Wednesday, July 31 marks the fourth day of the 10-day Olympic surfing window at the Tahitian surfing venue of Teahupo’o in French Polynesia. The competition has been suspended since unfavorable conditions set in on Monday afternoon, July 29, delaying the 3rd stage of the women’s surfing event. The competition was marked by varied weather conditions,…
YouTube Music on iOS adds swipe gesture for next/previous song. — Pixabay/File YouTube Music has introduced a new swipe navigation feature for iOS users, making album selection easier. The feature was already available for Android users and has only now been updated for iPhone users, News Bytes reported. Before this update, Apple users had to…
SANTA CRUZ — This Thursday marks America’s 248th birthday, which means Americans around the world will be firing up their barbecues, flying their flags and finding a good spot to watch the fireworks. This includes Santa Cruz County, which will host numerous events throughout the day in nearly every corner of the county. If you’re…
THE Indian men’s cricket team will look to end a 17-year trophy drought at ICC T20 World Cup 2024planned for the West Indies and the USA in June. India were the first winners of the T20 World Cup in 2007 in South Africa under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Since then, the Men in Blue…
Millions of Muslims gather on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Arafah Day for the culmination of the Hajj pilgrimage – one of the world’s largest annual gatherings – even with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius Under the desert sun, worshipers climb the hill east of Mecca where the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) delivered his last…
WESTMORELAND, Kan. (WIBW) – Pottawatomie County officials confirm one person was killed when a tornado struck Westmoreland Tuesday afternoon. Emergency officials say the tornado struck the city at 4:41 p.m. on April 30. Assessments continued Tuesday evening, but responders say the damage is “significant.” At least 22 houses are destroyed. Authorities say the northern part…
NEW YORK — Jose Butto joked that he owed Tyrone Taylor lunch after the Mets outfielder made one of the team’s best catches of the season. With the Mets leading 11-1 in the top of the seventh, Ryan Jeffers led off the inning with a deep fly ball to right-center field. Taylor, who was replacing…
A low pressure system that has brought rain and strong winds to Manitoba in recent days continues to move across the province Thursday. The center of the low is now in northwestern Ontario, but it continues to bring rain and strong northwest winds to Manitoba. In the far north, rain warnings continue for the Churchill…
Play-by-play and in-game boxscore: press here The Timberwolves and Denver played Game 4 of their NBA Western Conference playoff series tonight at Target Center. The Nuggets tied the series 2-2 as writer Chris Hine posted these live reports: 9:32 p.m.: The wolves can’t catch up and Denver wins by eight All the Timberwolves needed to…
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, seeded No. 24, beat Japanese Taro Daniel 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Friday evening. Griekspoor, ranked No. 25, will next face Dane Holger Rune, seeded No. 11. Daniel, 85th in the world, beat Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-2, 6-7 (1),…