FIFA will pull the plug on the doomed plan for a World Cup every two years. Global chief Gianni Infantino has accepted defeat in the idea he had championed alongside Arsene Wenger. Infantino had planned to use Thursday’s Congress of the 211 member associations to bring the matter to a head and hold a decisive […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have split the massive Department of Health and Human Resources into separate agencies, saying he first wants a review of its “issues, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies.”
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The D.C. Council's Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery is expected to vote Wednesday on a set of recommendations aimed at reducing economic inequity, helping small businesses and raising educational achievement.
Facebook parent company Meta orchestrated nationwide campaign to sway public opinion against popular competitor TikTok, the Washington Post reported.
Police released video of a woman wanted for smashing the window of a yellow cab with a cinder block before making off with an iPhone and cash in New York City.
"Some days I needed to have a drink with a friend, some days I needed to take a walk," Lenz said about filming "So Cold the River."
The parents of a 19-year-old man who was killed by state troopers on an overpass in the Pocono Mountains filed a wrongful-death suit Wednesday, saying video that Pennsylvania State Police initially tried to keep secret shows he was pointing a pellet gun in the air and not at the troopers when they fired the fatal shots.
Читать дальше...Shane Warne was remembered as "mesmerising" and a "genius" at a state memorial service in Melbourne Wednesday attended by tens of thousands of spectators and legendary players, with…
A new teaser for Static: Season Two by artist Nikolas Draper- Ivey sets the stage for a certain returning Milestone cartoon villain.
Martin Blunden has been suspended following allegations about his conduct, it has been reported.
A video posted to Twitter by the Human Rights Campaign shows a Missouri state senator asking a series of intrusive questions to a nonbinary teenager at a recent hearing on a proposed transgender sports ban. State Sen. Elaine Gannon (R-DeSoto) is seen in the video asking questions of Avery Jackson, a 14-year-old from Kansas City, […]
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Nearly half of Americans are stressed about the cost and availability of energy, up from around a third of Americans one year ago, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
Ron Howard is making a documentary for Disney+ about the life and creative process of Muppets creator Jim Henson based on his personal archives.
If, like me, you’ve found yourself fatigued by The Slap, you’re in luck, because this Sunday’s 64th annual Grammy Awards might just be the next venue for a perplexing piece of award show performance art. Prepare for the internet to be a place of pure chaos for yet another week!
Models like MUM and BERT, Google says, can more effectively deliver information on crisis assistance to people searching for help.
Last year, cybercriminals used phony law enforcement subpoenas to steal an unknown amount of user data from Apple and Meta. The data requests were submitted to the tech companies using hacked police email accounts, and thus appeared to be legitimate government requests.
Apart from a progressive battery-swapping policy, we need imaginative solutions to hedge against many risks
The NBA postseason is nearly upon us, and each year you can pick out a few players that have something to prove. Giannis Antetokounmpo did it last season (no matter how many breaks they got along the way), leading Milwaukee to the title, and LeBron James the year before when he led the Lakers to their first…
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I've always admired the Royal Consort, Prince Philip, as a bloke who spoke his mind no matter what, and was sad to hear of his passing at the ripe old age of 99.
Breaking down the NCAAW Final Four.
The Jews accepted Resolution 181 - but it was rejected by the Arabs - resulting in the invasion of Western Palestine by the armies of six Arab States - Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
"It speaks so poorly of us," Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards said after the veto override.
Total global output by eight major Japanese automakers in February rose for the first time since June 2021, up 3.6 percent from a year earlier to nearly 2.01…