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As purveyors of mis- and disinformation related to the 2020 elections have turned their attention to a partisan audit of ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona, one website has played an outsized role in promoting the story and spreading related false claims — The Gateway Pundit. According to NewsGuard’s analysis of data from NewsWhip, a social media intelligence company, The Gateway Pundit — a Red-rated (meaning generally unreliable) conservative news and commentary website with a history of advancing false claims — has published 263 articles about the audit of Maricopa County election results between when U....

The manager was putting no timeframe on how long his goalkeeper would be missing but the fact of the matter is that it’s going to be weeks rather than days. Adrian, signed as a back-up after his West Ham contract expired, is a vastly inferior goalkeeper in all aspects to Alisson but will have to come in and deputise nonetheless. Liverpool’s run to the Champions League title and second place in the Premier League was predicated on a mean defence first and foremost, with only seven conceded in the top flight by the halfway mark last season....

The Indonesian Navy’s KRI Nanggala 402 disappeared on Wednesday during a training exercise and officials said an electrical failure may have left the submarine unable to resurface. The 44-year-old vessel is believed to be around 60 miles north of the island of Bali, where an oil slick and the smell of diesel fuel were reported. Fears have grown that the vessel may have sunk below its collapse depth, making it vulnerable to implosion due to the pressure, and that oxygen supplies may run out as early as Saturday morning....

Delray Beach Fire Rescue said a passerby had heard the woman’s cries for help and called 911 just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday. Firefighters said they removed a grate before using a ladder and harness to lift her out of the drain. The woman, whose identity has not been released, has now been taken to a local hospital, the department added. The woman had been reported missing to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on March 3....

Thousands of homes and businesses across Mississippi lost power on Sunday as several storms and tornadoes hit the state, killing at least seven people, according to The Weather Channel. Reeves declared a state of emergency on Sunday evening. “This is not how anyone wants to celebrate Easter Sunday,” the governor tweeted. “As we reflect on the death and resurrection on this Easter Sunday, we have faith that we will all rise together....

The news site Mississippi Today first reported the high rate of hospitalizations, citing data compiled and updated by The COVID Tracking Project. Currently, the rate of hospitalizations in the southern state stands at about 31 percent, with 332 people hospitalized out of 1,073 infections. Twenty-two people have already died in Mississippi due to COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. Comparatively, in the state of New York, which has the highest number of confirmed cases of any state nationwide, the hospitalization rate is currently significantly lower at about 22 percent....

An obvious misspelling of “secede” pairs alongside a blatant reference to the Confederacy in Wallace’s since-deleted tweet. On Saturday afternoon, the GOP congressman wrote that Mississippi needed to “succeed [sic] from the union and form our own country.” Voters approved a new state flag featuring a magnolia flower last week after voting to remove the Confederate battle flag symbol from its flag in June. Wallace later backtracked his remark on Wednesday and tweeted an apology....

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Missouri 91, Texas A&M 83, 2 OTs. The Tigers’ hopes rest on Friday’s game vs. top-seeded Florida, which hasn’t lost all season in SEC play. Missouri (22-10, No. 52) becomes NCAA relevant if it can pull this upset. Florida State 67, Maryland 65. The Seminoles (19-12, No. 55) face a similar win-or-else situation. Beat No. 1 seed Virginia on Friday, and the case Leonard Hamilton’s team can make is strengthened....

Eric Schmitt, a Republican, tweeted late Friday that the St. Louis citizens “are not subjects — they are free people. As their Attorney General I’ll be filing suit Monday to stop this insanity.” Local officials unveiled the mask mandate Friday and said they will take effect Monday. Under the new mandate, people will be required to wear masks in indoor public spaces and on public transportation, said the St. Louis health department....

A lawsuit filed by the parents of Alexander David Mullins and Joshua Michael Thomas alleges their fraternity brother, Brandon Grossheim, was responsible for their suicides. Mullins and Thomas both died at the AKL fraternity house at Truman State University, where Mullins lived. The suit also names Truman State and AKL as defendants, claiming both institutions were aware that “the victims were vulnerable and suffered from depression,” but “still allowed the suspicious fraternity brother to be alone and have unfettered access to the victims....

Terrence Lambert, 24, crashed his car into a 22-year-old woman’s vehicle in the vicinity of Natural Bridge and Newstead Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday evening, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis told Newsweek. The police spokesman added that Lambert had fled the scene, but was forced to stop when his vehicle caught fire at the intersection of Natural Bridge and Shreve Avenue. Firefighters from the St....

Maty Mauk, Missouri’s sophomore quarterback, says he can be like Johnny. That’s right, another talented, charismatic blur of beauty seizing the moment every fall Saturday. “He could turn anything into a big play,” Mauk said of the college football supernova Johnny Manziel. “I feel like I have the ability to do similar things.” Only this time, without all the baggage. Here’s a guy who wasn’t recruited by the Power 5 heavyweights because he didn’t fit the mold....

The Kentucky Republican’s congratulatory message to the president-elect came the day after the Electoral College affirmed Biden’s win. “Many of us hoped that the presidential election would yield a different result, but our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on January 20. The Electoral College has spoken,” McConnell said in a floor speech. “So today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.” The recognition of Biden’s win—and subsequently, President Donald Trump’s loss—comes 38 days after major news networks called the race for the former vice president and longtime senator....

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, a Republican, is a sponsor of Senate Bill 228, which was introduced in the state senate last week. The bill proposes amending existing legislation that requires a sitting governor to appoint a replacement for a departing U.S. senator to remain in office until the next election cycle. Under Senate Bill 228, the sitting governor would be required to pick a replacement for that departing U....

The assault rifle used in the Dayton shooting, where nine people were killed in less than one minute, was obtained legally. An AK-47-style assault rifle was also used in the El Paso shooting where 20 were killed. The shootings have led many politicians, Republicans included to demand that Senate reconvene to pass gun control legislation. Congress passed a wide gun control bill earlier this year, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, with support on both sides of the aisle, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell essentially blocked the bill from moving forward and coming to a vote....

“I said several weeks ago that if the president took a position on a bill so that we knew we would actually be making a law and not just having serial votes, I’d be happy to put it on the floor,” the Kentucky Republican told conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt Tuesday. “And the administration is in the process of studying what they are prepared to support, if anything.”...

Nancy Cordes, the chief congressional correspondent for CBS News, reported on Tuesday that she had pressed McConnell over Trump’s assertion that the Republican from Kentucky had told him that his call with Ukraine’s president was “perfect” and “innocent.” McConnell responded to Cordes by claiming he had never spoken with Trump about the call. When the journalist asked McConnell if that meant Trump had lied, the Republican lawmaker responded: “You’d have to ask him....

. . . Thanks to Nickelodeon. The Bears are going home after a 21-9 playoff loss at the hands of the Saints in a pretty non-entertaining game that saw Trubisky go 19-for-29 passing for 199 yards and a touchdown. MORE: Nickelodeon’s broadcast features SpongeBob, emojis, oodles of slime But the quarterback apparently won the hearts of viewers on the Nickelodeon simulcast of CBS’s production, as he was voted the Nickelodeon Valuable Player — the NVP, if you will....

Romney voted against Jackson’s appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 2021 when she was nominated by President Joe Biden. However, the senator told CNN’s Kasie Hunt in a clip aired on Monday that he hadn’t decided how he’d cast his vote this time. If she’s confirmed by the Senate, Jackson will become the first Black woman ever to sit on the nation’s highest court, and Democrats likely have the necessary votes without GOP support....