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Shultz served as secretary of state for six years under former President Ronald Reagan and is credited with steering a peaceful U.S. foreign policy at the close of the Cold War. In addition to secretary of state, Shultz served as treasury secretary, director of management and budget, and labor secretary under former President Richard Nixon. “He was a true Marine by countenance, determination & strength. An American patriot always,” former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a tweet....

Give Susan Sarandon a call. When Jonathan Tasini ran against Sen. Clinton in New York’s Democratic Senate primary in 2006, he was surprised not to get more help from Hollywood, considering how antiwar he was. He says he was told that although some in the entertainment community liked his position on the Iraq War and didn’t want her to be president, they were reluctant to take her on. Back in New York, several Democratic elected officials privately encouraged Tasini, but refused to be seen in photos with him....

The battle over Dean’s records began last year when three Vermont newspapers took him to court after being denied access to his official schedule. Reporters were trying to track Dean’s out-of-state political trips. State lawyers argued that release of the schedule could jeopardize his safety and that the governor’s office was not a public “agency” covered by state open-records law–two notions rejected by the Vermont Supreme Court. (The court ultimately ruled that those portions of the schedule related to his political trips had to be released, but those relating to state policy could be redacted....

Overall, American adults disapprove of the protests, led by Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem, 54 to 38 percent. MORE: National anthem protests around sports More specifically, black adults approve of the protests 74 to 17 percent, while white adults disapprove 63 to 30 percent, the study found. “There is a profound racial divide over athletes who refuse to stand for the National Anthem and deep differences over whether the police can be trusted,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll....

Traumatic brain injury, memory loss and death are just a few of the serious side effects of concussions, something that many deem just comes with the territory of playing football. MORE: SN’s All-SEC team | Ranking SEC coaches | SEC’s superlatives: best of the best In a recent poll by CBS that covered several topics, 42 SEC players were asked on a scale of 0 to 5, with 0 not being concerned and 5 being extremely concerned, how they felt about concussions and the risks concussions pose towards their future health....

“This hatred for polygamists … I felt it ever since I was a child,” says Charise Dutson, manager and part owner of the Merry Wives. Today Dutson is a member of Centennial Park, an Arizona group that split from the FLDS but continues to practice polygamy. Three teenagers who are part of Centennial Park call Jeffs a fraud with no direct line to God. The verdict, meanwhile, worries them all....

There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes occurs when a person doesn’t produce enough insulin, while type 2 occurs when a person doesn’t respond to insulin or is insulin-resistant. Roughly 34.2 million American adults have at least one of these two types of diabetes, which is about one in 10 people. Three specific ailments are most common in people with diabetes: polydipsia, polyuria, and polyphagia, which are known as the three P’s of diabetes....

A total of 165 explosives were dropped on the site during nine bombing runs on August 24, 1943, ahead of the Allied invasion of mainland Italy. However, a new investigation has shown that unexploded bombs still lie in vast parts of the 66-hectare site, located near present-day Naples. Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that there were no official documents for the location of 10 of the dropped bombs. To back up this assertion, it published documents from the country’s National Aerial Photographic Archive, including a bombing map, and cited interviews with archaeologists....

“I’m very confident that the world will look at China differently and engage with them on fundamentally different terms than they did before this catastrophic disaster,” Pompeo told The Hill’s Editor-in-Chief Bob Cusack on Wednesday. Pompeo said the rest of the world will “absolutely” make China pay the price of the global health crisis and singled out China, where COVID-19 was originally diagnosed, as the national security priority for the Trump administration....

Pompeo on Sunday morning responded to reports that four students — three men and one woman between the ages of 16 and 21 — were arrested on suspicion of organizing and inciting secession, Hong Kong police said. The students’ phones, documents and computers were seized as part of what Pompeo and other members of the Trump administration have described as an attempt to pull back on Hong Kong’s autonomy. The secretary of state has accused several state-run Chinese companies of “serious human rights abuses....

Benedict was known to be very unwell, with Pope Francis describing him as “very sick” on Wednesday, and asking for prayers to help his successor “to the very end.” In February 2013 Benedict, a theological conservative, shocked the world by announcing he would become the first pope to abdicate from the post since Gregory XII in 1415. After stepping down, and being replaced by Pope Francis, he continued to live within the Vatican, adopting the name Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after his resignation....

The pontiff delivered the message on BBC Radio 4’s “Thought for the Day” on Friday and urged politicians who are set to gather in Glasgow for COP26 to pursue “radical solutions” to current crises. Biden will meet with the pope in Rome ahead of a G20 summit in the city before traveling to the U.K. for the climate conference. The trip comes after congressional Democrats postponed a vote on the president’s spending plans, which include climate change measures....

The dress code, which was implemented at Double Bay’s Bedouin, was created to “discourage intimidating appearances” and “make patrons feel comfortable,” Sky News reported. “We value our customers and community stakeholders and have always implemented house rules that include a dress policy that discourages intimidating appearances,” Bedouin co-licensee Poata Okeroa told The Daily Telegraph via 7 News. The policy will be enforced on staff and patrons alike, meaning that any customer with visible tattoos or “designer labeled apparel,” will be barred from entering the restaurant....

In a press conference on Friday, Wheeler attributed the rioting on New Year’s Eve to “violent antifa and anarchists” who broke windows, spray-painted, and caused thousands of dollars worth of damage. Wheeler said he was working with District Attorney Mike Schmidt to hold those involved accountable for their actions, saying that his office was looking to prosecute those involved in rioting. He also laid out three points that he believes will help put an end to violent actions that had affected the city....

Wheeler was met with tear gas several times as he stood by a fence guarding the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse during yet another night of demonstrations in the Oregon city. Mike Baker, a correspondent for The New York Times, posted a video on Twitter where Wheeler, wearing goggles and a surgical mask, said the pain from the gas made it “hard to breathe.” Baker shared another video where Wheeler is seen struggling to speak to people as a whirring leaf blower is pointed at his head....

Photos and videos shared on Twitter showed a U.S. flag burning. Police said an officer was punched in the face and later tear gas was used to disperse the crowds. Windows at the courthouse were smashed and plywood hoardings surrounding the building were damaged during the demonstration. The protest came just days after a metal security fence that had surrounded the building for more than eight months was removed. Portland has seen widespread protests since last year, largely against racial inequality and police brutality....

The activists tore down statues of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln and some protesters smashed windows at the Oregon Historical Society. The group of about 200 kicked off the night by marching through downtown Portland at 8:30 p.m. A bronze statue of Teddy Roosevelt officially titled “Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider,” was torn down. Some took a blowtorch to its base and splattered it with red paint, while others pulled with ropes until the statue fell at 8:51 p....

Schlatter, the Vikings’ fourth-leading tackler, helped the team upset Washington State and reach the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs this past season in his second season in the program. MORE: Notable deaths of 2016 “My heart is with the Schlatter family. They are our focus right now,” Portland State coach Bruce Barnum said in a statement. “We lost a diamond that will never be replaced. He was the definition of what we are about at PSU....

The Monaco midfielder swept in two near-identical efforts in the first half to send Fernando Santos’ side on their way to victory before substitute Pizzi and Andre Silva netted after the break. Portugal’s four-match winning run ended in March when they were beaten at home by Sweden but this was a far more encouraging performance, even in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is on Real Madrid duty for Saturday’s Champions League final....

The versatile 25-year-old lasted just 25 minutes of a glamour clash at Wembley Stadium on Friday. 9/2 for Ireland & Denmark to draw 0-0 Jones had been selected from the start by Gareth Southgate, but was struggling from the 10-minute mark. He endeavoured to run a groin complaint off, but eventually left the field with his thigh heavily strapped. Southgate has conceded that Jones was nursing the knock when linking up with his country, but does not consider his latest setback to be serious....