Author: Gene Lowe

More than 7.6 million high school students played sports across the U.S. during the 2021-22 academic year, according to data from the National Federation of State High School Associations. Those athletes participated in a slew of sports: from football—the most popular sport for high school boys with 1 million players nationwide—to track and field, which is the most popular sport amongst high school girls in the U.S. with more than 488,000 athletes. The dynamic landscape of high school sports has created competition not only between athletes but the institutions they represent. With more than 23,500 public and private secondary and high schools across the country, determining…

Here are the Top 10 Mexican restaurants in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2023 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business? Top 10 Mexican restaurants in Arizona Here are the Top 10 Mexican restaurants in Arizona, as featured in the 2023 edition of Ranking Arizona: 1. La Hacienda at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Background: La Hacienda by Richard Sandoval at the amazing Fairmont Scottsdale Princess is where Mexican cuisine takes on a…

The US and South Korea have secured a landmark deal to counter the North Korean nuclear threat. Washington has agreed to periodically deploy US nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea and involve Seoul in its nuclear planning operations. In return, South Korea has agreed to not develop its own nuclear weapons. The Washington Declaration will strengthen the allies’ co-operation in deterring a North Korean attack, US President Joe Biden said. Concern has been rising on both sides about the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. Pyongyang is developing tactical nuclear weapons that can target South Korea, and refining its long-range weapons…

The USA is the world’s foremost economic and military power, with global interests and an unmatched global reach. America’s gross domestic product accounts for close to a quarter of the world total, and its military budget is reckoned to be almost as much as the rest of the world’s defence spending put together. The country is also a major source of entertainment: American TV, Hollywood films, jazz, blues, rock and rap music are primary ingredients in global popular culture. The United States originated in a revolution that separated it from the British Crown. The constitution, drafted in 1787, established a…

JACKSON, MISS — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner’s report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88. Donham died Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday in Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana. Till’s kidnapping and killing became a catalyst for the civil rights movement when his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral in their hometown of Chicago after his brutalized body was pulled from a river in Mississippi. Jet magazine published photos. Till traveled…

Medvedev: Russia will need more weapons after the end of the NMD, we need a reserve for the future MOSCOW – Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev believes that Russia will need more weapons even after the end of the special military operation.”In terms of our military-industrial component. I think that we still have a certain way to go, we need a reserve for the future. This is absolutely obvious. We will need more weapons even after the end of the NMD,” he said in an interview with leading Russian media, including RIA News. Medvedev…

Erdogan, who has led Turkey for two decades but is trailing in opinion polls ahead of the May 14 vote, had personally appealed to Simsek to return to the government and take up a top role, several people familiar with the matter said. ANKARA – Former Turkish economy tsar Mehmet Simsek’s refusal to return to politics has left President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party scrambling to rebuild its economic credibility less than two months before landmark elections, insiders and analysts say. Erdogan, who has led Turkey for two decades but is trailing in opinion polls ahead of the May 14 vote,…

The government agency investigating alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan expects to hand its first brief of evidence to commonwealth prosecutors by the middle of this year. The Office of the Special Investigator – established in the wake of the Brereton report, which found “credible” evidence to support allegations that 39 Afghan civilians were unlawfully killed by Australian special forces soldiers – is investigating “between 40 and 50” alleged offences. Appearing before Senate estimates late Monday, the director general of the OSI, Chris Moraitis, said he expected to hand a first, single brief of evidence to commonwealth prosecutors…

EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski attended the annual regular meeting of the Organization’s Intergovernmental Commission’s 16th session in Tbilisi. “The European Union supports connectivity, and that is why we are happy to participate in the annual meeting of TRACECA, as it is an international organization that connects Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia,” Herczynski said. The EU Ambassador to Georgia said that for the international community, transport connections are one of the main challenges for the countries, and the organization wishes to contribute to the connection of the European Union, the South Caucasus and Central Asia with the global…

Jackson City Council met for a special-called meeting on Tuesday, following the budget committee’s approval for the $4 million purchase of the Jackson Plaza. The council voted unanimously to consider the acquisition of the land upon first reading. “I think it’s going to be a great thing for the city, and I’m very optimistic that it’s going to happen because we need it,” Jackson Mayor Scott Conger said. An event space of such magnitude has not been developed since 1973 with the establishment of the Carl Perkins Civic Center. Because both the Civic Center and Jackson Fairgrounds are booked every…