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PARIS – Even pouring rain couldn’t dampen the magic of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where cruises along the Seine River showcased the host country’s history and culture in a variety of creative ways, paying tribute to France, its people and the Olympics. What about the NBC commentary? Well, it was pretty underwhelming. Peyton Manning and Kelly Clarkson are the official co-hosts of the event, along with Olympic presenter Mike Tirico, and NBC had been promoting their participation for months before the opening ceremony. Executives’ gamble to draw in a wider audience by bringing in the…
As President Biden’s reelection bid faltered last month, old racist and sexist memes have been resurrected and right-wing attacks against Vice President Harris have gained momentum.The attacks have intensified as Biden has weakened, with extremism watchdogs warning of a threatening undercurrent in the rhetoric calling Harris a “demon” and a “DEI hire.”Biden’s decision to drop out of the race on July 21 and endorse his vice president turned that hostility into a torrent. Within hours, far-right forums were awash in scathing accusations aimed at nearly every aspect of Harris’ identity. Analysts are calling it a smear campaign led by the…
A new Cajun seafood restaurant brings a taste of New Orleans to downtown Griffith.Cajun Express has opened at 138 S. Broad St. in Griffith, serving up Southern-style seafood boils.”My mother is from Louisiana and my father was born in Chicago. They have a wonderful story. My mother loved to cook and taught me seafood recipes,” says owner Xu Chen. “That’s why I chose the beautiful and quiet town of Griffith to open my restaurant so more people can experience Southern-style seafood.”The menu includes clams, crawfish, shrimp, lobster trail, mussels, snow crab legs, king crab legs, and Dungeness crab, and they…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Taylor Swift performed in Munich on Saturday. Thomas Niedermueller/TAS24/Getty Images (Courtesy of TAS Rights Management), Felix Hörhager/Getty Images More than 40,000 Taylor Swift fans watched the singer perform at her Eras Tour outside the venue in Munich.The trend, known as “Taylorgating,” has become popular since Taylor Swift began touring last year.Unlike other cities, gatherings were encouraged and facilitated by local authorities and venues. Thousands of people who weren’t able to get tickets to Taylor Swift’s Munich show for her Eras Tour enjoyed the concert from nearby hills.German daily newspaper…
Editor’s note: to follow Live updates from the Olympic opening ceremony.PARIS — Dressage, the centuries-old horse art that evokes images of elegance, nobility and precision, arrived at the Paris Games in the midst of a crisis that has left it virtually unknown outside the sport’s world.It all began late last year when undercover documentary filmmakers exposed the abusive training methods of Andreas Helgstrand, a famous Danish dressage rider and billionaire horse dealer, showing horses with spur scars and whip marks.That’s when a video began circulating online in February of former U.S. Olympian Cesar Parra whipping his horse to perform a…
At least 12 people were killed on Sunday when a landslide occurred at a bed and breakfast in a tourist destination in southeastern China after heavy rain from remnants of a tropical storm flooded the area, according to Chinese state media.Elsewhere in China, a delivery man riding a scooter in Shanghai was killed on Saturday after being hit by a falling tree, apparently caused by heavy rains, according to digital news outlet The Paper.The death toll is the first believed to have occurred in China after Typhoon Gaemi weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall on Thursday. The storm…
Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Amra Ram defended his tractor ride to Parliament on the first day of the 18th Lok Sabha session. “In 2020, the government introduced three black farm laws against farmers in the country. On June 26 that year, over 500 farmer unions raised the call for ‘Dilli Chalo’ but farmers were stopped at Delhi borders. It couldn’t get any worse. Over 65% of the electorate in the country are farmers. The food they grow reaches Delhi but they don’t,” Ram said in an exclusive interview with Hindustan Times’ Kumkum Chadha. “The government apologized to farmers…
Former Manchester United assistant manager Rene Meulensteen has claimed that new signing Lenny Yolo was a player Alex Ferguson considered signing during his time at the club. The former Lille centre-back joined the club earlier this month and was seen as a big coup when he moved for a fee of £52 million, with Real Madrid showing strong interest in the Frenchman during the transfer window but unable to spend as much as United after paying big for Kylian Mbappe. Yolo impressed for United in pre-season but was injured in the early hours of Sunday morning’s win over Arsenal and…
It may be raining during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, but the weather won’t stop Team USA from having fun while cruising down the Seine River.And women’s basketball star forward A’ja Wilson added a fashionable twist to Team USA’s Ralph Lauren outfits, thanks to Stephen Curry.Paris 2024 Olympics:Meet the members of the U.S. Summer Olympics teamThe Golden State Warriors guard, who will be making his Olympic debut as part of the U.S. basketball team in Paris, presented Wilson with a pair of Olympic-themed sunglasses during Friday’s opening ceremony.”Thanks @StephenCurry30 for the sunglasses,” Wilson wrote on X (formerly…
After scoring a come-from-behind victory in 10 innings to tie the series, the New York Yankees will look to beat their home rivals the Boston Red Sox for the second straight game when their weekend series concludes on Sunday night. The Yankees racked up 16 hits and scored the final five runs to win 11-8 on Saturday. Aaron Judge went 4-for-4 with three RBI, including a home run, to take the lead after the game was tied in the fifth inning. “This is the kind of atmosphere I want when I come to Fenway Park,” Judge said. “I enjoy being…