Tom Brady, retired NFL legend, has taken on a new role as co-owner and chairman of the advisory board of English soccer team Birmingham City. Brady will join hedge fund manager Tom Wagner as a minority owner and will work directly with the club's leadership team. His involvement with the team could help them reach the top division of English soccer once again.
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Somalia's Minister of Youth and Sports has apologized and suspended the chair of the national track and field federation after a seemingly untrained female sprinter, Nasra Abukar Ali, represented the African country at the World University Games in China and finished 10 seconds behind the winner. The incident has sparked outrage among Somali citizens and raised questions about the selection process for athletes representing the country, prompting the Minister to promise to investigate the matter and take appropriate action.
Mexican officials have reported the discovery of a body along a floating barrier recently installed in the Rio Grande by Texas authorities. The barrier was installed last month across from Eagle Pass, Texas, and is designed to make it more difficult for migrants to cross the river. Human rights groups have criticized the barrier, saying it puts migrants in danger and violates their rights. The Mexican government is investigating the death, which is the first reported since the barrier was installed.
A Florida mother, Arya Singh, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and abuse of a dead human body in the death of her newborn child, known as "Baby June". DNA testing linked the child to a relative, and the sentencing of Singh brings some closure to the tragedy.
China's internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), has proposed new regulations to limit the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, including restricting internet usage to one hour per day for those between 8 and 15 and two hours for those between 16 and 18. The regulations, which are open for public comment until June 10, are part of a broader push by Chinese authorities to protect minors from the potential harms of the internet.
Joel Alejandro Bowman, 33, was charged with attempted murder and other crimes after he allegedly fired a gun outside a Jewish school in Memphis, Tennessee. A Memphis police officer stopped Bowman's pickup truck and he was shot and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The incident has raised questions about school safety protocols and the importance of having a quick response from law enforcement in order to prevent any further harm.
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by the Department of Justice on Tuesday for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, with six unnamed co-conspirators believed to be Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Corey Lewandowski, and David Bossie. The charges include engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the government, a conspiracy to obstruct the Jan. 6 certification of electoral votes, and a conspiracy against the right to have one’s vote counted. The indictment is a major development in the ongoing investigation into the events leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Leah Remini, best known for her role in the sitcom “King of Queens”, has filed a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, alleging that she has been threatened, harassed, and stalked for the past decade. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief to end the Church's policies against Suppressive Persons, so that current and former Scientologists, and others who wish to expose Scientology's abuses, may feel free to do so without fear of being threatened into silence. The Church of Scientology has yet to comment on the lawsuit.