READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Currie Cup Round Four encounter between the Blue Bulls and Western Province at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The home team is on a winning streak in this North-South derby and is favourites to add another ‘W’ to the record.

RECAP: Blue Bulls v Western Province

SPOTLIGHT: Western Province will be forced to make some front row changes in the coming weeks as they count the cost of their trip to Loftus Versfeld. The Capetonians suffered a 34-50 defeat to the Bulls in their Currie Cup Round Four match after leading 27-10 at the break. Springbok...

VIDEO - Crutches and wheelchairs for Western Province

Oval Invincibles 113-9 (100 balls): Ferreira 30 (23); Ball 3-24 Welsh Fire 103-8 (100 balls): Payne 28 (15); Zampa 3-24 Oval Invincibles successfully defended a low total of 113 as they beat Welsh Fire by 10 runs in The Hundred men's competition at Sophia Gardens. Having been put into bat,...

Invincibles beat Fire in low-scoring contest

NEWS: All Black captain Scott Barrett is currently on the sidelines after he underwent finger surgery following his team’s 47-5 win over Fiji last Saturday. There is no clear timeline on when Barrett will be able to make his return to play and he’s now in doubt for the start of the upcoming Rugby Championship next month.

Barrett blow for All Blacks following 'surgical treatment'

WRAP: The SWD EaGirls kept their winning streak in the Women’s First Division intact in Groot Brakrivier on Saturday, beating Limpopo Blue Bulls Women 69-5. This was their sixth win in six rounds, and they will host fourth-placed Pumas Women in next weekend’s semifinals. SWD wing Shannon-Lee Windvogel...

SWD keep clean slate in Women's First Division

Nebraska State

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National Weather Force

Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the Northern and Central Plains, with risks of damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes. Check below for further details, timing and much more information.

Damaging Winds, Large Hail & Isolated Tornadoes Possible; Northern/Central Plains; July 3, 2024

Virginia State

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Cheryl E Preston

History Facts lists eight names US parents no longer give their newborns, which you may no longer hear in Virginia. The girls' names are Doris, Gertrude, Mildred, and Judith. I know or have known women with all four names, but they are either baby boomers or boomer parents' ages and someone's grandma or great aunt. Consider the ages of females in Virginia you know with these names.

Eight names parents in Virginia may no longer be giving to their newborns

Kentucky State

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Florence, KY

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Four people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting in Northern Kentucky where the suspected shooter led police on chase before turning the gun on himself. Police responded to a call just before 3 a.m. on Saturday morning for an active shooting situation at a home in Florence.

Four dead, three injured in birthday party shooting; suspected shooter dead after chase

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Blackburn Rovers pair Harry Leonard and Zak Gilsenan will both miss the start of the upcoming 2024-25 season due to injury.

Rovers' Leonard & Gilsenan to miss start of season

While pre-season training is underway for the Liverpool Women, some players had the honor of being chosen for their squads to travel to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. Teagan Micah and Fuka Nagano were both chosen by Australia and Japan respectively to support their national teams in the worldwide competition that began this week.

Internationals: Fuka Nagano And Teagan Micah Defeated In Opening Olympics Matches

Leeds Rhinos forward Rhyse Martin will leave the Super League club at the end of the season after turning down a new contract. Papua New Guinea international Martin joined the Rhinos in June 2019 from Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. The 31-year-old, who made more than 120 appearances, won the Challenge Cup in...

Leeds Rhinos' Martin to leave at end of season

Athens, GA

Now Habersham

A 19-year-old Lawrenceville man is in custody after allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor, according to a news release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Teen arrested for kidnapping and molestation after Athens hit-and-runs

Brighton finished their pre-season tour of Japan with a 4-2 win over Tokyo Verdy on Sunday.Goals from Jan Paul van Hecke, Yankuba Minteh, Simon Adingra and Jeremy Sarmiento saw the Seagulls make it back-to-back victories having beaten Kashima Antlers on Wednesday.What did you learn from this game, Albion fans?Let us know your thoughts

Full time: Tokyo Verdy 2-4 Brighton

South Carolina State

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

Anchorage, AK

Daily Express reports that Roger Allan Holmberg Sr., a Virginia pastor, has been accused of hitting his wife while on an Alaskan Airlines flight from Seatle to Anchorage. Holberg allegedly verbally and physically abused his wife, who said she has epilepsy, and her husband hit her in the head, knowing it could cause a seizure.

Virginia pastor facing federal charges after he allegedly hit his wife on an Alaskan Airlines flight

LIVE BLOGGING: Join us as we bring you updates from the Sevens tournament at the Paris Olympics. It was another seismic and record-breaking day for Sevens at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 as a single-day attendance record of more than 130,000 fans was set at a packed Stade de France across two competition sessions.

Olympic Sevens, Men - Day Three

West Virginia State

Norfolk, VA

Four Virginians were confirmed to be onboard when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Phillip Acts and Selini Decker, who lived a few blocks apart in Norfolk, died when the ship sank. Richmond native Robert Decker and Eloise Smith, who later moved to Richmond from West Virginia, survived.

There's a reason no remains from the Virginia Titanic victims will ever be found

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

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Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

The Press

MARSEILLE, France -- Jack McGlynn remembers when the goal was as basic as could be: No United States men's soccer team had even qualified for an Olympics since 2008, so for months just getting to these Paris Games was all that mattered. But now the U.S. men want more. On...

Olympics 2024: USMNT aims to end quarterfinals drought

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Late Boishaai charge a boost for Paarl derby

WRAP: Boishaai’s recent success bodes well for an especially challenging clash with local rivals Gimmies. Paul Roos, Grey College, Paarl Gymnasium, and Affies have been a...

Late Boishaai charge a boost for Paarl derby

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