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I’d imagine people usually feel anxious about making a drastic life change like picking up and moving to a new country. But I remember sitting in the airport in Los Angeles, Tony Tony Chopper water bottle in hand, feeling excited and eager to start my new life. All I could think about was finding a favorite matcha cafe to spend my mornings in after touching down in Tokyo. Growing up in Southern California, I had always been interested in Japanese culture and cuisine. During the pandemic, I became obsessed with anime: the characters who never gave up, the friendships, the quiet…

Arsenal failed to capitalise on Chelsea’s slip-up at Liverpool after being held to a flat 0-0 draw with Tottenham in the north London derby. The Gunners had the chance to gain ground on rivals at the top of the Women’s Super League after Sonia Bompastor’s side earlier dropped two points to bottom club Liverpool, but managed to pass up the opportunity, unable to convert 13 efforts at goal into anything meaningful. The real winners of the weekend, therefore, are Manchester City, who extended their lead at the top to three points from Chelsea – their biggest margin of difference so…

To begin the second half, Fisk guided a header wide of the goal from a corner ball, while Erin Cuthbert saw a deflected shot fall the wrong side of the woodwork.Chelsea again went close and had the ball in the back of the net on the hour mark via substitute Aggie Beever-Jones.The striker rounded the defence in the box and tapped home into an empty net but was denied by a raised offside flag.Moments later, she then lifted a lobbed effort over the onrushing Kirby towards goal, though the ball grazed the far post as she threatened once more.Chelsea were…

To begin the second half, Fisk guided a header over the goal from a corner ball, while Erin Cuthbert saw a deflected shot travel off target.Chelsea again went close and had the ball past Kirby on the hour mark via substitute Aggie Beever-Jones.The striker rounded the defence in the box and tapped home, but was denied by a raised offside flag.Moments later, she lifted a lobbed effort over the onrushing Kirby towards goal, though the ball grazed the far post.Chelsea were dominating possession but it was Woodham who went closest with the game entering the final exchanges.The full-back unleashed a…

As winter’s chill settles in across the U.S., and electricity bills become a bigger budgeting issue, most Americans will rely on their usual sources of warmth, such as home heating oil, natural gas, and electric furnaces. But in a few cases, crypto is generating the heat, and if some of the nascent crypto heat industry’s proponents are correct, someday its use as a source within homes and buildings will be much more widespread.Let’s start with the basics: the computing power of crypto mining generates a lot of heat, most which just ends up vented into the air. According to digital…

Georgia moved up one spot to No. 4 in The Associated Press poll Sunday, Oklahoma returned to the top 10 and North Texas, ranked for the first time since 1959, is among three Group of Five teams in the Top 25.Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M were the top three teams for the fifth straight week. Georgia earned its highest ranking since the first week of September and Mississippi was back in the top five after spending three weeks there at midseason.Oregon and Texas Tech were tied for No. 6, and Oklahoma rose three spots to No. 8 following its…

“She’s never fed up of football,” Sonia Bompastor tells Sky Sports, when asked to comment on Millie Bright’s incredible longevity. “Every day seems like the first day.”The centre-back became the WSL’s leading appearance maker on Sunday as Chelsea draw at Liverpool, beating Jordan Nobbs’ long-standing total – 211 and counting. Bright already held the title for most starts (199) and most wins (142) in the competition, plaudits that have ensured her name appears high on the list of the game’s all-time greats.Bright is one of a small cluster of female players who can genuinely lay claim to the identity of…

Troy Parrott dramatically completed his hat-trick by scoring a last-minute winner and securing Republic of Ireland a World Cup qualifying play-off spot following their thrilling 3-2 win against Hungary.Parrott had already helped himself to a double but with the scoreline level at 2-2 and the game ticking into the 96th minute, the AZ Alkmaar striker poked home a third to keep their hopes of qualifying for next summer’s World Cup alive. Ireland finished second in Group F, securing the play-off spot following Parrott’s heroics, after also beating top of the table Portugal on Thursday. Image: Ireland’s Troy Parrott celebrates after…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers seeking to force the release of files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are predicting a big win in the House this week with a “deluge of Republicans” voting for their bill and bucking the GOP leadership and President Donald Trump, who for months have disparaged their effort. The bill would force the Justice Department to release all files and communications related to Epstein, as well as any information about the investigation into his death in federal prison. Information about Epstein’s victims or ongoing federal investigations would be allowed to be redacted.“There could…

A top Border Patrol commander touted dozens of arrests in North Carolina’s largest city on Sunday as Charlotte residents reported encounters with federal immigration agents near churches, apartment complexes and stores. The Trump administration has made the Democratic city of about 950,000 people its latest target for an immigration enforcement surge it says will combat crime, despite fierce objections from local leaders and downtrending crime rates. Gregory Bovino, who led hundreds of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in a similar effort in Chicago, took to X to document a few of the more than 80 arrests he said agents…