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A gym and a bar in Marin County in California received handwritten threats over the health policies they have in place, Kron4 reported on Thursday. “If the vaccine mandate isn’t lifted within one week, this place burns,” read one note that was taped to the door of Body Kinetics Health Club, a gym located in San Rafael. Michael Jenkins, the owner of the gym, said that the threat was placed on the door Saturday night and found the following morning, according to the news outlet....

Offside Ronaldo causes outrage The Germany goalkeeper suffered a fractured foot when Cristiano Ronaldo completed his hat-trick in extra time of Tuesday’s 4-2 Champions League defeat at the hands of Real Madrid. Bayern already announced an initial diagnosis on Tuesday and Rummenigge has now revealed the 31-year-old will be out of action for an estimated two months. “Neuer has suffered a serious injury,” the Bayern chairman told reporters. “He will be out of action for eight weeks....

All the latest transfer rumours The Bundesliga champions have been heavily linked with a bid for the Chile international, who has just one year left to run on his contract in north London. Manchester City are also widely reported to be at the front of the race for his signature, with the UK media suggesting that Pep Guardiola would be willing to sanction a transfer fee in excess of £50million and wages of more than £350,000 a week to land the former Barcelona man....

Figo: BBC must be played for Madrid His club side Bayern therefore remains cautious with the winger and he will sit out Oranje’s encounter with Belgium in an attempt to avoid further injury woes. “Arjen is only available for the game against Luxembourg after discussing his situation with Bayern and himself,” national team coach Danny Blind told reporters. “He will remain at Bayern after their game this weekend, before travelling to Amsterdam to watch the game against Belgium....

Bayern 21/20 to beat BVB The Colombia star was withdrawn in the second half of the 3-0 loss to Jurgen Klopp’s side at the Allianz Arena after complaining of discomfort and headed straight down the tunnel. James’ injury came after Thiago was forced off with abdominal pain, while David Alaba was taken off with 11 minutes left after picking up a problem of his own. Head coach Carlo Ancelotti is not worried about the knocks to Thiago or Alaba but he confirmed that James will have a check-up on a muscular problem....

Bayern 15/2 to win CL with dabblebet There were rumours last summer that Bayern wanted to sign Draxler. But with Ribery, Arjen Robben, James Rodriguez, Kingsley Coman and Thomas Muller in the squad, Bayern were hardly short on wingers and attacking midfield options. At the end of August, president Uli Hoeness told SportBild: “It is out of question, that Draxler is a player who would fit to Bayern, but we don’t want to sell any of our players right now....

Baylor (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) scored twice in the final minute before halftime and stretched its school-record winning streak to 12 games since a loss at Oklahoma last November. The Bears are 8-0 for the first time. MORE: Oregon stumbles | Week 10 photos | Our picks "We're just talented, man. We're committed. I think that's all you can say about it," Petty said. "It's a very special team." Even though Baylor came in leading the nation in scoring (64 points per game) and total offense (718 yards per game) — and was outscoring opponents by an average margin of 48 points — many questioned how good the Bears were after getting into November without playing a ranked opponent....

The Ducks jumping the Seminoles was not a surprise. Florida State had a slim lead on the Ducks in the first standings last week. Oregon's convincing 42-14 victory against UCLA gave the Ducks the boost it needed. Oregon moved up to third from fourth in the computer ratings and remained second in both the USA Today coaches' poll and the Harris poll to give it a .9517 BCS average. Florida State, after routing North Carolina State 49-17, has a ....

While politicians around the country have been debating the merits of choice as an instrument of reform, Omaha has quietly been fine-tuning its system. What began 16 years ago as a successful desegregation effort, says Superintendent Norbert Schuerman, has become a way to force schools to improve dramatically in order to attract students who otherwise might flee to private or parochial schools. The kids can opt to stay in their zoned high school, but the choices are so rich that nearly one third of Omaha’s 10,000 public-high-school students pick a school outside their neighborhood....

On Friday, the city said that according to a December 30 report from the California Office of Emergency Services, “approximately two to four million gallons of untreated sewage was discharged into the Dominguez Channel,” which “terminates into the Los Angeles Harbor at the Port of Los Angeles.” The sewage spill occurred in the city of Carson, California following the failure of a 48-inch sewer mainline. “State law requires temporary closure and posting at beaches in these situations, out of an abundance of caution, until the water quality meets State requirements,” the city said in a press release Friday....

Papa Snow, who posts under the name @Geoffrey_Snowball online, uploaded the heart-stopping clip, which was shot on a beach in Australia’s Northern Territory, to TikTok. Snow filmed the meat in his hand, before panning upwards to the shoreline, where the formidable predator can be seen lurking. He tosses the sausages onto the sand, watching the carnivore lunge out of the water and gobble up the snack. Snow films himself throwing a few more sausages to the reptile, although in the last shot the croc passes by it, and heads towards the cameraman instead....

According to WLOS News 13, the hundred-pound bear in Cades Cove had been subsisting on a diet of walnuts from a nearby tree. However, park biologists soon grew concerned when they noticed the bear displaying “food-conditioned behavior,” meaning it would approach humans, cars, and dwellings in hopes of finding food. “We had started to get reports that people were throwing food towards this bear. And so, we were concerned that this bear might quickly become what we would call food conditioned,” explained the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s supervisory wildlife biologist Bill Stiver to WJHL News 11....

That came to fruition. The Bears fired Nagy and Pace on Black Monday, following the conclusion of the NFL’s regular season. The Bears posted a 6-11 record and while Justin Fields flashed at times, the offense — which was supposed to be Nagy’s calling card — was, largely, punchless. So, the Bears jettisoned the former Chiefs offensive coordinator. Now, Chicago will look for a new coach for the fourth time in the last decade, and the team needs to get it right to win their first playoff game since 2010....

General manager Ryan Pace took a few more chances during the 2021 NFL Draft, including a trade up in the first round that landed Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Fourth-year coach Matt Nagy has yet to finish below .500, but the Bears have finished 8-8 the past two seasons and have not capitalized with one of the league’s most talented defenses. MORE: Strength of schedule for all 32 teams in 2021...

Baylor (8-1, 5-1) won in Norman for the first time in school history. The Bears still control their own destiny in the Big 12, and have a head-to-head win against TCU in hand and a home matchup against Kansas State on Dec. 6. That’s all media guide material, but here’s what you need to know. The Horned Frogs and Wildcats have more playoff mojo — for now. Baylor might just end up being the school the Big 12 is forced to pump up the first week of December....

Beason "felt something" in his foot, coach Tom Coughlin told reporters after the session, adding that he wasn't sure where the problem was on his foot and that "we'll see" how bad it is. MORE: List of OTA injuries growing Beason came up limping after a play late in the workout, according to the New York Daily News, and safety Stevie Brown called for trainers to come tend to his teammate immediately, the Newark Star-Ledger reported....

Rodriguez is one of a small category of asylum-seekers who have won permanent residence in America because their sexual orientation put them at risk in their places of birth. Her personal account-recounted today at the release of an Amnesty International report on torture and ill-treatment of gays around the world-provided a harrowing insight into the persecution she suffered in a male-dominated society. There was the constant fear of losing her job....

Environmentalists warn that humanity’s love for olives may be dangerously misplaced. Yes, few things are quite so pleasant as a drive along the coasts of Portugal or Greece, where the land is rich with olive groves, leaves shimmering in the wind. But truth be told, Homer’s sylvan glades are becoming something of a pest. In recent decades a growing number of farmers (not to mention rapacious multinational agro-conglomerates) are mass-producing the once rare tree....

British beavers were hunted to extinction for their meat, pelts and scent glands and were the first extinct mammal to be reintroduced into the wild in the U.K. according to the Wildwood Trust. Last year, a pair of Eurasian beavers were placed in Spains Hall Estate in Finchingfield to help reduce flood risk due to their abilities in building dams and moderating water flows. The two beavers, known as Woody and Willow, have now had babies, known as kits....

Jermaine Beckford and Eoin Doyle came to blows in the final minutes of the club’s 2-1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, and were subsequently dismissed. VIDEO: Leicester teenager scores from his own-half It is understood that the fight broke out after Doyle – who scored Preston’s goal – failed to pass to Beckford inside the area. And Preston have now issued a statement confirming that they have fined both Beckford and Doyle, and will use the money to refund the supporters who travelled to Sheffield....