On Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a plan to expedite deportation flights following reports that over 14,000 migrants – primarily from Haiti – have assembled under a bridge in the small border city of Del Rio, Texas. The federal department said that it’s preparing to increase the capacity and pace of flights over the next several days. DHS is also sending 400 border patrol agents to the area to help process migrants....

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball forecast has shifted the Senate races in Arizona and Pennsylvania from toss-ups to lean Democratic in what is likely a good sign for President Joe Biden’s party. The Crystal Ball is operated by UVA’s Center for Politics and is considered one of the major projects offering analysis of the midterm elections as Republicans fight to take control of the Senate and the House of Representatives....

New survey data from College Pulse suggests that the Democratic Party should not assume that Gen Z Americans, who worked heavily to remove Donald Trump from office, will remain firmly in the Democratic column. A nationwide poll fielded in September of more than 1,500 college students from a diverse group of 86 different colleges and universities found that while the Republican Party is not well-liked among Gen Z college students, the Democratic Party does not fare much better....

Fast-forward to 2021, and Democrats are now flirting with making precisely the same mistake they made in 2013. Earlier this week, President Joe Biden came out in favor of filibuster reform. Specifically, in an ABC interview, he appeared to endorse reforming Senate procedure to return to the “talking filibuster” made famous by the classic Jimmy Stewart film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. “What it used to be when I first got to the Senate back in the old days, you had to stand up and command the floor....

Lebedev, who hasn’t fought since November, was hoping to face the then-unified cruiserweight champ Oleksandr Usyk, but the Ukrainian moved up to heavyweight in March. Then, after a planned bout against Frenchman Arsen Goulamirian collapsed last week, Lebedev apparently decided to retire. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year “The time has come to leave elite sport,” he said in a video posted to social media (translation via Twitter)....

British pundits have long used the ‘Stoke test’ as a comical marker by which to judge the ability of the world’s top players, musing whether they would still be as effective while coping with a combination of dreary weather and the Premier League club’s perceived former reliance on physical tactics. Sluggish Barca must improve Suarez is in no doubt, however, that Messi would take such conditions in his stride....

Restrictions were slowly lifted beginning last month, with face masks no longer mandatory on public transportation since August 14. On September 1, night clubs reopened, public gathering limits were removed and going to restaurants or fitness centers no longer required showing a vaccine pass. The last restriction, showing a vaccine pass to enter a night club, was removed on Friday, 548 days after Denmark first implemented restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19....

“[Rodman] would not be traveling on behalf of the U.S. government [if he went to Russia],” said Ned Price, a State Department spokesperson. ORIGINAL: In the wake of WNBA star Brittney Griner receiving a nine-year sentence in a Russian prison, five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman intends to travel to Russia to seek her release. Rodman told NBC News on Sunday that “I got permission to go to Russia to help that girl,” adding that he plans to go as early as this week....

His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and fellow Round of 8 Chase for the Sprint Cup contender, Carl Edwards, was also caught speeding on the stop. It’s a penalty that Hamlin has battled throughout the season — this was his 10th speeding penalty of 2016. With additional timing lines on pit road, drivers have worked to adjust to managing pit road in recent races. MORE: Earnhardt Jr. has no doubts he’ll be back for 2017...

He got a big break and a little relief Sunday, winning the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway when a caution flag flew on the final lap. Hamlin took the white flag and was leading Greg Biffle when NASCAR threw a caution flag for Justin Allgaier's spin, ending the race under caution and handing Hamlin his 24th career victory and first this season. He became the eighth different winner in 10 races this year, earning a probable spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup....

“Did you know you shouldn’t brush your teeth after breakfast? Always before,” says Peterson in the clip, found here. She explains: “There’s two reasons for this. When you eat breakfast, your mouth becomes acidic. So what you’re doing when you brush your teeth after breakfast is brushing the acid into the tooth, and this wears away the enamel.” “And,” she continues, “brushing before breakfast protects your teeth from anything you’re going to eat....

Sanction was a science fiction trilogy written by Lyndon James McLeod under the pen name Roman McClay. McLeod, 47, is suspected to have killed five people during Monday afternoon’s rampage, then was later killed by a police officer he shot. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the purge. In Sanction II, protagonist “Lyndon MacLeod” commits a mass shooting, killing six people. In that sequence, MacLeod the character wore tactical gear and murdered two tattoo artists....

Well, more than a month later, the WBC heavyweight champ isn’t done jabbing at AJ. Speaking with TalkSport’s Jim White, “The Bronze Bomber” doubled down on his opinion that Joshua quit during his shocking seventh-round TKO loss to Ruiz at Madison Square Garden in New York City on June 1. “I think Ruiz beat him too easily,” Wilder said. “I don’t think Joshua knows how he lost right now. In my opinion, Joshua quit....

From 1991-96, Mason was an enforcer for the Knicks. Michael Jordan referred to Mason as “one of the toughest competitors of his era” in a statement following Mason’s death Saturday. MORE: Remembering those who have passed in 2015 | Westbrook out Sunday | Irving, too And with the current Knicks team sporting a lowly 12-46 record, Fisher hopes his team can emulate Mason’s toughness throughout the rest of the season....

This test is also known as dermatoscopy, skin surface microscopy, and epiluminescence microscopy. Purpose of the Test Dermoscopy is a simple skin exam. If you have a pigmented skin lesion or mole that is concerning, your physician may perform a dermatoscopy. A dermoscopy allows your physician to more accurately identify pigmented skin lesions, which can sometimes avoid an unneeded mole removal or skin biopsy. Dermatoscopy also allows your dermatologist to monitor moles and other pigmented skin lesions for changes....

Before delivering six of those efforts for Tennessee since October 2017, he produced seven in three seasons at Alabama. He gashed defenses for huge gains countless times at Yulee High School in Yulee, Fla., predictably making his opponents look like slow-footed children in the process. Henry’s 6-3, 238-pound frame makes it somewhat difficult to believe he can do things usually reserved for speed backs. His ability to pull off monster sprints has been tested enough, though, that doubting his explosiveness is unwise....

That’s Rose outside the courthouse in Los Angeles where he’d just spent about two weeks as the defendant, along with two friends, in a $21 million civil suit. The defendent alleged that Rose and the other two men drugged her at a party, then raped her at her apartment. There was no real physical proof on either side; they said she orchestrated the sex, she says she was too drunk to consent to any of it and wouldn’t have anyway....

Although the Chicago star is often talked about for not playing, when he does play it’s a thing of beauty. The Bulls were on a roll and the Wizards had to call a timeout to slow the game down. That’s when Rose did his signature skip back to the bench and slapped an assistant coach in the face. He was clearly going for the other coach’s hand and it ricocheted, but still humorous....

President Joe Biden has said he will still wear a mask after vaccination—even when outside or gathering indoors with other vaccinated individuals—calling it a “patriotic responsibility.” Days earlier, Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, insisted that children should still wear masks while playing outside, even though outdoor transmission is virtually impossible. They’re hardly the only doomsayers. Vaccines are rolling out quickly and are close to 100 percent effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths....

With most viruses, the body’s immune system will create defensive proteins called antibodies, some of which fight infection and others of which recognize the virus if it returns. It is this latter response that affords people immunity once the infection is cleared. With COVID-19, there is evidence that the immunity can vary for a number of reasons, including the severity of the initial infection and any underlying dysfunction of an person’s immune response....