Whether you are looking for the right TV to watch the biggest game of the year, splurging to get a night of better sleep or just saving money, here are the best things to buy in February. Black Friday isn’t the only great time to cash in on great deals. President’s Day makes February a great time to upgrade and make some purchases you’ve been looking forward to. February 2021 isn’t a great time for every purchase....
Ohio sports betting goes live at midnight and you can still secure a $200 pre-launch bonus from BetMGM Ohio. Simply sign up with BetMGM Ohio bonus code NEWSWEEK to lock-in your bonus and use it on Sunday’s games. BetMGM Ohio will be one of the first legal online sports betting apps out of the gate when the calendar flips to 2023. At that point, this $200 offer will be a thing of the past....
O’Rourke has endorsed Biden, whom he described as “empathetic and caring” and someone who can “reassert our moral standing in the world at a moment that it’s been called into question.” CNN reporter Eric Bradner said O’Rourke told him his 13-year-old son Ulysses had swayed him. Ulysses had watched a clip of Biden reflecting on the impact of the deaths of his infant daughter and wife in a car crash in 1972, and, from cancer, of his son Beau in 2015....
O’Rourke, a Democrat, pointed to high turnout in early voting in the state, which hasn’t gone blue in a presidential election since 1976, when voters there opted for Georgia’s Jimmy Carter. Early voting may be crucial in deciding the outcome of the 2020 as more and more voters choose to cast their ballots before election day. The numbers have already surpassed 2016 levels nationwide. O’Rourke praised individual Texas counties for their high early voter turnout and shared tweets from those who waited in line to vote....
What makes this novel different from other Greeley best sellers is the lovers’ ages: she is 51 and he is 56. After one reviewer dismissed his characters as “randy middle-aged Chicagoans,” Greeley jumped to their defense. As it happens, Greeley is also a sociologist at the University of Chicago, and last week he offered scientific data to prove that sex is good and plentiful, even after 60. Analyzing national-poll data involving nearly 6,000 respondents, Greeley finds that 37 percent of married people over 60 have sex at least once a week-and one in six more often than that....
A New Jersey bettor who shared his beliefs was handsomely rewarded on Sunday, turning a $1,000 bet into a $300,000 payout as the American made history at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, by becoming the oldest player to win a major tournament and the first claim one of golf’s four more prestigious tournaments after turning 50. Mickelson finished 2-under par to clinch his second PGA Championship crown and his first major in eight years, the sixth of an extraordinary career....
He’s sore about being on the losing end of an historic decision and is doing something about it. On Aug. 13, a Texan named Brian Davis who is arguably mentally retarded-and possibly innocent of the crime-is scheduled to die. Davis was convicted of stabbing Michael Foster to death in Foster’s apartment in 1991, then leaving a chilling signature. Here’s the confession: “I stabbed Michael several more times in the chest and stomach area and he collapsed in the living room in front of the breakfast bar....
Former Trump adviser Andrew Surabian—in a piece recently promoted on social media by a who’s who list of conservative influencers—indicated that it is. The concern arises from a decade-old proposal, called zonecasting, which has sat on the FCC’s desk since the Obama administration. The Democrat-led FCC now appears ready to formally decide on it later this year, and free speech advocates should pray the commission rejects this misguided proposal....
In Iraq right now, there is a story to prove every theory. The American occupation is facing a guerrilla war; it is rebuilding Iraq with impressive speed; it is beset by logistical problems; it has unleashed a new culture of freedom; it has secured most of the country; it confronts a lawless, crime-ridden society. All true. Yet the editors of the Post made the right decision to put the village story on the front page....
People claimed she should have boycotted the UAE over its laws but LGBTQ people there are not sure what all the fuss is about, describing it as a “non-issue.” The singer was reportedly paid $24 million to perform at the grand reveal of Dubai’s latest luxury hotel, Atlantis the Royal on January 21. While she performed 19 songs during the invite-only event, none were from her most recent album, Renaissance, which has been hailed as a tribute to Black LGBTQ culture....
Beyonce made the announcement Monday. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Tuesday. Beyonce and Jay Z have collaborated on a number of songs, including the hits "Crazy In Love," "'03 Bonnie & Clyde," ''Deja Vu," ''Part II (On the Run)" and the recent smash "Drunk In Love." Beyonce released her ultra-successful self-titled fifth album late last year in surprise form. Jay Z, who toured with Justin Timberlake last year, also had success with the release of "Magna Carta Holy Grail....
Here are thoughts on the American League West, composed while listening to Beyoncé's new self-titled album. Why Beyonce for the American League West? Well, Beyonce is from Houston, so it's a natural. Plus, it will be nice to say something positive about Houston in a baseball column. Actually, that's not entirely fair. The album begins with the song "Pretty Hurts" and the first words are, "Miss Third Ward, your first question: What is your aspiration in life?...
“Hi everyone. As you all know, the last two years have been very challenging for me for a variety of reasons,” Andreescu said in a Monday statement. “Especially this year in particular, I spent multiple weeks in isolation quarantining, which affected me greatly - both mentally and physically.” “A lot of days, I did not feel like myself, especially while I was training and/or playing matches. I felt like I was carrying the world on my shoulders....
It seemed like it would be some good, clean fun. In the interest of experiential journalism, I took up an offer to strap on cross-country skies, loop a few times around a 150-meter track and shoot some Coke cans with a paint-ball rifle. I drove an hour out of Salt Lake City and passed a dozen state troopers on the way to the little mountainside town of Midway, home to what amounts to an annex of the Olympic Village....
The issue at play here is manifestly not coronavirus vaccine efficacy, vaccination rates or public policy messaging, but the deeper question of who gets to determine the content of speech and the contours of our public discourse: A free, sovereign people or an insular Ruling Class? It’s not about whether a Ministry of Truth that lies and obscures all the time can be a competent arbiter of the quality of information, but whether there should be a Ministry of Truth at all....
When industrial policy was last debated in the 1980s, critics recoiled from government “picking winners.” But times have changed. Devastating climate change, a deadly pandemic, and the rise of China as a technological powerhouse require an active government pushing the private sector to achieve public purposes. The dirty little secret is that America already has an industrial policy, but one that’s focused on pumping up profits with industry-specific subsidies, tax loopholes and credits, bailouts, and tariffs....
The study conducted by Survey Monkey/Axios found the former vice president leading Trump in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. Biden’s largest lead over the president among these six states comes in Wisconsin, where he is currently ahead by 12 points. According to the poll, 55 percent of respondents in Wisconsin said they’d vote for Biden, while 43 percent of respondents sided with Trump. Survey Monkey/Axios based their findings on a 28-day rolling average with polls conducted from October 1 to October 28 among 4,569 likely voters in the state....
The poll, which was conducted Sienna College Research Institute, surveyed 806 New York state registered voters from June 23 to June 25. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. According to the poll, 57 percent of the poll’s respondents said they would vote for Biden if the 2020 presidential election were held today, compared with 32 percent who said they would vote for Trump....
In brief remarks from the White House, Biden stressed that this was an issue of “bipartisan concern” and thanked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell by name for helping the administration respond to the military coup. Biden also announced that the government was working to freeze some $1 billion in assets within the U.S. that Myanmar’s military leaders have access to. “We’ve consulted at length, for example, with Senator McConnell, who’s had a very keen interest in this, and his team....
Asked about the comments former U.S. presidents have made about Putin, Short said, “all” the quotes from Biden to former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush “reflect aspects of Putin.” During a 2011 visit to Russia when he was the vice president, Biden told Putin, “I don’t think you have a soul.” The comment was in reference to Bush’s infamous remarks, in which he said of Putin, “I’ve looked in his eyes and saw his soul....
