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Barbara Vogel’s granddaughter is a promising softball player at Copper Hills High School: She was selected for the varsity team as a freshman, plays club ball and may be talented enough to earn a college scholarship.But just before the 2023-24 season, which will be Vogel’s granddaughter’s first high school career, the family was a bit surprised to find out how much it would cost for her to play.Vogel’s family paid more than $1,500 for their granddaughter to play softball at Copper Hills, including a $400 participation fee mandated by the Jordan School District and a $1,150 fee mandated by the…
The Biden campaign released a new ad on Monday directly attacking former President Donald Trump over his 34 felony convictions in New York state and an earlier civil jury verdict that found he committed sexual assault and business fraud.”In the courtroom, we see Donald Trump for who he really is,” a voice-over begins, as a series of black-and-white photos flash on screen, recounting Trump’s recent courtroom setbacks. The ad then shows a mugshot of Trump’s arrest in Georgia after he was indicted on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.”This election is between a convicted felon…
Indianapolis has hosted the U.S. Olympic diving trials seven times since 1984, but the trials moved to Knoxville, Tennessee for team selection for the Paris Olympics.As was the case throughout the 2000s, this team is expected to feature a number of Hoosier players.The tournament will run for seven days starting Monday, and NBC will broadcast it live, including five nights of primetime coverage on NBC, USA Network and Peacock.more:The diving trials will feature 11 former, current and future Purdue athletes.The United States did not qualify for Paris in the men’s synchronized 10 meters. In the individual events, the top two…
Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon suggested on Monday that France captain Kylian Mbappe should not speak out “against extreme and divisive ideas” ahead of France’s next general elections. Mbappe, who recently joined Real Madrid, said on Sunday that early parliamentary elections, scheduled for June and July, were happening at a “crucial moment” in France’s history. Mbappe defended his compatriot Marcus Thuram’s comments, saying he was “not going too far” in calling on his countrymen to “fight every day” to stop the far-right National Rally (RN) party from winning the elections. But when asked about Mbappe’s comments, Spain’s number one goalkeeper Simon…
Three years ago, Funstacia Linda McLean, 30, was braiding hair in her Brooklyn public housing project and earning about $175 per client. Now she makes $245 working at a salon in Nashville, and people drive more than three hours to get her famous box braids.Part of her success is her TikTok account, which has tens of thousands of viewers. But that could all change if legislation passed by Congress in April ultimately leads to a TikTok ban across the U.S. The legislation reflects lawmakers’ growing national security concerns over the app’s Chinese ownership and requires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to…
In early November, a letter purportedly written by Osama bin Laden went viral on the social media app TikTok, with American children making videos praising the letter’s contents and confessing that it had made them rethink their fundamental beliefs. The letter is highly anti-Semitic and advocates Islamic terrorism against Israel and the West. The outcry against the social media platform for spreading the letter was so intense that TikTok eventually removed all content, including the video.Of course, it’s no surprise that Osama bin Laden became popular among young Americans on TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance, a company controlled by…
The BJP on Monday appointed Union Minister Bhupender Yadav as its election chief for the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav will be its joint chief executive in the western state, where the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to live up to expectations in the last Lok Sabha elections. It won nine of the 28 seats it contested as leader of the National Democratic Alliance. According to a statement issued by the BJP, national president JP Nadda also announced the election chiefs and co-chiefs for the other polling states of Jharkhand, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. Union Minister Shivraj Singh…
After Babar Azam’s Pakistan cricket team failed to qualify for the Super Eight stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which is being played in the US and West Indies, former Indian player Virender Sehwag slammed the team’s captain for his poor performance. In the group stage matches, Pakistan could only beat Canada and Ireland, while Babar’s team lost to India and the USA. They finished third with four points after four group stage matches. See also: Babar Azam overtakes India’s MS Dhoni to become the highest run-scoring batsman in a T20 World Cup as captain Looking at…
We recently analyzed which programming languages are most in demand across financial services, but the picture varies by city. Using data from workforce intelligence firm Revelio Labs, we took a closer look at London and New York in particular to see which programming languages appear most frequently in job listings for financial technology roles in each city.Click here to sign up for our Technology Newsletter 🔧While SQL is the most commonly requested language in the financial industry around the world, things are a bit different in the world’s largest financial centers. The most sought-after financial services coding language in both…
How to achieve it Successful women talk about managing their careers and lives. Photo illustration: The Cut Photography: Sara Sorbo It may sound silly now, but Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese A few years ago, the notion that “no one watches women’s sports” was often heard. In April 2022, former chef Jenny Nguyen challenged this notion, Sports Brais a women’s sports bar in Portland, Oregon. It wasn’t easy. After being turned down for a business loan from banks and small business associations, Nguyen opened with her own savings, a Kickstarter campaign, and loans from friends and family. “When I opened,…