For those who live on these parched plains and blizzard-swept mountains, this ornery attitude makes perfect sense. With its grandeur and desolation, the land dominates a Westerner’s psyche. For the price of a beer in any saloon in the Rockies, you can get an earful about this monumental legacy. I learned as much on my first story as a NEWSWEEK correspondent out West, covering a federal program to capture wolves in Canada and return them to their former habitats in the Lower 48....

Rooney left United in July, rejoining Everton having spent 13 years at Old Trafford and, over that time, becoming the club’s all-time record goalscorer. Everton 17/2 to beat Man Utd And though Mourinho has previously claimed he would have preferred Rooney stay at United, the former Chelsea manager has acknowledged it was an easy decision to let the 31-year-old - who is likely to start for the Toffees at Old Trafford on Sunday - return to Goodison Park....

When asked if Pence was aware of the quid pro quo, Parnas said, “I’m going to use a famous quote from [Ambassador Gordon] Sondland. Everybody was in the loop.” “These allegations are being made by a man who is currently out on bail for federal crimes and is desperate to reduce his exposure to prison,” White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told Newsweek in a statement. “The facts haven’t changed - the President did nothing wrong and this impeachment, which was manufactured and carried out by the Democrats has been a sham from the start....

An unfortunate Thiago Cionek own goal and a first international strike from M’Baye Niang helped Senegal upset Poland in their Group H clash in Moscow. While Grzegorz Krychowiak pulled a goal back for Poland in the closing minutes, they were unable to find a second to rescue a point. Lewandowski said errors and a failure to take risks cost his team, but he vowed they would be better in a crucial clash against Colombia on Sunday....

Business as usual for those wild and crazy Teamsters? Not quite. The election, which concludes this week, marks the first time rank-and-file members have been able to directly elect their international officers in the union’s 88-year existence. It’s a long way from the days when America’s most powerful union befriended U.S. presidents, bullied prosecutors and decided elections. In the early 1960s, Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa felt strong enough to go head to head in a heated grudge match with Attorney General Robert F....

Neither candidate had enough electoral votes needed to end the race by Friday night, though Biden was ahead in terms of both the Electoral College and the popular vote. A handful of swing states were still up for grabs Friday, and in some cases the number of votes cast for Libertarian Party presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen exceeded the gap between Biden and Trump. “Libertarian voters could have swung the Electoral College by at least 22 votes by supporting Trump in battleground states Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada,” political strategist Ryan Cassin told Fox News....

Examining the symptoms, Chilean doctors said the two men were probably hit by excessive ultraviolet-B radiation. They suggested UV-resistant sunglasses. “I can’t afford glasses,” says Ulloa, gazing over the grassy tundra. “Besides, they would look strange out here.” Strange, indeed. But strange things are becoming commonplace around the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, the largest town (population: 115,000) to be located on the cusp of an ozone hole. Every year from late August to early December, the hole over Antarctica expands northward....

Now Pratt will have a chance to share her story in an upcoming Lifetime movie titled “The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story,” according to Deadline Hollywood. MORE: Durant actually doesn’t hate the media The movie will focus on the struggles and sacrifices Pratt made to raise Durant and his three siblings. The film has already begun production and will air on the Lifetime Channel on May 8 — Mother’s Day....

Led by the Grand Canyon Trust, environmentalists had pushed for a 90 percent reduction in sulfur emissions. The plant’s owners, including the federal Bureau of Reclamation, thought zero percent sounded about right. EPA was about to side with the environmentalists but, under pressure from the White House, recommended a 70 percent cut this February. But neither side was happy. That’s when EPA Assistant Administrator William Rosenberg got both parties together....

Of course, when I found the pack, I picked them up, being the little rebel I was and, I suppose, still am. I took them to my bedroom, out on my porch and lighted one up with the matches I stole from Dad. I didn’t get a buzz, because I didn’t inhale, but just the fact I was actually smoking made me think I was cool. But my snobby friend Donna didn’t think so....

VAR was trialled in France in the Ligue 1 relegation play-off at the end of last season, while the technology is already in use in the Bundesliga. La Liga has previously confirmed VAR will be used in Spain’s top tier for the 2018-19 season and Ligue 1 is now following suit. “The LFP board validated on Thursday December 14 the principle of the use of video assistance for refereeing in Ligue 1 for the 2018-19 season,” an LFP statement said....

Royal biographer Omid Scobie is asking, who do the royals “think they are fooling?” with a leaked story of Charles’ first meeting with granddaughter, Lilibet. The -author of the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle biography Finding Freedom, said in a column for Yahoo! News that the royals “should still be riding high” from the “incredible” Platinum Jubilee celebrations last moth. However, Scobie said the “sparkle has quickly started to dull” with controversies over Charles’ charity funding, publication of the monarchy’s annual financial reports, and news the review of the handling of bullying allegations against Meghan will not be made public....

Wendy Rittenhouse, whose 18-year-old son is charged with two counts of murder in connection to the shootings at a Black Lives Matter protest in August 2020, claimed Wood thought he would be safer at an Illinois youth facility because “Armageddon” was approaching. Speaking to the Law & Crime podcast Objections: With Adam Klasfeld, Wendy Rittenhouse called for an audit into the money Wood raised for the suspect via his FightBack Foundation....

Caleb Williams – who joined Riley at USC this season – is in position to win the Heisman Trophy in 2022. That would make Riley the first head coach of three different Heisman Trophy winners – and he’s accomplished that in six years. Baker Mayfield (2017) and Kyler Murray (2018) won the Heisman while playing for Riley at Oklahoma. It’s an amazing run at the most-glamorous position, and nobody has produced a better college-to-pro quarterback pipeline than Riley in the last six years....

One man took it upon himself to write the definitive response to these long-simmering claims. Though the world knows his Gettysburg Address, it was Abraham Lincoln’s speech at a new technical college in New York City that helped propel him to national prominence. In the mid-19th century, a large number of Americans, particularly those in the Southern states, advanced the argument that our Founding Fathers never intended to end slavery or provide equality to anyone other than those born with white skin....

The Republican incumbent told Hannity viewers on Wednesday that his Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison’s campaign was “loading” him up because of his efforts to push for a confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Graham previously told the network that he was getting “killed financially” as polls showed the GOP senator neck-and-neck with Harrison with a month to go until polling day. “The Democrats are going crazy raising money against the president, myself,” Graham told Fox News last night....

Youngkin, a businessman who had never run for elected office before, defeated former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe this week in Virginia, a state that President Joe Biden won by just over 10 points a year ago. While Trump endorsed Youngkin, the GOP governor-elect distanced himself from the former president throughout his campaign in the state. Graham, a close Trump ally, lauded Trump for understanding the dynamics of the race in Virginia in comments to Politico published Thursday....

The Republican from South Carolina, who announced via Twitter last week that he had tested positive for COVID-19, thanked well-wishers on the Senate floor Tuesday and took the opportunity to push more people in his state toward getting the vaccine. “If you haven’t been vaccinated, regarding the COVID problem, you need to get vaccinated,” he said. “I’ve been vaccinated, and I got COVID anyway. A couple of really bad days but I’m doing better and I feel on the mend and I’m confident if I hadn’t had the vaccine, it’d have been a lot worse....

Graham began his questioning of Jackson on Tuesday by asking the judge what her faith is, as he aired grievances about the treatment of Amy Coney Barrett and other conservative justices. “Could you fairly judge a Catholic?” Graham asked after Jackson described herself as a non-denominational Protestant. He then went on to ask the judge about how important her faith was to her and to rate her faithfulness in terms of religion on a scale of 1 to 10....