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It isn’t every day you see a sex toy on a billboard, and it’s even more rare you’ll see one in the hands of a person in their seventies.

1 Congestion fees: New York City motorists would have to shell out $11.52 to drive into the busiest parts of Manhattan under a new proposal commissioned by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ease congestion and raise funds for mass transit. Trucks would pay even more — $25.34 — while taxis, Uber rides and for-hire vehicles would be charged between $2 and $5 per ride. The pricing zone would cover Manhattan south of 60th Street. The proposal is expected to face stiff opposition in the Legislature, which must approve portions of the plan. Читать дальше...

So cool. Doesn’t even care his face is about to get smashed by an errant pass We’re moving into the home stretch of our January expeditions. Spurs are jumping the queue for Malcolm. I’d love to be furious about this, but I hadn’t heard of the player until last week and I’ve had my hit of uninspiring French kids over the few years. I still have Gervinho PTSD (I know where he’s from). The line from the club is the fee mapped to experience is out of sync. Читать дальше...

Markus Fjortoft is a giant defender out of Duke.

With the second to last pick of the second round, the Seattle Sounders added Duke University product Markus Fjortoft. The Norwegian came up through Bærum SK’s youth program. His father was a Norwegian international who played professionally in England, Germany, Austria and Norway.

Markus is a substantial 6’5” 205 pound senior. That’s taller and heavier than every player on the current Sounders roster. He scored seven goals in his four... Читать дальше...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on January 19 that nearly 400 Russian athletes have been deemed eligible to potentially compete under a neutral flag in next month's Winter Olympics in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang.

Mikaela Shiffrin often finds herself fixating on two thoughts that are completely detached from reality. "I feel every single day, first of all, like I've never won a World Cup in my life," the Alpine ski racing star told The Associated Press. "And I feel like I'm never going to win again." Really? She is, don't forget, an athlete who claimed the first five events she entered in 2018 , a record, before a third-place showing in a downhill Friday at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. She has won eight of her past 10 races. Читать дальше...

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• The House Intelligence Committee released the transcript of its interview with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson on Thursday.
• Simpson spoke at length about Sergei Millian, a Belarus-born businessman who has worked with the Trump Organization and was reportedly a key source in the explosive Trump-Russia dossier.
• Millian appears to have begun downplaying his ties to the Trump Organization after Western reporters started digging into Trump's Russia ties in 2016. Читать дальше...

Credit and debit card numbers being sold on the dark web have been traced to a potential data breach at Jason’s Deli locations across the country.

Le président français Emmanuel Macron a martelé vendredi que la France aurait besoin de l'Allemagne pour réformer l'Europe, à deux jours d'un vote crucial sur la formation d'une coalition gouvernementale à Berlin entre conservateurs et sociaux-démocrates.

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Watch the UFC’s 25th Anniversary press conference live on Bloody Elbow at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT on Friday, January 19th.

The most popular destination was the nation’s capital, where Emanuel travelled seven times, always staying at the posh Park Hyatt Hotel.

Des voyageurs échappent à la mort de justesse en Turquie, mais d'autres sont beaucoup moins chanceux au Kazakhstan. Tout s'écroule en Colombie, et la visite du pape en Amérique du Sud ne passe pas inaperçue.

Sports Pulse: USA TODAY Sports experts give us their pick on who will win the NFC Championship, the Vikings or the Eagles.

It’s time to play the drinking game “Never Have I Ever” with the cast of “Summer House.” From pegging to sexting, no topic is off limits for the stars of Bravo’s reality series set in Montauk. “Literally, save your dirty texts in your Notes, and just copy-and-paste it,” advised Alabama native Stephen McGee.

The Lakers are back home, but so are the injuries.

The Los Angeles Lakers are back home in Southern California after a costly three-game road trip, hosting the Indiana Pacers for a Friday night fight. How much fight the Lakers have, however, remains to be seen.

Head Coach Luke Walton came away from their loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder once again questioning their toughness as a team, and it’s set to be another challenge for a bruised-up Lakers squad. Lonzo Ball and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope have both been ruled out... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas gunman meticulously planned how to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, researching SWAT tactics, renting other hotel rooms overlooking outdoor concerts and investigating potential targets in at least four cities, authorities said Friday. But months after Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and wounded more than 800 others with a barrage of bullets from the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel, investigators still have not answered the key question: Why did he do it? Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas gunman meticulously planned how to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, researching SWAT tactics, renting other hotel rooms overlooking outdoor concerts and investigating potential targets in at least four cities, authorities said Friday. But months after Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and wounded more than 800 others with a barrage of bullets from the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel, investigators still have not answered the key question: Why did he do it? Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence is making his fifth visit to Israel, returning to a region he’s visited “a million times” in his heart. An evangelical Christian with strong ties to the Holy Land, Pence this time comes packing two key policy decisions in his bags that have long been top priorities for him: designating Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and curtailing aid for Palestinians. Alyssa Farah, a Pence spokeswoman, said the trip was “integral to America’s... Читать дальше...

Investigators still do not know why Stephen Paddock shot and killed 58 people during an outdoor music festival in Las Vegas last October, CBS News reports. In a press conference Friday, authorities conceded that three months of investigation had not yielded any findings on Paddock's motivations, though Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo did emphasize that Paddock acted alone and that his girlfriend — who was at one point suspected of helping him — would not be charged with any crime.

Warning: Video contains graphic content and language.  GARDENA, Calif. – An armed private security guard recently thwarted a robbery by shooting two would-be thieves, and surveillance video of the incident quickly circulated on social media, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday. The security guard was sitting outside a convenience store in Gardena on the night of Dec. 30th when two teenagers entered the business, according to a sheriff’s news release. One of the male suspects... Читать дальше...

The University of Colorado is considering changes to its speech codes to encourage students and staff to engage with potentially "wrong or insensitive" speech rather than suppress it.

The Justice Department said Friday that it intends to retry Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) after his corruption trial ended in a mistrial in November. Menendez, 63, was accused of taking luxury gifts, trips, and campaign donations from his friend and donor, Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen, in exchange for government favors. One juror afterwards told reporters that the deadlock was 10-2 in favor of acquittal, Politico writes.

The government shutdown is likely to stifle scientific research in the U.S., particularly at health agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).