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“We don’t truly have anyone else who fits in that role,” Mattingly said. Although Rollins is coming off a disappointing .243/.323/.394 showing at the plate last season, his worst since 2010, he is still a career .272/.331/.445 when batting first in his 15-year career and sports an impressive 103 runs scored per 162 games. The Dodgers stole the second-most bases in the MLB (138) last season, and despite his age, Rollins has stolen 22 or more bags the last four seasons....

West Virginia at Virginia Line: Virginia -4, Total: 136 (visit our odds page for updated college basketball lines) Game outlook: Virginia (7-1 SU, 3-3 ATS) has started the season relatively untested, losing its toughest matchup of the year, 73-68 to George Washington in D.C. as a 6.5-point favorite. It triumphed over a rebuilding Ohio State squad in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, 64-58 as an 8.5-point favorite. The two-time defending ACC champs average betting line is -15....

“We ask that you send a full photo in a bathing suit or similar,” the Naples-based security company’s ad read. The advertisement also asked for candidates who are no older than 30, speak English and have “a sunny character with an attractive appearance.” The bathing suit request has since been removed and the ad reposted, but a screenshot of the original posting on Twitter has already been shared on social media....

Biden emerged as the top candidate out of a field of contenders that at one time numbered 27 Democrats, many of whom suspended their campaigns early in the race. After receiving 3,558 delegates from U.S. states and territories, Biden earned the presidential nomination on Tuesday. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the last Democratic presidential candidate to suspend his campaign, was allocated 1,151 delegates. Senator Kamala Harris of California accepted the party’s vice-presidential nomination on Wednesday....

Democrat Jon Ossoff will face Republican Senator David Perdue, while Rev. Raphael Warnock is running against Senator Kelly Loeffler in a state where Democrats usually perform poorly in special elections. Harris will make the trip to Savannah on Sunday, January 3 and Biden will campaign in Atlanta on Monday—just one day before the special elections—according to CNN. Biden’s visit will come on the same day President Donald Trump holds a rally for the Republican senators in Dalton, Georgia....

The numbers are still much below the public support Biden received at the beginning of his presidency, but they’re a significant improvement from his personal low of 36 percent reported by Reuters in May. Back in January 2021, the president was still receiving a majority approval rating, with 57 percent of U.S. citizens expressing satisfaction with the work he was doing. His approval rate dropped under 50 percent as COVID-19 cases soared across the country last summer, and was then significantly tanked by the hasty withdrawal of U....

“I’m now the fourth American president to preside over war in Afghanistan—two Democrats and two Republicans. I will not pass this responsibility onto a fifth president,” Biden told reporters during a nearly 18-minute address at the White House on Monday. “I will not mislead the American people by claiming that just a little more time in Afghanistan will make all the difference.” Biden announced in April that American military forces would be out of Afghanistan by this year’s 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks....

The message was shared on the former vice president’s page during the election debate with his Republican rival. The post echoed a comment made by Biden during the debate, in which he told Trump: “You’re the worst president America has ever had.” At time of writing, there have been more than 280,000 reactions, including 217,000 likes and more than 55,000 love heart responses. It has received more than 35,000 comments and been shared more than 16,000 times....

On Sunday Clooney was one of a number of artists awarded the accolade by the president, alongside the likes of U2 and Gladys Knight. Whilst introducing the 45th inductees at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Biden made a subtle dig against Clooney, referencing his successful wife Amal Clooney. “This year’s Kennedy Center honorees, they’re an incredible group of people,” Biden said at the event. “And we, the people we see characters....

Footage from Tuesday’s debate is edited to show cross-talk between the president, the moderator Chris Wallace and Biden, with Trump vocally taking issue with challenges over his response to the coronavirus pandemic. With Wallace trying to stop Trump interrupting by insisting, “I’m the moderator of this debate,” Trump is seen at his podium with the yellow emoji over his face in which tears are streaming from his eyes. In the background of the raucous interchange during which Biden says, “shut up, man” there is the sound of a baby crying....

“I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not going to extend a forever exit,” he said in a nearly 30-minute address from the White House. “We succeeded in what we set out to do in Afghanistan over a decade ago. It was time to end this war.” Biden, who has long been a critic of the continued military presence in Afghanistan, has faced backlash as chaotic scenes unfolded at the airport in Kabul....

Results of a Morning Consult survey, released Tuesday, placed the Democratic nominee 8 percentage points ahead of the president among likely Pennsylvania voters. Figures in Morning Consult’s report show that 52 percent of Pennsylvania voters would support Biden if November’s election took place on the day they were surveyed, while 44 percent would support Trump. The survey, which collected responses from more than 16,000 likely voters across the U.S. between October 9 and 11, also indicated an 8-point lead favoring Biden among participants nationwide....

The surveys published by Emerson College and Nexstar on Thursday night put former Vice President Biden more than 20 points ahead of Sen. Sanders (I-Vt.) in Illinois, Ohio, and Florida — the three states offering the most delegates on March 17. The three polls also found more voters were either undecided, or willing to vote for someone no longer in the race, than there were people intending to vote for Rep....

The president was talking about how the United States and Russia can work together to help the people of “Libya.” Russia is an ally of the Syrian regime but in Libya, Moscow is backing the Libya National Army, eastern separatists led by Khalifa Haftar that are trying to overthrow the U.N.-backed government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. “And so, there’s a lot going on where we can work together with Russia....

Economic Impact Payments of up to $600 are making their way to those eligible, having been signed off in further COVID-19 relief spending in December, but Biden has suggested this amount is “simply not enough.” “$600 is simply not enough when you have to choose between paying rent or putting food on the table,” he tweeted on Sunday evening. “We need $2,000 stimulus checks.” Biden is due to unveil a raft of relief measures this week, in a package worth trillions of dollars, with $2,000 checks to be included....

The president’s approval rating has been on a downward trajectory since August, with a recent Suffolk poll showing 38 percent of Americans approved of his job performance and 66 percent believed the country was on the wrong track. However, a Politico/Morning Consult poll published on Wednesday found that the majority of respondents supported the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill in what may be a boost for Biden. The poll asked: “As you may know, the U....

Politicians and celebrities are reacting to the news by posting memes and GIFs celebrating Biden’s win, as it firmly pushes him past the 270 electoral votes needed, amid Trump’s threat of litigation. They have also been thanking the late John McCain, who served as the Senator for Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018, suggesting Biden’s win gives him the last laugh in a long-running feud with Trump....

Biden gave the speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, site of perhaps the most famous battle of the American Civil War and where President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address. Biden quoted Lincoln’s opening line and drew on the 19th century Republican’s rhetoric in comments that warned of dangers to the country but also struck a positive note. “He [Lincoln] taught us this: A house divided could not stand. That is a great and timeless truth,” Biden said....

Biden unveiled his $1.9 trillion proposal on Thursday, dubbed the “American Rescue Plan.” “We not only have an economic imperative to act now—I believe we have a moral obligation,” Biden said, in an address delivered as he detailed the plans. Topping up stimulus check payments to $2,000 (with a further $1,400) has been included—a point which Manchin has been skeptical of in the past. When asked by Jake Tapper on CNN earlier this month if he supported $2,000 checks, he said: “That’s not a yes or no question....