Your heart goes out to Brosnan, finally getting the role of his dreams. He’s handsome, there’s a touch of his native Ireland in his ace-cent, he can throw a punch . . . oh, let’s face it, James Bond is mythic or he’s zilch. Brosnan is OK, but OK isn’t mythic. Sean Connery, the most magnetic male animal since Cary Grant, established the myth. Moore’s touch of ironic self-parody added a nuance that kept the myth going....
Government officials quickly became a popular magnet for legal challenges as local and state leaders began implementing stay-at-home orders, instituted mask mandates, restricted businesses’ indoor capacities and more during the spring. Hunton Andrews Kurth, an international law firm that got its start in the U.S., launched a COVID-19 legal complaint tracking database in partnership with Cognicion shortly after the pandemic began spreading in the U.S. More than 4,800 lawsuits related to the pandemic have been filed in the U....
That’s probably a good thing, because the pressure and drama are likely to be ramped up this weekend. NASCAR will run its third short-track race in six weeks Saturday night at Richmond, and that likely means plenty of drama. Short-track racing always leads to plenty of fender banging and short tempers, but Richmond always seems to produce some late-race excitement and, recently, a bit of controversy. Juan Pablo Montoya saw a chance to win disappear with a late caution last April, setting up Kevin Harvick’s charge to the win on a green-white checkered restart....
Analysis of court documents and social media posts of more than 200 people detained by police during anti-racism demonstrations indicates that “only a handful” appeared to show links to organized activist groups, according to the Associated Press. The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25 has sparked anti-racism protests across the world. While the majority remain peaceful, some demonstrations ended in violent clashes with heavily-armed police and incidences of looting....
The FBI, with the approval of Attorney General Merrick Garland, carried out a raid of Trump’s Florida residence looking for top secret and sensitive compartmentalized information, as well as other classified documents, on Monday. The Washington Post reported on Thursday that records related to nuclear weapons were sought by the federal agents, but Trump described that reporting as a “hoax.” Russia-1 reported on the raid in a segment shared to Twitter late Friday evening by Julia Davis, a columnist for The Daily Beast and the creator of the Russian Media Monitor....
Some religious communities have greeted with caution the order by Trump to reopen places of worship. He said he had instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue guidance for churches, synagogues, mosques and places where adherents of other faiths can gather, to open their doors again after the coronavirus shutdown. “Ministers, pastors, rabbis, imams and other faith leaders will make sure that their congregations are safe as they gather and pray,” Trump said in the announcement on Friday, describing them as “essential places that provide essential services....
The poll, which was published by Gallup, surveyed 3,881 U.S. adults from April 3 to April 5. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. According to the poll, 71 percent of U.S. adults said that they want to “wait and see what happens the coronavirus before resuming,” their daily activities. In comparison, 20 percent said that want to return “immediately,” while 10 percent said that they will continue to limit their contact with other people after social distancing measures are lifted....
Iranians also rejected any new limitations proposed by U.S. officials seeking lengthier and more stringent measures against their country, the results showed. The survey was conducted by the Toronto-based Iran Poll in conjunction with the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland in two rounds last fall and earlier this year. The findings, which covered a wide range of topics pertaining to security, health, the economy and more, were released Wednesday and shared with Newsweek....
Of the 175 people arrested between August 24 and August 30, 12:30 p.m., 102 were people from 44 different cities outside Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kenosha Police said. Protests have taken place every day since the shooting of Blake by Kenosha Police on August 23. Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake seven times in the back at close range as Blake tried to enter a vehicle. Inside the vehicle were Blake’s three children....
It was a momentous victory for several reasons. For one, he became only the fourth driver 46 or older to win the Indy 500. For another, certainly more important, it moved him to a tie with three other drivers for the most wins in the history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” When Castroneves takes the wheel for Sunday’s race, he’ll have a chance to stand atop the all-time wins list should he prevail from the 200-lap, 500-mile race....
Mostar provides a chilling glimpse of the winter to come in Bosnia, where 2.7 million residents depend entirely on United Nations relief aid. By almost any measure, it’ll be harder than last winter. Then there were trees in towns; now people are digging up the roots. Then there was commercial traffic up from the coast; now that’s cut off because of fighting between Muslims and Croats. Serbs and Croats have been holding up truck convoys of humanitarian aid since October, evidently hoping to let winter finish the job they started on their Muslim enemies....
The Richardson Police Department (RPD) said officers raced to the parking lot of a Starbucks located at 4151 E. Renner Road in the Dallas suburb at 7:12 p.m. on Monday, April 18 after they were notified of a shooting. There police found Kentoria Nicole Edwards, 52, had suffered a gunshot wound. Officers arrested Tranisa Octavin Trana Watts, 23, in connection with the shooting. In a Tuesday Facebook post, an RPD spokesperson said: “The first officer to arrive spotted the identified suspect, Watts, attempting to leave the location with a child and apprehended her....
In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/ThrowawayughMIL (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said that their husband’s parents recently stayed at the couple’s house for a few days, and detailed the criticism they received from their “overtly conservative” mother-in-law. Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for making my MIL ‘depressed’ because I made my husband do chores?,” the viral post has received more than 8,100 votes and nearly 1,000 comments in the last day....
In-laws are notoriously bad at present-giving. A 2017 study polling 2,000 adults saw in-laws rank bottom as the worst for giving gifts, as they confused, upset or offended the rest of the family. Further proof of this phenomenon was found over on Mumsnet where a British woman took to the forum to share her own shock at the present handed to her by her husband’s mom. Her post garnered over 24,000 views....
Gladys Sicknick, the mother of Brian Sicknick, a U.S. Capitol police officer who died of a stroke following the riot, wouldn’t accept a handshake offered by Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Kevin McCarthy. Last year, Sicknick urged Congress to approve a commission to investigate the riot, asking them to visit her son’s grave before making their final decision. Sicknick criticized certain Republicans’ actions after several lawmakers expressed opposition to the committee, including McConnell....
A letter sent out to parents by the school announced an early dismissal at 10:45 a.m. due to a “medical crisis on campus.” Jessica Pendergrass told Newsweek that her 13-year-old son, Austin Pendergrass, started experiencing bullying last school year and died by suicide at Wendell Middle School. Pendergrass said she hopes this tragedy can bring awareness to other parents to check in on their kids. “I know we try to give them some space because they’re just trying to find themselves as teenagers but check their social media and phones,” she said....
A prosecutor said Monday that Ryan Andrew Meyung, 30, may have victims in 10 states total. Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston’s office said in a statement on Monday that local law enforcement looking into the case partnered with Homeland Security investigators for a larger investigation. Now, all the agencies believe that Meyung could have additional victims in Tennessee, as well as in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania....
The Red Devils boss told reporters that the Mexican international could have hit double figures with little trouble this season had he still been at Old Trafford. CONCACAF eyes ‘League of Nations’ “We have good players, they are creative players, they can create, but they are not the kind of guy that is naturally a killer,” Mourinho said. “I give a simple example — in the way we play at Old Trafford, in the way we dominate opponents, in the way we play in the box, I think Chicharito would have scored 20 goals easy....
