Tulane Tryst, who is coming off a solid effort in graded stakes company, and Bango, who is running on his favorite track, figure as the favorites following the key scratches of Baby Yoda and Just Might from Wednesday’s $160,000 St. Matthews Stakes at Churchill Downs. Following heavy rain and thunderstorms the day prior in Louisville, … Read more
Kurt Warner, who once handled himself with utmost professionalism in a mentorship quandary, has come out to slam comments made on the topic by Ryan Tannehill. On Tuesday, the Titans’ quarterback told reporters that “I don’t think it’s my job” to mentor Malik Willis, the quarterback from Liberty whom the team selected in the third round of … Read more
The Trump-backed candidate J.D. Vance won the Ohio Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, while former Bernie Sanders presidential campaign co-chair Nina Turner lost the Democratic primary election for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District after massive outside spending and attacks by super PACs. We speak with Andrew Perez of The Lever about what Ohio’s elections mean for … Read more
Britain’s Andy Murray will face old rival Novak Djokovic for the first time since 2017 after beating Canada’s Denis Shapovalov at the Madrid Open. Murray, 34, produced a high level to win 6-1 3-6 6-2 against world number 16 Shapovalov, who beat the Scot at Wimbledon last year. Now an even tougher test against world … Read more
The Biden administration said on Tuesday that WNBA superstar Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained by the Russian government — a shift in language that indicates the U.S. will work more aggressively to secure her release. The State Department hadn’t gone so far in its previous statements about Griner, who was arrested at an airport outside Moscow … Read more
VILLAREAL, Spain — The song spread around the Estadio de la Céramica, out from the little corner beneath the scoreboard where Villarreal’s most raucous fans are housed, as Liverpool played out the final passes and the clock ticked beyond 90, until the whole stadium was standing as one. The home fans held their scarves high … Read more
PHOENIX — The last time we saw Chris Paul in the end of the season games, he was sending home the Pelicans on an ideal shooting night. On Monday, we didn’t see him however much we’re acclimated with. The Suns took Game 1 against the Mavs in their second-round series with a 121-114 success. Paul, … Read more
The 1995 World Conference on Women convened by the United Nations was a watershed moment for women’s rights, a pivotal event in the movement for global progress toward gender equality. Last week, 26 years later, leaders from government, civil society, philanthropy and the private sector gathered in Paris for the culmination of the Generation Equality Forum, … Read more
A leaked document suggesting millions of US women could lose the legal right to abortion is genuine, the Supreme Court’s chief justice has confirmed. But it does not represent the court’s final decision, said John Roberts. The leak has stirred expectations that the 1973 decision which legalised abortion in the US could be overturned, allowing … Read more
From our rooftop position in the centre of the city, smoke can be seen rising in multiple directions. We counted three different points. Under local security laws it is illegal to give more specific details. There is currently no word on casualties. The city’s mayor Andriy Sadovyi said part of the city had been left … Read more
A fire that broke out at an electrical substation in Lviv after it was hit by missiles is being extinguished, the city’s mayor Andriy Sadovyi says. One person was injured in the attack, he says. Russian missiles also struck six railway stations in central and western Ukraine, the head of the board of Ukrainian Railways, … Read more
We’re getting some more detail about today’s evacuation of several civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, the UN’s team leader for the evacuation, said it was a complicated operation. “You are trying to get people out in an active conflict zone where there are women and children who’ve been … Read more
Katarina stepped off the bus into the sun with everything she now owns stuffed in a small backpack. Her two children, aged six and 11, rubbed their eyes. They are exhausted. For two months they’ve lived in a bunker under the Azovstal steel plant as Russian bombs pounded the site and their city of Mariupol. … Read more
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said it’s “a dark and disturbing morning for America,” in the wake of the draft Supreme Court opinion obtained by Politico that would strike down Roe v. Wade. He said, “The Republican-appointed justices reported votes to overturn Roe v. Wade will go down as an abomination. One of the worst, … Read more
The US Supreme Court’s legitimacy has been deeply pierced, and it may never recover its stature in the eyes of America. For Chief Justice John Roberts, whose concern for the institution’s reputation is manifest in nearly every opinion he writes and every public speech he makes, the developments are a disaster of the highest order. Not … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris said that now is the time to “fight for women and for our country with everything we have” in her first statement since news of the draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade leaked. President Biden earlier told reporters that he thinks codification of Roe v. Wade “makes a … Read more
President Biden, his chief of staff Ron Klain and other senior advisers huddled this morning at the White House before the President left for Alabama to discuss the extraordinary news that broke overnight of the Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade and to craft the statement that Biden ultimately released in the morning. And now, … Read more
Democrats had been struggling to find their midterm footing amid bad polls and rising inflation — but now are rallying around an issue they hope will turn around their fortunes: Abortion. With no chance of successfully passing a bill, they are pleading with voters to send them more senators to change filibuster rules and codify a woman’s abortion … Read more
