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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will hope to see his side build on Tuesday’s narrow win over Sporting CP when they face Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday.  The Gunners currently sit nine points clear at the top of the table, although second-placed Manchester City do have a game-in-hand. Arteta has guided his seen his side finish second in each of the past three campaigns, and the Spaniard will be desperate to go one better this time around. Ahead of the visit of the Cherries, though, it is emerging that one member of Arteta’s squad is keen to stay put…

Let’s start with a rare ray of good news. In Wisconsin, liberal judge Chris Taylor absolutely boat-raced her Republican opponent, Maria Lazar. The victory gives Democrats a 5–2 advantage on the Wisconsin state Supreme Court and ensures that Democrats will control the court during the 2028 presidential election cycle.People might remember last year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race—the one that Elon Musk tried to buy, the one that became the most expensive judicial election in history. The GOP candidate lost anyway, and Democrats took control of the court for the first time in 15 years.This year, the stakes weren’t as stark.…

A charity that Prince Harry co-founded in Africa to honor his late mother, Princess Diana, is suing him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year.Sentebale, which Harry co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006 and helps youths with HIV in southern Africa, filed suit last month in London’s High Court, according to court records reviewed Friday.Online filings show Harry and his friend, Mark Dyer, a trustee at the charity, are being sued for either libel or slander. No documents were available.”The charity seeks the court’s intervention, protection, and restitution following a coordinated adverse media campaign…

Readers of this blog know I have a book coming out later this spring — Against Money, officially out on May 7. Plenty of money-related content coming between now and then. But today I’m writing about a different book: Dear Mother, a collection of poems by Laura Tanenbaum, just out from Main Street Rag. Laura and I have been married for quite a few years now, and known each other for quite a few more. We first met almost exactly 25 years ago, at a grad student party in Northampton Massachusetts. So it’s a funny coincidence that our first books…

The Heartwarming Rescue Story of StootStoot, the internet’s new feline sensation, began his journey at the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission (MADACC). This adorable six-month-old kitten was discovered covered in oil, terrified, and weighing less than two pounds. Fortunately, his destiny changed when he was taken in by Thrifted Kittens Animal Rescue.Emilie Rackovan, the rescue’s director, quickly became Stoot’s second chance at life. “When Stoot arrived, he was in rough condition,” Rackovan shares. After careful quarantine and treatment, his sweet personality began to shine through as he overcame his initial fears, captivating the hearts of those around him.Rackovan documented…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with major U.S. bank CEOs this week to discuss the possible cyber risks raised by Anthropic’s Mythos model, CNBC confirmed Friday.The bank heads were already in Washington, D.C., for a Financial Services Forum board meeting when a special gathering was called on Tuesday to discuss Mythos, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named in order to share information about a confidential matter.The CEOs had a dinner early in the week when they were called to meet at the Treasury Department, one of the…

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Tyson Fury returns to the ring on Saturday and he is planning to honour boxing legend Ricky Hatton.Former world heavyweight champion Fury retired from the sport after losing to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024, but now stages a comeback after 16 months away when he goes up against Arslanbek Makhmudov at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.It will be the first time that ‘The Gypsy King’ has been back in action since the tragic passing of sporting icon Hatton in September, with the close friends having worked together in the past, including Fury’s clash against Deontay Wilder in December 2018.Hatton…

The BA.3.2 variant, often called the Cicada COVID variant, has drawn attention as a new COVID variant 2026 due to its unusually high number of mutations. Emerging as an Omicron descendant, it carries more than 50 spike protein mutations, raising questions about transmissibility and immune response. Despite this, early observations show it circulating at low to moderate levels without overtaking dominant strains.Understanding how this variant behaves is key to informed awareness rather than alarm. Current data suggests that while it may partially evade immunity, it does not significantly increase severity. Monitoring continues as part of global efforts to track SARS-CoV-2…

“I’m Gucci. It’s a rap. F**k [can they do] about a rap?”  Those are the words of Lawrence Montague on a jail phone call, words that now sit at the center of a broader legal reckoning unfolding in Maryland over the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal proceedings.  Maryland prosecutors introduced Montague’s rap verse, recorded using a jailhouse telephone and later posted to Instagram as evidence of his guilt for the killing of George Forrester.  In December 2020, Maryland’s highest Court ruled in Montague vs. Maryland that rap lyrics can be admitted in court as evidence of a…