Alabama’s Republican governor made an urgent plea for residents to get vaccinated to slow a surge in Covid-19 cases, becoming the latest top GOP official to step up calls for inoculations in the face of vaccine hesitancy among conservative voters. “We’ve got to get folks...
Horrific footage from new Woodstock ’99 documentary shows how the music festival erupted into chaos
Woodstock ’99 is the subject of a new documentary exploring how the music festival modeled after the original in 1969 erupted into chaos that led to riots, fans rolling around puddles of human feces, mosh pit rapes, and deaths. Premiering on Friday, HBO’s Woodstock 99:...
Canadian commentator mistakes Australian Patty Mills for a WOMAN Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
Canadian commentators have awkwardly mistaken Australian NBA star and Olympic flag bearer Patty Mills for a woman during the Tokyo Games opening ceremony. The broadcast, which has been shared on social media, shows the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation hosts describing the Australian team as they walk...
DC police chief says there’s been ‘intentional efforts’ to not provide full resources to cops
Washington D.C., police chief Robert Contee said law enforcement officials have issued warnings over the years that the loss of police officers would be problematic for the city, which has seen a recent spike in gun violence following “intentional efforts” to defund his department. “This...
Shane Warne shares heartfelt tribute to ‘good mate and former manager’ the late John ‘Strop’ Cornell
Shane Warne paid tribute to the late John ‘Strop’ Cornell – who passed away on Friday after a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease aged 80. On Friday, the cricket great shared a heartfelt Instagram story post remembering the entertainment legend. The 51-year-old wrote: ‘Extremely sad to...
Tokyo Olympic Games 2020: men’s road race gold, boxing, swimming and more – live!
7.29pm EDT 19:29 Trivia and new sports Miguel Aviles has answered my question about the hat trick in the first day of women’s football competition with Vivienne Miedema of the Netherlands. I suppose so, though she went on to score a fourth. I’d actually forgotten...
Mauricio Pochettino signs one-year extension with Paris Saint-Germain just six months into the job
Mauricio Pochettino signs one-year contract extension with PSG just six months into the job… with Argentine overseeing an exciting summer after interest from Tottenham Mauricio Pochettino replaced Thomas Tuchel as PSG manager in January He signed an 18-month deal with the option of an extra...
Police searching for missing British hiker Esther Dingley find bones near site of last contact
Police searching for missing hiker Esther Dingley have found bones near the site where she last made contact with her boyfriend in November. French police confirmed remains had been found at Port de la Glere but said it would take ‘several days or even weeks’...
Inflatable dinghies and Zoom medical training: how a remote Pacific atoll got Pfizer
The elders of Nukunonu atoll in Tokelau at the wharf on Monday morning, dressed in white and singing songs, held a banner that said: “Welcome”. In the distance, a small inflatable boat made its way to them carrying a New Zealand defence officer dressed in...
Boston Beer CEO acknowledges Q2 hard seltzer sales miss – ‘we don’t look very smart’
Boston Beer CEO David Burwick said Friday the company was surprised by the disappointing second-quarter sales of its Truly hard seltzer, telling CNBC in an interview that management does not “look very smart” after its prior forecast. “The trade-off from grocery and liquor store purchase and...