In the women’s draw, No. 1 seed Simona Halep defeated Sloane Stephens in three sets to take home her first career Grand Slam title. Halep fought back after losing the first set to Stephens and finally has her first title after finishing as a runner up on three previous occasions. MORE: Watch the French Open finals live with fuboTV (free 7-day trial) In the men’s draw, No. 1 Rafael Nadal beat No....
Authorities ended up at the suspect’s apartment in the town of Tarascon following an investigation into the young boy’s disappearance. He had previously gone missing from a care home in Marseille, a city about 60 miles southwest of Tarascon. Police were called to the scene initially when a neighbor called in to report seeing what looked like a human body in a bag on Sunday night. Upon arrival, police confirmed it to be a body....
Schumacher's fall at the Meribel ski resort in the French Alps eight days ago, in which he hit his head on a rock, has left the 45-year-old in a medically-induced coma for a severe brain trauma. ,Schumacher remains in critical but stable condition and is being constantly monitored. MORE: New faces in new places | Earnhardt among big questions for 2014 | Top NASCAR prospects Questions have emerged about the circumstances of the accident, and Schumacher's manager, Sabine Kehm, announced Saturday that his family has given French authorities a camera affixed to his helmet to help elucidate the case....
No way to tell, because Bono’s office did not respond to Newsweek’s questions about the new congressman’s progress on The Federalist papers and the seven other essential documents that speakerdesignate Newt Gingrich commanded his followers to study (box). A random sample of Republican freshmen last week suggested that on average they had read slightly less than one book each – usually “The Federalist,” and often not since college. “We got conflicting advice because [Majority Leader] Dick Armey told us to go home and spend time with our kids, but then the speaker gave us all this homework,” complained Roger Wicker, a freshman from Mississippi....
In a popular post shared to the U.K.-based forum, user Shoot4theMoon explained that they have a “distant friend” who has had two children 12, and five, with a married man. “He won’t pay child support, my friend struggles badly where I had to lend her money last year for food as she had only an apple in for her child to eat, she won’t contact the child support in case this man’s wife finds out and it ruins his marriage,” said the original poster....
In a post to the AIBU (Am I Being Unreasonable?) forum on 8 August, user TitaniasA** explained her predicament. She and her partner have purchased a cottage in Wales, and are planning to relocate. However, the buyer of their current home had to drop out of the sale at the last minute. She wrote: “We found and bought the perfect cottage, quiet location but close to lots of amenities in the next town....
The show, which airs on Sundays, premiered on the streaming platform on November 14 with its first two episodes, introducing fans to a host of new and exciting characters. Following the McLusky family, the thriller sees power broker brothers Mike, Mitch and Kyle try to bring justice and order to a town that is full of corruption. Here is everything you need to know about the cast of the Paramount+ show— including who stars in it, how many episodes there will be and when it airs....
Dean Smith died Saturday night at age 83 , a retirement so richly deserved dissolving over the past several years into the unfortunate fog of dementia. MORE: Friends, players mourn Smith’s passing | Michael Jordan reacts | Read Smith’s recruiting letter to Jordan Roy Williams is still with us, though. And George Karl. And Larry Brown. And Jeff Lebo. And Dave Hanners. And Dante Calabria. And, of course, Michael Jordan....
Once it was derided as the house that “Rambo” built, but today Carolco is pushing its way to respectability–and big profits. Buoyed by the success of “Total Recall,” the first of the summer blockbusters to gross $100 million, the independent is aggressively challenging the major studios for scripts, talent and visibility. While other “indies” like New Line Cinema have specialized in low-budget sleepers, Carolco “is promulgating the thesis that it’s less risky to spend more money,” says Martin Grove, an analyst for The Hollywood Reporter....
VIDEO: Gareth Bale’s Champions League memories Bale is one of a handful of British players to have won Europe’s premier club competition twice. His former international teammate Ryan Giggs is another, along with another former Madrid man, Steve McManaman, and a few more members of Sir Alex’s Ferguson’s Manchester United side: Paul Scholes, Wes Brown and Owen Hargreaves (who won it once with Bayern Munich). Gary Neville, who was also still at Old Trafford in 2008, did not make enough appearances to earn a winners’ medal that year....
“It wasn’t so much the sandstorm to the south as the gusty winds and low ceiling to the north that kept us on pins and needles,” explains Air Force Capt. Mark Coggins, 35, one of about 500 deployed weather forecasters. It may seem folly to trust military victory to a weatherman. But World War II buffs know that D-Day depended on a fateful forecast. And military forecasters are different creatures than the TV anchors who tell you skies are clear when you can hear thunderclouds clapping overhead....
Frontal bossing is usually diagnosed when your little one is a baby or toddler. There is no known treatment for frontal bossing. However, the underlying condition causing the protruding forehead can usually be treated. Frontal Bossing Symptoms The symptoms of frontal bossing include a prominent forehead and possibly a heavy brow ridge. Depending on which condition is causing the change in forehead shape, your child may have other symptoms as well....
FSU linebacker Matthew Thomas had been on the sidelines during the last three weeks of preseason practice due to an academic issue. But 247Sports reported on Wednesday Thomas’ issue has been resolved and he’d be eligible to play against No. 1 Alabama. MORE: Ranking top 15 college football games of Week 1 Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said during the ACC coaches teleconference Wednesday morning that if Thomas was cleared academically, he would play Saturday night....
A championship season is finally realized, and what’s next never becomes what could be because too many are distracted by too little motivation. “I don’t care how good you were, even if you were perfect,” Fisher says. “That extra one or two or three percent can mean the difference in winning or losing.” What better way to eliminate any distraction — or in this case, boredom — from Fisher’s Florida State team than by opening the season with a game that matters?...
Khan told CNBC on Wednesday that it has taken “courage” to continue with its legal battles with Big Tech because the agency has comparatively limited resources when matched up against billion-dollar corporations. “We have to make very difficult choices about which billion-dollar deals we’re going to ensure we’re closely investigating, but there are very real trade-offs in terms of what that work is going to come at the expense of,” Khan said in her first on-camera interview....
Given the complexities of U.S.-Cuba diplomacy, Vesto’s return could take months. In addition to criminal charges stemming from his alleged 1972 bilking of Investors Overseas Services, a long-defunct mutual fund, he also faces a 1989 indictment for cocaine trafficking. The drug charge is a product of Vesco’s reputed partnership with Colombian kingpin Carlos Lehder, now in a U.S. prison. Vesco reportedly taught Lehder how to launder the cartel’s money....
The Full Corn Moon peaks on Wednesday, September 2, at 1.22 a.m. EDT. However, it will appear full until Thursday morning, NASA says. Normally, September’s full moon is known as the Harvest Moon because it is the closest full moon to the fall equinox, which takes place on September 22. This year, it falls early in the month, meaning the closest full moon to the equinox is on October 1, making this the Harvest Moon....
Lawmakers approved the bill in a 244-172 vote following its lapse in late 2018. The Democratic-controlled House sought to renew the bill the following year, but it was held up in the Republican-controlled Senate. Now the Democrats hold a one-vote majority in the upper chamber and are hoping to garner the Republican support needed for a 60-vote supermajority that negates the threat of the filibuster. President Joe Biden, who first introduced the bill as a senator in 1990, celebrated its reauthorization in the House and called on the upper chamber to “strengthen and renew” the law....
