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West Ham ended Aston Villa’s perfect start to the Women’s Super League with a 2-1 win that was rather overshadowed by Hawa Cissoko’s 90th-minute red card. The French defender was driving away from goal in stoppage time when she objected to Sarah Mayling’s borderline rugby tackle. Her angry reaction gave the referee little choice but to issue a red card. West Ham manager Paul Konchesky exploded on the touchline and was likewise sent off. Premier LeagueLuiz commits future to Aston Villa by signing new long-term dealYESTERDAY AT 15:27The drama continued after Cissoko was given her marching orders, with Villa winger…

CNN  —  A former Louisville Metro Police Department detective is possibly facing years in federal prison when he is sentenced next week for using his law enforcement access to a database, obtaining information about women, and stealing sexually explicit photos and videos from them. Bryan Andrew Wilson, 36, is due to be sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty in June to one count of conspiring to commit cyberstalking. A sentencing memo filed in the US District Court in Kentucky on Tuesday says Wilson used his law enforcement access to Accurint, a database of public records and nonpublic information, to obtain…

CNN  —  Investigators with the House select committee probing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol have asked the United States Secret Service for information about contacts between its agents and members of the far-right Oath Keepers group. The inquiry comes after it was revealed during court testimony that members of the group, including leader Stewart Rhodes, claimed to be in contact with Secret Service agents prior to rallies for former President Donald Trump after the 2020 election. Members of the Oath Keepers are currently on trial for charges relating to the Capitol attack, including seditious conspiracy. Secret…

Suiting is back, according to Julia Roberts, Penélope Cruz, and Jennifer Lopez. This past week, Lopez attended the Ralph Lauren spring 2023 show in Los Angeles wearing a curve-skimming, super cinched, cleavage-baring pinstriped dress. Her key accessory? A flirty cowboy hat.Another person opting for fun suits was Tracee Ellis Ross. The star looked incredibly regal as she posed in a stunning fuchsia suit jacket with a pleated top that extended to the shins and XXL flares by the designer Robert Wun. An amazing touch in Ross’s look was the exaggerated collar and sleeves that gave the suited ensemble some larger-than-life…

The “Thrills in Beverly Hills” Panel from the Javits Center in New York City on October 14, 2022. Monica Schipper/BravoUPDATE: Saturday, October 15 10:49 a.m. ET — BravoCon announced ahead of Day 2’s first panels that they will clear each stage “after every panel” to ensure everyone’s safety. Their statement, released via the convention’s official app, noted that employees will fill all open seats with “remaining guests” so all attendees “have the best experience.” An eyewitness also told Us that BravoCon workers added paper signs to every row in one room, denoting where SVIP, VIP or General Admission attendees can sit. Original story:…

Activists of “Just Stop Oil” glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London, Britain October 14, 2022. Just Stop Oil | ReutersThe climate activists who threw soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s famous “Sunflowers” painting on Saturday appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damages, several outlets reported.The two women were protesting as part of the campaign group Just Stop Oil, and they pleaded not guilty at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court during two brief hearings.After dumping two cans of tomato soup over the Van Gogh oil painting…

CNN  —  Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is petite, soft-spoken and rarely heard from on the national stage. But on August 2, when Kansans shocked the nation by voting to preserve a right to abortion in the state’s constitution, Kelly’s statement on the vote read like a new blueprint for Democrats navigating the uncertain politics of the post Roe v. Wade era. “Kansans stood up for fundamental rights today,” Kelly wrote in a tweet. “We rejected divisive legislation that jeopardized our economic future & put women’s health care access at risk.” Another tweet called proponents of the ballot measure “extremists” and…

Even though WTI crude just saw its worst week in more than two months, the oil trade may have more juice left in the tank.Mirae Asset Securities’ Chris Hempstead told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” that he sees the Russia-Ukraine war fallout and OPEC+ oil cuts as key bullish catalysts for oil.”If you look at the 33 energy ETFs that are out there, almost all of them, when you’re looking at their underlying components, have analyst buy ratings and overweight ratings,” the firm’s director of ETF trading said. “Even with the rally in the energy sector, despite the rest of the broader…

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit the largest active volcano on the planet on Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey said two moderate quakes occurred beneath the southern end of the island of Hawaii at 9:07 a.m. local time. A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was slightly offshore and south of Pāhala and the 5.0 struck 24 seconds later beneath Highway 11. The seismic events were followed by a string of aftershocks. HAWAII SIGNS ORDER TO PREVENT OTHER STATES FROM PUNISHING ITS RESIDENTS WHO GET AN ABORTION IN THE ISLANDSWhile most were less than magnitude 3.0, larger ones reached up to magnitude 4.0.The USGS said aftershocks could continue…

BALLARI: India’s main opposition Congress party held a huge public rally in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Saturday (Oct 15), accusing the government of not doing enough to contain inflation and create promised jobs for young people. Tens of thousands of people came to the public meeting, organised to mark 1,000km of the party’s five-month-long protest march named Bharat Jodo Yatra or Unite India rally. The party launched the more than 3,500km, cross-country march in September from the coastal town of Kanyakumari on the southern tip of India to Srinagar in the region of Jammu and Kashmir to…