

Boy Scouts see a small membership uptick after rebrand to Scouting America
IRVING, Texas (AP) — A historic rebrand of the Boy Scouts of America has been followed by a small uptick in young people joining what will now be called Scouting America, a welcoming sign as the organization tries to move past scandal and bankruptcy. The group will continue leaning into a broad message of inclusivity…

How to cook the perfect boiled egg, according to science
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say they’ve cracked the code for boiling the perfect egg. It’s a recipe you can test for yourself — though the timing isn’t ideal with soaring egg prices in the United States from a bird flu outbreak. The perfect boiled egg has a velvety yolk paired with a soft, solid…

NCAA Men’s Basketball Power Rankings: Purdue cracks top 5
NCAA Men’s Basketball Power Rankings: Purdue cracks top 5 Purdue forward Trey Kaufman-Renn is the team’s biggest difference-maker, leading the Boilermakers in scoring. AP Photo/Michael Conroy Jeff BorzelloFeb 6, 2025, 08:15 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Follow on X Email Print This past Saturday featured the…

Is UConn-Tennessee still a rivalry in women’s college basketball?
Is UConn-Tennessee still a rivalry in women’s college basketball? play McGee Essay: The Foundational Rivalry (1:46) Ahead of the highly-anticipated legendary matchup, SEC Network’s Ryan McGee explains how “today’s women’s basketball empire stands atop a foundation laid by Tennessee vs. UConn.” (1:46) Multiple Contributors Feb 6, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Email Print Geno Auriemma first…

Devoted nap-takers explain the benefits of sleeping on the job
NEW YORK (AP) — They snooze in parking garages, on side streets before the afternoon school run, in nap pods rented by the hour or stretched out in bed while working from home. People who make a habit of sleeping on the job comprise a secret society of sorts within the U.S. labor force. Inspired…

Exes make good competition on HGTV’s ‘The Flip Off’ with the El Moussas, Christina Haack
There’s conscious uncoupling and then there’s conscious collaborating. Exes and TV personalities Tarek El Moussa and Christina Haack have reunited for a new reality competition show, “The Flip Off,” on HGTV. El Moussa and Haack (then known as Christina Hall) were first introduced to viewers in 2013 as married co-stars of the HGTV series “Flip…

Spring training 2025: Five questions for Los Angeles Dodgers
Spring training 2025: Five questions for Los Angeles Dodgers play Passan: Dodgers could have one of the best rotations ever (0:54) Jeff Passan analyzes the Dodgers’ addition of Roki Sasaki and how it could be one of the greatest pitching rotations. (0:54) Alden GonzalezFeb 6, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the…

It’s the ‘purr-fect’ job. Britain’s top feline diplomat comes out of retirement
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top feline diplomat has come out of retirement for a new, ‘purr-fect’ job. Palmerston, former chief mouser at the Foreign Office, is now the U.K.’s chief four-legged representative in Bermuda. The news, posted Wednesday on Palmerston’s official DiploMog account on social network X, comes more than four years after it was…

What to expect in Friday’s jobs report
Economists expect that US employers added 170,000 jobs in January and that the unemployment rate remained 4.1%.Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images CNN — If the pundits proved right, the US labor market was supposed to have broken down by now. It wasn’t supposed to survive the Federal Reserve’s historic and aggressive rate-hiking campaign to reel in high…

Kansas City Chiefs player becomes a coach to a mutt named Parsnip for the ‘Puppy Bowl’
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Before the Kansas City Chiefs made it to their third-straight Super Bowl berth, one player took to coaching a puppy for a different big game. Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi and his girlfriend, Nani Hinton, visited The Humane Society of Greater Kansas City in October to coach Parsnip, a 4-month-old…