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The Australian star, fresh off a thrilling win against Katie Ledecky in the 400-meter freestyle, proved her freestyle prowess again in the 200, making a late run to take the gold medal in the event as Ledecky faded to fifth. Titmus set an Olympic record with her time of 1:53.50. Penny Oleksiak earned the bronze medal to make her the most decorated Canadian athlete in the Summer Olympics with sixth career Olympic medals....

Even if he’s right, how long can the truce last? In an effort to stop the death squads, American units have been struggling to assert control over key Shiite neighborhoods around Baghdad. U.S. casualties have jumped accordingly. In the past few weeks, Americans throughout Iraq have been dying at rates not seen since the battles of Najaf and Fallujah in 2004. Meanwhile the sectarian carnage keeps deepening in and around the capital....

Retired GOP Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, who regularly clashed with Trump as he continued to serve in the Senate under the president until January 2019, was the most prominent of the group backing Biden, according to a press release sent to Newsweek by the Biden campaign. “In a strong rebuke to the current administration, these former members of Congress cited Trump’s corruption, destruction of democracy, blatant disregard for moral decency, and urgent need to get the country back on course as a reason why they support Biden,” the Democratic presidential campaign said....

Two years ago today, that reputation was in tatters. The U.S. ended fiscal year 2020 welcoming just 11,814 refugees. Our refugee resettlement program was greatly damaged by the intentional policies of the Trump administration, then almost entirely shuttered by COVID. I know many of us felt hope when then-presidential candidate Joe Biden marked World Refugee Day 2020 by promising, if elected, to set an annual refugee ceiling of 125,000....

One big factor, he says, was an error Crystal made five months ago when he credited Phelps Dodge Corp. chairman Douglas Yearley with stock options worth $3 million instead of $300,000. Despite several public apologies, the Phelps Dodge exec has not forgiven Crystal, who says Yearley “is the proximate cause for my being fired. " Unfortunately for Crystal, Yearley wasn’t the only CEO out for his hide. A clash between Crystal and Champion International Corp’s Andrew Sigler, who was included in a list of the 10 most overcompensated executives in the United States, sealed Crystal’s fate....

A day on from Alex Ferguson announcing his retirement after a long, glorious reign at Old Trafford, Everton manager Moyes was introduced as his successor. Australian media mogul Packer was making waves 43 years ago with the birth of the World Series Cricket. Free-scoring Manchester City’s record-breaking Premier League exploits are fresher in the memory, while Michael Schumacher claimed a record-equalling victory on May 9, 2004. We look back at those most memorable sporting moments....

But such is life for the Canuck-turned-Duck, who ostensibly has provided endless locker-room ammunition for Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf as the three transition from gunning for one another’s throats on opposite sides of one of the NHL’s fiercest rivalries to chasing a Stanley Cup together on the same team. MORE: Sekac’s chance with Ducks | Seguin’s return, impact | Ovechkin injury update Kesler, who was traded to Anaheim in the offseason after spending 10 years with Vancouver, wrote about fitting in with a new team in an essay for the Players’ Tribune titled, “The 30-Year-Old Rookie....

The BJJ star often doesn’t have nice words to say about Angela Lee, but when she does, you know she really means it. Speaking to ONE Championship, the Silver Fox representative recalled being impressed with how Angela Lee effectively used the cage to her advantage after experiencing some adversity on the feet. Kelly explained: Stamp Fairtex, the former two-division world champion, almost succeeded in her attempt to dethrone the reigning atomweight queen after delivering a big liver shot to the body at the end of the first round....

The stakes couldn’t be higher for Saemapetch, who clashed with the champ in 2019 in a losing bid. The Fairtex fighter feels the bout on Friday is crucial to his career. In the video, the Muay Thai technician expresses his sentiments on the fight: In 2019, Saemapetch faced living legend Nong-O for the bantamweight strap. Though the fight was highly competitive, Saemapetch ultimately succumbed to a picture-perfect right cross that knocked him out....

Though it may look like it, One More Multiverse isn’t actually a game. Rather, it’s a platform made to support other games, specifically tabletop RPGs. What TTRPGs such as Dungeons and Dragons lack are the visuals that come naturally when creating a story completely from scratch, allowing for full range of freedom. Some platforms aid this, such as Roll20, which allows Dungeon Masters and players to input a virtual map and stationary avatars, but that’s about as much as it supports....

Cleveland signed its starting center to a contract extension on Friday. Terms of the deal were not immediately confirmed, but the sides had been discussing a three-year, $30 million contract. Varejao was in the final year of a six-year contract he signed in 2008. He’s making $9.7 million this season and would have been eligible to become a free agent this summer before the Cavs decided to lock him up for a few more seasons....

According to authorities, one person was still missing Tuesday after being seen in floodwaters clinging to a tree in the city of Bellingham. Evacuations have been ordered in multiple areas as floodwaters have swamped homes and businesses. Deputies have been evacuating stranded residents as the flooding continues. Governor Jay Inslee declared a severe weather state of emergency in 14 counties and said the state Emergency Management Division, with support from the Washington National Guard, would coordinate the response....

RELATED: One Piece: Things That Show Luffy Is The Most Creative Devil Fruit User Gradually, the numbers placed on their heads increased and, in some cases, even took a massive jump. From East Blue all the way to Wano, here are the biggest bounty increases that the fans have seen in the story so far. 10 Scratchmen Apoo - 198 To 350 Million Berries Scratchmen Apoo is one of the members of the Worst Generation and the captain of the On-Air Pirates....

Through a World Military Draft, two new Admirals were chosen by the World Government, namely were Fujitora and Green Bull. Admiral Fujitora was introduced during the Dressrosa arc of One Piece and, as expected, his powers were truly monstrous. Towards the end of the Wano Country arc, fans got to see Admiral Green Bull, as well as a display of his overpowered Devil Fruit ability, the Mori Mori no Mi, shortly afterwards....

Hancock’s power is disguised by her often comedic role in the series, including her falling head over heels in love with the naive Luffy. In reality, her abilities are first-rate, thanks in part to her Devil Fruit and a mastery of Haki. RELATED: One Piece: All Of Kaido’s Devil Fruit Forms, Explained Hancock’s Devil Fruit Hancock was force-fed the Mero Mero no Mi (Love-Love Fruit) while enslaved by the World Nobles....

“Bink’s Sake” is a pirate anthem whose origins trace back to pirates of old such as the Lumbar pirates and Shank’s pirate crew. The song is primarily used in times of celebration in order to lift people’s spirits, but its most famous appearance in the series comes moments before Brook’s death, as the Lumbar pirates collapse one by one until Brook is all by himself. RELATED: One Piece: What Will The Next Arc Be?...

Both Crocodile and Mihawk have very high bounties, which is not surprising considering how powerful they are. Crocodile has been assigned a bounty of 1,965,000,000 berries, while Mihawk has a bounty of 3,590,000,000 berries. Mihawk’s ridiculously high bounty has attracted a lot of attention and sparked numerous debates within the One Piece community about whether he deserves such a huge bounty. RELATED: Anime Characters Who Never Reached Their Full Potential...

The biggest revelation was pertaining to Luffy’s devil fruit. From the very beginning, Luffy was believed to have eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi, and it was believed to be a paramecia type devil fruit, but towards the end of Luffy’s battle with Kaido, it was revealed that the Gomu Gomu no Mi is actually a mythical zoan type devil fruit, and it is named Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika....

Another huge revelation from the Wano Country arc was the information about the new Yonko. With Kaido and Big Mom gone, two new spots for the position of Yonko opened up. One of these spots was taken by Luffy, who was undoubtedly the MVP of the arc and the other spot was given to Buggy. This revelation shook the entire One Piece fanbase, but above all, it directly affected two characters- Eustass Kid and Trafalgar Law....

Lee, the prize-winning author of “Native Speaker,” has created a kind of suspense story in which mysteries unravel slowly as we share Hata’s days. Agonizing memories of wartime’s “comfort women”–sex slaves for the Japanese Army–spurred him to adopt an Asian daughter. Yet he can’t open his heart to her, or acknowledge the reasons for the distance between them. Like “The Remains of the Day,” Kazuo Ishiguro’s harrowing portrait of repression with perfect manners, “A Gesture Life” is about what we lose when we lock up everything we have....