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A GoLocal reporter briefly interviewed the senator on Friday in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The local station also questioned Whitehouse back in 2017 about his membership to Bailey’s Beach Club, which is formally known as the Spouting Rock Beach Association. “I think would be nice if membership changed a little bit, but it’s not my position to do that,” Whitehouse said in 2017. He told the reporter he would “take that up privately” when asked if he plans to pressure the club to expand membership....

President Joe Biden is right: Democracy IS fragile. Secretary Blinken, on the other hand, is wrong. Elections are not the “first step” in building a democracy. And where elections are fraudulent, coercive or outright anti-democratic, the United States has no general obligation to simply “respect the results.” Consider the current Middle East electoral calendar. Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, says he’s holding an election in May with five candidates—including himself—running for president....

The Austin Fire Department said it had responded to an incident involving the “use of an incendiary device” at the building on 1311 East 6th Street at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday. Neighbors were able to put out the flames with fire extinguishers. Surveillance footage provided to Newsweek shows the suspect approaching the office carrying a bottle with a rag sticking out of the top. His face is covered by an American flag bandana....

Every Democrat seeking their party’s presidential nomination—including Joe Biden—promoted some form of student loan debt relief, ranging from Biden’s $10,000 proposal to Bernie Sanders’ call for total debt cancellation. However, President Biden and congressional Democrats have thus far refused to make debt cancellation a priority, despite its popularity among left-leaning voters. Some might be tempted to chalk up Democrats’ decision to avoid continuing debate over the issue to the unpopularity of debt cancellation among many key voter demographics....

Republicans are hoping to seize both chambers of Congress, allowing them to torpedo U.S. President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. By comparison, the Democrats are looking to pull off an upset by focusing on abortion, following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, and election integrity after the January 6, 2021 attack on Capital Hill. According to British bookmaker Betfair, the odds are strongly against the Democrats winning a surprise Senate landslide of 55 seats or more....

Let me be clear: those who broke into the Capitol, attacked police and threatened members of Congress last year should be tried and brought strictly to justice. Further, Congress should seriously investigate what happened and how we can prevent it from ever happening again. But that’s not what is happening on Capitol Hill this week. In the world of big-government socialist Democrats (that is, nearly every elected Democrat in Washington) the riot last Jan....

In a new report on racial disparities in the effects of COVID-19, Democrats laid out a multi-pronged approach to combatting the disease and its disproportionate impacts on communities of color. Central to that approach is a concept known as hazard pay, additional compensation given to workers who perform risky duties, such as medical professionals and first responders. Democrats proposed a bill to create a Heroes Fund that provides front-line workers with a $25,000 bonus, equivalent to a $13-per-hour pay bump....

NEWSWEEK: The conventional wisdom is that, with technologies that allow us to work from anywhere, place is mattering less and less. Why is that not the case, and how are we getting it wrong? FLORIDA: What I realized after studying this for a couple of decades is that no one’s ever really given advice about how important the place you choose to live is. We now know that place is really important....

Though Dempsey had a plethora of chances to deliver his first truly defining moment as a Sounder, that moment didn’t come on Saturday. While the Timbers were putting together a clinic on how to win a road playoff game, Dempsey ended the night having been unable to lift the team in the way he was expected to back when he was unveiled as a dream signing for the Sounders. Dempsey took corner kick after corner kick, had a handful of free kicks and took a bunch of promising shots, but Dempsey couldn’t work his magic on a night the Sounders desperately needed some....

Considering he has a win, a second and a third his last five races at Phoenix, he knows that is certainly doable. But he also has a 28th and a 19th in his previous two starts there, so he knows that he can go there and be way off. MORE: Chase standings breakdown | NASCAR’s worst fights | Is Keselowski the next Earnhardt? | Crew suspensions “I go there more worried about can we finish top-10 on performance than I am, ‘Hey, let’s just kind of back our way into it, let’s just kind of coast to the finish line here,’” Hamlin said Tuesday....

Hamlin took the checkered flag by 3.719 seconds in the ToyotaCare 250. He fell behind Brian Scott on Lap 154 and Elliott Sadler on Lap 226 but quickly regained control each time. MORE: Memorable photos of Richmond | Logano wins pole for Cup race | Saturday lineup | Weather could be a problem Joey Logano, who led every lap in last weekend’s Xfinity race at Bristol, finished second. Regan Smith placed third....

Authorities identified Lyndon James McLeod, 47, as the shooter who opened fire at several locations in Denver and nearby Lakewood on Monday afternoon. McLeod was killed in a police-involved shooting in Lakewood. Speaking to reporters, Denver Chief of Police Paul Pazen said McLeod had been “on the radar of law enforcement.” Two previous investigations—one in 2020 and the other in early 2021—did not result in state or criminal charges....

Wilder (now 41-0-1, 40 KOs) won the WBC heavyweight title in 2015. His most recent fight was contested last December when he rallied in the final round to earn a draw against Fury. He’s a largely one-dimensional fighter, but that dimension is massive power. For every second of every round, he’s looking to end matters with one punch. He’s strong-willed and has a fervent belief in himself. Breazeale, like Wilder, is 33 years old and stands 6-feet-7-inches tall....

The former WBC champion defended the belt 10 times before losing to Tyson Fury in 2020 via TKO. Now, Wilder is ready to head back to the top. He returns to action Oct. 15 to face rising contender Robert Helenius. A win could result in another shot at the WBC title. The Sporting News looks into how Wilder has accumulated his fortune and where he stands among the wealthiest and most influential athletes in the world....

The policy was submitted by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose plan eliminated a lot of paperwork that was causing problems for recipients of the grants. Students can receive up to $4,000 a year if they plan on teaching high-demand subjects in schools located in low-income areas under the program. They must also teach for at least four years within eight years of graduating and submit regular paperwork. If they fail to either reach the goal or submit the paperwork, the grants turn into federal loans that must be repaid in full with interest....

In this emergency motion, the Justice Department argues, “The State of Texas adopted S.B. 8 to prevent women from exercising their constitutional rights.” According to Abigail Aiken, PhD, MD, MPH, associate professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, from the Justice Department’s viewpoint, Texas’ law, called S.B. 8, is indeed unconstitutional. “We have a constitutionally protected right in this country to choose an abortion up to the point of viability [approximately 24 weeks], and that was established by Supreme Court case for Roe v....

Derek Carr’s music video ad for Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU), “A Bank I Can Trust,” includes all of those things — and more. MORE: Jets GM was advised to draft Derek Carr in 2014 We can’t tell if that’s really the Oakland Raiders quarterback singing in the video (he’s clearly just mouthing the words), but it’s hilarious none the less. “Please, don’t take any bit of it serious,” Carr said....

The Las Vegas Raiders quarterback said that his former teammate needs to be loved right now, telling reporters on Wednesday: “And if no one else will do it, I’ll do it.” Ruggs was driving at a speed of more than 150 miles per hour on Tuesday when he rear-ended another car, killing the woman inside, prosecutors have said. 23-year-old Tina O. Tintor was killed in the crash along with her dog....

Both teams have enjoyed impressive seasons and will hope to cap it off with promotion. Coventry are back at Wembley just one season after their EFL trophy triumph, and will be hoping this is the first step in their rise back up the league ladder. TV Channel, Live Stream & How to Watch In the United States (US), the game can not be watched. In the United Kingdom (UK), the game can be watched live on TV on Sky Sports Football and it can be streamed live online using Sky Go....

Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Policy Lab and the University of Pennsylvania have been tracking and forecasting the spread of COVID-19 across 384 U.S. counties with active outbreaks, and found cases appear to be spreading from the south to the north on major roads, CNN reported. These include the I-5 (the West Coast’s main north–south Interstate Highway), the I-10 (stretching from Santa Monica, California, to Jacksonville, Florida), as well as the I-95 (the main Interstate on the East Coast), and the I-85 in the southeast (running from Montgomery, Alabama, to Petersburg, Virginia)....