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Williams missed the US Open to conclude 2021 – along with the Australian and French Opens in 2022 – as she seeks her record-tying 24th Grand Slam win. Williams, 40, made the semifinals at the 2020 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open before injuries reared their ugly head, hindering her at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2021, where she suffered her first first-round exit in a Grand Slam since 2012....

Published by Direct TV in partnership with DC Comics and design agency Critical Mass, the comic is titled ‘Serving Up Justice: Featuring Serena Williams and Wonder Woman’. The series will be helmed by Amanda Deibert, a familiar name in the DC writers’ room. The illustrations, coloring and lettering for the comics will be done by the trio of Cat Staggs, Dave McCaig and Josh Reed. Serving Up Justice is scheduled to be released in four chapters....

The incident occurred on May 30, just five days after Floyd, a Black man, died while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. News of his death quickly spread and ignited a wave of protests in the U.S. and around the world as people called for an end to systemic racism and changes to policing policies. The OPA’s report was one of five released on Friday that reviewed allegations of police misconduct at protests....

Four days. That’s right. Four. That’s a day longer than the NFL Draft, but not quite as long as the NBA Playoffs. But they crammed a lot into those four days. Here’s a look back at what you might have missed. From Sporting News’ Matt Hayes: Jacob Coker interrupts Nick Saban’s process Steve Spurrier pokes the bear like no other Leonard Fournette: The next big thing Can Maty Mauk be like Johnny Football?...

A cross-party group of lawmakers proposed a $908 billion compromise proposal on Tuesday, in a bid to breach the ongoing impasse over stimulus. However, despite bipartisan support among lawmakers and the public for further economic impact payments, they have been excluded from the pitch. “It’s critical that we have another stimulus check. Direct payments help families in desperate need & it stimulates our local economy,” Tlaib wrote on Twitter, sharing a news report detailing the package....

New Zealand were 260 for seven when rain forced the players off the field about 50 minutes before the end of scheduled play, still 29 runs behind Bangladesh’s first innings of 289. Tim Southee, who took five wickets to help dismiss the visitors in the final five minutes of play on Friday, was on four, while Henry Nicholls was 56 not out. The hosts had begun their innings on Saturday with Jeet Raval and Tom Latham putting on 45 runs for the first wicket, before Kamrul Islam took two wickets in the same over....

Carol Leonnig, a Pulitzer-winning investigative journalist with the Washington Post and author of Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, told Newsweek that the erased messages are part of a culture that has long been tolerated within the agency, one in which mistakes are covered up rather than investigated and corrected. The Secret Service being intimately close with the president and the power of the White House has cultivated an arrogance that the agency is above the law, Leonnig said....

RELATED: The Best Stealth Games That Aren’t Assassin’s Creed Aragami 2elevates this formula with a suite of powers that alter the way players can approach any situation, allowing for ridiculous maneuvers that would leave Ezio Auditore’s head spinning. Whether a player chooses to take a strictly stealthy approach or wants to charge in with their sword unsheathed like a true samurai, Aragami 2 offers some awesome and surprising ways to achieve success....

Sixth seed Zverev lost his opening-round match to Czech world number 124 Jiri Vesely 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 on Court One. Vesely has reached the last 16 at the All England Club in 2016 and 2018 and he will meet Pablo Cuevas in the second round. “It was a great match, fantastic from beginning to end,” he said. “Overall I think I played an unbelievable match without many mistakes....

Sofia had no other family, no support in the U.S. She had escaped an abusive father and now faced the daunting American asylum process, something that seemed impossible to navigate successfully. And to many Americans, Sofia is just an “illegal immigrant.” But our laws actually allow a person who is fleeing past persecution or has a well-founded fear of being persecuted in the future “on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion” to seek protection within our borders....

Before moving forward, it’s worth mentioning that those trying out this Sekiro mod should be aware that it could lead to bugs, glitches, crashing or worse. This means that only those who truly want an unlocked framerate should pursue this. Initial comments on the mod suggest that it is working perfectly, but everyone will likely want to test this for themselves, as performance may change depending on the PC rig....

Choose a Mail Notification Style To choose how you want OS X or macOS Mail to alert you about new messages: Open System Preferences from the Mac Dock or the drop-down menu under the Apple icon at the top of the screen. Tap Notifications. Select Mail in the list of applications in the left panel. Toggle the slider next to Allow Notifications from Mail to On in macOS Catalina. (Earlier versions of the operating system don’t require this step....

Selective IgA deficiency is especially common in people who have celiac disease. In fact, people with celiac disease are about 10 to 15 times more likely than others to have selective IgA deficiency. What Is Selective IgA Deficiency? So what exactly is selective IgA deficiency? IgA stands for “immunoglobulin A,” which is a type of antibody. Antibodies are part of your immune system, which works to keep you safe from threats such as bacteria and viruses....

“Do not let fear be what makes us do the right thing in the country for the future of our country and our democracy, whether it’s fear of that brute power or it’s fear of a constituency that’s loud, or the fear of a president who is loud,” Murray said in an interview with PBS NewsHour on Friday. “Speak up for our democracy now, or you may lose it forever,” she added, referencing those senators who plan not to vote for conviction....

The background 27-year-old Sakshi Malik is best known for winning a Bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. A Bronze at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha; a Silver at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi; a Silver at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games; and a Bronze at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games are some of her other notable achievements. She has also been conferred the highest sporting honour of India - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - in 2016....

The Williams sisters hugged each other after being defeated in straight sets by the Czech duo of Linda Nosková and Lucie Hradecká on Thursday night. The match saw Serena, 40, and Venus, 42, teamed up for the first time since 2018. Serena recently announced that she would be retiring at the conclusion of the tournament. She is set to face Croatian-Australian Ajla Tomljanović on Friday in a third round singles match....

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Serena Williams said it was a “great feeling” to surpass Steffi Graf as the most prolific grand slam champion of the open era at the Australian Open on Saturday and was not prepared to put a number on the haul of titles she might end up with. The 35-year-old, who won her first major at the U.S. Open in 1999, drew level with Graf’s tally of 22 at Wimbledon last year and edged ahead of the German with her 6-4 6-4 victory over her sister Venus on Rod Laver Arena on Saturday....

“Williams has had an absolutely phenomenal season so far, putting together a 67-4 record and capturing nine WTA titles, including two Grand Slams (the French Open and US Open), six Premier-level titles (Brisbane, Miami, Charleston, Madrid, Rome and Toronto) and one International-level title (Bastad – her first International-level title),” WTA said on its website Friday. The 32-year-old Williams, who celebrated her birthday Thursday, returned to No.1 rank Feb 18 and became the oldest player ever to top the WTA rankings, reports Xinhua....

Williams attracted record numbers during her three matches at Flushing Meadows, with an average of 4.6 million viewers tuning in to ESPN for her last match. Williams’ husband and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian recently took to social media to silence critics who claim that women’s sports aren’t popular. “Serena Williams is a tennis player from another dimension; she’s unique and incomparable” - Garbine Muguruza Garbine Muguriza has been involved in some iconic matches with Serena Williams over the years....

You heard the uproar from American Pharoah’s supporters when Williams was chosen as Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year. There’s no way she would leave it untouched during her acceptance speech, and she didn’t. MORE: Classic Serena Williams photos | Serena starts new season fresh “I’ve had my share of ups and downs,” she said in a serious tone. “I’ve had many struggles. I’ve had blood clots in both my lungs at the same time and I live through tragedies and controversies and horses....