In a statement published on Wednesday, the IPC announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes will continue to compete in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. However, they will not represent their countries and are being listed as “neutral athletes” and competing under the general Paralympic banner. The athletes from those nations will also not be included at their medal tables if they win an event. “IPC to host extraordinary General Assembly in 2022 to vote on whether to make compliance with the Olympic Truce a membership requirement and whether to suspend or terminate the membership of the Russian Paralympic Committee and Belarus Paralympic Committee,” said the organization....

The paper, titled “Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19,” also found “strong evidence” that the protests actually increased stay-at-home overall, likely because non-protesters chose to leave their homes less amid the demonstrations. “This effect was not fully explained by the imposition of city curfews. Estimated effects were generally larger for persistent protests and those accompanied by media reports of violence,” said the paper, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research....

The local cops sure hope so. They have their hands full with all the other adventure travelers turning up in Australia, eager–but often unprepared–to test themselves in the wild. After getting bawled out by a police official for being stupid and self-centered, Bogucki offered thanks and apologies. But even as the search for him was going on, rescuers plucked two separate couples to safety from elsewhere in the Great Sandy Desert....

Creator Eiichiro Oda has shared a moving message with fans to mark the occasion, before the manga’s last adventure begins. One Piece follows the adventures of lead character Monkey D. Luffy and his quest to become the next King of the Pirates by finding the treasure known as “One Piece” with the help of his pirate crew, the Straw Hats. ‘One Piece’ Creator Eiichiro Oda shares Emotional Message Oda announced he was taking a one month break from the manga in June, with the series going on a brief hiatus from June 25....

Of course, there’s a healthy dose of Sporting News Player of the Year Zion Williamson, but there’s also Duke’s close calls against UCF and Virginia Tech. Then there’s Ja Morant of Murray State, whose triple-double against Marquette was something to behold, and Fletcher Magee, who became the NCAA’s all-time 3-point shooter in this tournament. SN FAN SHOP: Buy your Virginia championship gear with Fanatics The video also showed plenty of highlights from the Final Four teams in Michigan State, Auburn, Texas Tech and Virginia, who won its first national championship in school history on Monday thanks to a tremendous effort by Ty Jerome, Kyle Guy and De’Andre Hunter....

The series takes place in present-day New York and follows three strangers — Charles (Martin), Oliver (Short), and Mabel (Gomez) — who bond over their obsession with true crime and the death of one of their neighbors. For now, the police are certain it’s suicide but Charles, Oliver, and Mabel have other theories. Newsweek has a full recap of the first episode. ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Episode 1 Recap The episode begins with Charles and Martin running down the stairs screaming when they come across Mabel hovering over a dead body....

The El Salvador defender earned the scorn of the U.S. striker with his antics, and Altidore joked that Romero may have also made an unexpected enemy on Thursday. “My girl’s mad at me. She’s mad at me and she’s mad at Romero," Altidore said. “She’s like ‘Only I can bite you. Only I can grab your nipples.’” El Salvador defender bites Altidore The U.S. defeated El Salvador 2-0 in the Gold Cup quarterfinal match , but the main talking points after the game revolved around some of the more unseemly tactics employed by the Central Americans....

Boockvar told CNN’s Jake Tapper Thursday vote-counting is ahead of schedule and people are “furiously at work” and are set to finish counting by the end of Thursday. The Pennsylvania secretary of state said there are about 100,000 votes left to count from Philadelphia County and about 30,000 votes from Allegheny County. Biden is receiving about 80 percent of the votes coming in from Philadelphia. Despite continued legal challenges from the Trump campaign, Boockvar said she and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro are in agreement that “in the meantime, we will be counting every ballot....

The Catalan side started poorly and rarely looked comfortable, even after taking a 3-0 lead, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen required to impress in the home goal late on at Camp Nou. Edin Dzeko cut Barca’s advantage, but Luis Suarez’s 87th-minute strike restored a three-goal margin to give them complete control of the tie. Although it was a rather ordinary Blaugrana performance that was assisted by own goals from Daniele De Rossi and Kostas Manolas, Valverde was unperturbed....

Jason Bateman once again returns as Marty Byrde alongside Laura Linney as his wife Wendy. Ozark has grown in popularity and the upcoming fourth season is sure to climb its way up the Netflix top ten lists around the world. Season 4 will officially be the show’s last, but for better or worse, Netflix is stuttering the release of the final episodes into two parts. Here’s everything you need to know about Ozark Season 4, Part 1....

Viewers will remember in the first movie, Lara Jean (Lana Condor) and Peter only pretended to be a couple, but by the end they’d developed real feelings for each other. In To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You Lara Jean begins to doubt her relationship with Peter. The movie starts with the pair’s first official date. It’s Lara Jean’s first date ever, and instead of getting ready on time, she dances around her room with glee....

On Thursday night, Nur Ibrahim, who worked as a news producer on the show between 2018 and 2019, tweeted a short thread addressing the requests for her to speak about her experience on the show, after it was cancelled by Netflix. Ibrahim said that she waited to speak about the experience, because thinking about it makes her “sink back into days of depression.” She said that while working on the show she was “humiliated and gaslit, targeted and ignored....

Deschamps named Pogba in a 24-match squad for friendlies against Colombia and Russia, despite the midfielder drawing criticism for his cameo midweek performance versus Sevilla in the Champions League at club level. The coach says, however, that it is natural for players to go through such periods. “In September or October, Antoine Griezmann was questioned, then Kylian Mbappe was said to be in a hole,” he said. “Paul is Paul....

Twitter users voiced their appreciation of the historic run of the 38-year-old Buttigieg and speculation has now turned to who his supporters will turn to ahead of Super Tuesday. On Monday morning, #PeteToBernie started trending as Twitter users asked whether a progressive like Sanders can inherit Buttigieg’s center-left supporters. One Twitter user with the handle the Bern Identity tweeted: “To all the Steyer + Buttigieg supporters who are now supporting @BernieSanders, welcome and thank you!...

The 57 year-old actress was arrested on Saturday November 28 in Beavercreek, Ohio according to local outlet Hamilton Journal News. She was listed as Irene Bedard-Wilson in the police report. Police arrived at the scene just a few minutes before 2 a.m. The actress’ ex-husband said he called the police, because she had allegedly kicked a relative who is a teen. She was given a summons for domestic violence, assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and criminal damaging....

Pochettino’s impressive work with Spurs since his arrival from Southampton in 2014 has seen him listed as a future option for Madrid and Manchester United. The Argentine has ruled out the possibility of ever managing Barcelona or Arsenal due to his connection with Espanyol and Spurs, but he has stayed quiet on the prospect of a move to the Santiago Bernabeu. With the Champions League holders struggling to keep up with Barca in La Liga this season, coach Zinedine Zidane’s future at Madrid has become uncertain for the first time, sparking further speculation that Pochettino could be lined up as his successor....

On Friday, a supposed poster for the next series in the Pokémon anime was posted on various Japanese message boards. The poster shows Ash, Pikachu, a new trainer and Scorbunny, the Fire-type starter of the upcoming Sword and Shield games. It should be noted that this poster did not come from official sources so it is not confirmed, but the contents of it seem legit enough for trusted Pokémon site, Serebii to tweet about it....

Trapinch, the Ground-type Pokémon from the Hoenn region, will appear more often during the upcoming event, giving trainers the best chance at catching and gathering enough candy to evolve it into Flygon. As with other Community Day events, there are many more in-game bonuses and exclusives to obtain. So if you want to take advantage of all that the Trapinch Community Day has to offer, here’s everything you need to know, including the event’s start time and more....

The special Gift Event will give Pokémon Go trainers more Gifts to send and receive to friends. If you’re adverse to receiving 7km Eggs from friends, you’ll be happy to know that the distance to hatch those eggs during this event will decrease. There’s also a chance at obtaining a brand new Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon Go. If you’re looking to take full advantage of the latest Pokémon Go event, here’s everything you need to know including the start time....

Similar to other multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games, like League of Legends and DOTA, two teams of five will enter the same stage to defeat the other team by earning the most points before time runs out. Teams earn points by capturing the opposing team’s base. How and when you attack and defend your bases is the crux of Pokémon Unite’s gameplay. Check out the first trailer for Pokémon Unite below....