Emma Raducanu hits out at ‘insane’ officiating after grass-court victory

The New York Times editorial board pleaded with Vice President Kamala Harris to “do better” than her former running mate in fielding questions from reporters.  “Vice President Kamala Harris, now the likely Democratic nominee, has the chance to encourage and embrace the kind of close examination that the public so far has had little opportunity…

Vice President Kamala Harris no longer supports a fracking ban, in a change in her stance during the last presidential election, her campaign said on Friday, according to a report.  Before she dropped her bid for president in 2019 and joined President Biden’s ticket, she said in a CNN town hall “there’s no question I’m…

Guardiola has not ruled out staying beyond next summerManager had said he was ‘closer to leaving than staying’ Pep Guardiola has insisted he has not ruled out signing a new contract with Manchester City, with his current deal due to expire next summer. The City manager appeared to hint in May that next season could…

A woman visiting Nashville from New Jersey was found alive after having “emerged” from a riverbank, according to police. After an exhaustive search by both the Nashville Metropolitan Police (NMPD) and Nashville Fire Department going into Thursday morning, 33-year-old Alexandria Chmiel was discovered. “BREAKING: Allie Chmiel has emerged from the riverbank and is talking with…

Rodarius “Rara” Thomas will be away from the Georgia football team for the foreseeable future. The Bulldogs wide receiver was suspended indefinitely after he was booked into jail around 3:20 a.m. Friday, Athens-Clarke County jail records show. Thomas was arrested on charges of cruelty to children and battery. He is being held without bail. Thomas’…

Former Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was convicted on two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. Tuscaloosa County District Judge Joanne Jannik sentenced Buggs to a year of hard labor last week, ordering him to serve 60 days. The rest would be suspended for two years “pending the behavior of the defendant.” Buggs is…

Fox News host Laura Ingraham calls out Vice President Kamala Harris for trying to “blend into whatever background she is in” on “The Ingraham Angle.”  LAURA INGRAHAM: Kamala Harris’ cadre of high paid consultants and fat cat donors are frantically trying to create an alternative reality, one where Kamala Harris is the candidate that America…

Ceremonia de deschidere a Jocurilor Olimpice de la Paris a avut o anvergură uriaşă. Organizatorii şi-au luat inima în dinţi şi au organizat parada pe râul Sena, într-un efort logistic colosal, nemaivăzut până acum în competiţia olimpică. Seară magică la ceremonia de deschidere a JO! Început cu stângul: ploaia a dat totul peste cap Trei…

Australia’s Matthew Dawson thought his Games were over after a freak accident but a bold decision ensured he will still be part of a team chasing a medal It has been 20 years since the Kookaburras, the Australian men’s hockey team, have won an Olympic gold medal. But so badly do the current cohort want…

There was a positive test for a banned substance at the Olympics before the opening ceremony even began. Sajjad Sehen’s first Olympic Games are over before they even started after the Iraqi judoka tested positive for metandienone and boldenone in a sample taken in Paris Tuesday. The 28-year-old was due to compete Tuesday but is…

Jocurile Olimpice se confundă, iar, cu numele Nadiei Comăneci. „Zeița de la Montreal” a fost unul dintre superstarurile ceremoniei de deschidere a ediției Paris 2024. Nadia Comăneci, încântătoare la ceremonia de deschidere a JO de la Paris! Fosta gimnastă, parte a „careului de ași” Start JO Paris 2024! Flacăra Olimpică s-a aprins după o ceremonie…

The 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris has sparked international outrage with drag-queen themed imagery of religious and historical figures. In between listing all the countries participating in the Olympic Games, there have been several performances riffing on France’s history and culture, such as a headless Marie Antoinette, the last queen prior to being executed…

U.S. forces in the Middle East have destroyed Houthi drones in Yemen in the past 24 hours, the military said Friday.  Separately, forces with the U.S. Central Command destroyed three uncrewed Houthi surface vessels operating of the Yemeni coast, CENTCOM said.  “It was determined these weapons presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and…

Twenty-four French athletes were Olympic torchbearers, but a special duo received the honor of lighting the cauldron. The torch’s final trek began with soccer legend Zinedine Zidane, and it was eventually handed to two French Olympic heroes who each won three Olympic gold medals. Track star Marie-José Pérec and judoka Teddy Riner lit the cauldron,…

Multiple individuals have been charged with murder and other crimes in connection to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade in February. This week, one of the juveniles was sentenced to a Missouri state Department of Youth Services facility, The Associated Press confirmed. The 15-year-old, whose full name was not made…

Hammersmith Apollo, LondonPlayed at the volume of a pantomime, this makeover of the fairytale favourite is flatly unadventurous You might have walked into the Emerald City. The art deco auditorium of Hammersmith’s Apollo is bathed in green light, the stage dressed with a curtain of ivy. But we’re meeting an ogre not a wizard and,…

Over 160,000 attendees in a key demographic ‘answered the call’ on Thursday, with nearly $8.5m raised for Harris Following the success of a virtual call to mobilize Black women voters for Kamala Harris, a similar event with more than 160,000 attendees was held on Thursday aimed at white women, and appeared to break records. White…

A top Democratic super PAC has launched a massive ad buy across several battleground states to boost Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential candidacy leading up to the Democratic Party’s convention in Chicago next month. Future Forward, the largest Democratic-leaning super PAC, announced this week it will spend $50 million supporting Harris in six states in…

Christina Hall has spoken out for the first time since both she and Josh Hall filed for divorce on July 7. On Thursday, the HGTV star took to her Instagram story to clarify reports that she was “blindsided” by her former husband’s decision to separate. “Over here waiting for the typical Hired PR rep speech…

Social media platform uses pre-ticked boxes of consent, a practice that violates UK and EU GDPR rules Elon Musk’s X platform is under pressure from data regulators after it emerged that users are consenting to their posts being used to build artificial intelligence systems via a default setting on the app. The UK and Irish…

The Parisian rain showed there is a good reason why Olympic opening ceremonies are held in stadiums Avant: le deluge. There was a moment, about an hour into Paris 2024’s Grand Opening Spectacular, as the rain soaked through shoes, trousers, socks and eventually skin, hair and bone; as yet more boats of waving people chugged…

Singer, who hasn’t performed onstage since 2020 as a result of her health, brought down the house with a breathtaking take on an Edith Piaf classic The casual sports fans of the world endured four hours of rambling, chaotic, rainy pomp and circumstance along the Seine on Friday evening for one reason: to possibly see…

A missing 12-year-old Georgia girl last seen in May was found in Ohio, and a suspect has been arrested.  Maria Gomez-Perez was found in Dover, Ohio, Thursday, Fox Atlanta reported.  She was found at a shopping center with 31-year-old Antonio Agustin, a citizen of Guatemala. CALIFORNIA MOM WHO FAKED KIDNAPPING ACTS LIKE HOAX ‘NEVER EXISTED’…

South African police arrested 95 Libyan nationals in a raid on a suspected secret military training camp on Friday and authorities said they were investigating whether there were more illegal bases in other parts of the country. The camp was discovered at a farm in White River in the Mpumalanga province, about 360 kilometers (220…

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Following the protests at Union Station by anti-Israel agitators defacing federal property in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, a Park Police union is pushing back against criticism that only a few arrests were made. Thousands of Hamas-sympathizing agitators descended on Washington, D.C., Tuesday, at one point defacing federal monuments with…

A virtual meeting dubbed “White Dudes for Harris” plans to hold a call on Monday to drum up excitement for Vice President Kamala Harris’ election bid.  “Over 10,000 white men from all across the country are expected to join the effort this week and will be on hand to welcome Vice President Harris to the…

Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy issued a warning to Republicans this week that they need to be aware of some “hard realities” around the way they message their criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris now that she is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. “The bottom line is, I think what’s happened is a lot…