The Frenchman has long been linked with the Catalan club but a deal seems to be growing closer to fruition as contract talks with his current employers broke down. Manchester United had also been associated with the player, but it is the Camp Nou side who appear poised to secure his future. Sevilla had hoped that improved terms with have seen him reject the advances of Barca and, after speaking time in both Dubai and Chantilly, he was in the Spanish city to hold discussions....

Schumer hosted the Oscars for the first time this year, along with Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall, in a ceremony that was largely overshadowed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. As any Oscars host usually does, Schumer, Sykes and Hall all told jokes about the celebrities in the room, but Schumer took the extra step of checking with the gags’ butts first. She explained on The Howard Stern Show on Wednesday why she pre-warned the people in the room....

The LSU coach somehow got the phone number of Sid Ortis, who is battling cancer at the age of 15. Upon hearing Ortis was a huge Tigers fan, Miles made the call and the rest is history. The two chatted for about 15 minutes about a little bit of everything. Ortis mentions he’s also into basketball, to which Miles replies he was never good in that department. Ortis’ mom Lynn said the coach also offered words of encouragement to the ailing teen....

First, we’ll review the more typical symptoms of LBD and then we’ll identify the less common symptoms. Common Symptoms Cognitive Changes Unlike Alzheimer’s disease where memory challenges are one of the hallmark features, LBD more commonly presents with difficulties in attention and executive functioning. Hallucinations and Delusions Visual hallucinations are the most common type of hallucinations in LBD, and can often be one of the earlier symptoms of the disease....

You don’t know until you try to get second-graders to hold the basketball on a school night in the latest practice window available. The first few shots went in every possible direction. A few went in. A few more bounced off the rim. A few even missed the backboard. One nearly knocked my glasses off, and I wasn’t even facing in the direction of the shot. MORE: SN’s latest March Madness projections...

Contract photographer Gary Knight hit the streets and after a hard two-hour search found a place that has now become home to our mini NEWSWEEK staff, for however long this goes on: House 7, Street X, in the Wazir Akhbar Khan diplomatic quarter. It was, everyone agreed, a fabulous find. The previous tenants, Arab Afghans, possibly even Al Qaeda partisans, had left it in reasonably good shape. Still, anywhere else and this would have been classed as a tenement dwelling, not a diplomatic residence....

Types of White Blood Cells To understand the potential complications and causes of leukopenia, it’s very helpful to look at the different types of white blood cells, as certain conditions may affect some white blood cells but not others. In addition, some causes of leukopenia may result in a low level of red blood cells (anemia) and/or platelets (thrombocytopenia) due to a common production pathway in the bone marrow. Pancytopenia is the medical term used to describe a decreased level of all the types of blood cells, including red blood cells (erythrocytes), platelets (thrombocytes), and white blood cells (leukocytes)....

Microtargeting, as its name implies, is a way to identify small but crucial groups of voters who might be won over to a given side, and which messages would do the trick. It’s also a bit scary, because instead of trying to figure out how to direct media and mailings to a fuzzy cohort like “soccer moms,” microtargeters know who you are, and try to push your personal hot button so that you’ll choose their candidate....

This couple’s biggest strength: great social skills and communication. Challenges to watch out for: Libra’s indecisiveness can irritate Gemini, but as long as things stay fun and flexible, the relationship works. This couple’s biggest strength: similar viewpoints. Challenges to watch out for: Sagittarius can accidentally hurt Libra’s feelings if they talk without thinking first. This couple’s biggest strength: shared values and social skills. Challenges to watch out for: both signs love to talk, so it’s important that they’re also listening and bringing up uncomfortable relationship issues rather than sweeping them under the rug....

Raspy-voiced comic Gottfried died April 12 after a degenerative form of MD triggered heart failure. Now expert Professor Mark Tarnopolsky of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, has said that cycling for 35 minutes three times a week for 12 weeks can lead to a 32 percent increase in overall fitness in people with MD. Patients who took part in the study also saw a 1.6-kilogram increase in their muscle mass and a 2 percent reduction in body fat....

Take the presidential-election campaign. ““Bob Dole’’ was just a Generation A version of Max Headroom, programmed to mutter ““15 percent.’’ The Incumbent Icon kept saying, ““We’ve got to build a bridge to the 21st century.’’ On screen: a rickety overpass right out of Donkey Kong. And did the Olympics actually take place? Oh, yes: a bunch of towering multimillionaires stomped on the Angolan basketball team. Again. Gymnastics was nice, but led to ““the rock-and-roll gymnastics championships....

Last tournament’s top regular season finisher, Tijuana, is on the bottom. Reigning champion Chivas sits 15th. Promoted Lobos BUAP is fourth, while Tigres and all their spending power are 11th with just one win. Some of those starts will stick, many others will change. Let’s dig in to what everyone’s talking about ahead of this week’s slate of games: It’s a big weekend for … Paco Jemez - yes, again Paco Jemez did not lay low, he did not find a safe house....

The Tampa Bay Lightning are hoisting their second Stanley Cup in as many seasons, and are celebrating as only teams in Tampa Bay know how: with an epic boat parade through the Hillsborough River in Florida. The Lightning took to the water Monday to perform a celly of epic proportions after steamrolling the Canadiens in the 2021 Stanley Cup Final, and they seemed to have a blast. Exhibit A: Nikita Kucherov....

Victor Hedman and Pat Maroon, who returned to the lineup after missing the last two games with injuries, each netted assists in the contest. Hedman, the lone Swede on Tampa Bay’s roster, fired a shot from the point that was deflected in by Alex Killorn to give the Lightning a 2-0 lead in the first period. Despite questions surrounding his availability this week, the 2018 Norris Trophy winner led all skaters on both teams with 25:47 TOI....

The latest Austen spree starts this week on PBS, as “Masterpiece Theatre” launches “The Complete Jane Austen,” a 10-week series of films based on all six novels. The marathon includes the Beckinsale “Emma” (1997) and the Ehle/Firth “Pride and Prejudice” (1995), but the other four are new. They have all the ingredients we’ve come to expect: lyrical landscapes and opulent country houses; star-crossed lovers tripped up by snobs, fools or connivers....

This may seem an odd way to begin an argument in favor of more widespread use of cameras in the courtroom. After all, cases like these two are exactly what opponents predicted: that rather than focus on the fine points of law, televised trials would mimic the worst sort of television. The old objections have fallen away, the ones about intrusive equipment and privacy protection defeated by new technology, those about intimidated witnesses and skewed outcomes negated by recent history....

PSG were without world-record signing Neymar due to a reported foot injury as their 100 per cent start to the Ligue 1 season ended with a 0-0 draw at Stade de la Mosson. PSG 11/2 to win Champions League Unai Emery’s side dominated possession but managed just one shot on target and Verratti – restored to the starting line-up after serving a three-match ban – insisted the loss of the Brazilian was not behind their failure to triumph....

On Wednesday, Lil Nas X posted a huge Instagram post of 10 pictures, mostly of the star in different outfits—perhaps teasing a new photo shoot or video?—but ending with a self-deprecating Squidward meme, showing the cranky cephalopod shocked under the caption “when I’m in a make s*** music competition and my opponent is lil nas x”. In the post’s caption, Lil Nas X wrote “missed u guys,” and from the comments, it was clear his fans—famous and not—missed him too....

The two parties ended a five-year relationship that begun in 2013, but rather on a sour note after Origi sought to join England Premier League last December. “We would like to thank Arnold for five good seasons at Åråsen - with the brilliant effort in the Cup final as the obvious highlight,” the club said in a statement. “We have agreed to terminate the agreement, and we think it’s a good solution for both the club and Arnold....