Tuesday, 7 March 2023

What to know about Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial

Alex Murdaugh's family long dominated the legal scene in his small South Carolina county

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Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: March 6 The Washington Post on support for Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine did not catch the West’s intelligence agencies unaware. But no one in Washington or Europe anticipated the scale at which they would need to provide Kyiv with arms and munitions. That’s an increasing challenge for NATO and other countries rightly determined to prevent a Russian victory, and the dire consequences for the United States and its allies that would follow. It needs to be addressed swiftly. In a ground war that in some ways has come to resemble World War I — with thousands of artillery rounds fired daily against deeply dug-in armies — Ukrainian forces are now at risk of running low on key munitions. They are firing shells faster than supplier nations are producing them. There are other historic echoes. Just as President Franklin D. Roosevelt called on Americans to rally behind the country’s European allies as the “arsenal of...

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Chicago-area 17-year-old pleads not guilty in triple slaying

A suburban Chicago teenager has pleaded not guilty in the fatal shooting of his 17-year-old girlfriend, a 9-year-old girl and the child's father

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Rishabh Pant Plays Chess, Asks Fans To Guess His Opponent In Cryptic Post

India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who met with a horrific road accident in December last year, shared a cryptic post on his Instagram on Tuesday. The 25-year-old cricketer sustained multiple injuries in a road accident on December 30 and although his car caught fire due to the incident, Pant was able to safely escape in time. Pant has been sharing updates on his health with his fans on social media at regular intervals but his latest Instagram story left the fans confused. 

Pant posted a picture of him playing a game of chess. In the photo, there was chess board with some pieces lying in front of it, along with an empty chair in the frame. The picture portrayed as if someone was playing chess with Pant, but it was not revealed who was the wicketkeeper's rival in the game. 

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"Can anyone guess who's playing?" the caption of the picture read.

Pant has undergone several surgeries and according to reports, his burns are also getting better. The doctors have predicted he will need 6-9 months to recover from injuries completely and he will surely miss this year's Indian Premier League.

Earlier, Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev expressed his concern for the youngster and on a lighter note, he wants to slap Pant as soon as he recovers from the injuries he sustained in that near-fatal accident.

Kapil Dev, in a video on Uncut, said that Pant's absence has left the Indian team in tatters. Just like parents have the right to slap children when they make mistakes, Kapil wants to do the same to Pant after he has recovered.



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Monday, 6 March 2023

Father of Nashville Waffle House shooter gets 18 months

An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used to kill four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee

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Alaska rights commission limits LGBTQ discrimination cases

Alaska’s human rights commission has reversed an earlier policy and now is only investigating LGBTQ discrimination complaints related to workplace discrimination and not for other categories like housing and financing

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Street near Miami named for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came home to South Florida to celebrate the renaming of a street in her honor in the community where she grew up

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'Dilbert,' Scott Adams draw ire from fellow cartoonists

Cartoonists are pushing back against racist remarks made by “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, with one artist even using his own strip this week to lampoon the disgraced cartoon

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Matthews's All-Round Show Fires Mumbai Indians To 9-Wicket Win Against RCB

Mumbai Indians cruised to their second consecutive win in the Women's Premier League on Monday with a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who succumbed to their second defeat in as many days. Chasing 156, an all-round show from Hayley Matthews helped Mumbai Indians to consolidate their position at the top of the WPL points table. The West Indian picked up three wickets and completed a fine all-round show by scoring a 38-ball 77. Mumbai Indians, who won the first game by 143 runs against Gujarat Giants, now have four points from two matches with a net run rate (NRR) of 5.185.

Matthews yet again forged a defining partnership with England's Nat Sciver-Brunt, with the two right-handed batters hammering the RCB bowlers all over the park to put on an unbeaten 114-run stand for the second wicket.

If Matthews produced an all-round show to help Mumbai Indians to their second win, the uncapped Saika Ishaque also impressed once again, grabbing two wickets and taking her tally in the tournament to six.

Nat Sciver-Brunt, who couldn't get a good start in the opening game, made up for the disappointment on Monday by cracking an unbeaten 55 off 29 balls, studded with 10 fours and a six.

'Player of the Match' Matthews seemed to have picked up from where she had left off at the DY Patil Stadium the other night, playing her strokes with power, precision and command.

Matthews hammered 13 boundaries and a six in her 38-ball unbeaten 77, which came after she had returned superb bowling figures of 4-0-28-3.

She accounted for RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana, Heather Knight and Richa Ghosh.

Matthews might have taken her fourth wicket in her final over but Renuka Thakur thwacked the ball real hard for the bowler too take the return catch.

The only breakthrough for RCB came in the fifth over when Preeti Bose trapped Yastika Bhatia in front of the wickets for a well-made 23 off 19 balls.

The Mumbai wicketkeeper-batter, who looked out of sorts in the first match, broke the shackles with an unconventional shot that got her the first four of the innings, and she did well to help forge a 45-run first-wicket stand.

Sciver-Brunt took a liking for Shreyanka Patil in the eighth over, clobbering three boundaries to put Mumbai Indians in almost a run-a-ball situation from thereon. Sciver-Brunt and Matthews took on Patil once again, this time in the 13th over, with three fours and a six getting them 20 runs.

Earlier, RCB fought back with useful contributions from their lower order as they recovered from a batting collapse to reach 155 in 18.4 overs.

After a bright start provided by captain Smriti Mandhana (23 off 17 balls, 5 fours), RCB lost four wickets in eight balls to slip from 39/0 to 43/4 between the fourth and the fifth over.

The damage was caused by Saika Ishaque and Hayley Matthews, who along with New Zealand's Amelia Kerr shared seven wickets between them.

But credit to RCB batters -- Richa Ghosh (28), Kanika Ahuja (22), debutant Shreyanka Patil (23) and Megan Schutt (20) -- who not only got some much-needed runs but also took the team's total beyond 150, which looked difficult at one stage.



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Sunday, 5 March 2023

'Creature from the Black Lagoon' actor Ricou Browning dies

Ricou Browning, best known for playing the Gill Man in the 1954 monster movie “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” has died

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University of Massachusetts warns of TikTok drinking trend

The University of Massachusetts is warning about a TikTok trend after 28 ambulances were summoned to off-campus parties

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Police seek state review of Minnesota man's death

A suburban Minneapolis police department is asking the state of Minnesota to review the case of a man whose death was ruled accidental after his body was found in a lake

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Police: Argument preceded fatal California school stabbing

Detectives say a fight involving three students at a Northern California high school began with an argument outside art class and culminated in a fatal stabbing

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