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According to a CBS News/YouGov survey released Sunday, more than 7 in 10 Americans said they believe the current federal minimum wage should be higher than $7.25 per hour. For those with incomes below $50,000 a year, the support for a higher minimum wage jumped as high as 74 percent. And among those who make $50,000-$100,000 and those who earn over $100,000, the number dropped slightly to 68 and 67 percent, respectively....

Mary, a five-time World Champion boxer, will be presented the award at a gala dinner ceremony on December 20 at Lausanne, in Switzerland, according to a statement from the global body. Reacting to the AIBA announcement, Mary said: “I would like to thank the AIBA President and officials for this prestigious award. This recognition from AIBA will encourage young boxers in our country to work hard.” “It is a very emotional as well as a motivating day for me....

Petersen was born on March 14, 1941, in the city of Emden in northwest Germany. He grew up as a young boy in post-WWII Germany and went on to direct plays at the famous Ernst Deutsch Theater in the 1960s. From 1966-1970, he attended the Film and Television Academy in Berlin, and after graduating he got work on the popular TV series Tatort (“Crime Scene”). RELATED: 5 Underrated 90s Sci-Fi Action Movies...

Last year, Coric managed to live up to his billing to a good extent, making the jump from 102 at the end of 2014 to 44 coming into this tournament, with consistent performances throughout the 2015 season. At the end of the season, he was only one of two teenagers to be in the Top 100 in the rankings (Nick Kyrgios was the other). He has wins over Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray under his belt already....

These statistics come following a January 13 order by FAA to implement a “stricter legal enforcement policy” amid an ongoing series of “troubling” passenger incidents that have transpired since the introduction of COVID-19-related regulations. These “troubling” issues may stem from the pandemic itself. In fact, according to a report issued by the CDC in April of 2021—just one year into the pandemic—COVID-19 has had a great impact on the mental health of Americans....

The 20-year-old fell to the ground after he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia. Two ambulances arrived to provide treatment on the pitch and the midfielder had to be resuscitated before being taken to hospital via helicopter. Ajax later confirmed he is now in a stable condition but in an induced coma, and Keizer says they are waiting for more details. “It’s really too early. All we can do is hope and pray that he will recover," he told NOS....

Wasim said Sarfaraz should have avoided making the comments that he did in the third One-day International in Durban but it was wrong to speculate about his future in the Pakistan team. “It was a wrong decision to call him back from South Africa when he could have played in the final T20 on February 6,” said Akram. “What Sarfaraz did was wrong but it is also a fact that more than anyone else, Pakistanis around the world hyped up his comments and created an issue,” said the fast bowling great....

While in conversation with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Iaquinta discussed the UFC jumping the gun and announcing the fight before the formalities were completed: Catch the entire segment with Ariel Helwani and Al Iaquinta right here: Al Iaquinta excited to fight a veteran in Bobby Green Al Iaquinta and Bobby Green were initially slated to butt heads back in 2015. However, the fight failed to materialize as Green suffered an ACL injury....

NBC pulled Michaels, the lead voice of the network’s top-rated prime-time series, off the broadcast on Friday “in accordance with NBCUniversal COVID-19 safety protocols.” Neither Michaels nor the network provided specifics. MORE: Drew Brees to join NBC after he retires from NFL “I feel great, I have no symptoms, and my temperature this morning was 97.5. I look forward to returning to the booth as soon as possible,” Michaels, 76, said in a statement released Friday afternoon by NBC....

Slow-footed Royals DH Billy Butler decided to wander off first base, seemingly as part of the old first-and-third play, in the first inning of KC’s AL wild-card game against the A’s. MORE: Must-see photos | Baseball and BBQ | Party like it’s 1985 | When each team will exit | Shining moments for each playoff team | Ranking the ballparks | Twitter must-follows Yeah, it worked about as well as you’d expect....

Dunbar was strength and conditioning at LSU under Nick Saban from 2001-02. After stints at Oklahoma State and the Chicago Bears, he returned to LSU as defensive line coach in 2005 under Les Miles and has worked in the NFL since 2006. MORE: SN Preseason Top 25 | Tide have pieces to win it again Dunbar was defensive line coach for the Vikings from 2006-11, the Jets from 2012-14 and the Bills last season....

You can watch all the SEC games from your sofa, but Alabama has won the coveted ESPN slot. Last year, Alabama had 65,175 fans attend A-Day. The year before, 73,506 people filled Bryant-Denny Stadium. It’s safe to say people will tune in for this game. RANKING: Saban’s Alabama teams | Best coaches — where’s Saban? The defending national champions will take the field on April 16. ESPN’s coverage will begin at 3 p....

The No. 1-ranked Crimson Tide (9-0) thoroughly whipped LSU to the tune of 55-17 in Tiger Stadium on Saturday, leaving no doubt as to its supremacy and clinching the SEC West Division title in the process. Alabama and Florida, which earned the East Division nod with a win over Tennessee, will meet in Atlanta to crown the SEC champion. MORE: Watch Alabama vs. LSU live with fuboTV (7-day free trial)...

The movie is slated to release on September 2 on Netflix and has a runtime of 1 hour 49 minutes. Its production began in October last year when the streaming giant announced that Afterlife of the Party would be starring Victoria Justice and Midori Francis (of Dash & Lily fame). According to Variety Insight, the film flipped the script of these comedies and shot the movie in locations like Cape Town (South Africa) instead of American cities like LA, New York, or Las Vegas....

London, Aug 6 (IANS) Arsenal’s veteran head coach Arsene Wenger said newly-signed Manchester United star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not certain to be a success in the English Premier League this football season because of the advancing age of the former Sweden captain. Ibrahimovic joined Manchester United this summer after a glittering career which has taken in Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain. Wenger acknowledged on Saturday the Swede’s talent, but says his age, 34, may count against in him the fast and physical EPL....

Conspiracy theories have long existed on the internet about the legitimacy of the couple’s relationship after they met on the music video set for “Slumber Party” in 2016. One theory was that Asghari was planted by Spears’ family and conservators to woo the singer and ultimately act as a spy for them. Spears was placed in a conservatorship in 2008 on advice from her father, Jamie Spears, and then business manager, Lou M....

In History Laid Bare (463 pages. HarperCollins. $20), Richard Zacks (not a pun) exposes “love, sex and perversity from the ancient Etruscans to Warren G. Harding.” Excerpted sources range from a Hittite law tablet (1400 B.C.) that proscribes bestiality-except with horses or mules-to a series of letters in which author Lewis Carroll unsuccessfully attempts to wheedle permission to photograph an acquaintance’s three young daughters in the nude. Tasty anecdotes abound....

The announcement for the release date of Agony was made in a new trailer that was shown today. In it, a disfigured female character is shown apparently speaking to the protagonist. During the dialogue, glimpses of some of the game’s gruesome locales and creatures are shown. There also seems to be in-game footage shown from the player’s perspective, though it is not known if it is from gameplay or cutscenes....

Aguero has scored 30 times in all competitions for newly crowned Premier League champions City despite recently spending a month on the sidelines with a knee problem. He returned to action as a substitute in the derby defeat to Manchester United on April 7, and was on the receiving end of a strong challenge in the penalty area from Ashley Young that went unpunished by referee Martin Atkinson. Aguero made another brief cameo appearance during City’s vain attempt at a Champions League comeback against Liverpool last week, but manager Pep Guardiola ruled the 29-year-old out of Saturday’s 3-1 win over Tottenham, citing Young’s challenge as the cause of the injury....