Minaj posted on her Instagram story that she was put in “Twitter jail” over a series of tweets she made on Monday prior to the Met Gala. The post read, “Asking questions is OK. I like being fkng dumb. Then boom. Can’t tweet.” Later, the rapper went live on the platform and said, “Look at what they just did. I will never use Twitter again. First of all, I didn’t give any facts about any vaccine… I didn’t give any facts about anything....

The Season 16 winner was accused of having two legendary Big Brother players—Dan Gheesling and Derrick Levasseur—removed from the All-Stars lineup. Rumors claimed Nicole eavesdropped on digital conversations which included pre-game alliances. In return for reporting these connections to CBS, she was offered a spot on the show. Nicole denied this in a conversation with Tyler Crispen, which was captured on the Big Brother live feeds this week. “I knew people were trying to–people were sending people to ask me if I was on [the All-Stars season]–and trying to figure it out,” she explained....

The three-time African champions reached the round of 16 in 1994, 2010 and 2014, their best appearances in the quadrennial tournament. The west Africans will have to manoeuvre their ways past Croatia, Iceland and Argentina - all of whom enjoy better rankings - in Group D for a chance to surpass their previous performances in the tournament. The pairing has been tagged difficult by the former Gabon coach ‘maybe the toughest’, but surmountable....

Osas Idehen’s brace inspired the Super Eagles to a 5-2 win in the last encounter between these countries in a friendly match played in 2010 at the Abuja National Stadium. Peter Utaka, Victor Nsofor and Chinedu Ezimora were also on the scoresheet as Mbenza Bedi’s double counted for nothing. Although Monday’s result means little, coach Gernot Rohr will be yearning to test his men’s readiness for their Russia expedition....

The board member of arms manufacturer Boeing argued in a Fox News interview Monday night that Democratic Party leaders and presidential candidates were the “only ones” upset by the killing of Soleimani, claiming nobody else was “standing up for Iran.” She also said President Trump “showed great decisiveness” by killing Soleimani with a drone strike in Baghdad last Friday, suggesting the assassination was “a long time coming.” Haley launched her attack on Democrats over the Soleimani killing after senior party representatives criticised the Trump administration’s decision to strike the general, warning that the move could cause tensions in the Middle East to escalate....

Gu’s road to the Games has been overshadowed by the 18-year-old’s decision to ski for China, her mother’s native country, despite being a San Fransisco native. “In terms of the citizenship, look, China or the U.S.? You have got to pick a side. Period,” Haley told Real Clear Politics’ Phillip Wegmann. “You’ve got to pick a side because you’re either American or you’re Chinese, and they are two very different countries....

Ehlers, who was playing for the first time since suffering an upper-body injury April 24 against the Maple Leafs, scored twice in the Jets’ 5-4 Game 3 overtime victory. He opened Winnipeg’s scoring with a second-period power-play goal and finished it with the game-winner at 9:13 of the first OT. The Jets now lead the best-of-seven first-round series three games to none. “You always dream of scoring these kind of goals,” Ehlers said....

Cruz’s attorneys said at a hearing Friday that their client plans to plead guilty to the massacre. Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer set a change-of-plea hearing for Wednesday morning. The 23-year-old suspect appeared in court Friday to plead guilty in a separate case related to a jail fight that occurred between him and a sheriff’s deputy. Cruz pleaded guilty to four felony charges, including battery on a law enforcement officer and attempted aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon....

The discovery was made by a team of archaeologists at the Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, led by Dr. Patryk Chudzik. The archeologists had been excavating parts of the Theban Necropolis region, which lies on the west bank of the Nile, in Egypt. The area used to be used for ritual burials during the New Kingdom period in ancient Egypt—between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC....

In the Boca Raton Bowl, NIU came out of halftime with an onside kick, and it actually worked. Thanks in large part to the sub-par effort by Marshall. For some reason they couldn’t simple grab the ball. At one point it looked like someone was pulling the ball on a string while a Marshall player ran after it. With sloppy play like that, it wouldn’t be surprising if NIU tried it multiple times throughout the game....

According to NJ Advance Media, Gil had put together the protest in response to learning about affordable housing requirements that the town lacked. Following the protest, which had between 30 and 40 people, according to Gil, Kranjac sent her a letter asking her to pay $2,499.26. Gil said the protest was peaceful, and the participants cleaned up after themselves. The letter provided to NJ Advanced Media said the local police weren’t prepared for the protest....

The similarities between the franchises — and current squads — don’t end there. A quick look at why you should expect this evenly matched series run into extra innings in all seven games, with each contest ending with some type of fluke happening. And Game 7 should last at least 27 innings. Strap in, folks. Series starts Saturday; full schedule, TV | Rooting: Against Cards | Against Giants | Vegas visions...

Terms like “LOL”—laugh out loud—and “LMAO”—laughing my a** off—are among the most common of internet slang, but there are some acronyms and phrases that oftentimes leave people completely stumped. Like, for instance, “JFC,” which, contrary to what some folks on Twitter believe, doesn’t stand for “Jentucky Fried Chicken.” As it stands, “JFC” is shorthand for the phrase “Jesus F**king Christ.” However, after one person on Twitter claimed that sometimes the phrase “John F....

More energy-efficient air conditioning could help heat-stricken populations cope with rising temperatures, but will likely exacerbate the challenge posed by climate change. Bloggers for the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA), plotted our energy scenarios this week in which “air conditioning is assumed to increase significantly over the next 30 years, with as much as 75 percent of the total population living in hot countries potentially having an air conditioner by 2050....

The news here is that Rudy, in a very politics-isn’t-much-different-from-high-school way, is talking up endorsements from two guys who have worked with Hollywood Fred–though there’s no mention of this in the campaign’s press releases, of course. Duvall starred with Thompson in “Days of Thunder,” while Silver lists several episodes of “Law & Order” to his credit. It’s almost certain that Duvall or Silver, should they hit the cable TV shows in support of their man Rudy, will surely be asked about Thompson’s acting (and political) abilities....

“We are following cohorts or groups of individuals in various settings, nursing homes, medical professionals and others to see if there is a decline in immunity and an increase in breakthrough rates,” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said during an interview on MSNBC on Wednesday. “If there is, as soon as we see that, we will make a recommendation on boosters and the good news is that we will have the supply available to provide that to the public, but at this point, based on the collective data the recommendation is not to have boosters implemented, so far....

Moments later, he returns, flanked by another two little guys. “What are you doing?” the girl says, surprised. “I’m sorry,” he replies. “I just can’t do it without Xavi and Iniesta.” It was often said in those early days that the Barcelona forward was only effective because of the brilliance of the two Spain midfielders and his comparitive struggles with Argentina were served up as proof. He couldn’t do it all alone....

Yeltsin’s antics used to make it easy for Westerners to laugh him off. The people of the Soviet Union couldn’t possibly take him seriously enough to threaten the popularity of the great reformer, Mikhail Gorbachev–could they? They could and did. “People saw in him the values of a man who was honest, who was courageous, who said what he thought,” says Alexander Rahr, who recently spent several weeks with Yeltsin’s staff researching a book on the Russian democratic movement....

Prior to the crunch tie, the Barcelona star failed to impress for the South American giants as he missed a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Iceland and was silenced in their 3-0 loss to Croatia. The 31-year-old looks destined for his last World Cup outing with his Albiceleste side on the brink of an early exit from the tournament, except they fight hard and subdue the three-time African champions....