Morata proving his worth to Real Madrid Morata has been heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge at the end of the season as he struggles to establish himself as a first-team regular at Santiago Bernabeu. But the striker, who became the first Spanish player to score a hat-trick for Madrid in eight years with his treble in Wednesday’s 4-2 La Liga win at Leganes, insists he is only focused on the 2016-17 season....

The Spain international joined the Blues for £70 million from Real Madrid over the summer and was charged with the task of immediately inheriting a central striking berth. With Diego Costa frozen out, Morata was asked to become the next leading man in the Blues’ pursuit of major honours. Some iconic figures have filled those boots in the past, with Drogba among the most memorable having landed four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups and the Champions League over the course of two spells with the Blues which delivered 164 goals....

For “More Light,” Mascis brought in a little help, including My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, who was an early influence of Mascis’s, and Guided by Voices’ Robert Pollard, who added back-up vocals on three tracks. On those songs, especially “Same Day,” Mascis’s solo work sounds distinctly different from his Dinosaur Jr. CDs. Where his earlier material spoke to the feelings of the Nirvana generation, “More Light” has the perspective of someone looking back and realizing that today is actually better than yesterday....

MORE: How many games will the Warriors lose? The Heat reeled off another 40-plus-point quarter in the first half en route to a 115-103 win over the Hornets. Miami had five players score 15 points or more, led by Dwyane Wade’s 28 and aided by Hassan Whiteside’s 17 points and 13 rebounds. The Cavs used the 3-point line to come away with a relatively easy 107-90 win over the Pistons....

Yes, the 46-9 blowout of the Colts at home on opening day does count. But the Rams’ opponent Sunday at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Washington, didn’t hand them the game. The Rams pushed them hard enough on both sides of the ball to make them take it from them. In the end, Washington did. They marched 70 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 1:49 left, then intercepted Jared Goff on the first play when the Rams got the ball back to try to tie or win it....

The coordinated efforts far surpass the high-profile defections that occurred during Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016 and come amid his plummeting public support and intense scrutiny of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and police reform protests, both major domestic crises. Peter Jeffrey Kuznick, a professor who specializes in 20th- and 21st-century presidents at American University, told Newsweek that the rejection of a sitting president by his own party is “unprecedented” in modern American history, and “extremely unusual” overall....

As the United States looks toward the end of President Donald Trump’s 30-day plan to slow the spread of the outbreak, recovered patients could be key to reopening the country. Based on how previous viruses have behaved, officials believe those who have recovered will have at least some immunity, meaning their return to daily life may be less likely to fuel an outbreak. The United States has had the largest outbreak worldwide and more than 2,816,000 people have been tested....

Players Conventional Wisdom B. Clinton (-) Opens up, resumes N.H. primary mode-but Whitewater has better legs than Gennifer. H. Clinton (-) From Eleanor Roosevelt to Evita Peron. Don’t cry for me, Arkansas. L. Cutler (+) CW poster boy is the new Gergen. But look where he got Jimmy Carter. D. Gergen (-) Old CW: Spinmeister General. New: Wrung out in the spin cycle. Paging ABC News. A. D’Amato (-) Ethical spokesman?...

With the win, Morocco are the first African nation to reach the semifinals of a FIFA World Cup, succeeding where three before them fell agonizingly short. En-Nesyri towered high in the sky to head home just before halftime, and the Moroccan defense took over from there, stifling the Portugal attack for the full 90 minutes. Ronaldo started the match on the bench, with Fernando Santos again favoring young Goncalo Ramos in the attack, but the Portugal manager turned to his aging captain just minutes after halfitme....

Sergei Sobyanin wrote on his blog that testing in the Russian capital had shown that around 2 percent of residents had COVID-19, although he praised Muscovites for adhering to restrictions to curb the spread of the virus. “According to the results of screening studies of various population groups, the actual number of cases is about two percent of the total number of Moscow residents,” he said. Moscow, which as at the epicenter of the pandemic in Russia, has by some estimates around 12....

“Detectives are seeking all outside surveillance video taken from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Sunday, November 13th, from businesses and residences within the geographical area listed below,” the Moscow Police Department said in a press release on Monday. The four areas that they are seeking surveillance video from include West Taylor Ave (north boundary), West Palouse River Dr (south boundary), Highway 95 south to the 2700 block of Highway 95 S (east boundary) and Arboretum & Botanical Garden (west boundary), the press release said....

After a goalless first half, the Nigeria international broke the deadlock for Yves Vanderhaeghe’s men in the 60th minute courtesy of an assist from Samuel Gigot. The strike counts as the 22-year-old’s first goal in 780 minutes in the Belgian league this season. The lead was short-lived as Herve Kage’s equalizer for the hosts in the 74th minute ensured both sides shared the spoils at the Guldensporen Stadion. Simon was in action for the entire duration of the game, compatriot Anderson Esiti was replaced in the 84th minute while Samuel Kalu was introduced for Yuya Kubo in the 64th minute....

As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration weighs including restrictions on Iran’s massive missile arsenal as part of a larger agreement, however, Iranians voiced overwhelming opposition toward any new talks regarding the country’s weapons. The survey was conducted jointly over the past month by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Toronto-based IranPoll. Results were released this week, and among the notable findings was the existence of one area in which citizens of Iran and the U....

The idea that COVID-19 originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology was once a fringe idea dismissed as a conspiracy theory but has since gained more prominence among public figures. It’s a concept that China has vehemently pushed back on as being steeped in a political move to target Beijing, and some have cited China’s dismissal of the theory in their push for further investigation. A poll conducted by Politico and Harvard University that will be released next week found that a majority of Americans, 52 percent, believe COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak....

A new poll from Quinnipiac University found that two-thirds of Republican voters (66 percent) said they would like Trump to run for the presidency in 2024, while only 30 percent were opposed to the idea. Among all American voters, the results were reversed. Sixty-six percent said they didn’t want Trump to run again, and three in ten told pollsters they wanted him to have another go. When asked whether they wanted GOP candidates to agree with the former president, 85 percent of Republican voters agreed that candidates should be Trumpian on policy....

The man, whom law enforcement officials said was fatally shot in the head, died at a time when homicide rates in several major U.S. cities were on the rise. According to a recent report from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice, an assessment of crime data gathered from 22 cities in 2021 found a 5 percent uptick in murders compared with those reported the year prior, with most of those cities also reporting a rise in homicides and other violent crimes....

The Salem County Prosector’s Office announced Saturday that police responded to a 911 call at a residence in Penns Grove, New Jersey on Friday night. When investigators arrived at the scene they say they found Kristhie Alcazar, 26, “arguing with another person and the body of a deceased infant with visible stab wounds to the chest.” “Multiple knives and additional evidence were recovered at the scene,” the prosecutor’s office wrote in a description of the arrest posted on Facebook....

According to WAToday, the woman, 35, struck her nine-year-old child after she defied an instruction not to remove hamburger meat, which contained worming tablets and was intended for the family’s pet dog, from the fridge. The girl, who has behavioral issues including ADHD, ate the meat. The court also heard that the mother had been a victim of domestic violence, which the girl had witnessed. The mother’s lawyer, Stephen Preece, called the wooden spoon incident “a moment of frustration....

Officers responded to the 1500 block of Duke Street on June 15, where they found an elderly woman being transported into an ambulance by members of the Memphis Fire Department dressed in hazmat suits, WREG reported. First responders told Memphis police that they had discovered the elderly woman lying on a heavily soiled mattress on the floor of the house while covered in bugs, urine and feces. The daughter of the woman, 57-year-old June Harber, was arrested by police after she identified herself as the primary caretaker....