My interest and commitment to children’s health grew out of concern for my own health. As a runner in college and high school, I began to learn about food, hoping I could improve my performance on the athletic field by improving my diet. Studying food opened my eyes to the state of the environment. Understanding the consequences from consuming foods that contained hormones and antibiotics; aware of the toxins used in fertilizers, I made a life choice and adopted a totally organic diet and found myself on an irreversible path towards a healthier and smarter way to live....

He was part of the UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour presented by Heineken® that made one of its six global stops in Abidjan, the largest city in Cote d’Ivoire. “It was great,” he told Goal. “I knew that this country was a football country but I got a little bit surprised and it was really, really nice.” Del Piero met with fans who queued hundreds deep for the chance to have their photograph taken with the 1996 Champions League winner....

Gaetz is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, who has baselessly claimed that the 2020 election was rife with voter fraud. President Joe Biden won both the popular vote and the Electoral College, an outcome Trump has yet to formally acknowledge. Gaetz indicated on Saturday that he would challenge the results of the Electoral College during the expected congressional count of electoral votes in January. Gaetz was also one of 126 House Republicans that signed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas against 4 other states seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election....

All-Stars Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, a tandem that’s been ripped for putting up the worst combined field goal percentage of any starting backcourt in playoffs history, secured the victory. The duo combined for 59 points, with DeRozan going for 34 on 11-for-22 shooting — while knocking down every last one of his 11 free-throw attempts — and Lowry filling out the stat sheet with 25 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals....

The Eagles back hasn’t been nearly as effective in Philadelphia as he was in Dallas, where he led the league in rushing in 2014. His ineffectiveness led to him getting just eight carries in Sunday’s 35-28 win over New England. It was the third game this season in which he had eight carries. MORE: Week 13 photos | Go all-in on Eagles stealing NFC East But it’s not just the carries....

DeMarcus Cousin’s manager, Andrew Roberts, was ejected in the third quarter of Tuesday night’s game for slapping the hand of Rockets guard Jason Terry, according to Sports Illustrated. MORE: Will Cousins or Rondo be an All-Star? | 15 most overpaid NBA players Terry went into the stands while trying to contest a dunk by Kings guard Ben McLemore when his outstretched hand was slapped away by Roberts. Players from both teams, including Cousins, met near the basket for a few tense moments, and Roberts was ejected shortly after....

Following the Kings’ 116-92 victory Monday against the Lakers, the 6-11, 270-pound center confronted Sacramento Bee columnist Andy Furillo face-to-face (well, it was more like face-to-nipple, but you get the point) in the home locker room. Irked by the mention of younger brother Jaleel’s involvement in a bar fight in Tampa, Fla., an incident during which the All-Star was present, at the tail end of a Dec. 9 piece that DeMarcus Cousins and teammate Matt Barnes for allegedly assaulting a couple in a New York City nightclub earlier this month, the gold-medalist promptly cursed out Furillo....

However, with Cousins coming off a brutal Achilles injury and little data to predict how a player of his size (6-11, 270 pounds) might recover, the instant anger overshadowed the reality of Cousins’ situation. Cousins didn’t play in a regular-season game until Jan. 18, and he only logged 30 appearances before the 2019 NBA playoffs. And then, when Cousins finally reached the postseason for the first time in his career, he suffered a non-contact quad injury in Game 2 of the Warriors’ first-round series against the Clippers....

A video circulating on social media showing a young Giants fan wearing a Saquon Barkley jersey, going up to Lawrence in hopes of getting an autograph. Lawrence looks at the fan and continues walking while a security person calmly sets the kid aside. The kid looks dejected afterwards. MORE: Why we picked the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl After the video started getting attention, Lawrence responded on his Twitter page, telling people who were upset to “suck it up....

2016 fantasy football rankings: Top 60 wide receivers Thomas is the grandmother of Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who used Twitter to thank the president. Minnie Pearl Thomas was serving two life sentences for her involvement in a drug trafficking case in Georgia. A year ago, Obama pardoned Demaryius Thomas’ mother, Katina, whose 20-year sentence for a non-violent drug crime was cut short by two years. Thomas personally thanked the president for releasing his mother when the Broncos visited the White House in June to celebrate their victory in Super Bowl 50....

WARNING: The following contains references to rape and sexual assault 1. Lovato was raped as a teen In the documentary, Lovato speaks publicly for the first time about losing her virginity by being raped when she was 15, around time she was becoming famous for her appearance in the Disney Channel film Camp Rock. In the documentary, she says, “We were hooking up but I said—hey, this is not going any further, I’m a virgin, and I don’t want to lose it this way....

The Georgia Republican was asked during a segment on the conservative outlet Newsmax to react to a video of Biden out on the stump for the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman. Democrats consider Fetterman’s campaign against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz one of the best chances to flip a seat, while a new Fox 29-Insider Advantage poll showed the candidates tied at 46 percent. In the clip, a reporter asked Biden why “more candidates do not want to be seen in public with you” prompting the president to walk towards the camera and tell him, “What are you talking about?...

Congress convened on Tuesday to vote on the next House speaker, but questions remained about who would eventually win the election. Republicans, who hold a narrow majority in the House, were divided as several Freedom Caucus members vowed to oppose California Representative Kevin McCarthy, who has otherwise secured support from most of the conference. Their opposition could derail McCarthy’s bid and lead to a long struggle to select a speaker....

Shortly after Biden announced his relief plan, Ryan released a statement saying the cancellation of $10,000 in student loan debt for Americans earning less than $125,000 annually was sending “the wrong message” to the millions of residents in his home state. “As someone who’s paying off my own family’s student loans, I know the costs of higher education are too high,” Ryan said on Wednesday. “And while there’s no doubt that a college education should be about opening opportunities, waiving debt for those already on a trajectory to financial security sends the wrong message to the millions of Ohioans without a degree working just as hard to make ends meet....

The House voted on Wednesday evening to impeach Trump on the two articles—abuse of power and obstruction of Congress—over the president’s alleged Ukraine-related misconduct. Abuse of power was backed by 230 to 197 and obstruction of Congress by 229 to 198. Rep. Colin C. Peterson who since 1991 has represented the 7th district of Minnesota, which voted heavily for Trump in 2016, called the impeachment inquiry a “mistake,” said it has “failed,” and that it was not a bipartisan process....

Fifty-one seats are needed to form a Senate majority and Democrats have so far won 48 races compared to 49 for Republicans—but those two crucial races appear to be trending in Democrats’ favor. In Arizona, Democratic Senator Mark Kelly led Republican Blake Masters by 51.7 percent to the GOP candidate’s 46.1 percent with 82 percent of votes counted, while Libertarian candidate Marc Victor had won 2.1 percent of the vote....

The 77 democrats, who signed the Wednesday letter urging Biden to reverse Title 42 and to drop the transit ban rule, include Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Representative Greg Casar of Texas. “We urge the Biden Administration to engage quickly and meaningfully with members of Congress to find ways to adequately address migration to our southern border that do not include violating asylum law and our international obligations,” the Democrats said in their letter to Biden....

In March 2020, Trump claimed that changes like the ones Democrats made in Virginia would make it so “you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” The former president and his GOP allies have also pointed to similar election changes in states across the country, falsely claiming these reforms helped Democrats “rig” the 2020 election. Virginia’s election results this past week serve to counter those assessments. The Virginia General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, passed multiple pieces of voter legislation that made it easier for Virginians to vote....

It seems Democrats would much rather look backwards than focus on the future. Democrats attack potential Republican candidates as tainted for working for Trump (e.g., Mike Pompeo, Mike Pence, and Nikki Haley), being enabled by Trump (e.g., Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin), or not denouncing him (e.g., Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Tom Cotton). Even Republicans willing to risk political suicide by denouncing their party’s recent leader and most popular figure can never do so vociferously and constantly enough to appease Democrats....

“These rules could have a chilling effect on students’ willingness to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct and would be a detriment to survivors and to students in general and the academic institutions they attend,” a joint statement from the bill’s co-sponsors said. In November 2018, the Education Department announced changes to Title IX regulation that would alter how schools handle reports of sexual misconduct, including the conditions of their response and liability....