If Miami thought that was a cold gameday experience, the team is in for an eye-opening experience on Saturday. The Dolphins are set to wrap up their season series with the Bills on Saturday at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, in a game that is expected to feature snow throughout the day at the outdoor stadium. So far, the Dolphins have been adamant that they believe it won’t affect their play....
Bishop Melchisédech reached out for aid from the charity organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), which offers international humanitarian and pastoral assistance to religious groups suffering from persecution. “We need centers where people can go for therapy. Many people are traumatized. Many have watched as their parents were killed. There are many orphans and widows. Villages have been burned to the ground. We are in a state of utter misery,” said Bishop Melchisédech....
Bitcoin fell about 7% Monday, dipping below $33,000 for the first time since June 8 as the value of the dollar rose and China continued to crack down on crypto mining operations. Last week, Bitcoin slid nearly 9% after briefly climbing above $40,000. The price of gold dropped and the dollar rose after the Federal Reserve, the nation’s central bank, last week said it may boost interest rates sooner than expected amid concerns about rising inflation....
Bivol further cemented his place as an elite light heavyweight against an opponent in Pascal whose best years are far behind him. Nevertheless, Pascal did what he had to do to survive the 12-round affair against Bivol. MORE: Join DAZN and watch Canelo plus more than 80 fight nights a year It wasn’t the kind of spectacular performance that fans have become used to from Bivol. As a matter of fact, it was only the second time in his young career that he went two straight fights without a knockout....
Walking with their fins is a behavior that separates the group from closely related species, like the bamboo shark. The bamboo shark, like the walking shark, is a benthic shark, meaning it lives on the seafloor. A paper recently published in Marine and Freshwater Research describes the relationship between the nine known species of walking shark, including four that have been described in the last ten years. They identified the four new species by comparing parts of the DNA passed that is from mother to offspring in individual sharks....
It’s nothing short of a Great Migration Reversal. Starting in the early 20th century, Black migrants began the process of relocating to the North and the West in search of better living and working conditions. They sought to escape the impact of the racism that manifested in discriminatory Jim Crow policies designed to keep them in a situation that was as close to slavery as white Southerners could get without running afoul of the 13th Amendment....
The popular TikTok video shows Lola the cat peeping through the door crack, and curtains and using a cardboard box as camouflage as she stares at her owner. The clip posted on the social media page dedicated to the cat @lolathesassycat has over 4 million views. In some parts of the world, black cats are associated with misfortune which may be why TikTok users are warning the owner to stay on “remain on high alert” as they believe the cat is “plotting” something sinister....
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Rare anti-government protests erupted across the island over the weekend, as thousands of Cubans took to the streets to express their anger over shortages of food and medicines, power outages and the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinations and to call for an end to the communist dictatorship. It came as Cuba suffers through its worst economic crisis in decades, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic and tightening of U.S. sanctions in recent years....
According to CBS 4 News in Denver, Sgt. Keith Wrede of the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), used a fake Facebook account to respond to news coverage of the ongoing protests, commenting “KILL THEM ALL” and “KILL EM ALL.” In photos of the protest, taken by The Gazette, Colorado Springs residents can be seen marching through the streets, calling for Wrede’s termination. The protesters held up several other signs, that read, “Terminate Wrede BLM,” “Fire SGT KILL EM ALL Keith Wrede,” and “I can’t breathe,” which references the death of George Floyd....
Twelve years later Olson is rolling up Manhattan’s Avenue of the Americas on another equally radical set of wheels: a cross between a mountain bike and a rowing machine he calls a RowBike. A bicycle messenger cruises up beside him and shouts, ““That’s a kind of bike I ain’t never seen before.’’ Olson hands him a card. ““The first time I laced on a pair of Rollerblades and skated around Minneapolis,’’ he says, ““I got the same kind of response....
The Clippers forward apologized after it was learned he was involved in a physical altercation with equipment manager Matias Testi in a Toronto restaurant Saturday. Several reports said that Griffin punched Testi repeatedly in the head, while the Clippers acknowledged that Griffin broke a finger while throwing a punch . MORE: Which coaches are getting axed soon? | All-Star predictions “A situation among friends escalated and I regret the way I handled myself towards someone I care about,” Griffin tweeted....
Well, he just added another reason he’s known as one of the best in the NBA: He knocked the shot clock over with a pre-game dunk in the Clippers’ Canada Series against the Toronto Raptors. MORE: Toronto Raptors dunk history | Blake Griffin shows off skills and Clippers’ new unis That is a man who knows how to dunk with authority. Here’s the aftermath of his shot clock annihilation
“He said I’m ready,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said before the game Sunday, per ESPN’s Arash Markazi. “Yesterday the trainers called me and said, ‘If he can go, he can go. He’s been cleared.’” MORE: 2015 Mock Draft | Cavs’ wins have helped Love | Curry’s birthday present The Clippers stayed afloat during Griffin’s absence, going 9-6 without him, but the team is obviously glad to have him back in the lineup for what they hope is the remainder of the season....
What was surprising was what came afterward, when Griffin poured water on a fan standing behind him as he stared at the replay and objected to the foul call. MORE: Playoffs schedule | Live blog | Previews: East | West Griffin, holding a cup of water, threw his arms back in disgust and his water fell right in the lap of a fan sitting courtside. Of course, that fan just so happened to be the only one wearing a Warriors shirt in a sea of red....
The series of tournaments is set to start soon with its Spring Series in London. The top esports teams from around the world will be competing in the series, which spans across the 2020 year. There are Spring and Fall Series along with a Showdown and a Global Final. “BLAST came to all of the teams with a proposition that is set to transform the industry. We believe the BLAST approach of producing best in class entertainment will continue to attract large new audiences as a global series in cool locations, innovative format and unique experiences,” Nicolas Maurer, CEO of Team Vitality, said on behalf of the 12 teams, via esports Observer....
Sophia Corah, 24, woke up with poor eyesight in May 2017 and quickly found her vision declining before she was declared legally blind months later in August. Sophia was diagnosed with keratoconus, a condition in which the cornea is unable to hold its round shape. She went to Adams State University in Colorado, where she studied psychology and met Christian Corah, 25. The pair instantly hit it off, becoming close friends - and Christian supported Sophia as her condition deteriorated....
The coalition of groups with interest in public lands demands that Bernhardt relieve Pendley of his position if he does not voluntarily resign. The coalition claims Pendley’s “actions betray” BLM’s mission, while declaring him unfit to lead the agency. “We, the ninety-one undersigned conservation, sportsmen, public interest, and wildlife advocacy organizations, representing over 3.9 million Americans,” the coalition writes in the letter, “call for the immediate resignation or removal of William Perry Pendley from his position of Deputy Director for Policy and Programs of the Bureau of Land Management, ’exercising the authority of the Director....
The posters’ move sparked a protest on Monday that an estimated 300 students at Muncie Central High School participated in, according to the Indianapolis-based WISH-TV. District officials said in a Monday statement the controversy stemmed from a class project that was assigned last week. Students in the class created posters “regarding social issues” as part of the project, district officials said. Those posters were then placed in a hallway at the high school....
Not only is the data spotty, ignoring violent acts and their repercussions, but the use of it as propaganda is both hypocritical and, in some cases, rather nefarious. According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), about 93 percent of summer demonstrations tied to Black Lives Matter (BLM) were peaceful. The other 7 percent? Violent. But ACLED strongly implies the violence might have been justified. They simply claim the violence is a result of “a multitude of concurrent, overlapping risks—from police abuse and racial injustice, to pandemic-related unrest and beyond—all exacerbated by increasing polarization....
