I listened over the radio to monitor the casualty evacuation. The difficult terrain, IED-infested roads and distance made it almost impossible to send vehicular support. The Marines at the scene did their best to stabilize their injured squadmate and sent for an air evacuation. I’ll never forget the moment the helicopters went “wheels up,” as they flew the Marine to urgent medical care. We learned the next day that the Marine had died....
Understanding Back Pain Back pain is often caused by muscle strain or problems with disks in the spine, according to the Mayo Clinic. Getting regular exercise, maintaining proper posture, and strengthening the muscles in the spine and abdominal area can help you keep back pain at bay. With that in mind, consider using cardio workout apps to make exercise part of your regular routine. You may also want to invest in a standing desk to avoid underusing your back muscles and promote better posture....
The alleged atrocities in Ukraine have prompted international leaders to call Putin a “war criminal” and advocate for those responsible to stand trial. On Saturday, Carla Del Ponte, who formerly led war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia, called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Putin. If Putin goes on trial, it could limit his travel to only countries that do not participate in the ICC....
Tsitsipas was too good for Australian Jordan Thompson, prevailing 6-3 7-6 (7-4) to book a spot in the last eight on Thursday. Greek star Tsitsipas saved a set point in the second set as he earned a clash with 10th seed Benoit Paire in Washington. “It’s very pleasing knowing that I can be mature and handle those situations very bravely, so I’m really happy with that,” said Tsitsipas. “I showed character out there....
The most exciting player in the NBA is too excited to sleep. Tonight he made an assist with an over-the-shoulder pass. Juked the defense and dunked behind his head. Drove the middle and threw in a buzzer-beating layup. Heard the crowd chanting his name. Saw opponents staring at his moves. Felt the sort of magic that sometimes, it seems, only he can feel. Three hours later, he’s still feeling it....
The dynastic Oilers, two months removed from winning a fourth Stanley Cup in five years, pulled off the “unthinkable” and traded the Great One to the Kings in a five-player, three-draft pick blockbuster on Aug. 9, 1988, reshaping the NHL and sending shockwaves across two nations. As Jim Matheson chronicled for TSN, the story behind the trade was packed with enough drama and rumors that would put any modern-day trade deadline to shame....
“I wanted my parents to see me play, my parents wanted to see me play,” the quarterback said Wednesday on “The Dan Patrick Show.” “Just making my parents happy and proud was the biggest thing I wanted to do, and I couldn’t do it on the sideline.” Tagovailoa was a true freshman behind sophomore Jalen Hurts when he considered leaving Alabama. Hurts had led the Crimson Tide to the national championship game against Clemson the season before, but came just short of winning the title....
The 2021 edition of the festival located in the Nevada desert was cancelled for the second year in a row over public health concerns on Tuesday. Carlson reported the news one day later on his Fox News opinion show Tucker Carlson Tonight, saying organizers were “too afraid of COVID” and making the tongue-in-cheek suggestion of an alternate anti-mask festival. Carlson said the cancellation of Burning Man was “obviously bad news if you enjoy body painting and interpretive dance on acid....
In an essay he published on his blog, Kearney said, “Let’s make this happen” to Carlson’s plan, though he did so not as an endorsement of trying to catch educators in the act of doing something they supposedly shouldn’t be doing. Instead, he wrote Carlson’s “‘spy cameras’ will see teachers and students working together to be better every day.” Kearney spoke with Newsweek on Monday, and he went into more detail about what prompted him to write the essay, as well as reiterated that it wasn’t written tongue in cheek....
In case you didn’t know.. Antonina Shevchenko is a Peruvian-Kyrgyzstan Muay Thai fighter who is the second from the Shevchenko family to enter the UFC, after her older sister, Valentina Shevchenko. Antonina made her MMA debut back in 2002, before taking a long layoff from the sport for twelve long years. In 2017, she returned to the Octagon and has been successful ever since with four back to back victories in her last four appearances....
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was criticized for underplaying the COVID-19 crisis for months and the World Health Organization officials described the outbreak as a “raging inferno.” Spikes in cases present opportunities for concerning mutations take hold and American officials have described the vaccination effort as a “race” against variants. On Sunday, Gabbard, who made a bid for president in 2020, posted on Twitter that the United States needs to do “everything possible” to slow the spread of a Brazilian variant....
Having also missed Tunisia’s World Cup warm-up friendlies, 27-year-old Khazri now feels geared up for battle as Tunisia prepare to upset England at the Volgograd Arena. “I feel pretty good – I’m happy to go back to work and play. We are aware that we have a really tough group,” Khazri told Sunderland’s official website. “We know that the favourites to advance to the second round are Belgium and England, but we have a good team which plays well together....
DWAC, which is a Special-Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), plans to take the former president’s media company public and is currently seeking to extend the deadline for the merger in order to have more time to gather shareholder votes, Markets Insider reported Friday. If the deal is successfully completed, Trump’s media company would receive $293 million from DWAC in addition to $1 billion in the form of a private investment in public equity (PIPE)....
Trump supporters on Wednesday amassed around capitol buildings in Phoenix, Atlanta, Lansing, Michigan, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Carson City, Nevada, and Madison, Wisconsin. In Lansing, numerous protesters carried a large cross draped with an American flag on to the capitol building lawn and held a religious ceremony in honor of Trump. The January 6 pro-Trump rallies each numbered in the hundreds and followed weeks of demands from the president himself for “wild” protests across the country....
Trump took to his Truth Social network on Thursday to repeat debunked claims of widespread election fraud as the nationally broadcast hearing unfolded. The committee heard from three high-ranking Justice Department officials who described resisting the former president’s pressure to use the department’s authority to challenge the election results. Assembled last year to look into the causes of the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the probe has turned its attention to how Trump and members of his inner circle sought to prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election results....
Trump’s triumphal tweet on Monday that a “record” had been achieved over the last four months followed the release of figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showing total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 1.4 million in August. In normal times, this would be worth crowing about. But these are far from normal times, and the number is less than July’s increase of 1.7 million and considerably less than June’s figure of 4....
On Tuesday, Betfair put the president’s odds of re-election at 7-4 (implying a 37 percent chance of winning re-election according to the bookmaker) to Joe Biden’s odds of 4-7 (suggesting a 63 percent chance of taking the presidency). Those odds had not moved overnight and into Wednesday morning. That is more than half the odds Trump was given two weeks before the 2016 vote. Betfair data showed the president’s chance of winning the election the first time around was given at 11-2 (implying a 15 percent chance of victory) 14 days out from Election Day....
Several surveys covering key battleground races and the national mood have put the president way behind his Democratic challenger, with some showing Joe Biden holding a double-digit lead over the incumbent. Election forecasts also heavily favor the former vice president, putting his odds of winning the electoral college at around 90 percent. A poll published by The New York Times and Siena College found Biden held a 14-point lead over Trump nationwide, with half of the 1,337 surveyed voters saying they would back the Democrat if an election were held the same day....
Often, it resulted in victory for candidates. According to an NPR analysis, candidates endorsed by Trump in the 2022 election cycle won their primaries 91 percent of the time, largely due to a lack of competition. More frequently, however, Trump has been lending his name to the fringes of his movement, emboldening far-right candidates and their supporters who have since become cornerstone components of the modern GOP. At a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Friday, Trump supporters could be seen holding up a single-finger “salute” tied to the QAnon conspiracy movement....
A Washington Post-ABC News poll saw 53 percent of those surveyed say they would back Biden versus Trump, while 40 percent said they would vote the other way if the election were between the two. Those numbers show Biden up from 50 percent and Trump down from 44 compared to a previous poll. The latest research was conducted by telephone between May 25 and 28, among a random national sample of 1,001 adults....
