The winger was courted heavily by Jose Mourinho’s side throughout the last transfer window and had expressed a desire to leave San Siro. Inter held on to the Croatia international, however, and he signed a new contract in September which ties him to the club until 2022. Perisic has no reason to regret his decision, as he helped Inter climb to the top of Serie A with a hat-trick in Sunday’s 5-0 win over Chievo....
FFA announced on Thursday that Griffiths had been found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute and failing to behave in a manner that promotes and upholds the highest standards of integrity, dignity and professionalism. Griffiths will miss Perth’s game against Melbourne Victory on Saturday plus their trip to Central Coast Mariners on January 28. The 28-year-old was sent off in Glory’s 2-2 draw at Newcastle Jets on Sunday after receiving a second yellow card....
Kercher was found last Nov. 1 with her throat slashed in the bedroom of the Perugia villa she shared with Knox. Also held are Knox’s Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and Rudy Guede, an immigrant from Ivory Coast said by Italian police to have a record for selling drugs. The suspects can be held up to a year before charges are filed. Tacopina, who practices criminal law in the United States and Italy, sat with Barbie Nadeau in his offices at the Villa Brasini in Rome to discuss the case....
Buttigieg raised eyebrows by claiming victory on Monday night, before results were announced. The Democratic primary race was thrown into chaos by long delays in reporting the caucus results. The final outcome was still unknown as of Tuesday night, although officials did release partial results. With 62 percent of the vote counted, Buttigieg was leading the race, tying with Senator Bernie Sanders in pledged delegates. “Results are in from a majority of precincts and they show our campaign in first place,” Buttigieg told supporters after the partial results were announced....
Buttigieg said the U.S. needs to maintain a “light footprint” in Afghanistan similar to the specialized forces Trump recently pulled out of Syria, which he described as provoking that region’s “descent into chaos.” Speaking with NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate agreed with host Chuck Todd’s suggestion that pulling out of the Middle East “is going to get ugly no matter what,” but Buttigieg pushed back against withdrawing all U....
Meijer, a freshman Republican from Michigan, took to Twitter after a secret ballot of House Republicans voted 145 to 61 against a motion calling for Cheney to step down. While he didn’t exactly congratulate her, he was more positive than some of his colleagues. “Tonight @RepLizCheney faced four hours of blistering criticism and didn’t yield an inch,” Meijer said. “We may not always agree on policy but I respect the hell out of leaders like Liz who are unyielding in defense of their convictions....
A Change.org petition created by Stephanie Bonin, a Denver restaurant owner, has received 1,180,506 signatures as of Friday morning. The petition calls on Congress to pass legislation that allocates monthly payments of $2,000 for adults and $1,000 for children throughout the duration of the crisis. “Otherwise, laid-off workers, furloughed workers, the self-employed, and workers dealing with reduced hours will struggle to pay their rent or put food on the table,” the petition, which started about two months ago, said....
The focus of the campaign, started by user Anonymous N, centers on allegations that Underwood harassed Cassie Randolph, his final pick on the popular ABC reality TV show The Bachelor—not the fact that he came out as a gay man. “Colton is a former bachelor lead who stalked his final pick, Cassie Randolph,” the petition’s description read. “He placed a tracker on her car, sent her and her friends anonymous threatening texts, and was even seen standing outside her window extremely late in the night, resulting in her brother attempting to de-escalate the situation....
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday that ASL interpreters would be a part of the administration’s daily news briefings. Psaki introduced by her first name. According to analysis published Tuesday by Time Magazine, Mewshaw was an administrator for a group of ASL interpreters that provided translations for some videos that espoused right-wing ideals. A petition started Monday on Change.org began gathering signatures to ban Mewshaw “from interpreting White House again....
A Change.org petition to keep the late-night host out of the cast of the highly-anticipated screen adaptation of the beloved musical has now surpassed 60,000 signatures. “James Corden in no way shape or form should be in or near the production of Wicked the movie,” reads the petition’s description. “That’s pretty much it.” Musical lovers have long shared their ire at the over-saturation of Corden, 43, in movies and musicals, with the Gavin and Stacey star having famously starred in the universally panned Cats in 2020 as well as Into the Woods, Trolls, The Prom and most recently, Cinderella....
Manning’s 4-yard pass to running back Ronnie Hillman in the first quarter against the Chiefs at Sports Authority Field at Mile High moved him past former Packers quarterback Brett Favre for first place on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list. MORE: Peyton Manning’s historic career in photos | Top 10 receivers to catch Manning TD Favre finished his 20-year career with 71,838 yards. The 39-year-old Manning, in his 18th NFL season, fell just two yards shy of tying Favre last week against his former team when his final pass of the game was intercepted by Colts cornerback Darius Butler to preserve a 27-24 Colts victory at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis....
On November 9, Pfizer announced that their version of the shot was “more than 90 percent effective” at preventing folks from contracting the coronavirus. 43,538 participants were used in the study, and there were only 94 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. At the time, Newsweek reported that “Pfizer expects to produce up to 50 million vaccine doses globally in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021.” A week later on Monday, Moderna revealed that their experimental coronavirus vaccine was over 94 percent effective....
But due to a third consecutive dry, offshore wind event, PG&E planned to turn the power off for 540,000 customers in 27 counties. However, in a tweet, PG&E later said: “Due to favorable weather conditions, we will no longer need to turn power off in these counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo. This further reduces scope of Oct. 29 PSPS by 30,000 to approximately 510,000 customers in portions of 22 counties....
Conners posted a 5-under 67 that rewarded a calm and controlled performance. The Canadian, who finished tied for eighth at The Masters last month, admitted the Ocean Course was an extremely demanding environment. “You can’t fall asleep out there on any holes,” the 29-year-old told ESPN after his first round. “It’s very challenging. I was fortunate to have a good day. Made it the least stressful on myself as possible....
Looking at the course, the putting grass that’s going to be used is called paspalum, which is popular on European tracks. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island lives up to its name with, you guessed it, a lot of water. Even though it’s located in South Carolina, the Ocean Course plays similar to a European-style links course. When it comes to the weather, it’s supposed to be gusty this week, so that will be something to keep an eye on....
Weekley and de Jonge were atop the leaderboard at 8-under 64. Friday could find the course a bit different from the rain-softened surfaces of Thursday. Weekley found new irons to his liking, delivering an eagle, seven birdies and a bogey. De Jonge, of Zimbabwe, had eight birdies at TPC Louisiana. MORE: Tiger Woods will play at Memorial, Jack Nicklaus says | Check out Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Sean O’Hair and David Hearn of Canada started Friday a stroke behind the leaders at 65....
What raised some eyebrows was Jackson saying the NBA will never be able to legislate marijuana out of the game because it has become part of the NBA lifestyle. MORE: Green, Thompson back Kerr’s use of weed “We have tried to stop [marijuana use] in the NBA. I don’t think we have been able to stop it,” he said. “I think it still goes on and is still a part of the culture in the NBA....
“Lefty” is playing in his first Rocket Mortgage Classic this weekend, but it’ll be the last time the championship-winning golfer will participate in the tourney, and for an interesting reason. Earlier in the week, the Detroit News reported on an incident that happened over 20 years ago, attaching Mickelson to a Detroit-area bookie which took half a million dollars from Mickelson’s pocket. The bookie, who is now dead, allegedly had ties to the mob....
Despite having travelled to the Philippines looking for a win, Malaysia could only hold Philippines to a 0-0 draw in their international friendly match on Wednesday, held at the Cebu Sports Complex. Thomas Dooley’s men went into the match as preparation for their Asian Cup qualification opener against Nepal next week, while Datuk Ong Kim Swee’s charges were looking to win the match, their first encounter in 2017. Malaysia head coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee picked Khairul Azhan Khalid as goalkeeper, with the centre-back pairing of Ronny Harun and Shahrom Kalam....
A three-year-old girl called Myka Upina died on Sunday in crossfire during a drugs raid by armed police in Rodriguez, Rizal, ABS-CBN reported. Ulpina’s father Renato also died in the shootout. Police reportedly accused him of using the girl as a shield, which her mother denied. An undercover officer involved in the sting operation was killed too. The raid took place under Duterte’s violent crackdown on illicit drugs, in which he has encouraged thousands of extrajudicial killings by the authorities and armed vigilantes....
