Southwark Crown Court was told that Charlie Elphicke, who was MP for Dover, is alleged to have shouted “I’m a naughty Tory” after assaulting the woman who he had invited into his home for a drink in 2007. The woman is said to have run down the stairs and feared for her safety. Jurors heard that Elphicke opened a bottle of wine and started asking the woman about her sexual preferences and whether she liked “bondage and whips”....

Mike Martz has seen both ends of success in the football spectrum: He was a Super Bowl-winning coach with the Rams as part of the “Greatest Show on Turf,” but he has also been at the helm of some very bad offenses. One such team was his brief stint with the Lions: Martz’s Detroit squads were bereft of offensive talent, and it resulted in two bottom-of-the-barrel offensive units in 2006 and 2007....

“It’s clear to me that when it comes to this congressional district, people are looking for another option, and I respect that,” de Blasio said in a video shared to Twitter on Tuesday. “Time for me to leave electoral politics and focus on other ways to serve,” he wrote in the caption. De Blasio, who served two terms as mayor of the most populous city in the U.S., was running to represent New York’s newly redrawn 10th congressional district, which includes neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn, in this year’s midterm elections....

Saint Louis University has hired Ford to fill its vacant men’s basketball coaching position, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. MORE: Highest-paid coaches | Offseason coaching moves Ford, 46, compiled a 155-111 record during his time in Stillwater, Okla., including five NCAA Tournament appearances. But he was let go March 18 after the Cowboys went 12-20 (3-15 Big 12) and failed to earn a ticket to the Big Dance for the first time since 2012....

Cory Evans, 34, previously pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law for the assault that took place during unrest prompted by the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, in May 2020. U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings sentenced Evans on Tuesday to two years’ imprisonment and two years’ supervised release. Evans had been working as part of the Louisville Metro Police Department’s Special Response Team on May 31, 2020, when he followed a group of people around downtown Louisville to make arrests for unlawful assembly and violations of curfew, according to a news release from the Department of Justice....

The story was shared on Sunday by Reddit user NoTGoingThank, and now has more than 26,000 upvotes and thousands of comments. In the post, the Redditor explained: “My boyfriend’s parents paid for them, my boyfriend’s siblings, and their significant others to all go on a flight to Cabo for spring break. Becky, his mom, hasn’t seemed to like me for some reason, she always makes snide remarks about my parent’s blue-collar jobs and my field is nursing....

Off the field, brothers Ma’ake Kemoeatu, an ex-Raven, and Chris Kemoeatu, an ex-Steeler, are closer than close. When Chris’ pro football career was cut short because he needed a kidney transplant, his older brother, whose organ was good match, quit the Ravens and donated his kidney to his 31-year-old brother. University of Maryland Medical Center transplant surgeon Dr. Stephen Bartlett said Wednesday that the surgery done Aug. 27 was a great success, and both brothers are on their way to recovery....

Speaking to CBS News on Sunday, Esper admitted he had personally been shown no evidence detailing Soleimani’s supposed plots, but also denied that Trump was overplaying the threat the Iranian commander posed. Michael McFaul—who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama—was among those perturbed by Esper’s comments. McFaul wrote on Twitter that the admission was “shocking” and raised doubts about Trump’s explanation. “Unless standard operating procedures for sharing intelligence in the [U....

A U.S. bankruptcy judge found Eyman in default and mandated his bankruptcy case be shifted to Chapter 7 from Chapter 11, according to the Seattle Times. Chapter 7 means the court appoints a trustee who will sell Eyman’s assets and give the proceeds to his debtors, mainly the state. Eyman must make monthly payments of $10,000 to pay his fine and other fees, although he has failed to make his last four payments....

These promotional items came out after the actor was hit with accusations of sexual abuse and rape (which he denies). When the trailer came out, many online pointed out how little Hammer was in it – a Sun headline, for example, described him as “nearly cut out” of the promo, while Variety said he “barely” featured. His character also did not get an individual poster. With the Call Me By Your Name actor featuring so little in the trailer, viewers could be led to believe he only plays a small, supporting performance in the film....

Next week, Pentagon officials will tap up to 1,000 personnel and six helicopters to head to the U.S.-Mexico border, the Defense Department confirmed to Newsweek. Drones and reconnaissance planes could be going with them, documents obtained by this publication show, as the militarization of the southwest border continues to grow. The troops and military hardware are expected to arrive at the border around August 15 to backfill the gap created six months ago, according to a Pentagon spokesman....

In an odd twist resulting from redistricting, both Ryan and Molinaro will be on the ballot again in November, but not facing each other. Ryan will be facing Republican Colin Schmitt in the newly created 18th District, while Molinaro will be running once again for the 19th District seat, this time facing Democrat Josh Riley. The “old 19th” has earned its bellwether status as a swing district with an uncanny history of picking presidents — it has gone for the winner in the presidential election in the last seven elections, dating back to 1996....

The undisputed showdown in the women’s lightweight division was confirmed on Thursday, with the Irish and Puerto Rican icons becoming the first female headliners in Madison Square Garden’s long and storied boxing history. But a date of April 30 means the DAZN fight night — surely the biggest women’s bout of all time — will go head-to-head with the men’s junior-lightweight unification on ESPN. Although Arum has since claimed “people don’t particularly pay attention to women’s fights,” Hearn is confident the eyes of the world will be on Taylor vs....

Mark Oliva, the director of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearms industry’s trade group, said the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) informed his organization that the number of background checks processed on March 16 soared by 300 percent over the same day in 2019. Federal background checks—which are performed by the FBI and are required when transactions occur through licensed dealers—are seen as a general proxy for gun sales....

The connection, just discovered by congressional investigators, has stunned some top counterterrorism officials and raised new concerns about the information-sharing among U.S. law-enforcement and intelligence agencies. The two hijackers, Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi, were hardly unknown to the intelligence community. The CIA was first alerted to them in January 2000, when the two Saudi nationals showed up at a Qaeda “summit” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. FBI officials have argued internally for months that if the CIA had more quickly passed along everything it knew about the two men, the bureau could have hunted them down more aggressively....

Ali says he followed Saddam up the gallows steps, escorted by two guards. He stood over the hole and filmed from close quarters as Saddam dropped through—from “me to you,” he said, crouching down to show how he shot the scene. The distance, he said, was “about one meter,” he said. “He died absolutely, he died instantly.” Ali said Saddam’s body twitched, “shaking, very shaking,” but “no blood,” he said, and “no spit....

Executive privilege, rooted in Article Two of the Constitution, empowers the president to confer confidentially with members of his staff without fear that these secret communications will be made public. It is akin to similar privileges such as those with one’s lawyer, priest, doctor and spouse. Their purpose is to encourage candid communications that are intended to remain secret. But now, the Biden administration is claiming that communications made by President Donald Trump when he was in office can be waived by subsequent presidents....

A recent guide for exercising post-COVID-19 published in the BMJ looks to answer some of those questions. The report, led by David Salman, PhD, an academic clinical fellow in primary care at the Imperial College London, recommends waiting for seven days after major symptoms have stopped before starting to slowly build up physical activity by phases. Relying on the Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale, they offer four phases of activity, starting with light intensity exercises such as walking, yoga, or stretching—activities that can be completed with no shortness of breath....

In the hamlet of Mollis, population 3,000, a road the width of a single car was renamed Anna Göldi Way for the 225th anniversary of her death on June 13. In a mansion along the road, on a grassy gated lot, a new permanent exhibition at the local museum details Göldi’s ordeal. Just as American schoolchildren read Arthur Miller’s McCarthy-era parable “The Crucible,” about 17th-century superstition and persecution in Salem, Mass....

Four in Oregon: The win over Arizona negated the loss earlier this year to the Wildcats and gave the Ducks the best resume of anyone in the field. Alabama: The Crimson Tide may not be the dominant teams of the past, but no Alabama team under Nick Saban has improved over the season like this one. The Tide are No. 2, but clearly the team to beat. Florida State: After struggling all season for a statement win, the ‘Noles at least made it look good enough against a hot Georgia Tech team....