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Videos emerged early this week showing a man, later identified as pro-Trump provocateur Dion Cini, being swarmed by several staffers and members of the public as he waved a large “MAGA” flag around New York City’s Wollman Rink. The Trump Organization has owned the Central Park skating rink in partnership with the city since the mid-1980s. City officials had initially said Sunday would be the final day of skating at both Central Park rinks, Wollman and Lasker, as they sever city contract ties with the former president’s company....

In a statement emailed to Newsweek, Shea expressed that the NYPD is “deeply saddened” over their “first Coronavirus pandemic casualty.” The deceased, Dennis C. Dickson, was a custodian assigned to Police HQ and a 14-year veteran of the NYPD family, he said. Dickson passed away on Thursday at Kings County Hospital. “Mr. Dickson was a revered member of the custodial staff at Police Headquarters once spending 17 days at the headquarters building during Super Storm Sandy assisting with emergency cleanup operations,” Shea added....

Japan’s captain, Ashley Thurgate will expect his men to repeat their performances from the qualifiers, where they won all four of their matches. On the other hand, Jesse Tashkoff will hope that his team gets back on track after a disappointing performance in the recently concluded Under-19 Quadrangular Series in South Africa. The fans should expect a lopsided encounter at Potchefstroom and here are a few fantasy tips for the game between NZ-U19 and JPN-U19....

England first innings 307: New Zealand first innings 278 England second innings 352-9 dec New Zealand second innings (overnight 42-0) T. Latham c Vince b Leach 83 J. Raval c Stoneman b Broad 17 K. Williamson c Bairstow b Broad 0 R. Taylor c Cook b Leach 13 H. Nicholls c Cook b Anderson 13 B. Watling c Anderson b Wood 19 C. de Grandhomme c Leach b Wood...

Less than two weeks after the court decision opened the door for college athletes to receive a small portion of the millions of dollars they help generate, several attorneys told The Associated Press they believe the NCAA should now attack that cap. Wilken ruled Aug. 8 that the NCAA violated antitrust law by restricting schools from providing money beyond current scholarship limits to athletes. She said schools should be allowed to put up to $5,000 per year of competition into a trust fund for football players and men’s basketball players, money that could be collected once they are finished with school....

Players Conventional Wisdom Ito (down) Blew it. Hypnotized by Cochran, lost control of the trial. Paging Judge Wapner. Cochran (down) Says sleazy rule-breaking an “honest mistake.” Sure. You wonder why we hate hired guns? Clark (up) Powerful opening statement topped by hardball response to defense dissembling. Sic ’em. Darden (up) Blue-collar civil servant slam-dunks Dream Team. CW sez: A star is born. Camera Survives Ito’s irrational tantrum. But we missed seeing O....

Malcolm LaVergne, who represents the former NFL player, asked the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn a $33.5 million settlement owed to Fred Goldman, the father of Ron Goldman. LaVergne also asked for the remaining money owed in another settlement owed to a Connecticut man named Paul Dorsey, who owns the rights to the money owed to Sharon Rufo, the mother of Ron Goldman. “I will be appealing both of those,” LaVergne said on Friday, “and there will be more motions at the trial level....

The game started in a frenetic fashion with end-to-end exchanges, and the former Newcastle United forward almost gave the hosts the lead in the 11th minute after sneaking to poke a long throw-in, at the near post. In the 38th minute, he would, however, get lucky with his craft after he evaded several Shanghai defenders to convert a well-worked low cross past Junling Yan. Although, André Villas-Boas’ men threatened to leave the Hongkou Football Stadium with a draw, the hosts were resilient nullifying the threats of Brazil internationals, Hulk and Oscar to end the tie 1-0....

I come from an African-American family of women born and raised in the Deep South of Augusta, Ga., a place where my grandmother, equipped with just a fifth-grade education, sent each of her eight daughters to college (and beyond) even after the death of my grandfather in the late ’50s. In her world, being a woman in control wasn’t something she had the luxury of deciding to fight for. She just was....

There is, of course, a degree of difficulty in doing a second season of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Some don’t think there’s all that much story to tell about the man who eventually becomes “Old Ben” in the original Star Wars trilogy. Of course, that’s not really the case considering he’s still relatively young during the setting of this series. However, so far, there hasn’t been much information about Lucasfilm’s plans for the streaming series....

Djokovic, who is closing in on the all-time record for most Grand Slam titles, has scripted many an impressive win at Wimbledon. On that note, we take a look at his five best triumphs at SW19. #5 2014 quarterfinal: Novak Djokovic def. Marin Cilic 6-1, 3-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-2 After dropping just one set en route to his fifth-straight Wimbledon quarterfinal in 2014, Novak Djokovic faced a formidable challenge in the last eight against Marin Cilic....

That was a decade ago. But who’s laughing now? The revolution he foresaw, facilitated by the increasing power of desktop computers and the rise of affordable digital (DV) camcorders, is underway. Dubbed the “microcinema movement,” it’s the biggest technological change in moviemaking since the arrival of lightweight 16mm cameras in the ’50s and ’60s, which made possible the New Wave and cinema verite. Digital video–fed from your camcorder into your home computer, where you can edit it, jazz it up with spinning titles and special effects, then convert the finished product onto videotape or send it onto the Web for public consumption–is democratizing filmmaking, creating a nation of do-it-yourself auteurs....

With Microsoft and the Xbox 360 leading the charge in almost every category, it looks like gamers have started seeing green.Currently, there haven’t been any actual sales figures released but the attached graph (shown above) has the Xbox 360 selling approximately twice as many online-capable games as the PS3, and seven times as many as the Wii during 2010. The data also shows that regardless of the split, there’s been a drastic increase in online-capable games between 2006-2008....

Jokic remains in his native Serbia having reportedly tested positive for coronavirus as the NBA plans to resume after the 2019-20 season was suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league is set to return via a 22-team format at the Disney World complex in Orlando, Fla., on July 30, with the New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers in action on the first day back....

Heather Alfonso, a former advanced practice registered nurse, prescribed more than $2.5 million worth of Subsys, a fentanyl spray, in claims submitted to Medicare. Her patients largely did not have cancer, the condition for which the drug was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Her case is part of a larger investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of Insys Therapeutics, a drug firm recently convicted for bribing providers to peddle its premiere fentanyl medication....

In a statement issued by the SEC, it confirmed that Nvidia reported “material growth in revenue within its gaming business” via two official forms for fiscal year 2018. However, upon investigation, the SEC found that this growth in gaming-focused GPU sales was not a result of purchases within the gaming industry. Rather, it was driven “in significant part” by cryptomining, which the SEC requires companies to disclose in their fiscal reporting....

According to a recent report, the cost of Nvidia cards has seen an increase since October, a trend that has been ongoing since August, with the highest increase being 95% over retail value, especially for places like Europe. However, while AMD products are also still above the MSRP, it seems as though they’ve gone down since last month, despite them also increasing since the end of summer along with Nvidia GPUs....

Trump, who has voiced a desire to see states re-open businesses by May 1, said during Monday’s White House coronavirus briefing, “The president of the United States calls the shots. [The states] can’t do anything without the approval of the president of the United States.” However, when MSNBC commentator Chris Hayes asked Cuomo whether that statement was true, Cuomo said, “No, that is not true. I don’t know why the president said it....

Villa was the first player signed by NYCFC when the club joined the league prior to the 2015 season. After missing the playoffs in its inaugural season, the 35-year-old forward led the club to a second-place finish in the Eastern Conference behind crosstown rival New York Red Bulls. Goal believes Giovinco was the real MVP “I’m very proud to represent NYCFC and to receive this award,” Villa said. “It’s a big day for me because this is one of the things I said I wanted to do when I came here two years ago....