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Chelsea’s midfield powers Blues past Liverpool, toward UCL

LONDON — What a difference a midfield makes. Sunday’s 3-1 win over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge was a further indication that Chelsea might finally be on the way to getting things right in the middle of the pitch. It has been a long journey to this point, and one that has been inextricably linked to […]

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New ‘Climate Superfund’ Laws Face Widening Legal Challenges

Vermont made history last year when it enacted the country’s first climate superfund law. It’s designed to let the state recover money from fossil fuel companies to help pay the rising costs of climate change. If the law can survive intensifying legal challenges, that is. On Thursday, the Justice Department filed federal lawsuits against Vermont […]

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Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups and setting back efforts to defeat a resurgence of sexually transmitted infections, according to an analysis of federal data by The New […]

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Mikel Arteta: Arsenal must use ‘rage’ over Bournemouth loss vs. PSG

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta hoped to carry positive momentum into Wednesday’s Champions League semifinal second leg at Paris Saint-Germain but instead called on his players to harness their rage from Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat by Bournemouth. Declan Rice marked his 100th Arsenal appearance with a well-taken goal to give the hosts a lead at the […]

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Bank holiday leisure centre closures criticised by users

Niall Glynn, Maria McCann and Barry O’Connor BBC News NI BBC Charlie Flynn says her daughter just loves her gymnastics class in Newtownards Three of Northern Ireland’s councils are closing their leisure centres, and a fourth will close all but one on Monday’s May Bank Holiday. Some leisure centre users have criticised the closures on […]

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