While one managed to swim to shore, the other had to be rescued by police. Officers with the department’s maritime unit eventually found him clinging to a pool noodle in a hypothermic state, Senior Constable Philip Elder said. The men, who Newshub identified as roommates Hamish Mcilraith and “Jimmy,” are in their 20s, Elder said. He credited their relative youth with their survival, according to stuff.co.nz. On the morning of April 26, McIlraith and Jimmy set off from Mahanga Bay....

Katie Leeming, 22, underwent an emergency caesarean section at the end of October after she had difficulty feeling the baby move. Leeming had been in quarantine after contracting COVID-19 and doctors at the hospital decided to deliver the baby early because of complications from the virus, according to a GoFundMe for the family. After being born, Ivy-Rose tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from pulmonary hemorrhage and a brain hemorrhage, Simone Threlfall, a family friend wrote on the GoFundMe....

Footage of the two-month-old pair, a brother and sister, was released by officials at Zoo Zurich, Switzerland, to show how the cubs are growing up. Zoo fans have already named them as Wajra, for the female, and Warjun for her brother. Although they like to stay close to their four-year-old mum Saida, the cubs are not too shy for a few high jinks. The pair seem to love play-fighting as they hone the skills they would need in the wild for hunting and defending themselves....

John Carver takes the reigns once more for Newcastle after overseeing two games so far. Both of those matches have ended in defeats, with Leicester City winning 1-0 in the FA Cup and Chelsea beating them 2-0 in the league at Stamford Bridge, despite a strong performance from the Magpies. After struggling on the road, losing their last five away games, Newcastle have been picking up points at home, losing only once in nine matches and winning five of their last seven games....

Kieran Trippier dispatched a sublime free-kick to give Newcastle a deserved 3-1 lead early in the second half against the champions, who led in the fifth minute through Ilkay Gundogan. Newcastle took charge soon after, with the irrepressible Allan Saint-Maximin creating goals for Miguel Almiron and Callum Wilson. John Stones then sent the winger tumbling just outside the box and Trippier did the rest, although Haaland pounced on Rodri’s 60th-minute knockdown and Bernardo Silva dispatched Kevin De Bruyne’s pass to restore parity....

Additional footage, obtained by ABC News , has emerged detailing the moments immediately following the hotel elevator incident involving Palmer and Rice until the couple are escorted away in handcuffs about 45 minutes later. MORE: Disgraced athletes | Transcript shows discepancy in Goodell-Rice narrative | NFL players arrested in 2014 | Domestic violence arrests under Goodell The video shows Palmer and Rice arguing in the moments after he struck her as hotel personel responded....

The seven-time All-Star was asked about Michael Sam, the Missouri football star and potential NFL draftee who announced he is gay on Sunday. Young believes MLB teams wouldn't have major difficulties adapting to openly gay players. "I guarantee you I've had a gay teammate," Young told ESPN 103.3 FM in Dallas. "This may be the first openly gay player in the NFL, but clearly we know there have been tons in every sport — male, female, there have been tons in every sport....

Emmitt Smith, you just won “Dancing With the Stars.” What are you going to do next? I’m not going to Disneyland. I don’t think I’m going to be on the cover of a Wheaties box. What I will do is go back to my real- estate development company. It sounds like you’re standing in traffic. I’ve been traveling all night. I got to New York this morning and I’m now waiting on a car to take me to the “Rachael Ray” show....

“I have come to the conclusion that in a field of great candidates, one candidate clearly now stands out,” Gore told a $125-a-plate breakfast at the National Black Theater Institute of Action Art in Harlem on Dec. 9. Registered Democrats seem to have agreed: 24 percent of those polled rank Dean as their first choice, a big jump from 16 percent one month ago. Retired Gen. Wesley Clark and Connecticut Sen....

But the poll is not all bad news for the GOP. President Bush declared this week that the administration was putting the Baghdad government on notice that it had to make progress in stemming sectarian violence and rebuilding the country. Otherwise, Washington would consider changes to its Iraq policy. And it worked—at the margins. Almost half of all Americans still believe taking military action in Iraq was a mistake, but the gap between those who say it was not and those who say it was the right decision has narrowed: from 54 to 39 last week to 49 to 43 this week—from a 15-point margin to just six points....

The World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors awards recognized executives and companies that raised the bar for carmakers in 2021. The distinguished list of winners reflects the rapidly changing, increasingly competitive, and impact driven automotive landscape in which sustainability, mobility solutions, alternative fuels, and other technologies are inspiring progress in leaps and bounds. From investing in the evolution of batteries, robotics, and connected technologies, to transforming brand design at breakneck speed, these disruptors are transforming how we drive and proving that the future is already here....

After a few weeks of watching what Senator Ben Sasse called “a partisan clown show” and watching Chairman Adam Schiff earn four Pinocchios from the Washington Post for lying, I have reached a different, more disturbing conclusion. Speaker Pelosi and the House Democrats cannot play a game that requires more than one step. Even a game as simple as tic-tac-toe requires you to think beyond the opening move. You must ask what your opponent will do and then constantly modify your plan to meet the challenge of your opponent’s effort to win turn-by-turn....

Watching the various reactions to the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, I have been struck by how historically ignorant most politicians and commentators are—and how our political-diplomatic language and mindset block us from reality. The reality is: The Iranian dictatorship has been waging war against the United States for more than 40 years. I was a freshman in Congress in 1979 when the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was overthrown, and the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini became the dictator of Iran....

Since then, conservatives have tended to see themselves as a beleaguered and unfashionable band, armed only with the power of ideas in their struggle against the posh and privileged liberal establishment. In high-school terms, it’s been the right-wing nerds taking on the lefty homecoming kings and queens–the think-tank geeks squaring off against the cool Kennedys and their Harvard crowd. In early 1995, when Gingrich was in his prime, it was Kennesaw State railing against Beverly Hills and Manhattan....

Miami federal judge Marcia G. Cooke has given the OK for JPP’s lawsuit to proceed against Schefter/ESPN for publishing private medical records after JPP blew off a finger in a 2015 fireworks accident. Lest we forget, Florida was also the scene of Hulk Hogan’s recent successful $140 million lawsuit against Gawker Media for posting a video of him having sex without his permission. That ruling effectively bankrupted Gawker, which recently sold to Univision....

Neymar, 26, is linked with a stunning switch to Madrid despite only joining Paris Saint-Germain in a world-record move from Barcelona last year. But while Casemiro feels Neymar would enjoy a good friendship with Madrid star Ronaldo, he believes his international team-mate will stay at PSG. “[Neymar] has always been spectacular, since he was 11 years old. He does crazy things,” he told El Partidazo . “I don’t think there is any chance that he will come to Real, but you have to ask [Madrid president] Florentino Perez....

It was a spectacular performance by the side that has far eclipsed any other in France this season, winning the title with five matches still remaining. What was perhaps most remarkable about the win was that PSG were without their marquee summer signings in the form of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. The latter managed only a place on the bench after illness, while the Brazilian remains on the sidelines in his homeland due to a broken foot....

The 33-year-old Italian, who spoke after the principality side defeated Montpellier 2-0 on Wednesday to set up a Coupe de la Ligue final date with PSG, criticised the Brazilian’s actions at the culmination of the capital club’s match 24 hours earlier. PSG had led 3-0 but were pegged back to 3-2 when, deep in stoppage time, the 25-year-old was booked after committing a foul on Hamari Traore. Not happy with the decision, he made as if to pull his opponent up but withdrew the offer of his hand when the Rennes defender reached up to grab it....