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The U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials conclude tonight, when Simone Biles will find out who will be on her team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Biles was leading Jordan Childs and Sunisa Lee after Friday’s competition, but with Leah Jones (knee), Kayla DiCello (Achilles) and Skye Blakely (Achilles) all injured, there’s confusion over who will make up the five-woman team. Tune in as USA TODAY Sports’ Nancy Armour and Tom Shad bring you live updates, results, highlights and analysis from the gymnastics preliminaries. What time does Simone Biles compete today? Tonight, Simone Biles will start with the vault, with her first…
The far-right National Rally party took a big lead in France’s first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, pollsters projected, putting it closer to forming a government in the second round, dealing a major blow to centrist President Emmanuel Macron and his risky decision to call a surprise vote. Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right political parties and candidate of the far-right National Rally (RN), speaks after the announcement of partial results from the early first round of French parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, France (Reuters). {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} President Macron dissolved the National Assembly on June 9 after…
The Justice Department plans to allow Boeing to avoid a criminal trial if it pleads guilty to fraud charges stemming from two fatal 737 MAX crashes that occurred more than five years ago, according to two lawyers for families of the crash victims.Federal officials detailed the proposal in a call with the family Sunday afternoon, according to lawyers Paul G. Cassell and Mark Lindquist, who said the Justice Department has not yet approached Boeing about the deal.Cassell, the University of Utah law professor, said the terms include a penalty of about $244 million, new investments in safety improvements, three years…
LONDON, UK – October 20: Markets stabilised over the weekend after global turmoil. … [+] Fears over the Ebola virus and concerns about the global economy. (Photo: Carl Cort/Getty Images)Getty Images With the second quarter over, there’s a new opportunity to assess the outlook for the third quarter and key levels for investors and traders to watch. The main question Wall Street analysts are asking themselves is whether big technology stocks will continue to dominate in the second half of the year. The top sectors identified last November have performed well in the first half of 2024, with the Communication…
Featured image: Colette Hallard is the network’s 5,000th memberNumber The baby, Class of 2024, arrived at the new delivery room at St. Luke’s Allentown campus at 10:49 p.m. on June 26 with his mother, Ellen Hallar, of Kutztown. While many Pennsylvania health systems have seen a downward trend in newborn births over the past five years, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is seeing the opposite trend, with more mothers than ever choosing St. Luke’s for their prenatal care and delivery. St. Luke’s Hospital staff celebrated the birth of the network’s 5,000th baby of the 2024 fiscal year. For the…
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari | Photo Credit: PTI Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on June 30 approved the government’s heavily taxed Finance Bill 2024, which was heavily criticised by the opposition as an IMF-driven document and detrimental to the people in the new financial year, according to media reports.Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the budget in parliament on June 12 but drew sharp criticism from opposition parties, particularly the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, and the Pakistan People’s Party, which is in the ruling coalition led by former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.On…
President Biden’s family is urging him to stay and keep fighting in the presidential race despite his disastrous performance in last week’s debate, but some family members are privately expressing outrage over how the president’s staff has prepared for the debate, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.Mr. Biden gathered with his wife, children and grandchildren at Camp David to try to gauge Democratic fears. Relatives were keenly aware of how poorly Mr. Biden fared against former President Donald J. Trump but argued he could show Americans he was still capable of four more years in office.Biden has been consulting…
The anti-immigration Rally National (RN) party won the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, bringing France the closest it has come to a far-right government since World War II, according to exit polls. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved Parliament and called elections following the crushing defeat of his centrist coalition Together at the hands of the RN in the European Parliamentary elections. Macron will remain president after the second round of parliamentary elections on July 7, but he must choose a prime minister from the party or coalition with the most seats in the National Assembly, no matter how different…
The most precious gift a person can receive is a living memory of a moment with their rabbi, and now JEM is deploying cutting-edge facial recognition technology that will allow unprecedented searchable access to the 500,000 photographs that document interactions with the rabbi. Thirty years after Gimel Tamuz, the most precious gift one can receive is a living memory of a personal moment with the Rebbe. Hundreds of thousands of people have been fortunate to receive a dollar from the Rebbe, participate in a Kos Shel Bracha, or take part in an often-photographed opportunity for personal interaction. The joy and…
The US military has raised the alert level at several bases in Europe to the second-highest level, multiple US media outlets reported on Sunday.The alert level at US military bases across Europe has been raised to “Attack Charlie,” ABC News and CNN reported, citing unnamed officials.The Army says on its website that this level of alert is issued “in the event of an incident or information indicating a possible terrorist act or attack on personnel or facilities.”The highest level, “Delta,” applies when a terrorist attack has occurred or is “imminent.”The US European Command (USEUCOM) did not confirm any change in…