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Hello Friends, The flatness has arrived. Nothing above knee high that I could see from Manly to Dee Why. An excellent day to do anything but surf. I’m on my bike for an adventure! Catch you tomorrow.

Heavy rain in the West brought massive flooding to several states over the weekend. In Iowa, many are still surveying the damage as they try to move forward without flood insurance. CBS Minnesota's Jonah Kaplan reports.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to one felony charge under the Espionage Act in a plea deal that will allow him to go free from prison and bring to an end a years-long legal saga stemming from his role in one of the largest publications of classified information in U.S. history, according to...

Taylor Swift brought new football fans to the game, but the NFL has focused on growing its engagement with young people for the past six years. NFL CMO Tim Ellis spoke to Business Insider about the strategy at Cannes Lions 2024.

By Baria Alamuddin

In belligerent, warmongering language, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week threatened to attack the Mediterranean island of Cyprus — a European nation — if it opened its military bases to Israel.

The EU leapt to Cyprus’ defense and warned that any threat to a member state was a threat against the whole bloc, while pro-Hezbollah media gloated that Nasrallah had provoked global panic about a regional war. Before his speech, Israel said operational plans... Читать дальше...

Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri flanked her Paris Couture runway with monumental mosaics of athletes and executed looks in jersey fabric borrowed from the world of sports.

Nigerian football fans have called on the Nigeria Football Federation to hire Hervé Renard as the next coach of the Super Eagles, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Renard, who is currently coaching the French women’s team, announced he would leave his position after the Paris 2024 Olympics, sparking speculation about his next move. His impressive track

Lainey Wilson and Chuck D joined U.S. Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken and YouTube’s head of music Lyor Cohen in Washington D.C. to unveil the streaming platform’s partnership with with the State Department in an effort to promote peace. The event was accompanied by video statements from the effort’s inaugural group of ambassadors: Chuck […]

Remo Stars coach Daniel Ogunmodede has taken responsibility for his team’s inability to win the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier League title after the Ikenne side finished five points behind winners Enugu Rangers in the just-concluded season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The youthful tactician said the team’s target was to win the title, but the Sky Blue

Judge Aileen Cannon Monday afternoon held a hearing on Jack Smith’s proposed gag orders against President Trump.

The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, said a pregnant woman, Rahemat Lateef, who claimed to have been abducted by some unknown gunmen while going to the state hospital at Ijaiye, Abeokuta for child delivery, is a case of fake kidnap. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this on her

This month has been particularly active from a seismic standpoint in Southern California.

Ervin Santana #54 of the Kansas City Royals throws against the Miami Marlins at Kauffman Stadium August 14, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images

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Matt Yglesias, a well known political commentator, has a blog post on travel sports that's causing a bit of a stir. I think he correctly identifies the dynamic that there's a collective action problem here. In order to even play varsity these days, in certain sports rec ball isn't good enough and you have to specialize. More people specialize, and everyone else has to keep up with the Joneses (or drop out). His solution, however, just amounts to "resist the siren call" and play rec. Not...
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A local amusement park is extending its hours of operation this summer.