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Navas returns for Costa Rica The Canadians will travel to Cheonan with a new player on board, as goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler will look to earn his first international cap after joining the program last month. The rest of the roster is made up of familiar faces, with Cyle Larin re-joining after missing out on Canada’s friendlies in October due to club commitments. No players from Toronto FC or the Montreal Impact were selected, with both still involved in MLS playoffs....

Brown, 75, is unhappy with SMU’s decision not to offer him a long-term contract extension according to CBS Sports, which first reported the resignation. Brown confirmed the move to ESPN without specifying a reason. MORE: Too-early top 25 rankings Assistant Tim Jankovich, formerly the head coach at Illinois State, will replace Brown. In three seasons in Dallas, Brown went 94-39 but will likely be remembered best for the scandal that led to his suspension in 2015....

The allegations were first reported by Politico on Thursday afternoon. Elder’s ex-fiancee, Alexandra Datig said that during what Politico described as a “heated conversation” in 2015, Elder pulled a .45 pistol out of a nightstand. She claimed that Elder was high on marijuana at the time of the incident. “And he checked if it was loaded—while I was talking,” she said. “He wanted to make sure I saw that he had it,” she told Politico....

It’s not like the legions of celebrity supporters who are throwing their weight (and cash) behind Governor Gavin Newsom in the nail-biter recall election—Steven Spielberg and Netflix founder Reed Hastings among them—but it is an indication of a more nuanced Hollywood movement going on behind the scenes. In July, thousands of entertainment industry professionals received an email from Lionel Chetwynd, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated director, producer and writer who is Elder’s campaign chairman....

In a Sunday interview with Fox News host Howard Kurtz, Kudlow criticized Biden for failing to deliver on his campaign promise of unity while appearing to attribute the Texas power outages to the president’s allegedly progressive agenda. “I think they’ve moved very rapidly toward the progressive left position on a lot of these issues. He tried to temper it with talk about unity. There was some talk about moving to the center, that there would be more balance, there wouldn’t be a far-left progressive agenda,” Kudlow said....

“It’s inspirational” says Larry Wilmore, one of the movie’s stars who can only see the positives to showing an underserved part of the United States on film. He stars alongside Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening in Jerry & Marge Go Large, which is based on the true story of a couple who found a mathematical loophole in the Michigan lottery, and exploited it to benefit their hometown. The comedy drama is available to watch exclusively on Paramount+ now, and the cast spoke to Newsweek about the perks of putting a spotlight on a part of the country that Hollywood often forgets....

Inflammation or irritation causes your vocal cords to swell and distorts the sounds that air carries over them, making your voice sound hoarse. If the swelling is severe, you may not be able to make your voice heard at all, a condition called aphonia that most people describe as “losing” their voice. Laryngitis isn’t usually serious. However, hoarseness that doesn’t go away, even after treatment, could be a symptom of a more serious problem and should be reported to your healthcare provider....

A potential ownership group is nearing its goal of 10,000 season ticket commitments. The group has reportedly sold more than 9,000 commitments, each of which requires a 10-percent deposit. MORE: Our mock expansion draft with Vegas, Seattle | Primer on the Maloofs | Best names for Vegas team “(We’re selling) between 125 and 180 tickets a day,” Bill Foley, who would own 80 percent of the franchise, told Las Vegas television station KLAS....

The Spanish boss previously coached the England international midfielder at Anfield, and Collymore, who spent time at Anfield during his playing days, believes that Jamaal Lascelles has the attributes to become just as vital a leader. Newcastle 9/2 to keep Liverpool clean sheet Collymore believes many young footballers now are “mollycoddled” and not good at taking on responsibility, but said that the 24-year-old is very different. “That is one of the reasons, if not the main reason, Jamaal Lascelles has impressed so many people – me among them – with the way he ­conducts himself at Newcastle,” he said to The Mirror....

After losing 3-1 in the French capital last week, Andre Schuerrle began Chelsea's comeback in the second leg with a first-half strike. However, it took substitute Ba to grab the scruffy but crucial goal in the 87th minute to secure the 3-3 aggregate result. "I think everyone probably doubted that we would do it," Chelsea captain John Terry said. "But I think we showed great character, great desire and will to fight no matter what....

Snyder simply can’t be silenced. Booted off NBC as host of “Tomorrow” in 1982 to make room for a nobody named Letterman, Tom retreated to radio, resurfaced on cable’s CNBC in 1993, then was restored to a network throne by the very guy who took his job 13 years ago. Letterman is producing “The Late Late Show With Tom Snyder” for CBS and plugging it heavily. Snyder went on at 12:35, thanked Dave and started ranting about how Johnny never plugged him when “Tomorrow” followed “The Tonight Show....

Reviewing U.S.-based clinical trial enrollment data reported to the ClinicalTrials.gov database between March 2000 and March 2020, researchers said only about 43 percent of the trials gathered race and ethnicity data from trial participants. Of those that did, minority groups “are underrepresented,” the study said, adding researchers found “modest improvement over time.” Industries throughout the U.S. have over the course of the coronavirus pandemic confronted a reckoning about diversity, equity and inclusion—especially in health care, where the impacts of the virus’ spread underlined existing disparities....

A credible threat? Or just trademark North Korean bluster? By all accounts, Pyongyang possesses neither nuclear warheads nor rockets to carry them over the Pacific. But its missile program, already a supplier to rogue states like Iran and Syria, is on the fast track. And last year U.S. spy satellites spotted an excavation in the North that bears the markings of a nuclear facility in the making. Washington wants to inspect the site to verify that Pyongyang’s freeze still holds....

The shocking messages by former President Donald Trump’s allies, as well as communication from his son Donald Trump Jr., were provided to the January 6 committee by the ex-president’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows. During a hearing on Monday to hold Meadows in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the documents he submitted, committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) shared the anchors’ texts describing how the events on January 6 were out of control....

The satirical sketch aired Saturday evening and depicted the Republican congresswomen holding semi-automatic rifles and referring to the coronavirus pandemic as a “fake disease.” “The government has been using this fake disease to strip us of our freedoms. Do they think we’re dumb?” asked Greene (played by Cecily Strong), to which Boebert (Chloe Fineman) replied, “Please, would they give a dumb person a gun? Yes.” “First, they said the shutdowns were until they found a vaccine,” Greene continued....

CNN’s Melanie Zanona tweeted mid-Tuesday morning that things were “getting heated” in a House GOP meeting where McCarthy spoke about how he would no longer take part in negotiations as he makes his bid for the House Speaker role. Zanona and The Washington Examiner’s Juliegrace Brufke, who cited a source in the room, both tweeted that Boebert yelled “bulls***” in response to McCarthy’s speech. McCarthy, a California Republican, served as the House minority leader in the last Democratic-led Congress but has put himself forward to become House speaker in the new 118th Congress for which the GOP won a slim majority in last year’s midterm elections....

The attacker was overpowered by Richard Fierro, a U.S. Army veteran who was in the club, with the assistance of a drag performer. Anderson Lee Aldrich, aged 22, is suspected of carrying out the attack and remains under police custody in hospital. Court documents reveal he is facing hate crime charges, along with those for murder. Lauren Boebert, the Trump-supporting GOP House representative for Colorado’s third congressional district, condemned the attack on Twitter....

Still once gave Hill his jersey, and now she’s returning the favor. After a Bengals practice, Hill surprised Still and gave him her jersey. She signed it: “Forever Lauren & Leah Strong. Never give up! Lauren Hill #22.” MORE: Still meets Hill | Hill’s ‘One Last Game’ photos | Hill gets cover of NBA Live 15 Just was surprised after practice by a really good friend, Lauren Hill, and she brought her game jersey!...

Lavel Davis Jr., a junior at Virginia and promising wide receiver on the school’s football team, was reportedly among those killed in the shooting. The two other victims, Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry, were also football players, according to WTOP News. Both were shot and killed at the school’s main campus in Charlottesville on Sunday near a parking deck. The news of Davis’ passing was confirmed on Twitter by Sean Lampkin, a tight-end coach and recruiting coordinator for Newbury College....