And because she was onstage so much, that meant Gaga cycled through a good number of accessories. In total, Mother Monster won five awards: Song of the Year, Best Collaboration and Best Cinematography for her team-up with Ariana Grande, “Rain On Me,” as well as Artist of the Year and the “Tricon” award, the VMAs’ latest version of a lifetime-achievement award. For each award, and for her medley performance, Gaga donned a different mask....

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated some shortcomings of the U.S. health system, as seen in the spread of health disinformation, stalls in medical device supply chains, and significant disparities in health outcomes for certain minority groups. Still, experts say that through the determination and creativity of healthcare workers—from clinicians to technical engineers—health systems are now better set up for future success. And while there is still a long way to go to improve the accessibility to care for many communities, advancements in telehealth have broken down some barriers and transformed how people receive care....

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The SpaceX and Tesla CEO has significant ties to China, the second (and, by Musk’s estimation, soon-to-be top) market for Tesla’s electric vehicle sales. He has taken over $1 billion in loans from the country and meets with Chinese Communist Party leadership. He even contributed a piece to China Cyberspace, the official publication of the Cyberspace Administration of China, which is the government’s cyber censorship arm. Legislators and security experts have cautioned the public that his relationship with the CCP could cause significant concern for America’s national security, and that time could very well be now....

While Silver, speaking during a press conference before Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Suns and Bucks, called the situation at ESPN “disheartening,” he said that it should be recognized that people, “especially long-term employees that are in good standing” make mistakes. “That careers shouldn’t be erased by a single comment. That we should be judging people by the larger context of their body of work and who they are and what we know about them,” Silver said....

As usual in Corporate America, the highest-paid executives and talent appear to have mostly survived unscathed. Instead, the layoffs appear to be centered around mid- to lower-level employees across multiple divisions. Word is that two-thirds of the casualties will come at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn. MORE: Whitlock, Simmons puppets of Corporate America | How ESPN personalities’ careers faded after leaving WWL “We carefully considered and deliberated alternatives before making each decision....

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which makes vaccine-related recommendations to the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC), held an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss and vote on how the first available doses of a future COVID-19 vaccine should be distributed. Thirteen voting members of the committee voted in favor of approving the recommendation proposing initial doses of a COVID-19 vaccine be offered to health care personnel and long-term care facility residents first, while one voting member voted against it....

Brooks picked up a minor knee injury in Hertha’s 4-2 defeat to FC Cologne on Saturday – a game in which the center back scored a late header. Injuries putting Arena and USA depth to the test​ On Monday the club’s Twitter account provided an update, saying Brooks was cleared to meet up with the U.S. squad as planned after undergoing an MRI. The news will be a welcome boost for Bruce Arena’s squad, which is already missing regular starters DeAndre Yedlin, Fabian Johnson and Bobby Wood due to injuries....

But now you know that there are no bad people, only people who think badly of themselves. You know that “if you really joyfully accept yourself… nothing can make you unhappy,” in the words of Father John Powell, a specialist in “psychotheology” at Loyola University of Chicago. You know that even famous, successful people like writer Gloria Steinem (“Revolution From Within: A Book of Self-Esteem”) have to battle “inner feelings of incompleteness, emptiness, self-doubt and self-hatred....

MLB’s worst-kept secret is that pitchers have been using sticky stuff to get a grip on baseballs for almost as long as baseballs have been thrown, and hitters have generally been OK with it. It wasn’t until Rob Manfred and the rest of the braintrust in the MLB offices decided that offense was down (part of it is their own doing, after all) did it turned out to be a real issue....

Heynckes has taken charge of the Bavarian side as a caretaker until the end of the season, when Bayern will appoint a permanent successor for Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian was sacked last month, leading Bayern to apoint Heynckes – who hadn’t coached since leaving the club in 2013 – as a temporary placeholder. Several candidates for the permanent job have emerged, with Nagelsmann considered one of the favourites after the 30-year-old improbably led Hoffenheim to the qualifying round of this season’s Champions League....

Wendell Carter Jr. was one of those players. Coming to Chicago with the seventh pick of the 2018 draft, Carter was supposed to be a well-rounded big man who could shoot from 3, pass a little bit and defend intelligently. He looked like he could fill that modern big-man prototype that every team needs. There were some flashes with the Bulls, but the consistency was never there. Carter was traded to Orlando 2 1/2 years later....

Such warnings are hardly new in our post-9-11 world. In the last 21 months, the government has investigated more than 3,000 terrorist threats in the United States, issued 103 warnings to law enforcement agencies and announced three major nationwide terrorist alerts before this one. But this time, intelligence officials say they have intercepted more specific detail about potential attacks and have more reason to believe one is “imminent.” Should the government be doing more to protect us?...

PHOTOS: National anthem protests around the sports world Castlemont High School players and coaches laid on their backs with their hands up prior to their game Friday night, not unlike Charles Kinsey, a 46-year-old African-American mental health therapist who was shot by a North Miami police officer while trying to help an autistic patient. This marks the second straight week the Knights have protested during the anthem after kneeling with raised fists before last week’s game....

This is how college basketball recruiting is already changing with the NBA’s threat to end its draft age limit hanging over the game. Emoni Bates is 15 years old. He stands 6-8, weighs perhaps 180 pounds and has the length, handle, extravagantly lean build and beautiful jumpshot that lead to those Durant comparisons. As a freshman, he scored 23 points while helping Lincoln High in Ypsilanti win the 2019 Michigan Division 1 state championship, the first in the school’s history....

Admirable, but there went the grading curve. At Stanford these days, less than 10 percent of the students receive anything below a B grade. Are students smarter? Nah, that’s Gen X myth No. 8. It’s time, say many faculties suddenly discovering the joys of standing upright, to restore some meaning to the grading system. Last week Stanford’s faculty took the bold step of voting to restore the F. Predictably, the gesture was misnamed; the F will henceforth be termed an NP, for ““no pass....

We’re 18-year-old young women of color. One of us is from California, and the other is from Minnesota. Growing up, the people we saw working in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs were almost exclusively white men. That all changed when we started participating in a STEM internship program for high school students. We learned that we have what it takes to pursue careers in math and science—and that there are people with backgrounds like ours who are succeeding in these fields....

In a pre-print paper—meaning one that has not been peer-reviewed—posted to the online server medrxiv.org, an international team of scientists concluded that initially targeting any coronavirus vaccine to young and middle-aged adults in this age group could “more than double” its effectiveness when it comes to reducing transmission of the virus. The team found that in 179 countries, individuals between 30 and 59 years of age tend to be the “highest priority” group because of high contact rates with others, as well as higher risk of infection and disease....

In the last two years, Oklahoma has turned itself into a petri dish for an array of social programs aimed at getting people married and keeping them that way. Most Oklahomans welcome the help. Conservative and God-fearing, the state has the second highest divorce rate in the nation. Many blame the decline of holy matrimony for high levels of child poverty and unemployment. So in the spring of ‘00, when Gov....

Savoring victory, Metropolitan director Phillipe de Montebello said: “The Annenberg collection is magnificent, ravishing,” and “will make an immeasurable addition” to his museum. The bequest (which goes to the Met after the death of Annenberg, now 83) will become the centerpiece of the Met’s 19th-century European galleries, slated for renovation. Annenberg, the publisher, philanthropist and former U.S. ambassador to Britain, has stipulated that the pictures must remain together. Annenberg chose the Metropolitan because “the Met and the Louvre are the two complete museums in the world....