Oecj quot;I ve been just waiting for that quot;: Korean War vet optimistic as two Koreas talk peace
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka 鈥?the grand slam leader in the professional tennis era and newcomer who had surged to the last two majors 鈥?both exited the French Open on Saturday in a double shock.Osaka was the first to depart in the afternoon 6-4 and 6-2 to Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic before Williams fell to fellow American Sofia Kenin 6-2 and 7-5 in a dramatic evening contest.Williams was short of matches entering the French Open, completing a mere three after her event
vaso stanley ful Australian Open that ended with an ankle injury in a quarterfinal defeat.Illness, but more prominently of late, a knee injury have kept the winner of 23 majors on the sidelines.Yet any tournament the 37-year-old plays in is one she can win. And when Williams recovered from a set and break down to lead her 35th-ranked rival 5-4 in the second set, few would have bet against her.Her smooth, potent serve started to click and the 10th seed had the fans on Philippe C
stanley water bottle hatrier court behind her, especially as Kenin contested several line calls.But her 20-year-old foe, born in Moscow, hung in the
stanley cup re and broke for 6-5 in a game that began with Williams erring long on a forehand with Kenin stranded.Williams had one more chance but sent a forehand wide on break point. Then on a second match point, her backhand sailed long.Osaka, meanwhile, admitted the French Open was just too much to handle.The world No. 1 saw her bid to become the first female player since her idol Williams in 2015 to claim three straigh Oqfr Meghan Markle, Prince Harry ask for privacy for her father who won t attend wedding
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who s accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving office.White House and Justice Department officials said Saturday that Bergdahl had submitted copies of the clemency request seeking leniency. If granted by Obama, it would allow Bergdahl to avert a military trial scheduled for April where he faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The misbehavior charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.If the pardon isn t granted, Bergdahl s defense team said it will ex
stanley isolierkanne pand its legal strategy to the new administration by filing a motion arguing President-elec
stanley cup t Donald Trump violated his due process rights with scathing public comments about the case.The pardon request to Obama, first reported by The New York Times, was confirmed by White House and Justice Department officials who weren t authorized to discuss the matter by name.Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held captive by the Taliban and its allies for five years.The Obama administration s decision in May 2014 to exchange him for five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cub
stanley mug a, prompted criticism that included some Republicans accusing Obama of jeopardizing nation s safety. Some lawmakers were outraged that the administration didn t give Congress a 30-day notice about transferring the detainees, a
