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McCarthy delayed quick passage of President Joe Biden’s social spending and climate package on Thursday night with his oration. Throughout, many moments caught the attention of viewers for their strangeness…here are five you may have missed. Becoming a Republican in Grade 6 McCarthy highlighted what made him want to become a Republican at a young age. He said: “I talk about what made me a Republican. I was in the sixth grade, I turned on the TV and I watched Jimmy Carter have a sweater on and tell me to turn the heating down....

However, Caps coach Barry Trotz added a little fuel to the rivalry’s fire following practice Thursday. NHL Power Rankings: Caps and Rangers both moving in right direction Asked about defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, who Washington acquired before last year’s trade deadline and who subsequently signed as a free agent with his hometown Rangers on July 1, Trotz provided an honest and, perhaps, less than PC, response. “I think everybody thought of him as a 1-2 (defenseman), and he wasn’t,” said Trotz....

Kikhwesiil Thokhwe simply laughed when asked about this, his coronation as the ultimate wrestler. “I was not bad at all,” he said modestly. “But that is an exaggeration, just the love of my villagers,” he added. To be fair, Kikhwesiil had won many national, state and district titles during the Nineties. The catch was that it was in a unique style of wrestling called Naga wrestling. “Wrestling was a lifestyle for me....

The decision to recognise Kho-Kho was taken in the General Assembly of the OCA held here on August 19. Kho-Kho will now be included as a demonstration sport in the Asian Indoor Games, with the possibility of being included as a discipline in the next Asian Games, official sources told PTI. “It is great that India’s indigenous sport Kho-Kho has been recognised as a discipline in the Asian Games. This development demonstrates the growing influence of India in the world of sports and will take Kho-Kho beyond the shores of the country across Asian nations and perhaps soon to the world,” Rathore said...

The 63-year-old kidnapped the woman and kept her in a caravan, subjecting her to a savage assault, beating her with a table leg, slapping her, threatening her with a knife and punching her in the eye. The victim, who is understood to be 20 years younger than her partner, was then punched in the back, leaving her gasping, before being dragged by her hair and thrown on to the bed where she was raped....

Kaleb Franks, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges in February, said during his testimony on Thursday that alleged plot leader Adam Fox believed the abduction would be justified because Whitmer, a Democrat, had imposed “tyrannical” public health restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Franks said that another alleged co-conspirator, Barry Croft Jr., suggested that military-grade weapons would be used to fight the governor’s security team during the planned attack at her vacation home in September 2020....

The Jackson State senior guard, who had previously served as the team manager, took the floor for the first time in his career Monday night against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. His first few shot attempts failed to find the bottom of the net, but with less than a minute to go in regulation, Lee launched from way downtown and … splash. MORE: Latest March Madness bracket predictions Just listen to the reaction from the Lee E....

Zero championships. One playoff series win. Two unhappy superstars. And the longest three years in Nets history. Both Durant and Irving want out, and the Nets’ uncertain future hands in the balance. Especially given the massive haul of future picks they paid to land James Harden only for that situation to implode, it’s an understatement to say the direction of the Nets’ franchise depends entirely on what kind of return they get if and when they trade KD and Kyrie....

MORE: A little bit of advice for KD in free agency The 27-year-old has met with several teams since becoming a free agent, including the Thunder. Durant has called Oklahoma City home the past nine seasons, and he allowed the Thunder to get the last word on Sunday afternoon. He’s also met with the Heat, Spurs, Clippers and Celtics. Adding Durant to the Warriors would give the team the last three MVPs, teaming him with back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry as well as All-Stars Klay Thompson and Draymond Green....

Durant thought he may have torn it himself. “Once I came down from the shot, I pushed off to run back down court (and) I thought somebody tripped me up,” Durant told reporters on Friday, via The Athletic. “And I looked back and I’m like, the first thing that came to my mind was like, Boogie said, Kobe said, Dominique Wilkins said, you know, it felt like somebody had kicked them or something tripped them or something....

After a brutal first round for both McGregor and Dustin Poirier, the Irishman snapped his tibia with just seconds left on the clock. It led to a doctor’s stoppage and TKO victory for the American in the trilogy fight, backing up his impressive performance in January against McGregor. The 32-year-old former double champ has a checkered history with both men, and he let his emotions get the better of him in a postfight interview with Joe Rogan....

Now, it’s a little less certain. SIGN UP to watch select KHL games on DAZN On Saturday, the KHL suggested it would consider withdrawing players from the 2018 Winter Games in a protest of the IOC’s ongoing investigations into Russian athletes from other sports suspected of using banned substances before or during the 2014 Games in Sochi. Such a decision would have far-reaching effects on an already depleted men’s ice hockey talent pool for the United States, Canada and many European countries....

The social-networking website has been accused for sharing data of 87 million Facebook users with Cambridge Analytica, a political research firm. Reports suggest that Cambridge Analytica used this information to psychologically profile Trump voters during the 2016 US election. Dressed in a crisp white shirt and blue suit, Zuckerberg answered a series of questions thrown at him regarding the breach of privacy and for providing user data to third-party partners without users’ knowledge....

These days, almost everything we write is done via keyboards, either the one on our laptop or the virtual keyboard on our phone screen. Everything from lecture notes to shopping lists is typed. We’re so accustomed to typing that writing on paper can even become painful after a few hundred words. But handwriting confers benefits, both physical and psychological. And if you’re taking lecture or meeting notes, you’d do well to switch to a pencil....

Annual Percentage Rate (APR) This is also known as an interest rate, and is the money that it costs to take out a loan. Payday loans usually just have one flat charge to borrow money for two weeks or a month, but it can be worked out as an APR and, when compared to other loans, (mortgages for example) it becomes clear how expensive these loans are. Auto Title Loans Also known simply as ‘Title Loans’, these are often longer term loans offered by payday loan companies that require customers to put up the title of their vehicle as collateral against the loan....