Klopp replaced Brendan Rodgers in October 2015 and went on to lead Liverpool to the EFL Cup and Europa League finals in his debut campaign, but lost both to Manchester City and Sevilla respectively. Do Madrid really need Ronaldo any more? Liverpool’s performances in those competitions seemingly impressed the club enough to offer Klopp an extension in July, and the German appeared to vindicate that decision by overseeing a strong start to the season....

The parade’s approval comes weeks after a violent 11-day war between Israel and Hamas militants and is planned to take place Tuesday. Israeli media reported that the parade’s crowd would not enter the Muslim Quarter as it always has each year. The celebration was supposed to take place May 10 but had been delayed due to tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. A statement from Hamas urged Palestinians to take to the streets in the Old City and at the Al-Aqsa Mosque to “rise up in the face of the occupier and resist it by all means to stop its crimes and arrogance....

Hamlin led the lead pack across the finish line to win the second Budweiser Duel and avoid the wild multicar crash that erupted behind him and sent Clint Bowyer's car flipping through the air. The wreck occurred when Jimmie Johnson ran out of fuel on the final lap and Jamie McMurray tagged him from behind coming out of Turn 4, sending both drivers crashing into the outside wall and igniting a huge crash....

All employees at the private, historically black university are required to adhere to the university’s code of conduct. After a full investigation, it was determined that the officers shared “misogynistic, racist and other offensive remarks” on unnamed social media outlets. This behavior, the university said, was an “egregious” violation of the code of conduct. Earlier in the year, students at Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges in Massachusetts protested the employment of Police Chief Daniel Hect over tweets he liked about immigration, gun rights and President Donald Trump....

The Slovakian midfielder sits on 114 goals for Napoli – one shy of the Argentinian great’s haul of 115 from his celebrated spell in Naples that inspired Serie A glory in 1986-87 and 1989-90. Maurizio Sarri’s team sit top of the table in the Italian top flight with a 100 per cent record from eight matches this term but face a tough task on Tuesday in Manchester against Pep Guardiola’s free-scoring Premier League leaders....

When his Hannity & Colmes show (cohosted by the late Alan Colmes) debuted in 1996, 91,000 curious viewers tuned in, while today the show now dubbed Hannity routinely boasts 3 million nightly. On whole, the Nielsen ratings for Fox News is up 6,300 percent in 25 years. While mostly forthcoming, in the below Q&A, Hannity bristles at any discussion involving his personal life, not to mention the notion of revealing a secret that would go “absolutely viral” if he were to relent....

“When the Pawn” is the follow-up to Apple’s triple-platinum debut, “Tidal.” It’s an intensely felt piece of work shot through with the singer’s most primal influences: jazz, the Beatles and Joan Armatrading. In her lyrics, Apple is a young woman who feels so vulnerable that she can’t help but warn everybody away. Sex? “It will only make me colder when it’s over.” Love? “I know I’m a mess he don’t want to clean up....

Clinton’s aides are spinning that their man is calmer, more deliberate than he was on the campaign trail. They may have a hard time convincing the advance man bawled out last week by the president (over an open mike) for some foul-up on a tour of working-class Washing-ton. But there’s no doubting the president’s enthusiasm. Clinton is in policy-wonk heaven. For someone steeped in the details of governance, what could be more fun than getting to write the entire federal budget?...

The Hollywood legend, now 77 years old, is known as an avid flier. He has had a few close calls while piloting planes over the years, though, and his latest one has brought on scrutiny from the FAA. On April 24, Ford was flying an aircraft and told to hold short of a runway at Hawthorne Airport in South California because another plane was practicing landings. According to TMZ, the Indiana Jones actor crossed the runway when the tower operator told him to do precisely the opposite....

That most likely stands to change after June’s NBA Draft. The latest mock draft from Sporting News’s Sean Deveney has the San Antonio-born, identical brothers separated, with Andrew Harrison going 29th to the Brooklyn Nets and Aaron’s stock dropping to the second round. Even if Aaron continues to slide, odds are against him falling to the same late-round team that picks his brother. MORE: Connaughton’s stock, like his vertical, rising at Combine | The Draft’s best ‘pure’ PG...

The surveillance video, which was obtained by WABC-TV in New York, shows the victim outside of the King Deli and Grocery on Boston Road in the Bronx neighborhood of Morrisania. In the video, the suspect, wearing a white face mask, can be seen patting the victim on the back as the two are near the side of the deli. The victim then begins to walk toward the deli entrance, and the suspect puts his hand into his jacket....

Acting through his attorneys, officer Dunn hit out at Fox News host Carlson, who had questioned his eligibility to speak in an unbiased way at the January 6 committee. In an extraordinary response to Carlson’s remarks, made during the Wednesday night segment of his show, Dunn’s lawyers said their client would “lay his life down” to protect lawmakers from both sides of the aisle." In a statement shared on Twitter late on Wednesday by Mark Zaid, one of Dunn’s lawyers, Carlson was blasted for criticizing the officer who has 13 years of service under his belt....

The Duke of Sussex is already suing the British Home Office over its decision to remove his police protection, first taken in 2020, which he says means it is unsafe in Britain for him, Meghan Markle and their children Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor. Now he has filed a second lawsuit against the same government department but also naming the Metropolitan Police as a second defendant, the High Court confirmed to Newsweek....

Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog said a source indicated Giles will play in Duke’s scheduled home game Dec. 19. Giles missed his entire sophomore season of high school basketball to recover from surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament on his right knee, then missed nearly his entire senior season to recover from an ACL repair on his left knee. When a single day of non-contact practice in September led to the surgery that has kept him out of the Blue Devils’ first 10 games, plus one more scheduled for Saturday at UNLV, there were suggestions – including from ESPN analyst Jay Williams, a Duke alum – he should not play at all in 2016-17 and simply ready himself for next June’s NBA Draft....

Ex-England & Rangers player Ehiogu dies Ehiogu, who appeared for England, Rangers and Middlesbrough amongst others, collapsed at Spurs’ training ground on Thursday and passed away in hospital on Friday morning, aged 44. Striker Kane took to Twitter to lead the tributes to the club’s under-23 coach, saying: “Very sad day today! Ugo was a fantastic man and coach! Gone way to soon! Thoughts are with his friends and family now!...

Sahl, a highly influential figure in American satire and stand-up comedy, passed away at his home in the San Francisco, California suburb of Mill Valley. Sahl’s friend Lucy Mercer said that he died “peacefully” due to “old age,” according to The Associated Press. Until the COVID-19 pandemic emerged last year, he had continued to perform live comedy regularly despite his old age. Sahl was born on May 11, 1927 to a Canadian mother and an American father in Montreal, Canada....

The England international found himself frozen out at the Etihad Stadium shortly after Pep Guardiola’s arrival as City’s new manager. Having been made aware that he was surplus to requirements, he was allowed to take in a season-long loan at Serie A side Torino. Hart wants future sorted quickly A permanent switch is expected to be made this summer, with it being suggested that Hart could cross the Manchester divide and join the ranks at Old Trafford....

“When you experience racism, you can feel shame,” the website read. “You may wish that you weren’t Asian, but remember that your ancestors likely went through similar or even worse incidents.” One Harvard student, Matteo Wong, took to Twitter to express his frustration with the school’s response to the increase in racism against Asian Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic and the mass shooting that took place in Atlanta earlier this month, which left eight dead—among them six Asian women....

Harvick had just won the AdvoCare 500to remain third in points, maintaining a slim shot at the Sprint Cup championship going into next week’s season finale. Two weeks earlier, the two were embroiled in a bitter dispute after Harvick’s comments following a Camping World Truck Series incident with Childress grandson Ty Dillon. Harvick called Dillon and his older brother, Austin, “punk-ass kids” and said they didn’t work for their rides at Richard Childress Racing....