In a 2-1 vote, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied a request from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to further examine whether the Justice Department’s motion to drop the charges was part of a corrupt effort from allies of President Donald Trump. His request, they said, intruded on the agency’s “charging authority.” But Judge Robert Wilkins issued a scathing dissent of his colleague’s decision, calling it ironic and premature given Judge Sullivan had yet to issue his own ruling on the Flynn matter....

Nadal, a 14-time major champion, was 148-0 when winning the first two sets at majors. MORE: Photos from the U.S. Open | Serena overcomes first-set loss The win was Fognini’s first against a top 10-ranked player on a hardcourt surface. He also reached the fourth round in New York for the first time. The loss means Nadal will finish the year without a major title for the first time since 2004....

The slowly unfolding history of these four weapons is a case study of just how porous America’s gun laws can be. All four showed up in manufacturing records kept by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and ATF agents were able to follow the TEC-DC9 pistol and the Hi-Point carbine to gun dealers in the Denver area. The two shotguns, both 30 years old, had no useful paper trail, and dealer records did not show who bought the carbine or the TEC-9....

The demand comes after a week of violent clashes between the police and protesters resulted in documented instances of apparent abuse, including cases where journalists seem to have been targeted. “The NYPD is exactly the wrong agency to be endowed with the critical task of safeguarding our rights as New Yorkers and Americans to a free and unfettered press corps,” Comptroller Scott Stringer wrote in a letter to de Blasio....

Why? In less than four months, Russia has inflicted damage to all aspects of Ukraine’s agricultural infrastructure, including farms, roads, railroads, bridges, warehouses, silos, and ports. Ukraine has some of the most fertile land in Europe, was once called the breadbasket of the Soviet Union, and since the USSR’s collapse, has been a top global exporter of wheat, maize, and sunflower oil. Russia has not only diminished Ukraine’s export capacity, it has even blocked shipments from crossing the Black Sea entirely, which is likely to have dire consequences....

This happens because your digestive system doesn’t work the same way it used to. Your liver produces bile as an ordinary part of digestion. The gallbladder stores the bile produced by your liver. When you eat fat, your gallbladder releases bile to help you digest it. Without your gallbladder, there is no longer a place to store bile. Instead, the bile drips from your liver continuously. This means there is less bile available to break down fats....

On Tuesday, Walker filed the paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to establish his candidacy, Reuters reported. He registered to vote in Georgia just one day prior, making the previous Texas resident an official resident of the state. He has not yet announced his candidacy. In March, Trump wrote in a statement, “Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the legendary Herschel Walker ran for the United States Senate in Georgia? He would be unstoppable, just like when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and in the NFL....

That’s right, fans of the wise-cracking “wabbit” can check out a few different versions of the character, since HBO Max has a surplus of Looney Tunes content within its library. So why not celebrate Bugs’ birthday by digging into a classic short, or revisiting Space Jam? If you need a primer on what’s available on HBO Max, look no further—we’ve got you covered. Looney Tunes 1930-1969 The Looney Tunes shorts span decades of creation....

Favors showed up at Utah’s practice facility, ready to play. He spent a few days each week hoisting up 1,000 jumpers. He went to summer games. He even popped in during a ho-hum viewing of a DVD. MORE: NBA breakout players | Charlotte’s two-man game | Regular season odds “He flew in out of the blue and played with some of the guys who were going to be on our summer league team,” Snyder told Sporting News....

So when he strolls to the podium to sit amid the uncomfortable and speak to the insufferable, maybe it doesn’t come off as it should. MORE: 10 reasons to like Saban | 20 things you should know about Bama “I’m a very happy person,” Nick Saban says. Then he says it again — not because it wasn’t heard, but because he knows, deep in his soul, there are those who aren’t buying it....

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder received a note from the league office this week asking him to retire some of his old windbreakers. Snyder typically wears a purple windbreaker on the sidelines, many of which are several years old and from past bowl games. The Big 12 no longer has contracts with several of those bowl games and others have changed names or sponsorships. Snyder was last seen wearing a purple windbreaker from last year’s Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (now called the Cactus Bowl) in the Wildcats’ nationally-televised game against Auburn on Sept....

According to Schefter, the Eagles are working on a trade that would send Maxwell and linebacker Kiko Alonso to the Dolphins in exchange for draft picks. Schefter said the deal “is expected to get done.” Maxwell played well in Seattle and signed a big contract with the Eagles before the 2015 offseason. His season got off to a disastrous start against the Falcons, and it only improved slightly throughout the rest of the year....

In pro football history, the Rooney name is on the level of Halas and Mara. Now a member of the second generation of the family is gone. Dan Rooney, who died Thursday at age 84, was chairman of the team and ran it after the patriarch passed in 1988. Under the father’s leadership, the team went from perpetual losers to the gold standard for success, with their four Super Bowls in the 1970s....

But history tends to repeat itself—and for COVID-19 long-haulers, reactivated viruses are part of that story. New research is shining a light on how latent viral reactivations occur in long-haulers, the nearly 30% of COVID-19 patients who are left with lingering diseases and disabilities following their infections. Scientists already knew that interactions between different viruses can trigger the reactivation of dormant viruses, as the cells responsible for keeping them at bay become preoccupied with the new invader....

“I am delighted to see the pace of change in Europe – challenging our entire industry to build better, cleaner and more digital vehicles. Ford is all-in and moving fast to meet the demand in Europe and around the globe,” said Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO in a press release. “This is why we have created Ford Model E – allowing us to move at the speed of a start-up to build electric vehicles that delight and offer connected services unique to Ford and that are built with Ford-grade engineering and safety....

It’s true that with the cold war over, the old differences between liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans have lost some of their bite. But while conflicts no longer mutate into the Moscow-Washington “surrogate” wars that split the parties in the 1980s, disorders in the developing world and their human costs – faces ripped off with a machete in Haiti, the distended bellies of Rwanda and Somalia–have still demanded an American response....

Alexis bust-up reports ‘completely false’ Reports of a training ground bust-up between the Chilean and his team-mates were unsurprisingly denied by Wenger, who admitted that Sanchez is a committed player who sometimes has excessive behaviours. The Arsenal boss also described reports of the 28-year-old walking out of training as ‘completely false’. Whether true or not, and it’s worth taking into account Alexis’ Instagram post shortly after the end of the press conference which had a cryptic message about fighting for those behind him, there can be no denying that the coming weeks are set to be the most turbulent in Wenger’s 20-year reign at the club....

Earnhardt will drive a Batman-themed car in March at Auto Club Speedway in California to help promote the new movie, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” But he will also drive a specially named car during the season-opening Daytona 500. And this one he named himself, after aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. MORE: Stewart not talking about fan incident | Kenseth: No regrets over wrecking Logano “She must have been the most daring … she sort of fits that mold of the courage and determination that you need as a racecar driver,” Earnhardt said Thursday during the Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour....