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“Mark my words: I am going to raise at least a million dollars and I’m going to win so that the people have a real voice in Washington, D.C.,” Watkins told VICE News after announcing his run in October. Recent federal election filings show Watkins having raised only $32,942 in his bid for Arizona’s Second Congressional District, which includes parts of Tucson and a stretch of the Mexican border. The amount raised by Watkins trails his Republican primary opponents and the race’s two Democrats....

It’s time you subscribed to the Really Useful Podcast. Shownotes This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: Microsoft Brings Casual Games to Teams Support Ending on Internet Explorer Microsoft Defender Moves to iOS, Android, and macOS - for a Fee Check out these tips and tricks: How to Protect Your Smartphone From Theft Tips to Resolve Tablet Touchscreen Issues We finish the show with the following recommendations:...

State Senator Gary Winfield wrote on Facebook that everyone was “ok” following the incident. He later took to Twitter to explain that he believed a man passing his home was the intended target. “A couple of bullet holes in the house but we are fine,” Winfield’s Facebook post said. “I really appreciate all the concern. The younger kids didn’t really know what was happening so I let them think it was just us playing so we had to get down low....

Conlan, a 2016 Olympic boxer, scored a lopsided TKO victory over Tim Ibarra in front of a sold-out crowd at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, but it was McGregor that threw the biggest punches after the bell. The UFC lightweight champion flew to New York at the request of Conlan who wanted McGregor to walk him to the ring. After the fight had concluded, McGregor made a beeline to press row and went face-to-face of ESPN....

Reports emerged last week claiming McGregor is on the verge of agreeing a lucrative bout with retired former five-division world champion Mayweather. MORE: Mayweather rematch with Manny Pacquiao? | Hints of 50th Money bout McGregor, the UFC featherweight champion, was removed from the UFC 200 card after a disagreement over his promotional duties. But he fueled speculation by posting a picture altered to show himself looking Mayweather in the eyes along with the phrase: “MMA Vs Boxing....

McGregor received a six-month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his role in the melee (he fought with a member of Nurmagomedov’s team), and Nurmagomedov was suspended for nine months for inciting the incident. Those suspensions put a rematch on hold. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year​ Nurmagomedov is set to meet Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 in a lightweight title unification bout while McGregor is recovering from surgery to repair a broken left hand....

Consumers still coming to a decision on which console to side with have plenty to consider. It’s undeniable that the Sony console has had a much more successful series of pre-launch press releases and announcements, while Microsoft has continued to stumble through the summer and live up to the less than flattering “Xbone” nickname. Savvy shoppers who are interested in looking beyond name-calling and getting down to a heads-up comparison of the two consoles to help make their decision have a new tool thanks to Xpango....

Spain’s Alberto Contador of the Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank Team celebrates on the podium after winning the Vuelta cycling Tour of Spain in Madrid. The Saxo-Bank rider, also a two-time Tour de France winner who lost his 2010 Tour and 2011 Giro titles after testing positive for clenbuterol in 2010, safely negotiated the 21st and final 115km largely flat stage from Cercedilla to Madrid to claim victory. “This is the culmination of many months of work and sacrifices and not sparing any effort,” said Contador....

Guardiola has won his first nine matches as City boss, while Chelsea has picked up just one point from the last six available in the Premier League and travels to Arsenal on Saturday. Both Premier League newcomers were expected to take time to transition into English management, but Guardiola has shown little sign that his methods will need to bed in. Chelsea, by contrast, has struggled for fluency in many of its matches under Conte’s stewardship....

Chelsea 6/10 to beat West Brom Luiz lost his place in the starting line-up to Andreas Christensen for the clash with second-placed United, with the defender not even making the bench as 17-year-old Ethan Ampadu was preferred. Without Luiz, the Blues went on to take all three points, as Alvaro Morata’s header sealed a 1-0 win. And, when asked about the defender after the game, Conte could not guarantee his continuity at Stamford Bridge....

An own goal from Gary Cahill saw City go 1-0 up shortly before the interval and Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne were presented with fine chances to double their lead after the break. Fabregas can be Conte’s main man Neither managed to find the net, though, allowing Chelsea to fight back in the final 30 minutes to grab the win, with Diego Costa, Willian and Eden Hazard on target....

The reigning Premier League champions were beaten by Marko Arnautovic’s early goal at London Stadium last weekend and sit 14 points adrift of runaway leaders Manchester City. After the loss to West Ham, Conte conceded Chelsea’s hopes of retaining their title were now over, yet he is nevertheless backing his players to respond positively at Huddersfield. “Against Newcastle we went 1-0 down and then we won 3-1. Against Atletico Madrid we were 1-0 down and then we drew and created chances to score....

Conte left his position as Italy coach to become Jose Mourinho’s permanent successor at Stamford Bridge in July. The Italian has adjusted well to life in the Premier League with Chelsea just one point off the top of the table in fourth having won seven of its 10 matches. Conte revealed that wealthy owner Abramovich traveled on Chelsea’s preseason tour of Austria and is also a regular at the club’s Cobham training ground, but the former Juventus coach welcomes the Russian’s attendance....

The fact that Amy Biehl had been killed by some of the people she wanted to help struck a special note of horror, even in a country where political murder has become commonplace. Black South African leaders denounced the atrocity. “Wrong is wrong, whoever perpetrates it,” said Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel peace laureate. But among young black radicals. there seemed to be a chilling lack of remorse. Biehl’s attackers shouted the slogans of the militant Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), which sees “one settler, one bullet” as the answer to the country’s problems....

The decision to make condoms part of everyday high-school life has been accompanied everywhere by an outpouring of emotions and protest. Even in San Francisco, where HIV infection among teens is estimated to be doubling every 16 to 18 months, a recently adopted plan (scheduled to go into effect next year) was staunchly opposed by the Roman Catholic archbishop and some parent groups. Students need parental consent to participate. New York’s school system, where condoms will be available in all 120 high schools by the end of the year, is the only one that doesn’t insist on parental permission....

Most next-gen console rumors about the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are pretty generic. “The PS5 is more powerful than Project Scarlett” and vice versa don’t necessarily add to the conversation, but there are several key, specific rumors that keep popping up. Namely, that the Xbox Series X console is targeting a GPU with 12 teraflops processing power, that both the PS5 and Xbox Series X will have similar overall GPU processing power, and a newer rumor claiming that the PS5 GPU will run at 9....

His dreams, along with those of Congo’s 63 million other inhabitants, depend largely on whether the country’s civil war has finally ended with the United Nations-sponsored presidential election on Oct. 29. The merciless fighting killed an estimated 4 million people and practically destroyed every chance of economic development in a nation that could be among the richest in Africa. Congo has rich deposits of not only diamonds but of everything from uranium and gold to cobalt and tin—not to mention coltan, a crucial mineral in manufacturing cell phones....

To get the most out of your Raspberry Pi Pico W, you’ll want to link up this device to your home’s wireless router serving up your home’s internet connection. Due to Pico’s lack on an OS, this process requires some manual coding to connect. With a little help, however, connecting your device is easier than you think. Getting Started Let’s review a few of the required items to ensure you have what you need to connect your Raspberry Pi Pico W to the internet:...

Bruce Kagan, 68, had gone swimming in the waters of Hammonasset Beach State Park in late June, but a few days later he was admitted to hospital with an unknown illness, NBC CT reported. There, doctors conducted tests revealing revealed that he had become infected with a type of bacteria that causes a disease known as necrotizing fasciitis. This rare, potentially fatal infection is caused by several different types of bacteria that move rapidly through the body, attacking the skin and soft tissue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC....