Filmed and released before both men signed up to fight the Axis powers, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington tells the story of Stewart’s Jefferson Smith, the head of the Boy Rangers who is appointed to an empty Senate seat based on the belief by party bosses that he would be easily manipulated to vote on bills advantageous to their interests. After realizing he is being used, Smith launches an epic filibuster on the Senate floor and exposes the nefarious scheme hatched by his corrupt opponents....

Hello? Anyone home? I’m not quite sure to whom I should address this, considering that you have no leadership right now. Nancy Pelosi? Tom Daschle? The 42d president turned Harlem globe-trotter? You lost only two seats in the Senate and five in the House, but the situation is much grimmer than those numbers suggest. Democrats actually have some good ideas lying around, but in last week’s election you lacked the vision and guts to offer them to the voters....

The letter sent on Thursday requested the administration to push back the start date for students to begin repaying their student debt and to “provide meaningful student debt cancellation,” which the lawmakers say should be done now. The letter was signed by eight Democrats. Student loan repayments are expected to start again on May 1, after being postponed since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The suspension paused loan repayments, applied a 0 percent interest rate to remaining balances and stopped collections on defaulted loans....

The 30-year-old was recalled by coach Kasper Hjulmand to the Denmark squad for the March 26 international friendly match against the Netherlands and made his mark in emphatic style, finishing high into the net after coming off the bench. It was only 287 days before that Eriksen collapsed on the field in the middle of a game after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s opening Euro 2021 group game against Finland, leading to concerns for his life as he was revived on the pitch....

Rodman was a key member of the Chicago Bulls that won three consecutive NBA titles between 1996 and 1998 and featured prominently in ESPN’s 10-part documentary chronicling Jordan’s final season with the Bulls. While the show has received almost universal acclaim and has proved a hit with the audience, it has been criticised for telling Jordan’s story exclusively from his point of view. Horace Grant, who was part of the Bulls team that won the franchise’s first three-peat between 1991 and 1993 suggested the documentary was edited to make Jordan look better....

If you have trouble perceiving distance, a depth perception test, which can be conducted at home and in an optometrist’s office, can determine how both of your eyes together to see in three dimensions. Testing can help your eye care professional recommend depth perception exercises or in some cases, corrective eye wear so that your eyes can work together to get you safely to where you need to go....

On Thursday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the Raiders would look to trade Carr during the 2023 NFL offseason. And shortly thereafter, Carr posted a lengthy message on his social media accounts saying goodbye to Raiders fans. “It’s especially hard to say goodbye because I can honestly say that I gave you everything I have, every single day, in season, and in the off season,” Carr wrote. “It certainly wasn’t perfect but I hope that I was able to leave you with more than a few great memories as Raider fans....

Prosecutors had asked Judge Peter Cahill to impose a sentence of 30 years. In April, almost a year after Floyd’s death sparked nationwide outrage, Chauvin was found guilty of all three counts against him following a jury deliberation of about 10 hours. Cahill provided only brief remarks before announcing his decision, saying that he chose to issue a 22-page memorandum instead. The judge said the goal of the memorandum was to highlight that sentencing is based on a legal analysis that involves applying the rule of law to an individual case and not emotion....

Buffalo did not shrink from the primetime stage, winning 41-7 and limiting Henry (who did not play in the fourth quarter) to 25 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries (a 1.92 yard-per-carry average). Those represent the 14th-fewest and sixth-lowest totals of his career, respectively. You’d have to go back to the 2018 and 2019 seasons, respectively, to see lower rushing totals from Henry: The last time he ran for fewer yards was on Oct....

The Reds, who are now 14 games unbeaten on the spin, made sure they did the business and the sense of triumph after dismantling an approach which is the antithesis of theirs was strong. But as temperature dropped to below freezing, there was a bittersweet feeling about proceedings on Saturday afternoon. ‘It’s falling apart!’ - Coutinho injury horror Liverpool had won, but lost their star performer in the process - Philippe Coutinho needing to be carried off the pitch in the first half, and the nail-biting over his diagnosis will be frantic....

The Brazil international was marked by the Catalan club as a replacement for Neymar following his countryman’s record-breaking €222 million switch to Paris Saint-Germain last month. Liverpool 7/1 to beat Leicester 1-0 Despite Coutinho telling Liverpool he wanted to go ahead and leave for La Liga, before handing in an official transfer request in view of forcing a move through, the Reds refused to sell. Now, having made his Premier League return to Jurgen Klopp’s side in the club’s 1-1 draw at home to Burnley on Saturday, Coutinho insists he is solely focused on giving his best to the Merseyside club....

The French giants smashed the world transfer record over the summer to bring in one Brazilian from Barcelona for €222 million. Coutinho 8/5 to score vs. Sevilla They could now be about to join the La Liga heavyweights in the battle for another, with Coutinho having registered on the radar at Camp Nou for some time. Liverpool have been able to retain the services of their 25-year-old playmaker for now, but PSG defender Thiago Silva believes a big-money move could be pushed through in 2018....

This is Mike Heidenberg’s story. “Milk.” Mike Heidenberg could see the word on the empty carton, understand it, and register its context, but he could not communicate the word aloud. He was trying to tell his wife that he spilled milk on the counter. “Guitar,” was all the former English professor could say instead. He knew this was the brain fog talking. This was long COVID talking. And this, he says, is only a snippet of what it can sound like....

Hospitals in Michigan are now on alert as almost there 4,000 people are in hospital with the virus in the state - just shy of a record number. The latest figures show that 83 percent of ICU beds are now occupied and nine hospitals are completely full. States across the Northeast, including New England and Vermont, are also reporting a rise in new infections. In New York, daily case rates are almost double what they were at the beginning of this month....

“We’re paying very, very careful attention to [reports on variants] and we take it very seriously,” Fauci said during the White House press briefing. Fauci explained that RNA viruses, such as coronaviruses, mutate all the time. “Most of the mutations don’t have any physiological relevance…however, every once in a while, you get mutations, either singly or clustered in combinations, which do have an impact," he said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at least three variants of note are circulating globally:...

The latest reports come as Europe battles a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. Several countries in Europe have announced new restrictions following a recent rise in new cases, including in the U.K., Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Belgium has a death rate of 886.83 per one million people, the highest among European Union (EU) nations, while Spain has 714.64 fatalities per one million, according to WHO. Both death rates surpass the 650....

The University of Washington has projected an additional 100,000 or so Americans will die from COVID-19 by January 1, surpassing the rough guess of the Spanish flu’s death toll recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 1918-19 pandemic killed 50 million people across the world when the global population was one-quarter of its current size. Global deaths from COVID-19 are at more than 4.6 million....

Our small dilemma is a microcosm of what many Americans are going through or will be soon: The combination of multiplying Covid variants and mounting environmental damage is making the air dangerous to breathe, inside or out. What to do? Clean air is the quintessential public good. It’s supposed to be free, abundant and safe. Few Americans alive today have ever before worried about microscopic particles containing deadly infections or deadly bits of carbon....

The Hawaii Department of Health reported about 1,500 new COVID-19 cases Thursday. Cases have been steadily rising over the past week. One week ago, the state was reporting an average of 400 cases per day. Travel requirements remain in place to visit Hawaii. Travelers must be fully vaccinated or provide a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours before arrival, or face a 10-day quarantine. According to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, the state is not renewing its contract for the tests, which ends January 31....