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The president met with a group of 10 Republican senators on Monday in a bid to find a bipartisan way forward on further stimulus action amid the ongoing health and economic crisis. They proposed a framework to muster support from both sides, which would include reducing the scope of a further round of Economic Impact Payments in comparison to Biden’s own proposals. It would lower the amount those eligible might receive, while also tightening the eligibility criteria for recipients....

Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) announced on Tuesday evening that four teams - two each from the Super League and Premier League have been deducted six points each for failing to comply with registration regulations for the M-League. With immediate effect - Kelantan, T-Team, Perlis and ATM will have six points deducted from their current points total in their respective leagues. That means that Kelantan drops from 5th spot to 7th spot while T-Team drops from 7th to 8th spot in the standings....

Brook, the former IBF world welterweight champion, and Khan have long been on a collision course, but a fight has yet to materialize between the warring duo. Eddie Hearn, who promotes both fighters, said the pair owe it to the fans to settle their differences in ring after Khan defeated Samuel Vargas in September. Join DAZN and watch Canelo Alvarez vs. Rocky Fielding on Dec. 15 This weekend, Brook will fight Michael Zerafa in a WBA world super-welterweight eliminator, while Khan reportedly is close to agreeing to a bout with WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford....

There is a question, however, about what he’s done to earn all that power, the kind that gives him the benefit of the doubt when, in consecutive years this early in his tenure, he unloads players of the stature of McCoy and DeSean Jackson. One thing that’s certain that should give everybody pause: Kelly’s position on a prestigious list that everyone on it wishes he could get off of....

During the press conference, one reporter asked Conway if President Donald Trump considered election security to be a serious problem. Conway responded that the administration wants to protect elections from any threat, including American journalists. “Well, we want secure elections,” she said. “We don’t want anyone to interfere with them, whether they are a foreign government or the domestic press corps.” Another reporter immediately asked Conway what that is supposed to mean and the White House official said: “You know what it means....

In an Access Hollywood interview alongside their sisters Kim, Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian, as well as their mom, Kris Jenner, they were asked questions about one another and held up photos of the family member fitting the description. The 19-second clip kicked off with the off-camera interviewer asking the group of glamorous women: “Who’s the most frugal of the bunch?” While Kim Kardashian initially held up a photo of Kourtney Kardashian with confidence, she soon changed her answer to Kendall Jenner when she saw that the model was the popular choice among her family members....

Kenseth lost the points lead to Johnson last week and Martinsville is a track where Johnson could pull away and take complete control of the Chase. While Kenseth has just three top-five finishes and an average finish of 15.8 at Martinsville, Johnson is spectacular at the half-mile, paper-clipped shaped track. He has eight career victories there, including two in a row, and dominated the last two events there. Kenseth, meanwhile, has finished 14th in the past two Martinsville races and has just two top-10 finishes in his last nine races there....

Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Don Treadwell will replace Haynes on an interim basis. MORE: Ranking the 20 best MAC quarterbacks Haynes, 48, is entering his fifth season as the Golden Flashes’ head coach. He took over the program in December 2012 after one season at Arkansas. He has a 12-35 overall record. Haynes played for the Golden Flashes in the 1980s and was an assistant coach there in 1999 and 2000....

After watching the clip while appearing on Fox and Friends on Tuesday, the Kentucky AG said, “The fact that someone would get on national television and make disparaging comments about me, because I’m simply trying to do my job, is disgusting.” Cameron added, “It’s not the first time we see this, and it certainly won’t be the last time we see this.” During Megan’s Saturday Night Live performance this past weekend, the rapper paused her performance of “Savage” so the audio could be punctuated with the sound of gunshots....

The lob is one of the most complex. And this was the story of the defining loss of the Kentucky basketball season. The Wildcats missed nine second-half free throws to starve a comeback attempt that took longer than it needed to to produce a tie, and then a multi-possession lead. MORE: Field of 68 projection | DeCourcy’s Starting 5 | Video: Tourney Watch And then after a night filled with unsuccessful lob passes that resulted not in the spectacular dunks intended but rather a series of thuds across the side of the rim, the Wildcats tried one more in the final minute of a game they led by two points....

The 53-year-old patient tested positive at the University of Louisville but left against medical advice, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said in a news release. The Lincoln Trail District Health Department asked the man to self-quarantine, but he refused. The man is now being kept at home in Nelson with a law enforcement officer posted outside his home, Beshear said, according to The Lexington Herald Leader. “It’s a step I hoped I’d never have to take, but we can’t allow one person who we know has the virus to refuse to protect their neighbors,” Beshear said....

The main publication that covers UK basketball misspelled the last name of freshman superstar and future lottery pick Julius Randle. MORE: Mock Draft | Early Entry List This may or may not be the reason the newspaper industry is on its death bed. 

But Briscoe won’t get that chance. The day after finding out he made the final roster for the upcoming tournament in Greece, Briscoe suffered a concussion during a drill in practice and is off the U.S. team. MORE: Tallest college commit doesn’t want to be next LeBron | U19 team surprises “I feel very bad for Isaiah. He had a tremendous attitude and was one of our overall best players and one of our leaders of the team,” U....

Benson Kipruto and Diana Kipyogei completed the eighth Kenyan sweep since 2000 at the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathon, which was pushed back from its spring date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Marcel Hug won the men’s wheelchair race despite making a wrong turn in the final mile, following the lead vehicle instead of turning from Commonwealth Avenue onto Hereford Street. Hug has raced Boston eight times with five victories, but cost himself a $50,000 course record bonus....

Sinema could be the last obstacle for Jackson after Senator Joe Manchin announced on Friday he intends to vote “yes” on Jackon’s appointment to the bench. The two moderate Democrats have opposed some of President Joe Biden’s key priorities and have the power to sink Jackson’s nomination in the 50-50 split Senate, where a simple majority is all that’s needed to confirm a Supreme Court justice. Manchin described Jackson’s record and career as “exemplary....

Symptoms develop quickly—usually over 24 hours—and range from nausea or vomiting to extreme fatigue and trouble thinking clearly. DKA is commonly triggered when you are under stress—like being sick—or when taking medications that change how your body handles glucose. Frequent Symptoms of Diabetic Ketoacidosis DKA presents with a myriad of vague signs and symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. People with DKA may also have increased thirst and urination, also called polyuria....

Researchers at the University of Bonn, Germany, found that mice switched to a keto diet showed significantly reduced inflammation of the respiratory tract. Asthma patients can react to low concentrations of some allergens with severe inflammation of the bronchi. They also experience increased mucus production, which makes breathing more difficult. A central role here is played by cells of the innate immune system, which are called Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILCs)....

Durant told reporters after his team’s victory over the Knicks that Williams was looking to toss him “because he was still in his feelings” over Durant telling Williams in the first half he was wrong to call Durant for carrying. “He went to halftime probably with an attitude,” Durant told reporters, “so (in the) second half his whole thing was like, he’s trying to get me.” ALL-STAR: Westbrook gets in dig at KD while speaking up for George...

None of this is sitting well with one of Durant and Westbrook’s former teammates. Kendrick Perkins, who played in Oklahoma City from 2011-15, told Adrian Wojnarowski on The Vertical Podcast that both Durant and Westbrook are going to be disappointed when they look back at what could have been with the Thunder. MORE: Who takes the top spot in SN’s point guard rankings? “You got two of the top five players in the NBA on the same team,” Perkins said....