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Top GOP officials have been working across several states, most prominently Texas, to pass controversial new restrictions on how Americans vote in future elections. Proposals include the banning drive-thru polling stations, limiting mail-in ballots and restricting who can hand in ballot papers on behalf of others. Several Democrats are calling to end or tweak the filibuster in order for Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation like the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act....

Barcelona played well against Atletico Madrid but conceded two unfortunate penalties and slumped to a 2-2 draw. The game marked Barcelona’s second consecutive draw after Iago Aspas stunned the Catalan faithful with a late equaliser for Celta Vigo against Barcelona last week. The aftermath of Barcelona’s draw against Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou has been riddled with controversy. The Catalans did not cover themselves in glory after the match and Barcelona striker Antoine Griezmann continues to be heavily ostracised from the rest of the squad....

The Problem With Traditional Calendars Vimcal was co-founded by Berkeley classmates John Li and Michael Zhao when they were struggling to deal with multiple time zones while fundraising for their first startup. While you might not be an entrepreneur, chances are that you have found yourself dealing with many of the other shortcomings traditional calendar applications possess, especially when it comes to dealing with time zone differences. Not great for productivity!...

The piece also focused on how the WWE has turned around its perception and has cleaned up its act when it comes to violence and its use of female performers in order to become more atttractive to both viewers and advertisers. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year As expected, the interview was filled with plenty of interesting nuggets from McMahon including that once “SmackDown” begins airing on Fox beginning on Friday, Oct....

Heidmann was cited for disorderly conduct and obstructing the legal process for his actions. In June, members of the Nisswa City Council disavowed comments made by Heidmann on Facebook which appeared to defend racially provocative remarks made by a local school teacher. Heidmann was shown on video approaching the traffic stop on foot. Officers were in the process of searching the car. The below video includes language some may find objectionable....

The animation was posted Tuesday to Reddit, where it quickly gained over 3,500 comments and about 36,000 upvotes. Originally, it was posted online by news outlet Tech Insider in 2017. Tech Insider said the animation used projections from Chris Scotese, a professor at Northwestern University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. The animation shows how the continents squeeze and contort over time, with Australia first drifting northward and Africa edging up into Europe....

If Kohli is able to score a century, he will become the captain with the maximum international hundred’s (42), breaking former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting’s previous record of 41 centuries across all formats. Kohli is joint-top alongside Ponting at the moment with 41 hundred’s as the Indian captain. As far as the time taken to reach the milestone is concerned, Kohli is quicker than any other captain. While Ponting took 376 innings to reach 41 international tons as captain, Kohli has equalled the record and has played only 196 innings, which tells you a lot about the kind of consistency he has shown across all formats and also highlights his fantastic conversion rate....

‘Goonga Pehelwan’ Virender Singh recently returned home from Sofia, Bulgaria to a hero’s reception at Indira Gandhi National airport in New Delhi. The reason for all the fanfare was a gold medal that Virender won at the recently-concluded 2013 World Deaflympics in Bulgaria in the 74-kg freestyle event. The traditional kushti is quite a popular sport across India, with pehelwans training in dusty maidans for hours. Wrestling is a sport India generally does well in, even at the summer Olympics....

The Reds return to action Sunday against Everton and need just two more wins to wrap up the league title after an almost perfect campaign. Jurgen Klopp’s side, which fell short this year in its bid to repeat as Champions League titlist, has dropped just four points in the league and boasts the best defense in the competition. “We have not won the title yet. We have not won anything yet....

Monacan High School of Chesterfield County, Va., was leading 14-12 with just 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Lake Taylor’s last hope was to kick a field goal from the six-yard line. Seems easy enough. Lake Taylor of Norfolks, Va., attempted what should have been the game-winning field goal, but Monacan ended up blocking it. Manocan players were so overcome with what just happened they were celebrating, perhaps a bit too early....

Two other states currently have laws that cap the cost that insurers can charge for insulin at $100 per month, but the Virginia law would be the lowest legal limit. Some legislators originally wanted the price cap to be set at $30. Lawmakers in several other states have also proposed caps, but none of them have gone below $100. “This is aimed at providing relief for folks who have health insurance but still can’t afford their medication,” said Virginia Delegate Lee Carter during a hearing on the measure according to a Friday report from The Virginia Mercury....

While the Cardinals prepared to take on the Dodgers, animal control tried to safely remove the skunks from the field, but to no avail. Jim Hayes of Fox Sports Midwest provided a live Twitter stream of the hunt for the skunks. MORE: A’s switch pitcher Venditte makes MLB debut | Astros reportedly interested in Phillies’ Cole Hamels Even Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez was amused by the elusive skunks.

Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker has labelled talk of a new contract as a “reward” for the way that he is currently playing. The big German endured a tough beginning to his career at the Emirates, but his performances of late have made him one of the first names on the team sheet, and ensured that club captain Thomas Vermaelen remains on the bench. “The first year was tough for me, a very tough challenge, but the club and the manager always trusted me in a special way,” the defender told the Daily Star....

The study involved 25,871 people in the U.S. who took part in the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (Vital) clinical trial for five years. Some participants took only vitamin D or fish oil; others took both; and some acted as the control by consuming neither supplement. The findings showed that taking vitamin D was linked with a lower risk of dying of cancer in people of a normal weight—or a BMI of 18....

The as-yet unnamed device was shown in prototype form in a video the company posted on Weibo (via Android Authority). The company said (translated from Chinese) that “This is the electrochromic technology of the back cover of the mobile phone. The principle is very complicated, the effect is gorgeous, and the key is not to consume electricity.” You can view the official video here that Vivo posted to confirm it was its work....

Vivo announced global release plans for the X50 and X50 Pro – though not the X50 Pro+ – at a Beijing event, and here’s what you need to know. When was the Vivo X50 released? Vivo announced the X50 series in China on 1 June, and later announced the global launch on 16 July. As mentioned above, the X50 Pro+ isn’t launching globally – only the regular X50 and X50 Pro....

In his “Reality Check” segment on CNN’s New Day program, Avlon focused on the conviction of Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who is currently serving time in prison after pleading guilty to numerous counts of conspiracy. Manafort formerly worked as a political consultant in Ukraine and advised Viktor Yanukovych, an oligarch with ties to Putin who became the country’s president. Manafort “somehow managed to pull a cool $60 million along the way, in a country where the average monthly salary is just 200 bucks,” the anchor pointed out....

In a year of pandemic-fueled upheaval, it seems the more things change, the more they stay the same, with the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) survey pronouncing Putin number one politico for the 21st time in a row. Holder of the accolade every year since he ascended to the country’s top job in 2000, this year some 38 percent of respondents agreed with the findings of 20 previous polls....

The Broncos linebacker’s abundance of flatulence is upsetting dance partner Witney Carson. Because Carson understandably does not appreciate Miller blowing air out of the wrong end, she fines him $100 per booty belch. PHOTOS: Athlete-celebrity couples | MORE: NFL players on DWTS Miller so far has racked up $1,500 in fines for farting and being late, but thankfully, there’s a happy ending to all of this. Carson isn’t keeping the money; she’s donating it to the Skin Cancer Foundation....