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From LA To Dakar JohVonne Roberts Is Breaking Barriers In Olympic Journalism
Journalist JohVonne Roberts Los Angeles, California (I recently interviewed JohVonne Roberts via written correspondence. Her quotes are taken from the transcript of that interview.) Selected for the IOC Young Reporters Programme, the Los Angeles…
I Want My Girlfriend To Stop Journaling and Get a Job
My girlfriend has depression and has been in a depressive period for nearly a year now. We were together for two years before this episode began, following a period of time where she lost her job and experienced the death of her grandmother. (They…
Palo Alto Weekly honored with 35 awards in statewide journalism contest
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Palo Alto Weekly received 35 awards this week in the annual California Journalism Awards contest, including top honors in the categories of breaking news, transportation reporting, faith reporting and…
Want a 'Letter to the Editor' published on The Journal?
COMMENTS, POLLS, YOUR stories – we always want to gather our readers' perspectives on news stories here at The Journal. We are delighted to announce that we are now also accepting letters to the editor for publication. Your letters can be…
CFTC Conducting Broad Probe Into Prediction Market Polymarket
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is conducting an extensive investigation into Polymarket, according to a person familiar with the matter, the latest challenge for the prediction market platform plagued by operational stumbles and legal…
Here is the 2026 Daily Journal All-Area Softball team
Makenzie Johnson, Beecher, sr., OF The latest in a long line of four-year Bobcat greats, the Northern Illinois bound Johnson set the table from the leadoff spot with a.584 batting average and 1.56 OPS. She had 20 extra base hits, including 10…
2026 Daily Journal Softball Player of the Year: Bradley-Bourbonnais' Lydia Hammond
Lydia Hammond's stats speak for themselves. The member of the latest graduating class at Bradley-Bourbonnais began breaking records as early as her sophomore year, setting a single-season school ERA record she'd again break last year at 1.31. She…
New Zealand vs Belgium live updates: World Cup 2026 game latest news and buildup
Follow live updates as New Zealand and Belgium look to book their spot in the knockout phase. New Zealand take on Belgium in Vancouver as Group G reaches its conclusion at the 2026 World Cup. The group is wide open after the first two rounds of…
U.S. Futures Mixed, European Stocks Fall
U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell. In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.4% in morning…
Of course Meta thinks gambling is the future
On The Vergecast: Polymarket for your Facebook, Apple's big price hikes, Cannes Lions, and more. On The Vergecast: Polymarket for your Facebook, Apple's big price hikes, Cannes Lions, and more. David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host…
The world should reject China's latest maritime power grab
Earlier this month, Beijing designated the Taiwan Strait and several areas around Taiwan to be “coastal waters.” As many Japanese leaders and political figures have stated in the past, Taiwan's security is Japan's security. Beijing's…
MLB owners look to place limits on free-agent deals in latest proposal
If Major League Baseball owners get their way, megadeals like those signed by Juan Soto with the New York Mets and Shohei Ohtani with the Los Angeles Dodgers will be a thing of the past, as part of their latest labor proposal to the MLB…
Ola Kolade is challenging how the insurance industry thinks about automation
Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The Underflow CEO and former investment banker says the industry has spent two decades automating the wrong thing. His AI-powered alternative is turning heads. The commercial…
Polymarket Is Under Federal Investigation, Reports Say
Polymarket is under federal investigation, according to two reports citing sources familiar with the matter, revealing a probe the same week two senators demanded the agency open one over a Wall Street Journal investigation into the company's…
NYMEX Overview: Petroleum Futures Moving Lower as Traffic Continues Through Strait of Hormuz -- OPIS
The NYMEX August West Texas Intermediate crude contract was down $3.06 to $68.86/bbl at about 11:40 a.m. ET, putting the contract on track to end the session below $70/bbl. If that occurs, it would be the first time since March 3 that the…
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