“He’s under indictment for campaign finance charges. The foreign minister of Ukraine told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he doesn’t trust a word Parnas is saying,” said Tapper. He then criticized “people out there on social media—Democrats” who, in his point of view, were “acting as if this guy is the second coming of Theodore Roosevelt or something.” Nia Malika-Henderson, CNN’s senior political reporter, replied that this might be a good reason for Parnas to testify under oath....

Adams is entering his fourth year in a Jets uniform, so he’s now eligible for a long-term extension. Adams has been pretty vocal about it, and now he sounds like he’s just about done with the Jets. It’s understandable, considering his desire for a new contract comes after back-to-back years of being named to the NFL’s All Pro team, and his first All-Pro nod in 2020. Earlier Thursday, in a response to an Instagram user, Adams made it clear he still wants his money and cast doubt about his Jets future:...

Jameel McCline was a tenant in a brutal and torturous environment long before emerging as a heavyweight contender during the talent-laden 1990s. An inmate at New York State’s Attica hellhole, alongside the ‘Son of Sam’ and Mark Chapman, McCline considered the notorious correctional facility, along with Rikers Island, home during his late teens and early twenties. Trapped in darkness with only the beat of his heart and inner-voice keeping him company, McCline was unable to imagine the next day, let alone envisage gruelling ring battles against the likes of Wladimir Klitschko and Shannon Briggs....

Friday morning, Winston’s attorney David Cornwell released a statement regarding the lawsuit. MORE: Latest Mock Draft | Draft’s riskiest picks | Decade of drafts for each NFL team Kinsman filed the suit exactly two weeks before Winston is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Her allegations stem from a December 2012 sexual encounter. Kinsman also has filed a Title IX lawsuit against Florida State that remains pending; the school has argued it should be dismissed....

Audiences in the U.K. will get their first look at No Time to Die on November 12, while U.S. fans will have to wait until November 25. The decision to push the film’s release back is being characterized as “an economic” one by Deadline, and less one about the safety of attending movie theaters. In a statement, the producers and studios behind the Cary Joji Fukunaga-directed blockbuster explained the thinking behind the postponement....

While speaking Monday on “NFL Total Access,” the Steelers running back said he anticipates assuming a comparable workload to the one he carried for the team in 2018 before missing the final three games of the regular season with an ankle injury. “I’ll have a similar role. I’m healthy, first and foremost, I’m 100% healthy now. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there,” Conner said. “But we got talent in that room....

But the British comedian has also carved out something of a niche in the world of musicals—and people are sick of it. The modern musical version of the beloved Disney classic features and all-star cast that includes Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter Pierce Brosnan—and James Corden. Corden stars in the film as a mouse-turned-footman alongside fellow comedians James Acaster and Romesh Ranganathan. When the trailer dropped yesterday the reaction was certainly mixed with Corden being at the center of a Twitter conversation about his casting....

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Harden is fine and after a little instruction, gets back on and rides again. At least he wasn’t attempting to play defense, otherwise the Segway might have rolled right by him.

A 3-time scoring champ, Harden has been an unstoppable force when it comes to putting the ball in the hoop for much of his career. After another down night against the Washington Wizards where he managed only 14 points, Harden’s season average is at 17.2 per game. The recently turned 32-year-old hasn’t dipped below 20 points per game since 2012. While Harden’s efficiency has nosedived in the early going, it’s his free-throw attempts that has the basketball world raising a collective eye brow....

I really don’t know. I’ve been kidding the secretary that it’s going to be interesting to try to remember where the government’s views end and my views start. There is often increased focus on terrible humanitarian disasters… I think that there’s no question that journalists’ coverage of the Bosnia conflict helped to galvanize the world to act. I think that some of those lessons were drawn and in the next similar case, Kosovo, action was taken much earlier....

The committee is asking for “all documents and communications within the White House on January 6, 2021” related to Trump’s close advisers and family members. It is also asking for information about a rally held that day and Trump’s own Twitter feed. It additionally asks for Trump’s specific movements on that day and any communications, if they exist, from the White House Situation Room. Phone logs may be requested from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, who had been in touch with Trump from the Capitol on January 6....

The Democratic congressman is serving on the House panel investigating the deadly January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which erupted as lawmakers were in the middle of certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory over Donald Trump. Raskin argued against Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud during the proceedings. But a day before, he had buried his 25-year-old son, Tommy, who took his own life days earlier after struggling with mental health issues....

But then came a revelation. This past summer, Yamaguchi took his family to a traditional festival at his children’s school. There was nothing unusual about the experience–until the businessman approached a few food stalls manned exclusively by dads, who were doing all the cooking and catering to the kids. Yamaguchi says it was an “amazing” scene: Here were salarymen like himself performing quasi-domestic duties–in public–and entertaining kids. And they all seemed to be happy....

“I have decided to end the state of emergency across the nation,” Abe said during a televised press conference on Monday. “In just over a month and a half, we almost brought (the infection) situation under control.” Abe cautioned that lifting the order did not mean that the novel virus was gone from Japan. “Our battle against the virus will continue,” he said, while urging the Japanese people to continue following stringent social distancing guidance....

Though Abe took the helm with Japanese foreign policy increasingly under the global microscope, CFR’s Sheila A. Smith says in a new interview that Japanese voters did not vote primarily on international issues. Rather, Smith says the LDP found itself crippled by popular concerns over unemployment, as well as failed attempts to reform the country’s imploding pension system. These worries, coupled with scandals within Abe’s cabinet—his defense minister recently resigned over comments suggesting the World War II atomic bomb attacks were inevitable—hobbled both Abe and the LDP....

Ichiro Matsui, the mayor of Osaka, was asked by a male reporter during a press briefing about the possibility of reducing the number of shoppers at supermarkets in order to lower the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus, according to a report by Reuters. “When a woman goes…it will take time. If it was you, if you were told to get this or that, then you would go directly… and go home,” Matsui said to the male reporter....

Hana Kimura died Saturday, said Japanese wrestling company World Wonder Ring Stardom in a statement. The wrestling company’s English-language Twitter account said: “We are very sorry to report that our Hana Kimura has passed away. “Please be respectful and allow some time for things to process, and keep your thoughts and prayers with her family and friends. “We appreciate your support during this difficult time.” A statement on the Stardom website said: “Our company player Hana Kimura passed away today on May 23....

Speaking with Fox News, Kushner said the Middle East “was a total mess” when Trump took office and his administration is “ending wars” and rebuilding alliances that deteriorated under past presidents. The president’s top Middle East adviser praised Trump for bringing UAE Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu together in what he said will be the first of many Arab countries reaching out to Israel....

MORE: 13 greatest No. 1 MLB Draft picks The outfielder was promoted into the Chicago White Sox starting lineup Saturday, but he didn’t have quite the outing he was hoping for. Coats was hit by a pitch in his debut, but more severely, he had a hard collision with new teammate J.B. Shuck in the outfield. As Coats was going after a Miguel Cabrera fly ball in the bottom of the seventh, he collided with Shuck in left center....