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As unemployment continues to soar amid the pandemic, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee laid out his proposals to lower Medicare eligibility to 60 and forgive student loan debt for low-income and middle class Americans who have attended public college. In a Medium post, shared this afternoon, Biden reached out to the supporters of his former progressive rival Bernie Sanders, who dropped out of the race yesterday. Many of Sanders’ supporters have long-been skeptical of Biden’s centrist policies....

Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported Friday that Fox Sports allowed Buck — who has one year remaining on his contract — to enter negotiations with ESPN as a “good gesture for his years of service to the company.” Marchand also reported that Buck and ESPN will likely reach a deal for Buck to join the network’s “Monday Night Football” broadcast. (An Instagram post from Michelle Beisner-Buck, Buck’s wife, seems to corroborate the Post’s report)....

The 20-year-old has enjoyed a solid campaign for the Reds, playing 23 times in the Premier League after recovering from a serious knee problem and Achilles tendonitis. Gomez’s versatility has made him particularly useful to Klopp, who has used the defender at centre-back and right-back this term. But he has not travelled to Rome as Liverpool look to hold on to their 5-2 first-leg lead, with a knock suffered early on against Stoke City on Saturday ruling him out....

President Joe Biden is heading to Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday for COP26, a crucial U.N. climate summit. By the time he visits the conference, he looks to pass the U.S.’ most ambitious climate legislation ever, including $555 billion in financial incentives aimed at boosting renewable energy, as well as a tax break that will deliver up to $12,500 to people who buy an electric car. The bill will also help fund climate adaptation measures to natural disasters such as wildfires, and employ 300,000 people in a new “civilian climate corps....

Manchin is often maligned by his own party’s members for his voting record that is more closely aligned with Republicans than any other current Senate Democrat, including nixing President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation and not being in favor of reforming the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. He has defended his voting record by saying he is “not a Washington Democrat” and that “there’s a complete different constituency that we all serve,” referring to a plethora of rural voters whose issues differ from urban and suburban areas....

Senate Republicans are expected to block a House-passed bill that would create a commission to investigate the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Some Democrats have argued that the Senate should gut the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold in the narrowly divided chamber on order to advance the legislation. “As far as I’m concerned, that is the kind of issue which should be majority-vote decided. They’re going to use the filibuster on it, and it’s really a sad day,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, told reporters on Wednesday....

Rogan’s repeated use of the podcast to disseminate fringe COVID-19 viewpoints led a group of 270 scientists and health care professionals to publish a letter on January 10 calling on Spotify to take action against the spread of misinformation on its platform. “[W]e call on Spotify to immediately establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform,” the letter wrote. Recording artists Neil Young, Joni Mitchell helped to amplify the letter’s request with Young announcing on January 24 that he would have his music pulled from Spotify if the company did not remove Rogan’s podcast....

“This is what we see in mob cases,” Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida who now identifies as an independent, said on his MSNBC show Morning Joe. “It makes no sense.” “There’s no way that the Justice Department should have left this man sitting in that jail cell by himself and there is no explanation that the attorney general, there’s no explanation the bureau of prisons can give,” he continued....

The bearded Sharks stars are featured in the 2017 edition of the magazine in a way you’ve never seen them before, posing full frontal in nothing but their birthday suits and sporting glorious facial hair extensions that put even their own legendary playoff beards to shame. As in their careers, there were no cups involved during this photo shoot. This is the first time hockey could count one of its athletes among the participants since Tyler Seguin in the 2015 edition....

What is “Do a 180?” That response, given by Paul Trifiletti, a contestant on Wednesday night’s episode of “Jeopardy!”, was, of course, incorrect. It cost Trifiletti $1,000. No one buzzed in with the correct question, which is “What is ‘The Process’?” as in “Trust The Process,” the phrase repeated around the league as the 76ers went from winning 10 games in 2015-16 to back-to-back 50-plus win seasons in 2017-18 and 2018-19, led by All-Star center Joel Embiid....

Logano, leading the Sparks Energy 300 on its final lap, spun out after contact with Elliott Sadler’s car. Brendan Poole escaped the crash and appeared to win the race. But a review showed Sadler was the winner. MORE: Sunday’s starting lineup | 10 drivers to watch | Hard crash in Saturday race Here’s what happened. According to NASCAR overtime rules, the crash ended the instant the race went yellow. And although Poole went across the finish line first, Sadler was in the lead at the caution....

“To be honest I am not convinced it is a bad thing,” Logano told media members on Friday. “Our team is more fired up than ever. I am more focused than ever. I am pumped up about being here at the track today.” MORE: The Eliminator Eight | Kenseth: I won’t change | Ban upheld | Texas weekend The track is Texas, where preparations were under way for Sunday’s Chase race....

“I’m always hopeful,” the four-time All-Star told Cincinnati.com. Votto has been out of action since July 8 with strained muscles above his left knee. He was on the DL with the same injury from from May 21 to June 10. The 2010 NL MVP experienced pain in the area of his troublesome left knee Aug. 27 when he attempted to field ground balls for the first time since landing on the DL July 6....

Calipari has taken the one-and-done rule and turned it into an ever-rotating system of elite prospects, where talented players spend a year at Kentucky before making the leap to the next level. But now, the Hall-of-Fame coach is working to make the professional leap even easier for high school players. In an interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Calipari says he has recently met with representatives from the NBA Players Association in the hopes they’ll be more actively involved in developing high school players and preparing them for the NBA....

“That’s as good as we play, so the fans in Louisville should not be … their team has played well,” Calipari said. “They should have beaten Purdue; they had them. The Seton Hall kid made like a runner at the buzzer. So what they did today, we just played about as well as we could play. “But I really like their team. They did not make shots today. Thank goodness for us … They hit us on a bad night....

Legend accompanied himself on piano while singing “Pieces,” a song from his latest album, Legend, which was released on September 9. He performed the ballad during the ceremony’s “In Memoriam,” and fans immediately praised the selection as a fitting soundtrack to pay tribute to the lives lost in the entertainment industry over the past year. “One thing about for certain, John Legend is gonna get called to do a tribute, and when he does, you’re gonna feel every bit of it,” user @Jd_hilburn wrote on Twitter....

Giants owner John Mara’s revelations were more on the aggravating side (not to mention disingenuous in light of his own history with supposed “problem” players). 49ers general manager John Lynch, however, was refreshing in correcting the record. It’s another sign that Lynch’s lack of experience in the job is not going to be a hindrance, and that he’s what that team, and the NFL, actually needed. The first sign was his public undressing of the Bears on draft night....

McAfee, a British American wanted on tax evasion charges in the United States has long been a controversial figure: credited with creating the multi-billion dollar antivirus software industry, accused of manipulating cryptocurrency markets and sought by police investigating a murder in Belize. In Spain, the Catalan Justice Department said prison medics failed to resuscitate McAfee and that everything pointed to suicide, the BBC reported, echoing an earlier report by the Spanish newspaper El Pais....

The Championship club confirmed the news on Monday and Terry expressed his delight at joining a club that he had “admired from afar for many years”. Reports suggest that the former England international has signed a one-year deal with Villa and he will look to help the club return to the Premier League. ‘Terry turned down top-flight offers’ Ahead of the new season, Steve Bruce will have to figure out how best to fit the veteran into his plans, with the likes of James Chester and Nathan Baker also vying for the centre-back position....

Except, for the most part, it hasn’t really happened. John Tesh, the New Age musician, radio host and presenter, made news recently when he announced his departure from Twitter in favor of Parler, and he stayed true on his word. His former Twitter account is deactivated, and he kicked off his Parler activity with a video in which he speaks of a “world of divine healing” as a combative for COVID....