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Brittney Griner should have been in Chicago on Saturday as her Mercury faced the Sky at Wintrust Arena. Instead, she’s 135 days into her detainment in Russia and one day into her trial on drug charges, which are punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Griner was arrested Feb. 17, a week before Russia […]
SAN DIEGO — Twenty members of the armed forces — representing the Navy, Marine Corps and National Guard — became U.S. citizens Friday aboard the USS Midway Museum as part of Independence Day celebrations taking place across the country. Administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the naturalization ceremony was one of 140 around the […]
What the U.S. enhancing its military presence in NATO nations could look like NPR Source link
The U.S. Open Tennis social media admins woke up and chose violence today. SportsCenter tweeted a “cold-blooded” video of a wicked between-the-legs serve from Nick Kyrgios against Stefanos Tsitsipas during a third round match at Wimbledon. While most of tennis Twitter raved about the play, one fan was not as amused,
WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s top security officer has asked Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enforce laws barring picketing outside the Maryland homes of high court justices, saying protests and “threatening activity” have increased. Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley made the request in a July 1 letter to Hogan, noting that […]
RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 2 (Reuters) – The Palestinian Authority will hand the bullet that killed prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to U.S. authorities for forensic examination, a Palestinian official said on Saturday. Abu Akleh was killed on May 11 while was covering an Israeli military raid in the Palestinian city of […]
Aachen, Germany – The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team took fifth place in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup CDIO5* at CHIO Aachen, finishing on a final team total of 427.048. Denmark took top honors on a team final of 459.412, with Germany securing second place on a 454.903. Sweden finished in third with a combined […]
INDIANAPOLIS (July 2, 2022) – Reigning U.S. all-round, hoop and clubs champion Evita Griskenas (Orland Park, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center) will headline American contingents for the 2022 Pan American Championships and The World Games USA Gymnastics announced Saturday. She’ll be joined at The World Games July 12-13 in Birmingham, Ala., by Lili Mizuno (Northbrook, […]
“This summit,” Khaled Al-Suleiman, a Saudi Arabian columnist, wrote of President Biden’s upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, “may be a golden opportunity for the American president to restore the [regional countries’] faith in America as a trustworthy historical ally with a solid policy that can be relied upon. “For the alternative,” he warned, “is that these countries […]
America’s partners around the world must have a serious case of whiplash. The past 20 years have seen U.S. foreign policy ricochet from unilateralism to “leading from behind,” from the isolationism of America First to an attempt to restore our diplomacy and global partnerships all at once. Foreign policy priorities always shift when the White […]