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Man Utd 1-0 Aston Villa: Player ratings as Bruno Fernandes earns vital win

A first half goal from Bruno Fernandes was enough to earn Man Utd a crucial win over high-flying Aston Villa on Sunday. The Villans had gone into the Game just six points adrift of Man Utd in the race for Champions League qualification, but were largely outplayed by the home side at Old Trafford. The hosts were in the ascendancy early on, with Marcus Rashford and Fernandes in particular causing the Villa backline some problems. The pair combined in the 12 minute to almost open the scoring, but after being played through on goal by Fernandes, Rashford saw his effort on goal from the left of the penalty area well smothered by Emi Martinez. The Red Devils would then come within a whisker of going ahead in the 27th minute through Casemiro. A wonderful sweeping move culminated in Casemiro being played the just inside the penalty area by Jadon Sancho. After controlling, the Brazillian side-footed an looping effort over the outstretched arm of Martinez and off the crossbar. In the 39th minut...

Flood concerns rise as Mississippi River crests in Iowa city

The National Weather Service says the Mississippi River is cresting in Iowa as areas along the river continue to brace for flooding DUBUQUE, Iowa -- The surging Mississippi River was crest ing in Iowa on Saturday as melting snow from Minnesota and Wisconsin continues to push up river levels, the National Weather Service said. The weather service said the river was crest ing between 23 and 24.3 feet (7 and 7.4 meters) in Dubuque, a city on the Mississippi about 200 miles (320 kilometers) east of Des Moines. The river was expected to crest at 21.9 feet (6.7 meters) in Bellevue, Iowa, on Saturday night. The river is not expected to see many record crests in the next week, but the weather service said Saturday's levels would come close to 1993 and 2001 records between 23.9 and 25.4 feet (7.3 and 7.7 meters) as the river moves down its 2,300-mile (3,700-kilometer) length before reaching the Gulf of Mexico. Dubuque has closed its floodgates for only the third time ever in response to f...

Pro-DeSantis PAC targets Trump voters with 'Winner' ad campaign in early primary states

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The super PAC supporting Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis' expected 2024 presidential run is set to with a new TV ad targeting Trump voters. The super PAC supporting Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis' expected 2024 presidential run is set to launch a new TV ad target ing Trump voters -- pitching the governor as a "winner" in four early voting states . The seven-figure ad buy from the Never Back Down PAC, slated to start airing on Monday, will target local broadcasts in four states that kick off the Republican primary: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, according to the PAC. The ad will also run nationally and on cable. The minute-long ad titled, "Winner," shared first with ABC News, aims to showcase the governor's winning record. The ad subtly depicts DeSantis as the successor to Trump, showing front-page headlines of the governor's victories in 2018 and 2022 hanging in succession on a wall next to a headline of Trump's 2016 win. The...

Biden administration to launch regional processing centers for migrants throughout Central and South America

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Biden administration to launch regional processing centers for migrants throughout Central and South America Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlined plans for reducing the number of migrants at the southern border, expanding restrictive measures and creating new foreign processing centers to direct migrants toward legal pathways for immigration. The Biden administration will establish regional processing centers throughout Latin America as a way to mitigate the number of migrants heading to the southern border, the Cabinet officials said. These centers will be used to pre-screen individuals to assess eligibility for entry into the United States through refugee resettlement, humanitarian parole programs, family reunification or other lawful pathways. The plans are intended to blunt an expected surge in migration following the end of a pandemic era policy known as Title 42, which has been used over 2.7 million times to quickly expel m...

Former Harvard Professor Charles Lieber sentenced to time served, fine for lying about China ties

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Former Harvard University professor Charles Lieber was sentenced to time served and a fine for concealing China ties. Former Harvard Professor Charles Lieber -- who was found guilty of concealing his affiliation with a Chinese recruitment program -- was sentenced to time served in prison (two days) and two years of supervised release with six months of home arrest, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. He will also have to pay a fine of $50,000 and restitution to the Internal Revenue Service of $33,600. In December 2021, Lieber was found guilty of concealing his affiliation with the Wuhan University of Technology and his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program, a program designed by the Chinese government to recruit high-level scientists, and failing to report payments on his taxes, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. A jury convicted the former chair of Harvard University’s chemistry and che...

Mуѕteгіoᴜѕ snake discovered in India’s historic well is worshiped by people as a god (Video)

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Banks are paying savers again after many years of low rates

Banks are paying up for savers’ deposits in a much bigger way than they have in a long time NEW YORK -- Americans are finally reaping some benefit from keeping their money in the bank. Banks are paying up for savers ' deposits in a much bigger way than they have in more than a decade, based on recent earnings reports from the nation's biggest banks. After a decade of low interest rates, the Federal Reserve has unleashed a rapid series of rate hikes to combat inflation, pushing up its benchmark rate to a range of 4.75% to 5%. That has prompted banks to pay higher interest on traditional savings products like money market funds, certificates of deposit and regular savings accounts. A 24-month CD, a common savings product for medium-term savers, is now carrying an average yield of 4.81%, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. That’s up from a 1.18% yield only a year ago. Further, non-bank names such as Apple are getting into the deposit game, giving savers even more...

Fox's settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M

Fox Corp.’s hefty $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the media company is likely to be much lower Fox Corp.'s hefty $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the media company is likely to be much lower. On Tuesday, Fox settled with Dominion over charges that Fox News baselessly accused the company of rigging its voting machines against former President Donald Trump in 2020. It was the most-watched media libel case in decades. Fox had about $4 billion of cash on hand as of December 2022, and MoffettNathanson analyst Robert Fishman expects the company to pay the settlement during the current quarter. How much the lawsuit will actually end up costing Fox is unclear because there are ways it can defray some of the expense, primarily through insurance and the use of tax deductions. Fox can deduct the Dominion settlement from...

Pentagon Confirms Possession of Off-World Vehicles of Unknown Origin, Puzzling Experts.

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The Pentagon seems to have flown off the radar for the longest of times as although it is still one of the most technologically advanced places in the world it still seemed to be largely ignored by most theorists as far as alien technologies go. Recently, however, a representative from the Pentagon discussed this with Popular Mechanics in which he stated that the government program actually did look into being able to scan out for unmanned aerial vehicles with relative ease while also being able to spot UFOs and other such phenomena before they are even spotted by any humans, to begin with Recent establishments, however, proved the fact that the government is focusing solely on this idea at the Office of Naval Intelligence where it has even created a team referred to as the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon task force which will work towards completing its goal and finding every sighting and reporting it before it can actually enter the atmosphere of our planet, to begin wi...

Bayern Munich reach agreement to sign Chelsea coach

Bayern Munich have finalised terms with Chelsea to sign first-team coach Anthony Barry, sources have confirmed to 90min . Bayern made an initial move for Barry at the end of March and the two clubs have spent the last few weeks hammering out the deal. The German champions have agreed a deal that could be worth €1m depending on add-ons. The move sees Barry team-up again with Thomas Tuchel, who he impressed during their time together at Stamford Bridge. "He's a big character, very friendly," Tuchel previously said of Barry. "He has a great quality analysing Game s and giving his opinion. "I feel he's very comfortable on the pitch when handling exercises and he's a specialist with set-pieces so he does the video session and the training." READ MORE FROM THE 90MIN TALKING TRANSFERS TEAM feed Barry is already in Germany and it is expected he will make his first appearance on the Bayern bench this weekend in their Bundesliga clash against Mainz. He had o...

Grim update for Facebook parent Meta as slashing of 10,000 jobs begins

Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday began its latest round of layoffs focusing on technical workers, who are often thought of as more immune to job cuts in Silicon Valley. Meta spokesperson Nkechi Nneji confirmed to CNN that some previously announced layoffs were taking place Wednesday, and pointed to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s March announcement that the company would cut another 10,000 employees in the coming months. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Meta starts subscription model for Facebook and Instagram verification. Looking for a new job or job candidate? Post jobs and search for local talent on 7NEWS Jobs >> Zuckerberg’s notice said that restructurings and layoffs in Meta’s tech groups would take place in April. Among those affected by Wednesday’s layoffs were members of the company’s sustainability, well-being, user experience, news feed and messaging teams, according to public LinkedIn posts. Meta reportedly told North American employees to work from home on Wednesday in anticipation ...

Southwestern US rivers get boost from winter snowpack

Forecasters with the National Weather Service are delivering good news for cities and farmers who depend on two major rivers in the southwestern U.S. The headwaters of the Rio Grande and the Pecos River recorded some of the best snowfall in years ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Federal water managers have more room to breathe this spring as two Southwestern river s that provide New Mexico and Texas with drinking water and irrigation supplies are seeing the benefits of record snowpack and spring runoff. Forecasters with the National Weather Service delivered the good news Tuesday for water managers, cities and farmers as federal officials rolled out operating plans for the Rio Grande and the Pecos River. The mountain ranges in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico that serve as headwaters for the two rivers last winter saw nearly double the snowpack of historic averages, resulting in runoff that will provide a major boost to reservoirs. And even more of that snowmelt will reach streams and ri...