Instead, this speaker is about being able to place music (or sound) where you couldn’t otherwise: a kid’s room, above a small end table or entryway. The idea is reasonable, but how is the execution? Is it as clever as it appears? Hang a Speaker on the Wall The Symfonisk Picture Frame can hang on the wall in portrait or landscape position. It comes with a wall hook that screws into the wall, and the back of the plastic frame can accommodate either orientation....

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that Congress is working on a $12 billion aid package for Ukraine as a response to the Russian invasion, which includes financial assistance for refugees, medical supplies and weapons transfers to Ukraine. A senior defense official said last week that the U.S. has already given more than $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine in the past year. Omar, a Democrat known for championing progressive ideals, cautioned against such plans of sending Ukraine more weapons in a Tuesday message posted on Twitter....

North Dakota state senator Oley Larsen posted a photo to Facebook on Sunday of a woman checking an automatic weapon, stating that the subject of the photo was Omar and that the photograph was taken at an “Al’ Qaida” training camp. Larsen also wrote in his caption that Omar was trying to block the photo. However, the Associated Press, which published the photo in the 1970s, has debunked the rumor that Omar is pictured....

CBSSports.com reports that the star player suffered what is believed to be a broken left wrist or left hand. Rice is expected to need surgery and could be out for up to six weeks. If surgery is required, it could be scheduled as early as Wednesday. Head coach John Groce held a press conference on Tuesday to announce that Rice fractured his left hand during practice and will be sidelined indefinitely with surgery expected to take place on Wednesday....

The school announced on Saturday that it relieved Groce of his duties following an 18-13 season with the Illini. MORE: 2017 NCAA basketball coaching changes “Under (John Groce’s) leadership, regrettably, we were not able to sustain the level of competitive excellence that we expect at the University of Illinois,” Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said in a statement. “But that should do nothing to detract from the many wonderful things John has done on behalf of Illinois Basketball during his tenure....

He has led the Illini to a 5-6 record going into Saturday’s finale in Chicago against Northwestern. A win at Soldier Field would make Illinois bowl eligible. MORE: CFB scoreboard | Ranking rivalry week matchups | Lee Corso pulls out rifle, pistols to pick Oklahoma State in Bedlam “Bill has stepped in during an extremely difficult period and done an outstanding job in leading our football program since August,” interim athletics director Paul Kowalczyk said, via the team’s website....

Staff at Allen Hall discovered the noose at around 1 a.m. on September 1 and called the police. During the investigation, officers identified Smith as a suspect. He was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and for committing a hate crime. The University of Illinois Police said preliminary charges may change as the court proceedings move forward. Smith has appeared in court and given a $5,000 bail. His next court appearance has not been set....

Corinne DiLorenzo, 38, was arrested on December 24, six months after “bag upon bag upon bag” of dead animals and bones were discovered in shallow graves at the EARTH Animal Sanctuary in Thawville by a former board member of the since-dissolved sanctuary. An indictment filed in Iroquois County Circuit Court shows that DiLorenzo has been charged with one count of aggravated animal cruelty after allegedly intentionally causing the deaths of multiple pets, including dogs, cats, pigs, rabbits, birds, raccoons and turtles, between 2014 and 2018....

In the letter, Judiciary Chair Charles Lavine writes that the committee’s investigation is “nearing completion,” and the committee invites the governor’s legal team to submit any evidence or written submission it would like the Committee to review prior to making its decision. It placed a due date for providing such materials as “no later than” 5:00 p.m. on August 13The news comes as the attorney generals of three New York counties announced they would open criminal investigations against the governor, following the investigation by New York State Attorney General Letitia James where her office found Cuomo guilty of sexual harassment....

What an ICD Looks Like Most ICDs consist of a small, thin, battery-driven titanium “generator,” which is inserted beneath the skin just below the collarbone, and from one to three “leads” (wires) that are attached to the generator. The leads are passed through nearby blood vessels and positioned at specific locations within the heart. Recently, a subcutaneous ICD has been developed, in which both the generator and the leads are placed under the skin, rather than in the blood vessels or the heart....

If you are having knee pain, hip pain, or difficulty walking and moving around, you may benefit from physical therapy to help improve your strength and overall functional mobility. Your physical therapist will likely prescribe exercises to strengthen the muscles around your hips, knees, and legs to help improve your ability to walk, rise from a chair, or move around in bed. One effective exercise to help improve lower extremity function is the short arc quad (SAQ) exercise....

Many election forecasters would say that if the election were held today, that’s a bridge too far. And they’d be right. House Republicans under Kevin McCarthy have offered little in the way of meaningful contrasts on most of the major pieces of legislation taken up over the past few months. But establishing a meaningful contrast with the way the other party runs things (or would run them) is a key component of any winning strategy and, thanks to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s considerable overreach in the last coronavirus bill, Republicans now have a chance to make such a contrast....

“I say be who you are,” Udoka said. “If you want to ignore it, ignore it. If you engage, engage. Do what you do. Be who you are.” Boston’s fans took Udoka’s advice, being themselves and living up to their reputation. The Warriors only had one heel in Green. The Celtics had 19,156 on Wednesday night. They all did their best Green impression to get under the Warriors’ skin, helping the Celtics capture a 116-100 victory and 2-1 lead in the Finals....

France’s ratification of the Maastricht Treaty on monetary union and political cooperation turned out to have a divisive effect. The referendum’s close margin (51 percent to 49 percent) did nothing to dispel skepticism about European unity. Major immediately applied the brakes to Britain’s part of the Maastricht process, postponing Parliament’s approval of the treaty, probably until sometime next year. But French assent enabled Kohl and Mitterrand to push for unification, even as their governments struggled to maintain the franc’s crucial link to the brawny German mark in the foreign-exchange markets....

With Elizabeth celebrating the 40th anniversary of her rule, this was supposed to be a happy year. Instead, the queen clinched her position as head of the world’s reigning dysfunctional family, looking on helplessly as the princess royal divorced, the Duchess of York cavorted and the Waleses lurched toward separation. At a lunch given in her honor by the mayor of London last week, Elizabeth called 1992 an “annus horribilis” and-with classic British understatement-acknowledged it was “not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure....

This race should have been a golden opportunity for Republicans: Our economy is inflationary and the President of the United States is unpopular. Georgia’s Republican governor Brian Kemp was easily reelected against a tough Democratic opponent with a national profile, Stacey Abrams. Warnock was said to be among the most vulnerable incumbents in this cycle. So his victory should make both parties take notice; the takeaways from this race have major implications for 2024 and beyond....

Of these five who led Britain through its darkest and finest hour, only one now survives. Last week it was the sad task of that survivor, Queen Elizabeth II, to announce the death of her mother, who was known to the world as the Queen Mum. She was 101, an age not attained by any other British king or queen, but it was more than longevity that earned her a place in her country’s history....

Two senior law enforcement officials who have seen the investigation reports confirmed to Newsweek on Saturday that federal investigators were searching the home of Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, who’s considered a suspect in connection with the December 25 bombing. The officials requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the case on the record. A LexisNexis report on Anthony Warner, obtained by Newsweek, showed that he was born in January 1957, is 63 years old, located at 3724 Bakertown Road and 115 Bakertown Road in Nashville—the address authorities began searching on Saturday....

The girls grew up in front of the nation during Obama’s presidency, and never gave an interview while their dad was in office. Michelle and Barack taught them to “pretend like all the craziness around them wasn’t happening,” according to an interview Michelle gave to Gayle King during the 2019 Essence Festival. Now, both college students, Malia and Sasha spoke with great admiration about their mom during her groundbreaking book tour....

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday evening that the Republican National Committee was eyeing Jacksonville, Florida as the tentative new home for its planned August convention, after officials in North Carolina would not promise to allow a packed arena amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Under the reported plan, Charlotte would still hold the lower-profile meetings of the convention, while Jacksonville would host the main event. President Donald Trump took aim at North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, on June 2, suggesting that the convention would need to be moved if the state would not allow a full-scale event to take place amid the pandemic....