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Simone Biles is bigger than the preseason games.The Chicago Bears will give Biles’ husband, safety Jonathan Owens, time off from July 29 to Aug. 3 so he can watch Biles compete at the Paris Olympics. This is even though the Bears will play in the Hall of Fame game against the Houston Texans on Aug. 1, the team Owens was playing for when he met Biles. Owens will also miss four training camp practices, from July 29-31 and on Aug. 3.”We respect the Olympics. This is a big thing,” Bears coach Matt Eberflus said Monday. “He’s cheering on the person…
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Wall Street analysts and tech investors They warn that the huge amounts of money being poured into artificial intelligence by big technology companies, stock market investors and venture capital firms could lead to a financial bubble.Analysts on Google’s quarterly conference call on Tuesday peppered CEO Sundar Pichai with questions about when the company’s $12 billion quarterly AI investments will start to pay off. Also, in recent weeks, Wall Street’s biggest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs and Barclays, and venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, have released reports expressing concern about the sustainability of the…
NEW YORK – JUNE 16: Hillary Clinton attends the 77th Annual Tony Awards Ceremony, broadcast live on the CBS Television Network from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Sunday, June 16. Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Vice President Harris can overcome the “double standards in American politics” and defeat former President Trump in the next presidential election. “I know something about how hard it is for a strong woman candidate to combat the sexism and double standards in American politics,” Clinton said in…
Hillary Clinton, who holds the distinction of being the only female major-party presidential candidate in US history, is now hoping Kamala Harris can do what she couldn’t: defeat Donald Trump and shatter “the highest, most solid glass ceiling” in American politics.In a New York Times op-ed supporting Harris, Clinton said she knew how the vice president would do it this time.”I know something about how difficult it is for a strong female candidate to combat the sexism and double standards in American politics,” Clinton wrote, praising Harris, the current presumptive Democratic nominee, as “a skilled former prosecutor and successful vice…
Christian Daily International/Morning Star News, Wednesday, July 24, 2024ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty ImagesLAHORE, Pakistan — A Christian who was sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy despite a lack of evidence has proven his faith by excelling in prison, officials said.Nouman Masih, 24, recently passed his high school board exams with a very high score, demonstrating his faith in God for a free future, said his lawyer, Razaar Allah Raka.Nouman Masih was arrested on July 1, 2019. | Christian Daily International – Morning Star News”I am so pleased that after being put on death row, Masih did not lose heart,…
Julius “Eddie” Lofton, owner of JC Lofton Tailors in Washington, DC, is one of more than 336,000 small businesses that have benefited from Wells Fargo’s Open for Business Fund. Collectively, these small businesses have preserved or created more than 461,000 local jobs. The Open for Business Fund has granted nearly $420 million to more than 200 nonprofits nationwide to increase access to capital and expertise. (Photo: Wells Fargo)More than 336,000 small businesses benefited and more than 461,000 jobs were created in communities across the United States.San Francisco, July 24, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wells Fargo today announced the latest community impact of its…
It sounds a little like how Bruce Arians must have felt when the Arizona Cardinals hired him as his first full-time NFL head coach at age 60.Like Arians, who served as interim head coach of the Indianapolis Colts while Chuck Pagano was undergoing treatment for leukemia, I served at one of the highest levels of the newspaper industry several years ago when I was named a sports columnist for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com.That lasted about a year and a half, I think, until they said to me, “Mac, we’d like you to come back and cover the Cardinals.” At…
PARIS (AP) — What was expected to be a simple celebration of Salt Lake City being selected to host the 2034 Winter Olympics got complicated in Olympic politics Wednesday when the IOC pressured Utah authorities to drop an FBI investigation into an alleged doping cover-up. The International Olympic Committee is US Federal Investigation into Doping Allegations A Chinese swimmer has been allowed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for drugs. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has accepted China’s explanation for the tests, and US authorities are currently investigating the decision under anti-conspiracy laws passed after the Russian…
There are tons of trends on the internet showcasing how to get the “best” skin, hair, and makeup, but they can all end up costing a lot more than you think.If you’ve been on TikTok lately, you’ll know that lemon juice hair “hacks” have been going viral.Users say it’s effective at lightening hair color and costs just the price of one lemon.Those taking part in the trend are typically seen during the summer months when the weather is warmer, squeezing the juice into their hair to lighten it before stepping out into the sun.However, experts have revealed that it can…
Elon Musk’s full support for Donald Trump could hurt Tesla in a number of ways. His embrace of the former president’s political style has already led to an exodus of customers in California to his direct rival, Rivian, another electric-only automaker founded in the Golden State. But it could come at a steep price in other ways, too. After the market closed on Tuesday, Tesla revealed that its quarterly profit from EV sales had fallen to its lowest level in five years. Investors were spooked, and the stock got off to a weak start in early trading on Wednesday (its…