usanewsmart Just another WordPress site

Élodie Chavret puts bread on shelves early in the morning before her bakery opens. She has managed L’Épi de Blé for 18 years and is now struggling with the rising cost of its electricity bills. In Millery, a small town in southeastern France, Élodie Chavret runs a bakery to make …

Indian driver Kush Maini of Campos Racing fought off a strong challenge from Arthur Leclerc of DAMS in a rain-interrupted race to claim his first-ever Formula 2 podium with a third-place finish in the Sprint Race at Albert Park, in Melbourne on Saturday. Maini started from P3 on the grid …

Throughout this NCAA Tournament full of historic upsets and unpredictability, UConn has been the lone contender and blue blood to survive the carnage and reach the Final Four. The Huskies are odds-on championship favorites (-130) as they face Miami as 5.5-favorites in the national semifinals. “If you asked 10 college …

Not long after Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he is “not in the business of running into outs,” his 35-year-old outfielder who had stolen all of four bases in the previous four years was caught stealing on Friday night, a pivotal play in an eventual 2-1 loss to the Arizona …

Rome CNN  —  Pope Francis joked that he is “still alive” as he left the hospital in Rome where he spent the past few days being treated for a respiratory infection. He stopped to talk to well wishers and journalists after being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Saturday morning. …

Described in the simplest terms, Jesse Williams and USA Track & Field are each organizing track and field meets. Yet in the organizers’ grandest ambitions, both believe their separate meets, held in Southern California in May, could spark something bigger in a sport furiously searching for ways to grow its …

MINNEAPOLIS —  LeBron James walked up to an exhausted Wenyen Gabriel as he exited the game with 7 minutes and 41 seconds left and tapped the Lakers backup center in the chest while offering instructions and some more encouragement. Gabriel poured all he had into the the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday …

Running backs are likely to fall in the 2023 NFL draft for two reasons. First, this is a not an especially strong year for the top backs, with only one sure first-round prospect. Second, it is 2023, and by now coaches, pre-draft analysts, scouts and all NFL fans who are …

MELBOURNE, Australia — Seeing the top three drivers get out of their cars after qualifying session at the Australian Grand Prix, you’d be forgiven for being transported back to 2021. A Red Bull driver on pole followed closely by two Mercedes cars is nothing new in F1, but in the …

CNN  —  Devastating storms and tornadoes scraped the South and Midwest Friday into early Saturday, killing at least five people, injuring dozens more, trapping others in their homes, and damaging businesses and critical infrastructure – with the threat of more severe weather looming into Saturday afternoon. More than 50 preliminary …