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The article, written by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Rachel Abrams, focused on how OAN has increased coverage favoring Donald Trump. Abrams also broke the news of Golingan’s dismissal on Twitter. She wrote the following on Monday: “UPDATE: One America News has fired Marty Golingan, who told us staffers don’t think many of OAN’s stories are true. ‘I’ve given up my journalistic integrity already, and to be fired, that would make me feel good,’ he had told me....

Despite the diagnosis, Schottenheimer will attend a reunion of the 1986 Browns this weekend in Ohio. MORE: Marty and Brian Schottenheimer one of few NFL father-son duos That team lost to the Broncos in the AFC Championship Game in what became known as “The Drive” engineered by John Elway. “He remembers people and faces, and he pulls out strange things that I’ve never heard, but he’s doing well,” his wife Pat told ESPN....

Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood weren’t the only victims of Nannygate. Placement agencies are getting calls from families suddenly desperate to find legal sitters. “People are panicking,” says Eileen Stein of the Gilbert Child Care Agency in Manhattan. Trusted cleaning ladies are being asked embarrassing questions about their taxes and shadow income. High-school babysitters’ clubs are jittery too, fearing that families will stop going out to dinner rather than run afoul of the $50-per-quarter social-security rule....

Mary Trump appeared on The View Monday afternoon to promote her new book, The Reckoning. During a lengthy Q&A segment, co-hosts Sarah Haines, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar took turns digging into what Trump described as “PTSD,” or post-traumatic stress disorder, following her uncle’s election win in 2016. McCain, the show’s lone conservative who is set to leave on Friday, was conspicuously missing from the roundtable discussion. McCain responded to Trump hours after the segment aired Monday and bluntly rebuked the author: “There is no ‘good’ Trump family member to me....

The current recommendation calls for people to receive a third shot eight months after receiving their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation, Hogan said he’s urging the federal government to approve of booster shots more quickly as the Delta variant rages across the country. “We’re pushing to speed up that timeframe, because we want to start, and are already preparing in our state, to start doing boosters for our nursing home residents and more people that are in vulnerable populations....

The Big Ten Conference issued a release saying the league supported the university’s action. MORE: Which of these players will be All-Americans? | This week’s Field of 68 “Diamond’s conduct during Saturday’s game was a poor representation of the standards that we have established as a program at the University of Maryland,” coach Mark Turgeon said. “I have talked with Diamond and he realizes he made a mistake. He felt very badly about what happened and will learn from this experience....

Although the agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union was reached on January 12, the district wasn’t able to immediately distribute the higher-grade masks, which have been recommended as the standard of protection against the highly contagious Omicron COVID variant. School systems often need time to implement new policies or wait for materials to arrive, but during the city’s Omicron wave, parents did not have time to spare to wait for the masks....

According to preliminary information, four people were killed, including the shooter, Russia’s state-owned news agency Tass reported, citing law enforcement officials. “Preliminarily, the man shot three people,” an unnamed official told Tass. An investigation into the shooting is underway. Footage of the shooting has circulated on social media. It shows an individual holding a weapon covered in a cloth. The gunman can be seen shooting a person lying on the ground multiple times at close range....

Before you conjure up images of Crocodile Dundee and a big pot of steaming insects, Scott's choice is more upscale than it sounds. MORE: 10 things to know | Field of 97 set In a salute to the home folks back in Brisbane, Scott picked a local favorite. According to reports from Down Under, a Moreton Bay bug is a flat-headed lobster that takes its name from the body of water that borders the city....

Charley Hoffman, Ernie Els and Dustin Johnson are among the players chasing Spieth as the players enter the weekend at the Masters. See the full leaderboard for the second round below. MORE: Must-see Masters photos | Tiger Woods in contention?

DeChambeau, who had topped the leaderboard along with Brooks Koepka at the end of day one, started solidly on Friday and held sole possession of first place after playing his first eight holes in one under. However, he then bogeyed the ninth, double-bogeyed the 10th and dropped a further shot at the short 12th. As DeChambeau slipped back to 3 under, Molinari continued to move his score in the right direction, following up a 3-under front nine with further birdies at the 12th and 15th....

As with several other players who faced the media ahead of the first major of 2019, Rahm was keen to talk up his own chances, suggesting he could improve on last year’s fourth-place finish. But when he was asked who he would place $1,000 on to win at Augusta, the two-time PGA Tour winner conceded that McIlroy, who is chasing a career Grand Slam, would be a good bet....

The putting surfaces are notoriously fast and difficult to read, and ahead of the Masters’ opening round Thursday Na showed it will be no different in 2019. Despite sitting only a few feet from the hole, Na played his putt well beyond the cup before watching it come all the way back and in. A post shared by Kevin Na (@kevinna915) on Apr 10, 2019 at 6:23am PDT

The 29-year-old made the cut by three shots and sits at even par through two rounds, seven shots back of Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott and Jason Day who are tied for the lead at 7 under. “I think it’s just so bunched,” McIlroy said. “There’s so many guys with a chance coming into the last two days. So if I can get off to a decent start tomorrow, shoot 33 or 32 on the front nine, I’m right back in it....

Woods, ranked 12th in the world, last slipped on a green jacket 14 years ago and has been trying unsuccessfully to win a 15th major since 2008, his last. He’s played in five PGA events this season, failing to finish better than a tie for 10th (WGC-Mexico Championship). Woods’ 2018 Masters, his first time in the field after two years off, was a mixed bag (t-32), so there’s plenty of room for improvement....

Rimac, the 31-year-old creator of some of the world’s fastest-accelerating electric cars and CEO of electric bike company Greyp, is shaking up his own corner of the industry by manufacturing headline-grabbing hypercars while also creating futuristic battery technology for other companies. Taking electricity out of the equation, Rimac says the companies couldn’t be more different. His cars are produced in very low volumes, cost more than $1 million and are marketed around speed....

If your bridesmaid is divorced or widowed, she is still considered a matron of honor. However, you should ask if she prefers another title or simply go with “honor attendant”. Your MOH doesn’t have to be a woman! If you don’t have any close female family members or friends, feel free to choose a “man of honor” instead. Including a matron of honor is beneficial because they have firsthand experience of the entire wedding process, and they can answer any questions or concerns the bride has....

The two officials, who have been widely accused of promoting far-right conspiracy theories, said that they want to “expose the truth” about what prompted the violence on the day of the riot a year ago. “We know this January 6 last year wasn’t an insurrection. No one has been charged with insurrection. No one has been charged with treason, but it very well may have been a Fed-surrection,” Gaetz said....

Following the midterm elections last month, Republicans picked up enough seats to narrowly win control of the House, despite underwhelming results in several key races. The GOP is set to enter the new Congress with control of 222 seats, setting up a contentious House speaker race. McCarthy, the California Republican who currently serves as the House minority leader, must win support from right-wing social conservatives as well as more moderate Republicans representing districts won by President Joe Biden to win enough support to be named speaker....

The result of Harvey’s decision was predictable. The New York Daily News’ back page was “SILENT KNIGHT: Brutal Harvey won’t answer for National disaster as Mets ponder ex-ace’s future” while the Post went with “Knight of the Living Dead: Gutless Harvey plays hide & reek after latest dismal outing dooms Mets.” Brutal, gutless, reek, dismal… these are strong words, and Harvey had to know that they were coming when he chose to duck reporters....