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Football has not escaped the general growth in new cases, with six games falling victim to the pandemic at the weekend. But while a COVID ‘circuit-breaker’ had been mentioned as a potential option for the league, fixtures will not be cancelled unless absolutely necessary. MORE: Carabao Cup quarterfinal schedule & results “It was confirmed at a Premier League club meeting today that while recognizing a number of clubs are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks and challenges, it is the league’s collective intention to continue the current fixture schedule where safely possible,” the Premier League affirmed in a statement published on its official website on Monday....

“I think we need to talk about your child’s progress,” the preschool director says. Suddenly, the world changes. Preschool administrators may even pressure parents or guardians to remove their child from the school immediately, explaining “we don’t have the right facilities to help them,” or “it’s unfair to the other children.” Four Options for Coping With Preschool Now what? The good news is that state agencies and school districts in the United States are required to offer services to children with disabilities....

“Betty White brought a smile to the lips of generations of Americans,” Biden said in a tweet on Friday. “She’s a cultural icon who will be sorely missed. Jill and I are thinking of her family and all those who loved her this New Year’s Eve,” the president added. Asked by a reporter about White’s death on Friday, Biden said: “That’s a shame. She was a lovely lady. Always was....

“Yes,” Biden told reporters on Tuesday when asked whether Cuomo, a fellow Democrat and long-time Biden ally, should step down. “I’m sure some embraces were totally innocent, but apparently the attorney general decided some weren’t.” New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that Cuomo, 63, was found to have created a hostile work environment for women in violation of state and federal law. “This investigation has revealed conduct that corrodes the very fabric and character of our state government,” James told reporters during a news conference on the 165-page report....

At this point, the key to Trump’s following is President Joe Biden. No matter how bad Trump’s lawyers are (and Tuesday’s opening presentation for Trump may be the most incompetent, amateurish and ill-prepared opening I have ever seen), Biden is worse. No matter what the accusations against former President Trump are, his base can’t leave him because the alternative is so unacceptable to them. This hostility to the Washington establishment was driven home to me recently, when Scott Rasmussen reported on a survey in which 72 percent of the American people said “political elites believe they are superior to everyday Americans....

It’s past midnight, and the beefy man in room 112 of the Best Western Motel in Keene, N.H., says he has a problem. He will turn 52 this week. He’s powerful, famous and soon to be wealthy. And yet, he says, he isn’t sure what to do with the rest of his life. He has shed hi s coat, tie and shoes, and props his stockinged feet on a coffee table as he munches grapes and muses about his future....

Many observers criticized the first debate between Trump and Biden in September, which was earmarked by loud disagreements and one candidate talking over the other. Moderator Chris Wallace took flak for failing to keep the debate from devolving into a shouting match. The CPD announced measures on Monday to help ensure a more concise debate. According to the CPD, both campaigns have agreed that their candidates are to recieve two minutes of uninterrupted speaking time at the beginning of each 15-minute-long debate segment....

Morning Consult’s economic outlook report found 51 percent of U.S. adults abandoned the idea of buying a new vehicle, whether it be a car or SUV, last month and said price hikes were a major inhibitor. Half of Americans also stopped considering purchasing a new home or apartment for the same reason. “While these categories are known to be supply constrained, it is affordability—not availability—that is limiting demand,” the report stated....

Why Pain Is a Disease It might seem odd to think of pain as a disease, and the concept has been controversial in the medical community. However, chronic pain is one of the most frequent reasons people go to the healthcare provider and is a major cause of disability and suffering. Because it’s not life-threatening, people may live with it for decades, which means its personal and the societal burden is massive....

For example, cancer starting in the lungs is called primary lung cancer. If lung cancer spreads to the brain, it would be called primary lung cancer metastatic to the brain, or secondary brain cancer. In this case, the cancer cells in the brain would be lung cancer cells, not cancerous brain cells. Conversely, a person may have primary lung cancer and second primary brain cancer that is unrelated. In this case, the cancerous cells in the brain would be brain cells and not lung cells....

Virginia Giuffre says she was forced to have sex with Queen Elizabeth II’s son in London, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands. However, the Duke of York’s U.S. lawyer indicated he would fight the validity of service and told a judge in New York the case was “baseless.” David Boies, Giuffre’s lawyer, accused Andrew of playing “a game of hide and seek,” after the prince dodged service by holing up at Royal Lodge, in Windsor, and Balmoral, in Scotland....

Both Harry and Meghan have seen their popularity in Britain and the U.S. plummet in the aftermath of the publication of Spare, Harry’s “raw” and “unflinching” tell-all memoir, on January 10. The book, which contains a number of bombshell claims about the royal family, sparked a media frenzy around its publication after unauthorized copies were leaked to the U.S. and U.K. tabloid press. Spare has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time....

Anti-monarchy campaigners Republic accused the brothers of putting their relationship above the interests of Sussex Royal and The Royal Foundation. The princes previously ran their projects through the same charity, currently known as the Royal Foundation. However, when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to break away and set up Sussex Royal, the organization’s funds were split too. Some Royal Foundation money went to Sussex Royal and other cash went to Travalyst, Prince Harry’s eco-tourism venture....

Speaking to ITV’s Tom Bradby in an interview due to air on Sunday, Harry discussed the fight with William, telling the broadcaster: “I saw this red mist in him. He wanted me to hit him back, but I chose not to.” The revelation comes as Harry’s description of the altercation was published by the U.K.’s The Guardian newspaper on Thursday, after they obtained a copy of Spare, the prince’s memoir due for global release on January 10....

Harry published his memoir on January 10 and, despite being leaked to the media beforehand, became the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time, earning him a Guinness World Record. Alongside the global print and digital issues, the prince also released the memoir in audiobook form, recording the full 15-hour unabridged version in his own voice. Though the book has been a commercial success, the numerous intimate revelations made within it have earned the prince criticism and, in some cases, made him a figure of mockery....

The Duke of Sussex told NBC he wanted to ensure his grandmother had “the right people around her,” but was heavily criticized in the media with one Daily Mail columnist describing him as a “smirking assassin.” Scobie, co-author of Finding Freedom, used a new column on Yahoo News to defend Harry’s interview with Hoda Kotb. The biographer wrote: “The reality is, since the passing of Prince Philip one year ago, the Queen is living by herself....

Harry narrates the 16-hour-long audiobook himself, giving listeners the unique experience of hearing his own life story in his own words and in his own voice. Though many fans have celebrated this move, a number of clips taken from the audiobook have been uploaded to social media with listeners pointing out the bizarreness of hearing the prince describe getting frostbite on his “todger,” and seriously quoting lines from the Spice Girls number one hit Wannabe....

Christopher Andersen’s book Brothers and Wives was released on November 30 and charts the very public breakdown of Harry and Meghan Markle’s relationship with Prince William and Kate Middleton. The book triggered a rare on the record statement from the palace, dismissing it as fiction. However, the book goes beyond that single allegation, with its author believing the rift between William and Harry may even date back to childhood....

The Duke of Sussex paid tribute to Meghan Markle, saying he only woke up to the experiences of people of color after “living a day or a week in my wife’s shoes.” His comments came in a conversation with “guardian angel” Patrick Hutchinson who carried a white counter protester to safety from a Black Lives Matter march in London in June. For British GQ magazine, the prince said: “You talk about unconscious bias to start with, which you and I both know is a huge thing globally....