For over two decades, Bruce Everly has been helping Indiana farmers apply for funding from the federal Rural Energy for America Program, which provides grants for solar, wind, energy-efficiency upgrades, grain dryers, biodigesters, and other projects in rural America. He’s seen it serve as an economic lifeline for small farmers,...
After deadly flash floods, a Texas town takes halting, painful steps toward recovery
By Wednesday, almost two weeks after the July 4 floods that devastated the Central Texas region that hugs the Guadalupe River, the rain had finally subsided long enough for rescue and recovery work to resume in earnest. Celbi Lucas was clearing debris alongside the many volunteers who have poured into...
Rory McIlroy flirts with 2019 Open nightmare but recovers to keep dream intact | Sean Ingle
A bungled opening tee shot raised concern but home favourite escaped with a bogey and showed glimpses of good form as weather improved He waits, driving iron in hand, as one minute becomes three, then five. Enough time for the moment to grow even bigger. And for memories to flicker...
Daniel Dubois shrugs off Canelo Álvarez’s $500,000 bet against him
Mexican is convinced Oleksandr Usyk will beat Dubois ‘It don’t mean nothing. He’s going to lose his money’ Daniel Dubois has warned Canelo Álvarez that he will lose $500,000 on Saturday night after the Mexican superstar placed a sizeable bet against him. Álvarez, the richest and most celebrated fighter in...
Joe Ofahengaue stars in Leigh’s statement victory over St Helens
St Helens 4-16 Leigh Leopards Ofahengaue scores two tries as Leigh close on top two Super League has rather impatiently been waiting for a new first-time champion for far too long. You have to go back more than two decades – to Leeds Rhinos in 2004 – to find the...
Chess: Rachel Reeves announces £1.5m fund as London ChessFest attracts 20,000 visitors
‘We are allocating £1.5m to help identify, support and elevate top-tier players’ ChessFest in Trafalgar Square attracted more than 20,000 visitors last Sunday, slightly below last year’s record 23,000 but still indicating strong public interest. England’s grandmasters gave simuls and met amateurs at blitz, living chess was played with professional...
Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich suspended over banned substance
Possible two-year ban after diuretic detected in sample Kenyan set world best at Chicago last October The women’s marathon world record-holder, Ruth Chepngetich, is facing a two-year ban after testing positive for a banned diuretic and masking agent, the Athletics Integrity Unit has announced. The Kenyan stunned the world when...
Ellis Genge primed to summon spirit of 2022 as he runs into Australia again
Loosehead prop helped save Eddie Jones’s job in Brisbane three years ago and can make a similar impact for the Lions You can chart Ellis Genge’s Test career by his tours of Australia. In 2016 he and Kyle Sinckler were Eddie Jones’s “rough diamonds”, picked to get a taste of...
Tour de France: Pogacar demolishes rivals with devastating stage 12 win in Pyrenees
Slovenian shows his dominance a day after going down Pogacar takes more than two minutes out of Vingegaard Tadej Pogacar dominated Jonas Vingegaard on the slopes of Hautacam to take a commanding lead in the Tour de France. After the first summit finish of 2025, the defending champion’s next overall...
Skydive pioneer Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding accident
The Austrian daredevil, who was 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider over central Italy Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said. Baumgartner, who was 56, lost control...