The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), the city’s main journalism union, shared a report Thursday that deemed Hong Kong’s press freedoms to be “in tatters” because of China’s control. The report stated that the threats against press freedom in the media have increased drastically over the last year. “Suppression from the authorities is felt across different forms of media; freedoms have seriously deteriorated under a repressive government,” the report said....

Section 4, Class B, Article 1e of the NCAA men’s college basketball rulebook states that any team member who dunks or attempts to dunk a dead ball before or during the game as well as during any intermission will result in his team receiving a technical foul and the opposing team being awarded two free throws. MORE: Top 10 dunkers in college hoops | Manhattan’s wild new court design | Meet a 7-2 eighth grader...

“It’s clear there are still so many unknowns and risks involved with going to the Games, but I will compete in Rio and take the necessary precautions to protect myself as best I can,” Solo said in a statement to Sports Illustrated. MORE: Women’s schedule set | Will women boycott? | Rio Games schedule Officials at the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed earlier this week the Zika virus leads to microcephaly, causing infants to be born with small heads and brain damage....

Charlotte has easily won and covered both games against Detroit this year, each at home. The home team is 4-0 SU and ATS in the last four meetings overall. Line: Detroit -2 Total: 206.5 The Hornets (41-30 SU, 37-33-1 ATS) have quietly gone 19-5 in their last 24 games, moving up to tied-for-5th in the East. Few pundits are considering them a threat to either the Cavaliers or Raptors in the conference, but it’s hard to ignore their recent play....

Pakistan is currently being hit by catastrophic and unprecedented floods that the country’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has described as the worst in the country’s history. Over the course of the floods since June 14, at least 1,343 people, including 474 children, have been killed according to a situation report released by the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on September 6. At least 12,700 people have been injured, and some 33 million have been affected....

Players Conventional Wisdom Clinton This genocide is on your watch, Mr. President. And History’s judgment will be harsh. Europe Now we know how you blundered into two world wars. Next: Full Balkan bloodbath. Dole WW II vet knew appeasement stinks. CW should have listened to you all along. FBI No. 2 Potts is potted plant after whitewash of Weaver wife wipeout. O.J. Ito unknots “Colombian necktie” theory. Defense will have to go to a UFO scenario....

In a letter signed by dozens of Democrats, the lawmakers expressed their “outrage and grief” over the death of Jimmy Aldaoud, a Michigan man who died last Tuesday after being deported to Iraq in June. “Jimmy’s death was a direct and predictable result of his deportation, and we are horrified that this cruelty was perpetrated on our watch,” the lawmakers wrote, explaining that Aldaoud was “entirely Americanized and a Chaldean Christian, a religious minority that is highly persecuted in Iraq....

MLS Talking Points: Atlanta turning heads Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Dynamo parted with targeted allocation money in order to acquire the services of the 25-year-old forward. “We are pleased to secure the transfer of Romell Quioto to the Houston Dynamo. He is a player who is in the prime of his career and a constant threat to opposing defenses,” Dynamo general manager Matt Jordan said in a news release....

MORE: Scoreboard | Top 25 updates Wilson returned a missed field goal 109 yards for a touchdown against Oklahoma, a play that gave the Cougars a 26-17 lead with 8:08 left in the third quarter. Wilson just kept his feet inbounds, then scampered down the right sideline for the score. It’s an amazing play. MORE: College football’s most incredible plays Is the #HTownTakeover upon us?

The coming-of-age story based on Alice Oseman’s 2018 graphic novel of the same name follows the journey of love between teens Nick Nelson (Connor) and Charlie Spring (Joe Locke). Connor broke his Twitter hiatus on Monday with a brief message telling his fans he was “bi” and accused others of missing the point of the show. The 18-year-old tweeted: “back for a minute. i’m bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself....

The 22-year-old Korean American wowed fans after revealing she is a pre-med student in her third year at Harvard University and has quickly become the “It” girl this season. In a post that received 48,800 likes, Twitter user @cafewindows wrote: “meet the it girl of single’s inferno s2—nadine lee a harvard pre-med student with minor in computer science, raised by a wonderful single mother.” Twitter user @herbrightstars agreed, stating “lee nadine is THE it girl and slays the whole show of single’s inferno all under 1 minute [crying floods of tears emoji]” in a post sharing a clip of Lee from the show, which received 48,000 views....

As you’re recovering, there are many cold treatment options that can help ease symptoms and make your cold more tolerable. Steam, warm liquids, home remedies, and complementary and alternative therapies can make you more comfortable. While prescription therapies are not commonly used, over-the-counter medication (e.g., decongestants, expectorants, cough suppressants, pain relievers, and more), can help treat cough, congestion, and/or runny nose. If you are treating a child, it’s important to know that not all cold treatments are appropriate for them....

Like every other Wall Street firm, Bear had taken its lumps on subprime mortgages. But in recent months it had lost the confidence of the markets the way many marriages dissolve: slowly, and then all at once. In July, when two hedge funds it managed were melting down, Bear’s septuagenarian CEO, James Cayne, was at a bridge tournament in Nashville. On Wednesday, March 12, Alan Schwartz, who had succeeded Cayne in January, reassured CNBC viewers that Bear Stearns had no problems and projected it would turn a profit in the first quarter....

Natural News picked up the false claim from a familiar source of pandemic misinformation: Red-rated website Great Game India, which in January 2020 also spread a different falsehood that the COVID-19 virus was stolen from a Canadian lab. The single source of evidence cited by both websites was the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, a database jointly run for 31 years by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U....

Allergic rhinitis can make it harder to concentrate at work or school and affect your energy level and sleeping habits. Unfortunately, some of these “extra-nasal” symptoms are more difficult to treat than the allergies themselves. Some of the major ones are: FatigueMoodCognitive Effects Fatigue Studies have consistently found that fatigue is common among those with seasonal allergies. In fact, daytime tiredness, while occurring less often than nasal symptoms, appears to be more common than itchy eyes or postnasal drip....

Alysa Liu is the biggest name so far to test positive. The 16-year-old star dropped out of the competition Friday. Liu placed third in the women’s short program Thursday night before testing positive Friday morning. Two-time U.S. champion Liu is arguably Team USA’s biggest hope in placing high at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The USA figure skating team is expected to be set following the championships, which will wrap up Sunday evening in Nashville, Tenn....

Dinamo are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won 18 of the 26 national titles since the country gained independence. Istra have never finished higher than sixth, and this season find themselves just above the relegation zone thanks to an uninterested American owner who has not paid the players since the beginning of the current campaign. Istra’s financial plight meant that the players had no money to buy presents for their children at Christmas until Dinamo’s own players stepped in and collected money for them....

The new season of the HBO show returns this month as the characters return to deal with the utter carnage seen in the Season 2 finale. Due to the pandemic, the show has been away for over three years. In a 2021 interview with Newsweek, actor Henry Winkler confirmed that the writers used the time away to work on Season 4 too. Ahead of the launch of the new series, here’s everything you need to know about Barry Season 3....

Since the diagnosis of AS is sometimes subtle, some people are not correctly diagnosed for many years. Medical History A person with AS often first sees their primary care healthcare provider or family medical professional with a complaint about pain, usually in the back or upper buttock. Features of AS include: Age younger than 40Pain persisting for three or more monthsThe pain improves with exercisePain worsens with rest, especially at nightThe pain significantly improves after taking a ​non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID), such as ibuprofen...

Stan is set to play the Mötley Crüe musician opposite English actress Lily James, who will take on the role of Anderson, in Hulu’s Pam & Tommy. “He sent me a video on set and a few photos and I was blown away,” Mackie told Variety. “I was really surprised and impressed that he was able to do it. I was horrified. I was like, ‘What are you doing?! You’re playing Tommy Lee?...