Billionaire Warren Buffett says his decision to cut the Gates Foundation out of his charitable giving is more about believing his three kids are ready to handle giving away his entire fortune than it is about Bill Gates’ ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Buffett told CNBC Wednesday that Gates’ association with Epstein is “distasteful,” but the 95-year-old investor suggested that Gates’ actions weren’t much different from mistakes he had made over the years about hiring the wrong person or choosing who to be friends with. Buffett says no one has a perfect record in judging people.
Lionel Messi faces England in the World Cup semifinals with the chance to move clear of Kylian Mbappé in the race for the golden boot. Messi and Mbappé are tied on eight goals for the tournament. Messi is also the all-time top scorer in World Cups with 21 goals. Stopping him is the biggest challenge for England in Atlanta. At the age of 39 this could be Messi’s last World Cup and he could surpass Argentina great Diego Maradona by winning the trophy for a second time after victory in Qatar in 2022.Argentina is also aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back titles since Brazil in 1958 and 62.
The late summer beauty of the UW-Whitewater Campus Garden will provide the setting for dinner on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Renderings of the proposed storage facility.
A series of three dinners will transform unexpected spaces on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s campus into dining destinations.
The drama-filled Wimbledon final between Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova over the weekend was ESPN’s most-watched women’s championship match at the grass-court Grand Slam. The all-Czech final during which Noskova wasted five match points and a 5-2 lead in the second set before eventually winning 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 on Saturday averaged 1.9 million viewers. That was an increase of 48% compared to last year’s women’s final when Iga Swiatek routed Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in 57 minutes. In Italy, where Jannik Sinner has become the country’s most popular athlete the men's final in which he earned his fifth Grand Slam title was watched by an average of 4.2 million viewers.
Due to heat and an air-quality advisory, the Unity Walk is being postponed to a later date.
FORT ATKINSON – Madison College's Fort Atkinson Campus is planning a new storage facility on the property at 827 Banker Rd.“(It will) be facin…
Get ready for the ultimate day of family fun, live music, and - of course - goats. The highly anticipated annual Goat Fest is returning to Rot…
