Six in 10 (59%) Americans credit a celebrity with helping them push through a limit in their lives, new research suggests. A recent poll of 2,000 US adults over the age of 30 found people have pushed on through a tough time personally (44%), taken on a challenge they didn’t think they could do (44%) and improved their physical health …
Read More »Lisa Baird Former NWSL Commissioner Deflects Blame Amid Scandals
Former NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird said in a new interview that she acted in the best possible manner and did not ignore allegations of misconduct by former Portland Thorns and North Carolina Courage manager Paul Riley. Appearing on the E:60 documentary Truth Be Told: The Fight for Women’s Professional Soccer, Baird made her first public comments since resigning from the position …
Read More »Inter Milan 1-0 Barcelona: Xavi furious at ‘injustice’ in Champions League defeat
Inter Milan beat Barcelona, who finished third in their Champions League group last season, behind Benfica Xavi said his Barcelona side suffered “a real injustice” after a 1-0 loss at Inter Milan left them in danger of a second successive group-stage elimination in the Champions League. Hakan Calhanoglu’s strike in first-half stoppage time gave Inter victory. Barca thought they had …
Read More »California law school sued by namesake’s descendants over name change
A group of alumni from the University of California Hastings College of the Law and descendants of its namesake, Serranus Hastings, filed a lawsuit against the state and the school Tuesday in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom signing a bill that authorized changing the school’s name. Hastings, a California Supreme Court Justice, founded the school in 1878, but some historians …
Read More »Northern Kenya faces hunger crisis amid worst drought in 40 years
In a dry river bed in Kenya’s arid northwest, pastoralists dig ever-deeper pits in an anxious search for water, as the region suffers its worst drought in 40 years, which has wiped out livestock and crops, deepening a hunger crisis. For the last four rainy seasons the annual rains have failed across Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia and forced 1.5 million …
Read More »Reporter’s Notebook: The Truman Show at the Capitol
It’s well known that Vice President Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. But what few Americans know is that President Harry Truman also took out Hamilton. Hamilton wasn’t laid low in a duel. But congressional officials recently moved Hamilton’s statue out of the Capitol rotunda in exchange for a statue of the 33rd president. Hamilton’s statue is now …
Read More »Rep. Schrier says Dem spending ‘rescued our economy,’ despite inflation reaching 40-year high
Vulnerable midterm candidate Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wa., claimed that after the COVID-19 pandemic, “Democrat spending rescued our economy,” despite inflation hitting a 40-year-high in June. “Democratic spending rescued our economy and kept families afloat, kept small businesses afloat, and were key to our country’s economic recovery and rebound which was faster than virtually any other country in the world,” Schrier …
Read More »Fetterman previously said he didn’t want support from those who ‘cheer’ for Trump, hold opposing beliefs
Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman previously stated that he did not want political support from those who championed ideas held by former President Donald Trump or from Americans who are not open to welcoming Syrian refugees to the United States or those who hold traditional views of marriage. The resurfacing of the past remarks from Fetterman — several of …
Read More »10 mountaineers dead after avalanche in northern India
At least 10 trainee mountaineers died Tuesday after being swept away by an avalanche in the Himalayas in northern India, media reports said, as rescuers searched for 11 others missing. A group of 29 people was hit by an avalanche on a mountain peak located in the Gangotri range of the Garhwal Himalayas on Tuesday morning, said Uttarakhand state police …
Read More »Abortion is the number one midterm issue for voters in Michigan, while Whitmer dominates in governor’s race
Abortion ranked as most important issue to voters in Michigan, topping inflation and the cost of living, according to a new poll that revealed Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is dominating the state’s gubernatorial race. A Detroit News/WDIV poll of registered voters in Michigan found that despite the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reporting the year-over-year inflation rate rose to 8.3% in …
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