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Why soccer moms are shaping the future of football in the U. S.
39+ min ago (925+ words) Soccer is already one of the most popular youth sports in the United States. According to industry data, outdoor soccer participation in the US reached nearly 14. 1 million players in 2023, up 23% compared to 2018. As participation keeps growing, the demand around youth…...
24 retail CEOs made as much in a day as their typical employee earned in a year " and a big one didn't
39+ min ago (442+ words) Leading a major retail company is no small job. CEOs are responsible for balancing the demands of thousands of workers, customers, and suppliers. Still, the high stakes are handsomely rewarded, often with eight-figure compensation packages comprising a base salary, company…...
Substack wants to have its HBO moment. Here are its plans to crack TV.
39+ min ago (1006+ words) What if your favorite TV show was also a blog? With a livestream? And you could interact directly with the creators and stars in the comment section? That's part of Substack cofounder Hamish Mc Kenzie's vision for how the platform…...
Family headed to wedding among 5 killed in Virginia crash; bus driver charged
39+ min ago (940+ words) The Doncev family was supposed to be celebrating this weekend. Instead, relatives are mourning their loss. Dmitri Doncev, his wife, Ecaterina, and their children Emily and Mark, were traveling through the night from their home in Greenfield, Massachusetts, to South…...
The U. S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People
39+ min ago (909+ words) More than 200 people have now been killed in a bombing campaign by the U. S. military against people it has accused of smuggling drugs in the waters off South America, after a string of deadly attacks over the last week. The military…...
Why the favorite for California governor has divided his Biden-era colleagues
39+ min ago (1252+ words) Xavier Becerra was a surprise pick to be Joe Biden's health secretary " cinching the job in December 2020 as other candidates dropped out. The California Democrat was so unfamiliar to the incoming president that Biden badly mispronounced his name at an…...
Spanberger clashed with Republicans early. Now, it's Democrats.
39+ min ago (898+ words) RICHMOND " Angela Arrington, a 60-year-old housekeeper, said she had never voted before, much less campaigned for a candidate, until Democrat Abigail Spanberger inspired her last year to do both. Now? "I'm so disappointed," Arrington said as she marched last week…...
California State University Made a Huge Deal With Open AI and It's Been a Disaster
39+ min ago (253+ words) If part of the intent behind the collaboration was to win new AI converts, it hasn't quite worked out that way. "They're ethically opposed to the environmental impacts and the bias and the erasure of their jobs and voices and…...
India's Hindu Right Has a New Hero: A 17th-Century Warrior King
39+ min ago (1275+ words) The statue showed up out of nowhere. On the morning of March 20, 2022, passers-by in the South Indian town of Bodhan were taken aback to find that an almost 10-foot statue of a 17th-century Hindu warrior king had been erected without…...
Alaskan Bush People" star Matt Brown dead at 43 after sibling helped pull body from river, brother says
39+ min ago (578+ words) Alaskan Bush People" star Matt Brown, 43, has died after his body was recovered from a Washington state river, according to his brother Bear Brown. Bear, who had shared earlier in the week that he feared Matt had died by suicide,…...