Want a turf field that can withstand an exhibition game? Levi’s Stadium can’t exactly do that. MORE: Preseason power rankings | New stadium, new legacy | Fan dies at Levi’s Stadium debut Just four days after the 49ers played their first game inside the brand-new, state-of-the-art, $1.2 billion stadium, the field is already in need of a turf change. Coach Jim Harbaugh pulled his team off the field after just 30 minutes of practice Wednesday night because the field conditions were so poor....

The Poland international has played in all 11 of Bayern’s Bundesliga games thus far this season, scoring 11 goals. Bayern 15/2 to win CL with dabblebet While Bayern sit top of the table, four points clear of second-placed RB Leipzig, manager Jupp Heynckes can only call upon one other senior striker, Thomas Muller. Lewandowski’s goalscoring exploits have gone some way to papering over the thinness of Bayern’s squad, but he has now called on the club to bring in some backup....

The living legend F1 driver announced early Tuesday morning that he tested positive for COVID-19, entering self-isolation for 10 days and, effectively, missing this Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix. Hamilton, coming off his 11th win of the 2020 Formula 1 year, already clinched his seventh driver championship and this weekend’s racing festivities are going to shine a small light on life after Hamilton and the future of a Mercedes seat when Hamilton eventually retires — or Valtteri Bottas is replaced....

The Poland international’s curling strike helped secure all three points for FCB at the Allianz Arena, ensuring the Bavarians ended the group stage on a high note after having already surrendered top stop to Atleti. But Lewy faces stiff opposition on a week of brilliant goals, including Vladlen Yurchenko’s ferocious long-range shot that flew into the top corner during Leverkusen’s 3-0 defeat of Monaco. Porto’s Yacine Brahimi will also be tough to beat following his clever back-heel in Porto’s 5-0 demolition of Premier League champions Leicester City....

Now, of course, what we mean by Liberalism here is not progressivism, woke-ism, or anything else your typical right-wing radio host—or left-wing MSNBC host—means by liberalism. That’s why, for clarity’s sake, I’ll use a capital “L” for the Liberalism we associate with John Locke, Adam Smith, David Hume and aspects of the various social transformations that fall under the all-too-capacious catchall label, “the Enlightenment.” (There were many Enlightenments—English, Scottish, French, American and even German—and not all of their contributions were equal or necessarily positive....

Kroger announced on Monday that Chao had been elected to the board of directors with CEO and Chairman Rodney McMullen describing her as “an experienced national and global leader.” McMullen’s statement added that she had “deep knowledge of corporate governance, strategic and workforce management” as well as “extensive experience at the highest levels of U.S. government.” Many took to Twitter to criticize the appointment of Chao, who had been investigated by the Transportation Department’s inspector general’s office in 2020 over the alleged misuse of her position during her time in the Trump administration....

He comes trailing clouds of controversy because he argues, without recourse to euphemism or other semantic sleights-of-hand, the moral justification of some homicides, including infanticide and euthanasia. He rejects “the particular moral order” which supposes that human beings are extraordinarily precious because God made them so. He also rejects secular philosophies that depict human beings as possessing a unique and exalted dignity that sharply distinguishes them from, and justifies their “tyranny” over, other species of animals....

That cold-war satire wasn’t so far off. According to a top U.S. analyst, Russia does have such a doomsday device–known as Dead Hand–that can launch its nuclear missiles even if military commanders are dead or incapacitated. Describing the system in The New York Times last week, Bruce G. Blair of the Brookings Institution said that Russian leaders must activate it by sending a coded message to a radio station in the town of Chekhov, south of Moscow....

The cause of autism remains largely unknown, and a cure isn’t even on the horizon. But a few scientists are taking a wholly new approach to the syndrome. They are defining autism as a “spectrum” disease. At one end is the child crouched in a corner; at the other is, for example, Mark Romoser, 31, a research assistant at Yale University who has also managed to hold corporate jobs–as long as they don’t require interacting with customers....

Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, received Italy’s harshest sentence in a trial that lasted more than 14 months after Elder stabbed Carabinieri Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega to death in Rome while Natale-Hjorth later hid the knife in their hotel room. “They gave him and they gave Gabe a sentence that is befitting a Mafia boss who wantonly kills innocent people,’’ Peters, who is a spokesman for the Elder family, told AP on Thursday....

Defenseman Braydon Coburn has been an important piece to Tampa’s blueline, averaging 17:14 so far in the playoffs. So when he sat out the rest of the game having played only 5:43 in the first period, something was fishy. MORE: Stamkos comes alive in Game 5 win | Lundqvist-inspired haircut Coach Jon Cooper was cryptic joking with reporters afterward when asked about Coburn’s limited minutes. Was it discipline? Injury?...

Try thinking about what you actually know about this person. What is the reality of your relationship? Once you identify this and acknowledge that maybe the characteristics and attributes that you have connected to this person are actually mostly in your head and not in reality, things might become easier.

Algeria was supposed to complete its first multiparty elections last week, and Muslim fundamentalists were certain of a tremendous victory. Their majority might have allowed them to rewrite the democratic Constitution itself. The Army stepped in, forced the president to quit and canceled the vote. Georgia, the former Soviet republic, may be on the edge of renewed civil war -and the liberals are technically antidemocratic. Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the once imprisoned dissident who won a free presidential election last year on a platform of Georgian independence, returned to the country after fleeing a popular revolt against his autocratic regime....

The conservative anti-Trump super PAC created by ex-Republican staffers took aim at Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue—who are both fighting Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January next year—as well as other lawmakers tipped to be future GOP leaders, such as Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri. In their latest post-election attack spot, the Lincoln Project claimed the senators, among others, were “waiting in the wings” to “dismantle” American democracy once President Trump leaves office....

While Trump Jr.’s six-minute ad accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden of corrupt business dealings in Ukraine, Russia and China, the Lincoln Project’s one-minute remix edits Trump Jr.’s ad to make it sound like he’s endorsing Biden for president while accusing his father of using “his political power to sell out the United States of America to our enemies and enrich himself.” The Lincoln Project ad also has Trump Jr....

With that in mind, the Sooners’ athletic department is doing all it can to temper the temptation of the NFL for Riley. The Tulsa World, which received a copy of Riley’s new contract with Oklahoma, reported a buyout clause that requires Riley to pay back 22.5 percent of the remaining salary on his contract if he leaves for another job. That percentage would be $4.6 million next year and would drop about $1 million each season until the five-year, $32....

The veteran broadcaster is being widely condemned for an interview with the troubled actress for pressing her about her sobriety and recovery, to the point where she is visibly uncomfortable during the show. The Mean Girls star, then aged 26, appeared on Letterman’s talk show to promote the horror-comedy film Scary Movie 5—however, Letterman insisted on questioning her about addiction rehab despite her saying that this was not agreed prior....

Harvick led a strong Stewart-Haas Racing effort in qualifying as all four SHR drivers will start in the first five rows. Here is how they’ll roll off Saturday night in the first Cup night race at Kansas: Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Chevrolet — Harvick won at Kansas last October. He’ll be a threat Saturday night. He’s fast. He’s confident. And he has nothing to lose. Joey Logano, Team Penske No....

Seven lions have been rescued from a Romanian “Joe Exotic”-style breeder, including 3-year-old Simba, who made global headlines when he was forced to perform in a music video in poor physical condition. The rescue was carried out by the global animal-welfare organization Four Paws on Sept. 29. The big cats, three females and four males, arrived at the FELIDA Big Cat Sanctuary in the Netherlands on Oct. 4. There, they will be treated and sterilized....

The Barcelona player asked his more than 200 million followers to support the four-day blackout after soccer players in the U.K. accused the major platforms of doing too little to stop waves of abuse. In an Instagram post liked more than 6.47 million times, Messi threw his weight behind the British campaign to stop online abuse. In a statement translated from Spanish via Google, the Argentina star said: “I see that I have just reached the 200 million people who follow me on this network, however, because of what is happening today, I am not going to take it as a reason for celebration....