The Pats, of course, were reportedly determined to have deflated the footballs used in their win over the Colts in the AFC Championship Game. While initial reports said 11 of New England’s 12 game balls were underinflated, former referee Gerry Austin told ESPN Radio that all 12 balls were underinflated at halftime, although the 12th wasn’t quite as underinflated at the other 11. Super Bowl wagering: Deflate-gate has no immediate impact on line | Ridiculous props...

Figueiredo defends the UFC flyweight title against interim champion Moreno at UFC 283 on January 21. The fight takes place inside Jeunesse Arena in Figueiredo’s backyard in Brazil. Figueiredo and Moreno first met at UFC 256 in 2020, with a back-and-forth classic ending in a majority draw. Figueiredo was deducted one point in the third round following a groin strike, but he retained the flyweight title. The rematch at UFC 263 saw Moreno submit Figueiredo to become the first UFC champion from Mexico....

In a statement released to Delaware Online, Plant Industries Administrator Jessica Inhof said, “We realize that residents cannot kill all of them. But even stomping on one makes a difference.” The spotted lanternfly was first spotted in Wilmington in 2017. But the insect has spread. Now, it is attacking grapes, apples, hops and certain trees. Effects from the infestation trickle down to farmers, timber workers and craft brewers. According to the Delaware Department of Agriculture, the female spotted lanternfly will lay egg masses—usually on flat surfaces—each bearing 30-50 eggs....

Paris Saint-Germain rocked the footballing world by buying Brazil superstar Neymar from Barcelona for €222 million last month. Spurs 13/10 to beat Dortmund He continued a flying start to life with the Ligue 1 club by scoring in Tuesday’s 5-0 Champions League rout of Celtic. By contrast, Alli will be sidelined through suspension when Spurs begin their campaign against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, but football finance expert Raffaele Poli believes the 21-year-old is as well-placed as anyone to topple Neymar’s status as the most expensive footballer in history....

“We’re all on high alert based on the events over the last couple of weeks up in Washington,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said during a Thursday morning interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. The policy will be in place this Saturday through January 23 for all passengers, with the exception of law enforcement officers. “Customers needing to change travel due to this policy or request from officials asking people not to travel to the inauguration, can do so using our flexible change policy,” a Delta spokesperson told Newsweek on Thursday....

About one-third of people with dementia experience delusions, with the likelihood increasing as the disease progresses. Symptoms If your loved one is experiencing delusions, things that are untrue will seem very real to them, even when they have evidence to the contrary. For example, they may be convinced that they are living in the past or in a different place. Your loved one may also seem paranoid or suspicious of others, even those that they normally trust....

On Twitter, fans and fellow players offered support and prayers to Hayward. The injury mortified most watching the game and put a damper on excitement surrounding the start of the NBA season. MORE: Live updates from Celtics vs. Cavs Fox Sports 1 personality Skip Bayless, however, was not thinking about how unfortunate or painful the injury was for Hayward. Instead, he tweeted that LeBron James is that much more likely to win the Eastern Conference and lose to the Warriors in the NBA Finals....

The Kings allowed the Grizzlies to knock down a franchise-record 17 3-pointers in a 112-98 defeat that Cousins called a step backward for the team. When asked about the Kings’ poor play Saturday, Cousins responded with a longer clarification on what is wrong with his 14-19 squad. MORE: New Year’s resolutions for all 30 teams “At the end of the day, it comes down to you just having some type of pride, dignity in stopping your man,” Cousins told reporters....

Damara Holness, 28, daughter of congressional candidate Democrat Dale Holness, appeared at a federal court in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday where she faced serious allegations. There, Holness told Judge Rodolfo Ruiz she would plead guilty to fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars that had been intended to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Holness admitted she applied for a $300,000 forgivable federally-guaranteed Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for her company Holness Consulting, Inc....

Cuellar, a centrist, represents Texas’ 28th Congressional District, which has trended toward Republicans in recent years and has long embraced more conservative positions on issues such as immigration. Republicans are seeking to paint Biden as soft on immigration in an effort to win support from independent voters ahead of this year’s midterm elections in November. About 1.9 million migrants have entered the United States from the southern border, with about three-and-a-half months left throughout the year, according to U....

Central to the Democrats’ decade of disaster is their string of Tickets To Nowhere. Why can’t these people pick a vice president? Where did the Democratic Party’s crack staff of highly paid political geniuses come up with Walter Mondale, Geraldine Ferraro and Lloyd Bentsen? Catch a Falling Star? Or were they the result of a horrible accident in the basement laboratory of some liberal think tank? The Politburo could do better....

DeSantis has emerged as one of the most prominent Republicans on the national stage. His response to the COVID-19 pandemic and his efforts to lean into the culture wars through controversial policies and legislation have drawn backlash from Democrats and some moderate Republicans. Meanwhile, polling suggests that DeSantis is a strong 2024 presidential contender, particularly if former President Donald Trump is not in the race. As a result, Democrats hope to handicap the GOP governor by ousting him via the ballot box in November from the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee....

Put simply, voters can’t stand Biden, hate Harris even more and emphatically think the country is headed in the wrong direction. Also auguring poorly for Democrats is the near-ironclad rule of American politics that a sitting president’s political party will lose seats in the first post-inauguration midterm election. Sensing the writing on the wall, 21 sitting House Democrats have now announced they do not intend to run for re-election—compared with only six House Republicans....

But they should hold off on the champagne. Some workers might benefit from a $15 minimum wage, but many others will suffer the consequences. As part of their rationale for raising the minimum wage to $15, Democrats are citing a new Congressional Budget Office analysis finding that it would lift 900,000 workers above the poverty line. Yet that same analysis also finds that the “Fight for $15” would leave 1....

The failure to advance the bill with a procedural measure that would have begun debate severely jeopardizes lawmakers’ ability to accomplish sweeping changes to America’s police communities under the current Congress. “Frankly, to most Americans, the situation would sound like a satire of what goes on in the Senate,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said. “We’re literally arguing about whether to stop arguing about whether to start arguing about something else....

Senator Tim Kaine is widely expected to address his political future in remarks in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday following reports that he hadn’t yet decided whether to seek another term. If Kaine decides to bow out, the race to replace him is expected to be highly competitive and his seat will be a key target for Republicans in 2024 following the state’s election of Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin in 2021....

Democrats want to paint Trump as a president who has failed in the past year—and throughout his presidency—to follow through on his promises to lower prescription drug costs, protect Americans with pre-existing medical conditions and enact measures to curb future gun violence. “Health care, health care, health care, the three most important issues to America’s working families,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday afternoon, flanked by other Democrats and their guests for the State of the Union, who had various medical conditions....

Democrats reluctantly conceded on the key element as they attempted to scale down the price tag of the sweeping package. But Democratic Representative Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said that the committee had reached a compromise so that they could include a “means-tested program.” “The Ways and Means Committee crafted a policy that will finally give workers and their families the peace of mind of knowing that when disaster strikes, they can rely on paid leave to avoid total crisis,” Neal said....

In comments to The Miami Herald, Democratic Florida state Sen. Annette Taddeo urged Biden to emulate Reagan’s famous “tear down this wall” speech—when, during a June 1987 visit to West Berlin, Reagan directly addressed Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev and demanded that he dismantle the Berlin Wall. The wall came down a little more than two years later, marking the beginning of the end for communism in Eastern Europe and the eventual breakup of the Soviet Union....

Former Democrat representatives Paul McHale and Gene Taylor, who was the only Democrat congressman to vote for all four articles of impeachment, told Newsweek that Republicans had to set aside partisanship when considering how they would vote on impeachment. McHale, who later served in the administration of George W. Bush, also said voting on impeachment bills was “sobering” and “something quite different than the ordinary business of the House.”...