- SportsCNN
Lakers win record-tying 17th NBA title, giving LeBron James his 4th championship
The Los Angeles Lakers are NBA champions, defeating the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, winning the best-of-seven series four games to two.
- NewsBleacher Report
Video Vegas Is DONE with NFL Overs Hitting
Vegas insider Bill Krackomberger says Vegas has officially had enough of so many Overs coming in, and they're finally over-adjusting the totals
- SportsBleacher Report
Video Field of Dreams Deferred Part 1
The Negro National League debuted 100 years ago with world-class players and legions of fans.
- PoliticsThe Telegraph
Republican senators fear 'bloodbath' as Joe Biden extends lead
Republican senators are increasingly distancing themselves from the White House amid growing concerns Donald Trump could be facing a "bloodbath" defeat. Joe Biden's lead over Mr Trump has grown to 9.6 per cent in an average of recent polls, just short of the 10 per cent figure sometimes used to define a "landslide". Some Republican strategists and donors have begun suggesting a shift in resources to protect vulnerable Senate seats, arguing that keeping the Senate is the best way to put a check on a potential Biden presidency. Ted Cruz, the Texas senator who was runner-up to Mr Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, said he was "worried" and the election was "highly volatile". If Americans felt "optimistic" about the pandemic and economy on November 3, Mr Trump could still win by a "big margin", he said. But he added: “I also think, if on Election Day people are angry and they’ve given up hope and they’re depressed, which is what [the Democrat leadership] want them to be, I think it could be a terrible election. "I think we could lose the White House and both houses of Congress, that it could be a bloodbath of Watergate proportions." The Senate is held by Republicans with a 53-47 majority. Of the 100 seats, 35 are being voted on this election, and 23 of those are held by Republicans. Seats that had been regarded as safely Republican, including in Alaska, Iowa, North Carolina, Kansas and Montana, are now in Democrat sights. Lindsey Graham, a close presidential ally, is now in a tied race in South Carolina. As they returned to their states to campaign some Republican senators, although not Mr Graham, have been notably cool in their comments about the president. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, was starkly critical after attendees at a White House event were diagnosed with coronavirus. Speaking at a re-election event in his state of Kentucky, Mr McConnell said: "I actually haven't been to the White House since August the 6th because my impression was their approach to how to handle this was different than mine, and what I insisted that we do in the Senate, which is to wear a mask and practice social distancing." Mr McConnell, 78, who survived polio as a child, sent the Senate into recess after two Republican senators who were at the White House event on September 26, contracted the virus. The remarks from Mr McConnell were taken by some as a signal other Republican senators were at liberty to criticise the president over the pandemic.
- WorldThe Telegraph
Millions will be ordered not to leave their local areas in new Covid clampdown
Millions of people will be asked not to travel outside their local areas and could be banned from mixing with other households, even outdoors, amid fears that some hospitals in the North-West could be overwhelmed within days. This weekend, Downing Street was briefing mayors and council leaders on the planned three-tier "Local Covid Alert Levels" system of restrictions for England, expected to be announced by Boris Johnson on Monday. Joe Anderson, the Mayor of Liverpool, said he was in discussions with Number 10 about placing the city into the third tier – with the toughest restrictions – amid mounting concern over the number of cases and the capacity of intensive care units at hospitals in the area. The talks included discussions about deals that would give local leaders greater autonomy over measures and testing in their area in exchange for helping to enforce and explain the rules. Plans for the third "very high" tier are understood to include guidance asking residents not to travel outside their area other than for specific reasons such as work or education. Local mayors said they expected pubs and bars in these areas to have to close, with restaurants able to remain open until 10pm. In telephone calls with local leaders, Boris Johnson's aides also indicated that areas put into the third tier could face bans on multiple households mixing either indoors or outdoors. Separately, Downing Street is inviting leaders whose areas are due to be in the "very high" tier to request the closure of specific types of hospitality or leisure venues, including beauty salons and sports centres. That came after acknowledgement that the Government had not done enough to achieve "local buy-in" for some of the existing restrictions faced by areas with high infection rates in the North-East and the North-West.
- NewsGood Housekeeping
Oh Boy: AccuWeather Just Released Its Winter Weather Predictions for the Upcoming Season
Time to break out the winter coats!
- EntertainmentThe Independent
The 15 greatest guitar riffs, from Back in Black to Johnny B Goode
From classic rock to full-on funk, there are few things better than a truly brilliant riff. Roisin O'Connor picks her favourites
