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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Xaviah Bascon had two 1-yard touchdown runs, Scott Woods II had 4 receptions for 93 yards – including a 65-yard TD catch-and-run – and Harvard beat New Hampshire 28-23 on Friday night.

Bascon's second TD run gave Harvard a 21-16 lead with 5:11 left within the third quarter. The Wildcats went three-and-out on their next two possessions before Harvard quarterback Jaden Craig scored a 6-yard gain on third-and-7, limped off the sphere and was replaced by Charles DePrima, who passed the pass to Bascon a 1-yard run that moved the sticks. On the following play, DePrima pulled away on a zone read and ran around left end for a 16-yard TD run, making it a 12-point game with 11:15 to play.

New Hampshire (3-2), ranked No. 16 within the FCS Coaches' Poll, had won three straight games after a season-opening 57-3 road loss to UCF of the Big 12.

Harvard (2-1) is 8-0 all-time against the Wildcats, including a 46-0 victory within the last match between the programs – 31,002 days ago, on Nov. 18, 1939.

Seth Morgan threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Burke, capping a 10-play, 82-yard drive on New Hampshire's first possession with 5 minutes, 35 seconds remaining. After Harvard punted for the second time, Morgan hit Joey Corcoran for a 14-yard gain on fourth-and-1 from the Wildcats' 35 yards, which was followed by a 52-yard field goal by Nick Mazzie after about 12 minutes to make it 10-0 brought remaining in the primary half.

Two plays later, Craig was hit as he threw a pass on the 27 to Woods, who fended off a tackle after which raced the remaining of the best way for a 65-yard touchdown that cut Harvard's deficit to 10-7 with 11:49 left within the second quarter. The Wildcats responded with a seven-play, 64-yard drive, but needed to settle for one more field goal, a 27-yard one.

After New Hampshire didn’t convert a fourth-and-7 from near midfield, Craig connected with Cooper Barkate for a 51-yard gain that arrange a 1-yard TD run by Bascon that tied the sport The Crimson took its first lead at 14-13 with 4:08 left in the primary half.

Marcus Alexander sacked Morgan for a 10-yard loss that eventually forced a 43-yard field goal from Mazzie as time expired within the second quarter, making the rating 16-14.

Logan Tomlinson scored on a 3-yard catch-and-run that cut New Hampshire's deficit to 28-23 with 5:54 left.

The Wildcats have lost six straight road games after a bye and are 4-9 overall after a bye within the last 10 seasons.

Harvard has won two straight games against national-level opponents. The Crimson defeated then-No. 5 Holy Cross 38-28 last season at Polar Park, home of the Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate Worcester WooSox.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat running for a 3rd term within the U.S. Senate, has a double-digit lead over Republican challenger John Deaton within the Massachusetts Senate race, in keeping with a brand new poll.

On Thursday, the University of New Hampshire Survey Center released its Bay State Pollin keeping with which 58 percent of likely voters plan to vote for Warren in November, while 32 percent said they’d vote for Deaton.

“Incumbent Senator Elizabeth Warren holds a comfortable lead over Republican candidate John Deaton in the race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. Warren is only moderately popular in Massachusetts, while many people do not know Deaton,” the researchers wrote within the survey.

Deaton, 56, is a Bolton-based lawyer and former U.S. Marine. Originally from Detroit, Deaton studied at Eastern Michigan University and the New England School of Law in Boston. His campaign says he “takes a moderate approach to the U.S. Senate trial against Elizabeth Warren.”

The Bay State Poll, a part of the university's States of Opinion Project, also found that 92 percent of Democrats and 47 percent of independents support Warren, while 91 percent of Republicans support Deaton.

According to the poll, 46 percent of respondents said that they had a positive opinion of Warren, 35 percent said that they had a negative opinion of her and 18 percent were neutral.

However, only 1 / 4 of likely voters said that they had a positive opinion of Deaton, while 18 percent had an unfavorable opinion. Forty-two percent of respondents said they didn’t know enough about Deaton to form an opinion, and 15 percent said they were neutral.

Among voters supporting Vice President Kamala Harris within the upcoming presidential election, 86 percent support Warren, while 8 percent support Deaton. Among voters supporting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, 84 percent support Deaton, while 10 percent support Warren.

As for the statewide ballot questions, likely voters largely support Questions 1, 3, 4, and 5, while many are divided on Question 2, which might eliminate MCAS as a requirement for prime school graduation.

The poll relies on a survey of nearly 600 people between September 12 and 16 and has a margin of error of 4 percent.

UnitedHealth Group reported higher than expected sales First quarter results on Tuesday, regardless that the corporate continues to be coping with the fallout from the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare subsidiary.

This is how the corporate did it:

• Merits: $7.16 per share adjusted, versus $6.61 analysts expected, LSEG said.
• Revenue: $100.08 billion adjusted, versus $99.26 billion expected by LSEG.

UnitedHealth reported revenue of $99.80 billion, up from $91.9 billion in the identical period last yr. The adjusted sales figure of $100.08 billion doesn’t have in mind the impact of the cyber attack.

The company said it incurred about $7 billion in costs from selling its Brazil operations in the course of the quarter a publication Tuesday. UnitedHealth said currency effects from the Brazil sale in addition to the negative impact of the cyberattack contributed to a net loss within the period. The company reported a net lack of $1.41 billion, or $1.53 per share, compared with net income of $5.61 billion, or $5.95 per share, a yr earlier.

UnitedHealth reported adjusted earnings of $6.91 per share for the quarter. The company said the adjusted figure excludes sales in Brazil but only takes under consideration a portion of the impact of the cyberattack. The impact of the cyberattack was divided into two categories: “direct response” and “business disruption” costs.

Direct response actions, similar to UnitedHealth's efforts to revive Change Healthcare platforms, had an impact of 49 cents per share within the quarter. Business interruption costs, similar to lost revenue from Change Healthcare, were 25 cents per share. UnitedHealth said its adjusted earnings figures took under consideration the impact of the business disruptions but didn’t have in mind direct response costs. The adjusted EPS figure of $7.16 doesn’t have in mind the complete impact of the cyberattack.

The company said the full impact of the cyberattack was 74 cents per share in the primary quarter and expects the full-year impact to be between $1.15 and $1.35 per share.

UnitedHealth reported a first-quarter medical expense ratio, the quantity of every premium dollar that goes toward medical costs, of 84.3%. This includes 40 basis points of the impact of the cyberattack, the corporate said. According to StreetAccount, analysts expected an MCR of 83.8%. A lower ratio typically indicates higher profitability.

Shares of UnitedHealth rose greater than 5% on Tuesday morning. As of Monday's close, the stock was down about 15% for the yr.

UnitedHealth consists of two major business units: Optum and UnitedHealthcare. According to the corporate, Optum provides a variety of pharmacy services and consulting services and provides healthcare to roughly 103 million consumers website.

Optum reported first-quarter revenue of $61.1 billion, up from $54.1 billion in the identical period last yr. UnitedHealth said Optum's revenue growth was driven primarily by its patient care and pharmacy divisions because the number of individuals served “grew significantly.”

In 2022, Optum accomplished a $13 billion merger with Change Healthcare, which provides payment and revenue cycle management tools. According to the corporate, Change Healthcare processes greater than 15 billion billing transactions annually and one in three patient records passes through its systems.

UnitedHealth announced in February that a cyber threat actor breached a part of Change Healthcare's information technology network, causing the corporate to instantly shut down the affected systems. The impact was widespread across the healthcare sector, with many doctors not capable of fill prescriptions or be paid for his or her services.

The company has been working in recent weeks to bring systems back online, and UnitedHealth said Tuesday that it has paid out greater than $6 billion to health care providers who need assistance.

UnitedHealth said it continues to make “significant progress” in restoring Change Healthcare services.

“I am extremely grateful to our colleagues who are working tirelessly day and night to restore services, unlock funding for providers and protect the overall health care system,” UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty said in the course of the company’s quarterly conference call with investors.

UnitedHealth's other division, UnitedHealthcare, provides insurance coverage and advantages to thousands and thousands of Americans, based on its website. UnitedHealthcare reported first-quarter revenue of $75.4 billion, up from $70.5 billion a yr earlier.

The company said the expansion was driven by a rise within the number of individuals served by UnitedHealthcare within the United States. The total variety of domestic consumers served by the unit grew by 2 million in the primary quarter.

UnitedHealth said it updated its full-year net income outlook and expects to report between $17.60 and $18.20 per share, largely on account of the cyberattack and the Brazil sale.

During the corporate's earnings call, UnitedHealth CFO John Rex said that UnitedHealthcare is “largely back to normal in terms of claims submission activity” following the cyberattack. He said claims are flowing as expected.

The U.S. Department of Justice reportedly opened an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth in late February a report from the Wall Street Journal. The company declined to comment on the matter during its investor call.