The U.S. State Department has set up an eight-person team known as “the firm” to provide help to countries cut off from Chinese trade.

The 14th-ranked Bulls were put on pause because of COVID-19 issues on Jan. 21, 2021 when a Tier I member in the women's basketball program tested positive. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)It's been a rough few weeks for Jose Fernandez and his South Florida team. The 14th-ranked Bulls were put on pause because of COVID-19 issues within the women's basketball program on Jan. 21. You’re risking soft tissue injuries if you come back right away.”This pause came a few days after the Bulls were awarded a rare forfeit win over Memphis. AdSo, South Florida’s only game in the conference standings since Jan. 13 was the forfeit win over Memphis.

1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll Monday, receiving 28 of 30 first-place votes from a national media panel. Oregon stunned the U.S. women's national team in an exhibition game on Saturday, handing the Americans only their second loss ever to a college program. A year ago, Maryland went to South Carolina and rallied from an early 12-point deficit to register an 85-61 victory. "It was an embarrassment," South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. The Golden Gophers fell out of the poll ... North Carolina State coach Wes Moore on Sunday reached 700 career wins.

2016: Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, 24, dies along with two other men when his boat collides with a jetty off Miami Beach, Florida, in the early morning hours. Toxicology reports later showed the Cuban-American ballplayer had cocaine and alcohol in his system at the time of the crash, although it remains unknown who was driving. Fernandez, the National League Rookie of the Year in 2013 and a two-time All-Star, posted a record of 38-17 with an ERA of 2.58 and 589 strikeouts in his brief career. Hide Caption