[ad_1] Iran‘s Karim Ansarifard and Morteza Pouraliganji refused to answer questions on solidarity with women in their country on Friday, a day after teammate Alireza Jahanbakhsh said the questions were a ploy to distract them before the World Cup. Several Iranian sportsmen and women have used international competitions to show their support for the protests … Read more
[ad_1] Natahlie Rahmsay visited her neighborhood grocery in Boston in July to buy food with her electronic benefit transfer card for herself and her disabled adult son. Just days before, the card had been loaded with $460 in monthly food-stamp benefits. But the 71-year-old got a nasty shock at the register when the cashier told … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment When Kevin Willard took the men’s basketball coaching job at Maryland last spring, he avoided watching too much previous film of his new players. He wanted to give them a fresh start. Willard preferred to hold individual workouts, allowing him to learn his players in person rather than creating … Read more
[ad_1] FILE: Cecilia Rouse, chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, March 28, 2022. Oliver Contreras/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images A key member of President Joe Biden’s economic team, Cecilia Rouse, … Read more
[ad_1] Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in October for the ninth month in a row to the slowest pre-pandemic sales pace in more than 10 years, as homebuyers grappled with sharply higher mortgage rates, rising home prices and fewer properties on the market. Existing home sales fell 5.9% last month from September to … Read more
[ad_1] World Cup organisers have banned the sale of alcohol around stadiums in Qatar after last-minute showdown talks, FIFA announced on Friday. First reported by British newspaper The Times, FIFA and Qatari organisers were engaged in late negotiations over whether beer would be sold at the stadiums during the tournament, which begins on Sunday. – … Read more
[ad_1] Adele opened up about her anxiety going into her highly anticipated Las Vegas residency, which begins on Friday. The musical superstar got candid on her Instagram, sharing a photo of herself at a theater, with what look to be baby photos of herself displayed on a large screen behind her. “I’m feeling all sorts … Read more
[ad_1] Manchester United on Friday announced it has “initiated appropriate steps” after star forward Cristiano Ronaldo made numerous negative statements about the English club team in a recent television interview. It’s unclear what those steps might be, and the team said it would not comment further until a resolution is reached. But it seems almost … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment The photographs in “AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home” are as beautiful and inspiring as one might expect from a coffee-table book focused on interior design. There are grand architectural gestures, carefully curated tabletop vignettes and enviable vistas. But in between the admiring looks at thoughtfully … Read more
[ad_1] Ned Rorem, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and the author of more than a dozen published diaries that were remarkable for their candid entree into elite gay and artistic circles from the 1960s onward, died Nov. 18 at his home in Manhattan. He was 99. His niece Mary Marshall confirmed the death but did not … Read more