Day: July 5, 2023

Tennis star Victoria Azarenka has tense exchange with Wimbledon reporter over Russia question

1:17 pm July 5, 2023

Tennis star Victoria Azarenka defeated Yue Yuan in her first-round matchup at Wimbledon on Monday in three sets 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, and she is set to take on Nadia Podoroska in the second round Wednesday. However, things got a little tense for Azarenka in her post-match interview. Azarenka is participating without the flag of her […]

Arizona attorneys call for Gov. Katie Hobbs to rescind order that limits prosecution of abortion-related cases

1:13 pm July 5, 2023

Twelve of Arizona’s 15 county attorneys are calling for Gov. Katie Hobbs to rescind her recent executive order that limits them from prosecuting abortion-related cases. “The governor’s office should not interfere with the discretion of prosecutors in fulfilling their duties as elected officials,” said the attorneys’ letter sent to Hobbs late Monday. “Whether this was […]

Gleyber Torres leads Yankees to win over Orioles with home run, daring baserunning

1:13 pm July 5, 2023

Gleyber Torres is exciting. He also is infuriating. He sparked the Yankees to an 8-4 Fourth of July win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, hitting a two-run homer in the first inning and scoring the go-ahead run from first base with a daring dash on Giancarlo Stanton’s fifth-inning single. Torres walked against Kyle Gibson […]

Syria’s refugee crisis: Where it stands now

1:00 pm July 5, 2023

Some 15.3 million Syrians are currently in need of humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations – nearly 70% of the country’s population. The crisis has made its impact on people in every corner of the country. “People are living in extreme poverty today in areas of Damascus,” Atlantic Council senior fellow Qutaiba Idlbi said. […]

California officials investigating death of 25-year-old inmate as homicide

12:59 pm July 5, 2023

The death of a 25-year-old inmate at California’s North Kern State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, corrections officials said Tuesday. An officer conducting a security check discovered Ricardo Saldivar unresponsive in a cell Monday afternoon, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement. Saldivar was taken to the prison’s medical […]