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Griner was arrested in February in Russia when customs officials found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage. Biden, who said Thursday morning that he spoke with Griner and that she was safely on her way home, referred to “painstaking intense negotiations.” Her prison sentence was vacated in exchange for the release of Russian arms dealer and “merchant of death” Viktor Bout. His 25-year federal prison sentence, of which he served 12 years, was cut short by Biden....

Police in Brandenburg confirmed Rocchigiani’s death to SID, an AFP subsidiary, having informed the former boxer’s relatives. Germany’s ‘Rocky’ won the IBF world super middleweight belt in 1988, which he defended three times before vacating to step up to light-heavyweight. He moved back down in 1994, but lost to Britain’s Chris Eubank on points when he challenged for the world WBO super middleweight title in Berlin. Then in 1998, Rocchigiani was crowned world champion for the second time when he took the vacant WBC light-heavyweight title with a split decision against US fighter Michael Nunn in Berlin....

Rene Dupree shares stories from his WWE run on a regular basis on his Cafe de Rene podcast. The former World Tag Team Champion recently recalled a story involving WWE legends Randy Orton and Bubba Ray Dudley. Dupree stated that Dudley once yelled at Orton following a match and accused The Viper of hurting him. Dupree then shared what Randy Orton used to tell him about Dudley back in the day:...

It is a sport associated with speed, thrill, adrenaline rush, cutting-edge technology, glamour and much more. When drivers make it to the podium, the real celebrations take on and the race weekend festivities are a treat to every fan. It is every driver’s dream to break previously set records during their F1 career. Like it is said, “Records are made to be broken”, Here let us take a look at some of the most phenomenal F1 records that look too hard to be smashed any time soon....

The proposal would need to be brought to the state legislature and approved by a two-thirds vote. Schwarzenegger says he’s meeting with leaders from both parties this week to discuss the plan. Moving up the primary certainly increases California’s visibility among candidates–and puts the Golden State’s environmental concerns on the agenda. Currently, presidential campaigns are built around creating momentum in Iowa and New Hampshire–whose white, rural populations are notoriously unrepresentative of the country at large–then move on to the Southern states, which tend to favor more-conservative candidates....

But challenges have emerged for the Chinese effort to win hearts and minds in the Arab World, as there is some degree of skepticism toward what Beijing has to offer. Arab Barometer, a nonpartisan research network based at Princeton University that has been conducting high-level polling in the Middle East and North Africa since 2006, conducted the survey based on nearly 23,000 interviews across Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, the Palestinian territories, Tunisia and Sudan between October 2021 and April 2022, with a margin of error of about 2 points in each country....

Over the last year, the argument can be made that no one in WWE has been booked better than Bobby Lashley. He has been a dominating force on Monday Night RAW, looking unstoppable at every turn. Bobby Lashley held the United States Championship for 175 days before capturing his first WWE Championship at 44 years-old. Age is just a number when talking about the All Mighty. He’s never looked better, both physically and in the ring....

Tempo Storm has its roots in competitive Hearthstone, Rainbow Six: Seige, League of Legends, and more, and its roster includes Jeffrey “Axe” Williamson for Super Smash Bros. In a unique move for a standard eSports team, Tempo Storm is launching a distinctive line up of apparel that can be purchased on its website. RELATED: Nike To Release “Have A Good Game” Video Game Sneakers Tempo Storm has teamed up with one of Reddit’s most popular artists for the collaboration, Andre Rojas, known as u/SrGrafo on Reddit....

Currently, the most “for my parents” show—for my particular parents, at least—is Netflix’s Ozark. (It’s worth noting that the only universal parent show is Ray Donovan. Has anyone under the age of 50 ever gotten really into Ray Donovan?) Ozark returned on Friday with its third season, so I turned to my mom, Tamara Whalen, for some insight into its appeal and to catch up on what happened in the first two seasons....

Unlike the 2014 survival-horror Alien: Isolation, in Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Cold Iron Studios aspires to give players an experience that lives up to the “Cameron-Esque” action-adventure fantasy of the classic film. At least one way to do that is to give players a fun and unique arsenal of weaponry to blast hordes of Xenomorphs with. Back in March, Cold Iron gave in-depth looks at two of the playable classes in Aliens: Fireteam Elite: Here’s everything known about the Gunner and Technician classes so far....

Grouping allows you to extract summary information from a database. It lets you combine results to create useful statistical data. Grouping saves you from writing code for common cases such as averaging lists of figures. And it can make for more efficient systems. What Does the GROUP BY Clause Do? GROUP BY, as the name suggests, groups results into a smaller set. The results consist of one row for each distinct value of the grouped column....

This year, the best players will compete in the best (and most popular) fighting games out today. Some of these titles like Samurai Shodown and Mortal Kombat 11 are new to the tournament while others, like Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V, are EVO staples. Check out the full lineup of games that will be featured at EVO 2019. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (PS4)DRAGON BALL FighterZ (PS4)Mortal Kombat 11 (PS4)Samurai Shodown (PS4)SOULCALIBUR VI (PS4)Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (PS4)Super Smash Bros....

Frydman posited the idea that Giuliani was giving mixed messages in interviews and acting strangely for a reason. “I think the idea is to continue to create chaos,” Frydman, who has also worked as a public relations consultant for Newsweek, said. “You can picture he and Trump in the Oval Office, weaving all these schemes. Rudy has said his goal is to disrupt the world and he’s doing that.”...

“Biden told me personally that he didn’t believe her. He said I don’t know why she did this,” Hatch, who represented Utah, told interviewers in the Confirmation Chronicles Volume 2: High Tech Lynching, which will air on Wednesday. “I don’t mean to malign Joe, but Joe told me he didn’t believe her, and there were some others that told me that too.” Biden, who previously served as a Senator for Delaware, chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time of the Anita Hill hearing back in 1991....

Blind had a four-year stint with Manchester United before returning to boyhood club Ajax in 2018. However, he has been without a club since agreeing to terminate his contract with the Eredivisie giants last month. It appears, though, that the Netherlands international has found a new home just days after leaving Ajax. According to the aforementioned source, Bayern Munich are on the verge of signing him on a free transfer....

SportingNews.com has learned that guard Josh Sitton reached agreement Sunday night on a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears just one day following his Packers release. The contract is worth $21.75 million that includes $10 million guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sitton, 30, started 112 games for the Packers since being a 2008 fourth-round draft pick. He was voted to the Pro Bowl in each of the past two seasons and three of the past four....

But there’s one thing they do agree on—things can never be the same. The latest eruption of violence in the century-long conflict is less than a week old but has already left hundreds of casualties, including civilian deaths on both sides. The opposing armed forces are battling over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. This 1,700-square-mile stretch of the South Caucasus region between Asia and Europe is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but is led by ethnic Armenians who also view the territory as part of their historic homeland, which is now under near-constant fire before the world’s eyes....

U.S. officials wouldn’t say where the physical evidence was discovered. But they did acknowledge that one key source for intelligence was Ali Al Ghamdi, Al Qaeda’s reputed leader in Saudi Arabia and a suspected mastermind of the May 12 Riyadh bombings. Al Ghamdi, also known as Abu Bakr, gave himself up to Saudi authorities in late June. Officials indicated Al Ghamdi’s information about the threat was corroborated by other sources, including electronic intercepts....

AEW’s success not only proved to be fan-oriented, but the entertainment industry as a whole quickly took notice. In turn, earlier this year it was announced that AEW was going to be on TNT until 2023, as part of a long-term contract extension; Dynamite had only been on the air for about three months at the time of this announcement. This weekend, AEW will be hosting the second edition of its Double Or Nothing pay-per-view....

Franky Monet, fka Taya Valkyrie, was present the day that “Johnny Drip Drip” was born. It happened about two years ago before John Morrison made his return to WWE. The real-life husband and wife were driving after an IMPACT event with two other stars, and that’s when the magic unfolded. The former IMPACT Knockouts Champion says someone inside the car coined the phrase “Johnny Drip Drip” as they cheered their colleague on....