Canelo Álvarez Is Back, and Boxing Is Back to Its Usual Uncertainty
Four days before Saul Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders were scheduled to meet in a high-stakes boxing match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, organizers were giddy over the ticket sales projections for their super-middleweight title fight on Saturday night. Eddie Hearn, the promoter and the head of Matchroom Boxing, said the matchup — between Álvarez, a 30-year-old from Mexico nicknamed Canelo who holds the W.B.C. titles at 168 pounds, and Saunders, the undefeated W.B.O. That figure, Hearn said, would be a record for an indoor boxing match in the United States, surpassing the 63,350 spectators at the Superdome in New Orleans for a Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks fight in 1978. draft and the Kentucky Derby, as well as the expansion of capacities at baseball and basketball games.
Source:New York Times
May 08, 2021 03:56 UTC
Biden tries to use disapointing jobs numbers as a catalyst for his $4 trillion plans
While Biden has hit the road to make his case to voters, he's not exactly ignoring Republicans down Pennsylvania Avenue. "Look, (when) we came to office -- we knew we were facing a once in a century pandemic and a once in a generation economic crisis. It'd be a marathon," Biden said Friday after the jobs report was released. "We never thought after the first 60 days that everything would be fine. Today there's more evidence that our economy is moving in the right direction.
Source:CNN
May 08, 2021 03:56 UTC
San Francisco suspect in violent knife attack on 2 women refuses to leave cell, delaying arraignment
A San Francisco man accused in a violent knife attack on two older Asian women refused to come out of his jail cell Friday, forcing his arraignment to be postponed until Monday. Patrick Thompson, 53, who allegedly stabbed the women while they were waiting to catch a bus on Market Street, will be held without bail. A witness told KGO-TV that Thompson was carrying a large knife with knuckles on the handle on Tuesday and without warning attacked the women. The San Francisco Police Officers Association called the move a "political stunt." Victoria Eng said of her grandmother, who she identified as Chui Flong Eng, 85, on a crowdfunding page on Thursday.
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May 08, 2021 03:33 UTC
Caitlyn Jenner slams California's 'sky-high' taxes in 'Hannity' exclusive
Former Olympian and gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner outlines how she would attempt to relieve California's tax burden if she were elected in "Hannity" exclusive. We’ve got the gas tax right now is a little over 50 cents a gallon. A lot of people who think they’re, 'oh, I don’t pay taxes, I don’t make enough money.' You’re paying taxes as soon as you walk out that door all day long. You know, anything, you go to the grocery store, you buy a car, we’re paying taxes all the time.
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May 08, 2021 03:22 UTC
Biden's ambitions for the country depend on this key state
Without a single vote to spare, the White House knows that the outlook for President Joe Biden's ambitions runs straight through Arizona. But the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate is commissioning a review of 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix and the sprawling metropolitan area. American parties are quickly shiftingWHAT MATTERS: Arizona is the home of modern conservatism. ZELENY: It's a bit early to tell whether any major shifts are underway, but Arizona is a key laboratory for just how progressive the Biden agenda will be. Younger voters, Latino voters and new voters have helped Democrats win seats here.
Source:CNN
May 08, 2021 03:22 UTC
India and Its Vaccine Maker Stumble Over Their Pandemic Promises
The 40-year-old chief of the world’s largest vaccine maker pledged to take a leading role in the global effort to inoculate the poor against Covid-19. At home, politicians and the public have castigated Mr. Poonawalla and his company, the Serum Institute of India, for raising prices mid-pandemic. Serum has suffered production problems that have kept it from expanding output at a time when India needs every dose. In an interview with The New York Times, Mr. Poonawalla defended his company and its ambitions. He said he would return to India when he had finished his business in London.
Source:New York Times
May 08, 2021 03:00 UTC
‘SNL’ guests Elon Musk, Morgan Wallen cause behind-the-scenes tension for cast: report
The new "woke" generation of the "Saturday Night Live" cast is armed with social media accounts — and not afraid to use them. ELON MUSK SOURCES SNL SKIT IDEAS FROM TWITTER, AS REPORTS SURFACE CAST MEMBERS WON'T APPEAR ALONGSIDE HIMAs Page Six reported, cast members were told if they had any issues, they didn’t have to participate in the episode. And while, for most of "SNL" history, cast members have kept quiet if they were unhappy with a guest, there is a precedent of protest. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERThe source added: "Every generation of ‘SNL’ cast is different. I think Lorne is one of the best at finding talent.
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May 08, 2021 02:49 UTC
Police have a fresh lead in the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl in 2003 after a TikTok interview with a woman in Mexico
(CNN) A TikTok video has led to fresh leads in the case of Sofia Juarez, who was abducted one day before her fifth birthday in 2003 as she walked near her home, according to police in Kennewick, Washington state. Users of the social media app TikTok contacted Kennewick police after seeing a video featuring a young woman in Mexico that they said matched the approximate age and possibly aged appearance of Juarez. In the video shot in Culican, Sinaloa, in March, a TikTok personality interviewed the woman in Spanish. When asked about her age, she said she is 22, and went on to say she hates birthdays. "We are aware of the TikTok video," the Kennewick police said in a statement.
Source:CNN
May 08, 2021 02:48 UTC
Chris Rufo: Once great Disney is telling America it’s ‘fundamentally racist,’ ‘founded on discrimination'
Journalist Chris Rufo told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Friday he obtained a trove of "genuine" documents from The Walt Disney Company saying, as part of a training program, the company should "reject the idea of equality, that people should be treated equally, and pursue a policy of equity." I think Americans should reject this kind of politics and reject the companies that are pushing it. I have confirmed them [the documents] with multiple sources around the company. This is the new ideology of the Walt Disney Corporation, and it's really sad, because it used to be a great American company. Now it's telling us that America is a fundamentally racist country, founded on discrimination.
Source:Fox News
May 08, 2021 02:37 UTC
Nancy Pelosi gets Willies mixed up, posts McCovey photo on Mays’ birthday
Thursday was the 90th birthday of MLB legend Willie Mays, who played most of his career for Pelosi’s hometown team, the San Francisco Giants. But Pelosi marked the occasion by posting a photo of herself with another famous Willie, former Giants star Willie McCovey, who died in 2018. BASEBALL'S SWEETEST SONG: WILLIE MAYS, FOREVER YOUNG, IS 90"Happy 90th Birthday to an all-American icon, Willie Mays," Pelosi captioned the shot of herself and McCovey, who was a longtime teammate of Mays’ in the 1960s and 1970s and was also feared as a homerun hitter. "I was half expecting a picture with Orlando Cepeda or something," one commenter wrote, referring to another Giants star of the era. During their Hall of Fame careers, Mays smacked 660 homeruns while McCovey hit 521.
Source:Fox News
May 08, 2021 02:37 UTC
Alabama Police Officer Is Convicted of Murdering a Suicidal Man
According to a lawsuit filed by Mr. Parker’s family, Officer Darby was the third officer to arrive at Mr. Parker’s house that day. She had been talking to him when Officer Darby arrived about five minutes later, according to the lawsuit. About a month later, a review board convened by the Huntsville Police Department concluded that Officer Darby’s use of deadly force had been “within policy,” the city said. Officer Darby’s lawyer, Robert Tuten, contended that Officer Darby had not been the initial aggressor and had been protecting not only himself but his fellow officers, WFSA reported. “To say that people are shocked by this verdict would be a big understatement,” Mr. Tuten said at a news conference.
Source:New York Times
May 08, 2021 02:33 UTC
Group of endangered condors take up residence outside of a California woman's home
(CNN) There are only about 200 California condors in the wild in California, but for some reason, 15 to 20 of the massive birds decided to congregate in one location — on a woman's deck. Mickols, 68, had seen condors on her property before, but she was not prepared for what she found. Condors have a wing span of up to 9 feet and can weigh over 20 pounds. Condors are an endangered species and one of the largest flying birds in the world. In the 1970s, only a few dozen were left in the wild, according to the California Department for Fish and Wildlife.
Source:CNN
May 08, 2021 02:26 UTC
Coronavirus Today: Pomp and a bad circumstance
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Source:Los Angeles Times
May 08, 2021 02:16 UTC
As ‘diesel death zones’ spread, pollution regulators place new rules on warehouse industry
The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s governing board approved the rules Friday on a 9-4 vote after an hours-long public hearing. “Today’s adoption of the warehouse rule is a major step towards reducing air pollution and protecting the millions of people directly impacted,” said Wayne Nastri, executive officer of the South Coast air district. Republican Ben Benoit, mayor pro tem of the Riverside County city of Wildomar and the newly sworn-in chair of the air quality board, joined the board’s eight Democrats in supporting the measure. The warehouse regulations are a critical piece of state and local officials’ efforts to reverse a recent slide in air quality. Rob Bonta’s office affirmed the air district’s authority, and its obligation under the Clean Air Act, to adopt a regulation targeting warehouse emissions.
Source:Los Angeles Times
May 08, 2021 02:15 UTC
China's loosely regulated rocket debris could be dangerous - and harmful to US industry
Experts say the uncontrolled reentry of China’s Long March 5B rocket has only a small chance of hurting anyone on the ground – but Beijing’s blast-off subsidies may already be hurting the budding U.S. launch industry. Its first stage rocket, for undisclosed reasons, traveled too far up, resulting in an unpredictable, unrestrained reentry path expected to splash – or crash – down sometime this weekend. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said during his daily news briefing Friday that Beijing was following the reentry closely. China is following closely the upper stage's reentry into the atmosphere. Or in the case of SpaceX, the first stage rockets are designed to return to the surface intact for reuse.
Source:Fox News
May 08, 2021 02:15 UTC