If signed by Governor Roy Cooper, then the bill would become law. Because of a 40-year-old ruling by a Court of Appeals, North Carolina was the only state in the U.S. where continuing to have sex with an individual after they had withdrawn consent was not a crime. Under the new bill, sex with a person against their will would be defined as “either (1) without consent of the other person or (2) after consent is revoked by the other person, in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to believe consent is revoked....

And by 5 p.m. June 16, he probably should be out. That will not happen. It is not allowed. Because the NCAA passed the most egregiously malicious rule in a book filled with regulations that can fit that categorization, Johnson’s decision on this day becomes final almost as soon as his letter to the National Basketball Association headquarters hits the U.S. mail. For more than two decades prior to 2009, players were permitted to file for early entry to the NBA Draft, go through various team workouts and even the old pre-draft camp, see first-hand what the process was about and where they might fit into the scheme of things, and then make an informed, educated decision about their personal futures....

The NCAA, in an email to Sporting News, said student-athletes found to have participated in fantasy sports would undergo the same infractions process as a player who, for example, received impermissible benefits. MORE: Are fantasy sports gambling? When asked how the organization would be made aware of a fantasy sports violation, NCAA spokeswoman Emily James said that the NCAA could be notified in one of many ways, including “a self-report from the school, information from a source, social media, involved individuals, among other ways,” which is, again, exactly how other rules violations investigations play out....

It happened four months ago. Not four days, not four weeks. Almost an entire season ago. LINEMAKERS: SDSU-Arizona | UCLA-Florida | Baylor-Wisconsin | Dayton-Stanford “When I watch that game (a 69-60 Arizona victory),” says Arizona coach Sean Miller, “I see our team at an almost completely different place.” The entire college basketball landscape is in a different place. That Arizona team had forward Brandon Ashley around, and has since learned over the last six weeks to play without his 12 points and six rebounds a game....

The Texas big man collected a loose ball under the basket and barely got off a lay-up before the buzzer to give the No. 7 seed Longhorns a 87-85 win in Milwaukee. "I just wanted to go to the glass as hard as I could," Ridley said after the game. "They dropped the rebound so I tried to grab it. I just threw it up and it went in." The call stood after a video replay, giving Texas its first win in the NCAA Tournament since 2011....

Sporting News' Hall of Fame college basketball writer Mike DeCourcy is ready to predict the winners of his field. He has Michigan State winning it all over Arizona. MORE: Updated odds | Early tip-offs Enjoy the Madness! Mike Decourcy’s 2014 NCAA Tournament bracket

These eight teams will call the action for the second and third rounds of the tournament, with the top four (denoted by asterisks) calling the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games. The final member of each team is the sideline reporter. Jim Nantz / Greg Anthony // Tracy Wolfson* Marv Albert / Steve Kerr // Craig Sager* Verne Lundquist / Bill Raftery // Allie LaForce* Kevin Harlan / Reggie Miller / Len Elmore // Rachel Nichols* Ian Eagle / Jim Spanarkel // Lewis Johnson Brian Anderson / Dan Bonner // Kristine Leahy Spero Dedes / Doug Gottlieb // Jaime Maggio Andrew Catalon / Mike Gminski // Otis Livingston For the Final Four and title game, Nantz and Anthony will be joined by Steve Kerr to call the game, with Wolfson again serving as the sideline reporter....

With Los Angeles trailing 48-40 and attempting to mount a comeback with just over a minute to play, Suh scooped up Shaquil Barrett’s forced fumble after a sack of Rams quarterback Jared Goff and took it 37 yards into the end zone. MORE: Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald reaches second-most receptions in NFL history Sunday marks Suh’s fourth game (and start) with the Buccaneers and his first against the Rams since leaving Los Angeles in the offseason....

Researchers at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine studied 567 people who received CPR following a cardiac arrest during hospitalization between May 2017 and March 2020 in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the less than 10 percent of survivors, one in five reported the lucid heightened experience. The study, which was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2022 in Chicago on Sunday night, showed a spike in gamma wave brain activity....

Mississippi State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said the data comes from 800 schools that reported to the Mississippi State Department of Health last week. Many school officials are rethinking their policies due to the outbreaks. The school year began without restrictions like mask mandates and now about 600 schools have implemented masking indoors, Byers said. “These disruptions…are going to continue for a while,” he told the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, according to U....

Hundreds of protesters have gathered in downtown Las Vegas over the last week to demand that Governor Steve Sisolak’s stay-at-home order be pulled back to allow small businesses to reopen. Mayor Carolyn Goodman was widely derided last week after telling CNN she wants the city’s countless restaurants and casinos to reopen, which prompted Sisolak to reply that the state “clearly was not ready to open.” Hundreds of thousands of working-class and low-income Nevada residents are now entering their fifth week without jobs....

There are currently 48,730 confirmed cases of the novel virus among children under 18, according to a recent pediatric report released by the Florida Department of Health. In a previous report released August 9, there were 39,735 confirmed cases among the same group, which marks an increase of 8,995 cases over the past two weeks. Across the different age groups listed in the pediatric report, there are 17,311 confirmed cases among Florida children between 14 and 17, which constitute 36 percent of all cases in children....

The Business Roundtable, which polled 178 corporate leaders between March 8 and March 19, found that nearly two-thirds of respondents said that such a tax hike would reduce wage growth and 71 percent reported it would negatively affect their ability to hire. Seventy-five percent of CEOs said that the new tax burden would negatively affect their company’s investments in research and development, as well as innovation. Overall, 98 percent of the executives surveyed said that a 7 percent increase in the corporate tax rate would have a “moderately” to “very” damaging effect on their business’s competitiveness....

Game time is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET. The matchup will be televised on Fox. Nebraska finished 3-9 last season, and the pressure is on fifth-year coach Scott Frost after four straight losing seasons. The Huskers hired Pitt offensive coordinator Mark Whipple this offseason, and Texas transfer quarterback Casey Thompson will lead the offense. Nebraska did rank 36th in the FBS in scoring defense last season, and Garrett Nelson is a difference-maker on the edge....

Citing the thefts, the state’s Department of Transportation said it will be closing down some rest spots along I-80 when they have no attendant present, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. A spokeswoman told the local newspaper, “We’re doing our best to keep them open, but we want to make sure when we do keep them open we have a safe location. With that becomes maintaining it and making sure it’s in a good condition....

Presidential contenders can avail themselves of three different but overlapping general strategies: they can run based on what they’ve done (accomplishment), what they will do (vision/plans) and why they’re better than the other guy (choice). The negative elements of the choice strategy involve attacking the opponent’s ideology, age, or personal flaws. The choice strategy is in use in the Trump campaign, which has leveled heavy attacks against Joe Biden, questioning both his mental fitness for office and his “radical” associations and positions....

The study appears on the preprint website bioRxiv and it has not been peer-reviewed by experts to certify the findings. As such, the results should be taken with caution. The team, led by Hirofumi Ohashi, from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo, screened a panel of over 300 drugs already approved by bodies such as the Food and Drugs Administration and the European Medicines Agency. They found two that appeared to have more potent antiviral activity on a SARS-CoV-2 cell culture, a process where cells are grown in controlled conditions, than other drugs currently being trialed as COVID-19 treatments....

His death closed the final chapter in South Africa's struggle to cast off apartheid, leaving the world with indelible memories of a man of astonishing grace and good humor. Rock concerts celebrated his birthday. Hollywood stars glorified him on screen. And his regal bearing, graying hair and raspy voice made him instantly recognizable across the globe. More: Mandela used rugby to reunited a divided nation As South Africa's first black president, the former boxer, lawyer and prisoner No....

Nephrology is a subspecialty of internal medicine. A nephrologist needs to complete internal medicine training before pursuing an additional fellowship in nephrology. According to the American Society of Nephrologists (ASN), there are just over 10,000 nephrologists actively practicing in the United States. Concentrations Nephrology encompasses a wide range of medical disciplines, including: The study of normal kidney function The causes and diagnoses of kidney diseases The treatment of acute or chronic kidney diseases The preservation of kidney function Kidney transplantation...

Noel has appeared in two games since being cleared and played 18 total minutes. Following Friday’s loss to the Lakers, Noel — who was drafted sixth overall out of Kentucky in 2013 — said he should be playing more. MORE: Top 15 centers in 2016-17 “I need to be on the court playing basketball. I think I’m too good to be playing eight minutes. That’s crazy,” Noel told reporters after the 100-89 home loss....