Sha’Carri Richardson tests positive for marijuana

Sha’Carri Richardson won the 100m at the Olympic Trials last month in just 10.86 seconds, and was expected to compete for a Gold medal in Tokyo. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, a medal favorite in the 100-meter dash at the upcoming Olympics, tested positive for marijuana last month and won’t be able to run her signature race at the Tokyo Games. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday morning that Richardson had accepted a one-month suspension after… Source link

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Shark leaps out of water and bites parasailer in bizarre attack

A tandem parasailer hovering just above the water surface of the Red Sea sustained injuries when a shark leaped out of the water and bit his foot in a bizarre attack in the Gulf of Aqaba. The incident occurred last Friday off the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, as reported by the Daily Mail and The U.S. Sun. The 37-year-old Jordan man, who wasn’t identified, was taken to Prince Hashem Military Hospital where he underwent an operation on his right foot. He lost part of the back of his foot and… Source link

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Yahoo can no longer offer paid fantasy sports contests in Connecticut

As of July 1, Yahoo Fantasy Sports can no longer offer paid fantasy sports contests in the state of Connecticut due to recently passed legislation. All free Yahoo Fantasy Sports experiences will continue to be available to Connecticut residents. As part of Yahoo Sports, we have delivered fantasy sports games to users since 1999. From the beginning, our fantasy sports offerings have been designed and built with the goal of engaging and delighting our users. We want users to play on Yahoo with… Source link

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Stock futures drift lower ahead of June jobs report

Stock futures opened TK Thursday evening as investors looked ahead to a key report on the U.S. labor market recovery. Contracts on the S&P 500 TK after the blue-chip index set an all-time high during Thursday’s session, kicking off the start of the third quarter on a high note. Both the Nasdaq and Dow also closed out Thursday’s session higher.  On Friday, investors will receive the U.S. Labor Department’s June jobs report, the central economic data point coming out this week. The print is… Source link

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Karsten Warholm breaks 400m hurdles world record

Karsten Warholm made history on Thursday. (Photo by ANNIKA BYRDE/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) The men’s 400-meter hurdles officially has an Olympic favorite. And a new world record-holder. Karsten Warholm, a 25-year-old Norwegian hurdler, clocked a 46.70-second time in the 400m hurdles at a Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday to break a 29-year-world record, according to NBC Sports. The record was previously held by American Kevin Young, who ran a 46.78 at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The… Source link

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Google reports soaring attrition among Black women

The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo July 1 (Reuters) – Workers identifying as “Black+” or “Latinx+” left Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google at higher rates last year than in 2019, the company said on Thursday in its latest annual diversity report, highlighting a persistent challenge to growing representation. What Google calls an attrition index, with 100 as a baseline, registered at 121 last year for… Source link

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As Delta variant surges, Fauci and Walensky say vaccines, not masks, are the solution

WASHINGTON — Top science officials in the Biden administration sought on Thursday to allay concerns about the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus, which has prompted renewed calls for mask wearing in some places. Compounding the alarm was an announcement last week from the World Health Organization that even vaccinated people should continue to wear masks. “Vaccine alone won’t stop community transmission,” a top WHO deputy explained in justifying the move, which appeared… Source link

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The outrage factor in the Trump Organization indictments

Charges of larceny, tax fraud and other crimes come at inconvenient time for the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. Company attorneys say New York prosecutors politically hostile to Trump are chasing trivial matters no other prosecutor would bother with. Yet the details of the indictment reveal wealthy executives padding their bank accounts by exploiting privileges ordinary workers can only dream of. It’s exhibit 999 or maybe 1,001 in the recent parade… Source link

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Gettr, Social Network Launched by Trump’s Ex-Spokesman, Immediately Attracts Trump Imposters

UPDATED: Donald Trump may or may not be joining “Gettr,” a newly launched social app from the ex-president’s ex-spokesman. The twice-impeached Trump has been kicked off — or frozen out of — mainstream social media services over his role in the Jan. 6 assault on Capitol Hill. But after news broke Thursday about the app’s ties to the former U.S. president, it was quickly populated with fake accounts from people trying to make it look like Trump had joined the app. Gettr was founded… Source link

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