On the eve of the match, Serena delivered a forehand volley to media members who dared broach the subject. For the world’s No. 1 player, the only topic that matters now is beating Garbine Muguruza. MORE: American winners in Open Era | Champs since 2000 | Williams-Muguruza TV, streaming info Saturday won’t be easy. Remember, little-known Muguruza eliminated Williams in the second round of the 2014 French Open. It wasn’t a fluke....

There may not be much Good News in the pews for the GOP. The tawdry parable of Mark Foley is only one reason. Maturing from rebels to political insiders, evangelicals are divided on tactics and agendas, and beginning to doubt whether it is possible to ennoble society, let alone save souls, through Christian political activism. Foley put new cracks in the notion of the GOP as a vessel of family virtue....

Cleveland dropped to 2-6 with its 24-19 loss in Denver on Sunday, the latest blow for a Browns team that came into 2019 with its highest expectations since the Marty Schottenheimer 1980s heyday. The Browns are undisciplined, unprepared and unworthy of any conversation that involves the postseason, and their failure falls on first-year coach Freddie Kitchens more than anybody else. WATCH: Broncos bury Browns with big plays, defense The Broncos started quarterback Brandon Allen, who had not taken a regular-season snap before Sunday, and he completed 12 of 20 passes for 193 yards and 2 TDs....

Jackson, who has partnered with USAA on Memorial Day to offer digital tributes to fallen service members at PoppyInMemory.com, holds that connection now after the death of his grandfather Richard Snyder last month. Snyder served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and that’s another layer to Jackson’s military background. “I didn’t love it when I was going through it, but when I got to middle school and high school age I realized how much of an advantage it was to be able to travel and experience some things that some kids who live in the same town 18 years don’t,” Jackson told Sporting News....

Increasingly — and inspired in part by the Pacers and Vogel — league front offices have been pushing aside established, well-known coaches in favor of younger, more pliable types. The belief is that, thanks to the bulking up of scouting and analytics in the NBA, pretty much any automaton can call plays and run a team. And they can do it on the cheap, with three-year deals in the range of $6 million....

It was announced over the weekend that Mickie James, the current Impact Knockouts Champion, will be competing in the Royal Rumble on Jan. 29. The event will take place inside The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. James took to Instagram to announce the news, saying she raises the bar and kicks down glass ceilings. The former WWE women’s champion is looking to make a true impact at WrestleMania....

The concept SUV is built on the Bronco four-door with the Sasquatch Package. It wears a Velocity Blue paint job that takes inspiration from the colors of the ocean. Its interior is outfitted with marine-grade vinyl-trimmed seats in Black Onyx and Dark Space Gray. On the floor is rubberized washout flooring. The rig rides on 35-inch mud-terrain tires that are mounted to 17-inch factory wheels with Ford Performance deadlock rings....

RNC organizers are in the process of ironing out plans to move some of the convention’s events outdoors, several media outlets reported. While the convention is scheduled to begin in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 21, it will conclude with celebrations in Jacksonville, Florida between August 24 and 27. Event organizers made the decision to split convention activities between the two cities last month after conflict arose between the RNC and officials in North Carolina, who wanted the option of limiting attendance if the virus still had a foothold in the state by August....

Joey Fatone is hosting a giant pillow fight in between quarters at a football game this year. Yup, that’s right. You see, In between the first and second quarter of the matchup between South Dakota and South Dakota State this season, the two school partake in what is being described as the “world’s largest pillow fight.” This year, when the two teams take the field in Brookings, S.D. on Saturday, the event will be hosted by former ‘N Sync singer Joey Fatone, according to the Argus Leader:...

“We have a vital stake in stopping [Russia President Vladimir] Putin in Ukraine. Ukraine is gonna fight, Ukrainian’s gonna fight for their sovereignty and for their lives,” Herbst said on a Thursday appearance on SiriusXM Business Radio’s “The Business Briefing.” “We’re not saying to Ukraine, ‘We’re gonna send our troops to fight with you,’ but we should be sending major weapon systems. And the Biden Administration has been weak on that,” he said....

The 29-year-old has stepped up his game since Jonathan Kodija got injured a couple of weeks ago, scoring five times to help Steve Bruce’s side pick victories in their last three games in the Championship. Boateng, who played for Villa between 1999 and 2002, believes the club stand the chance of claiming the second automatic slot to return to the Premier League next season. “I think Steve Bruce is doing a good job there....

Per a report from the Associated Press, the judge in Reid’s case also changed the circumstances of his bond, allowing the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid to resume driving with restrictions. His car will now be fitted with an interlock device that requires Reid to pass a breathalyzer test before the vehicle can start. Reid reportedly was driving 84 mph shortly before the collision, and had a blood alcohol level of 0....

In the late 1970s, Banerjee quit his job at a gas station and purchased a run-down Los Angeles nightclub called Destiny II. He intended to open a backgammon club but after meeting model and playmate Dorothy Stratten (Nicola Peltz) and nightclub promoter Paul Snider (Dan Stevens), Banerjee opened Destiny II as a night club, introducing a male stripper and dancing troupe, the first of its kind in the U.S....

Evan McMullin, a former CIA officer turned Republican policy chief, slammed Trump as the ongoing consequences from America’s hasty retreat from northern Syria continue to be felt. Russian forces touched down in the airbase in the Syrian city of Qamishli on Thursday and played up their takeover as camera crews captured troops jumping out of helicopters and setting up a perimeter around the base. The airfield, which lies miles away from the Turkish border, will now expand Russia’s capabilities of patrolling the region and is the same one that saw American forces pelted with rocks and vegetables by locals as they retreated....

Beth Cameron wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post that the Trump administration’s response to the novel coronavirus had been “slow and inadequate,” and suggested that the closure of the Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense had contributed to its “sluggish” response. She added that the closure of the unit left “an unclear structure and strategy” for coordination of efforts to combat the damage of a pandemic....

The alliance was launched on Wednesday by the American Greatness Fund, a Trump-aligned non-profit organization, Politico reported. On its website, the American Greatness Fund said the alliance would act as a “centralized hub” to “unite groups and efforts across the nation focused on combating election fraud” and “provide resources to state legislators and the public on challenges to free and fair elections.” The website statement continued: “Free and fair elections are the foundation of a civil government that has power only by consent of the governed....

Redditor u/the_rainbowfish wrote about the frustrating experience in a post that now has over 41,000 votes. The Redditor explained that they recently resigned from a job they had been with for two years. They wrote that it was a small, “family” company where they were the only employee for most of their tenure with just one other person joining before their resignation. “I liked the job but was underpaid plus I wanted to switch careers so when I got another offer I decided to leave,” the Redditor wrote....

Ahmadinejad presented no evidence for his claim, drawing on conspiracy theories that allege the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus is actually a biological weapon. The disease is believed to have originated at a “wet market” in the Chinese city of Wuhan that sold dead and live animals. Conspiracy theorists have been peddling numerous false claims, including that the strain was developed in a U.S. or Chinese military lab—including one in Wuhan....

When the 26-year-old English striker tweeted about his impending return to the state that adores him, fans started making guesses. It could only be either Kerala Blasters or the I-League side Gokulam Kerala. The latter are a team quickly gaining support from all over the country for their heroic displays in a debut season that saw them finish seventh in the league and lose out to ISL finalists Bengaluru FC in the Round-of-16 of Super Cup....

The report, co-prepared with The Daily Beast, outlines a pattern of behavior from former members of Congress who are or were registered as foreign agents, people who represent the interests of foreign entities or lobby on their behalf. Once elected officials or candidates leave political life, their campaign committees often have surplus cash in their bank accounts, sometimes in not-insignificant amounts. Campaign funds can generally be used for limited purposes outside of running for office, such as for charitable donations, contributions to state and local candidates and winding down a campaign committee....