SALT LAKE CITY — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. Love’s family posted news of her death on Love’s X account. She had undergone recent treatment for brain cancer …
Read More »Free-scoring Kerry secure league final berth after terrific Pearse Stadium display
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Read More »Israel’s security cabinet approves independence for 13 West Bank settlements
Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to separate 13 Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank from their neighboring communities, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday. The settlements will ultimately be recognized as independent, he posted on X about the move, which follows the approval of tens of thousands …
Read More »Wexford cruise to seven-point win as Limerick march on with injury concerns
Wexford’s relegation was already confirmed before this dead rubber
Read More »No. 2 St. John’s eliminated by No. 10 Arkansas in first major upset of NCAA Tournament
In a coaching rematch from the 1996 Final Four, John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks upset Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red Storm on Saturday, clinching a Sweet 16 berth with a 75-66 win. The game was a slugfest befitting two of the sport’s most storied — and most colorful — coaches, and …
Read More »Lower turnout for second phase of Bayly housing development in Douglas as demand shifts
Far fewer people turned up this morning to view or buy houses in the second sales phase of a major residential development that attracted more than 1,000 prospective buyers when it first opened last June. While would-be buyers packed into three car parks at the Bayly development, off the Carrigaline …
Read More »Two men convicted in Iranian plot to kill U.S.-based critic
Two men have been convicted of murder-for-hire as part of an Iranian government plot to silence a critic in the United States, federal prosecutors said Friday. Their target was journalist Masih Alinejad, a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Alinejad has been critical of Iran’s treatment of women and …
Read More »‘Adolescence’ reveals dangerous consequences of leaving children to their own devices
In a 2004 interview, a young Mark Zuckerberg is asked by a CNBC anchor about the magnitude of what he’s launching. “It is impossible to tell,” he says, adding he’d hoped “the Facebook” might entice a few hundred users. Good things can have dire consequences. Certainly, if we’re to believe …
Read More »Israel threatens ‘permanent’ control of Gaza areas unless Hamas releases hostages
Israel ordered its troops to permanently seize parts of the Gaza Strip — to be “annexed to Israel” — unless Hamas hands over the remaining hostages, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Friday. The statement came after Israel this week broke the two-month ceasefire with Hamas, with the resumption of …
Read More »Doubts cast over Cork special school opening as work yet to begin
Serious doubt has been cast over the opening of a new school in Cork for students with complex additional needs in time for this September. Work has yet to commence on the clearing of a site in the rural village of Carrignavar earmarked by the Department of Education for a …
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