The latest evidence of this came Thursday, when the owners and the MLBPA met for just 15 minutes in their latest, sporadic collective bargaining talks at a time when spring training should be in full swing. But it’s not just that spring training is delayed while the owners keep the players locked during CBA negotiations. It’s not just that there’s a significant threat of losing regular-season games. It’s not just that attendance and viewership are in decline....

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) told Reuters that the country’s first case of the Delta Plus variant, also known as B.1.617.2.1 or AY.1, was identified in a man in 40s who had “no recent travel records.” Park Young-joon, a KDCA official, told a press conference that testing of around 280 people who were in contact with the man found that only his son also tested positive for COVID, although it is unclear if the son has the Delta Plus variant too....

The indictment claims that between 2015 and 2019, Robinson stole over $600,000 while working as the director of The Healthcare Institute (THI), an organization that provides healthcare professionals with educational and training programs. The THI had received over $2.2 million in federal grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and she used the federal money on herself and her family, even though the grant’s terms explicitly forbade it....

The former Florida quarterback is a “good player,” Murray said, according to USA Today. MORE: Tim Tebow’s football journey, in images | The best rushing QBs, all-time “A very hardworking guy,” he added. “He comes to work every day ready to compete, and that’s what you can expect from him.” The Eagles saw enough improvement in Tebow from his time with the Patriots that they thought he was worth signing this spring....

Tony Romo had the team driving with less than eight minutes remaining in the third when he was able to scramble out out of the pocket for a 21-yard run, the longest of his career. On the next play, DeMarco Murray went wild, juking past safety Jarius Byrd for an easy score. That put the Cowboys up, 31-3, at AT&T Stadium. Meanwhile, Saints fans were less than enthused.

The Eagles running back said he’s not interested in getting into a war of words with former Cowboys teammate Joseph Randle. MORE: Single season rushing leaders | Charles Haley’s hollow message Randle said Murray, who rushed for 1,845 yards last season, left some “meat on the bone.” “I’m not worried about it,” Murray told The Daily Oklahoman on Saturday. “I feel great. I feel fast and strong — the healthiest I’ve been....

The game, however, will feature an expansive roster of active fighters and even some throw-ins who return from previous games in the series, such as Bruce Lee and Joe Rogan. The full rosters and ratings can be viewed on the game’s official website. MORE: Best photos from UFC 220 The highest-rated fighter overall in “UFC 3” is flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, and relatively speaking it’s not even close....

Tocqueville arrived in the United States in 1830 in his mid-20s. He stayed nine months and traveled widely to Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Memphis, New Orleans, Washington and the then frontier areas of Michigan and Wisconsin. He talked to President Andrew Jackson, ex-president John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster and many others. Tocqueville aimed to see what might await France, which, despite its revolution, remained bitterly divided over democracy’s value. “I wanted to… know at least what we ought to hope or fear from [democracy],” he writes....

Peterson represents Minnesota’s 7th district which, according to The Associated Press, voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 by a margin of 30.8 percentage points. This is the largest pro-Trump margin of any district currently represented by a Democrat. “Rep. Peterson is undecided but leaning towards a ’no’ vote on impeachment. He will issue a statement after he votes,” Sue Dieter, the congressman’s press secretary, told Newsweek. Impeachment is heaping political pressure on House Democrats representing districts that are favorable to Trump....

As of Monday, Democrats were still projected to win the Senate with a 56-in-100 chance, according to FiveThirtyEight. In mid-September, those chances were 71 in 100. Currently, Democrats hold 50 seats in the Senate. With Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaking vote, Senate Democrats could continue to approve President Joe Biden’s nomination of judges in the next term of Congress—the only measure that doesn’t run the chance of being filibustered by Republicans....

A man is in custody following shootings at three Atlanta spas that left at least eight people dead. Some of the victims have been identified as being women of Asian descent. Local police have said 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long is the suspect in all three shootings but the potential motivation for the killings is not yet clear. Many Democrats on social media saw a racial element. “According to this report, 6 of the 8 murder victims in the Atlanta area mass shooting are Asian women,” tweeted Representative Ted Lieu of California, sharing an article about the incidents....

Republican candidates are priced as most likely to win in both the special and regular election contests scheduled for January. In the regular election, Betfair gave Republican incumbent David Perdue odds of 4-6 (an implied probability calculated by the bookmaker of 60 percent), while the Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff, had odds of 6-4 (an implied 40 percent chance). In the special Senate election, GOP appointee Kelly Loeffler is priced at 4-5 (57 percent) versus the Democrats’ Raphael Warnock, who is priced at 5-4 (43 percent)....

Some of Washington’s top Democratic leaders continue to lean into the argument that a trial deprived of witnesses would be an unfair one and would render an acquittal by the chamber as worthless. “He will not be acquitted,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday. “You cannot be acquitted if you don’t have a trial, and you don’t have a trial if you don’t have witnesses and documentation.” The trial headed into its second day of questions and answers Thursday, a segment that will be followed by a contentious debate on Friday over whether to subpoena witnesses—such as former national security adviser John Bolton—and other documents that Democrats have demanded....

As House Democrats prepare to reveal the articles of impeachment against Trump on Tuesday morning, Daou, a former political advisor to past secretaries of state Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, told Newsweek that regardless of the charges Trump faced, Democrats had ultimately failed in their duty to hold America’s president to account. The two articles of impeachment laid against Trump later that morning were unsurprising, with the president accused of prioritizing his political concerns over national interest and obstructing Congress’ efforts to investigate his alleged misconduct....

Polls have shown that Democrats may be on course for major defeats in the 2022 midterm elections, but the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) and external political action committees (PACs) have been attempting to boost more hardline GOP candidates. Democrats may be hoping that their efforts will see more right-wing, pro-Trump candidates chosen by Republican primary voters, which could give Democratic candidates an easier time in competitive elections. Analysis by National Journal suggests Democratic groups have spent more than $20 million on these efforts, but the final figure could even be significantly higher....

Cuomo, a Democrat, is facing significant backlash from New York residents and lawmakers alike for his alleged mishandling of COVID-19 fatality data for long-term-care facility residents during the pandemic’s first months. Last year, Cuomo was initially criticized for his directive ordering nursing homes to admit COVID-19 patients. Then a report released by New York Attorney General Letitia James in January accused him of intentionally underrepresenting the number of deaths that subsequently occurred....

The measure, which Republicans blocked for debate in June, would reshape the electoral process, regulate big money in politics, limit partisan considerations in the drawing of congressional districts and expand options for voting. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his plan for floor action in September for the bill on Wednesday. While Democrats acknowledged that the effort will likely be stymied by Republicans, the action serves to demonstrate Republicans’ unwillingness to compromise....

It wasn’t CIDP that nearly killed me. It was the initial treatment. It was aggressive. Day after day, I would visit a hospital, where medical officials would pump something called IVIG into my veins in a room where cancer patients were also being treated. The result: A 104-degree fever that wouldn’t break, multiple blood clots and a suspicion that my heart would be forever damaged even if I survived. Fortunately, we found a different aggressive treatment—steroids through an IV—that worked....

For Democrats in tough House races across the nation who were counting on students from nearby colleges to work as campaign volunteers and to vote, not having Dylan and people like him on campus is a looming political problem. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, nearly half of American college and universities are offering entirely or mostly virtual classes this fall according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, thereby scattering millions of students who might have been cajoled into voting for the first time and then motivated to support Democrats through peer pressure and appearances from big-name campaign surrogates....

The poll, conducted by the New York Times/Sienna College, shows incumbent GOP Senators in each of the three states at risk of losing in the November 3 election. In Arizona, Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly currently leads Republican candidate Martha McSally by eight points. According to the poll, 50 percent of respondents said they’d vote for Kelly if the election were held today, while 42 percent sided with McSally....