Scary Wimbledon scene as star doubles player Demi Schuurs crashes into ball girl

A Wimbledon player had an ugly crash during a women’s doubles quarterfinal Wednesday. However, it wasn’t the usual slip on the grass that is so often seen throughout the Grand Slam tournament. Rather, Demi Schuurs ran into a ball girl while chasing down a ball. Schuurs, alongside partner Ellen Perez, was serving 3-3 in the first set while facing Shuko Aoyama and Liang En-shuo. With a deep shot to the baseline from the opposing pair, Schuurs desperately ran to the back of the court to attempt to return the ball with a tough backhand swing. In doing so, she ran…

Extreme heat waves are making our cities buckle. Investing in urban nature is no longer optional. | Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez

For decades, cities have been designed around “gray infrastructure.” Roads move people. Bridges connect communities. Water systems protect public health. These systems are governed by engineering standards because society recognizes that safety cannot depend on good intentions alone.Urban nature deserves the same recognition.In June, a heat wave gripped Europe, breaking…

California city votes to transform into Amsterdam pot smokers’ paradise

California pot smokers could soon visit their favorite cannabis lounge, order cannabis-laced food and catch some weed-friendly entertainment after the city of San Francisco moved one step closer to making it legal. Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7–4 on Tuesday in the first step to allow Amsterdam-style…

Don Mattingly says he would like to manager Phillies beyond this season

CINCINNATI — Don Mattingly expressed interest in returning as the Philadelphia Phillies’ manager next season if he was approached by the front office. “Oh, I would do it,” Mattingly said during an interview with ESPN before an 11-5 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night. “I committed myself to…

ABC News announces shake-up at George Stephanopoulos’ ‘This Week’

ABC News is tapping insider Jon Schlosberg to run its flagship Sunday show “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” installing a streaming-era producer at the helm of its top political program. Schlosberg moves into the job after a five-year stint as senior producer of “Prime with Linsey Davis,” ABC News Live’s…

Warriors’ playoff push begins in earnest tonight against Kings

SAN FRANCISCO — The push is officially on. With Steph Curry, Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford set to share the floor for the first time Friday against the Kings, the Warriors begin an abbreviated dress rehearsal for what they hope can turn into an improbable playoff run from the bottom…

Barron Trump preps for launch of new beverage company in May

First son Barron Trump is serving as director of a new beverage company incorporated in Florida last December, according to state corporation filings. The 20-year-old Trump scion is one of five directors of the herbal tea start-up SOLLOS Yerba Mate Inc., which is set to launch in May 2026 with pineapple- and coconut-flavored…

Melania Trump says ‘I am not Epstein’s victim’ in stunning public address

WASHINGTON —  Melania Trump reignited interest in the Jeffrey Epstein case Thursday by shockingly declaring she wasn’t the dead sex trafficker’s victim or accomplice — and then urging Congress to hold public hearings with victims to expose his associates. The first lady delivered her stunning remarks in the ornate foyer of the…

Aoshima: Japan’s tiny ‘Cat Island’ where felines hugely outnumber humans

QUICK FACTSName: AoshimaLocation: Ehime prefecture, JapanCoordinates: 33.7361, 132.4812Why it’s incredible: Cats outnumber humans by about 27 to 1.Aoshima is a tiny, 0.2-square-mile (0.5 square kilometers) Japanese island in the Seto Inland Sea that is home to around 80 feral cats and three elderly people. It is the best known of…

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