Indiana Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark made franchise history on Tuesday when she was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. The WNBA Rookie of the Year favorite averaged 25.0 points, 10.0 assists and 7.7 rebounds per contest from Sept. 2-8, a span where the Fever went 2-1. Clark opened the stretch with a 24-point, 10-assist, 10-rebound triple-double during the group’s 93-86 victory vs. the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday. The feat made her just the sixth player in WNBA history to post multiple triple-doubles in a season.Clark played a career-high 45 minutes during Indiana’s 104-100 overtime win against…
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European Commission directed Apple to pay billions in back taxes, an order upheld by the EU’s top court.European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager has scored two major wins as Europe’s top court has backed her crackdown against Apple’s Irish tax deal and Google’s anticompetitive practices in two landmark cases. Vestager, who ends her term in November, has made a name for herself going after Big Tech’s tax arrangements with some EU countries and attempts to stifle smaller rivals. The court victories, which were announced on Tuesday, could embolden her successor to take a similar tack. The antitrust chief cheered the…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declined to say Tuesday if he remained confident in the city’s police commissioner, days after federal agents seized the cellphones of the head of the police department and at least four other high-ranking mayoral deputies. In his first news conference since the whirlwind of seizures, Adams — whose own devices were taken by FBI agents in November — acknowledged that the sudden increase in federal scrutiny had “raised a lot of questions and a lot of concerns.” He then deflected questions about whether he planned to remove the police commissioner, Edward Caban, amid a series of news…
MONTREAL, Canada – Air Canada, on Monday said that it is finalizing contingency plans to suspend most of its operations. Talks between the company and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), representing more than 5,200 pilots at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, continue, but the parties remain far apart. “Unless an agreement is reached, beginning on September 15, 2024, either party may issue a 72-hour strike or lock-out notice, which would trigger the carrier’s three-day wind-down plan,” Air Canada said in a press release. “Air Canada believes there is still time to reach an agreement with our pilot group, provided ALPA moderates its…
The tragic death of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, brought about by domestic violence, has ignited public outrage over domestic violence in East Africa. Cheptegei, a mother of two, died from her injuries after her longtime partner, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, doused her in petrol and set her on fire. Cheptegei’s death highlights the ongoing violence against women in the region, most of which is not reported. In 2021, a survey by the Ugandan Bureau of Statistics revealed that 95% of Ugandan women and girls have experienced physical or sexual violence. Organizations like Uganda’s Ubuntu Gender Equality Network aim to curb these…
Here are the players from different leagues who picked up injuries and knocks while representing their countries during the international break period in Spetmber 2024. As the September 2024 international break of the 2024/2025 club football season enters its final days, several players have returned to their clubs carrying injuries or knocks.These players, who departed in full match fitness to represent their national teams, are now set to miss the first round of fixtures as club football resumes.While the precise nature and severity of their injuries remain unclear, it is evident they will be unavailable for selection in the upcoming…
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The NBA Board of Governors voted on Tuesday to approve an expanded use of video replay on coach’s challenges for out-of-bounds calls, according to an announcement from the league. The change will take effect for the 2024-25 season.Under the new rule, if an instant replay of an out-of-bounds call is triggered by a coach’s challenge, referees will have the ability not just to review who last touched the ball but also whether a foul should have been called.Within its press release, the league included a video of a crucial last-minute play involving the Mavericks and Timberwolves from Game 2 of…
Pope Francis has celebrated a mass for hundreds of thousands of faithful in East Timor, rallying nearly half the population of the world’s most Roman Catholic country outside the Vatican in stifling tropical heat. Pilgrims clamoured to catch a glimpse of the 87-year-old pontiff who appeared in good spirits on Tuesday, greeting him with a rapturous reception in a wide coastal area of the capital Dili. Approximately 600,000 people out of a population of 1.3 million attended the mass, the Vatican said in a statement, citing local authorities, in the biggest turnout for a papal event by population proportion outside…
The White Stripes sued former President Donald Trump on Monday in a case that alleges he used their hit song “Seven Nation Army” without permission in a video posted to social media. The band has accused Trump and his presidential campaign of copyright infringement for playing the song’s iconic opening riff over a video of Trump boarding a plane for campaign stops in Michigan and Wisconsin last month. The Trump campaign did not immediately return an emailed request for comment. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, said the band was also objecting to Trump’s use of the song…