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The new asylum rules ⁠— first unveiled by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security in July ⁠— is expected to considerably reduce the number of asylum seekers in the U.S. from Central America. It will also make those who pass through another country before arriving in the U.S. ineligible for asylum, unless they were denied asylum in the country they were passing through first. Victims of trafficking are also exempt....

The video, his second in a “Nature Visual” series, is for a song from his new album, Changes. (The first was for the album’s “E.T.A.”) Bieber has also released videos for the singles “Yummy” and “Intentions.” The title track’s video uses different seasons to demonstrate the changes the pop star has gone through and the consistencies he sees remaining. The video shows Bieber alone in the wilderness and sitting by a fire near a frozen lake while snow falls to the ground....

The 2017 PGA Championship winner and former world No. 1 says he was fortunate that a form of skin cancer was detected in a mole on his left leg at such an early stage. “I recently had a scare at the dermatologist where a very small mole on my left leg was caught in the early stages of melanoma,” Thomas, 26, posted, along with a picture of a large stitched up incision on his calf....

The Astros ace became the sixth pitcher in the live-ball era to accomplish the feat three or more times. He joined Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, Bob Feller, Larry Corcoran and Cy Young. Verlander struck out 14 and walked only one in the 2-0 win over the Blue Jays. He’s now 17-5 this season. After the game, Verlander tried to find rookie infielder Abraham Toro. The third baseman broke a scoreless tie with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to put Houston ahead and allow Verlander to finish the game....

“The Bosnian Beast” revealed to Sports Illustrated’s Ben Golliver he twice made trade requests to Nuggets general manager Tim Connelly (who has since been promoted to president of basketball operations), once in April 2016 and then again in December with his agent, Aylton Tesch. Nurkic expressed frustration once it was clear he didn’t have a major role on the team. There simply wasn’t enough room for Nurkic and Jokic to both flourish....

“We know that adults make these flights regularly, but a juvenile godwit has never before been tracked southward from Alaska,” Jesse Conklin, an independent researcher who first tagged the bird earlier this year, told Newsweek. “There are a number of birds that make longer migrations in overall distance. But there is no other bird yet known that flies more than 11,000 kilometers [6.8 miles] and 9 to 11 days without stopping or eating,” Conklin said....

The International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) has divided juvenile idiopathic arthritis into seven subtypes: OligoarthritisPolyarticular RF-negative arthritisEnthesitis-related arthritisSystemic arthritisPsoriatic arthritisUndifferentiated arthritis This was primarily done for research purposes and may change again as researchers learn more about the genetics behind and course of JIA. These kids have arthritis affecting one to four joints within the first six months of disease. Thereafter, their diagnosis is refined based on what joints are still effected:...

The Old Lady are set to play as guests to the Lions at Estadio Jose Alvalade on matchday four of the group stage. Massimiliano Allegri’s men currently sit second in Group D, with six points, three above their Tuesday’s opponents. “We are going to Lisbon to win,” Asamoah told his club’s official website. “We want to bring home 3 points that would probably qualify us for the knockout round. “But we know that it will not be easy, Sporting plays well at home....

Napoli’s Sarri open to move abroad The Bianconeri have offered €10m to land Costa on an initial loan deal with an obligation to buy him permanently for €30m at the end of the 2017/18 campaign. And the Serie A giants are now hopeful of wrapping up the deal next week as they finalise the details of the financial package with Bundesliga champions Bayern. The two clubs are ironing out the last details with Juventus having already agreed terms with Costa....

Massimiliano Allegri is eager to upgrade his defensive options over the course of the summer and Darmian, 28, is likely to be available having struggled to make an impact on Man Utd’s first team since he joined in 2015 for £16 million. Juventus are confident of securing the services of the former Torino and Palermo player, who has made only 13 appearances for Jose Mourinho’s side this season and finds himself behind Antonio Valencia in the pecking order at Old Trafford....

Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri opted to rest the Portuguese star on Saturday for the trip to Lecce, but Ronaldo will lead the Bianconeri’s attack again on Wednesday. The Old Lady extended its unbeaten record to nine league games with a 1-1 draw on Saturday, but retained top spot in Serie A as Inter Milan failed to capitalize on its slip-up and were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Parma....

According to the survey conducted by ABC News/Ipsos, Harris received a net favorability rating of positive four, as 35 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of her, compared with 31 percent that had an unfavorable one. The poll shows Biden received a slightly lower net favorability rating of negative three: 40 percent favorable and 43 percent unfavorable. In comparison, the poll found Trump and Pence received much lower net favorability ratings....

Harris said that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is President Joe Biden’s designated appointee for migration issues at the border, and that her purview is the sources of migration from Central America. Since Biden took office in January, increases that began in President Donald Trump’s final year have skyrocketed. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded nearly 170,000 encounters with migrants on the southern border in March, its highest count in 20 years, according to CBP....

Harris, who ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination before suspending her campaign in December, is now considered to be a top running mate candidate for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Harris has been a strong supporter of birth control as a preventative health care method and introduced legislation last year that aimed to make over-the-counter birth control more affordable for Americans without health insurance. In a tweet posted shortly after the Supreme Court announced its ruling, Harris said it was “a shameful decision by the Supreme Court that will deny up to 126,000 employees birth control coverage....

But just the angst. It’s entirely possible that Kansas could have had to deal with a positive COVID-19 test in its program even while sequestered back home in Lawrence and still faced the same predicament relative to participating in the NCAA Tournament. Or it could have been some other program, in addition to KU, Virginia and North Carolina A&T. MORE: Virginia awaits its NCAA Tournament fate after positive COVID test...

Zachary Arnold, 22, is accused of shooting dead his father, Capt. Chris Arnold of the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office, in Kansas City on Saturday, October 5, a spokesman for the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to the Kansas City Star. Chris Arnold was not on duty at the time of the shooting in the 2800 block of North 76th Street. Authorities have not released any details about what led up to the shooting....

On Tuesday, Wildcats coach Bruce Weber announced sophomore Marcus Foster and freshman Tre Harris have been dismissed from the program, while sophomore Jevon Thomas has decided to transfer to a school closer to home. MORE: Top Sweet 16 players | Howland’s journey back | Marshall on ‘The Fonz’ “Marcus and Tre have been unable to live up to the standards that we expect of our players,” Weber said in a statement....

West fell afoul of Instagram’s policy on hate speech, bullying and harassment, a Meta spokesperson told Newsweek. He’s been blocked from posting, commenting and sending direct messages for a day, though the company says it may take further steps if there are any more policy violations. A number of posts have also been deleted, the spokesperson said. On Wednesday, West made a number of posts about Kardashian and Davidson, whom West has given the derogatory nickname “Skete....

West, who has been condemned over his repeated antisemitic remarks, doubled down on his praise of Hitler during an interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes in Los Angeles on Saturday. McInnes, a far-right political commentator, suggested West had been “canceled” and mentioned comments he made during an earlier interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. During the interview, McInnes said: “You love Jews, but you’re canceled for antisemitism because you also love Hitler, but you love everyone equally....