Cindy McCain’s presence at the DNC represents another Republican luminary seemingly breaking ties with the Republican party and expressing appreciation for Biden. Monday night’s convention saw appearances from Republican former Ohio governor John Kasich, Republican former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman and former CEO and president of Hewlett-Packard, Meg Whitman. “It was a friendship that shouldn’t have worked,” Cindy McCain narrated over the video. “John, a former Navy pilot, just released from a North Vietnamese prison....

Ettore Weber died Thursday evening during a rehearsal at Marina Orfei Circus in Triggiano, Bari, Italian newspaper Repubblica reported. Police said they think one tiger bit Weber, prompting the other three to attack. The animals mauled the tamer for some 20 minutes, according to Notizie.it. Some 118 people tried to rescue Weber, but he died from his injuries. He was in his early sixties. Weber’s show was part of the circus’s “Animal Park” event, which featured live animals from five continents....

The Montreal-based entertainment company said that 95 percent of its staff, or 4,679 employees, would be temporarily laid off immediately, although a small team would remain to work on tours and tickets for when productions resume. Those who have been let go will get paid holiday, temporary insurance coverage, and access to its employee support program. There had been Cirque Du Soleil shows being performed throughout the U.S. but now movie theaters, malls, and stores have now closed as part of restrictions to stop the spread of the virus....

Jason Gelinas has been on leave since mid-September after it emerged he was the “sole developer and mouthpiece” of the Qmap.pub website following an investigation by fact checking group Logically.ai. The site, which posted baseless QAnon conspiracy theories, was attracting 10 million visitors a month during the height of its popularity before it went offline, according to the traffic-tracking firm SimilarWeb. It is also reported that the Gelinas was pulling in around $3,320 a month from donations via Patreon to keep the site running....

Researchers said that people who renounce their U.S. citizenship often do so to avoid U.S. taxes or to escape national politics during the ongoing epidemic and under the administration of Republican President Donald Trump. However, their statement ignores the fact that the numbers of Americans renouncing their citizenship also increased under Democratic President Barack Obama. Under rules from the IRS, every three months the U.S. government must publish the names of citizens who renounce their citizenship....

Its function is to detoxify ammonia, a waste product, and act as a vasodilator (dilating the blood vessels). Citrulline is also said to have an antioxidant effect. There are two forms of citrulline supplements. Understanding the difference between citrulline malate vs. l-citrulline supplements can help you decide which one you’d prefer to use. L-citrulline is citrulline without any other substance. Citrulline malate is made up of L-citrulline and DL-malate, which may help with blood flow and energy conversion....

Lawyer and conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas was paid $686,589 by the conservative Heritage Foundation from 2003 to 2007 but Justice Thomas did not report that income in financial disclosures for those years. As The Los Angeles Times reported in 2011, Thomas had checked a box saying “none” in a section of his disclosure that asked for information about “spousal noninvestment income.” Federal judges are legally required to disclose their spouses’ income sources....

Shields broke through Hammer’s strong jab with a jab of her own, getting inside to repeatedly land overhand rights to blast the German boxer en route to a unanimous decision (98-92 on all three judges’ cards) to be crowned the undisputed women’s middleweight champion of the world at the Adrian Phillips Theater at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. on Saturday night. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year...

If you’re an optimist, you say that these trials and plea bargains and admissions show that the system is correcting itself and things are getting better. But the problem is that we keep getting new scandals. We’re not just chewing over old cases like Enron and Tyco. We’re seeing whole new patterns that continued way past the point when Enron imploded, which should have been a wake-up call for everyone....

Still, some look upon the way America elects its officials as a fundamentally flawed, anti-democratic process prone to cheating. The proponents of major change, once considered to be on the fringes of politics, have moved a lot closer to the center of power in both major parties in the last few years. There are lots of ideas for reform on the table. One that continues to gather steam originated in the aftermath of the election of 2000, when the country had to wait weeks before it knew which candidate—former vice president Al Gore or then-Texas governor George W....

Sanches, who joined from Bayern Munich on deadline-day, had little influence on the contest as Newcastle claimed a deserved three points courtesy of Jamaal Lascelles’ second-half header. The 20-year-old was replaced by Wilfried Bony in the 69th minute and finished with the lowest passing percentage of any Swans midfielder. 21/20 Both teams to score in Spurs-Swans However, Clement is adamant the Euro 2016 star will live up to his lofty reputation....

Lawrence’s reasoning, as he laid out in a Twitter thread? That players would be less at risk for COVID-19 if they were under team supervision rather than away from the facilities. The Tigers star — a potential No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick next year — earlier called for a way to move forward on a season. Sunday night, Lawrence, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields and Alabama running back Najee Harris helped to raised the stakes; they were among those who introduced a campaign for players to unionize, using the #WeWantToPlay hashtag, adding their voices to those of Pac-12 and Big Ten players who have called on schools to do more to ensure their health....

It was the expected response. MORE: Week 9 scores, highlights A 1-yard TD run by 315-pound defensive tackle Christian Wilkins four plays later, which helped turn a two-score lead into a 59-10 blowout, served as the Tigers’ response. No. 2 Clemson (8-0, 5-0 ACC) won big heading into November, and it’s going to take more than a cheap shot to derail a fourth straight ACC championship run. Florida State (4-4, 2-4) found out it isn’t even in the same neighborhood....

During the ceremony, Swinney presented the president with two Clemson jerseys — one for Trump and one for his youngest son, Barron. Trump heaped plenty of praise on the Tigers, who earned the trip with a 35-31 win over Alabama in the National Championship in January. MORE: UCF kicker has tough choice: YouTube stardom or athletic scholarship? Check out more highlights from Clemson’s trip to the White House:

Employees across the 29 arenas in the league are paid hourly and with the NBA season suspended indefinitely because of the coronavirus outbreak, they face a significant financial blow. To mitigate the issue, Love has vowed to donate a six-figure sum to workers at the Quickens Loan Arena, where the Cavs play their home games. “The fear and anxiety resulting from the recent outbreak of COVID-19 can be extremely overwhelming,” the 2016 NBA champion wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday to announce the donation....

During a press conference, the Phillies pitcher used the popular toy to give answers for the difficult questions. Lee’s press conference is reminiscent of Marshawn Lynch, but the 8-ball makes things a bit more enjoyable. MORE: Jayson Werth doesn’t like jail | Best closers in baseball | Pablo Sandoval’s bad side Thanks to whoever put the 8-ball in Lee’s locker.

A great deal, she discovered, and she’s chronicled much of it with her keen eye as a social observer. Lecturing this week at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, Sheehy noted that a woman who reaches the age of 50 without evidence of cancer or heart disease can expect to live until 92. There was a rumble of surprised delight followed by gasps as the audience processed the information....

Now that those states have had their say, things don’t look much clearer. Late Tuesday night, Clinton was projected to win Arkansas, Arizona, California, Massachusetts (by a surprisingly large margin, given the endorsement of Obama by Sen. Ted Kennedy), Oklahoma, New York, New Jersey and Tennessee. Obama, for his part, was expected to carry Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota and Utah. (New Mexico hadn’t yet been called....

Most of these people were members of the Culinary Workers Union—an organization that endorsed Sen. Barack Obama and boasted a muscular turnout operation. Yet judging from their response to Clinton, many decided to part ways with the union’s leadership and exercise their own ideas about who to support. “I will vote for Hillary,” said Martin Corona, a banquet server who was planning to caucus later that day. “She has a lot of experience....