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Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentJun 15, 2023, 05:00 AM ET


"It will really p--- me off not to go to the World Cup, but my values come first," Barcelona and Spain defender Mapi Leon said in March.This week, she was one of the big absentees, along with club teammate Patri Guijarro, from the 30-player provisional squad announced by coach Jorge Vilda for this summer's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Thursday that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.4 billion (1.29 billion euros) overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for the coming year.The compensation was negotiated with Germany's finance ministry and includes $888.9 million to provide home care and supportive services for frail and vulnerable Holocaust survivors.

The NHL has revealed more finalists for end-of-season awards.The league announced on Wednesday the three players up for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player "who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community."

Patriots "It may be the one that makes the most financial sense."It's been close to a week since DeAndre Hopkins was cut by the Cardinals and entered free agency.And according to multiple reports, the Patriots are still in the mix for the 30-year-old wideout's services."There are several teams, including the New England Patriots, that are interested in DeAndre Hopkins," Dianna Russini said on ESPN's "Get Up" program on Thursday.

A decision to not allow the Duke of Sussex to pay for police protection while in the UK was unlawful, his lawyers have claimed, as he launched a second legal challenge against the Home Office over his security arrangements.At a high court hearing in London, lawyers for Prince Harry argued he should be given the go-ahead to bring a case over the decision of the executive committee for the protection of royalty and public figures (referred to in court papers as Ravec) that people should not be allowed to pay privately for their protective security.

Hollywood is no stranger to anti-aging efforts on-screen and off, so these fun and mostly harmless deepfakes have been widely accepted as positive technological advances.But with the advent of artificial intelligence programs including ChatGPT, Midjourney and DALL-E, whose speed and results are both mesmerizing and somewhat terrifying, alarm bells are going off among entertainment's creative set.

Premier League club revenues rose by 12% to a record £5.5 billion ($6.96 billion) in the 2021-22 season as European football capitalised on fans returning to stadiums after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysis from Deloitte.In its Annual Review of Football Finance, Deloitte's Sports Business Group said the "big-five" leagues in England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France had a combined 10% rise in revenues -- with Spain's LaLiga rising 11% to €3.3 billion ($3.57 billion) while France's Ligue 1 shot up 26% to €2 billion.

Bellingham looks to be on the move to Real Madrid / Lukas Schulze/GettyImages Steve McManaman says Real Madrid's aura and ability to offer Jude Bellingham "the all-round package" could be key in persuading him to join the club ahead of Manchester City, adding that the teenager can expect to be treated like a god.

The award-winning French author, director and composer David Lescot's play Dough is all about money: how a man makes it, manages it or fails to and mostly loses it through his lifetime.The show programmed at this year's Edinburgh fringe examines one person's relationship with le fric (as dough translates in French) as a continuous transaction between themselves and others.

My husband's elderly parents moved in with my sister-in-law.Their house was sold, and my sister-in-law used the proceeds to add a bedroom and upgrade a bathroom for them at her house.(There was an extra bedroom in the house, but no bathroom on that floor.)My husband asked my sister-in-law not to make these improvements; he suggested hiring aides to come to the house, instead.

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The news was so jarring for professional golfers that they'll always remember where they were when they heard that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf had entered into a partnership agreement.Jon Rahm said he was home in Arizona making breakfast with his wife, Kelley, and two young sons.

Peel police say they have arrested and charged a man involved in a "violent" crash captured on home surveillance video earlier this week.The crash, which happened at the intersection of Mountainash Road and Countryside Drive on Tuesday, seriously injured two women, police said in a news release.

In the days leading up to his arraignment in Miami, former President Donald J. Trump and several of his allies called on supporters to rally to his side.Roger J. Stone Jr., Mr. Trump's longtime political adviser, called for protests, insisting that they should be peaceful.A Miami chapter of the Proud Boys long associated with Mr. Stone echoed the invitation, posting a flier on its Telegram page last week advertising an event at the federal courthouse on Tuesday morning.

A suspect was arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire last week at a mosque in St. Paul, Minn., at least the fifth such act of vandalism in the state so far this year that has left members of the Muslim community living in fear, a state senator said.Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said at a news conference that the mosque, the Oromo American Tawhid Islamic Center, was left completely burned after being set on fire on Wednesday.

The Ontario government is set to make an announcement on the future of Peel Region as early as this week, sources say, after Premier Doug Ford again voiced support for Mississauga becoming an independent municipality.Sources with knowledge of the decision told CBC Toronto the announcement concerns the separation of the region but offered no further details.

37 minutes ago37 minutes ago Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Germany to meet with the nation's top leaders and receive the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen.This is his first visit since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flew to Berlin aboard a German military jet from Rome to meet President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday The trip marks his first visit to Germany since Russia launched its full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.

A German airforce plane flew Zelenskyy from Rome Zelenskyy's talks in Berlin were focused on weapons, air defense, reconstruction, EU and NATO The visit was kept secret for security reasons French media report Zelenskyy is due to travel to Paris later on Sunday This article was last updated at 1432 UTC Reports: Zelenskyy to head to Paris for talks with French leaders Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to travel to Paris later on Sunday following his talks in Germany, BFM TV, Le Figaro and Agence France Presse reported.

A German airforce plane flew Zelenskyy from Rome after meetings with Italian leaders and the pope Zelenskyy's talks in Berlin are to focus on weapons, air defense, reconstruction, EU and NATO Berlin has announced a new military aid package for Kyiv The visit was kept secret for security reasons This article was last updated at 1001 UTC Scholz-Zelenskyy hold Berlin news conference German Chancellor Olaf Scholz once again promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Germany would support his country "for as long as necessary."

Austin has a reputation for a lot of things, from being a college town to the epicenter of the state's always bizarre and sometimes evil politics to the hotbed of barbecue and tacos.However, there's another aspect of the city that is glaringly amiss: its tiny Black population.This is why a new coffee shop and bar, and community space, Origin Studio House, is intent on centering the city's Black denizens on its grounds at 2925 East 12th Street in Rosewood in September.

Sharon Gwinn holds a picture of her husband, who had Lewy body dementia toward the end of his life.Reckless financial behavior was one of the first signs of the disease."It's what attacked his brain first," Gwinn says.Katie Blackley/WESA Sharon Gwinn had been married almost 30 years when she cleared out the savings and checking accounts that she shared with her husband, and then transferred that money into accounts that were only in her name.

A picture from May 1 shows an abandoned hospital in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, a state in Sudan.Weeks of fierce fighting in the country have had a devastating impact on health care.AFP via Getty Images On the afternoon of April 24, Dr. Attia Abdullah, a general medicine doctor and secretary general of the Sudan Doctors Trade Union, got a call: An airstrike had hit the Al-Kalakla neighborhood of Khartoum and civilian casualties were pouring in.

Jade Vandiver holds her son Ezra at home in Clayton, New Mexico.Vandiver joined a federally funded rural maternity program while pregnant with Ezra.Joe Garcia III/KFF Health News CLAYTON, N.M.Thirteen weeks into her pregnancy, 29-year-old Cloie Davila was so "pukey" and nauseated that she began lovingly calling her baby "spicy."

Real Estate According to an analysis Zillow released in April 2019, solar-powered homes sold for 4.1% more than comparable properties without it.You probably already know that converting your home to solar power can reduce or eliminate your energy bill.But did you know it might add value to your home as well?

An alluring blend of pioneer ambition, meticulous viticulture and dreams of better wine, California heritage clones are those historic grapevines that were collected from the Old World over the past 125 years, identified for beneficial traits (like hearty yields or intense flavors) and then planted in vineyards across the Golden State.

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A lot going on when it comes to the periphery of the Bears these days.Broadcast Data!Our man appeared on something called Bears on Tap to talk all things Bears, and he was fantastic.(How many Bears podcasts and YouTube shows are there now? 500?How do any of these folks expect to get traction in such a crowded marketplace?)

Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and '70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," has died at 83.
Turner died Tuesday, after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager.

As a first-generation college student, Victoria Vences enrolled in the criminal justice program at Westwood College in 2007 believing it would help her land a job as a probation officer or with the immigration service.After three years of juggling a full-time job while being a full-time student, Victoria started applying for law enforcement jobs, showing potential employers her certificate from Westwood.

Dalvin Cook is officially being released by the Vikings, but which possible landing spots should be knocking down the door to sign the running back now?We knew it was coming, but now it's here - on Thursday morning, news broke that the Minnesota Vikings are planning to release running back Dalvin Cook.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the club can compete with Saudi Arabia's offer for Lionel Messi, even if they cannot match it financially.ESPN reported earlier this month that Messi, who turns 36 in June, will leave Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent when his contract expires in the summer, with sources telling ESPN there is an offer for the Argentina international from Saudi Arabia.

Matt Ashley, a senior technologist at Johnson Memorial Health in Franklin, Indiana, is part of a small IT team that spent months helping the hospital recover after a crippling cyberattack in 2021.Farah Yousry/WFYI It was October 2021 and the staff at Johnson Memorial Health were hoping they could finally catch their breaths.

Every player at the Women's World Cup will be paid at least $30,000 by FIFA, and the 23 players in the title-winning team will each get $270,000.The details confirmed Wednesday by FIFA fulfils a promise made in March to financially reward the 732 players taking part in the July 20 - Aug. 20 tournament hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

After faltering about a decade ago in her ambitions to lead the Wildrose Party to power in Alberta, Danielle Smith found redemption on Monday night as leader of the United Conservative Party with a majority victory in the provincial election.Smith became premier in October after winning the UCP leadership vote in the wake of Jason Kenney's resignation, and now has a much broader mandate after a victory over the Alberta New Democratic Party.

In honor of National Homeownership Month, Chase Home Lending unveiled on Tuesday an upgraded suite of resources for homebuyers to assist in navigating the homebuying process and managing homeownership.One resource unveiled by Chase is Lock and Shop, which enables buyers to lock in their mortgage rate for 90 days without an upfront fee when using Chase Homebuyer Advantage.

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Cameron Macedonio clocks 30 to 40 hours each week running Cal State Fullerton's campus radio station, Titan Radio.As general manager, he oversees a 12-person staff and dozens of disc jockeys for the 24-hour broadcast, at a salary of $15.50 an hour.But the Cal State system only allows students to work 20 hours a week - so Macedonio doesn't get compensated for much of the time he puts in.

The Government's reforms to the childcare system risk worsening outcomes for disadvantaged children, charities have warned.Plans to expand free childcare for working parents in England do not support poorer children or improve childcare quality, according to a report by Coram Family and Childcare (CFC) and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Neither Bell Canada nor the Ontario government will say how much money they made from a jail phone system that charged what lawyers describe as "exorbitant" rates for inmate calls over eight years.Bell operated the Offender Telephone Management System from 2013 to 2021 which allowed inmates to only place collect calls at a flat rate of $1 for local calls, but about $1 per minute plus a $2.50 connection fee for long-distance calls, according to a recent Appeal Court decision.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked Harlan Crow, the GOP megadonor and friend of Clarence Thomas whose gifts to the Supreme Court justice have prompted fresh criticism about the ethical standards of the nation's highest court, for more information about the expenditures.In a letter on Monday, Judiciary Democrats requested information from Crow on all gifts and payments that exceed $415 that were given to any justice of the Supreme Court or family member as well as an itemized list of real estate transactions and trips.

The old "Where there's smoke there's fire" does not always apply to the NFL.Will apply to the New England Patriots and DeAndre Hopkins, though?The team of head coach Bill Belichick has been linked to the star wide receiver throughout the offseason, and with him recently released by the Arizona Cardinals there appears to be a chance that it will indeed go after him.

Joshua Harmon's Prayer for the French Republic, a play about a family grappling with contemporary and historical antisemitism in France, will transfer to Broadway this winter.The play will be produced by the nonprofit Manhattan Theater Club, which last year presented the play's first run Off Broadway.

ROME Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had private talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, later saying he sought support for his peace plan from the pontiff, who in the past has offered to try to help end the full-scale war launched by Russia a year ago.Zelenskyy held his hand over his heart and said it was a great honor to meet with the pope.

The general feeling by those who know a whole lot more than yours truly is that this summer might be one that sees a lot of big-name strikers on the move.And it only takes one or two moves for the dominoes to start to fall, which means there's going to be a whole lot of jockeying for position by clubs with plenty of money to spend.

Thirteen victims of human trafficking have been rescued from their alleged captors following a yearlong investigation in Mississauga, Peel Regional Police say.Det.David Laing, who led the operation, announced at a news conference Wednesday that five people were arrested, numerous charges laid and law enforcement officers also recovered drugs and other property.

A Winnipeg woman was exploited and controlled by two people who brought her to southern Ontario to work as an escort, Peel Regional Police say.In August 2022, a woman came forward to Winnipeg police and said a man and woman convinced her to go to the Peel area, which includes Mississauga and Brampton, Ont., to work as an escort, Peel police said in a news release last Friday.

Schuyler Bailar started swimming at just a year old.By the time he was 12, he was training 20 hours per week.In his junior year of high school, all that hard work paid off.Bailar, a transgender man, was recruited to play for the Harvard University women's swim team.Bailar didn't know that he was trans at the time Harvard recruited him.

More than one quarter of homeowners in the United States are house poor, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs, according to a new study.Chamber of Commerce, a product research company for real estate agents and entrepreneurs, used numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau to analyze monthly housing costs and median household income in the 170 most populated U.S. cities.

We here at RMNB are into doing unprecedented things and for Game Five of the AHL's Eastern Conference Finals, we've teamed up with the Hershey Bears on a special ticket offer for you, dear reader.For the discounted price of $25.50 per ticket, RMNB readers can sit in the lower bowl for Game Five between the Hershey Bears and Rochester Americans at Giant Center.

Realtor.comThe unofficial start of summer if finally upon us, and not a moment too soon!School is (almost) out, the sun is high, and surf and sand are calling.Thoughts of your own little beach house might be very much on your mind, especially over this long holiday weekend.But then reality intrudes: Who can afford that?

Joe Burrow must decide if he will go the route of Tom Brady to try to win championships or if he will take all the money he has rightfully earned as the face of the Cincinnati Bengals franchise.With Jalen Hurts and Lamar Jackson getting paid, that means Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert will be the next two quarterbacks getting big money for the first time.

Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, is running for president of the United States on a record of anti-diversity, pro-censorship, white nationalist measures.He has targeted education, LGBTQ rights and access to health care, and should he prevail, his anti-science candidacy stands to harm millions of Americans.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's gifts from a billionaire far surpass the level of bribes that for decades have sparked U.S. calls for judicial reforms overseas.Applying the U.S.'s blueprints for judicial reforms, which scholarship shows helps nations prosper and democratize, to its own high court could clean up its mess.

Meet Saphia, a young bell hooks fanatic trying desperately to build a good life in New York City.Constantly immersed in the latest idea she has discovered while reading hooks, Saphia is determined to figure out how to apply these liberatory ideals to her own life.But the one thing she doesn't account for is a little surprise encouragement from the legend herself.

1. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a grave impact on pupils in the UK, with a new study finding that more than double the number of students have had to access food banks compared to pre-pandemic times.
2. The impact of the pandemic on pupils is

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The Chargers have added $1.75 million in incentives to the contract of Austin Ekeler, according to a source not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.The development represents a truce in the running back's dissatisfaction with the team over his current deal.

Martyna Majok, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, was revising her musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby after a long day in a developmental workshop when she heard the news: The union representing striking screenwriters was not going to grant a waiver for the Tony Awards, imperiling this year's telecast.

The Bay Area's hotel industry is still struggling to rebound from coronavirus-linked shutdowns, even as the lodging sector outside the region has flourished.And not everyone is in agreement about what's to blame.San Jose's core hotel markets have been far slower to recover financially from the pandemic than those in other major city centers in the western United States.

Bessie and illustrator Peter Glanting 's book documents the very recent past - one that each and every one of us just lived through - but Bessie's perspective is particularly valuable.First, he is immunocompromised.He has been living with brain cancer for over a decade and his health hangs in the balance.

DEAR ABBY: Throughout my childhood, my mother was controlling in many ways.One of them was my clothes.She dressed me in ridiculous outfits that I found humiliating.If I expressed an opinion about anything, I was treated as being bad.It affected my mental health, which resulted in me hating the way I look.

Do you agree with charging a teenager rent?Texas couple Cody and Erika Archie, whose daughter paid a monthly fee to live at home past her high school graduation, doesn't regret their rule - and, according to her parents, neither does she."Do you make your graduated high school student pay rent in your house if they aren't going to college yet?"

The majority of working families know the weekday routine all too well.They wake the kids up, rush to get everyone ready, sit in traffic and then drop the kids off at child care or school and head to the office.While every family's morning may look different, the majority of us depend on and trust someone else to care for our children and expect them to receive the same level of nurturing and support they receive at home.

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Brooklyn Made, the borough's first merchandise shop exclusively selling Kings County-produced goods, held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the storefront in Industry City on May 18, one day before the much-anticipated retail hub opens to the public on Friday.

The city of Los Angeles will cover the medical expenses of a Los Angeles Police Department volunteer who was stung by a swarm of bees in Encino earlier this week, according to the LAPD.Thousands of bees reportedly swarmed on the man Monday - in a scene that became a viral video this week- in the 17100 block of Adlon Road, near the Encino Reservoir, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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In the fall of 2021, Tony Valdez visited the East Los Angeles College newsroom, carrying envelopes stamped with his organization's emblem.He stood before a group of student journalists eager to be like him.As chairman of the 8 Ball Emergency Fund for Journalists, Valdez explained its mission to financially support working professionals.

Former Luton Town boss David Pleat hailed a "remarkable achievement" by the current side after they reached the Championship play-off final.Pleat, now 78, managed the Hatters in the top flight of English football in the 1980s and 1990s."The manager's done wonderfully well, the recruitment is superb," Pleat told BBC Radio 5 Live Sport.

"The Supreme Court's denial of these Section 101 cases is felt even more sharply in the patent community given the U.S. Solicitor General's briefing this April asking the Court to grant cert in both Interactive Wearables and Tropp."On May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order list denying petitions for writ of certiorari filed to appeal several patent rulings, including a pair of 35 U.S.C. § 101 subject matter eligibility cases that the U.S. Solicitor General previously urged the nation's highest court to hear.

It's a hard time to be an SSP.The ad tech ecosystem incentivizes publishers to drive up their bid density by working with many different SSPs, making it harder for SSPs to offer buyers exclusive access to publisher inventory.And, outside of the major sell-side platforms, most SSPs are seen by publishers as interchangeable pipes to the buy-side, with little to distinguish them in terms of offerings or unique demand sources.

A recent national report is putting San Jose on the map for all the wrong reasons.The city is the toughest place to buy a home with the worst price-to-rent ratio, according to an analysis by real estate data company Clever.The company ranked 50 of the most populous U.S. metros with the goal of answering one big question-is it cheaper to buy a home here or rent one?

A retired couple looking at Berlin or Vienna's cultural offerings, or with their heart set on being close to the Rhine might already have their mind made up.But what about couples who could be happy in either place or yearn for the fresh mountain air of the Alps whether on the Bavarian side or the Austrian side?

Monday was a big day in journalism.The Pulitzer Prizes, recognizing the very best in journalism, were awarded.I wrote an overview story for the Poynter website: "Spotlight on local reporting and Ukraine highlight Pulitzer Prizes."Check out that story for all the details, as well as the complete list of winners and finalists from my colleague Ren LaForme.