Jordan Love finished his first full season as an NFL starting quarterback strong. He helped lift the Green Bay Packers to a playoff berth and a blowout postseason win over the Dallas Cowboys. Love, a 2020 first round draft pick, is only tied to the Packers through the 2024 season. He signed a one-year extension with the team last May. …
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Thailand’s National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The objects — a tall bronze figure called the “Standing Shiva” or the “Golden Boy” and a smaller sculpture called “Kneeling Female” — …
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The extreme heatwave in Mexico is not only affecting the environment, it’s wreaking havoc on the howler monkeys and causing them to fall dead out of trees, the Associated Press reported. “They were falling out of the trees like apples. They were in a state of severe dehydration, and they died within a matter of minutes,” wildlife biologist Gilberto Pozo …
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The United Nations flag was lowered to half-staff Tuesday in honor of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash Monday. Raisi, nicknamed the “Butcher of Tehran” for his oversight of mass executions of political prisoners in 1988, died along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other Iranian officials who were in the helicopter when it …
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Billy Horschel shared a powerful message on social media Tuesday in honor of his wife’s eight-year sobriety journey in hopes of encouraging others in a similar situation to reach out for help. The eight-time PGA Tour winner posted a video to X celebrating his wife Brittany’s milestone but also took the opportunity to raise awareness about the struggles of addiction. …
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NBA All-Star LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets could be facing a lawsuit. A mother is pursuing legal action against the NBA star and the franchise he plays for due to a foot injury her 11-year-old son suffered during an alleged incident in October 2023, according to a report from WSOC-TV. Tamaria McRae claimed the incident in question took place …
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The U.N.’s High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on Monday cautioned all states involved in arms transfers in the context of the war in Ukraine to act responsibly in order “to prevent diversion, illicit trafficking and misuse.” Izumi Nakamitsu told the United Nations Security Council that, “over the last months, the provision of military assistance and transfers of arms and ammunition …
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A diplomatic crisis between historic allies Spain and Argentina expanded Tuesday as Spain announced the official withdrawal of its ambassador from Buenos Aires and Argentine President Javier Milei lambasted the move as “nonsense typical of an arrogant socialist.” Spain said its ambassador to Argentina would remain indefinitely in Madrid, where she had been recalled for consultations Sunday in response to …
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It’s well known Chris Paul and NBA referee Scott Foster have had their differences for some time, but another referee has also had some unpleasant experiences with the veteran point guard. And Bill Spooner, who worked 32 years in the NBA before retiring, didn’t hold back on his thoughts about Paul in a recent profile on Foster, via The Athletic. …
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Dustin Poirier is on the back-nine of his splendid UFC career. In fact, he may be headed to the clubhouse very soon. The 35-year-old will be the challenger for Islam Makhachev’s UFC Lightweight Championship on June 1 at UFC 302 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It is Poirier’s third time fighting for an undisputed title. He lost each …
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