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During a hearing earlier on Monday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced Travis McMichael to life in prison and McMichael’s father received the same sentence later on Monday. “Greg McMichael, who chased Ahmaud Arbery with his son, sentenced to life in prison for hate crime in Black man’s death,” Mike Balsamo of the Associated Press wrote on Twitter. The life sentence announced for both McMichaels is the second such sentence the pair has received, as they were previously sentenced to life in prison without parole earlier this year in Georgia state court....

And that helped the United States finally equal Norway for most medals in the Winter Games. Both countries have 13 medals after Day 9. Lizzy Yarnold of Britain won gold in women's skeleton, beating rival Pikus-Pace by a full second. It was Britain's first gold medal in Sochi. Winning the silver allowed Pikus-Pace to reach her goal of closing out her career with an Olympic medal. Elena Nikitina of Russia won the bronze....

What we found was both disturbing and heartening: The hate crimes that received the most media coverage also reduced the number of hate crimes against those communities. But when it comes to Jews and Asians, the media seems to be holding out on its power to reduce hate crimes; hate crimes against Jews get the least amount of coverage—and are unsurprisingly on the rise. Jews are per capita the victims of more hate crimes than any other group in the United States—by a large margin....

The people who spend their days leaning on sources, stressing the importance of outing the truth, clam up when it’s their name that’s going to be in print. You’d think they’d have faith in the process of sifting through interviews and documents to craft objective, nuanced narratives. In fact, the opposite is true. Reporters know their thoughtful, 20-minute interview will be boiled down to one tasty morsel: " ‘They’re… bad,’ said John Q....

Baffert on Sunday denied that the 3-year-old brown colt was ever treated with the anti-inflammation corticosteroid leading up to the Kentucky Derby win last Saturday. The drug is allowed up to a certain level, but postrace tests detected 21 picograms per milliliter—more than double the legal threshold in Kentucky horse racing—present in Medina Spirit’s system. This is the second horse trained by Baffert that tested positive for betamethasone. Last September, the Baffert-trained horse Gamine had the same corticosteroid present in the thoroughbred’s system....

Only four years previously, he had left his family and his hometown of Tabasco to pursue his dream of playing for Las Aguilas. It didn’t take him long to make a positive first impression. NxGn: The top 50 teenage talents uneviled “I came to the club for some open trials and I had the good fortune to be asked to hang around,” Lainez tells Goal. “Around two hours later, the team from my age level played against Puma....

Amidst all that, here is Surajit Nandi, a die-hard Mariner, who has made it a point to travel for just about all Mohun Bagan games! Not only that, but he turned up to a Copa America Centenario tie between Argentina and Chile donning a Bagan full-kit, with a flag in hand! Here we let the man, also an export businessman, tell Goal his story. “I first started supporting Mohun Bagan when I was in my fourth grade in school....

The heartbreaking romantic drama follows the complicated love life of Styles’ Tom Burgess, a married policeman who embarks on a same-sex affair with a Brighton-based museum curator. The movie flicks between two timelines, featuring the young Tom, his wife Marion, and his lover Patrick in the 1950s and the present day. My Policeman is an adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts which was loosely inspired by the life of E....

Four brands—Nike, adidas, Russell Athletic and Under Armour—provide the gear for teams in this year's Field of 68. If we replaced the teams with logos, here's how it would look. Click to enlarge. Your breakdown: Nike/Jordan (45), adidas (18), Russell Athletic (4), Under Armour (1). MORE NCAA TOURNAMENT COVERAGE: Top stories | Printable bracket | Betting guide UPDATE: Here’s how things look as we enter the Sweet 16. 10 Nike schools remain, 6 adidas....

The Champions League quarter-final, which Real Madrid won 6-3 on aggregate after extra-time in the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, saw two clear Ronaldo offsides missed by the linesmen. Ronaldo’s offside goals spark football fury Former Bayern Munich midfielder Owen Hargreaves was utterly baffled by the continued lack of replays that would allow referees to amend erroneous moments of officiating in elite football matches. “Why do we not have technology in football?...

Stiller, a Goodwill Ambassador with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), visited Ukraine on UNHCR’s World Refugee Day, marked annually on June 20. This year, the day centered on “the right to seek safety,” according to the UNHCR. “Hey, I’m Ben Stiller, and I’m here in Ukraine,” he said in a video posted to Facebook and Instagram. “I’m meeting people who have been impacted by the war and hearing how it’s changed their lives....

Keep this page bookmarked and refresh it to see if you hold the winning numbers from Tuesday night’s drawing. Tuesday night’s 03/30/21 jackpot is worth $152 million, with a cash-value option of $102.2 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers last Friday (03/26/21) for the $137 million jackpot were: 04-25-37-46-67 with a Mega Ball of 15....

First Five: 41-43-51-57-70Mega Ball: 01Megaplier: 2x Friday night’s 08/20/21 Mega Millions jackpot was worth $256 million, with a cash-value option worth $185.6 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers last Tuesday (08/17/21) for the $242 million jackpot were: 03-06-16-38-56 with a Mega Ball of 24. The Megaplier was 3x. There was no grand prize winner on Tuesday, but there was a ticket sold in New Hampshire that matched the first five white balls, and minus the gold Mega Ball, for the game’s second prize of $1 million....

First Five: 04-13-19-63-64Mega Ball: 16Megaplier: 2x Tuesday night’s 09/14/21 Mega Millions jackpot was worth $383 million, with a cash-value option worth $277.3 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers last Friday (09/10/21) for the $368 million jackpot were: 20-32-35-47-64 with a Mega Ball of 18. The Megaplier was 2x. There was no grand prize winner on Friday, but there were two tickets sold—one each in Florida and New York—that matched the first five white balls, and minus the gold Mega Ball, for the game’s second prize of $1 million....

Nobody won the jackpot last night, so the jackpot has rolled over to Friday night’s draw and is now an estimated $187 million with a cash option of $130.9 million. Three tickets matched all five numbers, winning a prize of $1 million each. Three players who purchased their tickets in California, Louisiana, and Ohio each won $1 million by matching five numbers. The Megaplier in Tuesday night’s draw was X2, which means any prize, excluding the jackpot, would be doubled when the Megaplier was in play....

Nobody won the Mega Millions jackpot last night so it has rolled over to Tuesday night’s draw, where it will be worth $248 million with a cash option $197.4 million. While nobody matched five numbers to win $1 million either, 10 players won $10,000 each by matching four numbers and the Mega Ball. Nobody matched four numbers and the Mega Ball with a Megaplier, which would have won a player $20,000, as last night’s Megaplier was X2....

Tuesday’s Mega Millions numbers were: 13, 20, 27, 61, 62 and the mega ball was 5. The megaplier was 2X for this draw, which means people who applied the megaplier to their ticket could double their money. There were no jackpot prize winners for Tuesday’s draw, according to Mega Millions, but one person won a cool $1 million by matching five of the six numbers. They did not apply the megaplier to double their win to $2 million....

The Duchess of Sussex called out films like Kill Bill and Austin Powers for their representation of Asian women as simultaneously hyper sexualized and aggressive. Titled “The demystification of the dragon lady,” the latest episode dropped on October 4 and included interviews with comedian Margaret Cho and journalist Lisa Ling. It was also the first installment since the death of Harry’s grandmother on October 8, 2022. Audrey Wu Clark, associate professor at the United States Naval Academy, told Newsweek: “She is absolutely right to frame these characterizations as malicious....

Meghan appeared on DeGeneres’ talk show in November 2021 for a special guest appearance which saw the royal take part in a number of comedic challenges, such as drinking from a baby’s bottle on the streets of L.A., as well as showing an unreleased photograph of her son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, during an interview segment. Both DeGeneres and Meghan have faced allegations by members of staff of bullying or, in DeGeneres’ case, contributing to a “toxic” environment behind the scenes on her popular talk show....