In a news release, the Justice Department confirmed that the longtime Trump ally was arrested in California on Tuesday morning. He has been accused of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between April of 2016 and April of 2018. Federal officials believe that Barrack and two others made efforts to advance the interest of the UAE by influencing the foreign policy positions of then-U....

UNC confirmed the news and tweeted out condolences on Wednesday morning. MORE: Other notable sports deaths in 2015 | Dean Smith through the years | Roy Williams’ heartfelt letter to young bullied boy “Bill Guthridge was a gentlemen coach, but a fierce competitor, and an incredibly loyal member of Dean Smith’s staff for three decades,” said UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham in a press release. “When it was his turn as head coach, he immediately won an ACC championship and took two teams to the Final Four....

Weaver retired at the end of 2013 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 | Texas A&M’s first Heisman winner dies “Jim Weaver made a tremendous impact upon our institution, and we are deeply saddened to hear of his passing,” Virginia Tech President Dr. Timothy Sands said in a release. “He was dedicated to making our athletics enterprise among the best in the country, while always being true to the principles and values of this university....

The world governing body initially included 22 races on the calendar for next year, but that has been reduced back to 19 after events in New Jersey, Mexico and South Korea failed to make the final cut. There will be two races in North America: one in Quebec, the other in Texas. Sebastian Vettel will begin his attempt to win a fifth consecutive title in Australia on March 16, with the season ending in Abu Dhabi on Nov....

As you probably know, Season 9 debuted Thursday morning and with it came a new version of Retail Row (Mega Mall) and Tilted Towers (Neo Tilted). We also got a new shotgun (Combat Shotgun). But aside from those, you’ll also notice plenty of Sky Platforms spread out throughout the map. These are different from the Slipstreams located in Mega Mall and Neo Tilted. There are seven Sky Platforms in the Season 9 Fortnite map, and we’re here to help you find them....

As latter-day founding fathers gather in Brussels for their grandly named Convention on the Future of Europe, we would do well to keep in mind Thomson’s humility–and his skepticism about history and human nature. They come to ponder weighty questions. What is Europe? Should its guiding vision be a “superstate” that counterbalances a hyperpowerful United States, as a dwindling cadre of so-called Euro- fanatics still believe? Or should it be a more traditional club of nation-states–favored by a growing phalanx of Euroskeptics–that comes together, to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the issue?...

John Schnatter, the founder and former face of Papa John’s, is back to set the record straight following his ugly exit from the company in 2018. In a new interview with WDRB News, Schnatter claimed the controversy that forced him to step away from his own company was set up. “This is all a farce,” Schnatter said. “Nothing sells like the truth, and the truth, sooner or later, all comes out....

Translation: breathe, everyone. It’s one game — and a long season. One Hail Mary doesn’t change the world; one impressive debut doesn’t, either. MORE: Time for Week 1 overreactions! | Highs and lows from the week that was A look at Four In/Four Out for the College Football Playoff field after Week 1: Four In Ohio State: We have to wait a day for this edition of the Buckeyes, but the return Monday night in Blacksburg, Va....

Researchers found that kids under 5 years of age, especially those from low-income households, are often exposed to sneaky ads and other tactics designed to profit from their game playing. According to the findings, nearly 99 percent of the children studied had at least one manipulative design in one of their top-used apps, and youngsters whose parents are of lower education were more likely to use apps incorporating manipulative methods that increase advertising exposure....

The S&P 500 is on track for its first losing week in four, and banks are losing steam along with other stocks that soared earlier in the year with expectations for the economy and inflation. The S&P 500 was 0.9 percent lower in afternoon trading, resulting in widespread losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 406 points, or 1.2 percent, at 33,416, as of 2:10 p.m. ET. The Nasdaq composite was down 0....

Defining your organization’s values is the first step in building a successful culture, but ensuring they produce the right business outcome is a different story. Values can be positive, but they also need to be credible, genuine and authentic to your organization. If your company culture isn’t where you want it to be, start the change by looking at four possible reasons for the disconnect. 1. Overly Aspirational Values A recent MIT Sloan Management Review study of company value statements revealed a gap between what companies say they value and what their culture shows they value....

The largest Change.org petition—created by Denver restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin—asks the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to pass legislation that would provide families with a “$2,000 payment for adults and a $1,000 payment for kids immediately, and continuing regular checks for the duration of the crisis.” More than 2,473,300 have signed the petition at time of publication, with nearly 155,000 new supporters in the past three weeks. The petition will become one of Change....

Earhardt joined her morning Fox News crew of Steve Doocy and Pete Hegseth in railing against 2020 Democrats for “politicizing tragedy” of mass shootings in order to push for gun control measures. And while that stance is common on Fox & Friends, Earhardt appeared to mock the mental health problems of past and present “lone wolf” shooters as simply “crazy.” Her dismissal of mental health issues contributing to mass shootings has long been a line of defense against suggestions of gun control measures....

The clip was shared to the platform by decedant99, and was purportedly filmed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England during a light snowstorm. It showcases a picturesque suburban scene, with the cub seen bouncing around the snow-covered grass while tiny flakes continue to fall down on the fox from above. Decedant99 posted the clip alongside the caption: “Look at this lil baby playing in the snow.” At the time of writing, the enchanting video had earned over 4....

Since President Joe Biden took office and Democrats narrowly won control of the Senate, Manchin has emerged as one of the most powerful people in Washington, D.C. The moderate Democrat has repeatedly emphasized the need for bipartisanship and opposed ending the Senate’s legislative filibuster—putting him at odds with many Democratic colleagues. With an evenly split Senate, Manchin’s support or opposition to Democrats’ legislative priorities has become a key factor in determining whether they move forward or not....

During a segment on Fox & Friends on Thursday, the panel discussed Warren’s recent decline in the polls by citing a recent Quinnipiac poll, released earlier this week, which showed the progressive candidate at 14 percent. Warren was polling at 28 percent one month prior. “She says, ‘Don’t worry about it,’” Hegseth said, before cutting to a segment of the top tier 2020 Democratic candidate telling reporters on Tuesday that she isn’t concerned about polls because she’s “fighting everyday on behalf of working families....

Carlson’s opening monologue on Wednesday’s Tucker Carlson Tonight opened with a rebuke of Mueller’s appearance before the House Judicial and Intelligence committees. “Never meet your heroes, they’ll only disappoint you. That’s true by the way as Democrats across the country learned the hard way today. Former special counsel Robert Mueller testified on Capitol Hill this morning,” the host said, the incident was “a long, sad spectacle.” The conservative host accused Mueller of not being familiar with his own investigation by airing a clip from the testimony that showed the former special counsel saying he was “not familiar” with Fusion GPS, a private strategic intelligence firm hired by a law company that worked for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party to investigate possible ties between Trump and Russia....

“The left says it all the time, it is their religion,” Hegseth said Tuesday morning on Fox News morning show Fox & Friends after a clip of Sanders classifying climate change as the “major national security issue” for the U.S. was played. “They want to fight the weather. The rest of us want to deal with real threats that want to take away our freedoms.” Hegseth then made a comparison to President Donald Trump working to destroy the extremist group the Islamist State (or ISIS)....

The host, Melissa Francis, made the remarks on an episode of Outnumbered, during a discussion of the State of the Union address that the president delivered Tuesday evening. Francis told the other panelists that she felt when Pelosi tore up the paper, it seemed as if she were tearing up everyone who had been mentioned in the president’s speech—including the African Americans that Trump mentioned. “When Nancy Pelosi rips up that paper, she is ripping up those African Americans who are the beneficiaries of these policies,” Francis said....

He noted that Trump has other issues to attend to. “There’s so much for him to do,” he said. Kilmeade said that Trump should just leave the hearings in the hands of the Representatives who are defending him. “Let these guys like Doug Collins and company fight it out and keep it on the straight and narrow from the Republican perspective,” he said. Kilmeade’s statement echoes advice that former President Bill Clinton offered Trump last Thursday in a CNN interview....