Wimbledon appealing fine from women's tour over Russia ban
Read full article: Wimbledon appealing fine from women's tour over Russia banThe All England Club is appealing a fine levied by the WTA women’s professional tennis tour for banning Russian and Belarusian players from tournaments in Britain because of the war in Ukraine.
Girls, Inc. Summer Camp registration ends soon
Read full article: Girls, Inc. Summer Camp registration ends soonNow is the time to get your girls signed up for summer activity! Girls of Inc. Jacksonville will host Summer Camp for elementary girls (incoming kindergarteners who have been to VPK to rising 6th graders) from June 13 until July 22. Middle school camp will be one week - June 13 - 17. Summer camp for high school girls will be June 20 - 24. Rance dropped by Parkwood Elementary to get insight into what the elementary camp experience would offer. https://www.girlsincjax.org/summer-camp
Chaos as freed Nigerian schoolgirls reunited with families
Read full article: Chaos as freed Nigerian schoolgirls reunited with familiesMore than 300 schoolgirls kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria have arrived in Jangabe after been freed on Tuesday. Anxious and angry parents who were reunited with the girls after six days of waiting grabbed their daughters and left after shots rang out. The girls, aged 10 and up, had been abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state and were released Tuesday after negotiations. Following the kidnappings, the Zamfara state government announced a curfew, which remains in force. In December, 344 students were abducted from the Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State.
Kristin Chenoweth Enlists Dolly Parton for New Cover of 'I Will Always Love You'
Read full article: Kristin Chenoweth Enlists Dolly Parton for New Cover of 'I Will Always Love You'On her seventh studio album, Kristin Chenoweth is bringing together musics most influential and favorite female singers, from Barbra Streisand to Linda Ronstadt. One such record is I Will Always Love You, originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton and famously covered by Whitney Houston for The Bodyguard soundtrack. Now, Chenoweth is offering her take on the 1973 song with a new, stripped down rendition that features Parton herself -- and ET has the exclusive debut. I really wanted to pay homage to all the women singers who have influenced me over the years, Chenoweth explains. I wanted to make something that men could also enjoy, but this is by the girls and for the girls.