Only seven months later, she is back with an eighth album, Blue Banisters, in the hope it might receive a similar reception. Critics from all over the world have given their two cents about the record, but so far it would be fair to say its response is slightly more muted than that of its predecessor. While many have shared their slight confusion at the subject matter, which brings elements of lockdown life into her usual fare, her voice has been praised once again....

Journeyman guard Lance Stephenson is among a trio of players set to work out Wednesday to fill the Cavs’ 15th roster spot, according to ESPN’s Chris Haynes. Stephenson will be joined by veteran point guards Kirk Hinrich and Mario Chalmers as Cleveland tries to add the point guard/playmaker for whom James has calling. Chalmers and James have a history together: The two won a pair of championsihps together in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons as members of the Heat....

I first really focused on that phrase—specifically in 1996, at the start of the Olympics in Atlanta. The choir at the opening ceremony sang it and then repeated it. I’d like you to now say it out loud to yourself twice: “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” This year, we are being challenged, once again, to be brave if we want to remain free. The events of the last few months have made it clear that if we are not brave—and therefore unwilling to stand and fight when necessary—then we will not be free for much longer....

PHOTOS: Donovan’s farewell match Klinsmann, of course, was questioned about Landon Donovan ahead of the U.S. all-time leading scorer’s final appearance for the national team – an awkward moment all around considering his World Cup snub and subsequent lack of any contact with Klinsmann. The U.S. boss was asked if he regretted leaving Donovan off the World Cup roster. He responded: “No, because you always make a decision based on what you see in that specific moment in time … In that moment in May, the picture for us was very clear and we were 100 percent behind the decision that we make, so we wouldn’t make any other decision....

The wide receiver went down while in the process of scoring a touchdown against Auburn. It’s a crushing loss for the team but the young fans in Mississippi are sending letters of encouragement. MORE: Auburn paper puts Treadwell injury on front page | Broken leg ends Treadwell’s season | Treadwell has surgery This one is even more touching simply because the little boy is a Mississippi State fan. A photo posted by Wayne Childers (@wayne_childers) on Nov 11, 2014 at 5:16am PST...

Video footage recorded by a helicopter crew associated with the Sheriff’s Office in Volusia County, where Daytona Beach is located, showed people standing and dancing around a car parking in the middle of the street near the boardwalk. The gathering interrupted traffic in at least one direction, and a representative from the Sheriff’s Office can be heard ordering additional road and bridge closures in the video recording. In a message shared to Twitter on Saturday, the Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) confirmed the group complied with requests to disperse and no attendees were arrested....

Brock, was arrested in Texas on Sunday and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Brock was allegedly identified as one of the individuals who unlawfully entered the Capitol building on Wednesday “wearing a green helmet, green tactical vest with patches, black and camo jacket, and beige pants holding a white flex cuff, which is used by law enforcement to restrain and/or detain subjects,” the DOJ said in a news release....

Summers previously correctly predicted “inflationary pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation” in a February 2021 Washington Post opinion article about Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. In an interview released Friday by Politico’s Playbook Deep Dive podcast, Summers said the current combination of a high inflation rate and a low unemployment rate was nearly certain to trigger a recession. “We have had soft landings because we tightened at moments when the inflation rate was low and the unemployment rate was high,” said Summers....

The 18-year-old defender has been included in the starting line-up as coach Jupp Heynckes rests several players ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid. Mai, captain of Bayern’s Under-19 side this season, is the first player born in the year 2000 to make a league appearance for the senior team and is their sixth-youngest debutant in the top flight. Only Roque Santa Cruz, Berkant Goktan, Gianluca Gaudino, Toni Kroos, David Alaba and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg made their Bundesliga debuts for the club at a younger age....

And, 2023 may just be the year Las Vegas earns its car lover credibility. The Las Vegas Concours d’Elegance began in 2019 as the 40th sanctioned concours level event on the planet. After a few floundering years, the event found its new home at the Wynn Las Vegas in 2022. The association with the Wynn built on the event’s foundation and grew to include the high-end cuisine, plush accommodations and a more all-inclusive experience....

This article will review laser therapy, its uses, how to prepare for a laser procedure, risks associated with laser therapy, and how to recover. What Is Laser Therapy? Laser therapy uses a tight, concentrated light beam of specific wavelengths to perform surgical procedures in areas that need a lot of detail or concentration. There are multiple types of lasers that can be used, including: Gases, such as argon or carbon dioxideCrystalsChemicalsDiodes...

The effect produced by laser therapy is not thermal (heat) — instead, it has to do with photochemical reactions in cells. Studies have produced inconsistent results regarding laser therapy for osteoarthritis. Is There Any Evidence That Laser Therapy Is Effective? Through the photochemical reactions produced by laser therapy, arthritis symptoms are thought to improve. A study in the August 2000 Journal of Rheumatology compared the outcomes of laser therapy used to treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis....

title: “Last Call” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-11” author: “Nelda Stahr” But presidential politics isn’t Pierre. It’s a digitized national feedback loop of handlers and pundits. And back in Washington, everyone wanted to know: what happened on television last week? Dole’s reply to President Clinton’s State of the Union speech was well aimed at conservative Republicans, but it bombed as theater. Of course, it was a mere 10 minutes in a long campaign....

The day after, it looks like CeCe Jefferson will dominate the spotlight. Cowart eventually faxed his letter to Auburn. But as of Thursday afternoon, Jefferson, a 5-star defensive end from Baker County High School (Glen St. Mary, Fla.), hasn’t faxed his letter. MORE: NSD roundup | Winners & Losers | NSD: What we learned His father, Leo, had this to say on Twitter around 4:30 Thursday: While the reasoning for Cowart’s delay has traveled 10 different directions, the reason for Jefferson’s delay appears more straight forward....

Not the so-so serving. Or the bad backhands. This was a larger problem. “Right now, she doesn’t have her usual ability to respond and turn matches around,” said Patrick Mouratoglou, who has worked with Williams since 2012. “It was obvious when she trailed 3-0 in the second set. Nothing happened.” Unable to get back on track once she no longer had control of the match, five-time Wimbledon champion Williams lost to 25th-seeded Alize Cornet of France 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in the third round, the latest in a recent series of surprising Grand Slam defeats....

An Axios/Ipsos poll released on Thursday found that nearly a third of Latinos, 28 percent, say neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party cares about them, and almost a quarter say neither party represents people like them. Twenty-two percent also said both parties take Latinos for granted. “They only remember us during the elections,” Hector Flores, the former president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), told Newsweek....

In a clip shared by TikToker Claire (@hollymountfarm) on January 4, Bella the Staffordshire bull terrier can be seen resting her butt on golden retriever Ruairi’s head. Despite being used as a cushion, Ruairi (nicknamed Raws) doesn’t seem too concerned, wagging his tail happily. Captioned “Why she thinks this is comfortable let alone appropriate…” the hilarious video has received more than 450,000 views and 24,000 likes on TikTok. Why Do Dogs Sit on Each Other?...

As of Sunday morning, the hashtag #LaurenBoebertIsSoDumb was the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter, with more than 23,000 tweets as of the time of writing. The hashtag was started by unverified Twitter user @TG2210, who first wrote “Use hashtag and complete the sentence. RT #LaurenBoebertIsSoDumb ________” in the early hours of Sunday morning. The hashtag began trending after the freshmen congresswoman suggested that President Joe Biden was attempting to take away her guns, a routine talking point from some Republicans that is not supported by facts....

During an onstage appearance at TPUSA’s Americafest 2021 on Monday, the Republican representative and pro-gun activist backed Rittenhouse, who was cleared of last month all charges related to his killing of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Hubber, and wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020. She also mocked Baldwin for an interview he gave earlier this month in which he said he did not pull the trigger of the gun, which he was holding, that shot and killed Hutchins....

“What did he [Trump] do for my son?” said Ball to CNN’s Chris Cuomo. “I don’t have to go around thanking everybody.” McCARTHY: FS1’s Kristine Leahy rips CNN, LaVar Ball for interview amid feud Trump directed two critical tweets at Ball on Sunday after Ball refused to acknowledge Trump’s role in returning Ball’s son LiAngelo and two other UCLA basketball players to the U.S. after their arrests in China on shoplifting charges....