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Although the bill was filed in February 2021 and received little support from state legislators, it received renewed attention on social media after viral tweets incorrectly stated it was introduced recently, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s historic reversal of its decision in Roe v. Wade last month. “Republicans in North Carolina just introduced a bill that’d make abortion punishable with death,” Santiago Mayer, the founder and executive director of Voters of Tomorrow, a nonprofit focused on getting young people into politics, wrote in a tweet on Monday that has so far been shared more than 20,000 times....

State lawmakers have lambasted Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks and demanded his dismissal, citing his overall job performance and his actions regarding the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, the state’s only women’s prison. Ten guards face criminal charges brought by the state attorney general for alleged violent attacks on inmates this past January. Hicks defended his record of service and said he added body cameras at Edna Mahan and hired more women, among other changes....

Messi has returned from a groin injury in scintillating form, scoring four times in two games – including a hat trick against Manchester City in the Champions League. Nani knows the threat posed by the Barca star ahead of the clash between the teams at the Mestalla. “Messi is a special player and few compare,” he said. However, Nani also took the chance to praise his Portugal teammate Cristiano Ronaldo....

Osaka won the first set but lost the next two for a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) defeat in her first major tennis tournament since losing in the US Open third round to Canadian Leylah Fernandez on Sept. 3. “Definitely I think I fought for every point. I can’t be sad about that. I’m not God. I can’t win every match, so I just have to that into account and know that it would be nice to win the tournament, but that’s like really special, and I can’t think of myself to try and win the grand slam at the start of the year every time,” Osaka said in her press conference....

Reuters reported on Monday that the world-ranked No. 2 tennis star has opted out of the upcoming Berlin WTA 5000, an event that, before Osaka’s withdrawal, featured 15 of the top 20 world ranked women’s tennis players. Osaka’s decision to not participate in the event casts doubt on whether she will join the field at Wimbledon, which starts on June 28. Osaka has won the Australian Open twice and the U....

Following an amateur record of 75-6, Inoue turned pro in 2012. He won the WBC light-flyweight and the WBO junior-bantamweight titles in 2014. Inoue defended the WBO title seven times. He won the WBA (Regular) bantamweight title in 2018 against Jamie McDonnell. Inoue competed in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament from 2018-2019. He beat Juan Carlos Payano, Emmanuel Rodriguez, and Donaire to win the tournament as well as the IBF, The Ring, and (regained the) WBA (Super) bantamweight titles....

Hendrick Motorsports announced Tuesday that NAPA will follow Elliott from the Xfinity Series into the Sprint Cup Series next season as his majority sponsor. The deal is for three years. MORE: Weekend preview | Did Johnson let Junior win? | PHOTOS: 2015 Cup winners “I’m so fortunate to work with a company like NAPA,” Elliott said in a release. “They’ve been behind me 100 percent, and I never take that support for granted....

Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 Goal understands the Serie A outfit is weighing up a move for the former Juventus man as it looks to replace the injured Arkadiusz Milik. Zaza is yet to find the net since joining the Irons on a season-long loan deal in August, with the Hammers floundering just one place above the relegation zone after 11 matches....

Having reached the last 16 in last season’s competition, the Partenopei are clear 3/10 (1.30) favourites with Genting to put one foot in the group stages by coming out on top here. In contrast, this is the first ever involvement in the Champions League for Lucien Favre’s team, who are available at 9/1 (10.00) to give themselves an excellent chance of qualification by pulling off a shock win. The guests overcame Ajax on away goals after two draws in the previous round, and you can get odds of 17/4 (5....

Despite 60 years of female space travel internationally, only 12 percent of the nearly 600 people who have been into space have been women, and many of the barriers these women have faced have been in the space agencies themselves. Karen Nyberg, a retired NASA astronaut, artist and engineer, became the 50th woman in space in 2008. Speaking to Newsweek, she recalled her experiences leading up to that first space flight....

The event’s cash prize is the biggest incentive for the competition. It’ll be the thing drivers are vying for when they travel to Texas Motor Speedway to take part in this year’s iteration of the race. Well, that and bragging rights. Sporting News has you covered on how much a winning driver makes for winning the All-Star Race, as well as a list of past winners of the competition....

MORE: Is another All-Star upset in the works? | All-Star Race moments | Kyle Busch savors ’exciting’ day With the win early Sunday, Johnson recorded the 200th top five and 300th top 10 finish of his career. Harvick remained dominant at 1.5-mile tracks; he has finished in the top two in his last seven races at them. NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series heads south for a busy weekend. The action begins Friday with the Sprint Showdown, followed by the Camping World Truck Series NC Education Lottery 200....

The telecommunications company has sponsored NASCAR’s top series since 2008, and the relationship really dates to 2004, when Nextel began backing the series. Sprint later purchased Nextel. MORE: Winners and losers: Joe Gibbs Racing makes this Martinsville list NASCAR chief operating officer Brent Dewar says the sanctioning body is talking with multiple companies, and that those talks are at “an advanced stage," the Sports Business Journal reported Monday. “We know how to handle complexity and meet deadlines, and this is no different,” Dewar told SBJ....

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race was scheduled to start at 2 p.m. on Fox, but weather conditions are not suitable for racing, NASCAR announced at Sunday’s drivers meeting. MORE: Everything you need to know about the Food City 500 Monday’s conditions aren’t that much better. Rain is expected in the morning and early afternoon. Brian Neudorff, a NASCAR Meteorologist for SB Nation, predicts there’s “around a 60 percent” chance the race will be able to run Monday at 1 p....

News of the headline performer came via Billboard.com and a media release. More: This week’s Phoenix schedule | Tight battle for final two Chase title berths NASCAR will present its postseason awards on Dec. 2 in Las Vegas. The show is the capper for NASCAR Champions Week. A full schedule of events has yet to be released. The event honors the Sprint Cup series winners and others. Awards for the Xfinity and Truck Series will be distributed Nov....

“We want to go as far as we can to eliminate the presence of that flag,” NASCAR chairman Brian France told The Associated Press. “I personally find it an offensive symbol, so there is no daylight how we feel about it and our sensitivity to others who feel the same way. MORE: Flag must vanish | Dale, Junior and the banner | Sonoma lineup | Odds | Allmendinger on pole...

Yet no one could have foreseen this much carnage … or this type of fantastic finish. In the end, Ryan Blaney nipped Ryan Newman by mere inches at the finish line to claim his first victory of 2019 and the third win of his career. The margin of victory, 7/1,000ths of a second, is the sixth-closest finish of all-time in NASCAR’s top series. While the victory clinches Blaney a spot in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR playoffs, other playoff drivers weren’t so fortunate, as all 12 were involved in one or more multicar crashes or other mayhem in the 1000Bulbs....

A pair of cautions in the final eight laps led to an exciting finish as many of the top cars opted to stay on the track without pitting and gamble on whether or not they would have enough fuel to cross the finish. The win was Hamlin’s third of the season after losing in nail-biting fashion to Kevin Harvick last week in New Hampshire.. MORE: Watch NASCAR live & on demand with fuboTV (7-day trial)...

Harvick had some solid runs to start the day, but he saved the best for last as he held off Denny Hamlin for the top spot at the Federated Auto Parts 400 (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). This is Harvick’s 24th career pole. “We didn’t really fall off,” Harvick said. “I think that’s part of the game here. I think we made some good adjustments on making the car better, and for me, just getting more confidence in how fast I could let the car roll and stay in the throttle up off the corner....