A treble from Ronaldo against Atletico Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday means Zinedine Zidane’s holders are widely expected to secure a place in the decider in Cardiff next month. Higuain, who played alongside the Portugal forward in the Spanish capital from 2009 to 2013, struck twice as Juve registered a commanding 2-0 victory at Monaco in the other semi-final a day later. Asked by Corriere dello Sport if his exploits at Stade Louis II were inspired by Ronaldo’s efforts, Higuain replied: “No, I try to do my best without thinking of others....

The Juventus striker sits sixth in Argentina’s all-time top scorer list with 30 goals, but he continues to be criticized for his failure to find the net in three major finals for the Albiceleste, all of which they have lost. The 28-year-old remains unaffected, though, and has stressed there is more to life than football. “People criticise me for failing to score from a one-on-one, but I will never doubt myself,” Higuain told TyC Sports....

The hometown Yankees lost that night. The hometown cat, however, was more than just a hit—it was a grand slam. The cat came onto the field during a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees. The game continued as the cat stalked near the Orioles’ dugout and then ran towards the outfield. There, it swerved away from an outfielder and ran towards the back wall, next to the pitcher’s bullpen....

In the video, posted on Reddit by u/Multipace under the subreddit r/InterestingAsF*ck, an animation shows a blue sedan repeatedly hit by a bundle of two-by-fours, showing the damage if the drop took place at different places throughout our solar system. The video, which appears to be created with the game BeamNG Drive, starts with Earth gravity—the baseline, measured at 1 G with an acceleration due to gravity of 32 feet per seconds squared—and as one might expect, the wood crushes the top of the car and pops the hood....

Then, on Sunday, when Rudy Giuliani, who has dodged nearly every interview request (even one from the conservative bible, the National Review), finally relented and appeared on “Meet the Press,” he answered questions about his mistress and his poor judgment as if he had just inhaled laughing gas. Of course, it was obvious once he bared those fangs that Giuliani would have bitten Tim Russert on the neck and sucked every drop of blood from his body if he had the chance....

“I’ve got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine,” Clinton said on Twitter. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, tested negative but will be quarantined as well until their “household is fully in the clear.” “I’m more grateful than ever for the protection vaccines can provide against serious illness,” Clinton said, urging others to get vaccinated and boosted for the virus. While quarantined, Clinton says she’s open to movie suggestions....

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Clinton said that Sanders’ alleged comments in 2018 to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren echoed statements Sanders made against her during the 2016 election. “If it were a one-off, you might say, ‘OK, fine.’ But he said I was unqualified,” she told THR. “I had a lot more experience than he did, and got a lot more done than he had, but that was his attack on me....

Not if the First Lady has anything to do with it, anyway. As she toured Africa last week, Mrs. Clinton once again tried to highlight the plight of women around the world. Call it the Hillary Doctrine: women’s rights as a central element of American foreign policy. Of course, the issue will never replace great power politics; narcotics and NAFTA will dominate U.S. discussions with Mexico, not, say, spousal abuse....

Oden played 15 minutes in Miami's 93-91 win, recording four points, three rebounds and a steal. It wasn't long ago that there were doubts Oden would ever make a basketball return after he was drafted to the Trail Blazers in 2007 and struggled with knee injuries. Oden played 61 games in his second season, but suited up for only 21 games the next season as chronic knee injuries started to set in....

Starting out, Chan worked as John Woo’s assistant and Jackie Chan’s production manager, but turned to romantic comedies as soon as he struck out on his own. There’s a sunny innocence about the director; single at 36, he’s developed a fully formed philosophy of love, which runs through all his movies from the hit gender-bending comedy “He’s a Woman, She’s a Man” to the widely acclaimed heart-tugger “Comrades: Almost a Love Story....

The racial tensions in Houston may be a sign of trouble to come throughout the sun belt. After decades of struggle, blacks have finally achieved some measure of political clout, and don’t want to give it up. Now Hispanics are demanding their share of political representation. The reigning assumption seems to be that the nation’s two largest minorities will have to duke it out, while white control remains intact. The 1990 census has added urgency to Latino aspirations....

Garza wasn’t the only one disappointed. After Hispanic veterans attended other previews of the documentary, the complaints mounted. It didn’t help that the series is scheduled to air in September, Hispanic Heritage Month. The resulting grass-roots protest grew to include scores of Latino organizations and members of Congress. Their demand: that Burns and PBS, which is airing the documentary, incorporate new material in “The War” that reflects the Hispanic experience....

Why do this compilation now? Thirty years ago–across 8,600 pages, in eight volumes, in small print–“The Complete Speeches” was published. Nobody is going to buy eight volumes. I wanted something manageable. How did you select the speeches? One could fill one volume with the best wartime speeches. But I had the idea to do a panorama: start with his first speech, at the age of 22, in 1897, and go all the way to his last in ‘63....

NEWSWEEK: John McCain has been candid about his health. Does that represent a break with the past? Jerrold Post: There has been increasing pressure for candidates to reveal information that was once considered a personal matter. Today, you have to give up that privacy to run for the highest office. But even in recent years, not all candidates have been that honest. I’m thinking of Sen. Paul Tsongas, who competed against Bill Clinton to be the Democratic nominee in 1992....

That doesn’t mean Beckham, his New York teammates or fellow NFL players have to be OK with such a tackle in an exhibition game. Restrictions on low hits apply to blockers but, for the most part, not defenders. As ESPN’s Kevin Seifert explains, “Beckham qualified for protection under the NFL’s defenseless player rule because he was attempting to make a catch but had not yet had a chance to become a runner....

Clubbing Clubbing—also known as hypertrophic osteoarthropathy—is the thickening and curving of nails around a person’s fingertips or toes. This can make nails look like upside-down spoons. Although there isn’t one specific aspect of HIV that causes clubbing, it can be the result of low levels of oxygen in the blood. Clubbing can also be caused by lung diseases, heart disease, and digestive tract conditions. At the moment, there is no treatment for clubbing....

Hoarding disorder used to be considered a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and was treated using methods designed for OCD. While it is now classified and treated as a unique condition, it is still not well understood and can be difficult to treat, particularly as many people with hoarding disorder do not recognize that they have a problem. The most common approaches to treatment for hoarding disorder are cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), medication, and in-house decluttering, which are discussed in this article....

That is exactly what happened to Effie T. Brown, who in 2020 was named the new CEO of Gamechanger Films, the first equity fund to finance feature films by women. But when Brown took over she widened that scope to include stories by people with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, people of color and even men from under-represented communities. As a result, the first cab out of the rank when she took the top job was The Inspection starring “America’s sweetheart” Gabrielle Union....