Quaid and gospel singer CeCe Winans were named in several reports Saturday suggesting they are cutting TV or online commercials to “defeat despair” surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, and that country singer Garth Brooks and Dr. Mehmet Oz were also approached. Politico first reported what it called a “highly unusual advertising campaign” and Vanity Fair later called the effort “Trump’s suspicious COVID ads,” and both outlets wrote of a $300 million budget culled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, even though the CDC had little to do with the campaign....

As Hamlin led Bowman by less than a tenth of a second with seven to go, Bowman bumped into the back of the 11 car, causing Hamlin to spin out and hit the wall and bring out a caution flag. Bowman went on to win the race while Hamlin finished 24th. As Bowman was getting ready to celebrate the win, Hamlin pulled over to stop Bowman from excecuting a burnout at the start-finish line....

One mom on TikTok—who happens to be a dentist—has come up with a solution. A video showing her technique for brushing the teeth of her “wiggly one year old” has been watched more than 4.1 million times. Dr Joyce Kahng, from Orange County in California, who posts on the app as @joycethedentist, shared her clip with the caption: “The only thing that has worked for my wiggly 1 year old [stressed-face emoji] #babytok #newmomtips #babyhack....

The most dramatic rebuttal to these theories came in September, when Jean-Claude Pressac’s “The Crematoriums of Auschwitz: The Machinery of Mass Murder” was published in Paris. Pressac, a pharmacist and amateur historian, has been linked with Holocaust deniers, but he told NEWSWEEK he had never questioned the fact of the Holocaust–merely the methods the Nazis used. “I had questions,” he says. “It’s normal.” Using newly available documents taken by the Soviets from Auschwitz, Pressac explains with chilling objectivity the floor plans and ventilation systems of the gas chambers and reproduces order forms for furnaces....

Authorities were called to the actor’s home Wednesday night amid reports of smoke coming from an upstairs window. Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed they had been called to a four-story mansion in the Beverly Crest neighborhood after 8 p.m. With the help of thermal imagining cameras, no flames or active fire were discovered at the 28,887-square-foot residence, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. “The investigation is largely focused on one of several furnaces in the home that may have been recently serviced,” the LAFD said in a news alert....

But, in boxing, everything can change with one punch, and Wilder proved that adage correct. It took four rounds, but Wilder scored the knockout on Washington at the 1:45 mark of the fifth round to retain the WBC crown. Wilder runs his record to 38-0, with 37 of his wins by knockout. Washington suffered the first loss of his career and his record is now 19-1-1. You can see how the fight broke down here:...

While Fury arrived into the first fight with just six months of boxing under his belt following a three-year layoff, the Briton expects to be in peak form on Saturday. Both boxers have won two bouts each since colliding in Los Angeles and the status quo hasn’t changed. Wilder is the more powerful puncher of the two, while Fury is the better boxer. In 2018, the Briton outboxed the American for large spells, before being floored in the final round and somehow beating the count....

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Deputy Dhaliwal pulled a vehicle over during a traffic stop west of Jersey Village, which is in the northwest area of Houston. Gonzalez said the suspect shot Dhaliwal from behind, “at least a couple of times” in a “very ruthless, cold-blooded way” before taking off, according to KHOU, the CBS affiliate in Houston. Crewmembers from the nearby Cy-Fair Fire Department performed CPR on Dhaliwal before he was taken by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was pronounced dead....

But when the Raiders played their final game in Oakland last year, there was a sense Carr might not make it to Las Vegas as the team’s starter. The team signed Marcus Mariota, bringing competition to the table, and projected minimal public confidence in him. We wrote in December 2019 that Carr had been scapegoated for deeper organizational problems and that he could surprise observers in a less toxic culture....

Derek Carr spoke to reporters at the first day of Las Vegas’ mandatory minicamp on Tuesday. He was asked about Kaepernick, who worked out for the team two weeks ago, and the long-time Raiders starter gave Kaepernick a vote of confidence. “I think he’d be great,” Carr said of Kaepernick’s potential fit in the locker room, per ESPN. MORE: What to know about Colin Kaepernick’s workout with the Raiders...

Attorney William F. Mohrman, a member of the Minneapolis-based firm of Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, will represent Chauvin as he appeals his April conviction, in which he was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, according to Law & Crime. The court was first notified of Mohrman’s hiring in a filing this past Friday. While Chauvin had previously requested a new trial this past May, the court, led by Judge Peter Cahill, did not grant him one....

Once considered a top point guard, Williams was in a different place after he experienced several ankle issues and struggled to return to form. MORE: Deron Williams goes scoreless vs. Heat | Will Garnett, Pierce return to Nets, or at all? Now with the 2013-14 season behind him, Williams' confidence has been shaken to a level he never reached before. Which is fitting because Williams hit lows on the court, including his first scoreless playoff game in Game 2 of the Nets' first-round series against the Miami Heat....

“During the recruiting process, a number of schools didn’t want me because I’m gay,” Gordon told USA Today Sports. “To me, that’s blatant homophobia. At the end of the day, no coaches will ever admit that they don’t want me because I’m gay and there’s baggage that comes with the attention. “Honestly, it caught me off-guard. It really hurt. It had me stressing, crying. I was starting to lose hope....

The Brazil star completed his transfer to the Catalans on Monday for a reported fee of €160 million, a record outlay for the club and the biggest fee ever paid by a team from Spain. With Barca unbeaten after 18 league games and already nine points clear of Atletico Madrid at the top of the table, Simeone fears Coutinho’s arrival could prove to be a decisive blow in the title race....

People who contract SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can become seriously ill and pass on the infection. Perhaps of even greater concern is that someone can be infected by the virus and not feel sick, but still be able to pass the infection to other people. Those other people are called their “contacts.” Public health teams are training “contact tracers” to find the contacts of people with confirmed cases of COVID-19....

More dangerous types of coronavirus include Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Like these more serious strains, COVID-19 can cause anything from mild respiratory problems to pneumonia or death. The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a public health emergency. Symptoms Symptoms of COVID-19, which range from mild to severe, may appear 1 to 14 days after initial exposure. They include: FeverCoughShortness of breath ChillsRepeated shaking with chillsMuscle painHeadacheSore throatLoss of sense of smell or taste...

These individuals describe a condition called parosmia where odors become distorted. A 2021 study found that almost half of the survey participants who had parosmia and a confirmed case of COVID-19 recovered their sense of smell in about three months. For some people, the condition lasts much longer than that. A young woman recently went viral on TikTok for talking about her ongoing experience with parosmia, which started around ten months ago....

A total of 36 people stationed at Chile’s General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme research base in Antarctica, including 26 members of the Chilean Army and 10 civilian maintenance contractors, recently tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple Spanish-language reports on Monday. “Thanks to the timely preventive action,” the Chilean Army said in a statement, according to 24 Horas. “It was possible to relieve said personnel, who, after being subjected to a medical control and the administration of a PCR test… turned out to be positive for COVID-19....

By a vote of 16 to 3, the FDA advisory committee rejected the request to add a third dose for the general public, saying they still need more data for approval. “It’s unclear that everyone needs to be boosted, other than a subset of the population that clearly would be at high risk for serious disease,” Dr. Michael G. Kurilla, a committee member and official at the National Institutes of Health, said on Friday....

The Cowboys have long been known as a team that pushes salary cap dollars off as long as possible, and 2017 is no exception. They are one of only two NFL teams that project to be over the 2017 salary cap. With a large number of free agents, the Cowboys will have to make a number of difficult decisions to start 2017. Here’s an overview of their salary cap obstacles....