By comparison, as the season advanced, the mathematical probability of a club winning the league with American investors either in control or owning a substantial stake was better than 1-in-3. MORE: Ranking the EPL’s American owners from worst to absolute worst Leicester’s comfortable romp to the title is being viewed as one of the greatest upsets in the history of world sport. But why is it starting to feel like an American owner somehow getting his hands on the BPL trophy would come as an even greater surprise?...

“I knew we would win in the first turn," he said. “He broke slowly, but in two jumps he was right on the lead.” MORE: Fastest times in Belmont history | Watch Pharoah’s historic ride | Full results, payouts And from there, they never looked back. Skipping along on the lead down the backstretch with his trademark high cruising speed, the son of Pionerrof the Nile opened several lengths on the other horses, none of whom ever posed a threat....

On Wednesday, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price urged American citizens to leave Ukraine as quickly as possible, and President Joe Biden gave a similar announcement in an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt last week. As tensions between Ukraine and Russia continue to grow, the American University Kyiv is planning to launch its first classes in March, and the university’s founder, Roman Sheremeta, plans to remain in Ukraine to oversee the opening....

Seeking to cut costs, this makes a tentative decision made in August official. While Red Cross-run collection centers will remain open in Worcester and Springfield, there is some concern that a lack of localized drives will stymie frequent donors from contributing. Layoffs will begin to take effect by November 8, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice filed with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development last week....

And somehow it all has led here: to the biggest club soccer game in which any American man ever has played. Pulisic and his Chelsea teammates will take their slight advantage over Real Madrid into a home game Wednesday at Stamford Bridge and attempt to traverse the 90 minutes between them and the UEFA Champions League final. MORE: What channel is Chelsea vs. Real Madrid on today? The first leg of their two-match series last week in Madrid finished in a 1-1 draw....

The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), christened in 2006 and delivered to the Navy in 2009, is in the Adriatic Sea leading Neptune Strike 2022—a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deployment that tests deterrence and defense in the Euro-Atlantic area. Allied and partner nations taking part include Albania; Canada; Croatia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Lithuania; North Macedonia; Poland; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Turkey; the United Kingdom; and the United States....

Northam announced the directive following a meeting with Peninsula Health District officials earlier in the day. He also ordered a 14-day shutdown of local offices in areas of southeast Virginia that have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak. “This is a very fluid and dynamic situation. We have not mandated a quarantine, but we are strongly encouraging and urging people to avoid public gatherings of any kind,” Northam said, according to the Associated Press, before telling those residing in the peninsula district to “cancel” all events with several people....

Khan showed his focus tonight in defeating a competitive Chris Algieri by unanimous decision (115-113, 117-111, 117-111) in the main event of Friday night’s Premier Boxing Champions card. MORE: Rousey responds to opponent’s suicide remark | 50 Cent’s boxing company files for bankruptcy After the fight ended, Khan called out Mayweather. “Look, I think everybody knows Amir Khan wants to fight Floyd Mayweather,” Khan told Jimmy Smith after the fight....

A Swiss ophthalmologist named Marc Amsler first developed the grid in 1947 and is currently used to detect or continue monitoring for scotoma (blind spot) or metamorphopsia (vision distortion). Uses and Varieties of Visual Field Tests Visual field tests are a method an eye doctor (opthalmologist or optometrist) can use to measure how wide an area you can visualize away from a focal point. This is a common test to evaluate for scotomas and also evaluate any visual field restrictions from eyelid disorders like ptosis (droopy upper eyelid)....

The vote was nearly entirely along party lines: Senator Susan Collins of Maine was the only Republican to dissent, voting with all 47 members of the Democratic Caucus against the conservative Trump nominee over concerns of the proximity to the election. The final vote was 52-48. “Because this vote is occurring prior to the election, I will vote against the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett,” Collins said in a statement over the weekend....

In a lawsuit filed against investment firm Franklin Templeton on Tuesday in a Manhattan federal court, Cooper alleged that company branded her as “racist” without performing an investigation into the incident. The lawsuit states that media publicity caused the Central Park dispute to become “international news as a racial flashpoint” in which she claimed she was wrongly portrayed as a privileged white woman. Cooper alleges that Franklin Templeton agreed with that narrative without recognizing that she called the police because she was “palpably distraught and fearful of her safety,” Bloomberg reported....

Engineering manager Schneider was seen sealing her 10th win during Tuesday night’s installment of the syndicated show, boosting her earnings to $380,200—and catapulting her to ninth place for all-time winnings in regular season play. And the Ohio native has revealed that her eye is now trained on breaking the record held by Holzhauer, who pocketed $2,462,216 in winnings from the 32 consecutive games he won on Jeopardy! back in 2019....

WEYMOUTH: Is the U.S. getting bogged down in Afghanistan? BLAIR: Before [September 11], we knew terrorists were out there, but our reaction was primarily defensive–more guards and that kind of thing. The big change after September 11 was to go after terrorists. In my part of the world, what we needed to do varied country by country. Singapore and Malaysia were willing to take action. In the Philippines, President Gloria Arroyo stood strong against terrorist groups like Abu Sayyaf but needed some help, so we are helping....

Authorities immediately classified the shooting as a hate crime, adding to the shock in historically tolerant Seattle, where relations between Jews and Muslims have long been “cordial,” says Rob Jacobs of the Anti-Defamation League. Investigators believe Haq, a Washington resident of Pakistani heritage, acted alone. Press reports said that he suffered from bipolar disorder and had recently been arrested for indecent exposure. Last Thursday the FBI warned Jewish organizations to be on high alert, after Hizbullah leaders in Lebanon said the struggle should be carried to America....

Spanish police ran the print through their database of criminal suspects, but came up empty. So they turned to other countries, including the United States, for help. When the FBI ran the print through its archive, the computer unexpectedly logged a hit: the mystery print, U.S. authorities say, belonged to Brandon Mayfield, a small-time lawyer who lived in Portland, Ore. Mayfield had been fingerprinted years earlier, when he served in the U....

The arrest of the lawyer was described by federal law-enforcement authorities as a major investigative breakthrough that for the first time suggests links between an individual inside the United States and the Madrid bombing. The man was identified as Brandon Mayfield, a convert to Islam who is tangentially linked to one of the chief defendants in the so-called “Portland Seven” case–a suspected terror cell in Oregon whose six surviving members pled guilty last year of plotting to fight for the Taliban against U....

Every five minutes a woman is sexually assaulted in the United States. One out of every eight American women will be raped in her lifetime. Ten years ago I became one of these women. While I’ve always noted the anniversary of the day I was raped, the 10-year mark holds a special significance for me. When I was too depressed to move and too terrified to sleep–when I felt as though I was going crazy–I would say to myself: I’ve gotten through one week, one month, since that awful night....

Complaining about the problems in our supply chain is easy, but once you know how many moving parts make up a fully-functioning one, it seems impossible that it could ever work at all. That it happens, unnoticed, under our noses every day with enough reliability to serve as the foundation for most businesses is almost a miracle. Instead of complaining about supply chain issues, here are four reasons we should sing odes to its existence:...

These common skin growths can be diagnosed and removed easily. Depending on the cause, some may be prevented with simple lifestyle changes. This article will help you learn to recognize anal skin tags. It also looks at possible causes, how anal skin tags are identified, and what can be done to treat them. Anal Skin Tag Symptoms Anal skin tags are skin-colored or brown growths or bumps attached to a tiny stalk....

Muller tactically better than Ronaldo & Ibra - Ancelotti Bayern battled to a 2-1 away victory on Saturday, with Arjen Robben’s fine finish and David Alaba’s stunning free-kick before the break proving decisive despite Max Kruse’s second-half strike. The champions have now won seven straight Bundesliga games and remain three points clear of RB Leipzig at the top of the table, with Ancelotti glad to get through a stern examination....