Family sues taco eating contest organizers after death of father
The son of a California man who choked to death during an amateur taco eating contest at a minor league baseball game is suing the event’s organizers for negligence.
The son of a California man who choked to death during an amateur taco eating contest at a minor league baseball game is suing the event’s organizers for negligence.
The United States has imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia to punish it for alleged interference in the 2020 US election, cyber-hacking, bullying Ukraine and other "malign" acts.The measures blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats and placed limits on the Russian sovereign debt market.
Germany's Martin Kaymer, the former world No.1 player, found himself just a shot off the lead after shooting a first-round 68 at the Austrian Open.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has accused the Russian government of being behind a cyber attack on US software firm SolarWinds.The Australian government "has determined that Russian state actors are actively exploiting SolarWinds and its supply chains," Senator Payne said in a statement also signed by Defence Minister Peter Dutton and Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews.
St Kilda coach Brett Ratten says Bradley Hill won't be dropped after the classy winger's tough night out in the Saints' thumping AFL loss to Richmond.An electrifying player at his best, Hill was St Kilda's boom recruit at the end of 2019 and had a patchy first year as a Saint, followed by an up-and-down start to 2020.
Darren Lockyer admits Karmichael Hunt could be Brisbane's answer in the halves as the three-code star prepares to return to Red Hill just as the under-fire NRL club show fresh signs of life.Hunt, who replaced Lockyer at fullback for the Broncos as a teenager, hasn't played NRL since 2009.
Ivan Cleary wouldn't describe his Penrith side as tall poppies, but maybe others might - and that's why they're coming in for criticism now for things the coach says they've been doing for the last three NRL seasons.The Panthers escaped with a 20-12 win over a much-improved Brisbane on Thursday night, capping a week in which they were labelled cocky and arrogant after a try celebration sparked a scuffle against Canberra.
West Coast will be aiming to erase the memories of last year's elimination final heartbreak when they take on Collingwood at Optus Stadium.The Magpies bucked the odds last year when they travelled to Perth and beat the Eagles by a single point to knock them out of the premiership race.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned against rushing to conclusions after the death of a NSW woman who developed blood clots a day after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.The 48-year-old woman was a diabetic, and preliminary tests have not found a conclusive link to the vaccination, The Daily Mail reports.
Australians have been warned to prepare for rising coronavirus case numbers of up to 1000 a week when international borders open.The news comes as authorities investigate a potential link between the death of a 48-year-old woman in NSW who reportedly received a COVID vaccination before developing blood clots.
The Sydney Roosters could be about to lure another All Blacks star with halfback TJ Perenara reportedly considering a shock code switch.Ahead of their NRL heavyweight clash with the Storm in Melbourne on Friday night it emerged that Perenara was looking at following his now-retired Test teammate Sonny Bill Wiliams to the Roosters.
Sugar cane could be the answer to Australia's enormous plastic pollution problem, a pair of Sydney-based entrepreneurs say.About 70 billion pieces of soft "scrunchable" plastics are used in Australia each year, many of which are food packaging.
Two of Australia's big four banks will face federal politicians on Friday as part of their twice-yearly examination in Canberra.National Australia Bank will be grilled by the House of Representatives economics committee on Friday, followed by the ANZ.
Healthcare groups have produced a roadmap to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 in the sector, saying they have a responsibility to take climate action.The roadmap will be released in Australia on Friday by the Climate and Health Alliance and Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) network.
Australia's king of the baize Neil Robertson is happy for all of his rivals to worry about his current dazzling form as he aims to win his second World Snooker Championship title.Since he lifted the sport's biggest prize at the Crucible in 2010, the 39-year-old from Melbourne, one of the sport's most celebrated overseas performers, has only reached the semi-finals once.
The White House says Russia's foreign intelligence service SVR was responsible for the SolarWinds hack, a claim the Russian agency dismissed as "nonsense".Senior US government officials had already said the Russian government was responsible for the sprawling cyber attack but Thursday's announcement offers the first formal statement pinning the operation on a specific agency.
A senior Japanese ruling party official says that cancelling this year's Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire."If it seems impossible (to host the Olympics) any more, then we have to stop it, decisively," Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said in comments to broadcaster TBS on Thursday.
Beth Mooney has been given the 2021 'Leading Woman Cricketer in the World' award by Wisden - but, typical of Australia's low-profile World Cup-winning heroine, she would rather not have the honour at all.The new edition of Wisden, the annual English cricketing bible, reports that on hearing of her prestigious award, Mooney protested: "I don't want that tag.
Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin has waived his right to testify to the jury at his murder trial for the deadly arrest last May of George Floyd.The defence also told Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill it would call no more witnesses after two days of testimony.
The S&P; 500 and the Dow Jones indexes have notched record highs as upbeat earnings reports from several companies and a strong rebound in March retail sales bolster hopes of a broader economic rebound.Coupled with rapid vaccinations and hopes of a return to normal, the upbeat data provided another opportunity for investors to pile into high-flying technology stocks that took a beating recently.
An explosion has rocked part of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least one civilian and injuring 12 others, security sources say.Five cars were also destroyed in the blast that occurred at a street market in the City of Sadr in eastern Baghdad, the military-linked Security Media Cell added.