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Holli Parulski claims she was watching the caravan of vehicles drive through the city on Saturday, August 29, when a truck purposely hit her on the arm. The lawsuit, filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, states that Parulski was “peacefully observing” the pro-Trump caravan as she stood at a crosswalk at Southwest Washington Street and Third Avenue which had an active “walk” signal in place. Parulski claims the leased 2017 Chevy Colorado Pickup intentionally drove into her, striking her on the elbow and causing her “pain and distress....

Invoking his “Pocahontas” nickname for Warren, over her self-proclaimed Native American heritage, Trump wrote that he would veto the bill if the “Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren (of all people!) Amendment” went through. The bill, he said, “will lead to the renaming (plus other bad things!) of Fort Bragg, Robert E. Lee, and many other Military Bases from which we won Two World Wars,” the president said. In the amendment, Warren has called for the names of Confederate leaders to be stripped from 10 military bases, as well as from other military assets, including aircraft and ships....

KINGSTON, Jamaica — There are different strokes for different folks, certain horses for certain courses, and then there are fighting styles. That is why George Foreman was able to bounce Joe Frazier off the floor six times in 4 minutes to win the heavyweight boxing crown. That is why, I believe, Foreman would do it again and again, because Frazier is made for this big, strong kid, an advancing target, offering himself to be hit....

The power of emotion The Shea Stadium crowd taunted the first-place Braves with the tomahawk chop last Saturday night and chanted, “Let’s go Marlins!” to urge on the second-place Phillies’ opponent. To the fans, it was a pennant race. To the Mets, it was something more. “It’s so tough to go out and beat a team that has so much to play for,” the Braves’ Chipper Jones says. “They’re going to win ballgames for this city....

MUNICH, W. Germany — Long before the Olympic flame slowly dwindled and finally disappeared in the eerie darkness of the Olympic Stadium, there was the unmistakable realization that a bit of the Olympic Games spirit also had died. Perhaps forever. The ever-touching closing ceremonies were even more meaningful at Munich. The haunting memory of the 11 Israeli team members who had died only a few days before lingered in the minds of 84,000 spectators and before a shamed world that watched....

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Willie Mays, the most exciting baseball player of our time and almost certainly the best, plans to play as long as the game is fun for him. This could be quite a while. Willie is having fun this season. He’s feeling the strongest he has in years. “I like to play happy,” the all-time great Giant center fielder said. “Baseball is a fun game, and I love it....

Speaking to reporters, Alabama coach Nick Saban confirmed the quarterback will return to practice Wednesday from a high ankle sprain he suffered Oct. 19 against Tennessee. “We’ll just have to see what he can do,” Saban said earlier this week, per AL.com. “Evaluate his mobility and his performance. I can’t really predict any of that. Just have to let it happen and see how it goes. “I think Wednesday will probably be the first day he’s back on the field....

Goals from Franck Ribery and Robert Lewandowski saw Bayern go two goals up within 10 minutes, but Raphael Guerreiro pulled one back to boost BVB’s hopes of salvaging a positive result. Arjen Robben restored Bayern’s two-goal lead after the break, before Lewandowski netted his second of the game against his former club to seal the win for the Bavarians. Alonso: Age not key in Klassiker “Overall, we did not have a chance of causing Bayern any problems at this level,” Tuchel told reporters....

Carlson said on his prime-time show that Fetterman, a Democrat, is “mentally defective” and that it will be “absurd” if he defeats Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz. His comments come after the first and only debate between Oz and Fetterman, which raised further concerns about the Democrat’s health as he continues to recover from a stroke in May this year. “It’s not about the person,” Carlson said. “It’s about the party....

In case you didn’t know.. The TUF 28 finale was witness to talented and upcoming prospects coming from over five different weight classes. The event kickstarted with a catchweight bout between Antonina Shevchenko and Ji Yeon Kim, a fight that went the entire distance of three rounds, leaving Shevchenko victorious after a unanimous decision on the judges’ scorecards. Standout performances during the night involved a women’s featherweight clash between Macy Chiasson and Pannie Kianzad, Juan Espino and Justin Frazier, and the main event between Kamaru Usman and Rafael dos Anjos....

Bidding to get past the group stages for the first time in their World Cup history after four unsuccessful previous attempts, the Carthage Eagles now face a must-win situation in Moscow. There is so much at stake in this clash as Belgium can seal a berth in the last 16 with victory, while Tunisia desperately need the three points to keep their knockout stage hopes alive. Belgium’s imposing 3-0 victory over Panama in their group opening encounter on Monday makes Tunisia’s task difficult at the Otkrytiye Arena....

Stone received a sentence of 40 months in prison after being convicted of obstructing a congressional investigation of Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. Originally, federal prosecutors recommended a sentence for Stone with a maximum of nine years. After the DOJ indicated they would seek a reduction of that sentence, the four prosecutors who made the initial sentence recommendation withdrew from the case. During a Thursday speech in Las Vegas, Trump said he believes Stone could be exonerated but would not make a decision on pardoning Stone right away....

Trump’s remarks came after a report on the U.S. unemployment rate in May showed an increase of 2.5 million jobs, bringing the number of Americans without work to 13.3 percent. Some observers believed the numbers would be lower in May due to the closing of businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Although many states have relaxed coronavirus mitigation protocols, Maine is expected to remain under a state of emergency declaration through June 11....

The event at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Arena is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. EST. C-SPAN will broadcast it live on its website as well as on TV via its C-SPAN 2 channel. As Trump touts his presidential successes at the rally, the remaining Democratic candidates will face off against each other in Iowa during the first Democratic debate of 2020. To qualify, candidates had to raise money from 225,000 unique donors and hit one of two polling requirements....

The Pentagon said President Donald Trump directed a drone strike in Iraq that hit a car carrying Major General Qassem Soleimani, leader of the Quds Force, a foreign unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. It followed a chain of recent events beginning with rocket attacks on joint U.S.-Iraqi military installations including one attack that killed an American civilian contractor and injured several service personnel....

In an interview published by Raw Story on Tuesday, Malcolm Nance said that Trump’s belligerent and erratic diplomacy is undermining America’s traditional alliances and opening up cracks that Putin will be more than happy to exploit. Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron warned that NATO nations could no longer necessarily rely on American assistance in the event of conflict. Trump has maligned America’s transatlantic allies for not spending enough on defense, and even questioned NATO’s Article 5—the alliance’s founding principle committing all signatories to collective defense....

Possibly the most important regular witness to appear before Congress is the attorney general, whose activities as chief law enforcement officer for the federal government determine the tone and direction of the rule of law for the country. For the most part, past administrations have been quite willing to have their attorney generals appear before Congress, and with good reason. When executive branch officials testify before Congress, they have an opportunity to offer a public justification for their actions and thereby build the nation’s trust....

Trump has not formally announced that he will run for president in 2024, but he has hinted at this intention several times. During his time in office, Trump was publicly skeptical of climate change efforts. The Trump administration rolled back nearly 100 environmental rules and regulations. This is something President Joe Biden—who plans to join other world leaders for climate change negotiations in Egypt later this week—is still working to undo....

Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney who worked primarily during the Obama administration, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday morning. During her interview with host Ali Velshi, she discussed the former president’s potential strategies for one of his most pressing current legal battles—the FBI investigation into his handling of classified government documents that he allegedly took from the White House to his Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago. McQuade said that one of the main arguments that Trump might try is to claim that others around him mishandled the documents, and that he was not really paying attention....

“I happen to take it,” Trump told reporters Monday of his decision to try hydroxycloroquine as a coronavirus prophylactic after weeks of touting the medicine’s virtues as a possible treatment for COVID-19. Medical experts have questioned the unproven effectiveness of the drug on coronavirus and warned of potential side effects. “Yeah, I’ve taken it for one and a half weeks now,” Trump said unprompted. “And I’m still here. I’m still here....