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It was last Saturday that Stop the War coalition and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstrated against Israeli actions in the Middle East. Tens of thousands marched close to the Victoria Embankment in Central London in the demonstration that stretched across surrounding roads and blocked off traffic in several directions. Photos that emerged on social media showed anti-Israel protesters wielding antisemitic signs during the demonstration. On Tuesday, Lipman, 75, who had been a member of the union for 54 years, condemned the union’s president Maureen Beattie for sharing an online petition calling for sanctions against Israel in a personal way....

The winter storm that hit Texas and other states on February 13 has killed at least 80 people, according to the Wall Street Journal, but officials have said that the full death toll will take time to establish. Millions lost power and experienced water shortages as 0 degrees Fahrenheit (-18 Celsius) temperatures caused widespread disruption. ERCOT, which manages around 90 percent of the state’s electricity, has been under fire in recent days, as residents of the state have brought lawsuits against it for failing to provide power during freezing temperatures....

Eric Bischoff is a former wrestling promotion booker and an American entrepreneur who has been involved in numerous wrestling promotions throughout his career. Well known for his time as President of WCW, Bischoff also worked as the Executive Producer of the company and performed the same role with TNA as well. He even worked as General Manager of RAW and Executive Director on SmackDown during his time in WWE....

MORE: The 23 best available free agents in offseason He missed 16 games earlier this season because of the first break, ESPN.com noted. During his five-year tenure in New Orleans, Gordon has yet to play in more than 64 games in a regular season. Gordon averaged 15.2 points in 32.9 minutes per game this season. He had been playing better of late, averaging 18.8 points and shooting 51 percent in his last 10 games....

The show went on hiatus at the start of the World Cup earlier this month, and ESPN spokesman Andy Hall confirmed the show would not return. “We decided to make a change to our programming schedule as part of our ongoing evaluation process," Hall said. “Our NASCAR coverage has not been limited to one program, and we will continue to aggressively cover NASCAR across our news platforms, including SportsCenter, ESPN....

ESPN debuted its new “cover alerts” during Friday night’s Baylor-SMU game, showing a studio update centered around the point spread of Michigan State-Western Michigan. Welcome to 2015, folks. MORE: Picks for Saturday’s college football games It’s not far from your run-of-the-mill highlight. Play-by-play man Dave Fleming threw to studio host Adnan Virk, who announced Zach Terrell’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Corey Davis as a “cover alert” — there’s even a little jingle!...

Pasch has to wrangle analysts Bill Walton and Dick Vitale as the three work the Pacers-Cavaliers game in Cleveland. Pasch, of course, is used to keeping Walton at least semi-grounded when they work Pac-12 games together for the network. Add Dickie V, though, and the broadcast is bound to float to the rafters. MORE: Donald Trump will not be filling out an NCAA bracket Here’s a great example of how the professional Pasch plays straight man to Walton, who works flawlessly off his partner:...

For the first time ever, eSports teams will be represented in FIFA, with jerseys from some of the world’s biggest eSports clubs included in this year’s edition of the game. Kits from Team Vitality, Hashtag United, Team Liquid and AS Roma eSports have all been unveiled ahead of the worldwide release of FIFA 18 on September 29, with special edition jerseys available in FIFA Ultimate Team. While Roma eSports is affiliated to Serie A side Roma, Team Vitality is a French independent eSports organisation which has gained a large following online through its streaming channels and social media platforms....

Espresso in particular is associated with higher total cholesterol levels, and the association was stronger in men than in women, the study showed. Coffee consumption may raise cholesterol levels in part because the beverage contains the chemicals cafestol and kahweol, which have been linked to higher LDL “bad” cholesterol. French press or plunger coffee has higher contents of these cholesterol-raising compounds than filtered coffee does. Espresso has an intermediate amount of these compounds, but data on espresso intake and cholesterol levels is limited....

The Essex Eagles have won only one out of their four matches and are sixth in the Group B points table. They won their last game against Kent Spitfires by 182 runs. Glamorgan Cricket, on the other hand, have won two out of their four fixtures and are fourth in Group B. They lost their match against the Northamptonshire Steelbacks by six wickets. ESS vs GLA Probable Playing 11 Today ESS...

About 216,000 people moved from the New York metro area, but the loss was balanced by births and gains in international migration. The overall population declined by roughly 108,000 residents, or .5%, with these factors included. “I think some core urban counties like Manhattan, San Francisco and others may have taken a bigger brunt of pandemic-related out-movement, as well as lower immigration,” William Frey, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, told the Associated Press....

The hosts come into the game on the back of a 2-1 victory over Latvia in the Baltic Cup in June. Mattias Kait scored a first-half brace to help his nation pick up the win. Belgium have not been in action since they were eliminated by eventual champions Italy in the quarterfinals of Euro 2020. The Red Devils currently lead the way in Group E, having picked up seven points from three matches....

Berihu still doesn’t know what happened to his family after he defected from the Eritrean Army. There are no phone or mail links between the neighbors, and he has had no way of keeping in touch. So today he waits and hopes, one of more than 15,000 Eritreans stuck behind barbed wire and chain-link fencing at the Shimelba refugee camp in a remote corner of northern Ethiopia. It’s a part of the world that is growing increasingly tense as the two countries seem to be gearing up to fight their second war in less than a decade....

Real Madrid will have to face challenge from their city rivals Atletico Madrid in race to sign Luis Suarez from Liverpool. However, Real Madrid might lose their interest in Suarez if the Spanish giants think of a move for Edinson Cavani of Napoli. (Daily Mail) Tottenham Hotspur will inform Wales International Gareth Bale, who has been linked with Real Madrid, that he will not be sold at any price when he comes back from his holiday....

WCW was mere weeks away from being bought out by WWE, and Eric Bischoff had major plans to relaunch the company at that time. Nothing came of it, though, and Vince McMahon eventually bought his competition. Eric Bischoff revealed that Jerry Lawler reached out to him after quitting WWE and was interested in coming to WCW. Bischoff explained how he had never interacted with Lawler before the latter’s phone call....

Holder, 32, faces up to life in prison after he gunned down the 33-year-old rapper outside his clothing store in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019, according to The New York Times. The Times reported that the verdict came after the jury deliberated for less than an hour on its second day. Hussle, whose legal name was Ermias Davidson, was outside his Marathon Clothing Company store talking to people when Holder approached and began firing, killing Hussle and injuring two others....

“I said, ‘Mariah, can you move? I have got to put my tie on and make the team bus,’” Musselman told Sporting News on Monday night from his team’s hotel in Atlanta. “And she goes, ‘Dad, I have to do sideline reporting tonight.’ I could not get the mirror to put my tie on because my daughter thought her two-minute game cameo was much more important than what I was about to do....