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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The oldest major championship has taken a step into the modern world by using a technological feature that British Open organizers hope will bring to life one of the most storied walks in golf.Spidercam — that’s a camera, not a superhero — was used in golf for the first time at Royal Portrush on Thursday. It’s a camera suspended above the 18th green using four pylons about 25 meters high, giving TV viewers unique views of the closing hole and its undulations.Held in a resting position high to the back of the green for approach…
Canada forward Olivia Smith became the most expensive player in women’s soccer history at a reported one million pounds ($1.34 million) when Arsenal signed her from Liverpool on Thursday.The new benchmark in women’s soccer would surpass the 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) Chelsea paid when signing Naomi Girma from the San Diego Wave in January.Smith’s four-year deal highlights the increase in spending in women’s soccer with transfer records regularly broken.Zambia striker Rachael Kundananji joined Bay FC from Madrid CFF for a record $788,000 last year, and that figure was quickly exceeded by Girma’s move to Chelsea.As recently as 2020, the most…
Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and will race at the world swimming championships later this month in Singapore.That’s amazing.But her age is only part of the picture.Not only is she very young, but her times in three events this year are among the best in the world. And here’s the kicker. Those times would have been very close to medals in last year’s Paris Olympics.Again, she’s 12. That’s a sixth- or seventh-grade student depending on the school system. Not yet a teenager.“I think it’s a great story. I don’t know where it will lead,” Greg Meehan,…
One person died and 13 others were injured, including eight children, after being struck by lightning on Wednesday in New Jersey, officials said.The strike hit the ground near a group at the Black Knight Bowbenders archery range, a well-known community site that regularly hosts events, Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina told ABC News’ New York station, WABC.The Jackson Township Police Department said it received a call shortly after 7 p.m. reporting multiple people struck by lightning, resulting in a male being administered CPR, while multiple other victims were being triaged.STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock – PHOTO: Lightning is seen in this stock…
LOS ANGELES — Kayla Elliott thought she was helping a family who couldn’t conceive by birthing a surrogate child for a couple in Southern California.Instead, she said, she was caught in a web of deceit that led police to uncover 21 children, who were born to different surrogate mothers, living in the home of Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan in Arcadia, a suburb northeast of Los Angeles.Zhang and Xuan were arrested in May on suspicion of felony child endangerment and neglect after a local hospital called police to report that a 2-month-old baby had arrived with head injuries, Arcadia police…
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The British Open at Royal Portrush started Thursday the way the last one ended: A packed grandstand and throaty cheers for an Irish golfer.Padraig Harrington, a two-time Open champion, hit the opening shot of the 153rd edition of golf’s oldest championship with a piercing iron into the wind off the North Atlantic, between pot bunkers on both sides and into the fairway.The Open returns to Royal Portrush after only six years. The final stroke in 2019 was a tap-in par for Shane Lowry of Ireland for his first major title.Harrington was the last to arrive…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A home belonging to Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte was burglarized during the Major League Baseball All-Star break, according to police.Scottsdale, Arizona, police confirmed that the department is investigating a “high-dollar residential burglary” that is believed to have happened on Tuesday night, which is when Marte was playing for the National League in its All-Star game win in Atlanta.Numerous personal items and jewelry were stolen. No one was at home when the burglary occured. Police said the home is “reportedly” owned by Marte. Maricopa County Assessor’s Office records show Marte owns a home on the block…
Zohran Mamdani had no deck, but plenty of pitch when he met with New York City’s tech community on Wednesday night.At an invite-only fireside chat with venture capitalist Kevin Ryan, the New York City Democratic mayoral candidate tried to sell a room of tech workers and startup investors on his vision for a city that works for the working class.And he mostly avoided the controversy surrounding his views on Israel and tax hikes for the city’s millionaires and billionaires, according to multiple people who attended the event.Fresh off a primary win powered by the blunt message that New York is…
New Orleans — While they’re not related, Dorothy Williams provides 90-year-old Lars Williams with something critically important: companionship.For almost 20 years, Dorothy Williams has volunteered with the Senior Companion Program in New Orleans, Louisiana, warding off loneliness in the homes of elderly residents who live alone.Without the company she provides Lars, Dorothy said his day-to-day life “would be kind of a slow pace.”Lars Williams told CBS News he isn’t lonely, but the company sure is welcome.”I like live people, you know? You need people around you,” Lars Williams said.According to a 2020 study from the National Academies of Science, Engineering…
Von Miller is signing with the Washington Commanders, with the NFL’s active sacks leader joining the team roughly a week before training camp opens.Miller and the team have agreed on a one-year contract, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday night because the contract had not been announced.“DC… What’s good?” Miller posted on social media with an automated image of himself in a No. 24 Commanders unform.The 36-year-old edge rusher felt like he still had more to give after getting released by Buffalo in a salary cap-saving…