Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is performing in a league of his own as an incredibly dominate dual threat who is putting up ridiculous numbers both defensively and offensively. In fact, Ohtani is performing so well that baseball analysts and fans are comparing him to one of the greatest baseball players of all time – Babe Ruth.
Last week, the American Christian college ministry InterVarsity released a poll on the social issues that are most important to its members. The ministry is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. According to its own claims, InterVarsity has over 1,100 campus groups on over 700 college campuses. 316 InterVarsity members from roughly 127 various institutions were polled during the months of May and June of 2021.
The private space race between billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos will come to and end this month as Branson has announced that he will be the first of the two men to reach suborbital space. Bezos is scheduled to be a passenger on his Blue Origin New Shepard ship into suborbital space on July 20, but Branson announced on Twitter that he will be taking his Virgin Galactic VSS Unity ship into suborbital space on July 11.
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the 90-year-old Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling ‘Murraya,’ a genus of plants, staying cool after a near miss with a botanical word in a previous round.
The Delta variant is more easily transmitted than earlier versions of the coronavirus and can impact the ability of antibodies to bind to the virus, but there is little data on its potential to cause severe disease.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a regional state of emergency for parts of California experiencing historically high temperatures and extreme drought. Newsom is also asking Californians to reduce their water usage by 15%, as fears of severe water shortages mount throughout the state.
Olympic sprinter, Sha’Carri Richardson, has been suspended for 30 days from competition and was not selected for the US Olympic team following a drug test in which she tested positive for THC which is the active component in marijuana. The two organizations responsible for overseeing the drug tests for Olympic athletes, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), have marijuana on their lists of forbidden drugs. In response to the suspension and failure to qualify for the US Olympic team over 500,000 people have signed a petition to re-instate Richardson and select her for the Tokyo Olympics.
Justin Bullock, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following a conviction of extortion of sports apparel giant, Nike, Inc. Avenatti was a momentary flashy and bombastic foe of former president Trump when he represented pornographic actress Stormy Daniels in her law suits against Trump […]
In a press conference given on Thursday, President Joe Biden doubled down on his decision to pull the remaining U.S. military forces out of Afghanistan. He also announced that he is moving up the deadline for this decision from September 11 of this year to August 31, and that 650 troops will stay behind to provide security for the U.S. embassy in Kabul.
One thing that never changes is the need for transportation, and usually it’s the smartest economic choice to go for a used car rather than a brand new one right off the lot. But, that logic has recently been turned on its head. And if you’re in the market right now, listen closely; it might actually be cheaper to buy a new car than to buy used.
