Jackson said he never smoked marijuana before games or practices, but said it did help him recover afterward. He also said marijuana never affected his play and actually helped him because he visualized himself making plays when he was high, calling it a “performance-inspiring drug.” MORE: Two players vow to donate brain for research | Josh Gordon writes open letter to Barkley “Michael Phelps is the best swimmer that the Earth has ever produced by far....

McCaskill, who served in the Senate for two terms until she was defeated by a GOP challenger last year, raised the criticism during an interview with NBC News Meet the Press. She argued that partisan problems in Congress didn’t emerge with the impeachment of President Donald Trump, which passed largely along party lines last Wednesday. “I think the Senate was broken, Congress was broken before impeachment came along,” the former senator argued....

The letter, submitted July 9 by the state’s chief medical officer, said Michelle Fiscus should be removed from her position due to complaints about her management style and her handling of a letter explaining vaccinations rights of minors for COVID-19 shots, which angered GOP lawmakers. Now, Fiscus is accusing Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey of kowtowing to “a handful of outraged and uninformed legislators.” Fiscus’ letter described Chief Medical Officer Tim Jones as a “trusted friend and colleague,” who told her in late June that her employment was at stake....

The Liason Information Report (LIR) was dated February 20 and attributed to the FBI Office of Private Sector. “The FBI Cyber Division, in coordination with the FBI’s Office of Private Sector (OPS), prepared this LIR to inform the private sector about the threat of Russian state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) cyber activities, while tensions with Russia are heightened,” the report said. “The FBI is engaging in efforts to support the U....

That inspiring call to action remains prescient today, but in a different context and a different conflict—our battle against climate change to create a cleaner, safer and healthier planet for future generations. Once again, the world is on the brink, and we need the mobilizing urgency of a war-like footing if we are to win. Sixty years ago, my late father identified the damage humankind was inflicting on the planet and helped to found the World Wildlife Fund....

Lavrov’s career in diplomacy extends back half a century through the heat of the Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of Putin, who appointed him as foreign minister in 2004. Since then, Lavrov has served as the most senior representative of the Kremlin’s foreign policy both in Moscow and in nearly every corner of the Earth to which he’s traveled. Now, he’s in New York to attend the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which is taking place at a particularly difficult time in the international order....

What, then, can we reasonably project for the U.S. economy for, say, the year 2030? Little, unless we first specify certain assumptions. I need affirmative answers to the following questions to get started. Will the rule of law still be firm in 2030? Will we still adhere to the principle of globalized free markets, with protectionism held in check? (By protectionism, I mean not just barriers to international trade and finance but governmental restrictions against competition in domestic markets as well....

To meet your goals, you’ll need to: Understand and articulate both the larger goals and the objectives required to meet the goalsAnticipate and develop a timeline to implement all the steps along the wayManage the people and processes involved in meeting the goalsAnticipate and plan for the unexpectedCalmly and intelligently cope with setbacks and problemsFlexibly change the process, people, or timeline so as to cope with the reality that you just have to expect the unexpected....

Q: Clemson: Are you buying or selling? Jared Zabransky: Big time buy. Clemson has two very dynamic players in Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins that could be flight buddies on their way to New York and the Downtown Athletic Club at the end of the year. That’s a big problem for opposing teams. Mark two games on your calendar: Florida State on October 19 and the season finale against South Carolina on November 30....

Trump is undeniably larger than life. His huge personality and unique style were always certain to polarize. The very brashness, confidence, instinct and ego that let him accomplish more than any president in recent memory seem destined to render his remarkable achievements unsustainable. Most American politicians who galvanize movements merely pave the way for others to follow. Barry Goldwater failed so that Ronald Reagan could succeed; George McGovern did the same for Barack Obama....

In the video, now viewed nearly 1 million times, TikToker @amberlache94 shows footage of herself sitting in a clear tent. In text overlaid onto the video, she writes that she tested positive for the coronavirus the day before her shower. “I was not going to let covid kill my baby shower,” she captioned the video. In the comment section of the video, Amber explains that she tried to reschedule the party but there were no available dates before her due date....

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Sound divisive? Dastardly? Deranged? Maybe to normal folks like you and me. But to Elaine Kamarck, this is business as usual. A lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Kamarck served as an official in the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 1997 and as a senior policy adviser to Al Gore during his 2000 run. Now she’s a superdelegate and a member of the DNC’s Rules Committee–which means she has a pair of front-row seats for the loony spectacle that’s about to unfold....

“Actions by Congress to end these authorities abruptly and prematurely would be a reckless and costly mistake,” the White House statement said. Experts said it is too soon to terminate the national emergency declaration. However, when that declaration is one day lifted, it could affect plenty of COVID-19-specific policies and protections. Is Now the Right Time to End the State of Emergency? The U.S. government declared a national emergency about two years ago because the COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant public health and safety risk to Americans....

In the latest punishment dished out by FIFA, the team will be forced to play two of its 2022 home World Cup qualifiers without fans. What is the homophobic chant? In a practice believed to have started among fans in the early 2000s, Mexican national team fans join in unison to shout a Spanish-language homophobic slur (“p—,” which roughly translates to “gay prostitute”) when an opposing goalkeeper puts the ball into play on a goal kick....

“The incident released a mixture of wood fiber, water and pulping liquor. At this point, we are evaluating potential environmental impact,” Pixelle told Newsweek. “In addition, we are taking appropriate steps to stabilize the process to restore order to the mill site asap.” Original story: An explosion at the Androscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, on Wednesday, left multiple people injured, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland....

A Twitter post from Dubai’s state-run media office said the fire reportedly erupted at the Jebel Ali Port and that a team of firefighters was working to control the blaze. The video shows an explosion billowing up in giant orange flames on a stationed vessel at Jebel Ali, the busiest port in the Middle East, located on the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula. The combustion caused tremors through the city that shook buildings and windows up to 25 kilometers (15 miles) away from the port....