University of Houston students, fans, and staff members bid farewell to Jamal Shead, L.J. Cryer, head coach Kelvin Sampson, and the rest of the March Madness-bound Cougars on Wednesday as they set off for their first-round matchup against Longwood University. As the top seed in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament’s South Region, Houston is poised to make a historic run …

WASHINGTON: Bit­coin fell by as much as 6.5 per cent on Tuesday, on track for its largest one-day drop in two weeks, as a wave of selling hit cryptocurrencies and other risk assets, such as stocks. The price was last down 5.86pc at $63,419, having dropped to a two-week low of $62,966, while ether fell 6.39pc to $3,283. Bitcoin is …