Following a successful opening day and strong figures in the first week, that goal could be well and truly smashed come January 29. A total of 77,944 patrons came through the gates on day one, surpassing the previous record in 2017 (72,424). The attendance for both day (49,274) and night (28,670) also beat past numbers which were set in 2015 and 2017 respectively. Australian Open 2023 crowd figures Data via AusStadiums...
In 2021, the total purse will be $61.95 million with the men’s and women’s singles champ taking home $2.13 million. Last year’s winners were awarded $3.12 million. Still a handy payday, but a significant haircut nonetheless. Tournament director Craig Tiley says the more even distribution was to help offset the significant costs incurred by players coming to Australia amid a pandemic. “We have significantly reduced the winners’ prize money cheques, but players like Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams all agreed with spreading the prize money more evenly, providing the up-and-coming players an opportunity to earn more because it has been a difficult year,” Tiley told The Hindu newspaper....
Phil Walsh, 55, was in his first season as coach of the Australian Football League’s Adelaide Crows. His 26-year-old son, Cy, has been detained for a psychiatric assessment and will face a bedside hearing later Friday, the Guardian reported. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 Ambulance crews were called to the Walsh family home in the Adelaide suburb of Somerton Park about 2 a.m. local time after reports of a domestic dispute....
He reverted to the catch-all term for the Antipodes during a video media conference announcing a trilateral security partnership involving the U.S., the U.K and Australia. But it was more awkward than AUKUS—the name of the deal they struck—when Biden said, “I what to thank…uh…that fella down under,” before adding, “thank you very much pal. Appreciate it Mr. Prime Minister.” He then eventually referred to Morrison by his name....
Although many praised the book for its importance and as a provocative tale when it was published in 2016, Hillbilly Elegy appeared to generalize the author’s upbringing in Ohio, according to Jared Yates Sexton, author, political commentator, and outspoken J.D. Vance critic. Newsweek recently spoke to Sexton about the book ahead of the Netflix adaptation. He explained why he believes the book is right-wing mythology, elaborated on the deliberate mistruths he alleges it contains, and how the upcoming election could change how the memoir is viewed....
Cunningham believes that home-cooked meals are the “magnets” that bring families together. Next month she will publish “Cooking with Children” for future Fannie (and Freddie) Farmers. She hopes to turn out a generation of “little missionaries” dedicated to stamping out the “gobble and go” meal of delivered or prepackaged food. Unlike Moro’s lasagna, prepared frozen entrees will never lead to shared family memories. Says Cunningham: “Can you picture anybody saying, ‘Do you remember that Lean Cuisine that we had?...
Police found Marcus McGhee in a L-shaped lake behind Camby’s Pearland home, a spokesman for the Pearland Police Department told reporters. There no indications of foul play. McGhee, whose family was visiting from Connecticut., was last seen around 4 p.m. CT Thursday at Camby’s residence. “Pearland Police Department regrets to inform the community that Marcus McGhee has been found. Today’s search will be called off. We thank all of you for your efforts,” the department posted on its Facebook page Saturday morning....
About 63 percent of Americans, amounting to about 210 million people, have been fully vaccinated in just over a year since the COVID vaccination program began in the U.S., according to the CDC. However, only 84 million of those people, or about 40 percent of fully vaccinated individuals, have received a booster shot since they became available late last year. Research has shown that booster doses can provide protection against COVID, especially the Omicron variant, which has proven to be more vaccine resistant than prior variants, the Associated Press reported....
In an age when involuted political scandals and celebrity lawsuits often stand as the principal issues of the day, it is amazing to consider that a mere three decades ago, American public discourse was seized by a slow-reading technical volume from a former staff biologist of the sleepy Fish and Wildlife Service. As galleys of ““Silent Spring’’ circulated, chemical companies threatened lawsuits to block publication. Once in stores, the book was an overnight best seller, extremely rare for a serious work....
A.D. 565 Adamnan’s “The Life of St. Columba” provides the earliest known account of Nessie. “He was obliged to cross the river Nesa [the Ness]; and when he reached the bank of the river, he saw the inhabitants burying an unfortunate man … He was swimming and bitten most severely by a monster that lived in the water.” 1933 Bertram Mills, a circus owner, offers a 20,000-pound reward to anyone who can capture the new monster for his traveling tour....
A record of the infant’s christening was published in the Court Circular Monday—a list of royal activities published online daily. The short entry read: “The Baptism of the Infant Son of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex took place at 11.00 a.m. [on Saturday] in the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle. “The Archbishop of Canterbury baptised the Baby who received the names Archie Harrison.” Printed in British newspapers The Times of London, The Telegraph and The Scotsman, the Court Circular has detailed the official engagements of the royal family since 1803....
In a recent Facebook post, the Clarksville Police Department in Tennessee stated that the grandmother, identified as 44-year-old Toni Lynn Camia, was served new charges on Wednesday following the death of her 5-month-old granddaughter, Angel Stanford. The new charges filed come several months after the fatal drowning incident occurred last year. According to police, on August 6, 2021, officers responded to a call for a “baby that was unresponsive,” at a home located on Hadley Drive in Clarksville, Tennessee, at approximately 8 p....
The Original Poster (OP), known as u/GlitteringBall2429, posted about the situation in Reddit’s popular “Am I The A**hole” forum where it received nearly 14,000 upvotes and 1,200 comments. The post can be found here. Child Neglect and Abuse In 2020, more than 3 million children—or about 43 out of every 1,000 children—either received an investigation or “alternative” response due to alleged neglect or abuse, according to the Department of Health and Human Services....
For example, let’s say you and your ex spent all weekend together every week before you broke up. Don’t rush back to that. Start slow by spending a few hours together on the weekend. Similarly, let’s say your old relationship involved a lot of hooking up. That doesn’t mean you should start hooking up again right away. Take your time. Physical intimacy: What type of intimacy are you both okay with at this point?...
‘Lucas unhappy at Arsenal’ The Gunners take on the non-league outfit with a place in the quarter-finals at stake for the winner at Gander Green Lane. But Arsenal’s players will not be allowed to enter Sutton’s pitch with any bubble gum after Sutton banned them, Goal can confirm. Why? Well, because Sutton’s play their games on a 3G pitch, Arsenal have been asked to abstain from chewing gum because “it gets stuck into the ground and is very difficult to get out,” Goal were told....
But head coach Bo Ryan stole the show when he informed the press that he, in fact, is the best video game player, detailing his long history as Pennsylvania’s top pinball wizard back in the 1960s. A pinball reference at the 2015 Final Four? The Badgers can do no wrong at a press conference. It is rare that you see a team this loose on such a grand stage, considering they are attempting to seek revenge for a heartbreaking loss they suffered at the hands of Kentucky in the 2014 Final Four....
Bagram district chief Darwaish Raufi said the former U.S. base that held both Taliban and Islamic State group fighters was taken over on Sunday. Other Taliban gains include Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul after the government collapsed. On Sunday, the Taliban started a siege in Jalalabad, the last major city not under its control. The group also took the capitals of provinces Maidan Wardak, Khost, Kapisa and Parwan, as well as the country’s last government-controlled border post....
The powerful storm destroyed thousands of buildings in the archipelago nation and killed at least 43 people—although this figure is expected to rise significantly as more bodies are pulled from the wreckage, Reuters reported. “What I was struck by was the focused nature of the devastation,” Mark Green, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, told reporters in the capital Nassau on Sunday, noting that the scene in some areas of the Abacos—a set of islands and barrier cays in the northern Bahamas—looked “almost as though a nuclear bomb was dropped....
Bailey is the last Reds player left in arbitration, with a hearing scheduled for Friday in Florida. Bailey says he doesn't own a suit and would have to buy one if there's no deal by then. But he expects to have one in place in the next few days. He wouldn't confirm reports that the sides are negotiating on a six-year deal. Bailey went 11-12 last season with a 3....
