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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) leader Col. Steven McCraw spoke about the conduct of the Uvalde Police Department during a Texas Senate Special Committee meeting on Tuesday. Following the comments, McLaughlin claimed State officials were attempting to “mislead” the public with the leaking of information about the shooting. This is while a formal investigation surrounding the conduct of officers is still ongoing. “There is compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to everything we’ve learned over the last two decades since the Columbine massacre,” McCraw said....

But as good as Davis is at baseball, it isn’t her best sport. Basketball is, and she dreams of one day playing for national powerhouse UConn. During Davis’ tour de force in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma was asked by a friend to reach out and congratulate her on her efforts. The friend called Auriemma at the behest of a member of the 76ers organization, the Hartford Courant reported....

Some games are so good at doing justice to this genre that these titles end up spawning full-blown franchises, although this might open the door for these IPs to be affected negatively after a bad video game comes out at some point or the other. Thankfully, the following video game franchises have done justice to the sci-fi moniker and delivered excellent video game experiences that flesh out their worlds and make them such a joy to explore....

Thomas Brennan, an assistant physical science professor in the College of Arts, Sciences and Education at Ferris State University, is under investigation after the Ferris State Torch unearthed a number of offensive tweets said to have been posted by Brennan, which also contain conspiracy theories about a pandemic that has killed more than 250,000 people in the U.S. alone. Among some of the tweets allegedly sent by Brennan include messages with repeated use of the N-word and posts with homophobic slurs....

Good news for Pacers big man Roy Hibbert: He’s no longer the only max-contract former All-Star to slog through an entire playoff game without lodging a single point. Welcome Nets point guard Deron Williams to the club. Williams had a brutal night on Tuesday in Miami, going 0-for-9 from the field for the first scoreless playoff game in his nine-year career — and marking the first time he has played at least 15 minutes without scoring a point....

An image of the scorpion on board Thursday’s flight from San Francisco to Atlanta was first published by TMZ, which reported how the unnamed female passenger started feeling a stinging sensation on her leg. When she went to the bathroom, it got worse and she saw the creature fall from her pant leg after she was stung several times, according to USA Today. The creature ran along the floor and caught by cabin crew, TMZ reported....

Sturgeon said she wouldn’t rule out legislation paving the way for a vote at the beginning of 2022, a move Johnson has called “reckless” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish National Party (SNP) leader, coming off her fourth consecutive parliamentary win, said that while Scotland’s recovery is an immediate priority, a vote to break away from Britain is a matter of “when, not if.” Results from Scotland’s local elections last Thursday show that the SNP took 64 of 129 seats in the Parliament....

The dispute involved over 80,000 New Hampshire residents who are employed by Massachusetts companies but have been working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts continued to collect an income tax of just over 5 percent from New Hampshire residents employed in Massachusetts, which Sununu said was unconstitutional. “Massachusetts cannot balance its budget on the backs of our citizens, punish our workers for making the decision to work from home and keep themselves and their families and those around them safe....

Three justices said Congress will consider changes to the Military Selective Service Act that currently requires only men to register for the draft when they reach age 18. Hadthe Supreme Court accepted the case, it would have had to decide if the government’s registration requirement for men is sex discrimination. “It remains to be seen, of course, whether Congress will end gender-based registration under the Military Selective Act,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a statement representing herself, Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Brett Kavanaugh....

In a 6-3 vote, the court sided with two nonprofit groups, one linked to billionaire Charles Koch, that argued that California’s collection of such information was a violation of the First Amendment. The groups had support from groups such as American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the AP said. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. California had defended its policy by saying that the information’s collection was necessary to prevent fraud....

Style of play One of the most common terms in Italian football is the ‘mezzala’. A mezzala is a role which defines a midfielder who normally plays in the middle of the park but often tend to drift wide to take the winger position or create overloads in the half-spaces. This very well explains Barella’s style of play. He is a central midfielder who has the tenacity to dominate the park and his hunger to be at the heart of everything makes him well suited to the role....

Miami? Perhaps. Or Boston. With the final two seeds in the Eastern Conference playoffs very much up for grabs — three games separate the potential No. 7 seed from the 12th team in the conference — SN asked two East scouts for their thoughts on entrants in the race. Both agreed that the Pacers, though a half-game out now but anticipating the return of star Paul George from a broken leg, are the favorites to earn one of the two spots....

There are several subtypes or themes within OCD, including scrupulosity. This subtype involves religious anxiety and moral perfectionism. It is not the same as having a healthy religious practice or being spiritual. Read on to find out more about scrupulosity and its symptoms and treatment. What Is Scrupulosity OCD? Scrupulosity is a form of OCD that involves obsessions about religion or morality. People living with scrupulosity are very concerned with whether they have thought or done something that could be considered a sin or a violation of religious or moral code....

RELATED: SD Gundam Battle Alliance: The Best Gundams To Upgrade As Soon As Possible One of the hardest-hitting classes in the game is the Infighter. These are the machines that revel in being at close range, dishing out heavy melee damage while risking being hit with boss attacks and being downed instantly. Infighters take the extreme skill of several of the game’s mechanics to play efficiently, but with some of the best damage in the game, they are also some of the most enjoyable Gundam to play....

A paper published in Current Biology has demonstrated how floating plastics can develop a film of algae and other microorganisms that disguise the synthetic nature of the material. According to the scientists involved, this is the first paper to show the smell of plastic could be encouraging animals to eat it. The team observed 15 captive-reared loggerhead turtles from Bald Head Island, North Carolina, in a lab setting and monitored their response to scents delivered through a pipe into the experimental area....

Before leaving the Jets in July to join the Seahawks, Adams told the New York Daily News that Gase was not the “right leader” for the team. MORE: Marshawn Lynch would come back for another Super Bowl run The 25-year-old safety got his wish of a fresh start and feels in a good place with the Seahawks (8-4) ahead of their clash with the 0-12 Jets. He headed to Seattle in a trade that sent safety Bradley McDougald to New York, and Adams is making a significant impact on the West Coast....

The Line: Seahawks -8, Total: 36.5 Line movement and notes: The Seahawks opened as 7.5-point road favorites at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Sunday, and the spread bounced between 7 and 8 throughout the week. The total opened 37 at the SuperBook and dropped down to 36.5. For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page. Trends that matter: The Seahawks are 10-3 SU in their last 13 games as road favorites, going 8-5 ATS…....

Seahawks cornerback Byron Maxwell subtly checked the ball after Tom Brady threw it in the third quarter. Just had to make sure there was no funny business going on with the air in the balls. MORE: Must-see photos | Commercials | Iyer: Brady best ever Better safe than sorry.

The Quote On the Tuesday edition of Premiere Radio’s The Sean Hannity Show, Hannity said: “How do you do ‘America United’ as an inauguration theme when you just recently compared Ted Cruz to Joseph Goebbels? And we’ll put you all back in chains. How do you do that?” Why it Matters Hannity’s comment comes just eight days before Biden’s inauguration, at a time when Democrats have sought to impeach President Donald Trump and censure Republican congressional members who supported Trump’s baseless claim that widespread voter fraud caused Biden to win the 2020 presidential election....