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Sophie Turner asks judge to ‘reactivate’ Joe Jonas divorce after failing to come to settlement
The Jonas Brothers member filed for divorce from the "Game of Thrones" alum in September 2023 after four years of marriage.
nypost.com
Social media influencer charged for her role in Jan. 6 attack
Isabella DeLuca allegedly helped steal a table used by rioters as a weapon against police.
cbsnews.com
Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing
The legislation targets “external interference” and the theft of state secrets, with implications for businesses, journalists, civil servants and others.
nytimes.com
Footage captures moment cops fatally shoot gunman who targeted couple in NYC
Dramatic video footage captured the moment police gunned down a shooter who targeted a couple in Brooklyn Monday evening. A man and a woman are seen running away from the shooter at Remsen Avenue and East 57th Street in East Flatbush just as cops pull up to the scene in an unmarked car. A group...
nypost.com
Andy Cohen Is a Kate Middleton Truther
"Is this Princess Kate?" Cohen asked his 5 million Instagram followers, after footage of the royal was published online on Monday.
newsweek.com
Alaska Airlines plane’s windshield cracks while landing in latest drama for a Boeing jet
The flight from Washington DC was descending at the Portland International Airport when crew members noticed a small crack on the inner windshield, airline officials told KIRO.
nypost.com
The average Wall Street bonus fell a bit last year — to $176,000
The average Wall Street bonus fell 2% last year — to $176,500, New York state officials say. The bonus' high water mark was $240,400 in 2021, and its relative low was $111,400 in 2011.
cbsnews.com
The Sports Report: Complete team effort leads Lakers past Hawks
All five starters finished with at least 12 points and all five got to spend most of the fourth quarter on the bench.
latimes.com
'He brings that punch': Why the Clippers' Norman Powell could win sixth-man award
Three-time award winner Jamal Crawford knows what it takes to be a star sixth man and he says Norman Powell "can get everybody else on track.”
latimes.com
Chronic fatigue patients are bravely offering their illnesses to science
One woman’s struggle with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome might help millions of Americans.
washingtonpost.com
Underdog Wagner unfazed by what’s standing in way of Cinderella March Madness run
It has been 21 years since Wagner appeared in its lone NCAA Tournament, an 87-61 loss to Pittsburgh in the Round of 64.
nypost.com
Wife of Saints’ Juwan Johnson already getting ‘thousands’ of messages about NFL matchmaking project
The wife of New Orleans Saints tight end Juwan Johnson is determined to set up NFL power couples — and “thousands” are already interested in her matchmaking abilities. “The amount of emails I get daily,” influencer and TikTok star Chanen Johnson told The Post in a recent interview. “I get thousands of emails daily with...
nypost.com
Oregon man found guilty of murder after DNA links him to 1980 cold case
An Ore., judge has found man guilty of first-degree murder in a 1980s cold case involving a college student. The man was arrested in 2021 after DNA technology linked him to the crime.
foxnews.com
China Is Growing Old Before It Gets Rich: Economist
Beijing's sunny economic forecast this year belies the difficulty of escaping the middle-income trap, a Chinese analyst says.
newsweek.com
Notre Dame Cathedral: A timeline of events in the restoration project
The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, following a fire in April 2019, has been a story of perseverance, and progress has continued steadily.
foxnews.com
Donald Trump Rages at Letitia James Over Massive $464m Bond
The former president accused the New York attorney general of carrying out an "unlawful witch hunt" against him.
newsweek.com
Russian TV Fans Alaska Secession Flames
Russian state TV referenced a YouGov poll of 35,000 U.S. adults which found that support for independence in Alaska was at 36 percent.
newsweek.com
Judge Cannon's Two Scenarios 'Direct Jury To Find Trump Not Guilty'—Lawyer
Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney, called Judge Aileen Cannon's latest Mar-a-Lago case order "perplexing."
newsweek.com
Alabama A&M student injured after shootout with campus police
A student at Alabama A&M University engaged in a shootout with a campus police officer in a dormitory stairwell on Monday afternoon, authorities said.
foxnews.com
'Suicidal' teen shot dead by Florida Keys deputy after pointing gun at police: authorities
A suicidal girl was shot dead by police in The Florida Keys early Monday after she pointed a stolen gun at deputies. The deadly incident occurred on Stock Island.
foxnews.com
Hong Kong Security Law Could Damage City’s Image as Financial Hub
Some firms have already moved staff out of the city since the Chinese government took a heavier hand in 2020.
nytimes.com
Trump claims any Jew who votes Democrat 'hates their religion' after Schumer speech on Senate floor
Former President Donald Trump made a series of inflammatory remarks against Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, claiming the Democrat has pivoted against Israel for votes.
foxnews.com
Justice Jackson ripped for worrying about the First Amendment 'hamstringing' government: 'Literally the point'
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was ridiculed on Monday after voicing her concerns that the First Amendment could limit the federal government.
foxnews.com
Three Times You Should Never Brush Your Teeth, According to a Dentist
Newsweek spoke to Dr. Shaadi Manouchehri about her video that has 12 million views on TikTok.
newsweek.com
From an Azerbaijan prison, a dissident writes home: ‘Save my life’
Ilham Aliyev, the strongman leader of Azerbaijan, continues to silence independent journalists and punish a prominent critic with inhumane conditions in prison.
washingtonpost.com
The remaining big roster decisions Mets face before opener
Team officials had a good idea before camp began of the 26 players they plan to take north. But the X factor is always injuries, with spring training performance also not completely dismissed.
nypost.com
Haiti, US Embassy entrance area plunge into darkness as vandals attack power plant and substations
Haiti's national utility says attacks on a power plant and four substations in Port-au-Prince has left the facilities "completely dysfunctional."
foxnews.com
Sullivan rips reporter's question on Biden swearing as asking 'when did you stop beating your spouse?'
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan took issue with the premise of a question about President Biden from Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy.
foxnews.com
France Set to Trial Four-Day Week for Divorced Parents
Gabriel Mello/Getty ImagesFrance will offer divorced parents who share custody of their kids the opportunity to work four-day weeks as part of a trial scheme to be introduced later this year.Prime Minister Gabriel Attal offered details of the plan to La Tribune, with civil servants in some government departments given the chance to work just four days a week when their children are staying in their homes from September.Attal introduced the idea in France’s finance ministry in 2022 and is now seeking to roll out the policy to the broader workforce in an effort to increase the quality of French working life, according to The Times.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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NY AG accused of bullying women, George W Bush assassination plot unraveled and more top headlines
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foxnews.com
Former Nickelodeon Stars Slammed Over Comments About Controversy
Three former "Ned's Declassified" cast members are being criticized over their comments in a TikTok live that's been shared on X.
newsweek.com
3 things to watch for in Tuesday's primaries
The presidential nominations are locked up -- but the primaries remain, along with any tea leaves they might provide.
abcnews.go.com
Chiefs' Harrison Butker hopes Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce 'get married and start a family'
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker opened up about meeting Taylor Swift for the first time and what he hopes for her and Travis Kelce for the future.
foxnews.com
US and Japan call for ban of nuclear weapons in outer space
The U.S. and Japan are jointly sponsoring a United Nations Security Council resolution urging nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space.
foxnews.com
Dylan Mulvaney's 'Days of Girlhood' Reaches Major Milestone
The influencer released a song about "the basics of being a girl"—and it is already a chart-topper.
newsweek.com
What to Know About Hong Kong’s Article 23 Legislation
The legislation marks another significant erosion of freedom in a former British colony once known for its relative autonomy from Beijing.
nytimes.com
Ohio Supreme Court primary begins as Democrats try to flip court from Republican control
The Democratic primary for one of Ohio's Supreme Court seats has begun. The state's Supreme Court has a 4-3 Republican majority, but Democrats hope to flip that in their favor.
foxnews.com
FTC to return nearly $100M to buyers of Benefytt's fake health plans
Nearly half a million U.S. consumers lured into buying sham insurance from Benefytt Technologies will get refunds.
cbsnews.com
New York governor orders probe of marijuana licensing program 'disaster' amid black market surge
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has ordered a probe of the state's recreational marijuana licensing program due to issues that have hindered its success.
foxnews.com
MLS continues to embarrass itself with its handling of the referee lockout
At a critical time for a league looking to capitalize on Lionel Messi and other stars, MLS is gambling away its reputation in the referee labor dispute.
latimes.com
Don’t defund the fight against Russia and China’s disinformation
A modest U.S. government organization that attempts to fight overseas disinformation is facing possible closure.
washingtonpost.com
Four things to watch as USC begins spring football practice
As USC prepares to open spring practice on Tuesday, here are four things to watch, including the quarterback competition to replace Caleb Williams.
latimes.com
America's Lead Crisis Demands a Comprehensive Solution | Opinion
Any amount of lead exposure to the body is harmful, and young children are especially vulnerable to its effects.
newsweek.com
Andy Cohen, more royal fans believe ‘fake’ Kate Middleton appeared in farm stand video
The King of Bravo shared his skepticism about the Princess of Wales as conspiracy theorists believe she had a "double" during the outing with Prince William.
nypost.com
A Former Pro Climber On Enduring Chronic Illness
slate.com
Why I’m Teaching My Daughter My Mother’s Language
In a personal essay, Téa Obreht makes the case for preserving mother tongues.
time.com
Caitlin Clark Is Just the Beginning
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Caitlin Clark’s remarkable season is how many people have been watching it.All but two of the University of Iowa women’s basketball games have sold out or set an attendance record, according to the university’s athletic department. Iowa sold out its season-ticket allotment in August—three months before the first game—and teams hosting Clark have found her to be a one-woman boon to the local economy. An Associated Press analysis found that Iowa road games have seen a 150 percent increase in average attendance. Tickets to the February game in which Clark set the all-time college women’s scoring record were, at about $400 on the secondary market, the most expensive in the history of women’s college basketball—until the game, two weeks later, in which she passed the men’s all-time scoring leader, when the average resale ticket went for $546. Clark has made Iowa games competitive in TV viewership with NBA games and the highest-profile men’s college matchups. Heading into the NCAA tournament, she is easily the most famous player in college basketball, if not all of college sports.And yet Clark’s singular level of stardom obscures an even bigger shift taking place in college sports: After decades of treatment as second-class citizens, women are surpassing men in popularity, interest, and financial potential. The second-most-famous player in American college basketball is also a woman. So, arguably, are the third-, fourth-, and fifth-. Aside from dedicated hoops fans, most Americans probably don’t know much about Zach Edey, Purdue’s hulking center and the presumptive men’s national player of the year for the second year in a row. Many more people have heard of Angel Reese and JuJu Watkins. Eventually, the men’s game will get another zeitgeist-dominating star, but it could be a while, given that the most famous men’s prospects don’t spend much time, if any, in college. Zion Williamson came through the ranks for one year in 2019. Victor Wembanyana didn’t play in college at all, nor did three other top-five picks in last year’s NBA draft.[Adam Harris: San Antonio, the Spurs, and me]Clark’s greatness as a player is a big part of her mainstream breakthrough, but it’s not the whole story. Clark sits at the intersection of several major shifts in the economics of college sports, and she arrived at the perfect moment to accelerate and take advantage of those changes. The new ability of college athletes to monetize themselves and build individual brands has led to a women’s hooper, not a football or men’s-basketball player, becoming the biggest draw. Clark is the first star of this magnitude to emerge from women’s college sports, but she will not be the last. More than any scoring record, her legacy will be proving that there’s no ceiling on how popular women’s sports can be.Clark is astonishing to watch. She makes shots from every zip code and slings deft passes that call into question how many eyeballs she has. The only college-basketball fan who can look away from her is the Ohio State student who ran into her while rushing the court after one of Iowa’s rare losses. Clark seems comfortable with her stardom. She signs endless autographs, takes pictures with kids, and talks often with the press. “Watch her postgame, trying to leave the gym,” the longtime Iowa sports writer Patrick Vint told me. “It’s like the Beatles.”But all of that talent and charisma would probably not have been enough to make Clark such a cultural sensation even five years ago. Women’s sports have historically gotten short shrift from campus administrators and the NCAA, who too often have treated women’s sports as little more than a box to be checked for Title IX–compliance purposes.Only recently have sports’ power brokers come to see women’s athletics less as an obligation than as a potential growth property. Some of that stems from an obvious and overdue realization: Fans enjoy watching women’s sports. Softball competes with and sometimes beats college baseball for viewers. Ratings are up for gymnastics and volleyball. But just as crucial was the NCAA’s 2021 decision, made under legal and political pressure, to allow athletes to be paid for the use of their name, image, and likeness. That reform didn’t just permit booster payments from the local car dealership. It created a financial incentive for college athletes to build their individual brands on social media and leverage those followings into lucrative endorsement deals. The biggest college stars today are well-known personalities—athlete-influencers, essentially—who carry individual marketing value. And, perhaps surprisingly, given the dominance of football compared with other college sports, these stars are disproportionately women. The Olympic gold-medal gymnast Suni Lee, who competed until November 2022 at Auburn, has about 3.1 million total followers on Instagram and TikTok. She sometimes shared a gym with LSU’s Olivia Dunne, who has 13 million. Compare that with LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, the most recent winner of the Heisman Trophy, who has just shy of 200,000 Instagram followers.At the highest levels of stardom, collegiate women have outpaced men at building online followings. (Two notable exceptions are the University of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders and the University of Southern California guard Bronny James. Not coincidentally, their fathers are two of the most famous American athletes of all time.) Basketball has the most stars: Clark, UConn’s Paige Bueckers, LSU’s Reese and Hailey Van Lith, USC’s Watkins, and Stanford’s Cameron Brink are among the big-ticket social-media presences. This freshly monetized star power is combining with the broader recognition of how fun the games are to generate an overall boom for the sport itself. The right to broadcast the NCAA women’s-basketball tournament is valued at $65 million a year in a new agreement with ESPN, more than triple its worth under the previous agreement, signed in 2010.[Read: How men muscled women out of surfing]Clark is at the tip of the spear, having proved to be a sought-after partner for blue-chip companies, including Gatorade, Nike, State Farm, and Goldman Sachs. Some commentators have speculated that she may be at the top of her earning capacity right now, rather than in the WNBA, where she will make roughly $77,000 in salary as a rookie next year. The WNBA doesn’t have as big a fan base as the college game. Attendance is rising, but no WNBA team sold out more than 12 of 20 games in the 2023 season. Even Brittney Griner’s return last May—a marquee event celebrating a marquee player—didn’t fill the house. In professional markets with lots of entertainment competition, the roar of the crowd will not be the same as it was on campus.But we’ve also never seen a player enter the WNBA with as much hype as Clark. As the recent No. 1 WNBA draftee Aliyah Boston explained in an interview with the sports reporter Khristina Williams, “These brands still want to follow you. Your fan base does not change.” Clark, as the consensus best player in the draft, will join Boston on the Indiana Fever, which once again owns the first pick. Clark already has a deal in place with the Indiana company that sponsors the team’s arena.Clark’s economic power is even more striking considering the broader sports-business dynamics right now: With the notable exception of the NFL, getting fans excited about anything in sports these days is a big lift. Attention spans are short. Young people are interested in other things. Leagues are scrambling to make games shorter in order to keep spectators engaged, and many teams across sports are struggling to get butts in seats. One person in the college-sports industry right now has a demonstrated ability to cut through those headwinds, to make every game she plays feel like the most important game that’s ever been played. She happens to be a woman. And whoever succeeds her as the face of college basketball will probably be a woman too.
theatlantic.com