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In a post in the online forum, where it got 14,100 upvotes at the time of this writing, Redditor Mystisc said: “Stop ‘adopting’ random cats who obviously look fine and try to find the owner. It’s not your cat just because he’s outside and coming for hugs to you.” Mystisc added, “I can’t believe people are condoning stealing cats.” Speaking to Newsweek, Francien (the original poster) said a lot of people have been “sharing photos of cats they found on the street and people commenting that they should keep the cat....

A viral video showed the bear, named ‘Tim’, give the ball to the referee prior to kick-off, with some suggesting that it was an experiment ahead of the World Cup this summer. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) France has now issued a statement on the stunt, labelling it “brutal” and “dangerous”. “As well as being archaic and cruel, showing a captive bear during a football game is very dangerous,” read a statement....

The Japanese club had a trained monkey, tied to a leash, pick up the ball and carry it to the referee before a J-League game. PETA, which campaigns for completely ethical treatment of animals, has expressed its disgust at the stunt, insisting that the monkey is being used “as a living prop”. “This stunt defies the very spirit of football – a fair game between willing participants. For the monkey, who’s being used as a living prop, it’s no game,” Elisa Allen, PETA’s UK director, told Goal....

Former Vice President Joe Biden consistently gets the most national support to date, while prospective voters are the most “enthusiastic” for senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, recent polling shows. According to a Slate analysis, the Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar and McKinsey veteran—who’s also an actual veteran—has become more popular as prospective voters get to know him, especially in Iowa and New Hampshire, key states in the Democratic primaries....

President Joe Biden has said publicly that he expects to seek a second White House term, but due to his age and sinking approval rating, some analysts have suggested he will step aside and allow another Democratic candidate to run instead. Although Harris, as vice president, would be seen by many as the first choice, her poll numbers are even worse than Biden’s—leading some to speculate about a Buttigieg campaign....

Sooner or later, however, Streisand’s glossy, florid, heartfelt opus will get to you. She knows how to spin a good story, and in Nick Nolte’s Tom Wingo she’s created a big, complex, unforgettable movie character. Tom, a charming, angry, emotionally crippled Southerner, can’t connect to his wife (Blythe Danner), and just the thought of his social-climbing mother (Kate Nelligan) makes his flesh crawl. When his fragile, poet sister (Melinda Dillon) attempts suicide in New York, he rushes to the city to help....

When plaque forms in the tunica albuginea, it pulls on the surrounding tissues and causes the penis to unnaturally curve. This usually happens during an erection. The curve in the penis leads to pain and can make sexual intercourse painful or impossible. Peyronie’s disease is believed to be caused by an injury (or repeated microtrauma) to the penis that leads to the formation of scar tissue. Most men who experience this condition require treatment with injections or surgery....

The Broncos quarterback was sacked three times and hit another seven times Thursday night. He also threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown. But he is a future Hall of Famer for a reason. MORE: Classic photos of Peyton Manning | Week 2 in photos Manning engineered a 10-play, 80-yard drive to tie the game with 36 seconds remaining, before Denver forced a Jamaal Charles fumble that Bradley Roby returned for a score to give the Broncos a 31-24 win over the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium....

As for the press conference that followed? The now former Broncos quarterback completely blew it. MORE: Peyton Manning’s 18 career milestones | NFL greats reflect on Manning’s legacy Hand it to USA Today’s Lindsay H. Jones, who asked the smartest, toughest question of the session. Shame on Manning for ending his answer with another joke. Yes, someone should have asked about how the resurfacing of a sexual assault case at the University of Tennessee has hung over Manning’s legacy like a black cloud ever since the Broncos won Super Bowl 50 a month ago....

Earlier this week, coach Gary Kubiak said Manning would have a “big workout” Saturday to evaluate the his progress. Manning has already been ruled out for Monday’s game against the Bengals, and Brock Osweiler will make his sixth start in his place. MORE: 2016 NFL mock draft | Week 16 picks | Broncos face Peyton-less reality Kubiak said (via USA Today) Manning’s workout Saturday in the team’s’ indoor facility, before the full squad took the field, “went really good,” adding Manning worked hard throwing and conditioning-wise....

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted Wednesday: “Help is on its way,” noting “the U.K. is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for supply.” The country’s National Health Service (NHS) is ready to begin vaccinating people from early next week, according to Hancock. Charlie Haynes, a producer and reporter at BBC News, shared a collage of two images noting “Christmas normally vs Christmas this year,” which has received at least 3,900 likes and 718 retweets since it was tweeted....

Pfizer’s CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC that the company’s antiviral pill, Paxlovid, which boasts an 89% effectiveness in reducing COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, should remain effective against Omicron. The company submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization of the pill on November 16. Some scientists are worried that Omicron’s mutations could make it partially resistant to current COVID-19 vaccines, raising the question of whether an extra tool is needed in the line of coronavirus defense....

However, that edition of the PGA is more widely known for Dustin Johnson’s “Bunkergate.” Johnson, now a hard-hitting 31-year-old, was given a controversial two-stroke penalty on the 72nd hole that forced him to miss out on a playoff. MORE: Images from PGA | Bad start for Tiger | Tracking McIlroy, Spieth, Zach Johnson Johnson left all demons off the course Thursday, though, as he made a clutch par save on his final hole to shoot a 6-under 66 and take the early lead....

To that end, Tiger Woods will join Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III and former captain Paul Azinger on a task force to review its scheme for the biennial competition. Last month’s competition at Gleneagles, Scotland, marked the third consecutive Ryder Cup loss by the Americans. Europe won all but twice in the past 20 years. The PGA is stinging from the 2014 loss and fallout involving captain Tom Watson and Mickelson’s subsequent criticism of him in a post-tourney news conference....

Villegas figures it’s time for both trends to change. LEADERBOARDS: PGA | LPGA | Tiger Woods: No Ryder Cup | With Rory McIlroy on Tonight After opening with a 7-under 63 on Thursday, Villegas hopes to keep it going during the second round of the final event before the PGA Tour playoffs. But early leads have been something of a curse at Sedgefield Country Club. Since the tournament returned in 2008, the only first-round leader to go on and win it was Arjun Atwal in 2010....

Steven Brandenburg had been fired from his position at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wisconsin, after admitting he had intentionally removed the vials of vaccine from refrigeration, causing them to spoil, officials reported. Brandenburg had told hospital officials, according to Reuters, that leaving the vaccines out had originally been an inadvertent error, before admitting to doing it intentionally a few days later. He had been arrested in December on felony charges of recklessly endangering safety, adulterating a prescription drug, and criminal damage to property, a police report said....

And who will Jackson take with that pick? It won’t be Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns, according to a report from the New York Post. MORE: UK uniforms through history | Duke, Badgers favorites | Phil Jackson jokes about destroying Knicks “They need a center with a big butt to hold space," says Charlie Rosen, who is one of Jackson’s closest friends. “Towns is not a big-enough body." So, in theory, Jackson is all about the junk in the trunk....

That means that though dysfunction happens, you keep it on the court. Don’t become a public, national embarrassment the way the team did under Thomas, not just for its constant roster shuffling, its .341 winning percentage in four years and for its willingness to dole out absurd contracts, but for the sexual harassment case against Thomas that the team lost in 2007 and the unflattering public accusations that attended it....

Footage aired by local news channel KYW-TV showed people entering a Foot Locker store and a Walmart in the Port Richmond neighborhood, northeast of the city center, before re-emerging armed with televisions and other goods. Police said that up to 1,000 people were involved in the looting and issued a warning for others to avoid the area of Castor and Aramingo altogether as a result of the developments. The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management also urged people to steer clear of the vicinity, saying authorities had requested residents in several districts “remain indoors except when necessary....

Ibrahim, a British billionaire born in Sudan, denounced the unequal global distribution of vaccines, as only 7 million of Africa’s 1.3 billion people are fully vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti. Regarding the popular pandemic slogan, “nobody is safe until everybody is safe,” Ibrahim said wealthy nations “say that while they are hoarding the vaccine. Can you walk the talk? Stop just talking like parrots, you know, and do you really mean what you said?...