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Ranking Brad Underwood’s top recruits ever at Illinois

Where does Ayo rank on the list?

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Apr 30 • 7:52 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Champions League Power Rankings: PSG underdogs despite advantage on Bayern; Atleti built to surprise Arsenal

Here's how the semifinalists rank after 90 minutes played, and you might be surprised where Arsenal sit

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Apr 29 • 8:21 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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Fantasy Football Power Rankings: Stacking the teams from 32 to 1 in aftermath of the 2026 NFL Draft
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Apr 29 • 2:11 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WDR Baseball Power Rankings - Competitive league races taking shape

See what this week's Wooster Daily Record's Baseball Power Rankings look like.

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Apr 29 • 5:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump wants to turn Fed into another 'political animal': Sen. Warren

The Senate Banking Committee will vote on Wednesday, April 29, over whether to confirm Kevin Warsh's nomination as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. This comes on the same day as Jerome Powell's last FOMC meeting as the head of the US central bank. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) — the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee — speaks with Yahoo Finance Senior Fed Reporter Jennifer Schonberger about her questioning of Warsh, the likelihood that Powell will stay on the Fed's Board of Governors, and her perspective on President Trump's economic agenda.

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Apr 28 • 6:50 PM EDT • Politics • finance.yahoo.com
Peters, Slotkin, Walberg, and Huizenga Call on Small Business Administration to Approve Disaster Declaration to Assist Communities Impacted by Southwest Michigan Tornadoes

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), alongside U.S. Representatives Tim Walberg (R-MI-05) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI-04), are urging the Small Business Administration (SBA) to support Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request for an administrative disaster declaration following the devastating tornadoes in Southwest Michigan this […]

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Apr 28 • 2:13 PM EDT • Business • slotkin.senate.gov
Ranking each team's 2026 NFL Draft class: Chiefs, Browns, Jets crush it; Steelers, Rams, 49ers raise questions

Keep reading to see how your team did -- everything from our favorite picks to best values to most surprising selections

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Apr 28 • 11:37 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Prisco's NFL Power Rankings, post-draft edition: Cowboys set to make Super Bowl push

A revamped defense and an explosive offense have Dallas primed to finally make a legitimate Super Bowl run under Dak Prescott.

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Apr 28 • 8:31 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
The Official Collectibles Power Rankings: This Week’s Top 5

We have a lot of randomness to discuss this week. So we’re introducing the first official COLLECTIBLES POWER RANKINGS brought to you by Mantel’s Mail Day (Tagli

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Apr 28 • 7:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alabama football moves in USA TODAY Sports post-spring top 25 rankings

Alabama moves in USA TODAY Sports' post-spring rankings. Are Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide in a better or worse position than before?

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Apr 28 • 7:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Straight ‘F’s: Philadelphia region’s air quality ranking worsens in annual lung health report

The American Lung Association says the Philly area is among the worst in the country for levels of a pollutant that can cause lung and heart issues.

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Apr 28 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • whyy.org
2026 Fantasy Football Rookie Dynasty/Keeper Rankings

Looking for fantasy football rookie rankings for your dynasty or partial-keeper league? We go 50 deep to help you prepare for your upcoming drafts.

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Apr 27 • 6:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Fantasy Baseball Rest-of-Season Rankings: Scott Pianowski's updated risers and fallers as of April 27
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Apr 27 • 1:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
College baseball rankings for Week 12: Updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, top 25 polls

Here's an updated look at the USA TODAY Sports College Baseball Coaches Poll for Week 12 and more.

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Apr 27 • 12:32 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
2026 Fantasy Football Defense Rankings following the NFL Draft
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Apr 27 • 12:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NBA Panic Meter Power Rankings: Which teams should be most concerned about the first round
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Apr 27 • 11:39 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MLB Power Rankings: There's a new No. 1 in town and they're running away with the division

No one's doubting the Dodgers but it's time to tip our cap to the red-hot Braves

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Apr 27 • 8:46 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Ranking 2026 NFL Draft's 15 biggest instant-impact rookies

The 2026 NFL Draft class could have several rookies emerge as instant-impact players, including Caleb Downs and Sonny Styles.

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Apr 27 • 7:53 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
New No. 1 leads college football too-early Top 26 after spring practice

Spring practice is wrapping up for college football teams across the country. It's time to revisit our too-early Top 25 rankings ahead of the season.

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Apr 27 • 6:02 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
MLB power rankings: Phillies can't stop the bleeding as NL East hole grows

Phillies' 10-game losing streak puts NL powerhouse way behind the Braves.

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Apr 27 • 5:31 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
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How to live stream Lakers vs Rockets: NBA Playoffs, TV channel

The Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets meet Sunday for Game 4 of their first-round playoff series, with the Lakers holding a commanding 3–0 lead after a dramatic overtime comeback in Game 3. MORE: Ranking the current NBA playoff duos…

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Apr 26 • 8:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Los Angeles Times' top 25 high school baseball rankings

A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland after the 10th week of the season.

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Apr 26 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
America’s Greatest Entrepreneurs, According to Business Historians

We’ve done this ranking for three decades. The results tell us a lot about both business and leadership.

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Apr 25 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • wsj.com
Ranking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

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Apr 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • democrats-science.house.gov
College basketball rankings: North Carolina tumbles after Henri Veesaar's NBA Draft declaration

New North Carolina coach Michael Malone lost a would-be roster cornerstone when Veesaar decided to make the leap to the next level

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Apr 24 • 3:57 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Ranking every NFL Draft first-round pick: Raiders get top billing; Cardinals' luxurious move drops them down

Value and personal evaluations are taken into account with each first-round pick.

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Apr 24 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Ty Simpson, Jeremiyah Love headline NFL Draft's biggest reaches in first round

Ranking the NFL Draft's biggest 2026 first-round reaches.

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Apr 24 • 12:28 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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2026 NFL Draft: Fantasy football analysis, rankings and more
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Apr 23 • 11:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
College basketball transfer portal power rankings: Indiana, Louisville among teams improving the most

Indiana leads the way in the 2026 college basketball transfer portal rankings, followed by Texas and Louisville. A look at the programs gaining ground fast.

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Apr 23 • 9:35 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
NBA Playoffs Power Rankings for the remaining teams

The NBA Playoffs are underway. The early story was the Orlando Magic giving the Detroit Pistons issues. Orlando entered the playoffs confidently, and it has shown through two games. The biggest story is the health of San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama.…

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Apr 23 • 7:34 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Most Americans Worried About Brain Health, But Few Know How To Protect It

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 23, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Nearly all Americans are worried about their brain health as they age, ranking as important or more so than their physical health, a new Alzheimer’s Association report says. However, they don’t know what steps they can ...

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Apr 23 • 6:45 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
College basketball transfer portal team rankings: Which school has best class so far?

Which college basketball programs have done the best business so far this offseason? Here are USA TODAY Sports' transfer portal class team rankings.

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Apr 23 • 4:36 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
USA TODAY Sports/AVCA Super 25 boys volleyball rankings, Week 7

Mira Costa holds strong atop the USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball Super 25 rankings for Week 7.

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Apr 22 • 10:15 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
2026 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings, Week 7

USA TODAY Sports and AVCA reveal the regional high school boys volleyball rankings for Week 7 of the 2026 season.

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Apr 22 • 9:53 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
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Defensive line rankings for the 2026 NFL Draft

Our final defensive line rankings our live and they are headlined by Rueben Bain Jr.

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Apr 22 • 1:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Spurs star Victor Wembanyama out with concussion; final NFL Draft big board; Bulls' Donovan steps down

Plus our way-too-early women's college basketball rankings

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Apr 22 • 8:58 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Early 2026 fantasy expert consensus rankings: Giants busts

Heading into the 2026 season, here are the biggest Giants busts based on early fantasy expert consensus rankings

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Apr 21 • 9:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bentley Named Among the Top Graduate Business Schools in U.S. News Ranking

Bentley University is ranked a top U.S. graduate business school by U.S. News & World Report. Discover how the program prepares graduates for today's job market.

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Apr 21 • 3:33 PM EDT • Business • bentley.edu
2026 NFL Draft: Fantasy football analysis, rankings, positional previews, more
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Apr 21 • 2:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Warsh vows to keep monetary policy independent of politics

STORY: :: Fed chief nominee Warsh vows to keep monetary policy independent of politics:: Washington, D.C. / April 21, 2026:: Kevin Warsh, Federal Reserve chief nominee“Monetary policy independence is essential. Monetary policymakers must act in the nation's interest. Their decision is the product of rigor, deliberation and unclouded decision-making. And as Senator Warren said, I do not believe that independence of monetary policy is threatened when elected officials state their views on rates. Fed independence is up to the Fed." // :: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Democrat on Senate Banking Committee“So, independence takes courage. Let's check out your independence and your courage. We'll start easy. Mr. Warsh, did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?”WARSH: “Um, we try to keep politics, if I’m confirmed, out of the Federal Reserve.”WARREN: “I’m just asking you a factual question. I need to know. I need to measure your independence and your courage.”WARSH: “Senator, I believe that this body certified that election many years ago.”WARREN: “That’s not the question I’m asking. I’m asking did Donald Trump lose in 2020?”WARSH: “And I’m suggesting to you in 2020…”WARREN: “I’m suggesting you can’t answer that.”WARSH: “… the Fed had a huge inflation problem, and you certified the election…[crosstalk]… let’s keep the politics out of monetary policy.” //WARREN: "Just one little place where you disagree with Donald Trump.”WARSH: “Well, I do have a disagreement actually, Senator, with the president. I think even this morning, he said that he thought I was out of central casting. I think central casting, I'd look older, grayer, maybe show up here with a cigar of sorts.”WARREN: “Quite adorable. But, you know, we need a Fed chair who is independent. That's the only way we preserve the independence of the Federal Reserve. If you can't answer these questions, you don't have the courage and you don't have the independence.”In a confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee that quickly hinted at major changes to come at a Warsh-led Fed, the 56-year-old lawyer and financier blamed the central bank for an inflation surge in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to hurt U.S. households.Warsh's hearing quickly turned contentious. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed Warsh on his independence and "courage", saying President Donald Trump had made clear Warsh would be his "sock puppet".

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Business Casual: U.S. News 2026-2027 MBA Ranking
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Shaky political science: using "simulated" elections over real-world elections

[Dear DSOS readers – this article is the latest in our “Shaky Political Science” series. In our 38 page report, “Shaky political ‘science’ misses mark on ranked choice voting,” released in early December, we examined over 40 studies focused on ranked choice voting. We found that many of these studies suffered from puzzling research methodologies, poorly constructed surveys, unrealistic simulated elections, cherry picked data, and faulty analyses that often were contradicted by results from real-world elections (a link to our full paper is here). Here are links to the first three articles in our series: the first one summarizing the overall results of our report, the second one analyzing a study co-authored by University of Minnesota academic Larry Jacobs, which was one of the most error-prone of all the research we reviewed in our report, and a third article showing an admirable example of two political scientists holding two other political scientists accountable for their flawed, sloppy research]. In this fourth article in our “Shaky Political Science” series, we shine a spotlight on seven studies that were web-hosted and funded by New America’s Political Reform Program and its Electoral Reform Research Group (the ERRG is an ad hoc committee headed by New America’s Political Reform Program and joined by the American Enterprise Institute, the Unite America Institute and Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law). This research consortium has been led by Lee Drutman, senior fellow with New America’s Political Reform Program. These seven studies are simply not credible from any objective standard about how political “science” is supposed to illuminate our understanding of either ranked choice voting or politics in general. The feature that six of these seven studies have in common is that they all used surveys – artificial, simulated elections -- to attempt to say something cogent or interesting about ranked choice voting (RCV) elections. None of them used real world data from actual RCV elections – either the 1000+ elections in the US or the many thousands of elections from places like Australia, Ireland and elsewhere where RCV has been used for 100 years. While a few of these studies conclude with some mixed positives about RCV, our analysis here is content neutral. The idea that, with a political reform like RCV, you can ask respondents in a mock, artificial election to vote with that method, with only the barest of explanation about how RCV works or its likely impacts (i.e. no spoiler candidates, majority winners, voters liberated to pick their favorite candidates, coalition-building), and then ask them their thoughts/reactions about voting in that system, with fake candidates and no real campaigning, no real exposure to an actual election or actual candidates, rests on some very puzzling assumptions. The findings of these seven studies actually are contradicted by the findings from many other studies based on real-world RCV elections. These New America studies also failed to list the real-world RCV studies in their own citations, instead including those studies that reinforced their conclusions. The seven studies featured in this article were chosen because they form a cohesive cohort which precisely illustrates one of the main points of our research paper, namely that using surveys, i.e. artificial elections, or mathematical/theoretical models, instead of real-world data, is in fact “shaky political science.” Below are summaries of our analysis of five of the seven New America studies. You can read our complete analysis of all seven studies at our paper, “Shaky political ‘science’ misses mark on ranked choice voting.” Choosing to “Vote As Usual” by Andre Blais, Carolina Plescia, and Semra Sevi. New America. (Blais et al., 2021). This study, web-hosted and funded by New America’s Political Reform Program and its Electoral Reform Research Group, used two surveys in which respondents completed ballots for simulated elections using plurality, approval, RCV and point (Score) voting. In both cases the authors provided the respondents with only minimal explanation of each method. For example, the entire explanation for RCV was “For this vote, rank the candidates from your first to your last choice (you do not need to rank them all). This is called the ranked vote.” That’s it. The study did not provide any context or explanation to survey respondents about why she/he might want to rank multiple candidates. Participants were not even told that ballots would be tabulated using an “instant” runoff, not to mention any description of RCVs ability to eliminate the spoiler effect or liberate voters to rank their favorite candidates without fear of helping the “greater evil” candidate to win. That’s like taking an iPhone back in time to 1970 and asking someone if they like it better than their rotary phone without explaining how it works. Their first survey targeted states that held 2020 Super Tuesday Democratic primaries and used the real candidates’ names in the survey; the second survey used fictitious candidates. In other words, they surveyed respondents who had only ever participated in plurality elections, had no history or background with using RCV or any of the other methods, had no clue about its likely impacts, and did not communicate how the alternative methods would be counted, and then asked them: “How satisfied are you with using each system?” Predictably, the winner was plurality elections, the system used for president, Congress, gubernatorial and state legislative elections – in other words, the method they have been using, year after year, all their voting lives. With so little explanation of RCV and its impacts, this study is simply not credible in discovering anything useful about real-world RCV elections. It merely shows that a basic voter education campaign is needed when adopting a new election system. Additionally, the result contradicts many other post-election surveys following real RCV elections, asking opinions from voters who had just participated in a RCV election, that showed a great deal of satisfaction with RCV (see details on that in Studies 22-25 in our paper, as well as the four studies cited in the review for Study 28). Share Other studies on “satisfaction” and “understanding” make similar mistakes, in terms of basing their surveys on inadequate explanation to respondents and lack of education about context. How could any survey ever hope to measure accurately, in essence simulate a real-world election, without actual campaigning candidates, the media writing about those candidates, organizations endorsing candidates and voters being inundated with crucial information? More than anything, what these “studies” based on surveys show is that if you ask voters about something they don’t know very much about, and fail to adequately educate them, their responses will unsurprisingly reflect their confusion. Equally puzzling is that New America’s Electoral Reform Research Group, headed by political scientist Lee Drutman, found this to be a credible enough study that they not only published it but highlighted it in Drutman’s own discussion of research related to ranked choice voting. This pattern was repeated in study after study featured by New America’s Electoral Reform Research Group. For example in Ranked-Choice Voting and Political Expression: Voter Guides Narrow the Gap between Informed and Uninformed Citizens by Cheryl Boudreau, Jonathan Colner, and Scott MacKenzie, the researchers based their analysis on a survey which found that respondents who were asked to vote in a simulated RCV election, with minimal explanation of RCV or how it works, displayed less evidence of being informed about how to use RCV effectively, with the least informed voters ranking fewer candidates. As pointed out under the study above, in a real election voters are informed by a wide variety of methods, including public education by the election administration, by interested political groups, the media, and the candidates themselves who benefit from voters being aware of how to vote in the new system. In Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship by Joseph Anthony, David C. Kimball, Jack Santucci and Jamil Scott, the researchers used respondents from different parties and races voting in simulated plurality and RCV elections, who indicated their satisfaction with each voting method. Instead of using real world election results, the authors fell back on the easy, armchair and less reliable academic research methodology of making up mock elections. As with the other studies, little explanation was given of how RCV works or what its implications might be (electing majority winners or eliminating spoilers, for example). Unsurprisingly, this study found that respondents were not very satisfied with RCV. However, when the authors added an explanation that RCV has a tendency to elect more women and people of color, they found that this greater explanation increased the preference for RCV. The more voters were familiar with it, and the more they understood potential positive impacts – surprise! -- the more they were open to switching away from the status quo. Of note, the results from this study are thoroughly contradicted by a number of other studies whose data was obtained from real RCV elections with real voters. Those studies show a great deal of satisfaction with RCV. More “fake election” research An interesting wrinkle on this “research by fake elections” approach, which only served to illustrate how unreliable such “research” can become, was taken in Ranked-Choice Voting, Runoff, and Democracy: Insights from Maine and Other U.S. States by Joseph Cerrone and Cynthia McClintock_,_ also web-hosted and funded by New America’s ERRG. It gets high marks for creativity, but an eye-roll for thinking this could possibly add anything meaningful to our understanding of real world RCV elections. This study tried to determine whether RCV, plurality or two-round runoff elections provided greater voter satisfaction and acceptance of election results. To determine that, the authors conducted a survey asking if voters were satisfied with a fictional newspaper report of an election, with three different versions given to respondents – plurality, runoff and RCV, with variations of Republican/Democrat winners and variations of “come-from-behind” winners,” i.e. candidates not initially in first place but who win the “runoff.” Again, a minimal explanation of RCV or how it works was given, and the survey showed that respondents had the greatest unfamiliarity with RCV than the other methods. The unsurprising result? Respondents were much more satisfied with “come-from-behind” victories in a traditional two-round runoff election than in RCV, even though RCV is also a runoff system but with a single round of counting. Interestingly, the dissatisfaction with RCV disappeared for those who were more familiar with RCV. In fact, among those respondents who were “very familiar” with RCV, they were equally satisfied with RCV, runoff and plurality. Surprise, surprise. Again, what this study revealed, more than anything, is not only the inadequacy of the explanation for RCV given by the authors of this study, but the failure of the research format itself, thinking that such an artificial mock election could somehow simulate what actually happens in the real world in a real RCV election. Those four studies reviewed above are fitting examples of inadequate and shaky political “science.” Other studies reviewed in our paper from the New America/Electoral Reform Research Group cohort which also used mock elections included: Ranked-Choice Voting is an Acquired Taste by Joseph Anthony and David C. Kimball. New America. (Anthony et al., 2021). Ranked-Choice Voting is No Refuge for Extreme Candidates by Melissa Baker. New America. (Baker, 2021). Also included in this New America cohort is Does Ranked-Choice Voting Reduce Racial Polarization? by Yuki Atsusaka and Theodore Landsman, which actually did use real-world election results data but applied an odd and unconventional methodology to the data which relied on shaky assumptions and non-real-world scenarios that were too divorced from reality. To determine levels of “racially polarized voting,” the researchers imagined “ethnic parties,” by which they mean political parties for each ethnic group, which was especially odd since the election data they were using came from nonpartisan RCV races. But then they made an even odder assumption, namely that since race and ethnic characteristics of studied voters were not available, the authors tried to infer that information based on who voters selected and the racial make-up of voters in each district. This amounted to little more than vague and ambiguous guesswork dressed up with a bunch of mathematical equations used to give it a veneer of scientific appearance. Indeed, it seemed to assume racial polarization in order to prove racial polarization. Based on this questionable methodology, the authors concluded that RCV doesn’t reduce racial polarization. But the premise of this study missed an obvious reality: since RCV incentivizes more candidates to run and can result in more diverse fields of candidates, one would expect more racially-polarized voting in voters’ top rankings, not less, because more voters would have someone on that ballot who represents their racial or ethnic identity and more freedom to vote for their real first choice. By encouraging more diverse candidates and eliminating the spoiler effect, RCV facilitates voting for a favorite candidate of your own race and then selecting a second choice with the best likelihood of winning. The real measure is what voters do with their additional rankings – do they consider other candidates and vote “for the best of the rest”? This study didn’t tell us anything useful about that. But readily available data shows this is common in real RCV elections, and candidates act on this knowledge by engaging with voters outside their racial group. So the authors of this study failed to consider or account for what actually happens in real-world elections, and their conclusions are tainted by this failure. New America has contributed a great deal over the past 2.5 decades to our understanding of many policy areas, including politics and political reform (full disclosure: Steven Hill, one of the authors of this article and of the “Shaky Political Science” research paper and series, is a former senior fellow and former director of New America’s political reform program, 2005-2010). So it was especially disappointing that New America funded and published such a large batch of dubious studies about ranked choice voting. The stated praiseworthy goal of its Electoral Reform Research Group was to inspire new academic research about ranked choice voting that would shed light and help the public better understand the impacts of RCV. Instead, the ERRG research did just the opposite. It produced dubious research that created more confusion and misinformation. In so doing, New America’s political reform program contributed to “shaky political science.” Steven Hill and Paul Haughey Share Upgrade to $5 subscription Thanks for reading DemocracySOS, a reader-supported digital portal for the pro-democracy movement. Subscribe for only $5 per month to receive full benefits and to support our work. Subscribe

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Apr 21 • 9:31 AM EDT • Science • democracysos.substack.com
Plenty of blame after Knicks' playoff collapse; Wembanyama wins Defensive Player of Year; MLB Power Rankings

The Dodgers might be the best team in baseball but they don't play in MLB's best division

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Apr 21 • 9:23 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Early 2026 fantasy expert consensus rankings: Dallas Cowboys busts

Heading into the 2026 season, here are the biggest Cowboys busts based on early fantasy expert consensus rankings

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Apr 21 • 9:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Renner's final NFL Draft big board: Ranking 250 prospects in a wild 2026 class

Tape grades, positional value, age and intangibles shaped Mike Renner's final rankings in a uniquely volatile class

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College basketball rankings: Why UConn is moving up in preseason way-too-early Top 25 And 1

Braylon Mullins is heading back to the Huskies and Duke's Nikolas Khamenia has committed to UConn coach Dan Hurley

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College baseball rankings for Week 11: Updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, D1Baseball top 25

UCLA remains the top team in college baseball in the updated USA TODAY Coaches Poll. Here's a full look at this week's poll and more.

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Apr 20 • 1:02 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Scott Pianowski's rest-of-season risers and fallers as of April 20
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Fantasy Baseball 2-Start Pitcher Rankings: Mick Abel, Kyle Harrison among top streaming options this week
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2026 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 4

Crew bounces back but faces tough competition in deep NL Central

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Apr 20 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WrestleMania 42 match rankings, grades: Which were best, worst?

WrestleMania 42 had some incredible matches. Which ones were the best and which ones fell short? We rank all 13.

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Apr 20 • 6:05 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
High-ranking Republicans dance around endorsements. What's the point?

U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett posted what one politico called a \

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Apr 20 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • knoxnews.com
The Los Angeles Times' top 25 high school baseball rankings

A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland after the ninth week of the season.

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Apr 19 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Phillies awarded a "D-" in recent early ranking for 2026

The Phillies are having a rough go of it, but are not the worst of the National League East.

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Apr 19 • 10:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2026 NFL Draft rankings: Jordyn Tyson leads best WR prospects

With the 2026 NFL Draft approaching, USA TODAY Sports ranked the top wide receiver prospects in this year's class.

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Apr 19 • 6:02 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
UFC Winnipeg: Mike Malott scores 3rd-round TKO of Gilbert Burns, who calls it a career

With the victory, the 34-year-old Malott declared himself a contender in the stacked welterweight division, guaranteeing himself a spot in the top 15 when the rankings come out.

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Apr 19 • 12:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ranking NFL Draft options for Giants at No. 10 following Dexter Lawrence trade

New York could go a number of different ways with two picks in the top 10 of the 2026 NFL Draft.

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Apr 18 • 11:31 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Ranking American sports league & championship logos from worst to best

Logos play a big role in how fans view a sports league. They are more than just designs. They represent history, emotion, and identity. A good logo can last for years and become part of the sport itself. A bad…

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Apr 18 • 4:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Trump’s Dispute With Pope Leo Deepens Divisions on the Right

Sean Hannity criticized the pope. Tucker Carlson attacked Mr. Hannity. And President Trump suggested ranking MAGA figures: “good, bad, and somewhere in the middle.”

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Apr 17 • 7:34 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
College basketball rankings: Indiana lands higher quality of transfers, jumps in way-too-early Top 25 And 1

Hoosiers coach Darian DeVries' transfer haul looks better than last season's

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Apr 17 • 3:23 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
House Armed Services ranking member on Iran negotiations: ‘It’s hard to know what reality Donald Trump is living in’
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http://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/pallone-opening-remarks-subcommittee-legislative-hearing-public-health-bills

Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on "Healthier America: Legislative Proposals to Improve Public Health:"

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Apr 15 • 10:37 AM EDT • Health • democrats-energycommerce.house.gov
LaMelo Ball goes from goat to hero as Hornets top Heat in overtime; UEFA Champions League semifinals to be set

Plus, our NBA postseason player rankings and way-too-early 2027 WNBA mock draft

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Apr 15 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Ranking Member Sykes' Opening Statement at Hearing on Scientific Publishing

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

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Apr 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • democrats-science.house.gov
Ranking Member Lofgren Opening Statement at Hearing on Scientific Publishing

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

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2026 NFL Draft Rankings: Who Are the Top 10 Wide Receivers in This Year's Class?

Who are the best wide receivers in the 2026 NFL Draft? Here's how Rob Rang ranked them.

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Apr 14 • 7:53 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
8 Blackhawks Make New Top NHL Prospect Rankings
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Apr 14 • 5:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MLB power rankings: No. 1 Dodgers joined by Braves, Yankees, Brewers and Padres in top 5
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Apr 14 • 4:37 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NBA rookie rankings: Kon Knueppel or Cooper Flagg — who finished No. 1?
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Apr 14 • 2:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How Georgetown Graduates Turn Sustainability Into Better Business Decisions

Read more news, MBA rankings, and all things related to business education in the Poets&Quants section for

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Apr 14 • 11:57 AM EDT • Business • poetsandquants.com
Websites that hijack your back button must stop by June 15 or face Google's wrath

Google says it could penalize back button hijacking by demoting websites in search ranking.

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Apr 14 • 11:48 AM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
High school softball top 20 rankings for the Southland

Unbeaten Murrieta Mesa remains No. 1, and a look at the rest of the top 20 high school softball teams in the Southland as ranked by CalHiSports.com for The Times.

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Apr 14 • 11:04 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Lawsuit alleges Dartmouth Health fired executive for raising safety concerns

A former high-ranking executive at Dartmouth Health in Lebanon is alleging “unlawful and retaliatory termination” by CEO Joanne Conroy in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire.

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Apr 14 • 10:30 AM EDT • Health • nhpr.org
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Bleacher Report Lists Diamondbacks Top 5 in MLB Power Rankings

BALTIMORE – The No. 4 spot in Bleacher Report’s latest power rankings says as much about identity as it performs.

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Apr 13 • 6:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ranking top 10 transfer portal players still available in women’s basketball

The transfer portal in women's basketball has been open for a week, but some of the sport's biggest stars, like Jordan Lee, remain uncommitted.

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Apr 13 • 5:55 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Scott Pianowski's rest-of-season risers and fallers as of April 13
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NBA Power Rankings: How all 30 teams finished the regular season, plus final grades
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Apr 13 • 3:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2026 MLB Power Rankings: What Are The Injuries To Watch For All 30 Teams?

Our latest MLB power rankings and how injuries have already affected every team so far.

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Apr 13 • 12:27 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
College baseball rankings for Week 9: Updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, D1Baseball top 25

UCLA remains the top team in the updated USA TODAY Coaches college baseball rankings, but a number of teams saw sizeable drops and rises this week:

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Apr 13 • 12:21 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
MLB Power Rankings: Let the turnarounds begin? Which teams have already exorcised their early season demons

In the long slog that is a 162-game season, early results can mean nothing -- or everything

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Apr 13 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
2026 Best Business Schools | Average SAT, ACT & GPA Scores At The Top B-Schools

What does it take to get into a top-ranked undergraduate business program? All the SAT, ACT & GPA data from our 2026 ranking.

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Apr 13 • 7:55 AM EDT • Business • poetsandquantsforundergrads.com
Who’s the greatest No. 1 pick in WNBA history? Our ranking delivers answers

This year marks the 30th WNBA draft. From Tina Thompson to A'ja Wilson, we've ranked each of the No. 1 overall picks in league history.

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Apr 13 • 6:02 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
The Los Angeles Times' top 25 high school baseball rankings

A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland after the eighth week of the season.

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Apr 12 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Big Ten dominates 2026 preseason college football QB rankings

Jayden Maiava is one of four Big Ten quarterbacks to appear in a preseason list of the nation's best signal-callers. See which other QBs are there:

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Apr 12 • 11:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dodgers, Yankees, Brewers Headline Dontrelle Willis' MLB Power Rankings

FOX Sports MLB studio analyst Dontrelle Willis lists his top five MLB teams right now. See who made the cut!

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Apr 11 • 5:13 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
2026 NFL Draft rankings: David Bailey tops list of best Edge prospects

Here's a look at the best available Edge prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft, as ranked by USA TODAY Sports.

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Apr 11 • 6:03 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Sioux Falls ranks among top Midwest tech metros

Sioux Falls took a big jump in an annual ranking of the best Midwest metros for tech workers.

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Apr 10 • 9:23 AM EDT • Business • siouxfalls.business
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Wilson Sonsini Honored Among Boston Business Journal’s 2026 Best Places to Work

On April 8, 2026, Wilson Sonsini was honored among Boston Business Journal's "Best Places to Work" for the third consecutive year. The exclusive ranking celebrates Massachusetts companies that have…

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Why Massachusetts ranks No. 1 for child health and where gaps remain

Massachusetts child health ranking explained: what it means for families.

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Apr 9 • 6:29 PM EDT • Health • wcvb.com
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Pitt’s philosophy program ranked No. 5 in the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject

The three Dietrich School units that make up the program continued its top-five streak, which dates back 10 years.

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Apr 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • pittwire.pitt.edu
Tulane A.B. Freeman School of Business soars in new U.S. News rankings

Tulane's School of Business climbed significantly in this year’s U.S. News rankings. Here’s how much they went up by.

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Apr 9 • 12:04 AM EDT • Business • tulanehullabaloo.com
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College basketball transfer portal opens; Cade Horton to miss season; Masters player rankings, predictions

Plus stay-or-go NBA Draft decisions that will define college basketball's offseason

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Apr 8 • 9:18 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Apple gets bottom ranking for repairability of iPhones and MacBooks

Repairability ratings based on official government criteria in Europe have found that Apple gets the worst ratings for the repairability...

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Apr 8 • 7:26 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Twelve Georgia State Graduate Business Programs in 2026 U.S. News Rankings - Georgia State University News - Press Releases, Robinson College of Business -

Twelve master’s-level programs offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business are ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 “Best Graduate Schools"

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Wharton is no longer the best business school in the U.S.

The school's post-graduation employment rate played a role in its drop from the top spot in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking.

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Apr 7 • 3:14 PM EDT • Business • inquirer.com
Where Kansas basketball ranks in final USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

Kansas basketball’s season ended early on in the NCAA tournament, but what is its final ranking in the top 25 of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll?

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Apr 7 • 2:02 PM EDT • Sports • cjonline.com
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UC Berkeley Public Health surges to No. 6 in U.S. News Rankings

UCBPH was also ranked as a top 10 school for Environmental Health, Community Health, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management.

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Apr 7 • 12:01 PM EDT • Health • publichealth.berkeley.edu
2026 Masters field: Ranking the invited players from 1-91 at Augusta National

Why are neither Scottie Scheffler nor Rory McIlroy sitting at No. 1? Is this the year for Justin Rose or Tommy Fleetwood? Will Jordan Spieth have a resurgence?

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Apr 7 • 11:36 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
UC Berkeley Haas climbs to No. 10 as the top public business school; evening & weekend MBA holds No. 1 ranking in U.S. News - Haas News

UC Berkeley Haas is the top-ranked public business school in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Business Schools 2026, with the Full-time MBA Program rising to No. 10, the MBA for Executives climbing to No. 4; and the Evening & Weekend MBA Program continuing its reign at No. 1. The Haas Undergraduate Program was previously ranked No. 3 in U.S. News' 2026 Best Undergraduate Business Programs, released last September.

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Apr 7 • 10:24 AM EDT • Business • newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu
High school softball top 20 rankings for the Southland

A look at the top 20 high school softball teams in the Southland as ranked by CalHiSports.com for The Times.

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Apr 7 • 9:46 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com