Al Amarah shows just how tough it can be to hand over security to local forces in Iraq. With public support waning for the U.S. occupation and casualties mounting, the Bush administration tentatively plans to draw down U.S. troop strength to roughly 100,000 by May. To replace them, Coalition administrator L. Paul Bremer intends to expand Iraq’s total police force from 50,000 officers to 75,000 and its Army from a single battalion to 40,000 troops....
Last year, three of the five teams in the division lost at least 98 games — the Royals (104), the White Sox (100) and the Tigers (98). The Twins “only” lost 84, but as recently as 2016 they lost 103 times. Only Cleveland has stayed reliably good; the Indians haven’t finished below .500 since 2012. So what’s going to happen this year? Let’s take a look. SN’s 2019 MLB GUIDES: AL: East | Central | West NL: East | Central | West...
But just because it’s going to be a while until the two sides hammer out some sort of resolution, that doesn’t mean we have to stop discussing what might/should happen when the sport eventually resumes. Because when it does, and teams are allowed to sign free agents and make trades again, you’re going to see a flurry of activity. It will probably be a lot of fun, honestly, to see free agents ink contracts and to see teams make trade after trade....
“Climate deniers are really in some ways similar to all of those almost 400 law enforcement officers in Uvalde, Texas, who were waiting outside an unlocked door while the children were being massacred. They heard the screams, they heard the gunshots, and nobody stepped forward,” he said during a segment on NBC’s Meet the Press that was posted to Twitter on Saturday. New footage was released last week of the events surrounding the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School where 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos killed 19 children and two teachers....
After the restard, Al Shabab’s lead was doubled in the 55th minute by Argentine playmaker, Tomás De Vincenti who caught Bani Yas’ keeper off his line with a lob. Bani Yas managed to come back with two quick-fire goals in the 60th and 61st minutes by French striker Jean-Philippe Mendy. The draw was short-lived, and Al Shabab recovered their lead with the Brazilian Henrique scoring with a header in the 69th minute, before completing his hat-trick in the third minute of added time....
Asked about actions Biden must take as he works on his transition to the White House, Sharpton said he must look at the disproportionate cases of COVID-19 among the Black community “He must deal with the economic plight and he must deal with the racial disparity in COVID-19, Blacks and browns have been tested positive disproportionately and are dying disproportionately,” Sharpton told MSNBC. In regard to the rollout of a vaccine, he said: “So even as we hear about the vaccines that are being proposed by Pfizer and others, one, the present president says that they would distribute the vaccine if it becomes available in this time period through hospitals and health centers....
Alabama Barker will turn 17 on December 24 but reportedly held her soirée this past Saturday, six weeks early, because of the difficulty in getting all of her friends together during the holiday season. The teen shared images and video clips from her gathering, which featured performances by rappers Heembeezy and Nardo Wick and was geotagged as having taken place at West Hollywood nightclub Nightingale Plaza. In the clips, Barker was shown wearing a short red gown with a deeply plunging neckline as she danced with a group of friends that included rapper and OnlyFans model Bhad Bhabie....
Ross Greenwood, a police officer in Mentone, Alabama, had not removed the posts from his public Facebook account on Friday. One, shared to social media on June 14, depicts Floyd’s face printed onto a $20 bill. The caption alongside it read: “The Treasury Department will honor George Floyd by placing his portrait on the counterfeit $20 bill.” Floyd, a Black Minneapolis resident, died on May 25 after now-former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for several minutes....
Alabama (14-0) is looking for back-to-back national championships. The Crimson Tide can win a sixth national title under Nick Saban, who can pass Bear Bryant with a seventh national title for his career. The Crimson Tide jumped out to a 28-0 lead in a 45-34 win against Oklahoma in the Capital One Orange Bowl. Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa passed for 318 yards and four touchdowns in the victory....
“First of all, the judge should have granted the motion for a mistrial based on the efforts of Congresswoman Waters to influence the jury,” Dershowitz said during an interview with Newsmax. “Her message was clearly intended to get to the jury: ‘If you will acquit or if you find the charge less than murder, we will burn down your buildings. We will burn down your businesses. We will attack you....
“I do predict the Supreme Court will strike down the Texas law,” Dershowitz said during a Thursday interview with the conservative network Newsmax. “They may not do it right away. They may wait until the next case which is argued in the fall. But the Texas law will not survive.” “I think it’s so unconstitutional, I don’t even know where to begin,” he continued. “Texas is simply trying to overrule Roe v....
“Monday night, go to your favorite bar and party like it’s New Year’s Eve,” Governor Mike Dunleavy’s director of communications and community outreach, Dave Stieren, wrote in a November 26 Facebook post. Stieren continued: “Dress up. Uber. Whatever. Do it.” On November 30, Jeff Turner, a spokesman for Dunleavy, told local paper Anchorage Daily News in a statement that “Dave Stieren’s comments were made on his own personal social media accounts and are his own personal opinions....
Stevens and Young, whose connections with the same oilman are under investigation, have long been regarded as outrageous figures in Washington. Along with former senator (and governor) Frank Murkowski, they were relent-less in their pursuit of pork-barrel dollars. Gruff, at times rude, Stevens was sardonically called “Uncle Ted” as federal spending to his home state doubled during his stint as Appropriations Committee chairman, which ended in 2004. Young, who denies any wrongdoing, made his reputation as a fierce anti-environmentalist: he once waved a walrus penis bone at an Interior Department official who dared defy him on expanding the Marine Mammal Protection Act....
Scene Two: Rambouillet, France, late February. Standing atop a makeshift podium in a musty school gymnasium, taking questions, an exhausted Albright looks downcast, ashen-faced. After some of the hardest, most grueling negotiations of her life, U.S. credibility seems in a shambles. Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic has defied an American ultimatum to call off attacks on the renegade province of Kosovo. Even the Kosovar guerrillas are, brazenly, resisting U.S. pleas to let NATO protect them (they want to fight for full independence)....
It’s clear that drinking lots of alcohol can be very harmful. But there’s also some evidence that drinking small amounts can be good for you. Having a couple of drinks may improve heart health. This article goes over how much alcohol men can safely drink. You’ll also learn the possible health benefits and risks of drinking alcohol. How Much Alcohol Is Safe? First, if you don’t drink, don’t start. It’s true that drinking alcohol may have some health benefits....
Boston and New York finished with the best and third-best records in all of baseball, respectively, as the Red Sox took the AL East Division crown while the Yankees hosted the wild-card game for the second-consecutive season. MORE: Watch MLB live and on demand with a fuboTV 7-day free trial As the Yankees pulled away from the Oakland Athletics in the wild-card game Wednesday, their fans grew excited about the imminent meeting with the Red Sox, chanting about their longtime rivals....
On October 21, Rust star and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a gun on the New Mexico set, leading to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injury of writer-director Joel Souza. Halls had handed the gun to Alec Baldwin and, according to a police affidavit, yelled “cold gun” at the time, to indicate to those on the set that the weapon did not contain any live rounds and was therefore safe to use....
Jones said that he had only supported Trump “pigheadedly” in the past, during a Wednesday livestream on Infowars. He blasted the former president for backing COVID-19 vaccines and accelerating their development with his Operation Warp Speed initiative, while falsely claiming that the vaccines “don’t work” and are “poisonous.” Jones praised DeSantis for becoming more “red-pilled,” a reference to the film The Matrix that is often used by the right to describe a person becoming conservative....
The Washington captain scored a third period hat trick against Ottawa on Thursday in the Senators season opener, a 5-4 overtime win. His run didn’t stop there. Ovechkin scored two goals in the first three minutes of the Capitals game against the Canadiens on Saturday night. He then scored a third goal near the end of the period to complete the hat trick, his second in two games, and then added another goal at the end of the second period....
Rodriguez said players should be willing to accept a 50-50 revenue split with owners in their shared goal “to save baseball” in an unprecedented situation. This, after they had agreed in March to be paid pro rata for an 82-game season, roughly having their annual salaries. MORE: A guide to MLB’s 82-game season “It is the people’s comfort food and people are starving,” Rodriguez said. “And I just don’t want to see this great game, people fighting, billionaires fighting with millionaires....
