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The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved by a federal judge on Monday
Illinois families are going electric — for free
Jean Gay-Robinson said she “cried tears of joy” when utility ComEd switched all the polluting gas-fired equipment in her Chicago home to modern electric versions, at no cost to her. As a retiree on a fixed income, she is relieved that she’ll likely never have to buy another appliance, her energy bills are...
Chargers edge Eagles after Jalen Hurts has two turnovers on same play
Philadelphia Eagles 19-22 Los Angeles Chargers (OT) Eagles quarterback throws four interceptions Super Bowl champions lose third game in succession Cameron Dicker kicked a go-ahead 54-yard field goal – one of his five in the game – and Tony Jefferson intercepted Jalen Hurts in overtime at the one-yard line, lifting...
Burning down the Baz-house is easy, but what comes after that for England? | Barney Ronay
Brendon McCullum’s regime may be unravelling but there is rarely any suggestion of what to do next and how the team can be improved Overprepared. Overconfident. Overblown. Over there. And now just over. We know how this goes from here, don’t we? We know this cycle. The days since England’s...
Arne Slot has ‘no clue’ if Mohamed Salah will play for Liverpool again
Head coach also insisted he is not ‘weak’ amid row Egyptian left out of squad for game at Inter Arne Slot has cast further doubt on Mohamed Salah’s future at Liverpool by admitting that he has “no clue” whether the forward has played his last game for the club. The...
Sabastian Sawe: the marathon runner on a mission to be drug tested as much as possible | Sean Ingle
This year’s London Marathon winner deserves credit for offering more than enough proof he is clean while setting a new standard for other athletes to follow Last week the world’s best marathon runner, Sabastian Sawe, looked me straight in the eye and told me “doping is a cancer”. Then he...
Fernandes at the double as Manchester United ease past Wolves amid fan unrest
For Manchester United, a soothing return to winning ways to avert any sense another mini-crisis was brewing. Victories are scarcely this comfortable, even if Ruben Amorim’s side needed to navigate the briefest of scares when Wolves equalised with half-time looming. United turned on the style after the break, the manager...
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney sell Wrexham stake to US private equity group
Club gets boost for development of Racecourse Ground, but move comes months after it received £14m state aid The Wrexham AFC owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have sold a stake in the company to the US private equity investors Apollo, less than three months after the football club was...
Ross Byrne says escort defender crackdown could see locks converted to wings
Fly-half labels change a ‘backward step’ for sport ‘Unfortunately I think it’s changed how everybody plays’ The Gloucester fly-half Ross Byrne believes international head coaches could convert second-rows into wings for the next men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027 to capitalise on the crackdown on escort defenders. Last October World...