Former President Donald Trump embraced his title as the “Tweeter in Chief” and relied on the social media platform as a means of connecting with voters as he railed against media companies for being biased against him. Biden also uses the social media platform to further his agenda, but 100 days into his presidency, his tweeting has taken a more traditional tone and isn’t at the same level as Trump’s....
Railway unions previously halted a nationwide strike in September after the White House was able to reach a tentative agreement between unions and freight companies. However, after the nation’s largest rail union SMART Transportation Division rejected the deal last week, a strike is back on the table unless a new settlement can be reached by December 9. The president is looking to “override the ratification procedures” in the ongoing deal despite the renewed strike threat, as several other rail unions have accepted the tentative deal that would raise wages by 24 percent over a five-year period as well as a $5,000 bonus for workers....
Stan Greenberg, who worked as a pollster for President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and South African President Nelson Mandela, among others, offered his advice on whom Biden should select as his vice president during a meeting with Biden’s campaign advisers earlier this month, Politico reported Thursday. During the meeting, Greenberg said, “Senator Warren is the obvious solution,” the news outlet reported. Rumors about whom Biden will choose as his running mate have been swirling since the former vice president became the presumptive Democratic nominee last month....
In an op-ed published by CNN on Thursday morning, Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, acknowledged those who are “staying away to protect everyone during this pandemic.” “It is not a small sacrifice,” the incoming first couple wrote. “These moments with our loved ones—time that’s lost—can’t be returned. Yet, we know it’s the price of protecting each other and one we don’t pay alone. Isolated in our own dining rooms and kitchens, scattered from coast to coast, we are healing together....
Lille won their first league game under Bielsa before picking up just two points from the next six matches, with pressure building on the former Argentina coach after Friday’s 4-0 defeat at home to Monaco. Lille 9/5 to beat Amiens The 2010-11 champions are now 18th in the table, but owner Gerard Lopez is sticking by Bielsa, believing he can inspire change. “I am well aware of our position, but I am also aware that it is only after matchday seven,” Lopez told Telefoot....
The Big 12 championship game will be Dec. 2 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, a move that perhaps will increase the chances for a playoff team. After all, Oklahoma went undefeated in Big 12 play last season and didn’t make the playoff. MORE: Reasons to be skeptical, excited about the Big Ten Can the conference change that this season? Here is a reason to be excited (and skeptical) for each Big 12 team....
Ever since Dr. Frankenstein lost control of that monster, novelists have been firm on one point: in the hands of the greedy or corrupt, science is a fearsome business. In his new thriller–his best so far–Michael Crichton warns us that we should be afraid, of unregulated genetic engineering in particular. A dotty old multimillionaire has bought a large island off Costa Rica which he has transformed into the world’s largest theme park, devoted to dinosaurs....
Bell needed to convince a big prospective client that Chasma, founded as an Internet entertainment site, could handle a project that involved developing videogames for cell phones. It would be a huge strategic shift. Bell begged his employees to come back to the office for the meeting, scheduled for late afternoon. That way, they would all be done with their classes at Nashua High School. The meeting was a success, and Chasma won $300,000 in consulting contracts....
The Poland midfielder joined PSG from Sevilla during the close-season, but has been struggling to live up to the high expectations at the Parc des Princes. Trezeguet: Cavani is exceptional He has made just 16 appearances in all competitions for the French champions and has not featured in Ligue 1 since December 2016. “I speak with all my players, so also with Krychowiak,” Unai Emery said at a news conference....
The stadiums were mostly empty because of COVID-19 restrictions, but there were enough storylines that emerged from those games to create overreactions heading into Halloween weekend. No. 5 Ohio State, No. 15 Wisconsin and No. 18 Michigan all rolled to big victories. Indiana scored the first big upset with a thrilling 36-35 victory against No. 8 Penn State in overtime. Purdue, Rutgers and Northwestern scored varying levels of surprise victories....
Penn State pulled off the unthinkable by knocking off Ohio State last week, 24-21, and did so in exciting fashion: a blocked field goal returned for a touchdown. The Buckeyes’ playoff hopes are still alive, but we won’t know who will represent the Big Ten East until the last week of the regular season. This week, the in-state rivalry that was a marquee game heading into the season looks like a lopsided matchup now....
Vincenzo Montella’s side face their city rivals at San Siro needing a victory to kick-start their season and reduce some of the pressure on the head coach. Inter are seven points ahead of Milan in the Serie A standings and just two behind leaders Napoli, having won six and drawn one of their opening seven matches. A victory for Luciano Spalletti’s side would leave Milan’s hopes of a Champions League push looking slim even at this early stage of the season, with the top three already beginning to pull away....
Senate Bill 103, proposed by Republican state Senators Brian Kelsey and Kevin Vaughn and passed Monday evening, was introduced in response to backlash from parents and students in the state’s largest county over the closure of schools. Shelby County schools have remained closed for nearly a year due to the pandemic. As the last school district in the state to provide an in-person learning option, Shelby County Schools recently announced plans to return to in-person instruction beginning March 1....
Pinchuk won an even bigger favor when Clinton agreed to speak at the Yalta conference. Clinton dazzled the audience with a powerful address about the global challenges facing Ukraine. But he also inadvertently caused a stir when he was embraced by Pinchuk’s father-in-law, Ukraine’s former president Leonid Kuchma, whose authoritarian rule had been condemned by the State Department. Three years ago, a Ukrainian government investigation linked Kuchma’s regime to the decapitation in 2000 of dissident journalist Georgy Gongadze....
#BravoCon trended on Thursday afternoon, as organizers revealed announced when tickets go on sale for the three-day event set to take place November 15-17 in New York City. The convention is billed as an interactive experience for fans of all things Bravo, including live performances, insider panels and VIP access to the biggest shows and Bravo stars on the network. According to BravoCon’s website, there will be over 30 events and over 70 Bravo celebrities—or “Bravolebs....
On Tuesday, four career prosecutors quit a case after Attorney General William Barr intervened to demand a lighter sentence for Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump. Then, on Friday, The New York Times reported that, early this month, Barr quietly “installed a phalanx of outside lawyers to re-examine national security cases with the possibility of overruling career prosecutors.” The cases include that of Michael Flynn, another Trump associate whose prosecution the president has long criticized....
The Kenyan-born Briton ended his repeat bid Wednesday, dropping out of cycling’s big event and dropping a bombshell on his competitors after crashing twice in a rain-, mud-, sweat- and blood-soaked fifth stage for the pack through nerve-wracking cobblestones along France’s border with Belgium. The 29-year-old Team Sky leader, already nursing pain in his left wrist a day earlier, first scuffed up his right hip, tearing his uniform, then scraped his face....
Aubameyang has earned a reputation for being a deadly finisher in the Bundesliga, yet the most eye-catching of his attributes is his speed. Why Reus would be perfect for Arsenal “In the previous edition I was only third in speed but now I’m first. It’s about time FIFA respected me,” he joked with Onze. “By the way, I’m also quickest in PES.” Signed for 13 million euros ($14.52M) from Saint-Etienne in 2013, the striker was clocked at running 3....
