This year, we won’t be ringing in the new year the same way we have in the past. There won’t be big parties and celebrations. Crowds won’t be packed shoulder-to-shoulder in Times Square to see the ball drop in Midtown (it’s worth noting that there is a virtual option for folks to take part in). A winter vacation to ring in the new year will be postponed to sometime in 2021, when travel is safe again....
The Islanders defeated The Cranes 2-1 in an entertaining semis clash, and as a result booked a final berth where they will tackle hosts Kenya, who had edged out Burundi by a solitary goal. Cecafa organizers have confirmed that the final will be played in Machakos and not Kisumu or Kakamega. Coach Put is however, confident that the fans will not disappoint during the final as he strives to win his first trophy with the team....
“This impeachment process is about the right to vote,” he wrote. “Your right to vote. Our right to live in a free country, governing our own lives. Nothing less is at stake.” Titled “Why care about the Trump impeachment? Your right to vote in free elections is at stake,” Tribe’s piece does not theorize that Americans will literally lose the right to vote. He stated that foreign powers tampering with U....
“You can spin it however you want, but without Trump, it is very hard to imagine the Democrats winning Kentucky and, probably, Virginia,” Enos posted on Twitter. On Tuesday, Democrats flipped Kentucky’s gubernatorial office and won enough seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates and Senate to turn the Legislature from red to blue. While some said the victories were due to appealing Democratic policies and voter outreach, Enos claimed it was Trump that made them possible....
Only Vesey, the Crimson’s senior captain whose impressive four-year collegiate career ended last week in the NCAA Tournament, made a surprise decision Monday in turning down Nashville’s offer and choosing instead to exercise his right to become a free agent. Rather than joining the Predators for a playoff run, the 22-year-old will wait until Aug. 15, when he’ll become one of the more sought-after free agents of the offseason....
It wasn’t just any full moon, though. Last night’s moon was the Harvest Moon, the name given to the full moon that occurs nearest to the fall equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Photos of the moon were taken from around the world with some uploaded to social media. One, seen below, shows the Harvest Moon above some swimmers at a U.K. beach. Another shows the moon appearing to glow orange behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City....
Oh, and time for a Kevin Harvick chat on Twitter. Harvick, the 2014 Cup champion, will enjoy this week most and have the most to do. He surprised students Monday morning at alma mater North High in Bakersfield, Calif., and headed to Los Angeles later Monday for appearances on ESPN2 and Fox Sports 1 before a taping for Jimmy Kimmel Live. The Las Vegas festivities get into full gear Wednesday with an open fan event on Fremont Street in the afternoon....
As someone who has attended and helped organize many BLM protests, I feel Cullors’ behavior should be questioned. What makes her actions any different than a televangelist who promises you the Lord, just as long as you pay for their next G-5 plane? What makes her behavior different from the myriad of corporations that have used Black pain to enrich themselves? In fact, many of these corporations use the Black Lives Matter banner like an ATM card....
The Heat center says he’s been shooting free throws with his eyes closed in preparation for the upcoming season. MORE: Can Whiteside and Winslow keep Heat relevant? Considering Whiteside shot 50 percent from the line last season, he might want to try something different. Just maybe not closing his eyes. Who knows, maybe The Force will be with him at the line this season.
In the end, what’s so tough about making a movie about a real-life bottle blonde who slept her way to marrying an Argentine strongman and became his biggest political asset? Well, maybe an inflation rate to rival a Latin American dictatorship. What was supposed to be a modest-budget movie had ballooned to $60 million when Stone bowed out. One problem: Argentine President Carlos Menem decided last month that Stone couldn’t film at such real settings as the presidential palace, or use the army, which would have saved a bundle of pesos....
This week the Discovery Channel, together with HarperSanFrancisco, announces the release of “The Jesus Family Tomb,” a television documentary and a book that aim to show that the tomb next door to Tova Bracha’s apartment, located in a nondescript suburb called East Talpiot, is, well, the family plot of Jesus Christ. Spearheaded by a well-known TV director named Simcha Jacobovici, and produced by “Titanic” director James Cameron, “The Jesus Family Tomb” is—both in book and movie form—a slick and suspenseful narrative about the 1980 discovery of a first-century Jewish burial cave and the 10 bone boxes, or ossuaries, found therein....
It’s true that America has made many mistakes in Afghanistan. As far back as the Reagan era, we can clearly see heinous errors made by administration after administration. And it is certainly true that this latest crisis sits squarely on President Biden’s shoulders. He failed to plan to get troops and allies out safely. But the great tragedy of Afghanistan today—what the Taliban are doing to women—has nothing to do with America....
Israelis grudgingly agreed that the Palestinians’ moderate tone at the Madrid peace talks constituted a significant political advance. Palestinian leaders from the occupied territories may finally have seized center stage from Yasir Arafat and his exile Palestine Liberation Organization. “This is the first time that local Palestinians have rebelled against traditional Arab political extremism, " said Nahum Barnea, columnist for the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth. But hardline skepticism of the Palestinians’ intentions still dominates Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s government....
Europe is now alive with debate about the meaning of Europe, so it’s no surprise that activists are engaged in equally broad arguments. At least as much as they did 30 years ago, the radicals are not only declaring opinions but creating a way of life. Without any central organization whatever, they have created a modus operandi in record time, a bare year and a half since they burst upon the public consciousness in Seattle....
According to ESPN.com, the Hawks are fielding trade offers for the 31-year-old forward. In 30 games so far this season, Millsap is averaging 17.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists — all comparable to his past three All-Star seasons with Atlanta. MORE: Rajon Rondo will “absolutely” ask Bulls for trade if benching continues The Hawks are fifth in the Eastern Conference with a 17-16 record. Dwight Howard has been a nice addition, but they don’t appear to be capable of challenging the Cavaliers, Raptors or even the Celtics in the playoffs....
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He doesn’t lead Brazil’s scoring charts and nor is he the multimillion-dollar face of national or international marketing campaigns. READ MORE: Brazil top FIFA rankings | Brazilians making transfer moves | Brazil’s Ballon d’Or complex And at 24-years-old, while all around him teenagers are being shipped off to Europe for eight-figure sums, he’s still in Brazil. But Luan had a late start, not even making his professional debut until he was 21....
A week later, after interviewing campaign staffers and independent observers, I sent him a profile of Obama’s nimble Iowa youth program. Haunted by the specter of Howard Dean, whose hordes of orange-hatted out-of-state volunteers failed to fulfill the Vermonter’s youthful potential in 2004, Team Obama had already hired four times as many staffers and invested five times as much money in the state, opening an unprecedented 31 offices and launching a novel “BarackStars” program to target the 40,000 untapped 17-year-olds set to turn 18 before Election Day....
