Jerry Richardson, the owner of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, has donated $100,000 to the families of the Charleston shooting to help cover burial costs of the victims. Richardson sent a letter to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund dated Friday along with a check for $100,000. Richardson asks in the letter that $10,000 go to each of the nine families of the victims and $10,000 for a memorial at the Emanuel
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Bangkok (AFP) – Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng swept to victory on home soil at the Queen’s Cup in Koh Samui Sunday, shooting a six-under par 65 on a day that proved a nightmare for Japan’s Akinori Tani.
Thai Prayad Marksaeng tamed the challenging Santiburi Samui Country Club to win his ninth Asian Tour title with a two-shot victory at the Queen’s Cup on Sunday. The 49-year-old overturned a three-shot deficit with a final round of six-under-par 65 to pip countryman Thanyakon Khrongpha to the title with a winning total of 14-under-par 270 in the Asian Tour event at Koh Samui.
By Steve Keating UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington (Reuters) – Manicured Augusta National and the gnarly links-style layout of Chambers Bay may be as different as southern hospitality and grunge rock but the two venues could have a common bond after Sunday — Jordan Spieth. Having conquered the Masters in April, Spieth put himself in position to become just the sixth person to slip into a green jacket and hoist the U.S.
By Mark Lamport-Stokes UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington (Reuters) – Playing partners Dustin Johnson and Branden Grace followed similar routes of highs and lows to reach the same destination on Saturday, ending the third round in a four-way tie for the lead. South African Grace, a six-times winner on the European Tour whose game has long been praised by his compatriot Ernie Els, offset three birdies with three bogeys for a matching
By Steve Keating UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington, June 21 (Reuters) – Manicured Augusta National and the gnarly links-style layout of Chambers Bay may be as different as southern hospitality and grunge rock but the two venues could have a common bond after Sunday — Jordan Spieth. Having conquered the Masters in April, Spieth put himself in position to become just the sixth person to slip into a green jacket and hoist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and coalition forces launched 18 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq on Saturday, with four each in Tal Afar and Mosul, the U.S. military said in a statement. The air strikes hit near nine Iraqi cities in all, destroying Islamic State buildings, tactical units, heavy machine guns and vehicles, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement Sunday. Near Haditha, two air strikes
Islamic State has planted mines and bombs in the ancient part of the central Syrian city of Palmyra, home to Roman-era ruins, a group monitoring the war said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not immediately clear whether the group was preparing to destroy the ancient ruins or planted the mines to deter government forces from advancing towards the city, also known as Tadmur. Maamoun
