Ronaldo rises yet again The Spain goalkeeper was on the verge of a deadline day move to Real Madrid at the start of the 2015-16 season but a failure to process paperwork in time kept him in Manchester. Keylor Navas’ poor form this season means a new keeper reportedly remains high on the agenda at the Santiago Bernabeu but Mourinho does not want De Gea to become side-tracked as his EFL Cup winners chase Europa League glory and a top-four spot in the Premier League....

Ancelotti replaced Maurizio Sarri on a three-year deal last week – the veteran tactician returning to Serie A for the first time since leaving AC Milan in 2009. Conte, who is reportedly set to be replaced by Sarri at Stamford Bridge, was also in talks with De Laurentiis, however, his demands proved too much for the Napoli owner. Speaking about the arrival of Ancelotti, De Laurentiis said: “I hope he stays with us for another 10 years, but I always have to think about the good of the club....

Some military leaders are now considering punishments for unvaccinated members. Among the items being considered are transfers, restrictions on travel and the repayment of bonuses, the AP reports. Exemptions will be given for religious reasons, but on a case-by-case basis. Between 1 and 7 percent of all U.S. service members are unvaccinated, totaling around 60,000 members. One military branch is seeing success with its vaccination rate. The Navy has warned sailors that they could be disobeying a lawful order if they refuse to get a vaccination....

The horse, which had not been vaccinated against the disease, was subsequently euthanized, according to the report. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) released a statement on Thursday saying that northeastern states are reporting a very active season for EEE, a potentially fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes. The agency is encouraging people to protect themselves from mosquito bites, given the risks the disease and other mosquito-borne illnesses, like West Nile virus (WNV), pose to the public....

This one’s a yam. MORE: Cousins, Faried Gay triple flop | MJ plays a game | NBA extension deadline DeAndre Jordan has a penchant for the alley-oop, and Rudy Gobert should have known better. On Monday night against the Jazz, the Clippers’ high-flying big man dominated Utah’s young center with an embarassing lob. You can see it coming from a mile away, and the annihilation of Gobert seemed inevitable when he tried to backpedal into defending Jordan at the rim....

They disappeared last July, when Bosnian Serb forces overran the Srebrenica enclave, which the United Nations had proclaimed a “safe haven.” The Serbs drove out the women and butchered the men, according to numerous eyewitness accounts, burying most of the bodies in mass graves. Officially, as many as 8,000 men from Srebrenica are still listed as missing. Zina Hasanovic is one of the few women to know exactly what happened to her husband....

The finding was reported in the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) first safety update on the vaccine, which was authorized for emergency use in the European Union in December. In the update, the EMA said its safety committee had assessed deaths reported after vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, including those in frail and elderly people. The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) took into account the presence of other medical conditions and the death rate for the corresponding age groups in the general population....

In the post, user CombProfessional434 wrote, “I swear if people tell you to get a roommate to afford rent you have a problem. A single person should be able to afford a one bedroom all on their own. Now you got couples trying to squeeze into Studio apartments or a 1 bed room if you’re lucky. It’s not like we are even asking for ’luxury’ apartments. Is it really ‘spoiled’ that single people want to be able to afford rent without needing help?...

Welker, who will moderate the second Presidential Debate on Thursday night, married Huges in 2017 after meeting on a blind date in 2014. Hughes was a marketing director at Merck at the time they met while Welker was already deep in the breaking news game. A detailed account of the pair’s meeting and eventual marriage published by the New York Times in 2017 revealed Welker was starting to question her own romantic capabilities when she neared 40 without a strong relationship until she met Hughes on a blind date....

If you look at the Google Books Ngram Viewer, you’ll see that the word “racism” only begins to gain traction in the English language starting in the 1940s, with a big spike starting in the late 1950s. The fact that racism as a word was used in the English language after the enslavement of Africans, after Jim Crow/Apartheid laws, after Chinese Exclusion Acts and after the genocide and relocation of Indigenous peoples indicate that the violence, pain and horror of what this word describes predates the invention of the word itself....

While we had our sights set on securing the election, our enemies pivoted. No More Hackers, Only Spies In many ways, cyberattacks against the U.S. election four years earlier kicked off a new era of cyber espionage where hackers became spies. Cybercriminal cartels were now using espionage techniques to prime extraordinarily sophisticated cyberattacks. Nation-state attack groups went after critical infrastructure with ransomware attacks such as WannaCry and Petya. State and non-state actors were stealing immense amounts of U....

The 21-year-old had been on loan at the club from Fluminense in 2016-17 and, although he spent most of his time with the B team, he made three senior appearances under Luis Enrique. Man Utd sign Linelof from Benfica The Brazilian had been linked with a possible move elsewhere but Barca have taken up their option on the player, who is now contracted to the Camp Nou club until 2020....

The drive up Magnolia Lane. A couple of practice rounds with his dad. Wearing the green jacket. And, certainly, the champions dinner Tuesday night. But before anyone gets worked up about having to eat "bugs," no worries — that's just Aussie-speak for a type of lobster. Scott went with surf-and-turf off the barbie for his Down Under-themed menu, so he doesn't expect too many complaints. "I think they are going to be pretty happy with what I serve up," he said with a sly smile, "particularly the wine....

Vincent Kompany insists results do not provide a fair reflection of the progress Manchester City have made under Pep Guardiola this season. City need to win their final four matches to be guaranteed a top-four finish and the chance to qualify for next season’s Champions League. Guardiola will finish the season without a trophy for the first time in his managerial career and he has been criticised by some fans and pundits for failing to adapt to the English game....

“I will be fine if she wants to do it [Miss America],” Downs said of her future daughter, according to The New York Post. “It was a great experience for me.” The first openly gay winner in the famed pageant’s history, Downs, an obstetrician-gynecologist, spent her 16 months as reigning monarch traveling to children’s hospitals around the country to raise awareness of pediatric cancer, foreshadowing her current medical career. She was even named the national spokesperson for CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation, according to her personal website....

During the post-game press conference, Sanders said his personal belongings had been stolen from the locker room while the game was being played. “For one, the kids played really well,” Sanders said. “But while the game was going on, someone came in and stole every darn thing I have in the coaches’ office. Credit cards, wallet, watches. Thank god I had on my necklaces.” However, his stolen items were found and replaced, according to ESPN....

Mertesacker’s unfortunate tweet Lovren has not featured in the Reds’ last two matches, missing the 2-0 defeat to Hull City and the 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, and he was left out of the group that travelled to Spain during a gap in the fixture schedule. Liverpool return from La Manga on Sunday and Klopp hopes both Lovren and midfielder Marko Grujic will then be fit enough to join up with the first team....

Representative Gerald Brady of Wilmington, executive director of the Delaware AFL-CIO, issued a statement Monday in response to a public backlash and calls for his resignation. “I cannot in good conscience ask the voters to put their faith in me again after I betrayed theirs,” he said. Brady used an anti-Asian slur to refer to Chinese women in an email that he inadvertently sent on June 27 to someone advocating the decriminalization of prostitution....

Having proven himself on a Premier League stage at White Hart Lane and at international level with England, the 20-year-old is now reported to be registering on the radar of Europe’s top clubs. Mabbutt: Alli should welcome interest Madrid are said to be closely monitoring his situation, with the Champions League holders prepared to spend big in order to bring players of such potential onto their books. Zinedine Zidane’s side are also said to be keen on Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard and Clement, who worked at Santiago Bernabeu alongside Carlo Ancelotti, believes both men would be a good fit....