After falling early in FIBA World Cup, France quickly turns focus toward Paris Olympics
Nicolas Batum has been part of France’s national team for about 15 years now
1970-01-01 08:00
Former Navy SEAL who claims he killed Osama bin Laden arrested: report
The former Navy SEAL who claims to have shot and killed Osama bin Laden has been arrested in Texas. Robert O’Neill, 47, was booked into jail in Frisco on Wednesday and released later that day on a $3,500 bond, reported The Dallas Morning News. He was charged with a Class A misdemeanour of assault causing bodily injury and a Class C misdemeanour charge of public intoxication. Mr O’Neill was a member of SEAL Team 6 during the famed 2011 mission and subsequently claimed that he had fired the shots which killed the al Qaeda leader and September 11 mastermind at his Pakistan compound. Mr O’Neill had been in the Dallas area to record a podcast at a cigar lounge, according to The New York Post. It is not Mr O’Neill’s first run-in with law enforcement. In 2016, he was arrested in Montana on suspicion of driving under the influence after police said they found him asleep in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with the engine still running, reported The Montana Standard. He blamed a prescription sleeping pill that he told officials he took to deal with insomnia and prosecutors dropped the charges. He was instead charged with negligent endangerment and the prosecution was deferred while he underwent treatment. Mr O’Neill, who is from Montana, was banned from flying on Delta Air Lines after he posted a photo of himself without a mask, when it was still required because of Covid-19. He first made his claim that he was the person who killed Osama bin Laden in a 2014 interview with The Washington Post. The US government has never confirmed nor denied his claim, and different accounts of the operation have clouded who actually pulled the trigger. Some in the special operations community have criticised Mr O’Neill for breaking the code of silence associated with Naval Special Warfare. The official version of events will likely not be de-classified for decades. Read More Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families Afghanistan is moving into a darker future – and we are letting it happen A top lawyer’s son, a FBI raid and ‘weapons of mass destruction’: How a Philly teen allegedly turned ‘aspiring terrorist’
1970-01-01 08:00
A country where kissing is a custom reels from a major exception
In Spain kissing is a widely-accepted custom. Friends and family do it, whether woman to woman, woman to man, or man to man. It can be lips to cheek or a little kissing sound. There are numerous variants, and even strangers greet each other this way.
1970-01-01 08:00
US Open 2023: Frances Tiafoe and other US men know it’s been 20 years since Andy Roddick’s title
Frances Tiafoe and the other American men getting set to play at the U.S. Open are well aware of the facts
1970-01-01 08:00
Allison Holker says dancing again for first time since Stephen 'tWitch' Boss's death 'felt so good'
Eight months after Stephen "tWitch" Boss, beloved DJ for the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" and TV personality who rose to fame on "So You Think You Can Dance," tragically died, his wife and fellow dance cohort Allison Holker has returned to the dance floor.
1970-01-01 08:00
Browns add backfield depth, acquire RB Pierre Strong Jr. in trade from Patriots for T Wheatley
Looking to bolster their backfield depth behind star Nick Chubb, the Cleveland Browns acquired running back Pierre Strong Jr. in a trade with New England
1970-01-01 08:00
‘Gran Turismo' and ‘Barbie’ are neck-and-neck at the box office
“Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story” and “Barbie” are in a dead heat for the box-office crown, with the video game adaptation just edging Greta Gerwig’s pop sensation, according to studio estimates Sunday
1970-01-01 08:00
Israel says its foreign minister met with his Libyan counterpart in sign of burgeoning ties
Israel's Foreign Ministry says the Israeli and Libyan foreign ministers met secretly in Italy last week
1970-01-01 08:00
Texas grid operator appeals for conservation as heat wave persists
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON Texas' electric grid operator asked residents and businesses to conserve energy on Sunday as
1970-01-01 08:00
Hartman's impressive debut has No. 13 Notre Dame thinking big after win over Navy
Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman took his record-breaking show to Ireland
1970-01-01 08:00
Sanders Urges Automakers to Reach ‘Fair’ Contract With UAW
The three biggest US carmakers should sit down with the United Auto Workers union and “negotiate a contract
1970-01-01 08:00
Germany’s Ruling SPD to Push for Stricter Rent Caps, Bild Says
Germany’s ruling Social Democratic Party will vote on a proposal for lower limits on rent increases as a
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