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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Republican member of the South Carolina House who prosecutors say used the screen name “joebidennnn69” agreed Friday to plead guilty to distributing sexual abuse material involving children.RJ May signed court papers to change his plea a few days after a hearing where prosecutors laid out how they would present their evidence in May’s trial next month. May, who does not have a law degree, is acting as his own attorney.The Republican, who resigned earlier this year, is accused of using “joebidennnn69” to exchange 220 different files of toddlers and young children involved in sex acts…
Maple, Zayu and Clutch are the official mascots for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. FIFAMove over Ballon d’Or, we’ve got new World Cup mascots to analyze and argue over. With news that Maple the Moose (representing Canada), Zayu the Jaguar (Mexico), and Clutch the Bald Eagle (United States) have officially joined the tournament’s all-time list of mascots for 2026, we wondered where the trio fit in the pantheon?As part of an eclectic group since 1966 that includes an anthropomorphic orange, a trouser-less lion that spends his time with a talking soccer ball, and a faceless stick figure, it’s no easy or…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As Minnesota mourned a mass shooting at a church that left two schoolchildren dead and 21 people injured, Gov. Tim Walz promised to call a special session for the Legislature to pass solutions to gun violence and school safety.But a month after the Aug. 27 shootings, which happened during the first Mass of the academic year at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, talks seem to have stalled.Despite impassioned pleas from kids’ doctors, parents of victims and from Pope Leo XIV, chances appear remote that lawmakers could agree on enough to justify a special session.The hard political realityThe…
Tesla successfully fended off proposed environmental regulations in Nevada late last year that would have applied more stringent rules on its battery production operations, according to records obtained by The Nevada Independent.As the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) sought to create a new regulatory framework governing an array of hazardous materials, the company pushed back — and quickly got its way. Tesla, which builds battery packs and energy-storage products at its massive Gigafactory east of Reno, argued that regulations proposed by NDEP staff would threaten Nevada’s leading position in a nascent industry that is crucial to diversifying the state’s…
“What a way to score my first goal,” Tolu Arokodare tells Sky Sports. “I was going to shoot it far corner but then I saw he was trying to close me so I changed my mind at the last minute.” The dinked finish worked. “If it didn’t, they’d have killed me,” he laughs. Wolves’ new striker, signed for £23m from Genk in the final days of the transfer window, sealed their 2-0 cup win over Everton on Tuesday, a welcome boost after a winless start in the Premier League. The man they call Tolu thinks he can help change that.”We…
Jack Grealish has his swagger back.Since swapping the somewhat clockwork football of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City for the freedom given to him at Everton, Grealish looks like Grealish again. It’s four assists in his four Premier League games in Everton blue and a Player of the Month award to boot. But along with the goal involvements, he’s carrying games, dictating the tempo and twisting defenders.You could say he’s partying like it’s 2015 again when he ran Liverpool ragged in an FA Cup semi-final at just 20 years old for Aston Villa. His manager that day, Tim Sherwood – now working…
Ryan O’HanlonSep 26, 2025, 07:53 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”Let’s do a quick blind comparison of two Premier League teams from this current season.Team A still hasn’t lost a game. In fact, it hasn’t earned a draw. In fact, it hasn’t even trailed in a game. We’re just five matches into the season, and it already has a five-point lead atop the table. That’s tied with one other side for the biggest lead through five games in the history of the Premier League.…
The reluctant recognition of Palestinian statehood by Britain, France, Australia, and Canada this week is a con – it is the same switch and bait that has been blocking the creation of a Palestinian state for three decades now. Imagine that these four leading western countries had recognised Palestine not in late 2025, when Palestine is in the final stages of being eradicated, but in the late 1990s, during a period of supposed Palestinian state-building. That was when the Oslo accords were signed with western backing. The Palestinian Authority (PA) was established under Yasser Arafat with the apparent aim that Israel…
A logo sits illuminated at the Accenture booth in Mobile World Congress 2025 on March 03, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.Xavi Torrent | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTech consultancy Accenture has set out plans to lay off staff who aren’t able to reskill on artificial intelligence amid a broader restructuring strategy which will see the company prioritize AI efforts.Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said in a call Thursday that as advanced AI becomes “a part of everything we do” and the global professional services company continues to invest significantly in the area, it expects employees to “retrain and retool” at scale.”We…
Sitting in seventh place and only one defeat so far, not many at the start of the season had Sunderland to be the best performing promoted side after five games.Sunderland’s context coming into the Premier League was not the best. They limped into the play-offs with five defeats and just one goal in the final six games of the regular Championship season. They then required late goals against Coventry and Sheffield United in those play-off triumphs, with some good fortune needed in their Wembley win over the Blades.Add in losing Jobe Bellingham and play-off hero Tom Watson in the transfer…