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He wrote: “Congratulations to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team on winning the World Cup! Great and exciting play. America is proud of you all!” The president was outspoken during the Americans’ run in France as he went on a Twitter rant after a video surfaced of Megan Rapinoe, saying: “I’m not going to the f—ing White House.” He also called the star out for protesting during the national anthem by refusing to sing or put her hand over her chest....

If everything played out the way it was expected, the United States would take on hosts France that day in a dream quarterfinal, a game that would see the two tournament favorites clash in Paris. That game is now a reality, but it took nearly everything out of the U.S. in Monday’s 2-1 victory over Spain to get there. MORE: Three takeaways from USWNT vs. Spain Jill Ellis’ side was surprisingly pushed to the limit by Spain, which was done in by naive defending in a game in which it successfully rattled the U....

The 33-year-old arrived in the Netherlands on the back of a top-10 finish in Switzerland last weekend and continued that fine form with a bogey-free round at The Dutch. Birdies at the fourth and eighth holes saw Wu reach the turn at two under and five further gains between the 12th and 18th saw him take a one-stroke lead from Chris Wood. Englishman Wood also turned in a flawless card, three birdies apiece on the front and back nine helping him to a score of six under....

How To Play Wordle Wordle is an easy-to-play, free, and fast game currently run by the New York Times. This viral game is incredibly simple to learn, but it can be incredibly difficult to master. While some Wordle fans have strategies for winning every day, most players rely on their word skills and a little luck to get to the Wordle answer of the day. Here’s how to play: RELATED: There Is One Little Problem With Wordle...

How To Play Wordle In order to play the original version of this popular game, players need to head to the New York Times games website. The NYTs purchased Wordle back in February; since this is the original Wordle, all the hints, rules, and answers in this article will be about that version. There are tons of copycat apps and niche clones, but they may have different rules and answers....

In a forty-five-second clip posted to the 3D printing subreddit, u/iamflimflam demonstrates their creation slowly working out a Wordle solution, beginning with “raise” and ending on “tacit” in just four guesses. While the automated aspect is undoubtedly cool, given that the solution was a word so obscure that many believed Wordle to have developed a pretentious bent, the contraption is doubly impressive. RELATED: Wordle Fan Creates Custom Game To Propose To Girlfriend...

Kruger’s colors are nearly always absolute black, white and red–perennial propagandists’ favorites. Sometimes Kruger takes up a whole wall to instruct us. “All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype,” for instance, is sign-painted in enormous type against a background of such epithets as “kike,” “chink” and “wop.” Sometimes (as in “Power Pleasure Desire Disgust” from 1997) she needs an entire room of truncheonlike painted phrases, with the addition of big, loud talking video heads saying such things as “Who the f–k do you think you are, Mr....

The Indian men’s 4x400m and women’s 4x100m relay teams were to depart for World Athletics Relays on Wednesday via a KLM flight to Amsterdam. However, the Dutch government has imposed a ban on all flights coming from India, effective Monday evening, following the rapid rise in COVID numbers in the country. While there has been no intimation from the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), it is understood that the apex body is trying hard to book an alternative flight....

Organizers of the World Boxing Series on Tuesday announced that the cruiserweight and super middleweight divisions will be the weight classes for the tournament. The first round is set to begin in September with the quarterfinal bouts. The semifinals will take place in early 2018, with the finals taking place in May of next year. MORE: Classic photos of Muhammad Ali “We are thrilled to kick off the World Boxing Super Series in style with two of the sport’s most exciting divisions,” said Roberto Dalmiglio, head of Comosa AG’s management board stated in a news release....

Guangzhou - Badminton star Lin Dan of China outclassed Malaysia’s Chong Wei Feng 22-10, 21-10 to enter the men’s singles quarterfinals at the badminton World championships here today. Olympic champion Lin will have a a possible quarterfinal encounter against teammate Chen Long if the second seed beats another Malaysian, Daren Liew, in the third round later Thursday, reports Xinhua. Lin, who has not been made to work hard in the first two rounds, met tough resistance from his 15th seeded opponent in the opening set as Chong surged to a 7-2 lead....

He was brought in to revitalize a Mexican side that was on the brink of not even qualifying for the World Cup. Eight months later and his team was just a few minutes away from advancing to the World Cup quarterfinals. MORE: Goal of the tournament | Get to know Belgium | Herrera’s emotional leadership But alas, that did not happen, as a controversial stoppage time penalty resulted in a Netherlands goal, which propelled the Dutch to a 2-1 victory....

Alejandro Sabella’s side stayed solid in this tournament, conceding only four goals in its seven games and keeping clean sheets against Iran, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands. Goalkeeper Sergio Romero, previously questioned after spending last season on the bench with Monaco, impressed and was the hero with two penalty saves in the semifinal shootout against the Dutch. MORE: Goetze’s winner | Messsi’s miss | Images | Messi vomits | FIFA’s concussion issue...

The video was posted to TikTok on November 15 by Amber Ann Zink (ambieannzzz), who wrote: “Just a tiny mistake.” So far, the post has received more than 36 million views and over 5.5 million likes. “My husband forgot to zip-tie Santa’s hand to WAVE,” read the video’s text overlay. “And now it’s obscene.” The light-up Santa in Zink’s video is not waving gleefully at passersby; however, it is waving....

The woman, Megan, posted the video in Reddit’s “Made Me Smile” forum on Monday, where it has since amassed nearly 60,000 upvotes and over 1,700 comments from tearful Redditors, many of whom said the post inspired them to spend more time with their families. A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) revealed that one-third of people over the age of 45 “feel lonely” and that nearly one-fourth of adults over the age of 65 are considered to be “socially isolated....

On Saturday, the state was gripped with severe flooding and record-breaking rainfall. The area saw a whopping 17.02 inches of rain in less than twenty-four hours, shattering the previous record of 13.6 inches, set decades ago in 1982. The flooding has ravaged the region, with at least 22 dead, including twin infants, and several missing. Entire roads, power lines, and cellphone towers were washed away in the storm, and homes, cars, and buildings were left destroyed....

Leniquea Byrd, 19, and Aniyah Thomas, 21, have both been charged with second-degree murder after 27-year-old Nitekka Lennear was shot to death on the evening of September 2. The Cocoa Police Department launched an investigation after they received several 911 calls regarding a shooting at an apartment block on North Fiske Boulevard. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. Lennear was taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead....

User Grumpusaurus shared her shock with Mumsnet’s Talk forum on September 2, after the woman—who she hasn’t seen or heard from in years—randomly appeared at her front door with a suitcase, despite the poster clearly telling her “no” months before. Most Irritating House Guest Behaviors In 2016, HomeAdvisor asked 2,000 Americans what house guest habits annoy them the most. Indefinite stays and going through a host’s personal belongings jointly topped the list, but showing up unannounced was a very close second....

As the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office explained via blog post, an unnamed Port Charlotte resident arrived home after a doctor’s appointment and noticed “clothing scattered across his lanai.” Upon closer inspection of the scene, he discovered the “nude trespasser” skinny-dipping in the pool. Authorities were soon called to the scene and asked the suspect, later identified as 42-year-old Heather A. Kennedy, to exit the water. In response, she was reportedly “hostile” and told the deputies to “leave her alone....

Nicole Poole Franklin had already been sentenced to up to 25 years, including a mandatory minimum of 17 1/2, on state attempted murder charges. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose sentenced Poole Franklin to 304 months in prison, or 25 years and four months, during the separate federal trial. Prosecutors said Poole Franklin targeted a 12-year-old Black boy and a 14-year-old Latina girl on December 9, 2019, in Des Moines due to their race....