On a bad night for South Yorkshire fighters in Sheffield, where Kid Galahad also surrendered his IBF featherweight crown to veteran Kiko Martinez, Harper was upset by Alycia Baumgardner and relieved of her WBC and IBO super-featherweight belts. Off-key from the outset following a year’s absence from the ring, Harper was hurt in round two …
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During her show on Thursday night, MSNBC’s Joy Reid insisted Republicans should not tout Sears’ historic election as Virginia’s lieutenant governor this week as a sign of declining racism in the country, or “demand credit any time any of them ever voted for anybody black.” Her guest, sociologist and political …
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After Surgeon General Vivek Murthy celebrated Levine’s appointment as “the first female four-star officer to serve in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps” on Tuesday, Congressman Jim Banks criticized the description. “The title of first female four-star officer gets taken by a man,” Banks, a Navy veteran who served …
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Multiple boxing title holder Shields, who is one of the most successful boxers in US history, is known for her outspoken views, including a self-lionising theory that she is second only to Muhammad Ali. The 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist could not contain her criticism when she discovered that …
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Earlier in the week, British actor Lenny Henry revealed that he would be playing a “black hobbit” from an “indigenous” tribe called the Harfoots – a variety of hobbit described by Lord of the Rings (LOTR) author J.R.R. Tolkien as having darker skin. Describing the series as a “prequel to …
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Biden touched down in Chicago on Thursday for a speech promoting his administration’s recently announced vaccine mandate for private companies, which would force employers to require that their workers either be vaccinated against Covid-19 or submit to regular testing. The speech, during which he linked his aggressive mandates to rising …
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Oh, Emily. Why do you have to make a fool of us women? Let’s be blunt. Men used to have to work ten times harder to get a woman to take off her clothes. First there was the attempt to get her attention with subtle yet recognizable gestures, opening the …
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The unnamed soldier reported being assaulted by a “small group” of Afghan evacuees at Fort Bliss’ Dona Ana Complex in New Mexico last week, a spokesperson for the military base told media on Friday. “We take the allegation seriously and appropriately referred the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. …
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Okay, I have to admit to something that’s not exactly cool. Ready? I had a crush on a cartoon character when I was a teenager. It wasn’t Marge from The Simpsons. Nor Betty Rubble from The Flintstones. Nope. It was Jessica Rabbit, from the late ’80s Disney flick ‘Who Framed …
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The incident occurred as the Portuguese star prepared for the match against Young Boys at their Wankdorf stadium on Tuesday night. Practicing shots from range, the all-time Champions League top scorer misfired and hit the poor steward by accident, according to pitchside reports. The steward immediately fell to the ground, …
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