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Victor Wembanyama took his match to a different venue on Saturday. The NBA star, who plays for the San Antonio Spurs and goes by the nickname Wemby, went to X in the early hours of Saturday to ask where the best place to play chess is in New York City. At 9:30 a.m., Wemby chose…
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen walked out of the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after refusing to change out of a pair of jeans, a direct violation of International Chess Federation rules. FIDE said Carlsen, a five-time world chess champion and seven-time world blitz chess champion, violated long-standing rules for the event. Carlsen, 34,…
Israel detained the director of one of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday after Israeli forces “forcibly” removed patients and staff and fires were set throughout the hospital. . “The occupation forces arrested Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital,” the ministry said in a statement. Fighting has raged in…
For better or worse, most of what you already know about health insurance won’t change next year. The good news is that you won’t need to relearn the basics if your plan changes in 2025. The bad news is that the risk of unexpected bills remains, in part because the fine print on most policies…
Russia is deploying “human waves” of North Korean soldiers, the United States said Friday, and at least one soldier captured by Ukraine has died from his wounds. According to White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, some North Korean soldiers have taken their own lives rather than surrender to Ukrainian forces. These suicides, he…
A handful of midterms early in the new year will serve as the first tests of the political environment following the victories of Donald Trump and the Republicans in November. In the early months of 2025, there will be special legislative elections in Virginia, a battleground race in Wisconsin that will once again determine the…
Senior Canadian officials met with top advisers to Donald Trump on Friday to discuss border security and the potential impact of tariffs the president-elect has threatened to impose when he takes office next month. Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly traveled to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Howard Lutnick and Doug…
Santa Claus was a little late, but he brought one person a $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot as a gift. A single ticket purchased in California matched all the numbers in Friday’s drawing (3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and a mega 6-ball) to win the estimated $1.22 billion jackpot. The jackpot-winning ticket was sold at…
A raccoon attacked a baby inside an Idaho home this week while the baby was in a baby carrier, the state wildlife department said Friday. The incident occurred Monday in Cassia County after the baby’s mother had just returned home, Idaho Fish and Game said in a statement. The mother heard a noise, investigated and…
LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said Friday that fire department arson investigators and police detectives from the Major Crimes Division are investigating the cause, but their involvement was not necessarily an indication that it is suspected. of an arson. The investigation was routine and staffed this way “due to the nature of the fire,” he said….