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The stars announced their plan to marry in Instagram posts last week, sharing images of the proposal “beneath the same branches we fell in love under” and the sparkling Stephen Webster emerald and diamond ring. In a new interview with Vogue, the 31-year-old musician has explained that thought went into how the ring would feel on Fox’s hand, as well as how it would look. “It’s a thoroughbred Colombian emerald, with no treatment,” said Machine Gun Kelly—real name Colson Baker....

Earlier this month, Rapinoe played a crucial role in helping the U.S. to retain their World Cup title but her impact off the field has been arguably even greater. The 34-year-old has become an outspoken campaigner for equal pay and has strongly criticized President Donald Trump’s policies. On Sunday, ahead of Reign FC’s game against the Chicago Red Stars, Rapinoe met Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) in Tacoma, Washington to champion her cause again....

News broke Sunday when it was reported that Lanez was arrested, and Stallion had been wounded in the encounter. The “Hot Girl Summer” musician told her side of the story in a text post. “The narrative that is being reported about Sunday’s morning events are inaccurate and I’d like to set the record straight,” she wrote. “On Sunday morning, I suffered gunshot wounds, as a result of a crime that was committed against me and done with the intention to physically harm me....

Democrats and Republicans have been at an impasse since August over the next coronavirus economic relief bill. The proposal up for vote on Thursday is expected to cost less than $1 trillion. Democratic lawmakers have said that the GOP bill does not go far enough to meet the needs of Americans affected by the coronavirus. “Republicans are making yet another overture,” McConnell said during a speech Tuesday on the Senate floor....

Even as Nancy Pelosi and Steven Mnuchin inch toward a deal, major disagreements persist, while Senate Republicans double down on their push for legislation that is less than one-third the cost of either proposal pushed by the House speaker and Treasury secretary. Pelosi and Democrats remain at $2.2 trillion, a measure they passed last month. Mnuchin, speaking for the White House, has come up to $1.8 trillion. But GOP senators will vote again next week on a previously failed measure worth only about $500 billion....

Four teams - the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings - will be able to relax and play the role of spectator having sealed first-round byes. But for the rest it is do or die and, ahead of the start of the postseason, we look at some of the best Opta facts surrounding the four wild card games. Tennesee Titans @ Kansas City Chiefs Tennessee have won four of the last six games against Kansas City dating back to 2007....

In a statement issued on Wilkes-Barre City Police Department’s Facebook page, law enforcement released surveillance photos of three men accused of assaulting the employee at the restaurant along East Northampton Street. Police did not say when the alleged assault took place and have not released the current condition of the victim. The statement asked anyone with information about the case to contact Officer Hartman on rhartman@wilkes-barre.pa.us or 570 208-4125....

Brown has revealed that no team across the grid is ready to sell, despite numerous investor interest from across the world. Speaking in a post-season interview with Gulf Business, the American team boss said: He added: One of the first objectives of the new management brought on by Liberty Media was to ensure that F1 was once again attractive to investors. They recognized that the sport’s fortunes had become concentrated in a few team’s hands....

The announcement was made ahead of the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday and the new headquarters will be the first registered MAT office outside Britain. With a large number of multi-national high technology companies located in Singapore, MAT is expecting to significantly increase its client base in the country, and wider region, in the years to come. Singapore is an attractive location because it has a business friendly environment and an extremely strong education system which produces a consistent supply of talented scientists and engineers....

Lemon was arguably the best-known of all the Globetrotter personalities as their lead prankster and point guard. He joined the team in 1954 and played with the ‘Trotters until 1978. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 | Images of the Globetrotter great A native of Wilmington, N.C., he displayed an array of tricks and a larger-than-life presence on the court. Lemon also had otherworldly basketball skills, including halfcourt hook shots with astonishing accuracy and dazzling no-look passes well before the Magic Johnson era began in the NBA....

That doesn’t end the debate about media outlets paying for access. Fierce competition to secure exclusive material have led to creative deals in which companies pay for related expenses, like production materials, while shying away from paying the subjects themselves. NEWSWEEK’s Alexandra Gekas spoke with Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a Washington-based nonpartisan research organization, about the ethics and prevalence of checkbook journalism. Excerpts:...

Apparently the Reliance scientists gave answers to the U.S. experts’ liking. As the NIH revealed last week, the Indian start-up is among 10 research centers in the world holding stem-cell colonies that meet the criteria laid down by President George W. Bush–most importantly that the cells were culled from embryos no later than Aug. 9 (following story). Another Indian outfit, Bangalore-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), has three more potential stem-cell lines, bringing the country’s total to 10 of only 64 lines identified by the NIH....

“Basketball was something I thought I could go far in and I was expecting some offers to come in,” he told The Athletic in September. “But as a junior, I started to lean more towards football.” Claypool had been playing football “just for fun” since he was 8 years old, but it was on the court where he really stood out as a kid. He was averaging more than 47 points per game in AAU basketball before he shifted his focus to the gridiron....

Knesset member Yair Lapid, who serves as head of the opposition as chairperson of the Yesh Atid party, informed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin via email on Wednesday (early Thursday local time) that he had successfully formed a new government. Citing Clause 13(b) of the Basic Law, Lapid informed Rivlin that, as part of an “alternate government” arrangement, Knesset member and Yamini Party chairperson Naftali Bennett would serve first as prime minister for two years before Lapid took over on August 27, 2023 for the following two of the four-year term....

Although this latest iteration features some changes, Mega Man will still be taking on Dr. Wiley and his berserk Robot Master servants. The major change will be to Mega Man 11’s visuals. Instead of the retro 8-bit pixel look, Mega Man 11 will feature “hand-drawn” characters and environments mixed with more typical 3D graphics in a 2.5D style. Capcom does tease other changes coming in Mega Man 11. The gameplay reveal ends with Mega Man launching a powerful blaster shot which results in a “cooldown” bar over his head....

The numbers drawn were 6, 11, 50, 63 and 68 for the white balls, while the yellow Mega Ball was 17, and the Megaplier was 4, according to the Mega Millions website. No one matched all five white balls and the Mega Ball to win the jackpot. However, there was one lucky player who matched all five white balls to win the $1 million prize. For an extra dollar, the winner could have quadrupled their money by playing the Megaplier....

First Five: 11-24-38-62-66Mega Ball: 01Megaplier: 4x Tuesday night’s 02/01/22 Mega Millions jackpot was worth $20 million, with a cash-value option worth $13.7 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers last Friday (02/28/22) for the $421 million jackpot were: 03-16-25-44-55 with a Mega Ball of 13. The Megaplier was 3x. There was one grand prize winner on Friday for a ticket sold in California, which reset this week’s game to the $20 million minimum....

First Five: 25-28-38-59-62Mega Ball: 22Megaplier: 4x Tuesday night’s 09/15/20 jackpot is worth $119 million, with a cash-value option of $94.6 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers on Friday (09/11/20) for the $108 million jackpot were: 03-15-42-48-56 with a Mega Ball of 13. The Megaplier was 2x. There was no grand prize winner from last Friday’s drawing, nor were there any tickets sold that matched the first five white balls, and minus the gold Mega Ball, for the game’s second prize of $1 million....

The winning numbers yesterday were: 7, 27, 31, 34, 51 and Mega Ball 5. There were unfortunately no full jackpot winners but thousands of participants won smaller prizes including $10,000, $500 and $200. The next estimated jackpot, which will be drawn on Friday, is now an estimated $70 million. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 pm ET and only grow larger as the jackpot remains unclaimed....

In fact, the Duchess of Sussex is said to have described the situation as “personally frustrating” and reportedly felt that her style was once of the last things she had control over as a working royal. The claims are made by author Tom Bower in his new book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors. The book claims that in 2018, Markle and husband Prince Harry were “exasperated” when they agreed to cooperate with Royal biographer Omid Scobie on the book Finding Freedom and that during this time, Scobie tweeted about their upcoming wedding and that Mulroney was the Duchess’ stylist....