BRASILIA,Brazil – Brazil’s left-wing former president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, narrowly won a tightly contested presidential election tonight with a margin of just under 2%. With 50% of precincts reporting, Bolsonaro clung to a narrow 0.5% lead, but the general trend over the course of the evening was a slow and steady upswing for Lula, …
Read More »Speaker Pelosi seen visiting husband at San Francisco hospital for the first time after violent attack
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was spotted visiting her husband at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Sunday, two days after an intruder broke into their home and attacked him with a hammer. Paul Pelosi, 82, suffered a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands during the attack around 2:00 a.m. on Friday morning. He underwent …
Read More »Steph McGovern lashes out at Prince Harry for his unreleased memoir
Steph McGovern, Journalist and television presenter, has blasted Prince Harry for his unreleased memoir, accusing Meghan’s husband of hosting his own ‘pity party’. The Duke of Sussex upcoming book, titled Spare, has been bashed by McGovern, after she pointed out that Harry got “someone to write a book for him,” on Have I Got News For You. Penguin Random House has …
Read More »Selena Gomez takes a photo with NYC Waverly Place sign
Selena Gomez is going back to her Disney Channel roots. The “Boyfriend” singer posted a picture Saturday of herself in a beige sweater and printed pants staring up at the Waverly Place street sign with the caption “back to where it all began.” “I adored being on [‘Wizards of Waverly Place’] so much,” said Gomez on Entertainment Weekly’s “Awardist” podcast. …
Read More »Weston McKennie Injury: USMNT Star Hurts Thigh Ahead of World Cup
Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie became the latest U.S. men’s national team player to pick up an injury this week, raising more concerns for the USMNT with the World Cup less than a month away. According to Sky Sport Italia, McKennie was subbed off in Juventus’s 1–0 win over Lecce on Saturday at halftime with a thigh injury. The report said McKennie …
Read More »Man Utd: ‘Marcus Rashford’s form means he starts for England’ – Jermaine Jenas analysis
In the past few weeks, I had already gone from thinking that Marcus Rashford shouldn’t be at the World Cup to believing he should be on the plane to Qatar. Instead, after watching him at Old Trafford on Sunday, England boss Gareth Southgate will be thinking Rashford might have to start their first game in Group B, against Iran on …
Read More »Washington state school district appoints board director who once labeled cops ‘pigs,’ encouraged riots
A Washington state woman who has a history of anti-police statements and once seemed to be encouraging people to riot has been appointed to fill a director vacancy on a city school board. Talauna Reed was sworn in during an Olympia School Board meeting on Thursday, October 27, according to a press release. Talauna Reed running for city council in …
Read More »US cybersecurity official warns of ‘complex threat environment’ going into midterm elections
U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning of a “very complex threat environment” going into next month’s midterm election. Appearing on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday morning, Jen Easterly, Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said the agency was putting out information to make sure that state and local election officials have the information that they need to …
Read More »Referee appointments Autumn Nations Series
Referee appointments Autumn Nations Series Here are the match officials in charge of the Autumn Nations Series action over the coming weeks. Round 1 Scotland v Australia – Murrayfield, Edinburgh Saturday, 29 October, 2022 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU) Assistant Referee 1: Karl Dickson (RFU) Assistant Referee 2: Christophe Ridley (RFU) TMO: Stuart Terheege (RFU) Round 2 Italy v Samoa Stadio …
Read More »Poland chooses US to build its first nuclear power plant
Poland has chosen the U.S. government and Westinghouse to build the central European country’s first nuclear power plant, part of an effort to burn less coal and gain greater energy independence. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said late Friday on Twitter that Poland would use the “reliable, safe technology” of the Westinghouse Electric Company for the plant in Pomerania province near …
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