The newly acquired Pelicans center shared an emotional farewell Monday with the only city he has known in his seven-year NBA career. Cousins, who was traded to the Pelicans shortly after Sunday night’s All-Star Game, appeared to fight back tears as he said goodbye in a sincere show of appreciation. VECENIE: Kings get failing grade for disastrous Cousins trade “My love for this city will never change,” Cousins said. “Even though I’m gone it’ll still be the same....

MORE: NBA schedules | Wall ‘overlooked again’ | Gay added to USA roster USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo informed reporters that Cousins will undergo a precautionary MRI and will not play in Saturday’s exhibition against Brazil. Cousins was injured within the first few minutes of the team’s scrimmage Thursday. Until he has an MRI, it will remain unknown how severe the injury is. UPDATE: Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears reported that Cousins, in fact, suffered a right knee injury but the MRI revealed no structural damage....

Luckily for Ware, he has hidden cameras in his home that should make this an easy case for local police. IYER: No, Houston can’t bench Osweiler Cops tweeted pictures of suspects in a burglary Tuesday afternoon, and investigators confirmed to the Denver Post the images were from Ware’s home. Ware wasn’t active Monday, as he continues to deal with a surgically repaired ulna.

Dembele, 20, made a move to Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund in August last year for a reported €105 million. However, a hamstring injury derailed the France international’s season early and he has managed just 12 league appearances – seven of those starts – this campaign. But Dembele is still planning to prove himself at Barcelona, dismissing any suggestions he could leave at season’s end. “I’m not going to leave after just one season,” he told Telefoot....

The France international travelled to Finland for surgery on a hamstring tear on Monday and has officially been ruled out of action for three and a half months. Barca 7/1 to beat Girona 3-0 Dembele returned to Catalonia on Wednesday, the day after his team-mates had worn ‘Courage Ousmane’ t-shirts in the warm-up for their 6-1 La Liga thrashing of Eibar at Camp Nou. The 20-year-old posted the team photo from before that match on his Instagram page and included a hashtag reading “I’ll be back in two months”, suggesting he hopes to be fully fit much sooner than had been planned....

Dr. Hiral Tipirneni is one of 31 Democratic candidates that the national party is hoping will help them flip congressional districts from red to blue this November and increase its majority control in the lower chamber. A recent survey conducted by the progressive firm GQR for the campaign of Tipirneni, a former emergency room doctor, shows her leading Schweikert by three points, 48 to 45. The narrow lead represents a six-point swing from an earlier internal Democratic poll this month, which had Dr....

This past weekend, 18 people were left injured after hundreds of Chiefs invaded the pitch and attacked the players, officials and security personnel on the night. While the 18 people were badly injured, none of them lost their lives, and at least 17 were discharged from hospital on Sunday, the PSL confirmed on Monday afternoon. According to the Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson on Sports and Member of Parliament Tsepo Mhlongo, the PSL should be called before the Parliamentary Sports Committee to account ....

Inslee championed climate change as one of the most important agenda items during his campaign. He reiterated in his message Wednesday that Democrats would continue looking for the candidate who would fight for the planet’s climate. “I believe we’re going to have a candidate to fight this battle,” Inslee said Wednesday. “I’m inspired by the people I’ve met across the country. I’m not going to carry the ball but we’re going to make sure somebody is....

Walsh attributed the following statement to Carlson: “What if these bodies of tortured, dead civilians were staged? What if they’re fake? What if the Ukrainian military killed them and then blamed Russia? I’m not saying any of this is true, I’m just asking the questions. Why can’t we ask these questions?” The quote repeating Russia’s propaganda and denial of war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine, instantly went viral. On Reddit, a screenshot of Walsh’s post has nearly 60,000 upvotes with thousands of comments decrying what users believe are Carlson’s traitorous views....

“These are folks who never negotiated any deal that I think has ever been successful,” Warner told MSNBC on Thursday. Congress is scrambling to pass a second stimulus package ahead of the holidays. Six months after the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act expired, lawmakers remain unable to see eye to eye. A group of bipartisan senators, including Warner, introduced a $908 billion proposal on Monday in hopes of breaking the stalemate....

The two Democratic senators referred to the upcoming impeachment trial of the president, which is scheduled to begin this Tuesday. Trump was impeached on December 18 by the House of Representatives over a phone call he made in July in which he asked the Ukrainian government to conduct an investigation into Trump’s political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. Booker, a former Democratic presidential candidate who ended his campaign on January 13, made his comments in an interview with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos on the program This Week....

From Washington and California to New York and Rhode Island, we were told that COVID mandates would be based on “science and data.” It became a common refrain from Democrats; a virtue signal that they weren’t acting like President Donald Trump. Yet the politicians screaming the phrase “science and data” presented neither to justify their latest mandates. It was as if they thought saying the phrase would be an adequate replacement for following it....

The New York Democrat said the caucus had a “spirited discussion” about social program spending during a luncheon on Capitol Hill. “There was universal, universal agreement in that room that we have to come to an agreement and we’ve got to get it done and want to get it done this week,” Schumer said. The majority leader added that “the pace has picked up” on negotiations and the “desire to get it done is strong....

The unsuccessful endeavor makes this the first presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history without witnesses and brings Trump one step closer to becoming the third president to be acquitted of articles of impeachment. The fruitless effort for witnesses came despite Democrats’ assistance from Republicans Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine. The final tally, 49-51, fell two votes short after GOP wildcards Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee ultimately decided against subpoenaing witnesses and documents relating to the allegations that Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine while pressuring officials to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter....

“Thousands of people have been denied asylum, thousands of families have been separated, and many are in deplorable detention conditions,” The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) said in a press release sent out after the debate. “[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] recipients might lose their DACA this year, and white supremacists are shaping immigration policy. We need a real conversation about this critical issue,” the organization said....

The July “Winning the Issues” survey found 47 percent of Americans would either vote Democrat or are leaning that way, versus just 41 percent for the GOP, in a congressional vote. This comes despite the poll confirming the unpopularity of President Joe Biden, with only 36 percent of Americans approving of his conduct whilst 54 percent disapprove. The “Winning the Issues” poll was conducted by The Winston Group, which surveyed 1,000 registered voters between July 23 and 24....

If the November elections for U.S. Congress were held today, more registered voters say they would vote for the Democratic candidate (47 percent) than the Republican candidate (40 percent) in their district. Thirteen percent say the would vote for another party’s candidate or are undecided. That’s a turnabout from the NEWSWEEK poll taken just after President George W. Bush’s Sept. 12 speech on Iraq to the United Nations, when 43 percent said they would vote for the GOP candidate, vs....

Denmark — ranked 10th in the world — will be fancied to start with a win at the Education City Stadium. They went all the way to the semifinals of Euro 2020 last summer before bowing out to beaten finalists England. However, Tunisia cannot be underestimated, having come through CAF qualifying with a two-legged win over Mali on the back of topping their group. Here’s the latest team news and lineups ahead of the game....

A week after a downcast Hamlin bemoaned his setbacks over the course of his runs in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, he found himself struggling once more. Hamlin lost significant ground early in the race with a splitter issue from which he reportedly had tire damage. Hamlin pitted repeatedly for repairs during the race’s second caution, which was sparked by a crash by Aric Almirola. After running in the lead group for the opening laps of the race, Hamlin was 35th on Lap 41....

After an incredible celebration burnout that ended with melted tires and a steamy engine, Hamlin, the only Toyota driver to ever win at Martinsville, praised his team. MORE: Results | Danica’s good day | Junior’s bad day “We just weren’t going to be denied today,” Hamlin told FOX Sports 1 after the race that featured 16 cautions. “This is a great race car that’s part of a great organization that gives me cars that are able to do it....