While many stores have end-of-season sales, Nordstrom’s event gives customers the ability to pick up clothes for fall ahead of the seasons changing. The sale won’t open to everyone until July 19, but people with a Nordstrom card in their wallet can shop early. “Anniversary Sale gives us the opportunity to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience for our customers,” Pete Nordstrom, Nordstrom co-president, said in a statement. “We’re excited to wow our customers with fresh new merchandise from their favorite brands – we hope to inspire them to stock up at incredible prices, and shop early by becoming a Nordstrom cardmember....

The Fifth Harmony star, 26, became a topic of discussion on Twitter on Tuesday, when apparently exasperated fans discussed the fact that since the 2019 release of her debut solo single, “Motivation,” she has yet to unveil her album. The singer, full name Normani Kordei Hamilton, has also released the singles “Wild Side,” featuring Cardi B in 2021, and “Fair” in March. In June, “WE (Warm Embrace),” her musical collaboration with Chris Brown, was released....

“We take these allegations very seriously, and we will carefully evaluate them to respond within the NCAA’s 90-day deadline,” UNC Chancellor Carol L. Folt and Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham said in a joint statement. MORE: Bill Guthridge through the years | How bad is UNC scandal by comparison? “The University will publicly release the NCAA’s notice as soon as possible. The notice is lengthy and must be prepared for public dissemination to ensure we protect privacy rights as required by federal and state law....

The state saw 1,017 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported, according to a press release by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, bringing the total confirmed cases to 22,725. “This is a notable and concerning increase. As we head into a holiday weekend, please practice the three Ws – wear a face covering, wait six feet apart, and wash your hands frequently. When it comes to our health, we need to work together to protect our families, friends and neighbors,” the state’s health secretary, Dr....

According to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office, the woman was identified as 46-year-old Michelle Lynn Stultz of Clemmons, North Carolina. The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said that on August 27, they first learned of Stultz alleged crime when a victim filed a police report accusing her of obtaining property by false pretenses. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, the victim told deputies that “she had given money to a female acquaintance who she believed to be suffering from terminal cancer....

A Monday report in North Korea’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper detailed Pyongyang’s latest efforts to prevent coronavirus taking hold, but claimed: “The infectious disease did not flow into our country yet.” However, also on Monday, the South Korea-based Daily NK news website claimed that as many as 1,800 North Korean soldiers have succumbed to the virus, with thousands more quarantined. Citing an anonymous military source, Daily NK reported that a military document stated the soldiers died in January and February and that another 3,700 remain under quarantine....

General Terrence O’Shaughnessy, who also serves as the commander of the U.S. Northern Command, submitted a statement for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday warning that 2020 might see Kim Jong Un resume the ICBM tests that have been frozen since December 2017. At the end of last year, Kim promised to unveil a “new strategic weapon” in the “near future.” O’Shaughnessy said Thursday that although the dictator “did not specify what this new weapon would be, recent engine testing suggests North Korea may be prepared to flight-test an even more capable ICBM design,” Yonhap news agency reported....

Justin Thomas entered TPC Boston with a comfortable lead atop the FedEx Cup standings at 2,458, and it will be his championship to lose as long as the world’s top-ranked golfer stays the course. Collin Morikawa, the breakout 23-year-old PGA Championship winner, is a distant second with 1,902 points. Here was the top five entering play at the Northern Trust: Justin Thomas: 2,458 points Collin Morikawa: 1,902 Webb Simpson: 1,878 Bryson DeChambeau: 1,657 Sungjae Im: 1,633...

I’m just kidding, of course. That’s the Northwestern football team hanging out in the student section at Welsh-Ryan Arena. MORE: VCU fans trick ref, opposing team | Kentucky is so good … | College road trip | PHOTOS: SN Tobacco Road Trip The team apparently thought it was a good idea to come prepared for Saturday’s game against Penn State wearing helmets, jerseys and pads. And thus was the birth of the student-athlete section....

Seems impossible, right? Seems like Northwestern. That’s the charmed-and-cursed life of Pat Fitzgerald. He took the right steps in 2012 by leading the Wildcats to 10 wins and the program’s first bowl win in 64 years. Just when it looked like the Wildcats could contend for a Big Ten championship … MORE: SN Top 25 | All-Americans | All-Big Ten | Big Ten non-con sked rankings “We lost track from, first of all, not sticking to what we value,” Fitzgerald said at Big Ten Media Day on Monday....

Car-wash companies are increasingly trying to ramp up profits by adding self-serve pet-wash stations. PD McLaren Ltd., which manufactures the washes, reports that sales have significantly increased this year. It sold just 40 units between 2000 and 2002, but has already sold 80 in the first six months of this year. “Three years ago people laughed and said, ‘How stupid is this?’ " says Pete Weiblen, marketing manager for GinSan, another company that makes pet washes....

Swarbrick addressed Kelly’s decision to leave the Fighting Irish and take a 10-year, $95 million contract with the Tigers in the SEC. He acknowledged that he could see Kelly’s departure coming. “I was not surprised,” Swarbrick said at a news conference on Tuesday morning. “There had been enough in the weeks leading up that gave me a pretty strong sense that there might be other things that were attracting Brian....

The Line: Florida State -10 , Total: 57.5Line movement: Florida State opened as a 12.5-point home favorite at The Wynn sports book on Sunday, before the game was taken down at most shops pending the status of quarterback Jameis Winston. The Wynn put the game back on the board Thursday night, dropping the line to -10. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook hung that same number on Friday. CG Technology opened the Seminoles as 12-point favorites, moving them as low as -8, before settling at -8....

Irish coach Brian Kelly on Tuesday said team doctors determined two causes of that outbreak, both of which stemmed from the team’s Sept. 19 game against South Florida and which caused the postponement of the following week’s contest against Wake Forest. The first of those, Kelly said, was a pregame meal the team ate together; prior to that, all team meals had been socially distanced to mitigate the risk of spreading the disease....

Since starting 4-0, the Boilermakers have lost four of their last six games. The Boilermakers are eager to get back in the wins column, especially against the Irish. MORE: Watch Purdue-Notre Dame live and on demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) The Irish have stumbled recently as well, losing two in a row. With nonconference play beginning to wind down, the Irish need every win they can get before conference play in a loaded ACC....

The Serbian will play Australia’s top-ranked remaining player Alex de Minaur in the fourth round after progressing past 27th seed Dimitrov 7-6(7) 6-3 6-4 in three hours and seven minutes at Rod Laver Arena. Djokovic needed injury timeouts at the end of the first set and middle of the third, after he pulled up short on number of occasions, grimacing during the contest. But the world No.4 still managed to get to the fourth round with a score that looked like a convincing win....

Nowhere is this more apparent than in Saudi Arabia. For decades now, supporting Islamic extremism has been cost-free for the Saudis–government and people alike. They could appease militants, appear pious and buy themselves peace, all with little consequence. But now that Al Qaeda has for the first time killed Saudi civilians, the terrorist group might–just might–have destroyed the true basis of its support. Fundamentalist terror is finally going to be fought in the Arabian heartland, the only place where it can be rooted out....

Thompson always has needed to prove, in public, that he’s a solid guy. When former senator Howard Baker got him a job as a U.S. attorney in Nashville, locals groused that he’d been rewarded for connections, not talent - and he won 14 of the 15 bank-robbery cases he tried. He’d never worked a day in Washington when Baker asked him to be minority counsel of the Senate Watergate committee - and he performed round-the-clock, skillfully....

Flirting with the devil may be an ancient pastime in the Holy Land, but today it’s big business. Even before Israel and Jordan signed their treaty last week, Arab businessmen from Masqat to Marrakech were slipping into Israel in record numbers, hoping to make a killing on peace. And politicians are pushing hard to bolster peacemaking with financial interdependence. This week, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, eight of his ministers and some 130 Israeli businessmen will hobnob with their Arab counterparts at an unprecedented regional economic summit conference in Casablanca....