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It’s a jungle, exactly the kind of scenery she likes. A 3-year-old spider monkey named Tikki made a funny special appearance recently in the Bronx, wearing a diaper while frolicking around his owner’s tow truck. “Everybody wants to take a picture with her,” “Junior,” 40, told The Washington Post on Monday, referring to his lanky friend who sometimes accompanies him to his business, Bronx towing company CBC Automotive. Tikki, a diaper-wearing, 3-year-old spider monkey, sometimes accompanies the owner to work at CBC Automotive in the Bronx. Citizen NYC “Everybody wants to take a picture with her,” “Junior,” 40, told The…
Colorado Springs, Colorado – TNT Sports and the Mountain West Conference have entered into a multi-year agreement to exclusively broadcast every live college football game this season on truTV and Max. truTV and Max will broadcast 14 Mountain West college football games during the inaugural season, beginning with San Jose State hosting Sacramento State on Thursday, August 29 at 7pm PST. The first Saturday game to air on truTV and Max will be two days later at 5pm PST when San Diego State hosts Texas A&M-Commerce. truTV and Max will broadcast four Saturday MW doubleheaders, including September 7th, 14th, 21st…
LONDON: As Britain enters the final stages of campaigning ahead of Thursday’s general election, a free trade agreement (FTA) with India is expected to be high on the agenda, whether the ruling goes in favour of the incumbent Conservative government or the opposition Labour party.The two countries have been working towards concluding an agreement to strengthen their £38.1 billion bilateral trade partnership, but talks remain stalled in their 14th round due to India’s staged general elections followed by a general election in the UK.The FTA negotiations were formally launched in January 2022 when Boris Johnson was UK Prime Minister and…
Supporters of a proposal to reform Ohio’s problematic political mapping system have submitted the hundreds of thousands of signatures needed to get the statewide ballot this fall.by Julie Kerr Smith Associated PressJuly 1, 2024, 12:34 PM ET• 2 min readCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Supporters of a proposal to change Ohio’s problematic political mapping system submitted hundreds of thousands of signatures Monday in an effort to qualify for the statewide ballot this fall.The League of Women Voters President Jen Miller said the Citizens Not Politicians coalition delivered more than 700,000 petition signatures to the downtown Columbus office of Ohio Republican Secretary of…
Baseball | July 1, 2024 11:35 AM Story Link Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Site July 1, 2024 – One of the architects of Emporia State University’s baseball success will be one of 12 inductees into this year’s Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Hornet baseball coach Dave Bingham will be honored during the KSHOF induction ceremony at the Hotel Topeka City Center in Topeka, Kansas, on Oct. 13. He will be the 22nd Hornet to be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.Dave Bingham was a part of seven Hornets NAIA…
Hesly Rivera, who celebrated her 16th birthday last month, will compete in Paris in a few weeks as part of the U.S. team alongside Olympic veterans Simone Biles and Suni Lee. The New Jersey gymnast earned a coveted spot on the women’s gymnastics team last weekend after a strong showing at the U.S. Trials in Minneapolis. At just 16, she’s the youngest athlete to compete for the U.S. later this month. This relative newcomer will be competing for an Olympic medal on the world stage for the first time, but she is no stranger to winning, having recently competed at…
A Chinese woman was arrested on a lake in Vermont bordering Quebec after she tried to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, border patrol officials said.by Lisa Radtke Associated PressJuly 1, 2024, 12:25 PM ET• 2 min readA Chinese woman was arrested on a lake in Vermont bordering Quebec after attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, according to the Border Patrol.According to an investigator’s affidavit filed in federal court, Wang Yee Ng was arrested at an Airbnb in Canaan on the morning of June 28 as…
Today’s MLB betting trends: The following MLB betting trends are a compilation of analytical data, betting systems and strength ratings featured on VSiN and eligible for MLB games on Monday, July 1, 2024. This report is intended to emulate the process that Steve Makinen and the rest of the VSiN analytics team go through when handicapping the daily MLB boards. AJ’s angle These are the top MLB betting trends and systems for today’s games, handpicked by VSiN analyst AJ Makinen. Top MLB Resources: “9” is the magic number of points to beat the other team in the next game.Since 2018,…
CNN — Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former White House strategist, reported to a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, on Monday to begin a four-month sentence for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena. Bannon is the second former Trump aide to be convicted and jailed for contempt of Congress, since Peter Navarro began serving a four-month sentence earlier this year. Both men were convicted of failing to comply with subpoenas issued by a now-disbanded House select committee that conducted the investigation on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a hopeless attempt by Bannon, who is challenging…
Antoine Breault/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images The Euronext building in Paris, which houses the Paris Stock Exchange (June 2024). London CNN — French shares and the euro rose on Monday after first-round election results suggested the far-right party handed President Emmanuel Macron a heavy defeat but fell short of winning a majority in parliament. France’s CAC 40 index, which represents the 40 largest companies listed in Paris, rose 2.7% at the start of trading. The index closed up 1% but is still nearly 6% below its level before President Macron called general elections on June 9. Bank stocks, an economic gauge, recovered…