Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Why Trump wasn’t awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal
[ad_1] President Trump lost out on earning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize despite brokering a historic cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas after more than two years of war. But it wasn’t a snub, more just a case of bad timing — the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee made its decision on Monday, two days before…
Read MoreGiants show they actually have some depth at wide receiver
[ad_1] The Giants entered Thursday night’s game against the Eagles shorthanded at receiver, with Darius Slayton out with a hamstring injury suffered on Sunday and No. 1 Malik Nabers already out with a torn ACL. The way the Giants operated, though, you would have never known it. Lil’Jordan Humphrey, a journeyman receiver who was called…
Read MoreVenezuela asks UN Security Council for emergency session over US military actions in the Caribbean
[ad_1] Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the US military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Venezuela made the request in a letter addressed to Russia’s ambassador to the UN and council president, Vassily Nebenzia, that accused the administration…
Read MoreAs the Flu Surges in Asia, Could Getting Sick Year-Round Be the New Normal?
[ad_1] A surge of influenza cases in countries across Asia has led some medical experts to warn that getting sick more easily throughout the year may be the new reality. Health authorities in Japan declared a nationwide flu epidemic on Oct. 3 after a wave of flu cases came five weeks earlier than expected for…
Read MoreFossil discovered in England linked to 185M-year-old aquatic ‘sword dragon’ reptile
[ad_1] A fossil unearthed along the coast of England was identified as a new species of a renowned “sword dragon” reptile that dominated the sea during the Jurassic Period. The nearly complete ichthyosaur fossil was dubbed the Xiphodracon goldencapensis, formally translating to the “sword dragon of Dorset,” after it was discovered on the Jurassic coast…
Read MoreCubs blank Brewers to force NLDS Game 5 thanks to power, pitching combo
[ad_1] CHICAGO — Matthew Boyd pitched two-hit ball into the fifth inning, and the Chicago Cubs shut down the Milwaukee Brewers for a 6-0 victory Thursday night that pushed their NL Division Series all the way to a decisive Game 5. Ian Happ, Kyle Tucker and Michael Busch homered for Chicago, delighting a rollicking Wrigley…
Read MoreTexas high school football scores for Thursday, Oct. 9
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — Bastrop rolled to a 62-18 win over Pflugerville Connally, and Austin LBJ thumped Manor New Tech 48-0 in high school football action across Central Texas on Thursday. REPORT YOUR SCORE: We’d love to post your team’s score in this scoreboard, but we need your help to do it. Email the score…
Read MoreVirginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger repeatedly refuses to answer questions about Jay Jones endorsement during gubernatorial debate
[ad_1] Democrat Abigail Spanberger was given multiple opportunities during Virginia’s only gubernatorial debate Thursday to disavow her support for embattled attorney general candidate Jay Jones and repeatedly refused. The topic of Jones’ vile text messages about the state’s former GOP House speaker deserving “two bullets” to the head came up early in Spanberger’s contentious debate…
Read MoreNicole Kidman Details Overcoming Feeling “Broken” Amid Keith Urban Split
[ad_1] Nicole Kidman has come to this place with wisdom. Less than two weeks after filing for divorce from Keith Urban following 19 years of marriage, the AMC Theaters brand ambassador, 58, detailed why her favorite aspect of growing older has been learning how to handle whatever life throws at her. “The best part is…
Read MoreJussie Smollett Removed From Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test Over Medical Issue
[ad_1] Teresa Giudice Quits ‘Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test’ Over Daughter Gia Giudice Another recruit has bit the dust—quit literally. Jussie Smollett became the fourth celebrity to drop out of season four of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test during the Fox reality competition series’ Oct. 9 episode. For their day three challenge, the stars were…
Read MoreSheriff's office arrests suspect in Williamson County church break-in
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in connection with a recent break-in at a church in Liberty Hill. According to the sheriff’s office, Gregory Dwayne Vaden, 45, was arrested and charged with burglary and is being held in the Travis County Jail on “unrelated burglary charges filed by the…
Read MoreAngelina Jolie Addresses “Painful Events” Leading Up to Brad Pitt Divorce
[ad_1] Born on Nov. 29, 2003, “He spent three-and-a-half years of his life in one place, in one room, in this one little iron bed with 20 other kids, and having no choice for himself to do things, having no freedom,” Angelina told MSN in 2007 of Pax’s early years in an orphange outside Ho…
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