NFL Training Camp 2022 Live
3:30 p.m. ET ESPN staff Many NFL training camps resumed Sunday after the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Canton, Ohio, though some took it easy while others took the day off. Running backs took center stage with the New York Giants and Tennessee Titans, respectively, where Saquon Barkley continues to impress while video showed a stiff arm from Derrick Henry. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders already have a preseason game under their belts, and the rest of the league will join them this week. Thursday begins the action with two games: the Giants at the New England Patriots…
Read More »More human remains are discovered as drought dries up Lake Mead
LES VEGAS — More human remains have been found in the drought-stricken Lake Mead National Recreation Area east of Las Vegas, officials said Sunday. It’s the fourth time since May that debris has been discovered as western drought forces the coast to retreat into the shrinking Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam. National Park Service officials said rangers were called to the reservoir between Nevada and Arizona around 11 a.m. Saturday after skeletal remains were discovered at Swim Beach. Rangers and a dive team from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police went to recover the remains. Park Service officials said the…
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Rare Honus Wagner baseball card sells for record price
article A 1909 baseball card of Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner is posed for a photograph in New York on February 19, 2013. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images) one of the the rarest baseball cards in the world it sold at an extraordinary price last week. The famous T206 Honor Wagner sold for a record $7.25 million in a private sale facilitated by Goldin Auctions, the company said Thursday. It topped the sold price in August 2021. The card sold for $6.6 million at the time. The Honus Wagner statue outside PNC Park before the game between the Los…
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Senate APPROVED Biden-backed $740 billion reconciliation bill without Republican support
The Senate has passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a $740 billion bill for climate change and health care spending that has been the result of months of talks in the Democratic Party. No Republican lawmakers signed the bill, although Democrats were able to pass it with a simple majority through the budget reconciliation process. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote in the evenly divided chamber as Democrats erupted in applause at the end of their 16-hour session. A visibly emotional Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor to thank everyone from congressional staffers…
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Come in! Is America’s Last Third Marching Into Power or Oblivion? | US politics
After the 2020 election, Americans were clear: they wanted a viable third political party. In modern American history, the country has been dominated by the Republican and Democratic parties almost to the exclusion of all others, effectively creating a quasi-bipartisan monopoly of power in the White House, Congress, and state. Other parties, such as the Reform party, the Greens or the Libertarians have never really broken. In 2021, while the aftermath of the 2020 election continued, the polls shown widespread support among Americans for a third party that offers something different from the status quo. Even a majority of self-identified…
Read More »John Kennedy went to Iowa to make a political speech. What does it mean? | State policy
US Sen. John N. Kennedy traveled to Iowa on Friday to spearhead a fundraising campaign for the re-election of Gov. Kim Reynolds. Kennedy, R-Madisonville, was invited by Reynolds to speak at an event known as Northeast Iowa Prime in the city of Arlington. Tickets cost between $150 and $500 per person. Most of the politicians who go to Iowa to speak seem to have presidential ambitions. Could this be the case for Kennedy? It doesn’t say. “He fully supports Governor Reynolds in his re-election and is happy to support him in any way he can,” a Kennedy spokesman said when…
Read More »Courting the Kikuyu: Kenyan Politicians Divide Biggest Voting Bloc | Features News
Since Kenya secured independence from British colonialists in 1963 after a protracted conflict, three things have been true in the East African country: death, taxes and the Kikuyus voted primarily as a force indivisible linked to each presidential election. Bye now. This Tuesday, when 22 million registered voters decide who becomes the country’s fifth president, there is a split among the Kikuyus, the country’s largest voting bloc by virtue of being the country’s 47 officially recognized ethnic groups. Often known as the Mount Kenya area, the block is arguably the region that passes the presidency to former Prime Minister Raila…
Read More »Southington man identified as victim of fatal shooting in East Haven – Hartford Courant
East Haven police have identified a Southington man as the victim of Saturday’s fatal shooting at Bullseye Billiards. Julius Bolden-Lowe, 26, died at Yale New Haven Hospital after suffering a gunshot wound on Saturday, Aug. 6, police said. Officers arrived at Bullseye Billiards at 655 Main St. in East Haven early Saturday morning after receiving a report of a shooting. East Haven Fire Department personnel treated Bolden-Lowe and a second person for injuries at the scene before they were taken to Yale New Haven Hospital. Police say the shooting happened after an altercation inside the bar turned physical. The East…
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