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My Brother's Keeper Tulsa and Reading Partners Tulsa team up for literacy initiative
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesIt’s been six years since Bari Weiss published a long, glossy, and much-discussed New York Times profile, titled, “Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web.” The subheading declared an “alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream conversation” and asked: “Should we be listening?”Despite the occasional caveat throughout almost 3,700 words, Weiss made it clear that her answer to this question was “Yes.”Weis
This is what the Padres had in mind when they dealt for Luis Arráez.
Thousands participate in Vermont's unofficial state holiday 'Green Up Day'
Ever the showman, you can't stop Michel Pereira, you can only hope to contain him – and Ihor Potieria could do neither at UFC 301.
DENVER (AP) — It wasn't so much another slow start or Anthony Edwards' 43 points that bothered Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone after the Minnesota Timberwolves thumped the reigning NBA champions 106-99 in the opener of the second-round series Saturday night. It was more how the Nuggets allowed Edwards' hot hand to ignite his supporting cast as the Wolves improved to 5-0 in the playoffs and sent the Nuggets to a series deficit, something they never had last year while winning it all. “Yeah, I
Courtesy of Uninterrupted“I think every community embraced that shoe: hustlers, drug dealers,” Pharrell Williams says near the beginning of the new documentary Who Is Stan Smith?, about the legendary tennis star whose Adidas sneaker bearing his name (and face) became a cultural touchstone across three generations and counting. “If we’re gonna be real, we’re gonna be real.”As a kid growing up in the late-1970s, Stan Smith’s were the shoe to have. Stylish, cool and, best of all, affordable, they’d
PHOENIX (AP) — Luis Arraez had four hits and an RBI in his first game after being traded from Miami, Ha-Seong Kim hit a three-run homer in San Diego's eight-run seventh inning and the Padres routed the listless Arizona Diamondbacks 13-1 on Saturday. The Padres made a massive deal before the game, acquiring Arraez from the Marlins along with nearly $7.9 million in a trade for four players. The two-time batting champion wasted no time in producing for his new team, going 4 for 6 while scoring two
Jockey Brian Hernandez delivered one of the great human performances in the history of the Kentucky Derby. Mystik Dan wasn’t too bad, either.
There's progress reported in Gaza truce talks, but Israel downplays chances of ending war with Hamas TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Saturday as Egyptian state media reported “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks for Gaza. But Israel hasn’t sent a delegation and a senior Israeli official downplayed prospects for a full end to the war while emphasizing the commitment to invading Rafah. Pressure has mounted to reach a deal halting the nearly 7-month-long war. A top U
The New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Rights organization is teaming with other safety organizations to bring a day of awareness to the public.
A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday. The teen allegedly attacked the man and then rushed at police officers before he was shot, Western Australian Premier Roger Cook told reporters on Sunday. Police and Australian Security Intelligence Organization agents have been conducting a counterterrorism investigation in the east coast city of Sydney since a 16-year-old boy stabbed an Assyrian Orthodox bishop and priest in a church on April 15.
New Hampshire woman arrested for driving over 100 mph with her unbuckled children in the car
CALGARY — Dominic Cozzolino paced Canada with four goals and four assists in a 19-0 win over Japan on Saturday to open the world para ice hockey championship at WinSport Arena. Tyler McGregor and Liam Hickey each added three goals and four assists for Canada, which only needed one save from Adam Kingsmill in net. Adam Dixon, with a hat trick, Anton Jacobs-Webb, with two goals, Corbyn Smith, Micah Kovacevich, Vincent Boily and Auren Halbert also chipped in goals for the host team. Canada went 1-f
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian police said on Sunday they had shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia's capital Perth, in an attack authorities said indicated terrorism. There were signs the 16-year-old, armed with a kitchen knife, had been radicalised online, state authorities said, adding they received calls from concerned members of the local Muslim community before the attack, which occurred late on Saturday night. "At this stage it appears that he acted solely and alone," Western Australia Premier Roger Cook told a televised press conference in the state capital Perth, regarding the attacker.
An 18-1 bet, Mystik Dan, has won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a dramatic photo finish for three horses.
NASSAU, Bahamas — Canada has three tickets booked to the Paris Olympics in the relay events. The men's 4x100-metre, women's 4x100 and women's 4x400 teams all qualified for the Games on Saturday night at the World Relays. The top two teams from each heat qualified for the Olympics and into Sunday's final for their respective events. The quartet of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse ran a season-best 38.11 seconds in the men's 4x100 to win their heat. Sade McCreath, Mari
TORONTO — The curse, as coach John Herdman put it, is over. And Toronto FC's winning streak continues. Italian star Federico Bernardeschi ended a lengthy scoreless drought with a pair of goals and added an assist Saturday to help Toronto defeat FC Dallas 3-1 in MLS play, extending TFC's string of wins to four games in all competitions. Bernardeschi had been shut out in 19 games since scoring twice in a 3-2 loss to CF Montreal on Aug. 20. "The curse is broken," a smiling Herdman said after the ga
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“We’re asking people to be patient,” Southern Entertainment co-founder Bob Durkin said. Some fans complained, while others applauded the event.