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Fired-up Alexander-Arnold heads into CL with point to prove
[ad_1] It was the kind of cross that few in world football could have expected to deliver, certainly not a player whose status has apparently plunged to being the fourth best right back in England. Yet there was Trent Alexander-Arnold, bending in a stunning delivery with whip, pace and precision from the right wing for…
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Liz Weston: The high price of money shame
[ad_1] The U.S. suicide rate has risen dramatically in recent years, and certified money coach Tammy Lally of Washington, D.C., is convinced money shame is a contributing factor. Lally’s brother died by suicide in 2007 after receiving a foreclosure notice. Shortly afterward, Lally’s mortgage business collapsed in the Great Recession. She says she went from…
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Vietnam National Assembly selects prime minister, president
[ad_1] HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam’s legislature voted Monday to make Pham Minh Chinh, a member of the Communist party with a history as a security official, the country’s next prime minister. Outgoing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was appointed the new president. The votes of the nearly 500 members of the National Assembly rubber…
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The Latest: Bangladesh enforces weeklong virus lockdown
[ad_1] DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh began enforcing a weeklong nationwide lockdown Monday, shutting shopping malls and transportation as authorities try to stop a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths. The decision came after health authorities said that they were facing overwhelming pressure in intensive care units in recent weeks because of severe infections. This is…
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AP PHOTOS: Italy ballroom dancers twirl through lockdown
[ad_1] ROME (AP) – Social distancing isn’t usually part of the ballroom dancing lexicon. But in an industrial zone on the outskirts of Rome, couples of every age twirl and turn across the dance floor, even through a pandemic, just as ballroom dancers have done for decades around the world. While much of Italy is…
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Inmates stage uprising at St. Louis jail
[ad_1] ST. LOUIS (AP) – Inmates broke windows, set a fire and threw debris to the ground late Sunday at a St. Louis jail that has been plagued by uprisings in recent months. The riot broke out Sunday night around 9 p.m. at the City Justice Center, news outlets reported. Inmates were seen tossing objects…
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Biden’s big infrastructure plan hits McConnell, GOP blockade
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. Much the way Republicans provided no votes for the $1.9 trillion COVID-19…
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Man behind ‘Fake radio station’ show plans more projects
[ad_1] PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) – In some ways, fictional radio host Tom Bobbajobski is like all of us. Broadcasting from a boat in the middle of nowhere, shouting into the void, hoping someone’s listening. But not really, not if you don’t want to take it that seriously, said fake radio station “Huron City Radio”…
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Raphael Warnock rebuked for Easter message downplaying Jesus resurrection
[ad_1] That Jesus Christ died to save people from their sins, and that Easter celebrates his resurrection, is the cornerstone of the Christian faith. But Sen. Raphael Warnock appears to have a different take. The Georgia Democrat, who rose to national prominence as senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, said in an Easter…
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Viola Davis, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ among SAG Awards winners
[ad_1] List of winners for the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards, presented Sunday in a virtual ceremony: MOVIES Actor: Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Female actor: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Supporting actor: Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” Supporting female actor: Youn Yuh-jung, “Minari” Cast: “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”…