Harvick, meanwhile, is out of the 2021 playoffs after wrecking late in Sunday’s race. Elliott and his team couldn’t be more pleased. Elliott wished Harvick’s No. 4 team a “merry offseason and a happy Christmas” in a postrace interview with NBC. Elliott’s No. 9 crew dropped the word “karma” on the team radio after Harvick wrecked himself out of the race and playoffs late in Stage 3. NASCAR AT CHARLOTTE: Updates, highlights from the ROVAL 400...

Raleigh police announced on Twitter Thursday the suspect had been taken into custody after being cornered and is reportedly a teenage male. The arrest ended a three-hour search and standoff that spread panic through a quadrant of North Carolina’s second-largest city, and left a community in mourning. The standoff with police occurred in a barn, reported WRAL-TV. “All of us in Raleigh right now need to come together,” Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said during a press briefing....

Workers at the warehouse in the Welsh town of Llanelli, U.K., spotted the grey seal pup beside the treadmills on December 11. They tried to rescue him by leading him outside to a nearby river. But days later on December 13, the pup was found in a ditch in the village of Llangennech around four miles away. A train had derailed in the area earlier in the year, and the seal is thought to have entered a chamber filled with oily water at the site before getting in the ditch....

According to the Washington Post, some protesters held up signs that read “Mitch better have my money.” The Post also reported that in over a dozen interviews with Kentuckians, including unemployed residents, struggling business owners and housing and labor rights groups, all have expressed needing more aid from Congress, which McConnell has failed to provide. “We’re seeing huge numbers of people needing help,” Jason Bailey, the executive director of the left-leaning Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, said according to the Post....

The Korean remake sees a grand robbery and hostage situation unfold at a Korean mint against the fictional backdrop of a soon-to-be-reunified Korean peninsula following the formation of a Joint Economic Area (JEA). Part 2 of the series, which topped Netflix’s global ranking of non-English television series within two days of its release on June 24, will see the Professor character (played by Jitae Yu, known from the Korean film Oldboy) and his gang (each of whom are named after cities as in the original Spanish series) carry on “the ultimate heist” to completion....

The West Ham United manager has been speaking out in the middle of another transfer window which has top clubs across Europe flex their financial muscle. Manchester United recently completed a £75 million move for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku , while Arsenal have spent £46m on Alexandre Lacazette, Chelsea £29m on Antonio Rudiger and Manchester City £43m on Bernardo Silva. The 100 most expensive transfers ever Elsewhere, AC Milan are set to break the €200m barrier in Italy and Barcelona have agreed to pay Lionel Messi £500,000-a-week after tying him to a new contract ....

In a Thursday night appearance on Fox News, McConnell said he would coordinate with White House counsel throughout the Senate trial phase of impeachment. “There will be no difference between the president’s position and our position as to how to handle this to the extent that we can,” he said. “We will be working through this process, hopefully in a fairly short period of time, in total coordination with the White House counsel’s office and the people who are representing the president....

The Red Devils boss was in a typically prickly mood following a Champions League stalemate in Spain. Having been irked by constant questioning of Paul Pogba’s situation prior to the European encounter, Mourinho then faced criticism of his methods during a continental clash. The Portuguese offered more outspoken comments afterwards, as he sought to defend his tactics and questioned the advice of his medical team, with Lienen less than impressed by what he saw....

In fairness, I had put her on the spot. We were out for coffee and the topic of pregnancy and IVF had come up, when she said she couldn’t bear the thought of raising a disabled child and that she would have an abortion if she found out her fetus had any severe disabilities. I tried to keep quiet and failed. “What about Johnny?” I blurted, “Would you abort him?...

Sacchi, his wife of 47 years, was in a hospital in Castel San Giovanni, a village in the northern Emilia-Romagna region, receiving tests for suspected cancer. The hospital did not treat the coronavirus, but it is not allowing patients to have visitors, to prevent any possible spread of the coronavirus. Bozzini headed to the courtyard to serenade her from her hospital room’s window. As per CNN, he tapped his foot while he performed, and even waved up at her and others who watched from above (all of whom were wearing face masks as well)....

Following a monstrous opening weekend that saw the Marvel blockbuster generate $260 million at domestic box offices (a figure Variety reported was the second-largest domestic debut in history) Spider-Man: No Way Home climbed to #4 on the list of highest-grossing films in just one month. Besting Black Panther ($700.4 million) and Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8 million) with $702.7 million in domestic sales, No Way Home trailed only Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame and James Cameron’s Avatar, per The Hollywood Reporter....

What they did, not just for our families and not just in that courtroom, but the precedent they set for people like Jones, was nothing short of historic. I am proud to have been a part of it and so incredibly thankful. Jones has been in my life for nearly a decade, but not by choice. I was in my late twenties when my mother, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was killed on December 14, 2012....

The NBA 2K Players Tournament features big-name athletes from today like Kevin Durant, Trae Young, Donovan Mitchell and more. There are 16 total NBA players playing in a March Madness style bracket. There will be eight Round 1 games followed by four Quarterfinal matchups. Then we get into the Semifinals and eventually the championship. The winner of the tournament will receive a $100,000 donation from 2K, the NBA and the NBPA in support of ongoing coronavirus relief efforts....

Compared to previous years, CBS is slightly late in renewing NCIS. The network ordered Season 17 of the procedural on April 11, 2019, with Season 16 getting the green light on April 13, 2018 and the previous two seasons being given the go-ahead in February 2016. However, with production of nearly every TV show shut down and the future uncertain, it is understandable why CBS has not chosen to order more NCIS yet....

When does NCIS LA Season 12 start? The season premiere of NCIS Los Angeles Season 12 is set to air on Sunday, November 8 at 8:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. CT on CBS, followed by the latest premiere of its sister show, NCIS: New Orleans. As ever, the episode will be available to watch online shortly after airing on the CBS website. Fans should expect a slightly shorter season than usual this year, with 18 episodes rather than the usual 24....

When does NCIS: New Orleans return? The official CBS release date for Season 6, Episode 11, is Sunday, February 16, where the episode will air in the show’s new time of 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m. CT. Preceding it is NCIS: LA, returning for the first time since mid-January with Season 11, Episode 14 on February 16 at 9 p.m. ET. The CBS synopsis for NCIS NOLA Season 6, Episode 11 reads: “The team is concerned when Sebastian [played by Rob Kerkovich] becomes unreachable while undercover as a new recruit....

Originally, New Amsterdam Season 2, Episode 18 was due to be “Pandemic,” a look at what could happen if a major flu outbreak affected New York City. However, with the world facing an actual pandemic, the series’ showrunner David Schulner wrote an essay for Deadline describing why he decided to shelve the episode. He wrote: “Sometimes, what the mirror reflects back is too horrifying to look at…We shot a fictional pandemic episode right before a real pandemic hit....

The next game in the Pokémon Snap series will bring players to the Lental region, where they’ll be able to observe and take photos of various Pokémon in their natural habitats. Like the original Pokémon Snap title for the Nintendo 64, players will ride around in a self-driving vehicle that will allow them to take as many photos as possible, and they’ll be able to interact with Pokémon using items....

Much of the first episode is spent introducing each of the nine guests and the three staff members of Tranquillum House, which is where our twelve ensemble cast members will be spending the majority of their time throughout the show. The core cast features: Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Samara Weaving, Michael Shannon, Asher Keddie, Grace Van Patten, Manny Jacinto, Tiffany Boone, Regina Hall and Bobby Cannavale....

Milan have been one of the busiest sides since the transfer window re-opened with six big-money transfers to strengthen Vincenzo Montella’s side. Man Utd right to snub €90m Morata Andre Silva, Hakan Calhanoglu, Mateo Musacchio, Ricardo Rodriguez, Franck Kessie and Fabio Borini have all signed on at the San Siro, with Atalanta full-back Andrea Conti set to do likewise. But Boban - who won four league titles and the Champions League with Milan in the 1990s - does not believe any of the new acquisitions have the star quality required to revive the Rossoneri....