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The 2017 edition of the U.S. U-17s is no different, with plenty of lofty expectations heading into their World Cup, which begins on Friday against host India. They’ll be hoping to buck what has become a trend of American U-17 teams failing to meet expectations. There have been some good showings at past World Cups, most memorably the Landon Donovan-led 1999 team finishing fourth and the Freddy Adu-led squad in 2003 that played attractive soccer on the way to a fifth-place finish....

In fact, a case could be made for several of the top heavyweights in boxing today as to who is the best. We are, however, getting closer to a definitive answer, with the Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker fight taking another step closer to unifying the heavyweight crowns. While Joshua has another difficult test in front of him, here’s how he can upend the WBO heavyweight champ, remain undefeated and add another belt to his trophy case....

The Daily Star is nearly 100 percent owned through companies belonging to the billionaire family of embattled Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri, compounding the frustration of journalists at the publication. Hariri himself was estimated to have a net worth of about $1.5 billion as of June 2018, according to Forbes’ Billionaires List. While the caretaker prime minister did not make the 2019 list, his brothers, Bahaa, Ayman and Fahed Hariri did....

Hy-Wire got a fair amount of attention at last fall’s Paris Auto Show because it uses environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel cells. But its youthful appeal comes from a more arresting feature. It has no steering wheel, no brake pedal, no clutch or stick shift. Instead, it has a single control pad like something you’d expect to see tethered to a Nintendo GameCube. Of the handful of people who’ve test driven the car, the younger ones appear to take to it naturally....

The former Jeffrey Epstein associate is charged with allegedly helping to recruit teenage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse between 1994 to 2004. If convicted she faces up to 80 years in prison. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to all charges. It was the fourth time that U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan has rejected a bail application for 59-year-old Maxwell since her arrest in July 2020. Previous applications were also rejected twice by a Manhattan federal appeals court....

On Wednesday, Judge Carl Nichols granted Joseph Hutchinson’s request to travel to Florida to attend Josh Doolin’s wedding festivities, including his bachelor party. The two men, who are “lifelong friends” are accused of assaulting police officers outside the Capitol on January 6 and were released on bail. During Wednesday’s hearing, prosecutors noted that a third Capitol rioter could be present at the wedding. Jonathan Daniel Pollock, 21, was charged alongside Hutchinson and Doolin but has so far evaded arrest, making him a fugitive....

Chief District Judge Barbara MG Lynn dismissed the case on Tuesday for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In her 26-page ruling, Lynn said the court was “not convinced by the argument put forth by SWAPA’s counsel.” The union represents more than 9,000 pilots. “As to the COVID Vaccine Policy, the Court similarly concludes that Southwest’s action in promulgating the policy is arguably justified by the [collective bargaining agreement’s] goal for ensuring ’the safety of air transportation, the efficiency of operation,’ and ‘safe and reasonable working conditions,’” the ruling stated....

New Jersey U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas’ 20-year-old son Daniel Anderl was killed and her husband severely injured after Roy Den Hollander posed as a FedEx delivery worker and shot at the home on July 20, 2020. Salas was inside at the time, but was not hurt during the shooting. It was later revealed that Hollander, who died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds the day after the ambush, harbored a number of racist and misogynistic views, including referring to Salas as a “lazy and incompetent Latina judge” in online posts he wrote....

His is among seven executions set by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday. They would be the first death sentences carried out by the state since a series of botched executions prompted a moratorium on capital punishment almost seven years ago. Jones’ execution is scheduled for November 18. Last week, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 to recommend Jones’ sentence be commuted to life in prison....

And right on schedule, the Cubs followed their stellar May with a “meh” June, allowing the Brewers to catch and pass them atop the NL Central. But the Cubs aren’t the only team wishing this month had played out differently. Let’s look at five teams that would press the restart button on June — if that was a thing — and the players most responsible for the dips and dives....

Then again, every so often a player forgets how to organize all his limbs in the right manner and you find out why hockey can be so dangerous hilarious. That’s Mitchell Skiba of the Alpena Flyers, whose coordination went missing for a moment when he tried to exit the ice during a recent game. My favorite thing about the video is that Skiba made an immediate decision to just leave his stick on the ice and make like a scalded cat for the locker room....

He has said this in regard to the absence of promotion and relegation in American professional soccer. And he has said it relative to the move to Major League Soccer of U.S. national team stars Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore, that playing in MLS means they don’t face the same pressure for their positions as those in top European Leagues. MORE: Look back: Team USA at Copa America Centenario...

The Rangers had him throwing from 105 feet, but he felt a slight pull on Monday. He had an MRI on Tuesday, and it showed an increased strain in his shoulder, MLB.com reports. Dr. Keith Meister will perform the surgery on Monday in Arlington. The timetable for Profar’s return won’t be clear until after the procedure is done. Profar, 21, is a career 231/.301/.343 hitter with seven home runs and 28 RBIs in limited action for the Rangers....

The Broward County jurors were attempting to decide whether 27-year-old Dayonte Resiles was guilty of manslaughter or first-degree murder in the killing of Jill Halliburton Su. Su was found stabbed to death in her home with her ankles and wrists bound together in 2014. Resiles could see up to 30 years behind bars from a manslaughter conviction, but being found guilty of first-degree murder could result in the death penalty....

The 80 guilty pleas mostly came from individuals who faced misdemeanor charges for their involvement. Many of the others contending with felony offenses like conspiracy, assaulting officers, and obstruction of an official proceeding could be sentenced to large swaths of time in jail if found guilty. In what the Justice Department has coined the largest investigation in U.S. history, all but one of the FBI’s field offices currently have probes open on the Jan....

That’s the situation at Apple Computer. No doubt: the troubled maker of Macs has shown some world-class moves. At Macworld, it rallied the faithful and cleaned house with an all-star board. Larry Ellison, software’s second leading billionaire. Steve Jobs. Jerry York, the turnaround king from Chrysler and IBM. And on the bench, shepherding his new $150 million investment in Apple: William H. Gates, probably the smartest and hardest techno-player of them all....

Videotaping is meant to minimize false confessions since cops are less likely to use coercive techniques that lead the innocent to confess. Just over 500 police and sheriff’s departments now record confessions, says Steven Drizin, director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, with all of those in Alaska, Minnesota and several other states requiring it at least for felonies. But according to a growing body of research, not all recording is of equal value....

Bolton’s memoir, The Room Where It Happened, purports to include information about President Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in July 2019. During the conversation, Trump allegedly asked for the Ukraine government to announce an investigation into the financial dealings of Hunter Biden and his father, Joe Biden. Hunter Biden became a member of the board of Ukraine energy company Burisma Holdings while the elder Biden served as vice president during the administration of President Barack Obama....

The group’s statement said “[w]e can take comfort” that Stitt’s move to commute the inmate’s sentence to life in prison “affirmed the guilt of Julius Jones and that he shall not be eligible to apply for, or be considered for, a commutation, pardon or parole for the remainder of his life.” Jones was found guilty of killing Howell in the driveway of his parents’ home in 1999. He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 2002....

Ginsburg underwent the procedure on Wednesday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. The procedure was to revise a bile duct stent that she received from Sloan Kettering in August 2019. Ginsburg’s doctors reportedly said that stent revisions are common occurrences. Ginsburg’s recent procedure at Sloan Kettering used endoscopy and medical imaging guidance to minimize the risk of future infection. “The Justice is resting comfortably and expects to be released from the hospital by the end of the week,” the statement concluded....