The 21-year-old spent 2017 on loan with the Crew, and impressed in a holding midfield role next to Wil Trapp. Artur made 24 appearances (19 starts) in the 2017 regular season, notching three assists. The Brazilian also led the Crew in successful tackles (73) and recoveries per 90 minutes (8.01) during the regular season. “Artur was one of the most promising young players in MLS last season and completing his transfer from Sao Paulo FC was one of our priorities this offseason,” Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter said in a club release....

The Columbus Dispatch reported Monday that Precourt had grown frustrated with the club’s declining revenue and attendance, with the Crew’s average crowd of 15,439 ranking 20th out of the league’s 22 clubs this season. While Precourt did not confirm a date for the move, he did admit the team is looking at relocation options, with Austin featuring heavily in his released statement. “Despite our investments and efforts, the current course is not sustainable,” Precourt said in a statement....

Zoila Frausto found that out the hard way in perhaps the most valuable, albeit distressing, lesson of her life. She holds that experience close to her heart now during her career resurrection as a reminder of what she endured. Join DAZN and watch Combate Fresno: Zoila Frausto vs. Reina Cordoba on Aug. 2 Amid her failing marriage to fellow MMA fighter Jorge Gurgel, Frausto lost four straight bouts in a trying stretch that dragged on from December 2012 to October 2015....

Can we talk? It is becoming increasingly difficult, because I never know when I’m inadvertently going to offend you. Here I go, raving about the divine veal piccata I had at that hot new trattoria, and you’re gritting your teeth and about to pop a blood vessel because you haven’t had a chance to inform me that you are a raging vegetarian who spend is weekends stuffing envelopes for People for Ethical Treatment of Animals....

Cartoonists portrayed Clinton as a sax-tooting hipster of dubious family values. Conservative pundits sniggered. Even many supporters expressed dismay at the performance. The message rang clear. All too many Americans see musicians as either ne’er-do-wells or nerds. I propose that we rethink this destructive attitude. If we could make playing music as pervasive as jogging, we might soon find music improving our spiritual health as jogging has improved our physical health....

Comedian Walter Masterson trolled Greene and Florida congressman Matt Gaetz during a photo opportunity at Huntington Beach in Southern California. A video of the encounter was posted online on Sunday and had been viewed at least 2.8 million times by Monday. “Oh my god, I’m so excited! I’m so excited!” Masterson, wearing an American flag-themed outfit, tells the Georgia Republican in the video as she and Gaetz both smile and while holding their thumbs up....

The multi-talented Moore—who was also an actor, writer, director, producer, and musician—died aged 41 on Friday evening after being involved in an unspecified accident, his agent told Deadline. His family released a statement in tribute, writing: “We are devastated by the loss of my husband, best friend and the father of our son. “He was known as a writer and comedian to millions, and yet to us he was simply the center of our whole world....

The comet, also known as C/2021 A1, is the brightest object of its type to be seen over the skies of Earth in 2021, and spotting it has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for skywatchers. Following its early January close approach to the sun, when it will pass within 57.2 million miles of our star, not only will the comet pass out of view, but its discoverer astronomer and University of Arizona researcher Greg Leonard, predicts it will be heading out of the solar system altogether....

If high-school textbooks are any guide –nothing, or next to it. At least, that’s what an astonishing study recently revealed. Of 81 current social-studies and history texts examined by Braunschweig University’s Institute of Schoolbook Research, half don’t even include East Germany at all. In all but a tiny handful of books, there’s no mention of the Stasi’s brutal methods, or its tens of thousands of victims. Instead, says study author Heike Mätzing, many books take pains to demonstrate that everyday life under communism wasn’t all that different from life in the West....

Ruling Out Other Medical Conditions Healthcare providers try to start with what a medical condition isn’t before trying to figure out what it is. We call it ruling out the problems. For example, weakness in only one area of the body instead of the whole thing is usually related to the brain (stroke) or to the muscles that are affected (muscle fatigue), so we could rule out other causes. Causes Generalized weakness is most often related to fatigue or low blood pressure....

The tweets that appeared on the page, including one referring to Democratic congresswomen as the “Jihad Squad,” drew criticism from New Jersey’s Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, who demanded Scanlan condemn the spreading of “racist, misogynist and Islamophobic images.” Initially, Scanlan said in a statement on Facebook that articles about the tweets were a “very lame attempt” by Governor Phil Murphy’s administration to “change the subject.” Scanlan wasn’t the only account to get into hot water over the “Jihad Squad” and the Illinois Cook County Democratic Party condemned the Republican County Chairman’s Association for posting an edited image of a poster for the film Gangster Squad on Facebook....

NEWSWEEK: Would Mr. Morita understand the restructuring now underway at Sony? IDEI: He gave a speech one month before his debilitating stroke. He pointed out that we have to learn from Americans again. That was 1993. He sensed that the structure of America’s economy was changing as it emerged from recession. Is it still important that Japan learn from America? Japan and America learn from each other. Motorola adopted Japanese-style production controls....

An image of the alleged policy has circulated broadly on social media, amassing 64,000 votes on Reddit’s popular “Antiwork” forum. The signed acknowledgment form was handed to an employee as part of his new hire paperwork, according to anonymous poster u/sleazycookies. This Redditor told Newsweek that the new employee was her boyfriend, who recently started working at a distribution center for a sporting goods company in Florida. She declined to identify her boyfriend, herself or the company for fear of retaliation at his job....

Liga MX has dominated the competition, winning every single edition since the relaunch of the tournament. In 2022, it will be up to Club Leon, Cruz Azul, Pumas UNAM and Santos Laguna to keep Mexico’s streak alive. Defending champion Monterrey did not qualify for the 2022 edition. Teams from the USA, Canada, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica will once more attempt to disrupt that regional supremacy for the first time....

Joint hosts with Canada, a star-studded squad featuring the likes of Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey is the 7-to-5 co-favorite at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook to win the tournament again. The U.S. begins its tournament play Tuesday vs. Honduras in Frisco, Tex. (9:30 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1). For their opening game, the Americans are -225 favorites, with Honduras getting +725 odds and the draw priced at +325. The two-way spread bet has the U....

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For a guy who continuously spills his guts - and a lot of other people’s - Bateman is pretty much a blank. At the office, he frets about “the Ransom account” and “the Fisher account,” but his tasks are revealed with all the detail of Darrin’s job at the ad agency in the old “Bewitched” sitcom. He hangs around with his buddies McDermott, Price and Van Patten, who prattle about the right brands of booze, suits and accessories....

Heart failure often refers to early-stage weakening of the heart without congestion. As the damage to the heart progresses, it causes fluid to build up in the feet, arms, lungs, and other organs, which is referred to as congestion, throughout the body. This stage of heart failure is called CHF. This article will discuss different types of heart failure and the factors that put you at the greatest risk for developing the disease....

But on Monday, top Senate Republicans signaled that rapid timeline could be delayed by weeks until late July, as Congress grapples with other simultaneous matters, such as another coronavirus stimulus and a defense reauthorization package. However, several of them later signaled that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hoped to pass legislation before July 4th recess. Attempting to replicate its swift pandemic response, Congress is trying to rapidly tackle police brutality amid a nationwide call to action....