For Pearl, the discussions carry a deeply personal undertone. While on assignment in Pakistan in 2002, his son was abducted by Islamic extremists, who later videotaped his brutal beheading. Transforming his grief into resolve, Pearl and his wife, Ruth–herself an Iraqi Jew–channeled their son’s optimism and good will into the Daniel Pearl Foundation, which they run mostly from their son’s childhood bedroom in their Encino, Calif., home, and which has become their life’s work....

Prince Rupert is one of the people (Don Was, Sheryl Crow, Ahmet Ertegun) whose testimony is tossed into the book periodically to break up the round-robin story the band itself tells. He’s the one who explains, although not this bluntly, that as their record sales have stagnated, touring on a global scale has become more of a financial imperative, as have merchandising, corporate sponsorship and licensing. (Remember Rolling Stone Visa and MasterCards?...

1—The ‘Smart Money’ Flipped on Overall Control Betting markets are often a better predictor of elections than polls, and the so-called smart money on the midterms swung behind the Republicans gaining control of both the House and the Senate. But on November 8, that switched. The day before, a Republican Senate and House was priced at 74 cents—in other words, a 74 percent chance. By election day, that had dropped to 19 cents, with a Republican House and Democrat Senate priced up at 64 percent....

Toronto — specifically, ownership group Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment — swooped into the closing seconds of the Mike Babcock sweepstakes and took home the prize. Babcock, a Stanley Cup winner and perennial contender in his 10 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, is going to coach the Leafs. And he didn’t come cheap. MORE: Red Wings move on | Oilers hire Todd McLellan | Flyers hire Dave Hakstol | Bruins hire Don Sweeney as GM...

Wednesday was the day Babcock said he would decide on his coaching future. And amid a wild flurry of reports and outright fantasy, it appears he will leave the Detroit Red Wings for an eight-year contract that pays $50 million. MORE: Wings plans | Oilers hire Todd McLellan | Flyers hire Dave Hakstol | Bruins make Don Sweeney GM If true, that would be the highest amount paid to an NHL coach....

According to the Houston Chronicle, the Rockets coach was released from the hospital Tuesday after his most recent series of tests showed enough improvement from the intestinal virus that caused him to be admitted Friday. D’Antoni, who also dealt with severe dehydration as a result of the stomach flu, missed games against the Knicks and Suns on Friday and Sunday, respectively, in addition to two practices. He is expected to sit out Tuesday’s regular-season finale against the Thunder, though he could make an appearance on the bench....

On May 4, 1979, after the previous day’s general election, Thatcher became the first female prime minister in the United Kingdom. To celebrate her victory, her Conservative Party took out a newspaper ad reading “May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations.” It seemed to have worked: Thatcher became the longest-serving prime minister of that century. While previously an unofficial day of celebration for Star Wars fans, May 4 has become a more major event since Disney purchased Lucasfilm and the Star Wars galaxy in 2012....

The 25-year-old guard, who suffered an oblique injury late in the regular season and has not played in the playoffs, participated in some one-on-one drills that involved contact at Celtics’ practice Thursday, according to NBC Sports Boston. “Today was a great day,” Smart said. “I was able to do some things, more and more. This is the next step, the next process to getting me back on the court to be able to do simple things like basketball activities such as driving to the rim and really moving....

Marcus Stroman was removed from New York’s matchup against the Indians at Citi Field in the fourth inning. He threw 62 pitches and surrendered one run on five hits before departing. The 28-year-old right-hander, however, underwent an MRI which revealed left hamstring tightness, manager Mickey Callaway told reporters after the game. The team isn’t worried about the injury, Callaway said. The Mets went on to top Cleveland in extra innings when JD Davis delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th....

Captain Ryan Bruce, a spokesperson for the Marine Corps, confirmed to Newsweek that the new order applies to all Marines, including its reservists. A later statement provided by Marine Corps Spokesperson Major Jim Stenger said the goal of this order was to communicate the State Department’s March 8 message directly to Marines. “The purpose of this message was to put into a MARADMIN (a Marine administrative message) similar language that already existed elsewhere in the form of a State Department travel advisory and a message authored by the Commander of EUCOM,” Stenger told Newsweek....

The 2020 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense funding bill that determines military budgets, included a provision requiring the marines to integrate men and women in basic training, down to the platoon level. The NDAA gave the Marines five years to integrate their recruit depot in Parris Island, South Carolina, and eight years to do so at their recruit depot in San Diego, California....

Greene, a Georgia Republican, posted a video on Twitter showing her celebrating and speaking about the Court’s decision, which she called a “miracle.” But she pointed out that the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case considered by the Court in its decision to overturn Roe, is not a nationwide ban on abortion. “The Supreme Court through the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade,” Greene said. “That means that it goes back to the states and they have the right to make their own abortion laws, whether they completely outlaw abortion in their state or they allow it to occur at some level....

A statement from the White House Office of Management and Budget Communications on Monday said that the administration was opposing two new Republican bills to immediately terminate the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies, which were first declared by former President Donald Trump in 2020. “At present, the Administration’s plan is to extend the emergency declarations to May 11, and then end both emergencies on that date,” the statement says....

Speaking at an “America First” rally in Dalton, Georgia on Thursday, the Republican accused Democrats of being “in the business of helping the cartels,” before making an attempt at what she admitted as a “bad Mexican accent.” The rally was the latest in a series of road trip events held by Greene and her embattled colleague Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) amid an ongoing civil war between the “America First” wing of the Republican Party, and the so-called “moderate” faction....

Greene, a first-term member of the House of Representatives who represents Georgia’s 14th congressional district, urged Republicans in Congress to bring articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden. Describing the president as a “dictator” following his announcement Thursday about vaccine requirements, Greene said that the U.S. “won’t have a constitution” if Democrats win in the 2022 and 2024 elections. Addressing herself to her colleagues, Greene began: “Since Dictator Joe Biden started phase 1 of the Dems’ Communist takeover of America yesterday & I don’t have a GOP Conference call on my calendar or an email in my inbox from leadership to stop this insanity, well I’m going to be more direct than usual....

Writing for The Daily Beast the Rev. Nathan Empsall branded Christian nationalism “unchristian and unpatriotic,” adding the movement’s leaders are “America’s false prophets” that “Jesus warned us about.” Empsall’s website says that his ministry is focused on “social, environmental, economic, and racial justice.” It comes after Greene said in July that the Christian nationalist label is “actually a good thing,” during an appearance before the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida....

Among them is Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is now a member of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. She called for an immediate investigation Tuesday in relation to the video published by Project Veritas. The video was published Tuesday on social media channels like Twitter, where it has been viewed over 21 million times. It includes a conversation between an unidentified Project Veritas reporter and a Pfizer employee identified as “Jordon Trishton Walker, Director of Research and Development–Strategic Operations and mRNA Scientific Planning....

New Commissioner Adam Silver's policies have won over the Dallas Mavericks owner, who had a long-running and costly feud with former commissioner David Stern. "I think he's taken some great steps on the officiating. There's been more changes in 15 days or whatever it is than I saw in 14 years. So I like what he's doing there," Cuban said Monday. Cuban said the league is sending teams more examples of plays that were called incorrectly and other data to help them understand how the games will be officiated....

After being spurned by free agent center DeAndre Jordan, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban publicly rejected Jordan’s Twitter apology via his private messaging application, Cyber Dust, on Saturday. MORE: Dallas Morning News trolls Jordan with forecast | All-time Dallas Mavericks Cuban has never been one to mince words, and he’s certainly not going to start now. He is apparently under the impression that Jordan didn’t write his apology, but gave no indication of what led him to that conclusion....

Fighting since he was 8, Magsayo made his pro debut in 2013. A WBO International featherweight champion, Magsayo won the WBC-ABC featherweight title in 2019 against Panya Uthok. In January, he beat Gary Russell Jr. for the WBC featherweight title. The Magsayo win ended Russell’s seven-fight win streak. A seven-time National Champion, Vargas made his pro debut in 2010. A WBC Youth Silver super-bantamweight champion, Vargas won the WBC super-bantamweight title in 2017 against Gavin McDonnell....