The story so far: The African Union (AU) has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to replace the Mercator map projection with alternatives such as the Equal Earth map. At the heart of this demand ...

Iowa Lottery sales continue to run ahead of projections for this fiscal year. Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says sales were up nearly 9% percent through February. “Those continue to be robust as we’re ahead ...

There is a lot of strategy that goes into the NFL Draft. Most mock drafts only cover the first round, but there are several considerations when making that initial selection. For example, if a team ...

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The Federal Open Market Committee voted 11-1 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate anchored in a range between 3.5%-3.75%. The policymakers are navigating their ...

France’s far right hoped for major gains in Sunday’s municipal elections, a key bellwether moment before a presidential election next year. Its results were mixed. By Mark Landler and Catherine Porter ...

PECOTA, which stands for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, is BP’s proprietary system that projects player and team performance PECOTA is a system that takes a player’s past ...

ESPN's WNBA Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength developed by the ESPN Analytics team. BPI is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance for the rest of the season.

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Samsung Electronics Ltd. is a South Korean technology company specializing in semiconductors, mobile phones, televisions and other electronic devices for consumers and businesses. Samsung's products ...

Airline stocks are cyclical and previous downturns have resulted in multiple airline failures and bankruptcies. It’s the question everyone’s been asking: Is it safe to invest in airline stocks now?

Mortgage rates have been volatile since the beginning of the Middle East conflict. But where are rates headed in the next five years, and should you wait for mortgage rates to fall significantly ...