The visual of one of the nation’s most popular athletes knocked to the floor after a fan who was staring at her phone collided with her while storming the court was a stark reminder of the dangers athletes face when crowds get out of control. Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark was shaken up but not injured…
A sexual assault lawsuit filed against Gérard Depardieu by a French actress has been dropped because it was past the statute of limitations, prosecutors in Paris said on Monday, but the French actor is still under investigation in a separate case. In the lawsuit that was dropped, the actress Hélène Darras had accused Depardieu of…
Southwest Airlines said Monday its pilots approved a new labor agreement, which will offer about a 50% pay raise over a five-year period. About 11,000 pilots affiliated with the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association had been negotiating for better pay, retirement benefits, disability insurance and a revised scheduling process after the contract ended in September 2020. About…
Happy anniversary, Detroit Lions. Precisely three years after newly hired coach Dan Campbell delivered his introductory press conference — widely dismissed as just another deluded dreamer thinking he could fix a hopelessly fractured franchise — the reborn Lions barged into the NFC championship game. Whereas the other three teams in this weekend’s conference championship games…
Ewa Podles, the Polish contralto whose darkly molten, three-octave-plus voice and commanding presence made her a favorite of opera connoisseurs, died on Friday in Warsaw. She was 71. Her death, in a hospice center, was confirmed by her stepdaughter, Ania Marchwinska, who said the cause was lung cancer. Aficionados embraced Ms. Podles (whose full name…
The Chargers are expected to meet with Jim Harbaugh a second time regarding their head coaching position, according to someone familiar with the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. The Michigan coach is one of 15 candidates identified during the team’s first round of interviews. The Chargers also are searching…
Now, the composer Joseph Boulogne would be hailed as a Renaissance man: artist, athlete, intellectual, soldier. Born in Guadeloupe in 1745, the son of a white French plantation owner and an enslaved mother of Senegalese origin, Boulogne became a virtuoso violinist, prodigious composer, champion fencer, the general of Europe’s first Black regiment and an avid…
Nick Dunlap is the first winner of the American Express event on the PGA Tour who likely leaves home without an American Express card. The 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Alabama is an amateur golfer, so he couldn’t accept the $1.5-million prize earmarked for the winner of the tournament once known as the Bob…
EDMONTON, AB – The Edmonton Oilers signed Corey Perry on Monday for the remainder of the season, adding the veteran winger to the hottest team in the NHL nearly two months since the Chicago Blackhawks terminated his contract for unacceptable conduct. Perry, 38, signed a a pro-rated deal for the league minimum $775,000 plus performance…
New York is poised to become the seventh-worst state in the US to take up retirement in 2024, according to a recent study from WalletHub. States that fared worse than New York include Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Mississippi, New Jersey and Kentucky, which landed in last place. WalletHub ranked all 50 US states on how retirement-friendly…
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