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In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais to promote his book A Promised Land, Obama compared the reluctance of the White House administration to accept defeat to Joe Biden with the aftermath of the 2016 election that put Trump in office. Obama said he had called to congratulate Trump on the night of his victory and made immediate plans to help the new administration, having learnt from the assistance offered by his predecessor George W....

These six films deserve to be seen, not because they’re great, but because they’re bad in very specific ways, and under the right circumstances, that’s just as good as being good. RELATED: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: Sense-less Horror Films Night of the Creeps (1986) In a conversation about great trashy horror movies, zombies tend to play a prominent role. Whether they’re supernatural, alien, scientific, or entirely unexplained, zombies have always been a great excuse for low-budget and/or novice filmmakers to get their gore on....

There have been many representations of the Joker over the years. He has been portrayed in comics, movies, video games, television shows, and even onstage. He has been both live-action and animated–in the latter, he has been voiced particularly memorably by Star Wars legend Mark Hamill. In live-action projects alone, six actors have played the Joker: Cesar Romero in the 1960s, Jack Nicholson in 1989, Heath Ledger in 2008, Cameron Monaghan in the TV show Gotham, Joaquin Phoenix in 2019’s standalone Joker, and Jared Leto in the DCEU....

The photo shows a young woman and child standing before some rather nondescript brush in the background with bright letters on the frame stating, “Mama didn’t raise a victim.” The NRA’s tweet accompanied the photo with this verbiage: “Happy Mother’s Day to all NRA moms! On top of the millions of other jobs moms have, NRA moms fight for our right to self-defense, while also defending themselves, their families, and communities....

Large near-Earth objects (NEOs)—asteroids or comets that pass close to our orbit—represent “potentially catastrophic” threats to our planet, according to the UN. With this in mind, scientists around the world are investigating how we might able to protect the Earth in the unlikely event that a space rock large enough to cause serious damage was headed right for us. Two upcoming space missions are hoping to shed light on this question—the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and Hera, managed by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), respectively....

"I'm very happy with how things are going even if the path is still long," Gallinari said. "It 'been a summer of hard work. Eight hours a day. You see the ball just in picture and the time never passes. But I can see the results of the hard work and according to the doctors I should be ready for the end of November.
" Gallinari, who usually played with the Italian national team, was forced to sit out of Eurobasket this summer, after he had already sat out the playoffs and watched as the Nuggets lost to the Golden State Warriors in the first round....

Two prolific offenses invade Pasadena for the BCS Championship Game on Monday. No. 1 Florida State (13-0) leads the nation with 53.0 points per game. No. 2 Auburn (12-1) ranks ninth in scoring with 40.2 points per game. Counting on close to 100 points might not be a stretch. HAYES: Winston’s world | Sounds like Saban | Prosch’s journey | Storylines PHOTOS: 2013 top moments | Bowls | Freak athletes...

You’ve heard the excuse, “Well, they haven’t played anybody.” Well, there’s a way to figure that out. Here’s a closer look at how all the Power 5 conference teams have fared against ranked teams since 2009, according to StatsPass.com. MORE: ACC | Big 12 | Big Ten | Pac-12 | SEC Stanford: 19-5, .792 2. Alabama: 23-7, .767 3. Oregon: 17-7, .708 4. Ohio State: 13-7, .650 5. LSU 20-11, ....

The room was open so Final Four media could ask players questions, but Burke still had potatoes and broccoli in his Styrofoam container, so he used the opportunity to get in the last few bites. “I have a high metabolism, so I get hungry a lot,” the Michigan State sophomore forward said on Thursday. “I’ve got to eat whenever I have the chance.” Playing Division I basketball, particularly at the highest levels like at the Final Four, has become a year-round job....

It would be a bit surprising that Nintendo would allow any games featuring its most popular characters to venture outside of its bubble since they are notoriously protective of its star characters, but it seems like that may soon happen. The sleuths over on Reddit and GamingBible are lead to believe that there could be a possibility that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Super Mario Bros Wii could be up for release on PC....

One Superstar who had a unique reaction on Twitter was NXT Superstar and former NXT UK Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley. Ripley, who made a massive impression on the WWE Universe two weeks ago on SmackDown, took to Twitter to say, “The child in me is crying right now!” Sportskeeda’s Tom Colohue reported just last month that Punk’s return was “only a phone call away,” with Triple H also previously saying WWE were open for business regarding a potential comeback....

On Friday, the mayor announced during a speech at Manhattan’s Fulton Street Subway Station his intent to drive “fear” out of the city’s iconic transportation option through a plan centered around bettering the enforcement of existing rules and improving services to support the homeless who sometimes rely on the service for shelter. “People tell me about their fear of using the system, and we are going to ensure that fear is not New York’s reality,” he said....

The husband and wife were confronted by fellow ferry passengers and NYPD officers Saturday night after they refused the captain’s orders to either wear a mask or find another way back to their Bay Ridge neighborhood home in Brooklyn, New York. Video recorded by Gothamist’s Jake Offenhartz shows the couple engaging in a 45-minute standoff in which they can be heard saying they were singled out because of their race....

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio had already urged residents to remain indoors during the storm’s high winds, heavy rains, flooding and tornado warning. Shortly before midnight, he issued the state of emergency. “I’m declaring a state of emergency in New York City tonight,” de Blasio tweeted nearly a half hour before midnight. “We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads....

“I disagree with President Trump on many things, but I actually think the travel ban piece of his strategy is in many ways warranted,” De Blasio told CNN New Day host John Berman on Thursday. The virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has affected more than two-thirds of U.S. states and infected about 1,000 people. To reduce the possibility of further spread, Trump announced on Wednesday that he was expanding travel restrictions to the United States from the 26 European countries in the Schengen Area....

Taylor did not bat in the second innings of the series-opening test in Christchurch after having an preliminary eye test on the first day and was a doubt for the second match at Seddon Park in Hamilton starting on Friday. After New Zealand wrapped up victory on Sunday, coach Mike Hesson said the 32-year-old former skipper had experienced a problem with vision out of the eye for about a year and a test showed it may have deteriorated “quicker” than hoped....

A New Zealand bouncer who leaked CCTV footage of former England centre Mike Tindall’s drunken antics during the 2011 Rugby World Cup was convicted Thursday of stealing the video. The grainy images of Tindall flirting with an old flame just weeks after marrying Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter, created global headlines and were blamed for derailing England’s World Cup campaign. A jury in the Invercargill District Court found Jonathan Dixon, a bouncer who worked at the nightclub where Tindall had been drinking, dishonestly obtained property by accessing the venue’s computer system....

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New Zealand romped home in the first Test with a win by an innings and 134 runs and finished the game off early on Day 4. Skipper Kane Williamson led from the front for the Black Caps with a career-best 251 in their only innings in the Test, as they scored 519 runs and lost seven wickets. West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl first on a greenish track, but the bowlers didn’t hit the right lengths at all apart from the opening period....

Klopp revolution only just beginning O’Neill’s men edged past Georgia with a 1-0 win on Thursday in a scrappy affair as Ireland toiled for long periods before Seamus Coleman’s winner. However, the former Sunderland boss insisted that victory was typical of his side and is hoping they can now battle to another three points in their next fixture. “What’s lost is that we actually won the game [against Georgia] with a piece of brilliance from Seamus,” he told a news conference....