• Yahoo Life Shopping

    Walmart's 25+ best deals this weekend: Bissell, HP, Beautiful and more

    Some of the delightful deals on deck: the viral favorite Bissell Little Green vacuum for under $100, a 65-inch Vizio 4K smart TV for only $378 and a 14-piece Carote knife set for a crazy $120 off.

  • Associated Press

    Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for child molesters

    Louisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes against children to undergo surgical castration under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday. While the punishment of surgical castration is used in other countries that are known for harsher criminal sanctions — including the Czech Republic and Nigeria — it will be new in the U.S. The governor’s office confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that Landry had signed the bill earlier in the week. Proponents of the Louisiana law, which takes effect Aug. 1, hope the new possible punishment will deter people from committing sex crimes against children.

  • Associated Press

    USA Cycling announces road race team for Paris that will try to end 40-year Olympic medal drought

    Magnus Sheffield and Matteo Jorgenson will join Brandon McNulty on the U.S. cycling team for the Paris Olympics, giving the American contingent perhaps its best chance in four decades to win a road race medal. McNulty had already qualified for the team by winning the national time trial championship earlier this year. USA Cycling had to weigh which of its potential riders would be on the start line for the Tour de France on June 29, then pick the team best suited for the Olympic course that begins and ends in Paris.