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Republicans have hinted they will likely pass a future round of such support, but have suggested waiting to see what is required, as businesses begin to open up again across the U.S. This hesitation has been condemned by Dems eager to push their $3 trillion HEROES Act through the Senate, having passed it in the House last week. The Republican majority in the Senate has pushed against the bill, while it has been suggested President Donald Trump could veto it even should it manage to pass....

Biden was already the oldest person ever to serve as president but now he’s 79-years-old, he’s set another new record for the greatest age reached by any serving commander in chief. The longtime record-holder was former President Ronald Reagan, who was 77-years-old when he left office in 1989. Biden was 78-years-old on inauguration day on January 20 this year. His birthday is likely to add further fuel to speculation about his role in the 2024 presidential election - a topic that has already seen his age become a major focus of concern....

He had just joined the UC squad by completing the requirements for freshman eligibility. MORE: Every No. 1 pick since 1960 | Nets have right idea | What top free agents should do I had just taken over the Bearcats and college basketball beats for the Cincinnati Enquirer. The person I met that day bore little resemblance to the one who walked out the door, albeit on crutches, a little more than three years later....

And then the recording proclaiming him as “the originator of sports talk radio in Memphis” would play — and it darned near could have called him the originator of sports talk radio, period — and his microphone would go hot. And George would begin another episode of “Sports Time” on WHBQ. And you would swear he was just fine. MORE: John Calipari’s 10 greatest players ever This was George’s little miracle over the past three years, as he has battled a disease called Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis — IPF for short, though it is uncommon enough that not many ever need an abbreviation....

The mission of the DEA is to enforce laws and regulations related to “controlled substances,” which include illegal drugs such as heroin and legal but closely monitored drugs such as prescription opioids. But during some of the most critical years of the opioid epidemic, the agency seems to have supported opioid manufacturing. In a scathing 77-page report, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) said the DEA was “slow to respond” to the crisis in a number of ways, failing to develop a comprehensive strategy to cull the epidemic and to cut production quotas for manufacturers profiting off their drugs’ widespread abuse....

A new report from Axios says that after Sanders stated he was comfortable with the $3.5 trillion price tag, Manchin reportedly said that he was “comfortable with zero” and telling Sanders that he’d be OK with the Senate not passing the bill at all. The disagreement was described to Axios by a witness, Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who called the encounter a “disagreement in opinion” between Manchin and Sanders....

Appearing in the local newspaper Tulsa World, State Representative Kevin McDugle said Glossip’s death penalty case was “perhaps the most unsettling” in Oklahoma as he called for executions to be stayed if authorities could not “guarantee accuracy.” He also said no jury had been able to hear an “avalanche of new witnesses” willing to testify that Glossip had “nothing to do” with the murder of Barry Van Treese in 1997....

Then-Senator Joe Biden refused to support a GOP-led effort to increase the debt ceiling, making arguments that closely reflect those advanced by Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party today. “My vote against the debt limit increase cannot change the fact that we have incurred this debt already, and will no doubt incur more,” Senator Biden said following his “nay” vote in 2006. “It is a statement that I refuse to be associated with the policies that brought us to this point....

As in “Amores Perros” and “21 Grams” –the two previous films in what Inárritu and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga are calling a trilogy–three separate tales are woven together in ways that are not always immediately apparent. In Morocco, a goatherder gives a hunting rifle to his sons and, while practicing in the hills, one of the boys fires at a tourist bus winding down the road in the far distance. Inside the bus is an American couple (Brad Pitt, given a few wrinkles and gray hairs, and Cate Blanchett) trying to patch up a shaky marriage....

The WHO classified Omicron as a variant of concern on Friday, warning that its more than 30 mutations are associated with increased transmissibility and potential resistance to vaccines and treatments. It’s the fifth variant to be classified as a variant of concern since the start of the pandemic and experts believe it’s already spread to most, if not every, country on the planet. Omicron was first detected in South Africa on November 24, but the sequence was collected on November 9, indicating the variant had been spreading for at least a few weeks....

According to reports from Fox Sports News, Bairstow allegedly headbutted Australian opening batsman Cameron Bancroft when the English side were in Perth ahead of the start of the series. While the reports state that the ECB are currently investigating the incident, the board have neither confirmed nor denied the statements. The incident reportedly occurred at the Avenue Bar in Perth ahead of England’s warm-up game against Western Australia. Bairstow apparently made contact with the side of Bancroft’s head but later apologised for his actions....

Benitez is a popular figure at St James’ Park, yet he has repeatedly discussed the need for talks with the board in recent weeks as Newcastle look to build upon Premier League survival. The former Liverpool boss has one year remaining on his contract, but has had to reaffirm his commitment to the Magpies after the last two seasons, releasing a joint statement alongside Ashley this time last year....

The California-born singer and actress, 30, reveled in a dream-come-true moment on the set of her Netflix show Emily in Paris, when she performed the BTS megahit “Dynamite” during an episode on Season 2. After “throwing it out there” that she would love to cover a song by her favorite band on the Lily Collins-fronted comedy, Park revealed that the producers “miraculously got the rights” to the chart-topping track....

Ashwin (51 points) has had an impressive season thus far with his speed and guile but Nayan Chatterjee (49 points) was breathing fire in Round 2 and will be keen to carry that momentum forward to stake his claim for the championship in the final round next month. “The championship has reached a very exciting stage with anyone capable of winning in each of the championships. It is going to be an intense battle this weekend,” Sanjay Sharma, Head of JK Motorsports, said....

This differs from the previous system, as well as the one adopted in the Olympic Charter, in which each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted three entries, reports Xinhua. It was among several technical changes made to the OCA constitution, along with a proposal to switch the Asian Beach Games from a two to a four-year cycle. “The General Assembly approved to change the OCA constitution to allow each National Olympic Committee to enter a maximum of two athletes in each sport in the Asian Beach Games to minimise the number of participants, as opposed to following the Olympic Charter of three entries from each NOC,” the OCA confirmed....

India, playing their third match overall, were upset by the Koreans just like at the World Cup. It was a fantastic all-round performance from the Koreans to deal India their first loss at these Games as the Indians rallied late on, but fell just short. The Indians looked sluggish for the most part as their Korean counterparts looked much the sharper of the two sides and just seemed to want it more....

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) said a resident in the city of Blaine, near the border with Canada, spotted an “unusually large” hornet on their property on December 8. The individual alerted the WSDA, and said they had also seen a live giant hornet at a hummingbird feeder, before it headed into a forest. Officials visited the property and took the huge bug away. It was later confirmed as an invasive Asian giant hornet....

The FBI and the Chicago Police Department have released photos, along with a brief video, showing the suspect they want to find in connection to a potential hate crime at the Argyle Station on the CTA’s Red Line on August 15. The suspect is alleged to have followed the victim into the Argyle Station and struck them on the head from behind, causing him to fall. The FBI said the suspect told the victim he deserved the assault, before using an ethnic slur against the man and his partner....

The U.S. Embassy called the verdict a “cruel sham” and said it showed that President Alexander Lukashenko’s “regime will stop at nothing to keep power.” Viktor Babariko, the head of a commercial bank owned by Russian natural gas company Gazprom, hoped to challenged Lukashenko last year but was arrested before the election and was prohibited from registering as a candidate. He was convicted on Tuesday on counts of bribery and money laundering....