Fresh off winning NWSL MVP and helping lead the Portland Thorns to the league championship, Sophia Smith is turning her focus back to the U.S. women’s national team’s attack. And this time, she’ll have some additional reinforcements beside her. Alex Morgan and Mal Pugh, who were among those who missed the U.S.’s defeats to England and Spain earlier this month, have …
Read More »Football regulator: Clubs warn government of ‘knockout blow’ without reforms
Independent regulator will strengthen English football – Former sports minister Tracey Crouch Representatives of 29 clubs have written to the government urging it to press on with plans for an independent football regulator. The letter warned that clubs could be “wiped off the map” if there is any further delay in action. The government announced plans in April for an …
Read More »Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ may have quieted, but their echo has reached America
The single, white rose is sheathed in plastic. The flower is affixed to a stucco wall next to an automated cash machine on Shankill Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Frizzell’s Fish Shop once stood here. Once stood here. It just so happened that I visited this spot 29 years to the day after two Provisional Irish Republican Army members walked …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi says her husband is ‘making steady progress’ after hammer attack
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday evening that her husband is making “steady progress on what will be a long recovery process” after being attacked by a man with a hammer in their San Francisco residence in the early hours of Friday morning. “We have been deluged with thousands of messages conveying concern, prayers and warm wishes,” Pelosi tweeted. …
Read More »US says it won’t ‘waste time’ on Iran nuclear deal
The Biden administration says it will not “waste time” on trying to revive talks with Iran regarding its dormant nuclear deal in light of Tehran’s brutal crackdown on antigovernment protesters and its support of Russia in its war against Ukraine. While speaking at an event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Monday, U.S. envoy for Iran Rob …
Read More »Trump Organization trial begins with opening arguments
Opening arguments in the criminal tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization began Monday in New York City. The Trump Organization is facing allegations of tax fraud following a three-year investigation. The business is accused of paying senior executives millions in off-the-books compensation through fringe benefits. Neither former President Trump nor any of his children are charged or accused of any …
Read More »Putin hosts Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in attempt to broker peace
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday to try to broker a settlement to a longstanding conflict between the two ex-Soviet neighbors. The peace talks took place as Putin’s military delivered a new missile barrage targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in the conflict that has entered its ninth month. In an initial meeting with Armenian …
Read More »‘Impulse to conceal’: John Fetterman loses out on major endorsement in heated Senate race
The futile Fetterman spin Washington Times national politics correspondent Susan Ferrechio and Fox News contributor Mara Liasson weigh in on the highly-contested Pennsylvania Senate race between Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman. Republican Pennsylvania Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz has received the endorsement from one of the state’s largest newspapers with little more than a week left in his heated …
Read More »King Charles ‘absolutely devastated’ over change in his relationship with son Prince Harry
The Duke of Sussex is allegedly bent on disgracing his own father King Charles and going to blindside the royal family in his memoir as he follows in Meghan Markle’s footstep to develop the truth of his choice to win sympathy. King Charles III seems to be in trouble as his own son Prince Harry is disobeying the new monarch. …
Read More »Billie Eilish, Jesse Rutherford slammed for ‘creepy’ costumes
This Halloween, Billie Eilish’s rumored boyfriend is the “Bad Guy.” The 20-year-old “Happier Than Ever” singer and the Neighbourhood frontman Jesse Rutherford, 31, were spotted by fans over the weekend at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights in Los Angeles. Photos posted by Pop Crave captured Eilish dressed as a baby while her “Sweater Weather” beau transformed into an old man, …
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