Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Biden recalled past statements Limbaugh had made during his radio career at a CNN town hall event on Wednesday, suggesting some of the statements were disparaging towards African Americans in particular. “I have to say, that is slanderous,” said Hewitt on his radio show Thursday while responding to Biden’s remarks. “Rush Limbaugh has zero racism....

Chelsea stay cool to kill off title race After a 3-1 win over Swansea City last month, Conte said he thought 29 points were required in order for the Blues to guarantee the return of the top-flight trophy to Stamford Bridge. A hard-fought 2-1 victory against Stoke City on Saturday, secured by Gary Cahill’s 87th-minute strike, sent Chelsea 13 points clear at the summit. Although their advantage could be cut on Sunday with Tottenham, Manchester City and Liverpool in action, the Italian has revised his goal for the final 10 matches....

Conte earlier described assertions that he was to blame for the club missing out on Barkley as “ridiculous", before he clarified his minor role in Chelsea’s transfer market moves. Leicester 7/2 to beat Chelsea Davide Zappacosta and Danny Drinkwater arrived to Stamford Bridge on transfer deadline day from Torino and Leicester City, respectively. Conte insists he is happy despite the club not getting every player they targeted. “Yes, but don’t forget that one English player signed in Drinkwater," Conte told a news conference at Cobham Training Centre....

After nearly 100,000 copies of the Bush bio were distributed in the fall of 1999, the book was abruptly recalled by its publisher, St. Martin’s Press, when it was disclosed that the book’s author, syndicated columnist and writer J. H. Hatfield, had been convicted of trying to murder a former colleague. That seemed to be the death of the book as well; but then a little-known New York-based publisher, Soft Skull Press, resuscitated it in early 2000....

This was true for D.J. Augustin — who won two high school state titles and was a star at Texas — for much of his basketball life. But prior to the 2011-12 season, when the Charlotte Hornets chose Kemba Walker with the ninth overall pick, that changed. MORE: Spurs still dangerous | Durant gets law degree in three days | Biggest NBA busts At that point, Augustin, who was in his fourth season, still started 46 games before he was traded to the Indiana Pacers, but the writing was on the wall....

Smith’s day started off well enough. He hit the game’s first bucket on a reverse layup after sealing off Kansas center Joel Embiid. The next trip down the court, Smith posted up Embiid again, this time hitting a cutting Nate Lubick for a running layup. Two possessions later, Smith hit another layup. MORE: Perry Ellis takes woozy free throw | Kentucky rallies back against Belmont But as followers of college basketball have seen from Smith all too often throughout his college career, sustaining a high level of production remains a challenge for the UCLA transfer....

Burrell was flagged for targeting, and after an official review was thrown out of the game. The ejection occurred after McCaffrey scrambled for a first down, took a bad slide that resulted in Burrell hitting him as he was going down. MORE: Top-25 highlights from Saturday Here’s the play in question from multiple angles: Here’s what the NCAA rulebook says about targeting: Forcible contact with crown of helmet Forcible contact to head or neck area of defenseless opponent with helmet, shoulder, or arm Launching to attack with forcible contact to head or neck area of defenseless opponent...

With only seconds remaining and the Blue Devils down one point against Virginia on Saturday, Grayson Allen drove to the basket, hung in the air and hit a floater as time expired. The “Cameron Crazies” went, well, crazy as Duke escaped with a 63-62 victory. MORE: Follow along with Ryan Fagan’s annual road trip Hold on — should Allen’s incredible buzzer-beater have counted? Allen clearly got the shot off in time, but it appears he did not release the ball before he traveled....

CW Bush = After epic stonewall of 9/11 commish, now says he will “study” its call for essential reforms. How about action? Kerry = Not much of a bounce from the Edwards pick. Will he get one from the speech- ifying in Boston? He needs it. 9/11 Comm. + Gets close to the bottom of how we messed up. And it’s as much a page turner as Starr Report. Almost....

The results are impressive: nearly 500,000 new jobs in France in the past 12 months and more than a million jobs created in Britain since Blair, the leader of my party, came to power. Even in Germany, still shouldering the burden of its unification with the basket-case communist economy of East Germany, the unemployment figures are coming down. Just as a rosy economic picture helped Bill Clinton win re-election four years ago, this solid economic performance on the other side of the Atlantic leaves the center-left leaders of the new Europe looking good as they face their electorates over the next 24 months....

The stress of living with a chronic disease reveals itself in many ways among the various family members. Someone with asthma, for example, may be frustrated with their illness and all the work that comes with it. They may be more likely to get involved in fights, be less cooperative, or be stubborn, depressed, anxious or withdrawn, which can, in turn, affect the family dynamics at home. Siblings of kids with asthma may feel guilty, thinking that somehow they have caused the illness....

Fatigue undermines all kinds of daily activities and rehabilitation programs. It feeds into our emotional reactions to Parkinson’s symptoms and makes them all the harder to bear. It undermines our ability to cope with the challenges the condition presents to us each day and makes it more difficult to connect with others. Therefore, fatigue sometimes can increase our social isolation as it saps us of the energy we need to step out of the door and to interact with others....

Or what about another cop show? This Tuesday UPN launches “The Beat,” about two New York City patrolmen. In case you haven’t kept score, “The Beat” is the fourth drama about New York cops on the air, following “NYPD Blue” and “Law & Order” and its spinoff, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Of course, cop and hospital programs have long been a TV staple. Many of the most influential shows in history–from “Dragnet” and “Marcus Welby, M....

The hearing took place weeks after the enactment of a highly-restrictive Texas law that prohibits abortions after six weeks, with no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. Bush disclosed during the hearing that she was raped during a church youth trip, spurring her decision to get an abortion, the AP reported. “Choosing to have an abortion was the hardest decision I had ever made, but at 18 years old, I knew it was the right decision for me,” Bush said....

His popularity is at a fever pitch in Lincoln, Nebraska, and when the Huskers trot back to the locker room at the half of Saturday’s home game against Illinois, the entire band will honor the #FearAmeer campaign sweeping the college football nation. MORE: Week 4 Heisman watch | Abdullah’s words for Winston | No OSU clothing at Cincy Check out the visual design for the Cornhusker Marching Band’s performance this weekend:...

“Masking is working,” Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt wrote on Facebook Thursday morning. “As you probably know by now, it takes several weeks for any results of COVID-19 mitigation to begin showing up in the data,” he continued. “Last Friday, we hit the three-week mark since the Oklahoma City Council passed an ordinance requiring the wearing of masks in indoor public places. The new data since then speaks for itself in the charts below....

Zeng Qun, the deputy head of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, told a press briefing on Saturday that the virus can be spread via direct transmission, which involves contact with the infected person. However, the China Daily newspaper reported Zeng also suggested the new member of the large coronavirus family—which includes infections like the common cold as well as SARS—is capable of aerosol transmission. At a briefing held by the municipal government on the bug which has killed over 900 people, Zeng said: “Aerosol transmission refers to the mixing of the virus with droplets in the air to form aerosols, which causes infection after inhalation, according to medical experts....

The study, titled “Misinformation During a Pandemic,” was first published Sunday by the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Economics. Researchers asserted that reduced incidences of Covid-19 and lower death rates among Fox News viewers were associated a more serious view of the health crisis taken early on by host Tucker Carlson. “Carlson warned viewers that the coronavirus might pose a serious threat from early February,” wrote the researchers....

With healthcare, food security and safe housing in jeopardy and job loss attaining levels that may soon exceed unemployment during the Great Depression, we are reminded daily of the structural barriers to justice and inclusivity and the racial inequities highlighted by the pandemic. Today, the deep relationship in this country between race and poverty—and its dire consequences—are inescapable. While no one is immune from the coronavirus pandemic that has quickly spread throughout the nation, the virus’s stark, disproportionate impact on communities of color has been painfully clear....

Dick Pound, who has been an IOC member since 1978, suggested a decision on whether the 2020 Olympics would go ahead may not be taken until the end of May. “A lot of things have to start happening,” he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. “You’ve got to start ramping up your security, your food, the Olympic Village, the hotels, the media folks will be in there building their studios....