Wenger calm despite Wilshere claim The France international striker has had to play second fiddle to Alexis Sanchez for the most part thus far this season and hasn’t even started a game in the league up to now. That should change against Bournemouth on Sunday though, with Giroud having scored five goals in his last five appearances for the Gunners. He may not possess the pace to trouble defenders in behind like the electric Alexis can, but there’s no doubting the Frenchman’s credentials, particularly when assessing his record in recent times....

Pepsi thinks it has the answer: lob the first grenade in the so-called midcalorie-cola wars. It is developing a 53-calorie drink that is part sugar, part NutraSweet (a regular all-sugar cola has about 150 calories). Coca-Cola is said to be brewing up a version of its own. And consumers should prepare to be a ground zero for another marketing fire fight. Soft-drink makers are under siege: flavored seltzers, carbonated fruit drinks and bottled ice tea have made serious inroads into the cola makers’ core audience: teens and young adults....

On Wednesday, Minnesota announced it had fielded additional complaints from victims who alleged that Teague had sexually harassed them prior to his Aug. 7 resignation. The school did not release an exact number of complaints, but according to the Pioneer Press, university president Eric Kaler told Minnesota Public Radio on Wednesday morning that there were “less than five” new cases against Teague under investigation. MORE: Ranking top college basketball programs | Female reporters talk harassment...

Lue gave a look to his two stars, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. “Bron and Kyrie turned to T. Lue and said, ‘Just put Dahntay in,’” swingman Dahntay Jones recalled. “It worked out.” MORE: Must-see photos of LeBron vs. Curry rematch It sure did. Jones made a jumper and drew a foul on Draymond Green, then drew another foul on Green on a rebound on the other end. He made all three of his free throws, and scored the final five points of the first half, a personal run that turned an 11-point lead into a 16-point lead in a game the Cavs would go on to win 115-101 to force a Game 7 in the NBA Finals on Sunday....

A Burbio tracker, which actively monitors school closures throughout more than a thousand K-12 school districts nationally, shows that 2,753 schools will be closed going into the first week of 2022. The average closure length for schools closing this week is six days. The majority of closures involve schools shifting to one or two weeks of virtual learning in response to the rising COVID-19 cases in the U.S., but the key issue driving districts to move online is the number of teaching staff who have been infected over the holidays....

Located on the country’s South Island, the region has recently been battered by heavy rains that have caused what 1 News described as “one in 100 year” flooding. On Sunday, authorities declared a state of emergency, spurring hundreds of home evacuations, according to The Guardian. Farmer Anne Rogers, the owner of the rescued alpacas, told 1 News that she was in the process of shepherding them to higher ground when the nearby Ashley River burst its banks, stranding the party on a “small island” of land....

One planned speaker at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit is drawing significant scrutiny, with more than 40,000 people signing a petition demanding that she be barred from the annual event: former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. While Nielsen, who made a quiet return to the White House earlier this month as a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, has certainly played a powerful role in U.S. policymaking, critics have questioned whether her part in helping enforce President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies is something to be celebrated....

Politicians are great at generating hot air, but when it comes to generating energy, it’s GE and other big companies that will do the heavy lifting. Today most U.S. electricity is still generated using coal or nuclear energy, but experts say that by 2020, 36 percent of it will come from natural gas, up from 16 percent today. That’s because plants that run on natural gas are cheaper and quicker to build, cost less to operate and produce fewer emissions than other fuels....

The reports come a day after Sarkisian suspended cornerback Josh Shaw for lying about ankle injuries from the weekend, claiming he had jumped from a building to save a 7-year-old nephew from drowning. The Trojans face Fresno State on Saturday in their first football game of the season, Sarkisian’s first with the team. Sarkisian’s announcement came as media members swarmed the school over the Shaw story. According to one report, Sarkisian was taken by surprise by Brown’s decision....

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the U.S. is considering sending planes to Poland if Warsaw decides to send fighter jets to Ukraine. “We are looking actively now at the question of airplanes that Poland may provide to Ukraine and looking at how we might be able to backfill should Poland decide to supply those planes,” he said Sunday, according to Reuters. In an interview on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday, Blinken also said that the U....

Herve Renard’s side will square up against Ukraine and Slovakia on May 30 and June 4 respectively in Switzerland before travelling to Estonia to take on Martin Reim’s side on June 9. The Atlas Lions returned to the global stage for the first time in 20 years and have been paired with Iran and European heavyweights, Portugal and Spain in Group B. Late last month, Morocco defeated Serbia and Uzbekistan, 2-1 and 2-0 respectively in their pre-World Cup friendly games....

According to Mortgage News Daily’s rate index, 30-year fixed rates reached 7.08 percent on average on Tuesday, with 15-year fixed mortgages topping 6.3 percent. These new figures are double the highest recorded mortgage rates for last year, which peaked at 3.45 percent for a 30-year fixed mortgage and 2.88 percent for a 15-year fixed rate in March 2021. Interest rates have been rising rapidly this year, with the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing further hikes to curb rising inflation....

Russia’s defense ministry was quoted by Russian state media saying that the missile cruiser was crippled by a blast, as a fire caused ammunition on the ship to explode. “As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged,” the Russian defense ministry said. The crew had been evacuated, according to Russian authorities. Neither report has been independently confirmed. Former U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Malcolm Nance tweeted that the Moskva is “finished....

The poll, conducted by YouGov with Yahoo, was taken between June 10 and June 13, 2022 and asked 1,541 people a series of questions. On the question regarding should former President Donald Trump run for President in 2024, 55 percent of people said no while 31 percent said yes. When broken down into political affiliations, 80 percent of Democrats voted no while 14 percent of Democrats voted yes. For Republicans, 25 percent voted no while 58 percent votes yes....

The latest survey into U.S. dog naming trends suggests owners are getting increasingly creative when deciding what to call their new canine friend—a fact seemingly recognized by just how few of the following breeds share their names. John Smith, founder of personalized pet gift provider Yappy.com, told Newsweek: “Choosing the perfect name for someone is one of the most important things you can do - especially if it’s for your four-legged friend....

The deceased woman’s mother dropped by her daughter’s house around 3 p.m. on Wednesday after she was unable to get in contact with her, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) Chief John Hayden told reporters. The woman then discovered that her daughter and granddaughter had both been killed. Police contacted social workers to console the woman who discovered her deceased family members, Hayden said. He described the scene as trauma-inducing....

A trio of landscape architects spotted the mother and her two cubs at the property of one of their clients. The yard had been trashed, with garden furniture and half-eaten bushes and plants scattered around the place. The landscapers, Amber Reece, Ashley Zimmerman and Hanah Schmit, were in the process of cleaning up the mess when they spotted the bears under the decking of the house. They then called the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which sent conservation officers to the scene, one of whom managed to coax the adult bear out by poking a stick through the decking from above....

According to WEWS-TV in Cleveland, officers with the Akron Police Department responded to a home near the 700 block of Clay Street at around 8:50 p.m. local time on Sunday following reports of a shooting involving a child. After arriving to the residence located on the 700 block of Clay Street, Akron Police Officers discovered a 7-year-old boy, who suffered gunshot wounds to his hand and leg. WEWS-TV reported that after police discovered the injured child, his mother informed police that the boy shot himself with a gun that she accidentally left underneath a couch in her home....

Police responded to a 911 call from a truck driver who said he saw a car sitting in a ditch in Hillsborough, New Jersey, at around 7:40 a.m., according to a statement from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. According to the truck driver’s father, the man found the mother, Yuhwei Chou, 36, and her children in the car and called police immediately. “He was shook up,” the caller’s father, Robert Long, told CBS New York....

Fardoussa Abdillahi, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder Tuesday. She could be sentenced to up to 40 years in prison, KARE 11 reported. Police say they found her child died during a welfare check Sunday. A man called 911 saying a baby was missing and that the mother, who was identified as Abdillahi, said she killed her baby and threw the body in the dumpster behind the apartment building on the 2000 block of Maine Prairie Road, according to the criminal complaint....