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Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg’s back injury denied fans a marquee pitching matchup with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, but at least Kershaw held up his end. The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner was dominant yet again in a 4-1 win over Washington on Monday. MORE: Greatest individual pitching performances in MLB history Kershaw fired seven innings of one-run ball against the NL East-leading Nationals, striking out eight with no walks, to raise his record to 11-1 and lower his MLB-best ERA to 1....

Keselowski held off the charging Michael McDowell on Saturday night to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at the short track. The only Sprint Cup driver commuting from Pocono in Pennsylvania, Keselowski led 146 of 250 laps for his third Nationwide victory of the season and second in two starts. Trevor Bayne was third, followed by Sam Hornish Jr. and Ty Dillon. Keselowski, who ran the No. 22 car so Ryan Blaney could stay in Pocono for Saturday’s Truck race, was set to cruise to an easy win when James Buescher’s crash erased his lead less than 10 laps from the finish....

The debate over crime policies emerged as a key political issue in the past few years. Democrats have widely embraced criminal justice reform including changes to sentencing and bail laws arguing that the reforms would help mend systemic racism and create a more fair system. Republicans, however, have accused Democrats of being “soft on crime” amid various crime spikes throughout the country. Judge Jackson—who if confirmed, would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court—has already found herself at the center of the debate....

The production of ketones can occur during fasting, when following a low-carbohydrate diet (keto diet), or in people with diabetes when blood sugars are high and there is not enough insulin to utilize glucose. People with diabetes who have elevated ketones can develop a dangerous condition called diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Without treatment, this condition is life-threatening. Learn more about ketone levels, what they mean, and when to test for them....

The former Warriors teammates fired back at the haters on Friday night following Team USA’s 87-82 win over France, which gave the Americans their fourth consecutive gold medal. Durant, who had a game-high 29 points in the victory, hopped on Instagram Live and responded to everyone who had suggested his squad wouldn’t win this year’s Olympic tournament. MORE: Highlights from Team USA’s win over France “Everybody who said we were going to take the L ....

Fiala and the Kings then reportedly agreed to terms on a seven-year, $55.3 million contract extension. The deal carries an average annual (AAV) of $7.9 million. The Kings announced the trade Wednesday afternoon. The deal was first reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, with The Athletic’s Michael Russo later reporting the full details. Minnesota was not going to be able to re-sign Fiala given its cap situation. Los Angeles jumped at the opportunity to improve its forward group by acquiring the Swiss winger and locking him up as a part of their future....

President Barack Obama hosted the event as part of a week of championship celebrations, greeting the crowd with a hearty, “Congratulations to Kevin Harvick, the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion … hey!” MORE: In-car audio at Bristol | Food City 500 winners and losers | Latest standings Team co-owner Tony Stewart joined Harvick and the crew from his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet, which won five Sprint Cup races in 2014 on the way to Harvick’s first career Cup title....

He was also trying to find the positive aspects of the change. MORE: 10 to watch at Pocono | Was Childers penalty too harsh? Team engineer Dax Gerringer worked as crew chief for the Pennsylvania 400 after NASCAR officials suspended Childers one race. Childers was banned and fined for a lug nut violation discovered after last Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Without Childers in the fold, Harvick said the team worked together differently this week — and that’s not all a bad thing....

Ahead of Tuesday’s vote, the GOP were widely believed to ride a “red wave” and make significant gains in the House, as well as retake control of the Senate. McCarthy still pushed the narrative that the GOP were on course for a resounding victory in the early hours of Wednesday. “When you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and Nancy Pelosi will be in the minority,” McCarthy said....

As Nevada caucuses results began rolling in on Saturday night, Matthews, the host of Hardball, criticized Sanders’ early lead, claiming that Republicans would drop opposition research on the progressive candidate that would “kill him” if he won the 2020 Democratic nomination. He then compared the senator’s inevitable win to Hitler’s invasion of France: “I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940 and the general, Reynaud, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over....

This is a mistake. Conditions across the European continent are getting worse for believers of many types. It’s time for advocates to stop giving Europe a “free pass” on human rights. Last year, four in ten European Jews reported that they considered emigrating from their home country because they are concerned for their safety. The same survey indicated that nearly half of those interviewed had been a victim of at least one anti-Semitic incident in the past twelve months....

The video shared by user @michelenp advised over 170,000 viewers to “hang out at this 1960s themed hotel at JFK” if they miss their flight. But it’s more than just 1960s themed, the place appears like walking through a time machine, down to the fine detail. “They’ve remade this former TWA terminal into a fun hotel/bar/restaurant,” she explained. It’s actually the TWA Hotel, a 512-room hotel which opened in 2019 and repurposed the iconic TWA Flight Center....

An outpouring of tributes has come since the queen—Britain’s monarch for 70 years—died on September 8 at the age of 96. “First, I want to say that our hearts are with the queen’s family,” Biden said in an interview with NBC’s Today. She went on to remember the tea she and president Joe Biden—the 13th sitting U.S. president to meet the queen—had with her at Windsor Castle in June last year....

Banks pledged to start the caucus in an opinion article published by the conservative Claremont Institute’s The American Mind on Friday. He said that the move would help crush the “doctrine” of “wokeness,” which has in recent years become a popular but often poorly defined culture war buzzword among conservatives. In the article, the Republican congressman lamented that “we no longer live in normal America,” while arguing that the country was living under the threat of a “creeping tyranny which nearly all Americans now feel....

Jim Boeheim, Anthony’s college coach at Syracuse and an assistant for Team USA, said he thought playing competitively this summer would do the veteran Knicks forward some good. MORE: Top 12 Syracuse basketball players ever “I called him to see what his thought process was,” Boeheim said, via the New York Post . “He was squarely on the fence. I told him how he’d be good for our team. We knew LeBron [James, and others] weren’t going to come....

Meanwhile, bidding reached more $611,000 for Craig’s gold medal, but that item did not sell after a month-long auction at Leland’s because it failed to meet its reserve price. MORE: Pittsburgh celebrates Penguins Stanley Cup Craig last summer tried unsuccessfully to sell a 19-piece lot of memorabilia for $5.7 million. In May, he put 17 items up for sale with the Long Island-based auction house. Thirteen items sold, including a game-used goalie stick from the 1980 Lake Placid Games for $60,653....

A source told Sporting News that Kevin Tolbert, who had served as the team’s strength and conditioning coach the past three seasons, won’t be returning to the Wolverines’ football program in 2018. A replacement was not immediately known. MORE: SN’s 2017 All-Americans Tolbert had worked under Harbaugh the past nine seasons starting at Stanford University (2009 and 2010) and then the San Francisco 49ers (2011 to 2014). Tolbert followed Harbaugh to Michigan when the latter was named head coach in 2015....

In a 221 to 211 House vote on Tuesday, the GOP-controlled House pushed through a resolution to launch a wide-ranging inquiry that aims to look into a number of subjects, from the Department of Justice’s criminal investigations into Donald Trump to whether the FBI has attempted to censor conservative voices. The Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government will be chaired by Jordan, one of the biggest Trump allies in the House and the incoming chairman of the influential Judiciary Committee....

FSU coach Jimbo Fisher reportedly got into a verbal spat with a dissatisfied fan after the Seminoles lost at home to Louisville, 31-28. MORE: FSU’s season goes the way of Deondre Francois Though there’s currently no video of the altercation, several similar reports surfaced on Twitter after the game concluded: FSU’s loss to Louisville is its fourth this season, its most since the 2011 season. Its nation-leading streak of 35 consecutive bowl games is in danger as well — the Seminoles need to win at least four of its next five games, though that isn’t a given with games remaining against both Florida and Clemson....