I live in Arizona. Before Senator Sinema ran for office in Arizona in 2018, I was a longtime registered Republican. But I had begun to feel like the party leadership had left the middle class behind. I switched my affiliation in 2017 because I was disgusted by the party’s attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Not one to sit passively on the sidelines, I was active in Senator Sinema’s campaign in 2018....

Yet it is clear there remain two parallel universes within our country: Trump’s America, which feeds on misinformation about not only the pandemic but also Black Lives Matter, and the rest of the country grounded in reality and just trying to survive this period of crisis. As a recent graduate of a liberal law school and resident of a major East Coast city, my social circle and environment is increasingly and unapologetically diverse....

My mother, you see, was a jock long before Title IX unleashed the explosion of modern women’s athletics. She lettered in field hockey and basketball while attending Hofstra University in the late 1930s. This was a time when it wasn’t very fashionable for women to go running after a ball and work up a sweat. Luckily for me, Mom never worried about what was fashionable. She loved sports, loved being active and, most of all, loved the competition....

Wenger expects Mbappe to stay Arsenal missed out on qualification for Europe’s elite club competition for the first time in 20 years after finishing fifth in the Premier League last season. Sanchez struck a career-best 24 league goals but increasingly cut a frustrated figure at the Emirates Stadium, especially as Arsenal were humiliated 10-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. And the 28-year-old Chile international, who has a year remaining on his Arsenal contract, declared his intentions for the first time in a television interview in his homeland....

Browne’s brassy call to arms isn’t for the prim and prissy. Equal parts Erin Brockovich, Erma Bombeck and Dr. Ruth, her books make readers laugh, even when laughing doesn’t come easy. Browne’s rambling essays on friendship, love and family assume that worthless husbands abound and the best marriages sometimes hit rough water. Children struggle. Best friends get cancer. And then, to top it off, you get old. For Browne, few misfortunes can match the moment when you realize your eyelids have begun to droop instead of staying pinned nicely under the brow, glistening with eye shadow, as God clearly intended....

Arsene Wenger’s side occupy second place in the English top-flight standings at present, with just three points separating them from table-topping Chelsea. Wenger: Arsenal can still improve Both sides enjoyed convincing victories over the weekend, with an Alexis Sanchez-inspired Arsenal putting five past London rivals West Ham. Chelsea, though, hit back from a goal down to see off fellow title hopefuls Manchester City 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium – putting down a serious marker of their credentials....

Talks have broken down between the IATSE and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers as the workers who support productions seek improvements to their standards of working conditions. The workers are campaigning for longer turnarounds between production days, improved rates on streaming projects and improvements on meal and rest periods. The “most grievous” problems highlighted by the union include: “Excessively unsafe and harmful working hours, unlivable wages for the lowest-paid crafts and consistent failure to provide reasonable rest during meal breaks, between workdays, and on weekends....

Knee ligament damage suffered in a Europa League meeting with Anderlecht has brought a 28-goal campaign for the Swedish striker to a close. With the 35-year-old sidelined, questions are now being asked of his future, both at Old Trafford and as a professional footballer. Ibrahimovic has, however, stated that he has no intention of retiring and Herrera is confident that an iconic presence will be gracing the books somewhere in 2017-18....

Grammy-award winning band Weezer will lead off on Day 1 of the draft, playing classic cuts as well as tracks from their most recent project, SZNZ, released in March. “America’s Got Talent” winner Mat Franco will also take the Draft Theater stage Thursday, as will famed magician Criss Angel. Ice Cube will take the reins in Day 2. The rap icon — and die-hard Raiders fan — is currently in the midst of a nationwide tour and recently performed at NASCAR’s Busch Light Clash in February....

“So the POWERS that be cancelled my interview on @CuomoPrimeTime tonight,” he wrote. “I’ve actually been ban from @CNN for a few months so I was surprised they even asked. But it seems like they can’t handle the truth.” This cancelation comes a day after Cube’s tweet about endorsing President Donald Trump resurfaced on Twitter. He responded by quoting the tweet, dated August 2016, simply saying: “I haven’t endorsed anybody....

While Ice Cube hasn’t really clarified what he feels Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris need to do to earn Black Americans’ votes, he has promoted his Contract With Black America many times. He unveiled the “contract” in July, calling for politicians to sign. The CWBA calls for various efforts to help the Black community, like prison reform, removing federal statues, and more. Ice Cube has responded to people who criticized him for questioning the Biden campaign....

Ice Cube rose to prominence in the 1980s—when Abdul-Jabbar still played in the NBA—and then became a well-known TV and movie actor beyond that and until today. Abdul-Jabbar wrote a recent column for the Hollywood Reporter, in which he took a jab at Ice Cube by saying the rapper’s “10 daylong series of tweets, which involved some creepy symbols and images, in general implied that Jews were responsible for the oppression of blacks....

On April 5, Mariana was at her usual spot on a Miami sidewalk selling hot dogs and grilled corn when her phone rang. She did not recognize the 1-800 number, and the caller said he was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official named Marcos Cruz. He knew Mariana’s name, as well as the names of two of her nephews, brothers who had fled Nicaragua. Cruz knew they were being held at the Stewart Detention Center in rural Georgia....

The Udinese and Iceland midfielder had reason to celebrate this week after helping his nation clinch their first-ever World Cup berth, becoming in turn the smallest country ever to qualify for a finals. Iceland 150/1 to win World Cup And he chose to mark that historic moment with a game of naked chess, as he donned just a pair of red slippers for the ancient board game. The art of playing chess wearing shoes....

An Iraqi suicide bomber killed five U.S. soldiers last Saturday by luring them to his taxi at a checkpoint north of Najaf and then detonating an explosive. Another car bomb explosion on Friday killed three more American soldiers after a pregnant woman emerged screaming from a vehicle at a military checkpoint. And Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf promised today that Iraqi guerillas will soon “commit a nonconventional act” on Western troops....

Shaun Clancy, the owner for the bar, has decided to temporarily call it “Daniel Murphy’s” in honor of Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy. MORE: Spector’s World Series pick | Fagan’s World Series pick | Odds | World Series photos “No one in the history of this great sport has accomplished what Daniel Murphy has this postseason,” Clancy said, via CBS Sports. “Renaming our restaurant after him is a way of tipping our cap to him in honor of his achievements and to the excitement that he has brought to this city....

Little called her ban “irresponsible” and a “self-serving political stunt” liking her actions to a tyrannical abuse of power. Little issued a repeal on the day-old mask-mandate ban on Friday. While Little never issued a statewide mask mandate, he has encouraged people to wear a mask and has done so himself to help slow the spread of the virus. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. McGeachin last week announced her run for governor, challenging the first-term incumbent Little....

Vito Barbieri, who represents Dalton Gardens in Kootenai County, Idaho, picked up the topic of abortion at a local event on Saturday. Responding to an audience question, he called for greater unity in the anti-abortion movement and complained of judicial authority, which he accused of “marginalizing” the state legislature. “I don’t know why, to quote someone down there, I don’t know why Planned Parenthood hasn’t been nuked off State Street,” he told audiences gathered at Kootenai County Legislative Town Hall on February 22....

It would be a good start for a promising career, if not for the $425,000 in student loan debt that she had accumulated in earning the bachelor’s and law degrees she would need to qualify for it. She is about to begin payments on the debt of nearly $3,000 a month, 69.2% of her monthly pre-tax income. The debt has dictated many of her important life choices, including moving back in with her parents and when she can get married....

This story is not about any of them. Instead, this is a dream list of things that would make baseball better. True, most of these actions are beyond the commissioner’s power. But if you’re going to dream, dream big. Here is the agenda, in no particular order: 1. The regular season will always open on the first Monday in April. In the afternoon. In Cincinnati. 2. Vin Scully will call every World Series TV broadcast....