Consider the stakes. The ayatollahs’ regime is the world’s greatest state sponsor of terrorism. The regime funds, arms, trains, and directs terrorist organizations and cells in nearly every country in the world. Iran apparently passed the nuclear threshold this year, which means the ayatollahs are now capable of developing nuclear weapons at will. Iran has an advanced ballistic missile industry and fields missiles capable of hitting targets in most of Europe....

All these arguments are worthy of discussion. But Hutton–a former editor of the left-wing Sunday Observer and now chief executive of the Work Foundation–is a provocateur. So he takes the new theology of the European left and ratchets it up to a rant. Hutton’s America is a failed society, “the most unequal society in the industrialized West.” As an economic model it is a failure as well; the obsession with short-term profits to satisfy shareholders has drained U....

While time-consuming, the process involves identifying people who were potentially exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Then, those people are isolated and monitored for symptoms hopefully interrupting the transmission. On Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city is immediately hiring 1,000 contact tracers. He called for any talented individuals who are ready to lend their hands to apply. “Please, we need you to come forward right away,” de Blasio said....

There are several ways to look at NBC’s “I Witness Video.” You could be flip and call it “America’s Grisliest Home Videos.” You could be nasty and say that if Jack the Ripper had access to a camcorder, his work would be showcased here, too. But you really should be scared, for both television and the rest of us. Because just as Paddy Chayefsky sardonically prophesied 16 years ago, “I Witness Video” packages real death as home entertainment....

It was a game that started fast with the National League jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning behind an RBI single from Mookie Betts and a home run from Paul Goldschmidt. But victory, ultimately, wasn’t to be for the NL as its woes continue. The nine-game winning streak for the AL pulls it into second-place all-time, ahead of the NL’s eight-game streak from 1963 to 1970....

I figured it out over a hot dog. Actually, I figured it out over two hot dogs and a 14-ounce drink at Gray’s Papaya, a beloved tubesteak palace here in New York. For more than a decade-a decade that has witnessed the single largest economic expansion in our nation’s history, by the way-Gray’s Papaya has been selling those two delicious dogs and a 14-ounce drink (except for pineapple juice, that budget-buster) for a mere $1....

Last week, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced that New York and San Francisco are the finalists to compete against other world capitals for the 2012 Summer Games. Nothing against San Francisco or New York–they are both great cities with lots to do, plenty of interesting people and big pools of money with which to bribe Olympic officials–but since when do San Francisco and New York represent our nation in anything?...

Jefe was caught on camera by his owner Abbey Curtis howling at his human companion to get in the Christmas spirit by opening one of the windows on the Furry Little Christmas Advent Calendar. The only problem was his demand came before December had even begun. That didn’t stop Jefe from pulling well-known canine tricks to try and get what he wanted, including the all-too-familiar puppy dog eyes along with a few howls for good measure....

That is the 2020 American Century Championship in a nutshell as a who’s who of current and former athletes, actors and other famous faces head to Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course overlooking Lake Tahoe for the annual celebrity golf tournament. NBC is broadcasting all three rounds of the event live. The 72-player field in 2020 includes everyone from NFL quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers to NBA MVP Stephen Curry and his dad, Dell, plus entertainment personalities Ray Romano, Miles Teller and Larry the Cable Guy, among others....

Wholesome, likable Mormon competitors are now so plentiful that some viewers have taken to playing Spot the Mormon. Former “Idol” contestant Carmen Rasmusen, herself a Mormon, says one of this season’s early episodes set off her Mormon radar when she heard White tell the judges she’d never seen an R-rated movie. “My husband and I just looked at each other and said, ‘She’s totally Mormon.’ I mean, who else would say something like that?...

To paraphrase Jewish mothers around the globe: what could be so important? At the moment of Schumer’s call, Lynton was on the phone with his friends and fellow power brokers Gary Ginsberg, an executive at News Corp., and Jay Sanderson, CEO of JTN, a Hollywood production company that makes Jewish TV programs. Together, they were putting the finishing touches on their pet project: a list of the 50 most influential rabbis in America....

Telehealth has exploded in popularity in 2020; so much so that the American Medical Association (AMA) has called for expansion of telehealth services beyond the pandemic through bipartisan legislation in the form of The Telehealth Modernization Act of 2020. The bill would make telehealth accessible to patients across the nation, whether in a city center or rural area, as well as allow all types of practitioners to offer telehealth services....

“A weaker man might be moved to reexamine his faith, for nothing else at least in the law of probability,” said one. MORE FROM DRF: All your racing needs | All-access Belmont package | Real-time updates A toss. Heads. “Getting a bit of a bore, isn’t it,” said the other. “A bore? What about the suspense?” Bored to death with the whole idea of the Triple Crown in the wilderness since Affirmed won it in 1978?...

This is according to a report published in Public Opinion Quarterly, which reveals around 40 percent of people who responded to the 2018 General Social Survey (GSS) reported having a good deal of confidence in scientific leaders. This is a number that has remained relatively stable since 1973 and is considered high in comparison to other professions, including journalists, judges and Congress. “Over and over again, scientists are at the top of trustworthy professions,” said Dominique Brossard, a professor of life sciences communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and senior author of the report, in a statement....

Rebecca Frazier from Oregon was aboard the Diamond Princess which is expected to be held at the port of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, until at least February 19 after a passenger from Hong Kong had tested positive for the virus also known as 2019-nCoV on February 1. Speaking to ABC news from her hospital room in Yokohama, Frazier said that she is “feeling good still,” having had a slight cough when she arrived for treatment, as well as a slight temperature, but “both of those have normalized....

“To name just one example, we must have no stigma—none—about wearing masks when we leave our homes and come near other people,” the Kentucky Republican said on the chamber floor. “Wearing simple face coverings is not about protecting ourselves. It is about protecting everyone we encounter.” The Senate leader’s remarks come the day after a senior GOP senator urged Trump to wear a face mask to set an example and amid a steady increase in new cases, with some states seeing record daily cases and are being forced to re-close portions of their economies....

Amon is an 18-year-old winger who has broken through with the first team at Danish side FC Nordsjaelland, having spent the past three years developing in the club’s academy system. He made his first-team debut last November and quickly turned heads with his game-changing speed and fearless approach to running at defenders. Amon honed that fearlessness and ability to take on defenders in games of two-on-two he and his three brothers played while growing up in Charleston, South Carolina....

The American people are rejecting this spending binge not only because it’s divorced from their actual concerns and priorities, but also because they can foresee the damage it will inflict on an economy that is still extremely fragile. I’ve traveled around the country to dozens of states these past few months, and the consistent message I get from concerned Americans is that Washington is badly disconnected from the reality they’re facing....

Using a fullcourt pressure defense, the USA got five steals from starting center Chinanu Onuaku of Louisville and held the Argentines to just 20 first-half points. Villanova-bound point guard Jalen Brunson started and delivered six assists. High schooler Jayson Tatum scored 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting. MORE U19 COVERAGE: Briscoe out | Malik Pope cut | Josh Jackson heading overseas… sort of The Americans dominated the action from the jump, breaking to an early lead and never allowing Argentina to get comfortable....

The new Morning Consult survey found that 49 percent of Americans either strongly or somewhat approved of his response to the COVID-19 outbreak. A further 45 percent disapproved of his handling of the pandemic, giving him a net approval rating of 4 percentage points. President Trump’s rating on the issue was markedly better in mid-March, when pollsters revealed that 53 percent of voters approved of his handling of the outbreak, while only 39 percent disapproved....