Around 30 miles northeast of Milan, the city is one of the areas hardest hit by the virus in Italy, a country which could soon overtake China in fatalities from COVID-19. The city’s crematorium has resorted to operating 24 hours a day in order to deal with the number of deaths amid the outbreak. As reported by L’Eco di Bergamo, army vehicles have now been used to take the coffins away to neighboring areas....

Spain thumped Ventura’s side 3-0 in a World Cup qualifier at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, with the Real Madrid star’s first-half double proving decisive before substitute Alvaro Morata sealed victory late on. Italy 7/1 to beat Israel 4-0 Isco delighted his home crowd with a magnificent free-kick and an accurate low strike, his second goal seeing him glide past Marco Verratti, who was given a torrid time. The Spain standout also executed a magnificent second-half nutmeg against the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder which has since gone viral....

Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko’s 470-foot Sailing Yacht A—believed to be the world’s biggest—has been sequestered at the northern port of Trieste, the Italian prime minister’s office said. Industrialist Melnichenko, who owns the fertilizer producer EuroChem Group and coal company SUEK, is among several prominent Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the EU since the start of the Ukraine War. He is worth around $11 billion according to Forbes. Italian police said they had over the last week seized villas and yachts worth 143 million euros ($156 million) from five Russians on the sanctions list....

It’s one of the latest issues added to the first daughter/adviser’s high-profile portfolio. President Trump announced in January that the U.S. would take part in the One Trillion Trees Initiative—a global effort to conserve, restore and grow a trillion trees around the world. “I am excited to virtually join the American Forestry Conference to discuss the future of forestry, the One Trillion Trees Initiative, the Trillion Trees Act, the Great American Outdoors Act and more,” Ivanka Trump told Newsweek....

Trump has wanted U.S. troops out of northern and eastern Syria for some time. However, he has remained publicly supportive of the Kurdish authorities there, which have liberated the region from occupying ISIS forces. But on Sunday, the president abruptly announced that American troops would not stand in the way of a Turkish military offensive against the Kurds, despite earlier suggestions that the U.S. would look out for Kurdish interests....

Chelsea will let Ivanovic go on a free transfer with only five months remaining on his current contract, and Goal has been told that the experienced Serbian snubbed interest from “several Premier League clubs” to return to Russia. Chelsea made to wait for Kolasinac deal The 32-year-old was brought to west London from Zenit’s rivals Lokomotiv Moscow for £9.7 million and will end his illustrious eight-and-a-half-year career at Stamford Bridge later today....

On Monday, Hecker was supposed to be reporting on a local heat wave for local Fox station KRIV in Houston. Instead, she said the network had been “muzzling” her and other reporters so they would keep quiet about unspecified “information.” She then announced that a “behind the scenes” recording would be shared on Tuesday. “I want to let you, the viewers, know that Fox Corp. has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers,” Hecker said during the live broadcast....

Michigan State's star sophomore guard scored 26 points, including nine straight for the Spartans in one second-half stretch, as MSU beat Indiana 73-56 in Bloomington. Spartans coach Tom Izzo said Harris is still building his endurance from all of the time he missed last month as he rehabbed an ankle injury that he aggravated in the Dec. 4 loss to North Carolina. "He's a special player, and I promise he's not even close to where he's going to be," Izzo said....

Vance’s campaign told Spectrum News Friday he was scrapping the weekend fundraiser in response to reports that Dr. Rajbir Minhas was hosting the event at his Cincinnati home. Minhas is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit, but is described as a top prescriber of a narcotic painkiller. Vance’s abrupt cancellation indicates drug addition remains a significant issue in the key Senate race. The now-canceled fundraiser was sponsored by the Asian Indian Alliance, a group that seeks to encourage political involvement by Ohio’s Indian population, reported Spectrum News....

The Diamondbacks announced Thursday that J.J. Putz is joining their front office as a special assistant to president and CEO Derrick Hall. Before the news hit, the right-hander had given no public indication he was quitting the game. “I am very excited to give back to the game that I love and have been fortunate to be a part of for 14 years,” Putz was quoted as saying in the team statement....

The Texans star is next to enter the pretty exclusive club of pro athletes to host “Saturday Night Live” on Saturday, Feb. 1. Some have been memorable, others … less so. For every Peyton Manning, there’s been countless Michael Phelps. There’s been no clear formula for who succeeds on the show and who doesn’t, but not for lack of NBC’s trying. In all, there have been 32 different professional athletes to host “SNL” in 882 episodes to air on NBC in the 45-year run of the show....

Twitter made some highly amusing jokes about the free-agent guard after it was reported Thursday that the NBA plans not to test players for marijuana use in the 2020-21 season, continuing a policy that began last summer in the Orlando bubble. NBA reporter Ben Dowsett reported that the league’s decision is a safety measure related to COVID-19 as it wants to reduce unnecessary contact, though it’s possible the policy could become permanent moving forward....

Wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase will reportedly be out for the next four to six weeks with a hip injury. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported he is not expected to need surgery, and the issue is not expected to be season-ending, but it could result in an injured reserve stint. This is a massive blow to an offense that had finally clicked after a slow start to the season....

Memphis not only wasted a 3.5-game lead over Portland at the start of the NBA hiatus — it ended up losing to the Trail Blazers in Saturday’s play-in game after going 2-6 in the NBA bubble — but also had to finish the season with rookie phenom Ja Morant playing injured. Morant, following Saturday’s season-ending loss to Portland, revealed he had been playing with a fractured thumb “since the (Toronto) Raptors game....

NBA League Pass: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) It’s been a breakout year for the Grizzlies guard, who appears to have taken the next step towards superstardom this season. In 18 games he’s averaging 25.3 points per game, 7.1 assists, and 5.8 rebounds. Just prior to the start of the new season Morant told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype that he felt he was a top-five point guard in the league....

In the ninth inning of Friday’s Red Sox/A’s matchup, JBJ skied to steal a walk-off home run from Ryon Healy. The catch kept the game tied at 2, and sent the affair into extras. Bradley’s effort and celebration was short-lived, as Mark Canha went yard in the bottom of the 10th to give the A’s a walk-off win. Well, baseball giveth, baseball taketh away.

Protesters reportedly shook a fence surrounding the Kenosha County Courthouse and threw bottles, rocks and fireworks while facing off against law enforcement officers who aimed tear gas and pepper balls at them. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers had called in the National Guard to support local law enforcement at the protests on Monday. Blake, a 29-year-old unarmed Black man, was shot in the back by members of the Kenosha Police Department multiple times as he attempted in enter his vehicle on a residential street as his young children sat inside on Sunday....

Patrick Cafferty, Blake’s local lawyer, told Reuters that the restraints were removed after a court hearing on the warrants, where they were vacated. Additionally, police officers who had been guarding Blake’s hospital room have now left, he said. Cafferty told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Friday that the warrants were vacated after $500 bail was posted. The criminal case against Blake remains open, however. “The charges are still pending and we will be dealing with those,” Cafferty told the Journal-Sentinel....

And in the latest episode of her Facebook Watch show, the actress welcomed her son, Jaden Smith, to join her and her mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, to discuss the use of magic mushrooms. Pinkett Smith, 50, revealed that they landed on the subject after Smith, 23, said he wanted to discuss the psychedelic drug, which he told his mother he first tried out of “curiosity” before finding purported mental health benefits....

“If you are so lucky in life as to have that be your medical problem, just say ’thanks God,’” Maher said during his HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher. “It’s not life threatening. It’s part of…aging.” Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss. However, its impact differs from one individual to the other. Some could lose some parts of their hair while others could lose more. Some individuals also could find their hair growing back or lost permanently, according to WebMD....