Johnson faced misdemeanor battery charges stemming from the June incident at Yianni’s nightclub in Tallahassee. He entered a plea deal Thursday that also included payments of nearly $900 in court costs and restitution. MORE: Worst crimes connected to athletes | 20 rape claims made against FSU in last nine years Florida State dismissed Johnson from the team after the State Attorney’s office released surveillance video of the incident that showed the player hitting the 21-year-old woman in the face....

Busch has been accused by Driscoll of domestic assault, and police in Delaware said Friday they are investigating. The Dover Police Department said the allegations were brought to the department Wednesday. Driscoll, 36, said the allegations involved an incident inside his motorhome at a race at Dover in September. The couple broke up about a week before. MORE: Kurt Busch allegations | Driscoll has filed court documents asking that a judge order Busch to stay away from her and not contact her....

“In the recent tweets and the things that I have seen, enough is enough,” Love, who previously represented Utah and was one of only two black GOP members of the House of Representatives during her tenure, said Sunday during a panel discussion on CNN’s State of the Union. “It really is disheartening,” she continued. “The greatest threat that we face is the division of America and I don’t believe that any president should be playing a part in dividing America....

Aaron Thomas, 54, resigned from North Kingstown High School in June after the accusations became public. He had been teaching and coaching at the school since the 1990s. A spokesperson for Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha confirmed the investigation this week, but did not provide additional details. Thomas is not currently facing any criminal charges. John MacDonald, Thomas’ attorney, said that the ex-coach did conduct the tests using skinfold calipers, which are used to assess skinfold thickness in order to estimate body fat....

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says Young was arrested July 9 on suspicion of felony battery with serious bodily injury for an alleged altercation with another man. MORE: NFL players arrested in 2014 Details weren’t released. He’s jailed on $105,000 bail. An after-hours call Monday to his attorney, Brian Hurwitz, wasn’t immediately returned. The 24-year-old Young was arrested a day before he was supposed to appear in Orange County court, where he’s pleaded not guilty to 11 charges stemming from a May break-in at a San Clemente home....

Steven Cash, who worked in the Manhattan DA’s office from 1987 to 1994, shared his assessment Wednesday, a day after attorney Carey Dunne from Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s office wrote that “the criminal investigation is proceeding based upon information derived from public sources, confidential informants, and the grand jury process.” Cash now serves as counsel for Day Pitney LLP. “Do not underestimate the degree to which the Manhattan DA is independent, and how little it cares, institutionally, about the politics,” Cash tweeted....

The former Yankees and Astros infielder, now a member of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, jacked a solo home run Tuesday night against the Orix Buffaloes that hit the Kirin Beer sign over the left field seats, winning him $10,000 and a year’s supply of beer. MORE: We created a craft beer for every MLB team “I think it’s pretty cool when they tell you if you hit the signs you get a prize like that,” Laird said, via The Japan Times....

MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes Robbins, 42, was arrested after allegedly attacking a woman and her daughter outside a Best Western hotel, the Orlando Sentinel reported . According to the police report, the women were standing outside the hotel when Robbins approached and began punching them repeatedly. Records show he was taken into custody shortly before 12:30 a.m. ET Tuesday and is facing two counts of felony battery....

While the quarterback normally has seemed like Belichick’s golden child, Evans recalled one incident where the Patriots coach blasted Brady after a blowout win for throwing an interception. According to the former NFL running back, Belichick made it personal, dragging Brady’s then-girlfriend (now wife) Gisele Bundchen into the roast. “I remember it was ‘07, we smoked a team by like 50 points and Bill comes in and he’s mouthing off at Brady about something,” Evans said, via Kings of Boston Sports....

According to the release, the crime happened last August. Howard Kerns, 53, was working in a USPS facility in Brunswick, Georgia when a package believed to contain marijuana arrived. The package was reportedly set aside for further inspection; however, postal management later discovered that the package had been opened and its contents removed. When Kerns was questioned about the delivery by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG), he admitted to stealing the package’s contents....

Schmidt, who previously worked on the campaigns of prominent Republicans such as President George W. Bush and the late Senator John McCain, made the remarks during a segment of MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Tuesday. Despite having worked for leading Republican politicians, the strategist officially renounced the party last year, saying it had become “corrupt” and “fully the party of Trump.” “There has never been, in the entire post-World War II period of history, from [President Harry] Truman through [President Barack] Obama, until Trump,” Schmidt said, “there has never been an act of corruption by an American president quite like this....

“Harden is a tremendous player, but he’s not bringing it for the team,” Robert Reid, a 10-year Houston veteran in the 1970s and ’80s told KHOU-TV. “I’m sorry, I’m just going to say it: Harden looks after Harden.” MORE: Rockets best coaching candidate is Jeff Van Gundy | Spurs-Thunder refereeing blunder While the Rockets are expected to begin interviewing candidates this week for their head coaching vacancy, Reid opines it should be a coach who will stand up to what he believes is Harden’s ball-hogging nature....

“If he’s a Republican candidate in 2024, yes, I will not be supporting Donald Trump in 2024,” Farah said on the Sunday evening instalment of the MSNBC’s The Mehdi Hasan Show. Farah said that she supported Republican Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney speaking out against Trump’s baseless claim that widespread voter fraud caused his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. She also said the GOP’s “complete loyalty” to Trump is “fundamentally un-conservative,” “strategically unwise” and “also morally reprehensible....

Barr has faced significant criticism over the past few days from Democrats and Trump critics over the DOJ’s handling of Roger Stone’s criminal case. Hours after four DOJ prosecutors recommended a seven to nine year sentence for the longtime Trump associate, the president railed against their decision in a tweet, calling it “horrible and unfair.” Shortly after his remarks, the DOJ publicly announced their intention to back away from the lengthy recommendation and instead seek a lesser sentence....

MORE: Hottest soccer WAGs | Today’s fixtures Oh, sorry to spoil it there for you. But that’s happening. Being listed as a candidate for 2014 is a little like being nominated for Best Actress the year Meryl Streep did Sophie’s Choice. For the calendar year 2014, he has scored 47 goals in all competitions for Real Madrid, including the ridiculous total of 16 in the first eight La Liga games of the current season....

The long-term effects of inhaling contaminated air is unknown. But New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler accuses the administration of covering up a potential health danger in order to get the economy up and running. “Many people will die early because of this,” says Nadler. In her first interview since the release of the report, Whitman tells NEWSWEEK that she did not object when the White House edited out cautionary notes by EPA scientists....

For the next six hours, the Green Berets battled desperately–and Seideman, pulling out his camera, recorded the fight. His pictures, which the Army Special Forces allowed him to release to NEWSWEEK, provide a rare glimpse of the secret war behind the lines. The public has seen few photos of actual combat during Desert Storm, and until now, no photos have been made public of the missions conducted by America’s commando forces....

The State Department notification, sent to Congress on May 5, is classified, but Newsweek has learned that in justifying the new sale of this Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), the administration stated that the “size and accuracy of the SDB I allows for an effective munition with less collateral damage.” In the latest conflict, Israeli strikes have killed more than 200 militants including 25 senior commanders, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the AP reported....

The White House prefers to focus on the more positive aspects of last week’s testimony from Gen. John Abizaid, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, and Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The generals gave a bleak assessment of the sectarian violence, but added that civil war was only a possibility, not a probability. In fact, the U.S. military in Iraq has completed several elements of contingency planning in case of civil war, based on lessons learned from Bosnia and Kosovo....

The poll conducted by Hart Research for WorkMoney found the support to be 72 percent overall, with the breakdown being 68 percent support in Alaska, 69 percent in West Virginia, and 75 percent in Arizona and Maine. “It reminds you of a natural disaster, can you imagine if congress behaved this way in response to a fire or hurricane?” said WorkMoney CEO Carrie Joy Grimes, whose 1.4 million-member group launched in response to the pandemic a year ago to advocate for economic relief for Americans....