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Officials from the Little League World Series have responded by saying they found there was “no ill intent” by the white players’ actions after speaking with the Black child’s mother and coaches, according to a statement provided to Newsweek. The video circulating on the internet was taken from ESPN’s live broadcast of the MLB Little League Classic game between the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. ESPN’s cameras panned to Little League players from a Davenport, Iowa, team watching the game during a break from the field....

Blackburn made the remarks in a video posted to Twitter on Sunday, as the Tennessee Republican prepared for Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Committee member Blackburn is among other Republicans who have said it is time to reconsider landmark court rulings with an ascendant conservative majority on the Court. In her video, Blackburn called out the Supreme Court’s 1965 Griswold v....

There hasn’t been a back-to-back Stanley Cup winner since the Red Wings in 1997 and 1998. The ‘Hawks, as they did after their 2010 title, will have plenty of offseason questions to address. It’s not impossible to repeat — Detroit lost Game 7 of the 2009 Final at home after winning it all in 2008, and Chicago lost Game 7 of its conference finals last year to the Kings — but in the salary cap era, it’s difficult....

The trade was announced after Chicago's 5-4 shootout win over Phoenix. The 27-year-old Versteeg, a member of the Blackhawks' 2010 Stanley Cup championship team, has two goals and five assists in 18 games this season with Florida. Versteeg had 20 goals and 24 assists in 79 regular-season games with the Blackhawks in 2009-10, then added six goals and eight assists in 22 playoff games during the team's run to the Stanley Cup....

Types of Acne Not all acne is the same. Simplistically, acne can be divided into red bumps and blackheads or whiteheads. This division is important because each type is treated differently. Blackheads and whiteheads, known medically as comedones, can be more numerous on the face and shoulders than red bumps filled with pus. Good, consistent skin hygiene can help improve this condition. Therefore, knowing more about what causes comedones and how to treat them is a step towards clearer skin....

When Blair came to power in 1997, ending 18 years of Conservative Party rule, it would have been hard to imagine a dénouement so mired in bad news. The fallout from the war in Iraq continues to eat away at Blair’s political support. The war is hardly Blair’s only problem, but the toll it has taken will be glaringly obvious on May 3, when his Labour Party is expected to fare poorly in elections for local councils, the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Parliament....

We break down their relationship from their meeting to their marriage. Before Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Met Stefani and Shelton both have previous marriages. Stefani’s first marriage was to Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, whom she married in 2002 in London, U.K. The couple had three sons together before Stefani filed for divorce in 2015. As for Shelton, he has been married twice before his wedding to Stefani. His first marriage was with Kaynette Gern, to whom he was married from 2003 to 2006....

They aren’t the only ones pointing the finger at biofuels for high prices—food makers like Kellogg’s are also. While biofuels are a convenient scapegoat, global food economics are a complex phenomenon. A surge in global food demand, high oil prices, uncooperative weather, currency fluctuations and biofuels all play a part in explaining the new, stratospheric world of food economics. About a third of the recent corn-price rise is “just a currency issue,” says Peter Timmer, an agricultural economist at the Center for Global Development....

As the head of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) told the Los Angeles Times, “FINA can confirm that the reason for the unusual water color observed during the Rio diving competitions is that the water tanks ran out of some of the chemicals used in the water treatment process. As a result, the pH level of the water was outside the usual range, causing the discoloration.” MORE: Michael Phelps has another medal record to break...

Now the municipal president of Cuernavaca, a city of around 330,000 located 50 miles south of Mexico City, Blanco said the accusations he paid 200,000 pesos (just more than $10,000) to have 24-year-old fair organizer Juan Manuel Garcia Bejarano killed are ridiculous and have caused him to fear for his life. Pachuca withstands CCL pressure “Yes, I’m afraid for my life, for my family, but I’m still here. I’m going strong,” he told reporters Tuesday night....

But like so much of the hype on round-the-clock radio stations, little of this news is genuinely breaking. And most of those en route to Venice already know that: 30 years after museums first welcomed modern art that burst the bounds of static objects (installation art, video, performance art and various combinations thereof), there’s little anticipation among the Giardini Pubblici-bound passengers that they’ll see something really new. The best they can hope for is a clever turn on a previously clever turn on a formerly revolutionary gambit....

In a city where the Ministry of Health had regularly informed hospitals not to permit any Christmas displays, shops were arrayed with snowmen and reindeer while high-end cafes like Bateel sold dates in star-shaped boxes decorated in red and green. Restaurants now offered Christmas dinners, while secular carols were heard in shopping malls, where all music hade once been banned. There were no nativity scenes in public squares and not everyone approved of these changes, but they were nevertheless a remarkable step towards religious tolerance....

After Golden State defeated Portland 128-108 Friday night, Stotts said the Warriors are well on their way to breaking another NBA mark: the 1995-96 Bulls’ 72-10 record. MORE: Best active NBA player at every jersey number | Lamar Odom released from hospital “They’re on pace for the best record ever and I think they get it,” Stotts said. After Stotts watched the Warriors score 38 points on his team in the first quarter alone and rendered Damian Lillard’s 40-point, 10-assist showing useless, it’s understandable why he would think that....

READ MORE: Mourinho must deliver results befitting Man Utd Strootman missed Roma’s win over Napoli and their Europa League draw with Austria Vienna because of a back injury after featuring for the Netherlands in World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and France. Spalletti blamed the Netherlands’ medical staff for the influential midfielder’s absence, but Blind feels the Roma boss will likely just have been frustrated by his side’s inability to beat Austria Vienna....

Chris Fisher, 52, is the United Kingdom’s only completely blind professional woodturner after taking up the hobby when he lost his sight 14 years ago. The former engineer was just 39 when he started to go blind over a period of four weeks due to a parasitic infection called toxoplasmosis. Fisher began honing his craft by listening to more than 600 hours of YouTube videos and capitalized upon his other heightened senses to begin creating wooden objects....

Three people, including Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio, sustained non-life threatening injuries during the attack in the 1400 block of New York Avenue, Northwest at around 2:26 a.m. in the early hours of Wednesday. A video of the attack was shared online, with the victims accusing those attacking them of being BLM protesters. Tarrio also described the assailants as being from BLM, on social media site Parler. Police said they are searching for three suspects, two men and one woman, in connection to the attack....

“I was a big champion of what we were doing collectively and what they were coming up with,” Burke recalls to Newsweek about first working with Stein and Harry during those early years, “and I didn’t really want to accept the failure at that point in time. So I convinced them to keep going. I think maybe that it has somewhat to do with my work ethic and why the three of us are still together....

Upper GI bleeding, which can occur anywhere from the mouth to the small intestine, occurs in 100–200 per 100,000 people annually (about 330,000–660,000 people every year). Lower GI bleeding, which includes the small intestine to the anus, occurs in 20.5–27 per 100,000 people annually (about 68,000–89,000 people every year). It is estimated that 80%–85% of GI bleeding resolves spontaneously, and most causes of GI bleeding can be identified and treated....

Strokes and TIAs are among the strongest risk factors for having another stroke. In fact, about 30% of all strokes are repeat strokes, making stroke prevention particularly important for stroke and TIA survivors. Here is a list of the blood thinners most commonly used for stroke prevention, as well as some of their side effects. Aggrenox Aggrenox is a combination of aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole. Headaches are the most common side effect reported with Aggrenox....

More dogged arteries may lie ahead. Last Thursday the senate OK’d a plan to transform this year’s $177 billion federal deficit into a balanced budget by 2002. The House approved a similar scheme a week before, along with lower taxes. Those are no small feats, coming after 14 years of empty talk about dealing with the deficit. But while the details are still to come, the early evidence is that some of the budget busting is self-defeating....