When reports first hit linking Jose Villarreal, Michael Farfan and Rafael Baca to a move to Cruz Azul, the initial reaction was one of disbelief. We hadn’t seen a Mexican team raid MLS for talent to this degree before, but the bigger reaction had to do with one name in particular: Villarreal, who had been considered one of the best young prospects in MLS and a star of the U....
But it’s not just on the military front. The economic populism that swept through the nation in recent years, disrupting decades of laissez faire consensus, also appears to be on the wane. Despite his party’s momentum pushing for a federal $15 minimum wage, the president privately told mayors and governors that he doesn’t expect it to materialize anytime soon—in other words, it is more or less a political prop. And Americans are still waiting for Biden’s stimulus, which is now tied to cuts to programs like Medicare and farm subsidies—mirroring the Trump administration’s plan to provide payments in exchange for cuts to Social Security benefits....
If you participate in Week 1 and Week 2 of the beta, you can rack up a set of rewards that you can use to customize your character and weapons in-game. These range from special animated emblems to stickers and skins and everything in between. All you really have to do is keep playing and leveling up. Right now, the beta is capped at Level 15, so you’ll have to continue playing throughout the rest of the event period if you want to earn all of the rewards....
The interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad: Stéphane, before joining Moderna, you were the CEO of BioMeriux, you ran a company with several thousand employees and a few billion dollars in revenue, and you left it to join Moderna in 2011 as employee number two. By any measure that is a very risky move. What made you do this and why? Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel: So it was pretty simple....
The company said that a 50-microgram dose—half of the initial dosage—is effective at boosting the immune response in previously vaccinated people. The Biden administration, already criticized for its poor messaging and handling of its booster rollout, requested data on the 100-ug booster as well to compare long-term efficacies, Axios reported. Moderna’s booster study reported that adults aged 65 and above saw the greatest improvement in protection and that the half dose appears to be effective against all variants of concern....
The study, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, analyzed electronic health records of military veterans who received the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. Overall, researchers found that both vaccines were very effective at preventing COVID-19, along with hospitalization and death. But the Moderna vaccine had a slight edge. The study specifically looked at data from two groups with 219,842 people, with a 24-week follow-up period. During that time, the Alpha variant was the most common COVID-19 variant circulating....
Deputies in South Carolina said the three children, aged between 12 and 15, were found on Cemetery Island by a passing boater at around 3:45 p.m on June 14. According to WYFF4, the children said they were camping on the island the night prior with their mom, Courtney Taylor, and her boyfriend, Eric Elrod. The two adults reportedly left the island earlier in the morning, telling the children they were leaving to get water, but never returned....
Lekisha A. James shared a clip to her TikTok account, @kishaajames, as she captured her son’s reaction on camera. The mom is in hysterics as the boy, who appears to be a teenager, freaks out in the background. In the on-screen caption, James wrote: “I forgot I was charging my toy… my son came in and saw it. I can’t breathe.” “No, Mom,” says the irate teenager. “Remove it from sight, remove it from your room, put it in a suitcase, put it in your dresser, somewhere under… put it in a sock....
However, the concept of belt-tightening comes easier for some than others. In a study of over 1,000 Americans conducted by personal finance website The Ascent earlier this year, 79 percent of respondents said they believed they were wasting more money than they should. Respondents also estimated they wasted an average of $139 per month, with the average cost of their most significant waste of money calculated at $521. For some, this lack of frugality can lead to financial issues....
Sharing the story on the discussion site Mumsnet on Sunday, user SomeSortOfName explained that she had arranged with a friend to take their toddlers to Disneyland Paris for two nights in 2023. But after booking the trip, the woman’s husband was upset—pointing out that her stepchild was not invited and suggesting that the trip was “unfair.” Far from the only stepmom to express frustration online, earlier in 2022 a woman sparked debate after admitting she didn’t want to spend time with her stepkids....
Reddit user Unlikely_Repair_8941, 27, explained in a post that her sister-in-law, 34, has four children and a baby on the way. Describing her as a “crunchie mom,” she explains “her family is vegan, with no electronics in the house, has all-natural toys and clothes for the kids, homeschooling, etc. She wanted her kids to have unique names and not basic names. All her kids have ridiculous names. Baryleen(4f) pronounced Bryalin, Falkin (3m) pronounced falcon, Rorai(3f) pronounced Rorie, and Kelvin(1m) pronounced Calvin....
In a post to Reddit’s r/AmitheA****** forum on Thursday, u/ReadyPercentage9350 was accused of “dropping the ball” by his doctor wife during the confrontation with their 17-year-old daughter. However, the poster said he disagrees with her approach to the situation, which involved forcing the teen to weigh herself and “lecturing” her about weight-related health concerns. At the time of writing, the post had received almost 6,000 upvotes and more than 1,300 comments, many from people slamming the couple for handling the issue in “all the wrong ways....
TRIPLE PLAY: For years Austria’s Stephan Eberharter skied in the shadow of the great Hermann Maier. Not anymore. The 32-year-old veteran was the star of the alpine events. Though he could manage only a bronze in the downhill, where he was the favorite, Eberharter rallied to take a silver in the super G and a gold in the giant slalom. ELBOWED OUT: South Korea’s vaunted short-track speed skaters won four medals, but lost a gold in the men’s 1,500-meter race when Kim Dong-Sung was disqualified for interfering with U....
When play resumes Monday, No. 1 seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic will be in action. So will the last American man in the tournament, Denis Kudla. MORE: Look back at Week 1 | American winners in open era | Serena, Djokovic favored When does Serena Williams play Monday at Wimbledon? 8 a.m. ET, in the first match on Centre Court, against an opponent she knows well — her sister, Venus....
The BetQL NFL Best Bet Model has full projections and top-rated betting picks for this and every NFL game each week. For now, we will tell you that the model absolutely loves the UNDER as a best bet for this game, listing with five-star confidence a projection of 38 total points. Read on for the full betting preview and prediction for this game, which should have the attention of top 2021 QB prospect Trevor Lawrence....
We’ve used multiple strategies so far on Monday Night Showdowns, and this week we’ll try out the ‘Chalk Captain’ approach. By maximizing the value from our points boost, we set ourselves up for a strong baseline of production but simultaneously trim our ancillary budget in a major way. Let’s dive into our lineup picks, and explain why we think these six roster picks will win us some cash this Monday evening....
Before we break down our picks, here are the notable scoring settings for FanDuel single-game contests: The point total for the “MVP” is multiplied by 1.5, but he doesn’t cost any additional money like the “Captain” in DraftKings Showdown contests. FanDuel’s default scoring is half-point PPR and four-point passing TDs, and there are no bonuses for 300-yard/100-yard games like on DraftKings. MORE FD SINGLE GAME: How to win a FanDuel single-game contest...
McMahon himself has reportedly started a new side company with his own personal fortune, called “Alpha Entertainment," for purposes of exploring other options in the entertainment industry, including — but not limited to — professional football. Well, here we go again, I guess. WWE — and by extension McMahon — is currently raking in money hand over fist thanks to the expansion of the WWE Network and escalating TV rights fees, and making record profits thanks to massive cost-cutting....
No. 2 Virginia (19-1 SU, 12-6 ATS) at No. 13 North Carolina (17-5 SU, 11-10-1 ATS) Line: Virginia -1, Total: 127.5 (check our live odds page for current college basketball point spreads and totals) Normally, in every game UVA plays this season, they will have a huge advantage on defense. The Cavaliers are second in the nation, behind only Kentucky, in defensive field goal percentage and are first in allowing 50....
