of his fellow GOP lawmakers were focused on “political points for fame” and had “failed to rise” to the moment as several prominent figures on Capitol Hill condemned the protesters who stormed Congress, calling for them to be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law. Appearing on the House floor, the Republican congressman was also applauded by Democrats across the aisle as hit out at his colleagues for making “shockingly tone-deaf” remarks as they objected to Pennsylvania’s election results in a failed bid to overturn the election....

DeWine defended his decision to begin allowing businesses in his state to resume and touted the safety precautions in place to help mitigate the virus’ spread during the reopening process. “It’s a risk no matter what we do,” the governor said during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. “The economy’s not going to open no matter what we do, whatever we order, unless people have confidence.” “And we’re trying to give them confidence,” DeWine added, noting that his guidelines strongly encourage hand-washing, social distancing and the use of masks in public spaces....

“Obviously I’m not giving up my AR-15. That’s mine,” the former Navy SEAL said during a segment on Fox News. He added that raising the legal age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21 would require changing what it is to be an adult in America, including how young people act and mature. “So I don’t think an arbitrary 21 versus 18 is really gonna change a whole lot of things when it comes to gun violence,” he said....

“We have all experienced a lack of resiliency to our energy infrastructure. The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack is a pretty good example of that,” Cramer told Bartriomo during an appearance on her show Sunday Morning Futures. “Some of the things [in the deal] contribute to the overall infrastructure of our country.” On Saturday, the U.S. Senate agreed to advance President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal despite threats made by his predecessor former President Donald Trump....

“Why would I do that?” the Democratic senator asked in an exclusive interview with Politico published Wednesday. Senator John Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the party’s leadership in the upper chamber, told the news outlet that he’s tried “multiple times” to get Sinema to join the GOP caucus—which would give the party a narrow advantage in the evenly divided Senate. Also on the Republican Party’s wish list is Senator Joe Manchin....

If he wins his fifth Sprint Cup championship. “I will call it quits, I’ll tell you that right now. Right there on the spot,” Gordon told a small group of reporters during the Sprint Media Tour. Asked later if he was serious, Gordon said, “I think that would be a great way to go out. What’s another few years? “But I know if we did that I’d be thinking, well maybe we can do it again next year....

You know we love watching these four freshmen play college basketball, and we’re definitely not rushing them out the door (someone start a “three more years” chant, please). But we’re also not blind to the fact that NBA fans and scouts and front offices are eagerly anticipating their arrival into the professional ranks, and those departures will almost certainly happen after this season. So we asked Aran Smith, the president of NBADraft....

The Bundesliga champions announced on Friday that a deal has been reached to sign the midfielder when his Schalke contract expires after the end of the season. Goretzka had been linked with the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona and Juventus before agreeing to a four-year deal at the Allianz Arena. Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge described the move as good news for the Bundesliga and Heynckes is also delighted to see a young Germany international stay on home turf....

While men are more likely to have gout than women, the risk in women can significantly increase after menopause. Dietary Causes Unlike other forms of arthritis, gout is caused by abnormalities in body metabolism rather than the immune system. The risk of gout is related to multiple factors—genetic, medical, and lifestyle—that together contribute to a rise in uric acid levels in the blood, a condition we refer to as hyperuricemia....

Read on to learn more about the differences between gout and rheumatoid arthritis. Symptoms Naturally, gout and RA share some similar symptoms because they are both types of arthritis. These shared symptoms include: Joint swellingJoint painOccasional loss of joint function Gout and RA also have their own unique symptoms, which can help you and your healthcare provider differentiate between the two conditions. Symptoms of RA can include: Symmetry of symptoms (pain and swelling occurs on both sides of the body)Increased joint pain, swelling, and stiffness in the morningsSymptoms that improve with gentle movementSymptoms that worsen gradually over timeFatigue...

With the Delta variant spreading across the U.S., Illinois reported over 11,600 new cases during the week of July 23 to July 30. Mask mandates have become more common in the Chicago area with some businesses implementing informal mandates of their own and the Chicago Public Schools recently announcing a mandate for city schools effective this upcoming academic year. While other school systems have followed, the new mandate from the governor makes it official across the state....

A joint effort by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Kentucky Division of Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Forest Service has been planned, starting in November, to eradicate the non-native feral hog population from the park. In addition to placing bait traps and euthanizing captured animals, the crew has arranged to take to the sky on clear days armed with 12-gauge semi-automatic shotguns to shoot the animals from the sky....