Jan. 15, 2021Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 10:33 a.m. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou of Greece has accused an unnamed sporting official of sexually assaulting her in 1998 during preparations for the Sydney Games. Bekatorou, who won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, said the male official from […]
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Joe Root said that England had made a “brilliant start” to their busiest ever year in Test match cricket after hitting his first Test century for 14 months to help his team reach a commanding position on the second day in Galle. Root’s undefeated 168, sharing a 173-run partnership with debutant […]
After more than five years — through two presidential administrations, two Philly mayors, the Eagles winning the Super Bowl and firing their Super Bowl-winning head coach — plans for a massive casino and hotel near the South Philadelphia stadiums are coming to fruition. They’ll finally be fully realized next month, […]
The past 12 months have been a skier’s imperfect storm: the early end to last season, virtually no skiing for Brits thus far this winter and new Covid restrictions piling up like snowdrifts. It’s therefore almost inevitable that, with pent-up demand high as a mountain and uncertainty set to run […]
OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT As we recover from the ravages of the Pandemic and the hospitality industry re-emerges from its devastation, the good news is that there is unprecedented opportunity for improvement. Much of the upcoming change is directly related to the virus and is well underway; improved cleanliness standards, solutions […]
Los Angeles Kings center Jeff Carter, left, celebrates his goal with center Anze Kopitar, second from left, of Solvania, against Minnesota Wild goaltender Cam Talbot, second from right, defenseman Ryan Suter, center, and center Marcus Johansson, right, of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Los […]
By Thomas Peter, John Geddie WUHAN, China/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 are to begin virtual meetings with their Chinese hosts from a hotel in China’s Wuhan, where the pandemic first emerged, on Friday. Their arrival at the city in central China on […]
There’s a quote by Dr. Martin Luther King that especially resonates with Dr. Wilma Wooten, San Diego County’s health officer. “Dr. King once said that of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane,” Wooten said Thursday night. Those words have guided her […]
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Flannels, Steve Granitz/WireImage As a result, she started acting out. “I started cheating on my husband,” she shared on the podcast. “I had always really drunk alcohol to take the edge off of the drugs. And then I realized that I was getting up in […]
Dear Annie: There are three sisters in my family. Two of us are childless. Our other sister now has seven grandchildren. Every Christmas and birthday, my other childless sister and I send a check to each grandniece and grandnephew. We never expect any gifts in return, but it would be […]
“So, for sure, it’s something I will pass on to the players because you see a lot of these group hugs now when they win a five-a-side, so that will be something we’ll look at.” Pogba added that he and his United team-mates will also be working on a new […]
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The Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns are about to square off Sunday afternoon in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs, and there’s no shortage of chatter about Kareem Hunt’s return to Kansas City. The running back started his career with a bang with the Chiefs, winning Rookie of […]
An unmanned aerial vehicle circled over the city in the nights ahead of the polls. On the eve of the vote the US ambassador to Uganda, Natalie Brown, announced the US would not take part in an already very limited electoral observer mission because so few embassy officials had received accreditation to […]
Online supporters of President Donald Trump are scattering to smaller social media platforms, fleeing what they say is unfair treatment by Facebook, Twitter and other big tech firms looking to squelch misinformation and threats of violence. The efforts by those mainstream platforms, prompted by the deadly rampage at the U.S. […]
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Flannels, Steve Granitz/WireImage As a result, she started acting out. “I started cheating on my husband,” she shared on the podcast. “I had always really drunk alcohol to take the edge off of the drugs. And then I realized that I was getting up in […]
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Donald Trump is the first U.S. president to be impeached twice ― and if it were up to Macaulay Culkin, he’d soon be down a movie credit, too. Culkin on Wednesday expressed his support for digitally removing Trump from 1992’s “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” When a fan suggested […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long period of record-low rates on home loans could soon be over. Long-term bond yields, which can influence interest rates on mortgages and other consumer loans, are climbing this month amid expectations of higher U.S. government spending on pandemic relief and an economy recovery as […]
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE We reported the sad but less than surprising news that LeToya Luckett and her husband Tommicus Walker were getting a divorce after tying the knot in 2017. While neither party gave specific reasons for their split, apparently Walker was aware of the rumors that […]
States, cities and tribal nations across the country are facing massive budget shortfalls due to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has emptied public coffers through a combination of depleted tax revenues and surges in emergency spending. These governments are jointly expected to lack between $490 and $620 […]
Ms. Hayden, Mr. McGee and Mr. Panayides shared an entrepreneurial streak. They expressed a desire for connection with others and sought to achieve it online. But their attempts at conventional influencing (via modeling, reality television, running a small business and sharing motivational content) brought only modest attention. It wasn’t until […]
Andy Murray is in danger of missing yet another major tournament after it emerged this morning that he tested positive for Covid-19 a few days ago and is self-isolating in his home. His management agency are in touch with Tennis Australia and he has not given up hope of competing […]