Those infectious diseases—and many others—have at some point been aggravated by climate change, a new study found. Researchers are urging aggressive actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to rein in their disastrous impact on human health. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, found that 218 of 375 known communicable diseases—58%—have at some point been made worse by global warming, sea level rise, or other climate impacts of the ongoing emission of greenhouse gasses....

Bowyer, struggling to stay in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, will finish this season with Michael Waltrip Racing. That operation closes shop at season’s end. MORE: Tony Stewart’s future | Bowyer goes from outhouse to penthouse | Points and Chase problem Also on Friday, Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced Elliott Sadler would join his three-man Xfinity Series team in 2016. Wednesday, Bowyer was thrilled to be at Stewart-Haas Racing as the driver who will replace Tony Stewart....

The 34-year-old recorded 12 goals and five assists in 29 matches this season after spending six months on the sidelines with a career-threatening heart condition. Dempsey claimed the honor by earning 18.79 percent of the total vote among players, club technical staffs and media. Columbus Crew playmaker Federico Higuain finished a close second with 18.09 percent of the vote following a resurgent season that saw him compile nine goals and 14 assists....

The Electra decision was included on a hand-scrawled ???to-do??? list on an official presidential memo pad found on President Clinton???s desk, according to a cleaning woman familiar with the memo pad. The rest of the list reads as follows: Sign executive order for U.S. Mint to produce Clinton nickel Approve exploratory drilling of Linda Tripp???s head Quadruple pension benefits for all veterans at the Commander-in-Chief level or higher Conduct bombing raid on Henry Hyde Push through tax credits for unemployed spouses of U....

At last week’s contentious presidential debate, Obama was asked if he would meet with hostile foreign leaders like Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without preconditions in the first year of his presidency. Obama said he would. He said George W. Bush’s policy of shunning those leaders had failed, and he would bring about change. Clinton turned the answer against Obama. She said she would not meet with the hostile leaders without preconditions, and suggested that anyone who did would be “used for propaganda purposes....

The Clippers forward was arrested at 8:30 a.m. PT and booked at 9:50 a.m., according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records. He was released at 1:15 p.m. after posting $50,000 bail. He is due in court on April 7. MORE: Heinous crimes connected to athletes | Andre Iguodala out with ankle injury TMZ Sports first reported that Dawson is facing a domestic violence charge. The Los Angeles Times also reported he was not with the Clippers during Sunday’s game against the Cavaliers because of a domestic violence incident....

Williams, the reigning Sixth Man of the Year, had been allowed to leave the NBA’s ‘bubble’ in Orlando last month to return to Georgia to attend the wake of a friend’s father. Under NBA rules, Williams was then due to observe a four-day quarantine period upon his return to Florida, yet that was extended to 10 days — a period encompassing the Clippers’ first two games — after it emerged he also took a trip to the gentlemen’s club, Magic City, in Atlanta....

The sale of the team rids the NBA and the Clippers of Sterling — a man who has been called the worst owner in the history of professional sports — and changes the landscape of professional sports ownership. The $2 billion price tag increases the value of every North American sports franchise. More importantly, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Lavanas’ ruling sends a clear message — one’s actions can lead to one losing their right to own a sports franchise....

In Steve Ballmer’s first big move since taking over as the new owner, he gave Rivers a contract extension through the 2018-19 season. Ballmer said Wednesday it was one of his top priorities to ensure that Rivers remains as the long-term leader of the team. Rivers was a stabilizing force for the franchise during the upheaval created by former owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks that led to his ouster after 33 years of ownership....

Following his trilogy fight with Tyson Fury, what can fans expect from Deontay Wilder moving forward? How has “The Bronze Bomber’s” mindset changed since then? Looking for a fresh start, Wilder is ready to remind everyone why he’s one of the top heavyweight fighters in the world today. The Sporting News’ Andreas Hale spoke to Wilder, who is set to fight Robert Helenius on October 15, on episode five of “Clobberin’ Time....

The upshot, at the weekend, was that the administration seemed divided between pragmatists like budget director Leon Panetta, who want the president to play it safe, and idealists like Hillary Rodham Clinton, who want him to go for it all. There are potentially big risks, and big gains, either way. If Clinton pushes forward, taking his case for health-care reform to the voters, he could reignite the optimism of his first days in office and force Congress to do his bidding....

In the Democratic primary, Obama catapulted past the favored candidate, Blair Hull–a securities trader who had spent $29 million on his campaign–after divorce papers alleged that Hull had struck his ex-wife. Last week Obama’s Republican foe, Jack Ryan, quit the race after disclosures that he took TV actress Jeri Ryan, then his wife, to sex clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans and–according to her claims in a child-custody dispute–pressured her to perform certain acts while strangers watched....

Host John Berman started the segment by saying he doesn’t like to be the “media watchdog” for CNN’s competitors, but classified Carlson’s attack on Omar as “something remarkable.” “Tucker Carlson suggested – he didn’t suggest, he flat out said – that a sitting member of the U.S. Congress should never have been allowed in the United States,” Berman explained, before playing a clip of the Fox News’ host’s remarks....

“In a world of doubt, here is a sure thing. If the federal government and the states don’t get it together better, you will see sickness and death in this country like you never have before,” he said. “And while there are a growing number of mayors and governors in need, there is one persistent problem at the top: Trump. His two defining flaws are on flagrant display. They are literally making us sick....

Earlier this month, a court sentenced Aguilera-Mederos to 110 years in prison for 27 charges related to the incident, including four counts of vehicular manslaughter. District Attorney Alexis King had said that she would seek a 20- to 30-year sentence for the truck driver at a Jan. 13 hearing. However, Polis’ decision may make the hearing moot. On April 25, 2019, Aguilera-Mederos was driving a lumber truck down a steep hill on Interstate 70 outside Denver....

The memories of the music, the celebrations, and of course the Dream Team came back Friday when he began talking about basketball and Barcelona, and the beauty of both that he saw as a U.S. assistant 22 years earlier. The players on the U.S. team he’s coaching now are mostly too young to remember — Anthony Davis and Andre Drummond weren’t even born. But they know Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and the rest of the Hall of Fame team won its games, and that’s what they intend to do at the Basketball World Cup....

Coach K spoke with media after Duke’s 83-68 loss to Illinois on Tuesday night, but he wasn’t so much focused on what had transpired at Cameron Indoor Stadium as with what’s happening in the broader college basketball landscape. The sport is “plowing through” the COVID-19 pandemic, Krzyzewski said, and it just doesn’t feel right to him. “I don’t think it feels right to anybody,” Krzyzewski said, according to The (Raleigh) News & Observer....

Led by Emgage, a Washington D.C.-based group aimed at increasing Muslim-American political literacy and civic engagement, the campaign will focus on increasing turnout in several states with sizeable Muslim populations, Emgage CEO Wa’el Alzayat says. “We believe getting the community to vote in a consistent manner and not just voting in presidential elections but for local, state and national offices, is a crucial ingredient to build political power,” Alzayat says....

On Friday, Karlyn Borysenko, an activist who supports banning critical race theory, shared images from an internal whistleblower of the company’s online racism training. The slides included tips to learners on how to be “less white, less arrogant, less certain, less defensive, less ignorant and more humble.” “In the U.S. and other Western nations, white people are socialized to feel that they are inherently superior because they are white,” one of the slides read....

Atlantic cod contains: 70 calories 0. 6 g fat (0. 1 g saturated fat) 125 mg sodium 0 g carbs, 0 g fiber, 0 g sugar 15. 1 g protein 156 mg Omega-3s 70 parts per billion of Mercury Tilapia contains: 81 calories 1. 4 g fat (0. 5 g saturated fat) 44 mg sodium 0 g carbs, 0 g fiber, 0 g sugar 17 g protein 77 mg Omega-3s 19 parts per billion of Mercury...