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On March 31, FBI agents arrested James Bradley, a man who called himself “Abdullah,” and his wife Arwa Muthana. The arrest occurred as the couple tried to board a cargo ship headed towards the Middle Eastern country of Yemen. The couple didn’t realize that for over a year, an undercover officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) had been talking to Bradley about his hopes of joining ISIS....

Of course, with hundreds of music files on your PC, your hard drive can become just as cluttered and disorganized as a rickety CD rack. Companies like MusicMatch have taken a shot at imposing some order on the chaos, but their software is so awkward and unintuitive that it could only have been designed by geeks for geeks. Finally, someone got it right. This week, RealNetworks is unveiling RealJukebox (available for free at www....

The spacecraft successfully survived a challenging landing that NASA referred to as the “seven minutes of terror.” This period is called such due to communication from Earth not being able to reach the rover for roughly seven minutes and thus not being able to make any adjustments to its course toward the surface of Mars. Fortunately, no such adjustments were necessary as the spacecraft’s parachute successfully deployed and its protective heat shield was detached to allow its cameras to navigate to the designated landing spot destination....

Blackburn, a pro-life Republican from Tennessee, has pressed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week on issues including abortion and children’s education. On Wednesday evening, the senator tweeted: “The Constitution grants us rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—not abortions.” The problem, as critics quickly informed Blackburn, is that the iconic line she was referencing doesn’t appear anywhere in the U.S. Constitution....

“The latest update today is that he’s really doing well,” head coach Pete Carroll said at a press conference on Friday. “He’s done about all that he can do at that end of it, so that’s great to hear. MORE: Nine coaches on the hot seat | Dysfunction in Indy is going to cost a winning coach “We’ll see what that means here in the next couple of days, but he has really tried to get back as soon as possible....

Here’s a closer look: MORE: Terrell Suggs’ Bane mask entrance is terrifying Donald Trump thinks NFL owners should fire players, like Lynch, who kneel or sit during the national anthem as a protest against racial injustice. “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, say: “Get that son of a b—- off the field right now. Out. He’s fired. He’s fired,” Trump said at a campaign rally for Alabama senator Luther Strange....

In celebration of the new series on Disney+—out August 18th—many stars attended the world premiere showcase at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, California, including Mark Ruffalo, Jameela Jamil and She-Hulk herself, Tatiana Maslany. Based on the Marvel comics, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law follows Jennifer Walters (Maslany), a lawyer who specializes in cases that involve superhumans. After a lifesaving blood transfusion from her cousin, Bruce Banner (Ruffalo), she becomes She-Hulk....

Asked if they should run for office, Mary Trump told Politico on Thursday her cousins—Eric, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka, along with Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner—are not qualified. “I think we should all resent having to have that conversation. Because they are, despite being—let’s put it this way: They have no qualifications, they have no skills,” she told the publication. “Ivanka and Jared just spent the last four years allegedly as employees of the government using their position to make hundreds of millions of dollars, which isn’t how it’s supposed to work....

Records obtained by the watchdog group Property of the People show that during a span of approximately six months, the Secret Service spent more than $250,000 at properties owned by Trump. In turn, those were allegedly expensed to the U.S. government, allowing the profits to return to Trump. “Donald Trump views the American public as a bunch of marks waiting to be fleeced,” Ryan Shapiro, executive director of Property of the People, told The Washington Post....

6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Line: Michigan State -3.5 Total: 140.5 Last 10: Maryland 9-1 (5-5 ATS) Michigan State 6-4 (3-7 ATS) MORE: College hoops live odds | ATS standings | Oddsmakers’ power ratings Effective FG percentage: Maryland 58.3 (4th), Michigan State 54.9 (21st) EFG% against: Maryland 46.1 (50th), Michigan State 41.7 (5th) Analysis: Michigan State has lost three straight games and the Spartans are just 2-6 ATS in their last eight overall....

Stawinski’s departure came after a new report was submitted as evidence in the lawsuit, which alleges that complaints concerning racial discrimination were never appropriately investigated. While information about specific incidents has been redacted, the report alleges that the department engaged in retaliatory acts against minority officers. The report by former Department of Justice consultant and former Los Angeles County police officer Michael E. Graham says in part, “There are practices within the Department that result in complaints by civilians and minority officers about racial harassment or discrimination that are not being treated appropriately, in that they are not investigated, not investigated appropriately, or not disciplined appropriately....

Results of a new Axios-Ipsos poll, which collected responses from more than 1,000 U.S. adults between July 10 and 13, showed a greater portion of the general population wore face masks when leaving their homes in July, compared with June. Respondents who identified as Republicans accounted for the largest increase in mask use between June and July, with 45 percent saying they wore face coverings “at all times” when outside of their residences....

Exceptions to the state’s mask mandate will be allowed to both ensure that every eligible voter who wants to cast their ballot is able to do so and to avoid confrontations at polling locations, according to the guidelines that the Los Angeles Times drew attention to in a report on Tuesday. “Election workers must not turn a voter away for lack of face covering. The right to vote takes precedence,” the guidelines said....

Police responded to the incident, which took place in a Dollar General store at 3124 W. Roosevelt Road in Little Rock, around 4:51 p.m. local time Monday, Little Rock’s KATV reported. Patricia Lewis, 61, was asked by an employee to wear a mask upon arriving at the store but refused to comply. She was offered a mask but refused again to wear the face covering, the employee told the Little Rock Police Department....

“The Second Largest Gathering of Golden Retrievers is going to take place as scheduled,” the Northwest Michigan Golden Retriever Club said in a Facebook post. “This statement from the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory yesterday confirms that parvovirus took the lives of the dogs in northern Michigan and that the affected dogs did not have a history of complete vaccination.” On Thursday, American Kennel Club Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr....

Tiger Woods isn't at Augusta; is the next Tiger Woods playing for the Masters championship? Jordan Spieth has become the world's hottest young golfer — sorry, Rory McIlroy — with a sensational first season. Now, ahead of Sunday's 2:40 p.m. ET tee time, he is tied with Bubba Watson and shooting for his first major tournament. MORE: Leaderboard | Images from Augusta | All eyes on Spieth | Jimenez flips birdies...

At stake: a second consecutive Masters title. Challengers stalked, and Spieth found par golf difficult as he hit Amen Corner, the notorious streak of holes that wrecks championships. MORE: Biggest recent chokes | Leaderboard | Early holes | Three aces on Sunday THREE ACES: Shane Lowry, Davis Love III and Louis Oosthuizen Dustin Johnson and England’s Danny Willett and Lee Westwood nipped at Spieth’s heels. And Spieth was on the verge of one of the biggest chokes in recent Masters history....

This week, that disparity will be much larger than usual because of the increased proportion of the field being represented by new players. Whereas most weeks I am interested in golfers that I would strictly consider to be contrarian, this week I am more excited about the second tier of ownership. These are the players that will likely go overlooked compared to their value due to the field’s fixation on the headliners....

The world No. 1 began his bid for glory at the final major of the coronavirus-impacted year with an impressive 7-under round of 65 on Thursday. He was not quite able to produce a repeat on Friday, though a birdie at the ninth — his last hole of the day — was enough for a score of 70, putting him at 9 under par at the halfway stage. Johnson is pleased with his overall position and, with the switch to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic making for different course conditions, made clear the need to keep playing positively throughout the remainder of the tournament....