Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Saturday that while it was difficult having her husband deploy to Africa with the South Carolina Army National Guard, the assignment represents a “moment of pride” for the state and the country. The official deployment ceremony for the brigade that includes Michael Haley took place Saturday afternoon at The…
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Quarter Final – Morocco v Portugal – Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar – December 10, 2022 Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes reacts REUTERS/Paul Childs LISBON, June 17 (Reuters) – Bruno Fernandes struck twice and Bernardo Silva also scored to earn Portugal a 3-0 home win over Bosnia and…
Brazil have an ideal chance to secure a morale-boosting first win of 2023 as they take on Guinea and Senegal in a pair of June international friendly matches. Interim head coach Ramon Menezes leads his team in two Europe-based exhibitions, firstly against Guinea at Espanyol’s RCDE Stadium in Barcelona on June 17, before facing Senegal…
Embattled coach Bob Huggins has resigned as the men’s head basketball coach at West Virginia University and announced his retirement Saturday after he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Pittsburgh. “My recent actions do not represent the values of the University or the leadership expected in this role. While I have…
Kourtney Kardashian Barker’s pregnancy announcement re-created a scene from a hit video by husband Travis Barker’s band, Blink-182. On Friday, Kardashian Barker shared video footage from a Blink-182 concert where she held up a sign that read, “Travis I’m pregnant,” from the audience. As fans may recall, a woman did the same thing in Blink-182’s…
LOS ANGELES — A few weeks ago, Rory McIlroy found himself doing something unexpected. He had logged into YouTube and pulled up old major championship highlights — his highlights — from the last time he could call himself a major champion: the 2014 Open at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake. “For whatever reason,” said McIlroy, not…
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Open tried to fight back against record low scores with a North course at Los Angeles Country Club stretched to full length. Wyndham Clark and Rory McIlroy were among those who managed just fine Friday. And then it was up to Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele to tackle the biggest…
NEW YORK — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died. He was 92. Ellsberg, whose actions led to a landmark First Amendment ruling by…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — (AP) — Michael Jordan is finalizing a deal to sell the majority share of the Charlotte Hornets, the franchise announced Friday, leaving the 30-team NBA without any Black majority ownership. Jordan is selling to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, the Hornets said. Plotkin has been a minority stakeholder…
A heightened risk of severe weather is expected across a large swath of the southern United States Saturday and Sunday – days after storms cut a deadly path across Texas, Florida and Mississippi. The Storm Prediction Center said the enhanced risk is centered on Oklahoma, southern Kansas, and portions of the Texas panhandle – including…