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Tampering at the state drug testing lab has resulted in tens of thousands of convictions being overturned. Along with theft at another lab in Massachusetts, it’s one of the worst know lab scandals in the U.S. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Wednesday she would appeal the judge’s decision to the state’s highest court. “Systemic problems require systemic solutions,” Rollins said in a statement. “Forcing individual parties impacted by egregious and extensive governmental misconduct to litigate just resolutions in approximately 70,000 separate cases…is grossly inefficient, patently unfair, and demonstrably inequitable....

One such example happened on this day in 1986, when Braves slugger Bob Horner clubbed a record-tying four home runs — in an 11-8 home loss to the Expos. Horner was the 11th player in history to accomplish the four-homer feat, but he’s still the only player in the modern era to touch ‘em all four times in one game and still have his team come up short. Modern Braves fans would call that Barving....

But “John Doe” is not an Arab name; it’s part of a Frank Capra movie title, resonant of everything American. On Thursday, when the sketches went out identifying the suspects as wearing crew cuts and tattoos, we feared we might have been too hasty in concluding that the bombing’s origins lay in the Middle East. By Friday, with the arrest of American Timothy McVeigh, the old line from the Pogo cartoon strip came to mind: “We have met the enemy-and he is us....

Helps avoid horrifying auto-repair and plumbing bills. Could the socket wrench become the fashion statement of the humble ’90s? Will massage your feet while you’re pounding the pavement looking for work. Also keep the tootsies warm (pop the insoles in the microwave). Romantic it ain’t, so best given to someone you know really, really well. With blower attachment, clears leaves from lawn, too. Wet-dry models great for college kids....

“The Supreme Court Leaker - for Dobbs and Hobby Lobby - was Samuel Alito. Alito is a disgrace to this nation and as dangerous as any terrorist. He must be forced off the Court,” political commentator Keith Olbermann tweeted on Saturday. Meanwhile, New York Representative Mondaire Jones tweeted: “Today’s well-sourced NY Times article strongly suggests Justice Alito leaked the 2014 opinion in Hobby Lobby, and describes a conspiracy by the far-right donor class to influence the Supreme Court Justices....

Astros right-hander Justin Verlander is positioned to follow Sabathia into the record book as soon as next season, and he will likely surpass Sabathia thereafter, health permitting. He showed every bit of his world-class pitch deception Tuesday night in a 5-1 win over the White Sox, striking out 12 over eight innings while allowing just one hit. Verlander carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but the bid ended when Jose Abreu drove a home run to left field....

La Liga have signed a deal to stage one game per season in the United States, as part of an ongoing expansion plan. The proposal has been met with firm opposition from the players, who claim to have been excluded from the decision-making process and are not ruling out strike action. However, Ricci feels a similar deal could benefit Italy’s top-flight, and has floated the idea of playing games in Britain....

The Bianconeri go into the game fresh from a 2-1 Champions League victory over Tottenham at Wembley on Wednesday that booked their place in the last eight of the competition . A further win over Udinese on Sunday will propel them above Napoli to the Serie A summit - for a few hours at least with the Partenopei travelling to Inter a few hours later. Allegri is under no illusions about the challenge their visitors will pose and has urged his players not to drop their intensity....

We should all be so determined. Cancer kills more than 1,500 Americans a day and costs over $200 billion a year in medical bills and lost productivity. While survival rates have improved significantly and new targeted drugs are transforming treatment, there’s still plenty that doctors don’t know about why healthy cells run amok. Prior studies have uncovered major links: smoking causes lung cancer; obesity ups the odds of colon, endometrial and postmenopausal breast cancer....

While Biden discussed potentially taking executive action on gun control on Tuesday, Harris continued to urge the Senate to expedite two measures that have already passed the Democrat-controlled House. In an appearance on CBS This Morning, Harris told Gayle King, “The point here is Congress needs to act. On the House side, they did. There are two bills which the president is prepared to sign, so we need the Senate to act....

The government watchdog website GovTrack.us ranked all 100 U.S. Senators with an “ideology score” from 1.0 (most conservative) to 0.0 (most liberal). The score is based on each senator’s legislative behavior: namely, how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they co-sponsor are to other congress members. “Members of Congress with similar political views will tend to cosponsor the same set of bills, or bills by the same set of authors, and inversely Members of Congress with different political views will tend to cosponsor different bills,” the website explains....

Chelsea host Spurs lying five points behind their London rivals in fifth, meaning Mauricio Pochettino’s men would land a hammer blow against the reigning Premier League champions’ designs on Champions League qualification by managing a first win at Stamford Bridge since February 1990. Kane missed England’s matches against Netherlands and Italy over the past week due to an ankle injury but Pochettino reported encouraging progress and would not entirely rule out the 24-year-old being involved....

Making his first start in a month after an injury, the Tottenham striker netted in the second half of the win over Bournemouth at White Hart Lane. Chinese clubs battle it out for Costa The 23-year-old joins elite company with his third straight 20-goal season, as only Premier League legends Alan Shearer, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Thierry Henry have achieved the feat. Kane scored 21 league goals in his breakthrough 2014/15 season, before hitting 25 Premier League goals in 2015/16....

The Jayhawks forward caught a lob pass from Devonte’ Graham and dunked it with so much ferocity he smacked his head against the rim and sent a defender flying to the ground. FIELD OF 68: No. 1 seeds still up for grabs Only thing better than Traylor’s slam? The reaction from his teammates on the sideline. Kansas clinched the outright Big 12 championship with a blowout win over the Longhorns, and Traylor certainly locked up a spot on the “SportsCenter” Top 10 list....

After being arrested just before 1 a.m., Suellentrop was released from Shawnee County Detention Center in Topeka early Tuesday morning. Suellentrop, 69, was charged with driving under the influence, attempting to flee arresting officers, speeding and improperly crossing a divided highway. Suellentrop was booked at 3:55 a.m., and appeared in court by 10:40 a.m. In court via Zoom wearing green-yellow jail attire from the Shawnee County Detention Center, it was announced that the Wichita Republican would be released from custody....

KU’s athletic department said Thursday (per the Kansas City Star) that it was reviewing a 2013 report by law firm Taylor Porter that detailed LSU’s internal investigation of Miles. It will get to look over a second LSU report Friday when the university releases the results of an audit by law firm Husch Blackwell of how LSU has handled sexual misconduct cases since 2016. LSU released the Taylor Porter report Thursday after it and Miles had fought for years in court to keep it suppressed....

The Wichita School District reported a drastic increase in COVID-19 cases among staff members after returning from winter break. Before the break, there were 13 staff members who tested positive for COVID-19, but since returning there have been 172 positive cases, district spokesperson Susan Arensman said. The district saw a large absence among both students and staff in the classroom on Monday. Roughly 1,274 out of 47,000 students and 399 out of 7,600 employees weren’t in school because they were exposed....