NYTIMES (Mark O’Connell) - How We Watched the World Cup
The number of people who attend the World Cup is nothing compared with the sheer world-buckling biomass of those who experience it on a screen.
NPR (Anastasia Tsioulcas) - Move over, Super Bowl? There's an even bigger – and splashier – World Cup halftime show coming
The show, which will begin somewhere around 3:45 PM ET, will air in the U.S. on Fox, Fox One and in Spanish on Telemundo, as well as on the Fox Sports app and streaming in Spanish on Peacock. It's expected to run for about 11 minutes.
NPR (Meredith Nierman) - Photos: When the World Cup came to town
NPR member station photographers captured images of World Cup watch parties outside stadium gates, on street corners and in public parks and squares as the World Cup became, for a brief period, a part of local life.
AMERICANTHINKER - The World Cup Is an American Success Story
PickPik By Monty Donohew Foreign visitors beyond count are getting to see the best of what the USA can offer.
NYTIMES (Tim Arango) - World Cup Success Is Giving Americans ‘Permission to Be Patriotic’
Heading into the World Cup, many Americans had mixed feelings about the tournament and their nation.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - DHS warns threat level is the highest ever ahead of World Cup
While the FBI has expressed confidence in security measures at all World Cup venues, there is new concern due to the lapse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, along with a warning from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that the threat level is the “highest it’s ever been." NewsNation's Nancy Loo joins "NewsNation Live" with the latest on security threats facing the international soccer tournament. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Connell McShane. Weekdays starting at 3p/2C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
NPR (Rafael Nam) - Hotels have a big World Cup problem: Bookings are running far below projections
Nearly 80% of hotels surveyed by a body representing the industry reported bookings were running below projections — a worrisome sign with only weeks to go before the World Cup.
NEWSNATIONNOW (DAVID BILLER and TRISHA THOMAS, Associated Press) - ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
MILAN (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome. The sources who confirmed ICE participation on Tuesday said that federal ICE agents would support diplomatic security details and not run any immigration enforcement operations. [...]
AI:U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will serve in a security role during the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome. The agents will support diplomatic security details rather than conducting immigration enforcement operations.Open