They’ve been dubbed the Spouse Girls, a reference to Britain’s far more vocal “girl power” pop group, the Spice Girls. Norma and Cherie’s convent quiet is at odds with a central electoral fact in Britain: the voice of British women is thunder at the ballot box. That has been for true for decades and will be especially evident in this Thursday’s general election. Because women outnumber men and are more likely to vote, their impact at the polls is 4 percent greater....
Burr, who does not plan to seek re-election in 2022, surprised his Democratic and Republican colleagues with his conviction vote, as the senator had not previously indicated how he would vote and had voted twice to assert that the Senate trial was unconstitutional. But the North Carolina Republican joined with six other GOP senators and all the 50 members of the Democratic Caucus in voting to convict. “North Carolina Republicans sent Senator Burr to the United States Senate to uphold the Constitution and his vote today to convict in a trial that he declared unconstitutional is shocking and disappointing,” Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina GOP, said in a Saturday statement after the Senate vote was held....
Cawthorn, who represents a western district of the state, most recently faced criticism for his remarks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but has been a divisive figure within the GOP since his 2020 election and has long faced criticism for his stances. The Durham Herald-Sun editorial called out the congressman, as well as North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, who has been previously condemned for his use of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric....
“As [Trump] is such a heedless and erratic old man, the time when we cannot but call him a ‘dotard’ again may come,” Kim Yong Chol said in a statement to the Associated Press Monday. As president, Trump has pushed for North Korean denuclearization, and after talks stalled, Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in London last week that the United States would use military force against North Korea if necessary, drawing fire from Kim Jong Un’s administration....
Some are speculating that it is a sign that North Korea is not interested in reinvigorating denuclearization talks with the West. It also comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reiterated his commitment to strengthening the nation’s army at a Workers’ Party conference last week. “Rather than expressing willingness for denuclearization talks or interest in an end-of-war declaration, North Korea is signaling that neither the Omicron variant nor domestic food shortages will stop its aggressive missile development,” Ewha Womans University professor Leif-Eric Easley said....
The most recent launch took place on Thursday, when North Korea fired a set of what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles. And earlier this week, the country fired a missile over Japan that reportedly had a range capable of reaching the U.S. island territory of Guam, underscoring heightened tensions between North Korea and the U.S. North Korea’s launches this year alone are its most ever, according to the Associated Press, but it also conducted a series of tests in 2021....
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Turner, a corporate recreation and wellness major from suburban St. Louis, recorded 22 tackles, seven for for losses, and 3.5 sacks in 2015. He had a sack in the Bearcats’ 34-7 victory over Shepherd (W. Va.) University in the Division II championship Dec. 19. MORE: Notable sports death in 2016 It was that title that fans and the team were celebrating when an hour into the gathering head coach Adam Dorrell announced that the event was ending immediately because of “unforeseen circumstances,” according to the News-Press....
The Acumen Performance Group, an organization set out to improve the teamwork, communication and mental toughness of its trainees, put Wildcat players through some similar methods on Northwestern’s north beach. A video was released Wednesday. Team building is a vital process for college football teams at this point in the year, when conditioning is one of the top priorities as players prepare for fall practice. We now know that Northwestern, a program looking to build on recent success on the football field, can at least hold its own on the beach....
I mention all this because we seem to be working up a good lather over China. Its latest offense is the alleged involvement of its U.S. embassy with illegal campaign contributions. Whatever the facts, we ought to resist casting China as the newest Evil Empire. A recent trip to Hong Kong strengthens that conviction. After talking to people there, it’s harder to view China only through a cold-war prism: as a monolithic power that oppresses its people and is our foe....
The Global Health Security Index (GHSI)—which the authors described as the “first comprehensive assessment” of its kind—demonstrates that many countries have significant weaknesses in their ability to prevent, detect and respond to dangerous outbreaks of disease. The level of unpreparedness is highlighted by the fact that the average overall score for countries rated in the index was about 40 on a scale which went up to 100 (meaning fully prepared....
A burgeoning Baghdad subculture of computer gamers? Who knew? Not most Americans, according to Samaraie. “They think they are the only civilized nation on earth,” he says. “I play chess on the Internet, and when I tell them I’m in Iraq, they’re like, ‘Amazing. We didn’t know Iraq had computers.’ " Oh, but it does. And Iraq, at once liberated and occupied, is just a dramatic example of the way information technology is bringing hope and excitement–as well as anger and resentment–to young people in parts of the world that seemed to have missed the information revolution....
When Professor Doron Nissim lectures on today’s topic-liabilities and contingencies-the sound of his voice and the din of keyboards are nicely complemented by occasional electronic beeps and dings. Perhaps some of the students are taking notes on their laptops-a requirement at Columbia’s B school, where tuition is $29,000 a year. But in my immediate vicinity, that’s not what’s going on. Niraj Gupta, for instance, is reading The Wall Street Journal online with ESPN....
In the year since the Olympic flame was lit in Atlanta, Strug has gone about the classic American enterprise of transforming herself from athlete to celebrity. She headlined two touring shows; visited the White House; showed up on ““Beverly Hills 90210,’’ ““Saturday Night Live’’ and ““Touched by an Angel’’; wrote two books; was featured in ads for HBO and ESPN; signed endorsement deals with Ace Bandage and Danskin, and, by posing aloft in the arms of countless strangers, gave new meaning to the cash-and-carry business....
Anjar was devastated–and so would be its families. The 400 students were buried under a huge and horrifying pile of rubble. “There is no possibility of anyone surviving,” said Narendra Modi, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader who visited the scene. The massive earthquake that struck the industrial state of Gujarat was India’s worst in half a century. It turned what was supposed to be a joyous celebration into a nationwide day of mourning....
Line: Notre Dame -11.5 Total: 48.5 Line movement: Notre Dame opened -9 at The Wynn, but the line was bet all the way up to -12.5 by Thursday. By Friday morning, the Wynn was dealing -12, while most Vegas shops had ND -11.5. The total opened 50 offshore, but the first numbers in Vegas were 47.5. Check our odds page for updated point spreads and totals. Trends that matter: Virginia is 7-2-1 ATS in its last 10 as a home underdog, including four straight ATS wins…....
Notre Dame is a College Football Playoff contender. The Irish sent Michigan out with a 31-0 win, the school’s largest win in the series. So that business is out of the way. Here are a few takeaways about Notre Dame’s convincing victory: — Defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder looks like a good hire. The Irish defense has a NFL feel to it, one that confused Devin Gardner all night. Notre Dame mixed blitzes, and shut down Michigan’s run game and forced four turnovers....
Djokovic, the 20-time Grand Slam champion, was deported from Australia in January after the country’s government canceled his visa amid a political firestorm over his vaccination status. The tennis star said he had obtained a medical exemption to play in the tournament because he had recovered from a COVID-19 infection in December, 2021. But doubts were raised about the infection, which occurred in time to exempt him from a rule that barred the unvaccinated from entering Australia....
