IRVING, Texas (AP) TCU coach Jamie Dixon is planning to go home soon to the Los Angeles area to visit his parents. He said he could have been coaching there if that's what he had really wanted to do. Dixon said Wednesday that he made the decision to stay at his alma mater instead of returning to the West Coast to coach even after UCLA was prepared to take care of the hefty buyout in his contract. ''Ultimately I had the choice to go or leave, and I decided to stay. It was my choice,'' Dixon said at the Big 12 spring meetings. ''They took care of the buyout. ... I had the option to go. I could do what I wanted to do.'' UCLA in April hired Cincinnati's Mick Cronin after the Bruins had spoken with Dixon, who was born and grew up in the Los Angeles area, and then Tennessee's Rick Barnes. There were numerous reports that UCLA couldn't reach a deal with Dixon because of a TCU buyout that is reportedly worth more than $8 million. The Horned Frogs are 68-41 under Dixon, and their 2018 NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018 was only their second since 1987, when Dixon was a TCU point guard. They won the 2017 NIT championship and made it back to Madison Square Garden for the NIT semifinals this year after being one of the first teams left out of the 68-team NCAA field. ''I've been doing it a long time and there's always been rumors to numerous jobs through the years. I think generally because I'm from the West Coast, those have been the ones that have gotten more play over the years,'' the 53-year-old Dixon said. ''But I've always been happy at TCU. ... Nothing has changed We've loved every minute we have been at TCU, and enjoy Fort Worth.'' TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said that Dixon has never indicated to him that he wanted to be anywhere else. ''TCU was always his dream job,'' Donati said Wednesday. ''There was never any negotiation about his buyout. It was about whether he wanted to be here at TCU, or potentially go home and be closer to family.'' Donati said ''no one should take that personally'' that Dixon looked at UCLA. Dixon said he kept TCU leaders informed throughout the process, including when he was offered the Bruins job. He said UCLA ''called again'' after he initially said that he couldn't take it. Both of his parents are in their 80s, and his sister also still lives in Los Angeles. His wife also has family in that area. ''People know me, know that family is important, so it's something that I had to look at,'' Dixon said. ''I decided to stay. That speaks volumes about TCU and my commitment to TCU.'' When Dixon left Pittsburgh after 13 seasons, the Frogs had gone 8-64 in Big 12 games in their first four seasons in the league, and hadn't had a 20-win season since 2004-05. TCU is 22-32 in conference games in three years under Dixon, and has won at least 21 games overall each season. ''I think we've had a big impact on strengthening the league with what we've done in terms of basketball,'' Dixon said. ''One of the things that's happened is we've become the best league by far in the country. Being a part of the best league in the country is a good thing. That's where we're at.'' ---- More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/tag/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25


MASSILLON A late-night fistfight between a couple inside a fast-food restaurant left both of them behind bars and the man who tried to break it up being treated for wounds he suffered. Police summoned about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday to the Arby's restaurant at 439 Sixth St. NE by Massillon Fire Department medics arrived to find medics treating a man who tried to break up the fight. According to Stark County Jail records, the man suffered "a major laceration to his arm" when he intervened in a fight between Zachary E. Woods, 24, of 439 Sixth St. NE, and a 27-year-old with whom he lives. The jail records show that the couple's fight escalated when she struck Woods in the face, breaking his nose. Woods then fell onto her and the fight continued. "She grabbed him by the genitals during the struggle on the floor," and continued to fight, Stark County court records show. And at some point, Woods punched her in the eye, "causing swelling and bruising." Woods also suffered an injury to his head, according to the jail records. He was taken to Aultman Hospital to be treated and then on to jail where he was booked into the facility on a felony domestic violence charge. The woman was also jailed on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. The Canton Repository does not typically name misdemeanor crime suspects. The court records show she spent two days in jail in 2016 after her arrest on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge following an incident with another man. She was accused of striking him in the head and face, "causing a fat lip and small cut on his left ear." She was convicted of a lesser misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and fined $100. She was released from jail on this latest charge Wednesday after posting $1,000 bond, pending a Massillon Municipal Court hearing. Woods remained behind bars Thursday, held in lieu of $50,000 bond, also pending a court hearing. Reach Lori at 330-580-8309 or lori.steineck@cantonrep.com . On Twitter: @lsteineckREP ___ (c)2019 The Repository, Canton, Ohio Visit The Repository, Canton, Ohio at www.cantonrep.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


SALT LAKE CITY   Two jurors in the trial of a Utah doctor accused of killing his ex-wife said Friday the panel made quick work of a key question in the case: whether the woman's death was a murder at all. Foreman Cameron Sharp said he and other jurors were swayed by the largely circumstantial case and quickly dismissed the defense theory that John Brickman Wall's ex-wife killed herself. Some of the most convincing elements were a blood-spatter expert's testimony and the Salt Lake City pediatrician's inability to account for his whereabouts the night of Uta von Schwedler's death, Sharp said. "It was easy for me to come to the conclusion it was a homicide based on the evidence," Sharp, a 38-year-old real estate investor, told The Associated Press. Wall was convicted of murder Thursday after prosecutors argued he dosed von Schwedler, 49, with the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and drowned her in her bathtub in 2011. Whether the cancer researcher's death was even a murder was a central question during the monthlong trial. The case puzzled a medical examiner who couldn't explain how the Xanax entered her system but found wounds on her body that looked like someone cut her. The death initially was treated as a suicide, but von Schwedler's family and friends called for more investigation. Wall, 51, was charged more than a year later. Defense attorneys argued the prosecution's theory was far-fetched, and said the scene at von Schwedler's house looked more like a troubled woman who took her own life. But Sharp said he was swayed by the testimony of a blood spatter expert who examined the home and determined bloodstains on von Schwedler's comforter were evidence of a struggle. A series of witnesses also testified that von Schwedler wasn't depressed, didn't have a Xanax prescription, and recently made a discovery at her lab that could have led to new treatments for childhood leukemia. After agreeing early on that the death wasn't a suicide, the jury of five men and three women focused on whether there was enough evidence to convict Wall, Sharp said. That was more difficult, and took the better part of the seven-hour deliberation. Juror Kevin Hales, a 21-year-old Brigham Young University student, said the hardest part was placing Wall at the scene the night of von Schwedler's death. Male DNA found under one of her fingernails couldn't be definitively matched to Wall, but investigators could exclude other potential suspects, something Hales found convincing. Also a factor for Hales was testimony from the former couple's oldest son, 21-year-old Pelle Wall, who said publicly during the long investigation that he suspected his father in his mother's death. Emails from father to son telling him to return his key and cutting off his insurance struck Hales as cold. "He just pretty much kicked him out of his life," Hales said. For Sharp, Wall's inability to say exactly where he was during the time his ex-wife likely died was a big factor, along with changes in his explanation from the early investigation to a 2013 deposition. "It seems convenient and too odd a guy of his intelligence cannot remember and follow and watch and know what he had done the night before," he said. Sharp also cited the scratch on Wall's face the day von Schwedler was found dead and the man's trip to a carwash that morning to have his car's interior cleaned. Still, there was little physical evidence directly placing Wall at the house. And even as the case came to a close, it was unclear exactly how the dangerously large amount of Xanax got into von Schwedler's system. One expert said a wound on her wrist could have concealed an injection site, but the drug comes only in pill form and isn't soluble in water. Sharp said the evidence that Wall filled a large Xanax prescription months before von Schwedler's death, had access to syringes from his office and likely knew where her spare key was hidden showed he had the means to commit the crime. "In the end, we felt like it was the right decision, but it was hard, really, for all of us," Sharp said. "It was a tough case."


Houston authorities say they're searching for a "coward" gunman after an 11-year-old boy was shot and killed inside his own home in the middle of the night. The unknown gunman fired multiple shots at a family's home in Channelview, Texas, at about 4:20 a.m. Sunday, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. (MORE: 'She was just a baby': 10-year-old killed in front of her family in apparent road rage incident) An 11-year-old boy inside the house was struck several times and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff's office. Several children were asleep in the same room as the victim at the time, he said. (MORE: Youth basketball coach gunned down in front of his home) No one else was hurt, authorities said. "This is a tragic, a senseless, a sad situation. This is a child," the sheriff said. "And these are cowards that shoot into a home. They could've killed and injured a lot more people." (MORE: 2-year-old boy shot, fighting for his life: 'Pray for that young baby and that mother') Gonzalez vowed, "We're gonna do all we can to bring justice to this 11-year-old." Anyone with information is urged to call the sheriff's office.


CLEVELAND, Ohio   The driver accused of hitting a cyclist and driving off in May pleaded not guilty in court Thursday. The driver, Allison Spoerl, faces multiple felony counts in the case. She is accused of running into Patty Banks, 51, on a bike back in May and then driving off. She later allegedly took her car to a body shop for repair. Banks, an avid cyclist and triathlete, was critically injured. Her fellow cyclists planned to attend the arraignment to highlight to the prosecutor and judge that they face dangers on the road every day and they want to see the suspect not only severely punished but also any other driver careless enough to ignore a cyclist. Continuing coverage.     ©2019 WJW-TV, Cleveland Visit WJW-TV, Cleveland at www.fox8.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


It's definitely one of the more tasteful show trucks to come out of SEMA recently. The annual SEMA Show is a great place to see the extremes that vehicles can be modified and tuned, but it's getting rare to see a tasteful, everyday vehicle emerge from the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center. That's just what we have here, though, with this mean-looking 2011 GMC Sierra that is the latest addition to the Streetside Classics showroom in Phoenix, AZ, and it is ready to win awards at any car show. The fine details are what really makes this Sierra show truck pop, and that starts with the custom pin striping done by Gary Jensen. Perhaps even better, the bed of this truck has an old-school look with dark wood and chrome strips, and it even has a little practicality with a hard tonneau cover and billet cargo divider   not that anyone would ever dare to put anything in the bed. Although designed for work, this regular cab truck looks spectacular with its lowered stance and forged 22-inch Billet racing wheels. The black paint job looks flawless, and it's perfectly complemented by the smoked headlights and taillights as well as the brushed billet handles on the doors and tailgate. Inside, this truck has low-back bucket seats with quilted leather on the seats and center console, and there are some eye-catching Plasti-dip accents inside the truck and under the hood with a really neat wood-like pattern. Like the rest of the truck, the builder didn't go too crazy with the performance modifications, but you still get a cold air intake, dual exhaust and Superchip engine programmer. Being a legit show truck, this 2011 GMC Sierra has been babied its whole life, and it shows slightly more than 3,000 original miles on the odometer. If you're looking for a turn-key truck that you could start showing tomorrow, then this 2011 GMC Sierra SEMA Show Truck is the way to go! Read More... This 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe Suburban SEMA Build Broke The Internet 1969 Ford Bronco SEMA Build Up For Grabs


Denver may host more open practices at training camp than any other venue. The Broncos have announced that they'll have 19 open practices in training camp at UCHealth Training Center in Englewood, Colorado. PFT has been tracking open practices , and that's the most we've found at any single venue. (The Cowboys are expected to have 20 open practices, but that includes 15 in Oxnard, California, as well as five in Frisco, Texas.) All of the Broncos' open practices are free to the public, including one practice at Broncos Stadium Mile High on Saturday, July 27. The Broncos open camp on July 18.


Manny Pacquiao discusses his faith, how he's teaching his children to appreciate how fortunate they are and his upcoming boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr.


Video by PGA Ticket sites received a major Tiger bump as Woods won his first Masters since 2005 in April, but there won't be a repeat performance at the PGA Championship over the weekend. Woods missed the cut at five-over across two rounds at Bethpage Black, including a three-over 73 on Friday. His exit before the weekend is his fifth missed cut in his last 10 majors. As Woods fell out of contention, StubHub's prices plummeted, according to Outside the Cup . Tickets for Saturday's round reportedly fell 46% from 3 p.m. ET to just shy of 7 p.m. ET. In 3.5 hours, StubHub prices for Saturday at the #PGAChampionship have tanked 46% now that Tiger won't play the weekend. Expect them to keep falling. (cc: @darrenrovell ) pic.twitter.com/eUaMqdzQaH   Outside The Cut (@OutsideTheCut) May 17, 2019 Those who still attend the PGA over the weekend will potentially have the chance to watch Brooks Koepka win his fourth major . Koepka is currently seven strokes ahead of the field at 12-under, posting a five-under 65 on Friday. Koepka won the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in 2018. He has won each of the last two U.S. Opens.


The grad transfer market is still in full swing, but for the most part, we know what the meaningful parts for the majority of the teams around the country will be. That means that it is time to start talking about what is coming instead of what was. With that in mind, let's take a look at key personnel changes, the impact of the coaching carousel and the most important storylines heading into the 2019-20 season for each of college basketball's top seven conferences. Today, we are talking Pac-12. KEY OFFSEASON STORYLINES WHO IS GETTING HIT WITH NCAA SANCTIONS? : As much as Arizona and USC will have been hoping that this season would be all about basketball with the FBI's investigation into college basketball now done and dusted, the truth is that it is just beginning for the schools themselves. That's because the NCAA is only just now getting involved. According to a report last month from Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, at least six basketball programs are going to receive a notice of allegations from the NCAA regarding Level I violations before the summer is over, and that there are at least two "high-profile" programs that could receive them by early July. As of today, it is early July. Which means that Arizona, and, to a point, USC, have as much to worry about as anyone in college basketball. By now, you should know all about the involvement of those two programs. A pair of former assistants   Arizona's Book Richardson and USC's Tony Bland   plead guilty during the trials. Sean Miller's name has been brought as much as anyone that wasn't actually charged with a crime. Why does this matter? Because the NCAA is allowed to use any and all information that was dug up by the FBI and made public by these trials to punish the programs that were involved. And the NCAA will have plenty of incentive to punish these programs, because unlike the scandals that came out of North Carolina and Penn State, a wannabe agent making under-the-table payments to assistant coaches is exactly the kind of cheating that sits in NCAA enforcement's wheelhouse. Richardson and Bland plead guilty to crimes that double as NCAA violations. Head coaches are responsible for any violations that are committed by the people that work for them. Just yesterday, Kevin Ollie was given a three-year show-cause penalty for violations that were committed while he was the head coach at UConn. Part of that show-cause was the result of lying to the NCAA investigators, but he was charged with violating head coach responsibility rules. There is reason for Sean Miller and Andy Enfield to be worried. The question, if we're being frank, has more to do with how harsh will the punishments be, not whether or not the NCAA is going to be able to find something to punish. WILL ANYONE PULL A SYRACUSE OR A LOUISVILLE? : In February of 2015, with an investigation staring them straight in the face, Syracuse self-imposed a postseason ban for that season. Louisville did the same the following year. It's an easy way to try and get into the NCAA's good graces and avoid a harsher, longer-term punishment   why create the recruiting disincentive by putting off a postseason ban that can be put into effect with the players already on the roster? Will either USC or Arizona opt to go down that path this season? HOW WILL MICK CRONIN'S COACHING STYLE FIT IN SOCAL? : Mick Cronin was not the first pick for UCLA this spring. In fact, the Bruins rolled through five, if not more, candidates before they landed on the former Cincinnati head coach, but don't, for a second, think that that has anything to do with Cronin's coaching acumen. Cronin built the Bearcats back into a program that was, for the last nine years, an annual lock to get an NCAA tournament bid. They were always a threat to win whatever league they were in, and in the years where they did not enter the season in the top 25, they were, at the very least, under consideration. That's not an easy thing to do at a school like that. Cronin knows how to win. But what makes UCLA's decision to hire him to replace Steve Alford such an interesting storyline is that he is the polar opposite of the kind of coach that you would think the flagship program in Southern California would need to hire. Cronin is tough, he's no-nonsense, he's intense and he preaches a brand of basketball that resembles rugby more than it does the pace-and-space era. He's Ben Howland, only shorter and angrier, and Howland was run out of Westwood despite reaching three Final Four in ten years and winning the Pac-12 the year that he was fired. It won't be easy for Cronin to make the transition to the west coast, but it wasn't easy to be the guy to try and rebuild Cincinnati after Bob Huggins. JUST HOW GOOD WILL JADEN MCDANIELS BE THIS YEAR? : Washington is the x-factor in the Pac-12 race this season. Mike Hopkins lost a number of key pieces off of last season's roster, but there is a ton of length and athleticism at his disposal, not to mention the two top ten prospects that are entering the program. That would be Isaiah Stewart and Jaden McDaniels. Stewart, at this point, is more of a known commodity. At 6-foot-9 and 245 pounds, he should more than make up for the loss of Noah Dickerson to graduation, and there are some that believe he will be the most productive freshman in all of college basketball, more than James Wiseman or Cole Anthony. McDaniels is a bit more of a question mark. His potential is through the roof. He's 6-foot-11 with high level perimeter skills. He can handle, he can shoot and his ceiling is legitimately as high as anyone in the class of 2019. But he is a long way from being a finished product. He isn't quite 200 pounds. He's a guy that can make shots more than a shooter at this point in his development. He has the potential to be a big time shot-creator, but he's still somewhat inconsistent and can be bothered by smaller players that climb up under him. The reason that Washington is being picked as one of the teams that can win the Pac-12 this season is because they have two potential top five picks on a roster that is littered with solid role players. Whether or not they actually win the league, however, will likely come down to just how close McDaniels' production as a one-and-done is to his potential. WHAT HAPPENS IF MCKINLEY WRIGHT CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE SEASON HEALTHY? : The best player in the Pac-12 that you have never heard of is Colorado point guard McKinley Wright. He's spent the last two seasons putting up all-league numbers without getting the kind of attention or acclaim that players at bigger or more relevant programs have gotten. The Buffaloes bring back the just about every notable piece off of last year's roster, and that includes Wright, who played much of last season with a shoulder injury that had to be surgically repaired this offseason. If he's healthy, are the Buffs the biggest sleeper in the conference? WHAT TRICKS DOES DANA ALTMAN HAVE UP HIS SLEEVE? : Altman is one of the few coaches who I trust to be able to find a way to make his team relevant regardless of what is actually on his roster, but he is going to have to make some magic happen this season if the Ducks are going to make it back to the NCAA tournament this season. He lost Louis King, Kenny Wooten and Bol Bol off of last year's roster. He does return potential Pac-12 Player of the Year Payton Pritchard, as well as Will Richardson, who has a chance to be the league's breakout star. There are also a number of key additions for this group   Anthony Mathis, C.J. Walker, Chandler Lawson, Chris Duarte   but overall, this does not exactly look like a team that is going to push Arizona and Washington for a league title. WHO'S GONE LOUIS KING and KENNY WOOTEN, Oregon : The Ducks may be bringing back a potential Pac-12 Player of the Year in Payton Pritchard, but it is hard to ignore what they are losing in King and Wooten. Wooten might be the bigger loss, because his combination of athleticism and rim protection anchored Oregon's defense down the stretch of last season and mimics what Jordan Bell provided during their 2019 Final Four run. King's loss will be felt as he was the perfect floor-spacing small-ball four for Altman's offense. Combined, these two left five years of eligibility on the table. Both went undrafted. LU DORT, Arizona State : Speaking on undrafted players, Dort spent the majority of the season drawing comparisons to Marcus Smart before he failed to hear his named called on June 20th. The Sun Devils not only lose Dort, but they will also saw Zylan Cheatam graduate. There are still plenty of talented pieces at Bobby Hurley's disposal, but his life certainly would have been easier with Dort in the fold. JAYLEN HANDS, KRIS WILKES and MOSES BROWN, UCLA : Everything about UCLA is going to look different next season. New head coach. New style of play. A new top three scorers. There will be a changing of the guard in Westwood, and based on the culture that enveloped that program in recent years, that may not be a bad thing. KZ OKPALA, Stanford : Okpala was one of last year's biggest risers, from a draft prospect perspective, but it didn't turn into wins for the Cardinal. What that means is that for the second straight season, Jerod Haase will lose his best player despite that player still having eligibility remaining. WHO'S BACK MCKINLEY WRIGHT, Colorado : The best player out west that you don't know about. He's a darkhorse Pac-12 Player of the Year candidate, and the biggest reason that the Buffaloes are going to find themselves in the mix for an NCAA tournament bid. PAYTON PRITCHARD, Oregon : If the Ducks are going to have any chance to make it back to the NCAA tournament next season, it is going to be because Pritchard is one of the best point guards in the sport. He'll keep them relevant after the departure of Kenny Wooten and Louis King. TRES TINKLE, Oregon State : He doesn't get the recognition because he plays for Oregon State, but Tinkle is one of the best scorers in college hoops. He put up 20.8 points to go along with 8.1 boards and 3.8 assists as a junior, and he'll return to a team that does have some interesting pieces next season. LOTS OF TALENT, UCLA : Here's the thing about this UCLA program   there are still some really good players in the mix. Tyger Campbell and Shareef O'Neeal will be healthy. Cody Riley and Jalen Hill are back. Chris Smith will have a chance to spread his wings, as will Jules Bernard and David Singleton. Even redshirt senior Prince Ali (fabulous he, Ali Ababwa) was a top 30 recruit coming out of high school. Whether or not those guys fit Cronin's style of play or will be willing to buy in with a new coach in town is up for debate, but the cupboard isn't bare. WHO'S COMING NICO MANNION and JOSH GREEN, Arizona : Remember when you thought that Arizona wouldn't be able to recruit because of everything happening with the FBI investigation? All Sean Miller did was go out and land two five-star prospects that could end up giving the Wildcats one of the best backcourts in the country. Mannion and Green are the reason Arizona looks like the favorite to win the league this season. ISAIAH STEWART and JADEN MCDANIELS, Washington : We discussed McDaniels earlier, so let's talk about Stewart here. He's an absolute man-child on the block, a low-post scorer that seems a pretty good bet to lead the conference in rebounding. I would not be surprised to look up in February and see Stewart averaging 15 points, 10 boards and 2.5 blocks for a top 20 team. ONYEKA OKONGWU and ISAIAH MOBLEY, USC : The Trojans are going to look an awful lot like Dunk City West again this season. Okongwu and Mobley are both top 25 recruits that will share time in the frontcourt with Nick Rakocevic. There are a lot of really, really good big men on this roster. WAY-TOO-EARLY ALL-PAC-12 TEAM TRES TINKLE, Oregon State (Preseason Player of the Year) PAYTON PRITCHARD, Oregon MCKINLEY WRIGHT, Colorado NICO MANNION, Arizona NICK RAKOCEVIC, USC WAY-TOO-EARLY POWER RANKINGS 1. ARIZONA : There's a reason that the Arizona administration is going to stand by Sean Miller for as long as they can, and that's because the man knows how to build a basketball team. Arizona completely restocked a depleted roster that finished eighth in last year's Pac-12, headlined by the addition of Nico Mannion and Josh Green. With UC Irvine grad transfer Max Hazzard, the return of Chase Jeter and Brandon Williams and a pair of sneaky-good freshmen bigs in Zeke Nnaji and Christian Koloko, the Wildcats have a nice combination of talent and depth. 2. WASHINGTON : The Huskies are losing five of their top six scorers from last season, but there is a chance that they could end up being better next season than they were this past season. Mike Hopkins will have a nice combination of young star power   Isaiah Stewart and Jaden McDaniels   and good, veteran role players that can do a job in their system   Hameir Wright, Nahziah Carter and Quade Green. If they're going to win the league, the Huskies will need a few of their youngsters to grow into supporting roles, but they have a chance. 3. COLORADO : McKinley Wright is the name that you need to know, but the Buffs are more than just a one man team. They bring back basically everyone of consequence, including another all-conference player in Tyler Bey, giving them a balanced, experienced and talented roster in a conference where that isn't all that common. 4. USC : I'm actually buying the talent on this USC roster. Their frontline of Nick Rakocevic, Isaiah Mobley and Onyeka Okongwu will be as long and athletic as anyone. They added a bunch of shooting with a trio of grad transfers as well. The big question is going to be point guard play, but given what is going on in the rest of this league, I think they have enough to make a run at finishing top four. 5. OREGON : Losing Wooten is a major blow, as it will cost them defensively, but I do think that there will be enough scoring on this roster to keep them relevant with Dana Altman calling the shots. We know wht Payton Pritchard will be. The big question for me is going to be Will Richardson's development, C.J. Walker's impact and just how effective Anthony Mathis is as a shooter moving up a level. 6. UCLA : We've written plenty about UCLA in this preview, so I'll leave it at this: I think the Bruins have NCAA tournament upside, but I would not bet on it happening this year. 7. ARIZONA STATE : Bobby Hurley has gotten a ton of hype over the last two seasons thanks to some impressive wins that his Sun Devils have been able to cobble together in non-conference play. But they're a combined 43-23 in those two seasons, with a 20-16 record in league play and two NCAA tournament trips that produced last year's play-in game win over St. John's. There is some talent on this roster, but I'm going to have to see it to buy into it. 8. OREGON STATE : Tres Tinkle might actually have some help this season. Ethan Thompson returned to school, as did Kylor Kelley, while Payton Dastrup will be getting eligible. It would be a shame if a player as good as Tinkle had another All-American caliber season wasted. 9. UTAH : I am very much a believer in Larry Krystkowiak's coaching ability, but this version of the Utes is going to be really, really young. Losing Donnie Tillman didn't help matters. As it stands, the only upperclassmen on the roster is going to be a JuCo transfer. 10. STANFORD : Every year I manage to talk myself into the talent on Stanford's roster and every year I find myself regretting it. There are some intriguing pieces in Palo Alto this season even with K.Z. Okpala in the NBA, but I'm not going to predict them to do much of anything until, you know, they actually do it. 11. WASHINGTON STATE : Everyone is going to talk about how difficult Mark Fox's rebuilding job at Cal is going to be, but at least he's not Kyle Smith at Washington State. 12. CAL : The Golden Bears went 16-47 overall and just 5-31 in the Pac-12 the last two seasons, and they now have a new head coach and lost most of their best players this offseason. Good luck, Mark Fox. Related slideshow: Best photos of NCAA Championship (Provided by imagn)


Editor's note: The opinions in this article are the author's, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. Way back in February 2016, with Donald Trump in the early stages of his hostile takeover of the Republican Party, Robert Kagan, the sharpest of the neoconservative intellectuals, took to the pages of The Washington Post to denounce the mogul from Manhattan as "the most successful demagogue-charlatan in the history of U.S. politics." Thanks to the reporting of The New York Times , which builds on an earlier story the paper published before the 2016 election, we now know that Kagan was right, at least about the "charlatan" part. Since he launched his improbable but ludicrously successful foray into presidential politics, Trump has sold himself, in part, as a wildly successful businessman whose perspicacity about money making would serve him well in making deals on behalf of the United States and the American people. Sure, there were the string of bankruptcy filings in his past, which his critics never failed to bring up. Yet Trump sat atop a business empire, with properties around the world, claiming to be a billionaire and refusing to release tax returns that could either confirm or expose his big talk as so much nonsense. Until now. Reviewing tax returns from 1985 to 1994, the Times has discovered that "year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer." You heard that right: Of all the tens of millions of taxpayers in America during those nine years, the man who a little more than two decades later would go onto to become the 45th president of the United States was quite possibly the country's biggest loser. Which, given his 2016 election pitch, has to make him one of America's all-time greatest con men as well. But will it matter politically? Almost certainly not. If House Democrats are able to get their hands on more recent tax returns and they turn up evidence of criminality, then we may   may   have a ball game, something that hurts the president and sticks to him and maybe even turns a few Republicans against him. But what the Times has unearthed from more than two decades ago? With no evidence of anything overtly illegal? With proof only that Trump is an artistic grand master of BS? You've got to be kidding. Six weeks ago, Special Counsel Robert Mueller wrapped up his nearly two-year investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. This investigation failed to establish outright conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian intelligence services. But it did demonstrate in excruciating detail that members of the campaign wished to collude with the Russians, that they were grateful for any and all help Russian President Vladimir Putin's minions might provide them in attempting to defeat Hillary Clinton, and that Trump himself very clearly and on numerous occasions acted to obstruct the Justice Department's investigation of the entire episode. All of this is plain as day in the Mueller report. And how has it affected the president's approval rating? In FiveThirtyEight 's aggregate of polls , Trump's approval was 42 percent on the eve of the report's completion, it remained steady through the initial pro-Trump spin of Attorney General William Barr, and it sank to a low of 41.1 percent on April 30, 11 days after the full (redacted) report was made public. But since then, it has rebounded. As of Tuesday afternoon, Trump's approval had risen to 42.9 percent, its highest level since November 25, 2018. Take a moment to let that sink in: Less than three weeks after release of a nearly 400-page report documenting behavior on the part of the president that demonstrates numerous acts of possible criminality and many more examples of behavior that transgresses the bounds of ethics, propriety, and patriotism, Donald Trump has hit a nearly six-month high in his approval rating. Yes, that rating is low by historic standards. But its current level is near Trump's post-election ceiling, and that tells us something important about his presidency   something that should be obvious by now to all informed observers: His supporters just don't care. He's been metaphorically shooting people on Fifth Ave. for years now and getting away with it. And it really isn't clear what, if anything, could alter this reality. Over and over again we end up in new versions of the same old situation: Those who already deeply despise the president hope and wait for some new story, revelation, or investigation that will finally, at long last, destroy him politically, sending his approval rating plunging through the 30s down to the catastrophic levels Richard Nixon reached in the final weeks and months before he resigned in the face of near-certain impeachment and removal from office. But there's no sign of it happening in the country at large, and least of all among members of his own party, who continue to approve of Trump's performance at the historically high rate of 90 percent. The sad fact is that we have, at this point, very little reason to think this is ever going to change. Not even after The New York Times has confirmed that for a time in the 1980s and '90s Trump was the biggest loser of all.


There are now 54 days until the Arizona Cardinals play their season opener in September. We continue to look at stats for each number and now look at what there is for the No. 54. Five players have had 54 receptions in a season. The last to do it was Early Doucet in 2011. Ricky Proehl averaged 54 receiving yards per game in 1993. A player has scored 54 points in a season 23 times. The last was Larry Fitzgerald in 2015. Three players punted 54 times in a season. The last was Rich Camarillo in 1992. Johnny Olszewski averaged 54 rushing yards per game in 1956. Bill Stacy returned 54 punts between 1959-1963. Leeland McElroy returned 54 kicks in 1996-1997. Jake Plummer fumbled 54 times in his career with the Cardinals. Neil Lomax had 54 pass attempts in a game in 1987. Since 1950, a player had rushed for 54 yards in a game 32 times. Query Results Table Rush Rush Rush Rush Player Date Opp Att Yds Y/A TD Elmer Angsman 1951-11-04 CLE 12 54 4.50 0 Emil Sitko 1952-10-26 PIT 11 54 4.91 0 Johnny Olszewski 1953-11-08 @ WAS 9 54 6.00 0 John David Crow 1959-11-22 NYG 16 54 3.38 1 Mal Hammack 1960-10-09 @ PHI 19 54 2.84 1 Prentice Gautt 1961-12-03 WAS 13 54 4.15 2 Sam Etcheverry 1961-12-17 PIT 7 54 7.71 0 Joe Childress 1963-12-15 DAL 13 54 4.15 0 Joe Childress 1964-09-12 @ DAL 19 54 2.84 0 MacArthur Lane 1971-09-19 WAS 19 54 2.84 0 MacArthur Lane 1971-10-31 @ BUF 14 54 3.86 1 Donny Anderson 1973-12-02 DET 13 54 4.15 0 Jim Otis 1976-10-10 PHI 14 54 3.86 1 Wayne Morris 1983-09-25 @ PHI 12 54 4.50 0 Stump Mitchell 1985-11-28 @ DAL 16 54 3.38 1 Earl Ferrell 1988-11-06 SFO 12 54 4.50 0 Earl Ferrell 1989-10-15 PHI 13 54 4.15 0 Johnny Johnson 1990-09-09 @ WAS 14 54 3.86 0 Johnny Johnson 1991-09-08 @ PHI 19 54 2.84 0 Garrison Hearst 1995-10-01 KAN 15 54 3.60 0 Player Date Opp Att Yds Y/A TD Garrison Hearst 1995-10-29 SEA 21 54 2.57 0 Michael Pittman 2001-11-11 NYG 17 54 3.18 0 Thomas Jones 2002-09-08 @ WAS 17 54 3.18 0 Thomas Jones 2002-10-27 @ SFO 15 54 3.60 1 Emmitt Smith * 2003-09-14 SEA 14 54 3.86 0 Marcel Shipp 2005-09-18 STL 12 54 4.50 0 Tim Hightower 2010-09-12 @ STL 13 54 4.15 1 Beanie Wells 2010-10-24 @ SEA 14 54 3.86 1 Alfonso Smith 2011-09-25 @ SEA 17 54 3.18 0 Rashard Mendenhall 2013-11-24 IND 13 54 4.15 1 Chris Johnson 2016-09-18 TAM 16 54 3.38 1 David Johnson 2018-10-14 @ MIN 18 54 3.00 1 Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com : View Original Table Generated 7/16/2019. Since 1950, a player has had 54 receiving yards in a game 38 times. Query Results Table Rece Rece Rece Rece Player Date Opp Result Rec Yds Y/R TD Don Stonesifer 1954-10-31 PIT W 17-14 3 54 18.00 0 Don Stonesifer 1954-11-07 @ PHI L 14-30 4 54 13.50 0 Sonny Randle 1959-10-11 @ WAS L 14-23 5 54 10.80 0 John David Crow 1960-10-02 NYG L 14-35 3 54 18.00 1 Taz Anderson 1961-11-05 @ DAL W 31-17 4 54 13.50 1 Bobby Joe Conrad 1962-10-14 WAS T 17-17 4 54 13.50 0 Bobby Joe Conrad 1964-11-08 PIT W 34-30 6 54 9.00 1 Jackie Smith * 1965-12-11 @ DAL L 13-27 3 54 18.00 0 Cid Edwards 1970-10-04 DAL W 20-7 3 54 18.00 1 John Gilliam 1971-10-17 @ WAS L 0-20 4 54 13.50 0 Terry Metcalf 1976-12-04 BAL W 24-17 3 54 18.00 1 Danny Pittman 1984-12-16 @ WAS L 27-29 5 54 10.80 0 Chas Fox 1986-10-12 @ TAM W 30-19 4 54 13.50 1 Stump Mitchell 1987-09-20 @ SDG L 24-28 5 54 10.80 1 J.T. Smith 1987-12-20 @ TAM W 31-14 5 54 10.80 1 J.T. Smith 1989-10-15 PHI L 5-17 3 54 18.00 0 Roy Green 1990-10-14 DAL W 20-3 6 54 9.00 0 Ricky Proehl 1991-10-06 @ NYG L 9-20 6 54 9.00 0 Ricky Proehl 1993-12-12 DET L 14-21 2 54 27.00 0 Johnny McWilliams 1996-11-10 @ WAS W 37-34 5 54 10.80 1 Player Date Opp Result Rec Yds Y/R TD Kevin Williams 1997-12-14 @ NOR L 10-27 4 54 13.50 0 Larry Centers 1998-09-13 @ SEA L 14-33 7 54 7.71 0 Frank Sanders 2000-10-29 NOR L 10-21 2 54 27.00 0 Kevin Kasper 2002-12-15 @ STL L 28-30 4 54 13.50 0 Bryant Johnson 2004-10-24 SEA W 25-17 7 54 7.71 0 Adam Bergen 2005-12-24 PHI W 27-21 4 54 13.50 0 Bryant Johnson 2006-09-24 STL L 14-16 1 54 54.00 0 Troy Walters 2006-10-29 @ GNB L 14-31 5 54 10.80 1 Steve Breaston 2008-09-07 @ SFO W 23-13 3 54 18.00 0 Anquan Boldin 2009-10-18 @ SEA W 27-3 6 54 9.00 0 Andre Roberts 2012-09-09 SEA W 20-16 5 54 10.80 1 Rob Housler 2012-10-21 @ MIN L 14-21 5 54 10.80 0 Michael Floyd 2014-11-16 DET W 14-6 2 54 27.00 2 John Brown 2014-12-21 SEA L 6-35 3 54 18.00 0 Darren Fells 2015-12-20 @ PHI W 40-17 3 54 18.00 0 John Brown 2016-10-17 NYJ W 28-3 5 54 10.80 0 Ricky Seals-Jones 2017-11-19 @ HOU L 21-31 3 54 18.00 2 Christian Kirk 2018-12-02 @ GNB W 20-17 3 54 18.00 0 Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com : View Original Table Generated 7/16/2019. We will look for stats for the No. 53 tomorrow. Listen to the latest from Cards Wire's Jess Root on his podcast, Rise Up, See Red. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or Stitcher Radio . View embedded content MORE: Poker player argues over dealer chip counting error during crucial all-in hand at WSOP Main Event The Cubs Are Very Mad About Barstool Chicago and Beer Cup Snake Videos Robbie Gould didn't expect to work out long-term deal with 49ers Colts ranked No. 1 in NFL future power rankings Future looks bright for the Steelers according to ESPN


There's a little something for everyone coming up on the events calendar this week. From a 5K to a pool party, here are a few top options to help you get off the couch and out into the world. Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. Collier Hills 5K Run/Walk From the event description: This will be a certified 5K event. The registration, start and finish will take place in the park at the corner of Collier Road and Walthall Drive. When: Saturday, Aug. 10, 8-9:30 a.m. Where: Tanyard Creek Park Admission: $15 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Back-to-School band booster pool party From the event description: Pack a towel, bring your sunscreen and enjoy a family-friendly morning swim. No need to concern yourself with packing snacks for your family, as the Band Booster Club will be selling concessions. When: Saturday, Aug. 10, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Where: YMCA Youth and Teen Development Center, 1765 Memorial Drive SE Admission: $10 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Beloved Community International Expo From the event description: Travel around the world without leaving Atlanta during the Beloved Community International Expo. Open to all ages and free to attend, the expo will celebrate diverse cultures with music, dance and costumes from around the world. When: Saturday, Aug. 10, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Where: The King Center, 449 Auburn Ave. NE Admission: Free Click here for more details, and to get your tickets This story was created automatically using local event data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Missed the the most recent top news in Denver? Read on for everything you need to know. Denver car thieves using device to pull signal from key fob, get into vehicles People living in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood are on alert because criminals are stealing from their locked cars without any forced entry. Millions of Americans use a keyless entry fob. It's a convenient way to lock and unlock a car, but criminals are using a device to grab that signal while keys are inside a home. Read the full story on KDVR . 19-year-old arrested following stabbing of 1 woman, 2 men in Denver The man is accused of stabbing three victims unprovoked. Read the full story on 9NEWS . Where Denver ranks among the country's most gentrifying cities A new report suggests that Denver, by one measure, is one of the nation's most swiftly gentrifying cities. Read the full story on 9NEWS . 'Enough is enough:' Denver rally in wake of El Paso, Dayton shootings calls for stricter gun laws, end to white supremacy The "Call to Action" event was planned before Sunday's attack in Dayton, OH, became the third mass shooting in the U.S. in a week. Read the full story on Denverite . Woman, man who died in apparent murder-suicide in Denver's Bear Valley area are identified A woman and man who died in a murder-suicide in Denver's Bear Valley neighborhood last month have been identified. Read the full story on Denver Post . This story was created automatically using data about news stories on social media from CrowdTangle , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Here's to what may end up being legitimately good news following an authentically horrible situation. After Chicago Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. hit a foul ball into the seats that struck a young fan at Minute Maid Park Wednesday night, many feared the worst. But now, reports suggest that the victim -- a female infant -- is conscious and alert. Will wait for official word from the Astros but hearing positive things about the child that was hit by the foul ball. Cross your fingers.   Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) May 30, 2019 Hopefully, what Cubs reporter Jesse Rogers heard is as true as can be. The Houston Astros' park became stunned silent when the ball hit the fan, and Almora himself also visibly, painfully shaken by the incident. Happy to report that the baby of Olivia Bartman, Katrina is in stable condition after being struck by a foul ball by Albert Almora Jr. in the #Cubs vs. #Astros game! pic.twitter.com/yNl1gkR0WJ   Forecastin Floyd (@ForecastinFloyd) May 30, 2019 Almora went to the section where the foul ball landed and shared an emotional moment with a security guard in the vicinity. His emotions truly said it all. @JuliaMorales here's @albertalmora when he found out the girl who got hit with the foul ball is going to be ok! pic.twitter.com/GmSGZmcKnR   Todd Kolkhorst (@tkolkhorst) May 30, 2019 The thoughts and prayers of everyone will be with the child and family tonight as we all hope for a speedy recovery. Related slideshow: The 2019 MLB season (Provided by imagn)


Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Stockton. Father, daughter found dead on houseboat in Stockton A father and daughter were found dead on their houseboat in Stockton over the weekend, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said Monday. Read the full story on KCRA 3 . Stockton in no rush to retrofit old buildings against earthquakes Although a number of cities have a list of what buildings need to be retrofitted, state law does not require cities or counties to compile a list. Read the full story on ABC Sacramento, KXTV . A weekend of healing for Stockton: HEAT Wave events aimed at addressing community trauma Faith-based and community leaders are hosting what they say is a weekend of healing for the city of Stockton. Read the full story on Recordnet.com . Ports beat Visalia; A's pitcher to play for Stockton tonight STOCKTON   The Visalia Rawhide may have won the home run fest, but the Stockton Ports won the game Sunday night at Stockton Ballpark. Read the full story on Recordnet.com . This story was created automatically using data about news stories on social media from CrowdTangle , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


WASHINGTON   The Trump administration does not have congressional authorization to go to war against Iran, the Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives warned on Thursday amid escalating tensions in the region. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters that she backed what appeared to be U.S. President Donald Trump's aversion to actual military conflict with Tehran. "I like what I hear from the president   that he has no appetite on this," she said. The Washington Post, citing several unnamed U.S. officials, reported late Wednesday that Trump was frustrated that his advisers may be rushing into war and that he preferred a more diplomatic approach and direct talks with Iran. Pelosi also told reporters that the Republican administration would provide a classified briefing for top lawmakers   the so-called Gang of Eight   on Iran later on Thursday. But Trump's administration so far has rebuffed requests to brief the full House on Iran as it has for congressional requests seeking information on North Korea and Venezuela, she said at a news briefing. "This is part of a pattern that is not right because we have responsibilities   the responsibility in the Constitution is for the Congress to declare war, so I hope the president's advisers recognize that they have no authorization to go forward in any way," she said. Reporting by Susan Cornwell; writing by Susan Heavey; editing by Tim Ahmann and Jonathan Oatis


The House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday that it is postponing a vote to recommend that the chamber hold White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in contempt of Congress, citing ongoing talks with the Trump administration to secure Conway's testimony. The panel was originally scheduled to vote on Thursday. "I am postponing the Committee's vote as I work with the White House to try to reach an accommodation," House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) said in a statement. "Ms. Conway violated the law numerous times and must be held accountable." Subscribe to the Post Most newsletter: Today's most popular stories on The Washington Post The resolution that the committee was planning to vote on recommends that the full House find Conway in contempt of Congress "for her refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued" by the panel. A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Oversight Committee issued a subpoena on June 26 for Conway's testimony after a government watchdog found that she violated the Hatch Act, a law that forbids federal government employees from engaging in certain campaign activities. But on July 15, the date Conway was called to testify, a White House attorney sent a letter to Cummings stating that she would not appear before the panel. The next day, Conway defended her decision to ignore the committee's subpoena, saying in an interview on Fox News Channel that she was "taking one for the team." She argued that she is shielded from testifying in her role as a presidential adviser. "I'd be happy to testify. I have nothing to hide. I've done nothing wrong," Conway said. "I would love to go testify, but I'm taking one for the team here because there's a long-standing tradition to claim immunity and not have people like me testify." The White House has determined that all presidential advisers, current and former, are immune from such congressional inquiries. felicia.sonmez@washpost.com Colby Itkowitz contributed to this report.


WASHINGTON (AP)   The number of open U.S. jobs was largely unchanged in June and hiring slipped, suggesting the job market has cooled a bit. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of available jobs fell by just 0.5%, to 7.35 million. That's down from a record high last November of 7.63 million, but still a healthy level. Total hiring slipped 1% to 5.7 million, below a record of nearly 6 million in April. Despite the flat readings in job openings and hiring, the figures point to a still-healthy job market. There are nearly 1.3 available jobs for every unemployed person. Historically, those out of work outnumbered open positions. The current figures indicate that businesses remain hungry for workers, a sign they are confident the economy will keep growing. On Friday, the government said that employers added 164,000 new jobs in July, and the unemployment remained 3.7%, near a 50-year low. Those job gains are enough hiring to keep the unemployment declining over time. But employers have pulled back a bit from last year. In the past three months, job gains have averaged just 140,000 a month, compared with 237,000 in the same period in 2018. That slowdown likely reflects some caution among businesses as the economy downshifts. Growth slowed to just 2.1% in the April-June quarter, down from 3.1% in the first three months of the year. The data in Tuesday's report   known as the Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey   measures total hiring, while the figure in Friday's jobs report reflects net job gains after layoffs, quits and retirements are subtracted. The number of people quitting their jobs also changed little in June, according to the JOLTS report. Quits are a positive sign because most people leave their jobs when they have another offer, usually at higher pay. Roughly 2.3% of workers quit their jobs in June, a figure that has been unchanged for the past year.


The adoptive mother of Erica Parsons pleaded guilty Friday to repeatedly abusing and eventually killing the Rowan County teen, according to NBC affiliate WRAL. The television station reported that Casey Parsons, 44, will spend the rest of her life in prison for first-degree murder and felony child abuse. Erica Parsons was reported missing on July 30, 2013. Her brother said she hadn't been seen since November 2011, but Casey Parsons and her husband, Sandy Parsons, maintained she was living with a relative in Asheville, according to WRAL. The station reported that when that relative couldn't be found, authorities turned their attention to Casey and Sandy Parsons, who were convicted in 2014 on federal charges of fraudulently accepting adoptive care benefits for Erica when she was not living with them. Two years after that, Sandy Parsons led investigators to Erica's remains in a shallow grave in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. READ MORE: Adoptive mother pleads guilty to killing Erica Parsons CHECK OUT WXII: Get the latest Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem news of the day. Catch the top stories, sports and weather from the team at WXII12.


Divisadero Around 1:15 a.m. on Saturday morning, just before last call at Divisadero's Madrone Art Bar , an unidentified thief walked out of the bar with original artwork from its walls. Now, the bar is seeking the public's help in finding the culprit, and the purloined pictures. The stolen work is by artist Vivienne Scholl, whose photography exhibition, " Parked Portraits ," is currently on display at the bar's gallery space. Madrone owner Spike Krouse, an artist in his own right , confirmed to Hoodline that the work had been stolen. It's roughly 12" x 12", with a value of $195. "I guess it's flattering that the guy liked it enough to steal it," Krouse said. "[But] the people-behaving-badly thing is just getting out of hand." Krouse said there were no solid leads on the culprit to date. But he does have footage, taken from the bar's security camera, that shows the thief in action. Scholl, who first alerted Hoodline to the theft, is a graphic designer and owns a small local branding agency . According to her artist's statement, her show is "a collective portrait of the creative people who live [in San Francisco], of how they think, what they value and how they imprint their identities on their environment." Krouse said that while it's not unprecedented, an art theft has only happened once before in Madrone's 15 years of operation. In that case, he said, someone recognized the culprit from security footage, and he was able to track down the suspect's phone number. He called the thief to tell them to bring the art back, which they did. "And then I told them I never wanted to see them in my bar again," Krouse said. Anyone who recognizes the thief or has a lead on the missing artwork is asked to contact Madrone with information at art [at] madroneartbar [dot] com. For those who'd like to see the other artworks in Scholl's show, it will remain on display at Madrone through the end of June.


Byeong Hun An turned in a fine encore after Thursday's opening-round 62 to take the outright lead going into the weekend at the Wyndham Championship. An remained bogey-free for the week and carded five birdies for a 5-under 65 Friday in Round 2, moving to 13 under overall midway through the PGA Tour's regular-season finale at Sedgefield Country Club. Brice Garnett is in solo second after shooting 6-under 64 for the second straight day, while Sungjae Im, Patton Kizzire, Adam Svensson, Josh Teater, Webb Simpson and Mackenzie Hughes are T-3 and two shots off the lead at 11 under. Wyndham Championship: Leaderboard An, 27, has three career runner-up finishes but is still looking for his first Tour victory. He's also doing plenty for his FedEx Cup standing - An entered the week at No. 82 and would jump to No. 26 with a victory this week, moving inside the top 30 required to make the Tour Championship at East Lake. He also has a big event on the horizon. The Korean has not yet fulfilled his two-year military obligation, but he would be exempt if he were able to medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Jordan Spieth is also lingering at 9 under for the week. He's currently T-12 and four shots off the lead after a 3-under 67 in Round 2. Spieth entered the week No. 67 in the FedEx Cup rankings and is in danger of missing the Tour Championship for the second consecutive season. Few on the course have more to gain than Svensson and Kizzire this weekend - both players are outside the top 125 and projected to move comfortably inside if they can hold their positions in Rounds 2 and 3. https://compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/golfweek/the-pga-tour-season-ends-aug-25%2033 MORE: Five potential Jeremy Lin landing spots in free agency Stephen A. Smith rips the Yankees over quiet trade deadline in an epic rant Dez Bryant: Saints will get first opportunity to sign me Sean McVay, Rams are flipping the script on practice and the preseason Biggest winners from the first week of Packers training camp


According to rental site Zumper , median rents for a one bedroom in Virginia Highland are hovering around $1,300, compared to a $1,429 one-bedroom median for Atlanta as a whole. But how does the low-end pricing on a Virginia Highland rental look these days   and what might you get for the price? We took a look at local listings for studios and one-bedroom apartments from Zumper and Apartment Guide to find out what budget-minded apartment seekers can expect to find in the neighborhood, which, according to Walk Score ratings , is friendly for those on foot, is quite bikeable and has some transit options. Read on for the cheapest listings available right now. (Note: Prices and availability are subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. 890 Greenwood Ave. NE Listed at $1,050/month, this 700-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment, located at 890 Greenwood Ave. NE, is 19.2% less than the $1,300/month median rent for a one bedroom in Virginia Highland. When it comes to building amenities, expect assigned parking. In the unit, you're promised a mix of hardwood floors and carpeting and a walk-in closet. Good news for animal lovers: Both dogs and cats are welcome here. (See the complete listing here .) 734 Frederica St. NE Then there's this 760-square-foot rental with one bedroom and one bathroom at 734 Frederica St. NE, listed at $1,275/month. In the apartment, expect to find hardwood flooring, air conditioning, central heating and in-unit laundry. Neither cats nor dogs are welcome. Future tenants needn't worry about a leasing fee. (See the listing here .) 1230 Virginia Ave. NE Check out this 750-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom address at 1230 Virginia Ave. NE, listed at $1,295/month. When it comes to building amenities, expect on-site laundry and assigned parking. In the unit, look for hardwood flooring and a balcony. Pet lovers are in luck: Cats and dogs are welcome. Be prepared for a $75 application fee. (Here's the listing .) This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


With Major League Baseball planning to play a game at the Iowa site of the filming of the Field of Dreams movie, we found a perfect idea for Friday's PFT Live draft. Where should the NFL stage a gimmick game? Serious options include places like South Bend, PNC Park in Pittsburgh, the Big House in Ann Arbor, etc. But the semi-nutty options were the ones that made it to the draft. And it was more fun that way. Check out the draft in the attached video, and chime in with your thoughts below.


Editor's note: The opinions in this article are the author's, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. There has never been a more limp climax in politics than with the Russia-collusion investigation. Yet Democrats, with great help from the national media, make us relive it over and over again. The latest effort to resuscitate the very dead horse is the build-up leading to former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony in front of Congress this week. CNN on Tuesday morning breathlessly covered a letter sent to Mueller by the Justice Department the previous day, which guides Mueller to only testify to the content of the 400-page report he released earlier this year. CNN repeatedly called the letter a "warning" to Mueller from the Justice Department, once again setting Mueller up as the white knight in this endless nightmare. "JUSTICE DEPT. WARNS MUELLER TO STAY IN 'BOUNDARIES' OF REPORT," blared CNN's on-screen graphic. Even the Drudge Report linked to a story about the letter with the headline, "Justice Dept wants to stay on script…" But the letter was nothing more than a reply to Mueller who himself asked the department for guidance on the parameters of his upcoming testimony. The letter notes at the very top that Mueller requested "that the Department provide you with guidance concerning privilege or other legal bars applicable to potential testimony." The missive then goes on to recall that Mueller had already previously said in a public statement that any testimony he might be called on to provide would pertain only to his written report. It reminds Mueller there are court orders and regulations, though, that prevent him or anyone else connected with the special counsel office to discuss any ongoing legal matters and that it would violate department policy to discuss "the conduct of uncharged third-parties" (i.e. President Trump). That's not a "warning" no more than a "No Smoking" sign in a nursery is a "warning." That's doubly true considering it was Mueller who asked for the guidance. All evidence suggests Mueller is offering his testimony reluctantly, having previously stated that he believed his written report on the Russia investigation thoroughly addressed any questions that Congress might have and that members were free to do with it as they wish. He even reminded them that they don't need him to start the impeachment process. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz , Democrats have had that power all along right at their feet! Mueller will probably say very little because he doesn't want to say anything at all. Still, House Democrats will fish for a moment, any moment, that they can sell as a blessing for impeachment . There's no stopping that train, as we've seen over and over again , no matter how many times the effort to find collusion with Russia or obstruction of justice turns up empty-handed. Don't let the build-up over the "warning" to Mueller fool you. Mueller's testimony will fall flat just like every other episode in this saga.


Alex Bowman may be losing a sponsor this season but he gained something even better   his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory. Bowman earned his first Cup Series victory in 134 starts by holding off a wild challenge from Kyle Larson in Sunday's Camping World 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Larson actually was able to run down Bowman to take the lead with eight of 267 laps remaining, only to see Bowman run him back down and reclaim it three laps later. Earlier this month, Hendrick Motorsports announced one of Bowman's primary sponsors, Nationwide, would be leaving the No. 88 team at the end of the season. Joey Logano finished third, Jimmie Johnson was fourth and Brad Keselowski completed the top-five. Stage 3 Following the break between Stages 2 and 3, all of the lead-lap cars elected to pit with Kevin Harvick the first off pit road. On the restart on Lap 168, Harvick led the way followed by Larson, Bowman and Johnson. Denny Hamlin was penalized for having too many crew members over the wall during his pit stop and had to restart from the rear of the field. Larson powered past Harvick on the restart to take the lead for the first time in the race as Harvick dropped to second and Bowman ran third. Kyle Busch was forced to pit on Lap 169 after contact with Logano on the track left him with a flat tire. On Lap 171, Bowman got by Harvick and Larson to move into the lead for the first time in the race. Harvick pancaked the wall on Lap 172 to bring out a caution. Several drivers elected to pit but Bowman and many others remained on the track. On the restart on Lap 177, Bowman led followed by Larson, Johnson, Aric Almirola and Martin Truex Jr. On Lap 186, Clint Bowyer took his No. 14 Ford to the garage for repairs. He experienced several tire issues during the race. With 75 laps remaining in the race, Bowman had moved out to a 1.4-second lead over Johnson with Larson running in third. Logano was fourth and William Byron fifth. After 107 laps, Bowman had opened the biggest lead of the race   just over three seconds   on Larson as Johnson moved to third. With 50 laps to go, Ryan Newman and Logano were the first to drop to pit road for their final pit stop of the race. Larson and Truex followed with 149 laps left. Bowman made his stop on Lap 220. Once the cycle of stops were completed with 42 seconds to go, Bowman remained out front with a lead of just over two seconds on Larson. Logano was third, Johnson fourth and Brad Keselowski fifth. With 34 laps to go, Kyle Busch reported smoke in the cockpit of his No. 18 Toyota and he was forced to pit under green shortly thereafter. Kyle Busch's car is smokin' hot! #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/9YESRIPiUJ   NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 1, 2019 With 20 laps left in the race, Bowman maintained a lead of just over 1.5 seconds over Larson while Logano remained in third. Bowman's lead over Larson dropped to under a second with 15 laps remaining. Larson got to Bowman's rear bumper with 10 laps remaining and began working on trying to pass him for the lead. With eight laps remaining, Larson powered to the inside of Bowman entering Turn 1 and came out in Turn 2 with the lead. Three laps later, Bowman got back around Larson to reclaim the lead. Cla#DriverManufacturerLapsTimeLaps Led 1 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 267 88 2 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 267 0.546 7 3 22 Joey Logano Ford 267 3.471 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 267 4.745 10 5 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 267 6.966 6 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 267 7.610 1 7 20 Erik Jones Toyota 267 9.859 1 8 24 William Byron Chevrolet 267 10.560 9 9 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 267 12.010 10 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 267 12.602 10 11 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 267 16.816 12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 267 20.752 2 13 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 267 24.131 14 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 267 24.808 132 15 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 267 25.059 5 16 10 Aric Almirola Ford 267 25.141 17 6 Ryan Newman Ford 267 31.686 1 18 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 266 1 lap 19 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 266 1 lap 20 34 Michael McDowell Ford 266 1 lap 1 21 21 Paul Menard Ford 266 1 lap 22 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 266 1 lap 23 38 David Ragan Ford 265 2 laps 24 41 Daniel Suarez Ford 265 2 laps 1 25 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 264 3 laps 26 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 264 3 laps 27 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 264 3 laps 28 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 264 3 laps 29 36 Matt Tifft Ford 263 4 laps 30 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 263 4 laps 31 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 260 7 laps 32 52 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 258 9 laps 33 53 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 257 10 laps 34 27 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 249 18 laps 35 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 239 28 laps 36 51 B.J. McLeod Ford 238 29 laps 37 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 172 95 laps 38 77 Quin Houff Chevrolet 100 167 laps


NEW YORK (Reuters) - A unit of UK infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty plc falsified housing maintenance records at a major U.S. military base to help it maximize fees earned from the Department of Defense, a Reuters investigation found. At Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, the company's U.S.-based unit used a second set of books and altered records to make it appear responsive to maintenance requests, Reuters found in a review of company and Air Force emails, internal memos and other documents, as well as interviews with former workers. The practice boosted the company's apparent performance at completing work on time, making it eligible to receive bonus fees from the Pentagon while persuading Air Force brass to ignore warnings from military base employees. The maintenance delays left tenants exposed to environmental hazards, residents said, such as asbestos, mold and sewage. Balfour Beatty Communities, the U.S. unit that manages housing on military bases for the Pentagon, said in a statement that one employee acted "improperly" in 2016 and that the problems were not widespread. Since then, the company said, it has worked with the Air Force to strengthen its maintenance process. "As an organization, BBC has not and does not condone the falsification of records in any way," the company said in a statement. Air Force housing employees stationed at Tinker reported instances of questionable record-keeping and slum-like living conditions to Air Force officials from late 2015 through 2018, emails and interviews show. Attempts to hold Balfour Beatty accountable were often blocked by the Air Force Civil Engineering Center, or AFCEC, an office based in San Antonio, Texas, tasked with monitoring private landlords. John Henderson, the Air Force assistant secretary for installations, said AFCEC took the accusations seriously and since late last year has withheld all incentive fees from Balfour Beatty at Tinker and two other of the company's bases. He said "allegations of fraud" were referred to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2017. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations does not discuss investigations, said a spokesperson. But she added: "Conversations are still taking place" with the U.S. Department of Justice "about what avenues (criminal or civil)   if any   can be pursued against Balfour Beatty." Balfour Beatty earns $33 million in annual profit through its U.S. military housing activities. The incentive fees alone on those operations are worth about $800 million over the life of the 50-year contracts the company holds for 43,000 homes on 55 Air Force, Navy and Army bases, Reuters calculates. A full version of this report, produced in partnership with CBS News, can be read on Reuters.com. (Editing by Ronnie Greene)


American teen Cori "Coco" Gauff, an emerging star at Wimbledon, has come between two British players. Apparently the appeal of playing mixed doubles with Gauff led Jay Clarke to dump partner Harriet Dart just ahead of the start of the draw's opening round Thursday. Gauff, 15, has made headlines at the All England Club first by becoming the youngest player in the professional era to qualify for Wimbledon's main women's singles draw and then defeating Venus Williams and 2017 semifinalist Magdalena Rybarikova to advance to the third round. For Dart's part, it appears it wasn't just how Clarke broke up (via text) but also when. "Essentially, due to the timing, I wasn't able to find another partner in the time period available," Dart told the Daily Mail . "I did ask a number of people, but a lot of them were set up and that's it. I think you should ask Jay about his reasons, that's all I want to say." Despite advancing to the 2018 semifinals with Dart, Clarke made the "tough" albeit awkward last-minute switch. "I've known Cori for a few years now, we got in contact and she asked me to play," Clarke said. "That was tough, I had to let her know because I saw the pairs that had signed in, and I was, "Am I even going to get in?'" The last-minute change didn't appear to faze Dart, 22, as she earned a place in the third round of the women's singles with a 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1 win Thursday over Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia. And, clearly, she's ready to move on. "I spoke about it (Wednesday). I'd really just like to talk about my match today. I think that's in the past," said Dart during her Thursday post-match press conference ( via ESPN.com ). "Yeah, I think just got to look forward. I'm just concentrating on my singles. "I think some things you can't control. Just got to focus on the task in hand. That's playing singles. That's all I'm really worried about." MORE : Wimbledon 2019: Cori Gauff dominates Magdalena Rybarikova to advance | Wimbledon 2019: Andy Murray relishes Serena Williams doubles pairing Clarke, 20, wasn't as fortunate Thursday against second-seeded Roger Federer in the men's singles second round, falling in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. He and Gauff are scheduled to face Robert Lindstedt and Jelena Ostapenko on Friday in the mixed doubles first round.


The White House is lining up candidates to replace press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, CBS News has learned from two sources familiar with the process. The White House reached out to some of them Thursday, soon after the announcement that Sanders would be leaving and could begin interviews as soon as next week, the sources said. Several sources put Melania Trump's deputy chief of staff and communications director high on the list of potential candidates, deeming her a strong contender. Stephanie Grisham is well-respected by the first couple and has impressed the president, according to the sources. Grisham was among the staff who worked on the president's 2016 campaign. "The president likes her," a former White House official told CBS News. Grisham started as a press aide for the campaign and rose to White House deputy press secretary. She is a trusted adviser to the first lady. Another potential candidate is Tony Sayegh, the departing assistant secretary for public affairs at the Treasury Department who is leaving his post as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's chief spokesman. He is a former Fox News and Fox Business contributor and was credited with helping the administration's media rollout of the president's tax cut plan. Sayegh was feted at a farewell party Thursday night in Washington, D.C., attended by White House and other administration officials, including Sanders and her husband. He was seen by partygoers speaking with Sanders. Steve Cortes, who is on the president's Hispanic Advisory Council and is a CNN contributor, is also expected to be vetted - again - for press secretary. He has been considered for this job and other White House communications posts in the past. While Sanders's principal deputy press secretary, Hogan Gidley, will also be considered, some White House officials tell CBS News they believe the next press secretary likely will not be a candidate from the president's immediate press office. Gidley may, however, be named interim press secretary. Multiple sources say the process is fluid and several other names are also being considered. Multiple sources say the process is fluid and several other names are also being considered.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 27,000 for the first time Thursday as stocks were jolted by the prospects of easier monetary policy from the Federal Reserve. But the path to 28,000 may hinge on a resolution to the U.S.-China trade front according to Wall Street analysts. CNBC used FactSet data to find the Dow stocks with the most upside according to analysts' price forecasts. Of the top five stocks expected to rise the most over the next 12 months, four are likely hinging on a trade deal between China and the U.S. Chemical manufacturer Dow, Inc is expected to rise 22.3% over the next 12 months, according to the consensus analyst price forecast. Boeing is forecast to surge 20.3%. United Technologies and Caterpillar are forecast to jump 16.2% and 11.7%, respectively. If a trade deal doesn't happen, analysts would likely have to dramatically lower those forecasts for these multinationals. Merck is the only company in the top five with no direct exposure to the trade war. It is expected to rise 13.3%. Last month, the U.S. and China agreed to restart trade talks, increasing hopes that a trade deal could come in the near future. The two countries agreed not to impose additional tariffs on their goods as negotiations resume. President Donald Trump also said China agreed to buy more U.S. agricultural products. Other stocks expected to contribute to the Dow's run to 28,000 are energy giant Exxon Mobil and Chevron and UnitedHealth Group. Exxon and Chevron are both forecast to rise 10.1% over the next 12 months. UnitedHealth   which has jumped more than 18% over the past three months   is expected to rise another 9.4%. Pfizer and Goldman Sachs, meanwhile, are forecast to rise more than 9% each over the next 12 months. To be sure, analyst price forecasts are no guarantee about the future. Some traders on Wall Street even use the more bullish ones as contrarian indicators. Nonetheless, if stocks march higher in the next year on a trade deal, these stocks are likely to lead. Related video: Santelli Exchange examines the buy-side survey results


Nick Chubb was the NFL's best running back in 2018 at generating additional yards after first contact by would-be tacklers. The Browns rookie consistently churned out yards after contact. It took a few weeks before the Browns made the switch at feature RB from Carlos Hyde to Chubb, which cut back on his carries. Chubb proved worth the wait, breaking off several long runs and showing an ability to manufacture yards on his own with his blend of power, balance and leg drive. Chubb averaged a full half-yard more than the No. 2 RB in YAC, Austin Ekeler of the Chargers, according to the tracking by Sports Info Solutions. Highest Avg Rush Yards After Contact Nick Chubb 4.3 Austin Ekeler 3.8 Derrick Henry 3.6 (Minimum 100 rushes in 2018) Hi to our new football-inclined followers! For more leaderboards like this, sign up for a free trial at https://t.co/ZmfkPadsFi - Sports Info Solutions (@SportsInfo_SIS) July 8, 2019 Yards after contact is a great measuring tool for running backs that strips away the importance of blocking. And nobody was better than Chubb was in his rookie campaign. MORE: UFC fighter Ben Askren had an excellent response to getting knocked out in 5 seconds Expected starting lineup for Lakers with LeBron James at point guard Honor thy father: Quinn Cook signed with Lakers for good reason Three Potential Trade Destinations for Russell Westbrook Mesmerizing speed could force Jon'Vea Johnson onto Cowboys roster


Former Vice President Joe Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he was not going to apologize for invoking his ability decades ago to work with two segregationist southern senators to "get things done." A Fox News camera was rolling when Biden was asked if he was going to apologize for his remarks. The 2020 Democrat hopeful answered, "Apologize for what?" Biden faced scorching criticism Wednesday from his primary rivals including two of the three black candidates running for the White House -- Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California   who raised serious concerns after Biden highlighted his ability to work with the segregationist senators. Booker said in a statement he was "disappointed" Biden had yet to issue an "immediate apology." "Cory should apologize," Biden said in response on Wednesday. "He knows better. Not a racist bone in my body. I've been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period. Period. Period." Biden made the comments as he was arriving at a fundraising event in Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday evening. Appearing on CNN later Wednesday night, Booker said, "I was surprised he didn't apologize." He added, "I know that I was raised to speak truth to power and that I will never apologize for doing that. Vice President Biden shouldn't need this lesson and at a time when we have from the highest office in the land divisiveness, racial hatred and bigotry being spewed he should have the sensitivity to know that this is a time I need to be an ally, I need to be a healer, I need not engage in usage of words that will harm folks. And so, this is deeply disappointing." When asked how he felt about rival Democrats saying he had issues talking about race, Biden answered, "They know better." Booker said Wednesday, "Vice President Biden's relationships with proud segregationists are not the model for how we make America a safer and more inclusive place for black people, and for everyone." Harris told Fox News while riding an elevator on Capitol Hill that "it concerns me deeply." She continued, "If those men had their way, I wouldn't' be in the United States Senate and on this elevator right now." Biden, the clear front-runner in the race for the Democrats' nomination, initially brought up the names of Sens. James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia while speaking at a fundraiser Tuesday in New York City. Eastland and Talmadge, two senior members in the Senate when Biden arrived in the chamber in 1973, were firmly opposed to desegregation efforts. "I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland," the 76-year old Biden said as he briefly imitated the late senator's southern drawl. "He never called me boy. He always called me son." And, he called long-deceased Talmadge "one of the meanest guys I ever knew." But, discussing the "civility" in the Senate during the 1970s, Biden said: "Well guess what? At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn't agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished. But today, you look at the other side and you're the enemy. Not the opposition, the enemy. We don't talk to each other anymore." The comments were part of Biden's repeated warnings against Democrats who said it was not worth trying to find compromise with Republicans on the numerous divisive issues that have brought Washington to a standstill. When asked for his reaction to the criticism from his fellow Democrats, Biden said, "What I was talking about, I could not have disagreed with Jim Eastland more. He was a segregationist. I ran for the United States Senate because I disagreed with the views of the segregationists [sic] in the Senate at the time." He added, "As I led the Judiciary Committee, I was able to pass, what I was talking about was The Voting Rights Act, I was able to pass the voting rights act while, when I was a young senator, when he [Eastland] was still the chairman, he voted against it and we beat him in The Voting Rights Act." He continued, "Secondly, when I was chairman I extended The Voting Rights Act for 25 years not five years. In addition to that, I made it very clear by the last time as I was on that committee I was chairman of foreign relations but I was a lead Democrat. We extended it another 25 years and we got 98 out of 98 votes for it." The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. "The point I'm making is, you don't have to agree. You don't have to like the people in terms of their views. But you just simply make the case and you beat them," Biden said. "You beat them without changing the system," he added. Later Wednesday, Biden spoke about the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. "He's the guy who got me on the Judiciary Committee, we served from years and years. And we had to put up with the likes of Jim Eastland and Hermy Talmadge and all those segregationists and all of that," Biden said. "And the fact of the matter is that we were able to do it because we were able to win-- we were able to beat them on everything they stood for." He continued, "We in fact detested what they stood for in terms of segregation and all the rest." Biden then brought up The Voting Rights Act once again. "And because of Teddy letting me become chairman of the Judiciary Committee in 1982, when he moved on to take on Health and Human Services, we were able to do so much. We restored The Voting Rights Act, we did it, and over time we extended it by 25 years not just five years." Booker, in his statement on Wednesday, emphasized that you "don't joke about calling black men 'boys.' Men like James O. Eastland used words like that, and the racist policies that accompanied them, to perpetuate white supremacy and strip black Americans of our very humanity." "I have to tell Vice President Biden, as someone I respect, that he is wrong for using his relationships with Eastland and Talmadge as examples of how to bring our country together," Booker added. "And frankly, I'm disappointed that he hasn't issued an immediate apology for the pain his words are dredging up for many Americans. He should." The political spotlight on Biden's comments came on Juneteenth, an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas. The holiday more broadly also marks the emancipation of those held in slavery throughout the Confederacy. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The pushback also marked Biden's second major dispute in recent weeks with his primary rivals, having recently faced criticism for his support of the Hyde Amendment , which bars the use of federal funds to subsidize abortions in most cases. He later reversed his stance. Fox News' Paul Steinhauser, Alexandra Pamias, Jason Donner and Sam Dorman contributed to this report.


Harry Kane leads the line as Tottenham Hotspur hosts Aston Villa to kick off both teams' Premier League seasons on Saturday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Watch live, 12:30 p.m. ET on NBC and online via NBCSports.com ) WATCH LIVE ONLINE Dean Smith has four new players in his starting lineup, including Trezeguet, Wesley , and long time PL backstop Tom Heaton . The suspended Heung-Min Son misses out for Spurs, and Giovani Lo Celso is not yet ready to join his new team. LINEUPS #THFC : Lloris (C), Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Ndombele, Lamela, Lucas, Kane. Latest from @WilliamHill (18+) https://t.co/ZesbXLzdaQ #PL ⚪ #COYS pic.twitter.com/mT3v1QDBYU   Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 10, 2019 Team news… Four #AVFC debuts at Spurs today, as Heaton, Engels, Trezeguet and Wesley all start. #PL pic.twitter.com/wf7b36YW7g   Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) August 10, 2019 Follow @NicholasMendola


The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that relaxes the rules for retirement savers and corrects an unintended side effect of the 2017 tax law that hit children of military members who died in combat with higher-than-expected tax bills. The bill, which passed Thursday with a vote of 417-3, delays until 72 the age at which retirees must start withdrawing from individual retirement accounts and removes the age limit at which taxpayers must stop contributing. Now taxpayers have to stop contributing to such accounts at age 70 1/2 and begin taking distributions. An amendment recently added to the bill also reverses an error in the 2017 tax law that had caused military families, known as "Gold Star" families to owe much higher taxes on survivor benefits. The retirement legislation passed the House Ways and Means Committee last month. The bill has broad bipartisan support, making it one of the few pieces of legislation this year that might be approved by the Senate and signed into law. In addition to increasing the age limit for required minimum distributions, the bill also makes it easier for companies to unite and form joint retirement plans, and attempts to incentivize the creation of such plans for part-time workers and small businesses. Before Thursday's vote, some Republicans expressed frustration that the House late in the process stripped from the bill a provision that would allow parents to use education-savings plans to pay for some home-schooling expenses. Retirement policy has long been a priority for Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, who took control of the tax-writing committee this year. Neal has said Thursday's bill won't be the last time he tries to work with Representative Kevin Brady, the senior Republican on the committee, to modify the retirement system. "This is the most substantive promotion of retirement savings in the last 15 years," Neal said on the House floor before the vote. However, at least some of the committee's work for the remainder of 2019 is likely to be overwhelmed by the higher-profile battle for President Donald Trump's tax returns. Neal helms one of only three committees that the law empowers to request individual taxpayers' information. Neal invoked the power last month and followed with a subpoena this month. So far Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hasn't complied on the grounds that the Department of Justice says the request violates the Constitution. That means Neal will likely take the executive branch to court. Related video: How much should you be saving for retirement (provided by Buzz60)


A Phoenix couple has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the city after a video showed police officers arresting and drawing a gun on them after their 4-year-old daughter allegedly stole a doll. Dravon Ames and his fiancee, Iesha Harper, had just left a dollar store on May 29 with their daughters, ages 1 and 4, and where in their car when they realized that the older girl had taken a doll from the store, according to a notice of claim filed Wednesday with the city. The couple drove the girls to their babysitter at an apartment complex nearby, where they were stopped and confronted by police in the parking lot. Phoenix police, who said they are conducting an internal probe of the incident, on Tuesday released a video, shot by a bystander, showing an officer appearing to push a handcuffed man   believed to be Ames   against the side of a car and kicking his legs. Other officers could be seen handcuffing Harper after an unidentified woman came to take care of her two small children. "When I tell you to do something, you f------ do it!" an officer could be heard screaming at the handcuffed Ames. The cuffed man appeared to be complying as he was picked off the ground and thrown against a police vehicle. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the man said. The officer repeated: "When tell you to do something, you f------ do it!" Footage from another, ground-level angle, showed an officer with a drawn gun repeatedly yelling: "Get your f------ hands up!" Harper said at a news conference this week that she was trying to tell the officers that she was in a backseat with her kids and couldn't immediately get out of the car. "We're yelling out, 'The door doesn't open that side. It doesn't open.' Obviously I don't have a gun with two kids in my hands," Harper said. One of the officers told Harper, "I could have shot you in front of your f------ kids," according to the claim filed by the family's lawyer, Thomas Horne, a former attorney general for the state. The Phoenix Police Department confirmed that officers had taken "two individuals into custody while investigating a shoplifting incident." "The Phoenix Police Department takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and for this reason, this incident is currently being investigated by the Professional Standards Bureau," a police statement said. Horne said the officers acted against the family based on an anonymous tip, and not from information from any employee at the dollar store. The claim alleges that the officers committed battery, unlawful imprisonment, false arrest and other civil rights violations. The family is asking for $2.5 million for each parent and each child, according to the notice of claim.


Since football training camps are just beginning across the country and the baseball trade deadline is almost over, we are in the sleepiest time of the year in the American sports media. And perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that the video clip of LeBron James losing his shoe while celebrating a crazy dunk this weekend in Las Vegas has managed to stay in the news cycle a lot longer than usual. But while there have been tired debates on talk shows about whether LeBron is a good parent or not, one of the players he was celebrating this weekend shared his side of the story of just how great it is to have LeBron James in your corner. When @KingJames celebrates so hard he loses his shoe! pic.twitter.com/F6yJ15f5Tp - Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) July 28, 2019 Dior Johnson, who threw the alley-oop pass under the legs to his teammate Tezz Cobbs, shared how excited he has been to have James cheering for him and supporting him. If you Realize … his Son is not even suited up lol And he's still on his feet hyped for kids that are not his ! - Dior (@3Diorjohnson) July 29, 2019 Johnson, who was also recently a guest at the James family Taco Tuesday along with Anthony Davis , is going to Fairfax high school next season and is widely regarded as a top prospect in the class of 2022. So while some folks may try to make LeBron's support for his son and his friends about the wrong things, those who feel the support don't regret it at all. MORE: Jayson Tatum and others defend LeBron James for celebrating at Bronny's AAU game Za'Darius Smith, Preston Smith have 'been as advertised' for Packers Day 3 Cowboys Camp: Prescott's deep ball, passing zones impressive Roundup: Kelly McGillis and Top Gun; Fortnite Season 10; Michelle Obama's Advice; DNA Repaired by Lung Cell Raiders RT Trent Brown is Oakland's new 'baby face' Assassin