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Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Brooks confirmed that he would hit the stage on Inauguration Day, joining such artists as Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Ant Clemons, Jon Bon Jovi and Tom Hanks, who is slated to host the post-inauguration television special, Celebrating America. “The message they’re pushing is unity, and that’s right down my alley, man,” Brooks said. “If we’re gonna get anywhere, we’re gonna get there together....

Through Russell’s first 15 fights, he knocked out every opponent he faced—becoming the first person to stop Viktor Postol in the 10th and final round of their February bout. This time, Antuanne will be entering the ring with a heavy heart. It’s his first fight since losing the man responsible for him getting into boxing, his father, Gary Russell Sr., passed away in May after a battle with diabetes. Antuanne is determined to keep the legacy going, and it starts with the Rances Barthelemy fight July 30, live on Showtime....

“Anything that anybody suggests or reads or writes or commentates about next season is nothing more than speculation,” he said Saturday in a Zoom call with reporters. “Obviously we’ve started informally thinking about what optionality is. Dec. 1 has always been a notional date. I will not be surprised if it slips into later December, it could slip into January. “But there’s no point right now [in] making any definitive comments on our plans, because there’s still too much we don’t know....

Sutton keeper resigns over pie-eating bet Lewin was first-team physio at Arsenal for 22 years and combined that job with a role as England national team physio from 1996 until leaving to become full-time head of physiotherapy in August 2008. His time as England physio ended in May after the Football Association made him redundant following a restructure of the St George’s Park-based medical department. However, Lewin has since joined the medical team at Centennial Medical Care in Elstree where he runs a clinic twice a week offering his expertise to anyone suffering from a sports injury....

Newsom, a first-term governor who took office in 2019, has seen a decline in support as California imposed some of the country’s strictest lockdown measures during the coronavirus pandemic. The Democrat has also been plagued by controversies in recent months, including his dining out at a San Francisco restaurant for a lobbyist friend’s birthday with a group that exceeded in number California’s COVID-19 restrictions. “I made a bad mistake. I need to preach and practice, not just preach and not practice,” Newsom later told reporters after critics pointed out the governor had spent weeks asking residents to stay home and avoid gathering in groups in order to slow the virus’s spread....

Newsom slammed pre-emptive allegations that the recall election would be marred by voter fraud from former President Donald Trump and the leading Republican replacement candidate Larry Elder. Multiple news outlets projected that the recall had been defeated within an hour of polls closing after results showed the “no” vote leading by a comfortable double-digit margin. “I think about just in the last few days the former president [was] saying this election was rigged,” Newsom said....

In a letter to the nation’s largest environmental groups, CEO Mary Barra said GM will pull out of the lawsuit seeking to strip California of its right to set its own clean-air standards and urged other automakers to do the same. Barra said the company agrees with Biden’s plan to expand electric vehicle use and to reduce climate-warming emissions from vehicles. “We believe the ambitious electrification goals of the President-elect, California, and General Motors are aligned, to address climate change by drastically reducing automobile emissions,” Barra wrote....

At face value, Bush’s performance with the Under-30 set is hardly anything to write home about. His support among young voters has remained steady in the past month–38 percent of 18-29 year olds said they would likely vote for him in a hypothetical election, compared with 41 percent of young voters who supported the president a month ago, an insignificant change within the margin of error. But while Bush’s youth numbers still lag behind his performance with voters of all ages (46 percent), the president can perhaps find something to smile about in the Genext numbers of his rival, Sen....

Farewell, Frank Lampard - Chelsea’s greatest player Ms Best, who married the Northern Irish icon in 1995 and divorced a year before his death in 2005, has made several claims related to spooky occurrences over the past 12 years. Speaking on ITV’s This Morning, the widowed former model said: “[It started] the morning of the funeral. “I went to go, walked out the hotel door, and as I was walking past the bathroom every single tap and shower turned on....

The politically outspoken actor and director shared his cutting take on Trump as he defended current President Joe Biden amid falling poll numbers. Appearing on BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Clooney argued that Trump’s legacy has left Biden’s administration with an uphill struggle in fixing America’s issues. “It’s like taking a battered child and thinking everything’s going to be OK his first day in school,” said Clooney. “There’s a lot of things that have to be repaired, there’s a lot of healing that has to happen, and its going to take time....

The Ocean’s Eleven actor had a message for anyone not masking up: “Put on a f****** mask.” Speaking on SiriusXM’s Howard Stern Show on Wednesday the 59-year-old said: “This thought where everybody is like, ‘Well, it’s my freedom.’ It’s like, that’s not how this s*** works, dumb***.” “Your freedom is this: You’re free to smoke until your lungs turn black, but you can’t do it on the bus. And you’re free to drink until your liver comes out your ass, but you can’t drink and then get behind the wheel of a car,” he said....

Thomas Lane, the last of the three former officers to present his case after Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng last week, added that Floyd had been “out of control” and said that he thought an ambulance would arrive “any minute.” Kueng, Lane and Thao are all charged with willfully depriving Floyd of his constitutional rights while “acting under color of law” and failing to administer medical care to Floyd despite knowing he needed it, according to the federal indictment unsealed in May....

The newly-elected GOP lawmaker faced calls to resign from Congress, including from his local Republican Party, when it emerged he lied about his background, including that his mother was in the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has been unable to quash calls for his resignation when further allegations piled up this week namely about his campaign finances and his admission that he dressed up as a drag queen in Brazil....

The 9-figure investment will go to the Democracy PAC, Politico first reported. Soros launched the group ahead of the 2020 election cycle to serve as his spending vehicle. Soros said in a statement shared with Newsweek that the PAC will “support causes and candidates, regardless of political party, who share a mission of protecting and strengthening the infrastructure of American democracy: voting rights and civic participation, civil rights and liberties, and the rule of law....

Rogers announced the move on Monday. It's their first major move since acquiring the NHL's Canadian broadcast rights in November for 12 years and $5.2-billion deal. Games will be broadcast on Sportsnet, City and other platforms, with "Hockey Night In Canada" remaining on CBC for at least the immediate future MORE: What else does the NHL’s new TV deal mean (for the U.S., too)? Don Cherry, Ron MacLean, Daren Millard and Jeff Marek were also announced as “cornerstones” of Rogers’ coverage in a news release issued Monday....

Would the upcoming lightweight title showdown between Khabib Nurmagoemdov and Conor McGregor be the fight to entice the all-time great to make an Octagon return? “I would be interested in that fight,” St-Pierre said at a news conference ahead of his Australian live tour. “That’s a win-win situation. It’s a legacy upgrade and it’s good money. It’s going to be a big fight. “However, I fought at 170. I relinquished the title (in 2013)....

Thomas is currently the longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court, appointed by former President George H.W. Bush and seated in 1991. The top judge—who hails from Pin Point, Georgia—is also only the second Black justice to serve on the nation’s top court. While GOP lawmakers in Georgia, led by state Senator Jason Anavitarte, believe it’s appropriate to set up a statue of Thomas by the state Capitol, some Democrats vehemently disagree....

Christopher A. Parris, formerly of Rochester, New York, but now residing in Georgia, is suspected of making fraudulent representations to a procurement officer at the VA, as well as to undercover agents with the VA and the Department of Homeland Security. Parris, 39, did not return a request for comment at an e-mail address federal agents believe was used to perpetrate the alleged scheme. Comment requests sent to two attorneys representing him in separate federal matters were also not returned....

Trump, after losing the election, said without substantial evidence that he only lost due to widespread voter fraud in key swing states narrowly won by President Joe Biden, including Georgia. In February 2021, Willis launched an investigation into whether a January 2, 2021, phone call—in which the former president asked Secretary of of State Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes” to tip the election in his favor—violated state election interference laws....