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Ukraine’s Operational Command South (OCS) said in a Facebook post that an attack on a residential area in Mykolaiv, which used a “Smerch” rocket launcher, had killed three people and injured 12 others who required hospitalization on Thursday evening. The command said the following morning that one additional person had been killed and another injured in a separate Russian attack that used a “Grad” rocket launcher. Russia also launched several attacks using “kamikaze” drones in the southern Mykolaiv region and near Odesa on Thursday, according to OCS....

The world leaders who gathered for the past two weeks knew they had to reduce burning fossil fuels by half by 2030 to effectively fight climate change, just like the landscaper who placed the formerly green tree at the entrance knew there should be a drip-irrigation pipe to water the tree. Yet neither happened. “COP27 took place not far from Mount Sinai, a site that is central to many faiths and to the story of Moses, or Musa....

Let’s take a look at some pitchers who have the potential be this season’s version of Kluber. Here are my top four breakout candidates: 1. Marcus Stroman, Blue Jays After a rocky start in the bullpen, Stroman excelled in his rookie season after being moved into the starting rotation. He finished the season with a 3.65 ERA (3.29 as a starter), but some metrics indicated he pitched even better than that....

“Schitt’s Creek” signs off, sadly, for the final time this week. The Canadian TV show focuses on the uber-rich Rose family — Johnny, Moira and their two adult children David and Alexis — who lose all their money because of a nefarious business manager. They are forced to move to Schitt’s Creek, a small town Johnny bought as a joke for David years ago. While the Roses are the farthest thing from being an athletic family, the show’s creators, father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, who play Johnny and David, respectively, did have one baseball-related episode in Season 5....

It may be difficult to come up with an idea that feels truly “original.” Fortunately, you don’t need to come up with something entirely new—you just need something that’s different enough to make you the clear choice among your competitors. When looking for business ideas, a little bit of inspiration from the right places can go a long way. Below, four members of Newsweek Expert Forum share their approaches for leaders looking to develop and carve out a unique business path....

Congress has sent out three rounds of direct payments to help offset the financial burden of the COVID-19 pandemic and while many are hopeful for additional funds, legislation is unlikely to move through a divided House and Senate. However, some states have taken the initiative to send out stimulus checks of their own, and parents and homeowners may be eligible for additional direct payments. California started sending out its Golden State Stimulus checks, worth up to $1,100, on Friday, ahead of its scheduled start of September 1....

“You can’t pass COVID relief without the Senate Majority Leader,” said Wallace. “Is the President-elect ready to meet with him?” Kate Bedingfield, senior adviser to Biden’s transition team, said he is ready to negotiate with Republicans, including McConnell, over another relief bill. “He’s looking forward to doing that when the time is right,” said Bedingfield. “Obviously, you know he and Senator McConnell has had a productive working relationship in the past and he looks forward to meeting with Senator McConnell when that moment arrives....

On Saturday night, Trump delivered a 90-minute address to the North Carolina Republican Party state conference at the Greenville Convention Center, marking his first official speech since the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. He used the address to push his baseless claim that widespread election fraud caused his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden. The event came days after New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman reported that Trump had been telling a number of contacts that he “expects he will get reinstated by August” to the White House....

According to accounts in “Betrayal: The Final Act of The Trump Show,” by ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl, Bartiromo complained to Barr that the Department of Justice had done nothing to “stop the Democrats from stealing the election.” In a copy of the book seen by CNN, Barr reportedly told Karl on the record: “She [Bartiromo] called me up and she was screaming. I yelled back at her....

“Over the last two weeks, [senior director for European and Russian affairs on Trump’s National Security Council (NSC)] Fiona Hill and [U.S. acting Ambassador to Ukraine] William Taylor and [NSC official] Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman–all of them top foreign policy officials for this president–have all testified about repeated instances where they saw that support for Ukraine was dependent on Ukraine investigating the Bidens,” Wallace pointed out during an interview with Conway on Fox News Sunday....

“The president was asked specifically whether he had informed the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi about this raid last night and he said, ’no,’” Wallace pointed out in an interview with Pence on his show Fox News Sunday, shortly after Trump announced that al-Baghdadi had died in the raid. “And then he [Trump] added, ‘I wanted to make sure that no American forces were lost,’” the journalist said....

“You had talked about investigating the Democrats was part of the quid pro quo,” Wallace said to Mulvaney on his weekend show Fox News Sunday. “You also said, if I may, it was part of the Justice Department investigation into the origins of the Russia probe. “But the fact is, not only did the press think you said it, here’s what–a statement that was put out by a senior Justice Department official,” the Fox News anchor continued, putting the statement on the screen....

Craig Tamanaha, 49, allegedly set on fire the 50-foot tree, which was adorned with 10,000 glass ornaments and 100,000 lights, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The tree was located outside the midtown Manhattan building housing Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. About $500,000 in damages resulted from the blaze, according to the Post. Under bail reforms implemented in January 2020, Tamanaha was not eligible to be held on bail....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, announced that six committees investigating Trump will now do so under the auspices of an impeachment inquiry, the first step in a process that could lead to removing the current president from office. “You might be forgiven for not understanding why would the president be impeached for a story that the Democrats literally can’t explain,” Carlson said. “What did the president do wrong?...

The Quote Speaking on a Monday Fox News broadcast, alongside a panel that included former Trump Administration White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, Watters said: “They have PPP loans for country clubs in here. Like, the squash courts and the putting greens are in such disrepair they needed an immediate injection of money? They have PPP loans in here for fraternities and sororities, Dana. Like, do you really think they’re struggling right now?...

The results of the audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, which was led by Cyber Ninjas, a company contracted by the Arizona Senate, found that President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump by slightly more votes than the official count. During his show Media Buzz on Sunday, Kurtz discussed the audit with a panel. Later, he said he faced criticism after reporting on the results. “A little sad that when the GOP-commissioned and Trump-ally-funded Arizona audit found Biden got 99 more votes, people attack me & the media,” Kurtz wrote on Twitter Sunday afternoon....

“When did this morph into an investigation of Joe Biden and [his son] Hunter Biden? And is it appropriate for you as a representative of the president to be going to Ukraine and finding dirt on Joe Biden and/or his son to use politically in 2020?” Roberts, who was guest hosting Fox News Sunday, asked. “That’s the way you characterize it,” Guiliani, the former mayor of New York City, pushed back....

Kilmeade’s comments came during a segment where contributor Pete Hegseth interviewed voters before the New Hampshire Primary to get a sense of which candidate could win. “That’s a pretty catchy slogan,” Kilmeade said, citing Sanders’ stances on student debt and legalizing marijuana as part of his appeal to young voters. “I mean, that’s pretty good. Marijuana.” However, Sanders’ campaign slogan is “Not me. Us.” His campaign also sells a t-shirt and water bottles with the slogan “College for all....

“It is great news for America. Especially for the large number of young people who would have been killed in pointless wars if Bolton had stayed on the job,” the right-wing host said during his evening show Tucker Carlson Tonight. He went on to argue that global investors “knew for certain that Bolton planned on launching another Middle Eastern conflict that would inevitably spike energy prices.” Carlson also claimed that “many progressives are mourning” Bolton’s departure, arguing that the ex-national security advisor was “fundamentally a man of the left....

Napolitano, who previously served as a New Jersey Superior Court judge, argued Wednesday on his Fox News Digital show Judge Napolitano’s Chambers that under the Constitution, the census can only ask “how many people live in this dwelling?” However, he explained that over time, Congress “in defiance of the Constitution” has authorized the Census to include additional questions as long as they can “demonstrate a rational basis for doing so....