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Pickleball Slam: Roddick, Agassi, McEnroe, Chang take swings
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...When Andy Roddick agreed to join John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Michael Chang at the Pickleball Slam, the 2003 U.S.... ...Roddick, Agassi, McEnroe, Chang take swings.... ..."We're obviously not writing big checks for pickleball at this moment," said Tim Bunnell, ESPN senior vice president of programming.... ...No one can even name maybe the top 50 pickleball players," said Levy, the former president of Turner Networks....

Harris enters the fray over democracy with visit to Tanzania
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania's first female president, has undone some of the country's more oppressive policies, such as a ban on opposition rallies... ...Harris enters the fray over democracy with visit to Tanzania.... ...Idayat Hassan, director of the Centre for Democracy and Development in Abuja, Nigeria, said Harris" visit can help galvanize enthusiasm at a time... ...from an economic and political superpower that is the U.S.," said Tanzania-based analyst Mohamed Issa Hemed....

Inspector general dings DHS over money spent on migrant welcome program
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...Known as the humanitarian relief program of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, the money is paid to nonprofits to conduct COVID testing, provide... ...Inspector general dings DHS over money spent on migrant welcome program.... ...The Federal Emergency Management Agency runs the program, chairing a national board of nonprofits with the United Way serving as the muscle.... ...The board hides its activities, with the United Way referring questions about program spending back to Homeland Security....

Ukraine by rail: Inside Zelenskyy's efforts to buoy a nation
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...And just like that, he is among them: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wartime leader and his country's chief morale officer.... ...This week, Zelenskyy shuttled across the country on a 48-hour train trip to rally soldiers who are battling Russian forces -- and, just as important... ..."These people saved our country against Russian tanks and armed vehicles," he told AP in Okhtyrka, a border city of about 50,000 that was heavily... ..."Thank you that you are not meeting with me only in the capital," Zelenskyy tells journalists from The Associated Press who traveled with him on...

Ukraine by rail: Inside Zelenskyy's efforts to buoy a nation
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...And just like that, he is among them: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wartime leader and his country's chief morale officer.... ...This week, Zelenskyy shuttled across the country on a 48-hour train trip to rally soldiers who are battling Russian forces -- and, just as important... ..."These people saved our country against Russian tanks and armed vehicles," he told AP in Okhtyrka, a border city of about 50,000 that was heavily... ..."Thank you that you are not meeting with me only in the capital," Zelenskyy tells journalists from The Associated Press who traveled with him on...

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine
washingtontimes.com > news > mar..." and have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith.... ...Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine.... ...It was cited as recently as a 2005 Supreme Court decision involving the Oneida Indian Nation written by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.... ...Two Indigenous women unfurled a banner at the altar of the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré on July 29 that read: "Rescind the Doctrine"...

Philippine ferry fire kills 31 people; at least 7 missing
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...Many of the more than 200 people who survived the blaze jumped off the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 and were rescued from the dark sea by the coast guard, ... ...Jim Hataman of the southern island province of Basilan. Rescuers were still searching Thursday for at least seven missing people, he said.... ...to survive or be rescued, regional coast guard commander Rejard Marfe said.... ...The ferry was traveling to Jolo town in Sulu province from the southern port city of Zamboanga when it caught fire off Basilan close to midnight,...

Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter for espionage
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter for espionage.... ...The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top domestic security and counterintelligence agency that is the top successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB... ...Gershkovich covers Russia and Ukraine as a correspondent in the Wall Street Journal's Moscow bureau.... ...The FSB noted that he had accreditation from the Russian Foreign Ministry to work as a journalist....

Israel's Palestinians mostly sit out democracy protests
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...An activist and lawyer, Oraby is one of the many Palestinian citizens of Israel who have stayed on the sidelines of some of the country's largest... ..."I don't see myself there," Oraby said.... ...of their ties and solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.... ...The massive, monthslong demonstrations and a general strike forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week to postpone the overhaul....

Elon Musk collectible items expected to fetch big prices at auction
washingtontimes.com > news > mar...Musk, his brother Kimbal, and Gregg Kouri -- licensed city guide software to newspapers.... ...Artifacts from Twitter CEO Elon Musk's past are set to sell for thousands at auction this week.... ...Musk wrote the phrase "to the moon," linking it to Mr. Musk's space ventures like SpaceX.... ...But the phrase also could be a reference to his interest in cryptocurrency like Dogecoin....