When Flood resigned in 1980, his mantle was picked up by Republican Joseph McDade, a pug-nosed back-room dealmaker who has served the Scranton area since 1962. McDade, too, has a questionable ethics record. Federal investigators have spent the last four years looking into his relationship with a defense–industry lobbyist, his acceptance of perks from coal companies and his role in steering navy contracts to a man who pleaded guilty to defrauding the government of $12 million....

In other words, this isn’t your normal $8 billion transaction. It involves two of the most prominent media companies in the land, which have taken different paths en route to this once unthinkable mating. Times Mirror, owner of the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun and Long Island, N.Y.’s Newsday, has been selling or closing properties, using the proceeds to buy back stock and shrinking, a time-honored technique for jacking up your share price....

Unlike tumor cells, which ball up into lumps, DCIS fans out along the milk ducts–patients usually can’t feel a thing. But thanks to mammography, DCIS detection has soared over the last three decades, now making up almost 20 percent of new breast-cancer diagnoses. This year alone, it will strike 43,000 American women. On its own, DCIS stays confined to the ducts and is highly curable. The prognosis is excellent. But certain patients later develop invasive breast cancer so doctors want to be sure they treat the condition aggressively....

The third-year Titans receiver, who publicly lobbied Julio Jones to consider Tennessee as a potential trade destination, seems ecstatic at reports his team will be the one to land the two-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowl receiver. Brown, himself a Pro Bowl selection in 2020, put it in no uncertain terms: MORE: Julio Jones trade details: Falcons reportedly dealing star receiver to Titans for draft picks The Titans reportedly will give up a 2022 second-rounder and 2023 fourth-rounder for Jones, also getting a 2023 sixth-rounder on top of the 32-year-old-star receiver....

A.J. Pierzynski was ejected from the Braves’ exhibition against the Yankees on Wednesday by home plate umpire Joe West. MORE: How big of a deal is spring failure? | Sabathia on spring debut | Manfred thinking globally As one keen observer dryly put it: Well, yeah, you might say so. David O’Brien, Braves beat writer for the Journal-Constitution, provided a neat summary: Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez offered an offbeat take: Maybe Pierzynski wasn’t tossed....

There is no immediate timetable for his return, though manager Dave Roberts told reporters that Pollock is expected back this season. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN Pollock, 31, was placed on the injured list Wednesday as he deals with the infected bursa that was triggered when he banged the elbow on the field in Chicago last week, MLB.com reported. The veteran outfielder underwent surgeries to repair a broken growth plate in the elbow in 2010 and again in 2016....

New York collapsed during the ninth inning to hand the Angels an 11-8 win. The Yankees’ star closer Aroldis Chapman simply couldn’t find the strike zone and allowed four runs in the inning, including a game-tying grand slam to Jared Walsh. All told, the Angels scored seven runs in the inning, matching the Yankees’ crooked total from the first inning. MORE: Brian Cashman sounds off on Yankees but defends coaching staff...

Wade was roundly criticized for giving Gordon a 9 on his final dunk, which featured him jumping over a 7-5 Tacko Fall. That ultimately led to Wade’s former Heat teammate, Derrick Jones Jr., winning the title with a 48-47 in the final round. When Wade and Gordon talked about the contest via Instagram Live on Friday, Gordon even joked that only two people thought Jones deserved the title: “You and D-Jones....

A man who survived the drive-by shooting said in court on Tuesday that Hernandez was the one who pulled the trigger. MORE: Disgraced athletes: Where they went wrong “Looked like him. Hernandez,” Raychides Sanches said during a pretrial hearing, according to the Boston Herald. Hernandez allegedly shot the two men after one of them bumped into him at a Boston nightclub earlier that night. Hernandez, who is already serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the 2013 shooting death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, has pleaded not guilty to the double-murder charges....

San Francisco won its last two playoff games against Green Bay with a very different team. This year’s 49ers, the top seed in the NFC playoffs, routed the Packers 37-9 in Week 12. The second meeting also will be in prime time Sunday (6:40 p.m. ET, Fox) in San Francisco. MORE: Why these 49ers are too tough for Packers In the first meeting on Nov. 24, a lot of things went wrong for Green Bay....

The Packers are making a second consecutive appearance in the NFC Championship game after their 32-18 win over the Rams in the divisional round on Saturday, but Rodgers, for however good he was in the game, wasn’t a key discussion point. Rather, it was QB3 on the depth chart, Jordan Love, who got a fair amount of buzz during and after the game: The Packers surprisingly took Love with the No....

So maybe Rodgers in the future can reference the seemingly honest explanation he recently gave Kyle Brandt on the “10 Questions With Kyle Brandt” podcast when asked about his reaction to the Packers trading up in the first round to draft a quarterback. Rodgers, 36, admitted he initially was excited to see Green Bay trade up because he thought it meant his team was targeting a wide receiver. Rodgers, keep in mind, had been vocal about the Packers’ lack of receiving talent beyond Davante Adams....

The ad juxtaposes the Green Bay Packers quarterback and teammate Clay Matthews giving a locker room pep talk and the same two in a house with a fly buzzing around. “Nobody comes into this house without paying the price. Not here, not ever,” is the line repeated in both scenes. In the latter, Rodgers hunts the house fly with a golf club and, when he swings, the club goes flying through a glass door and is lodged in a car window....

Rodgers and Brees are both looking for that second Super Bowl ring, and this matchup between the Packers (2-0) and Saints (1-1) could have playoff implications down the line. Which quarterback has the edge on Sunday? Sporting News explores the past matchups between Rodgers and Brees for some trends you should pay attention to: NFL QB RANKINGS:Carson Wentz, Drew Brees fall; Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton rise into Week 3...

A note found with the child indicated the parent who left the infant could not afford to feed him, according to a statement from Alaska State Troopers. The child “seemed to have been abandoned at the location recently,” according to the troopers’ statement. The department also noted the baby “was transported by EMS to a local hospital and was found to be in good health.” An Alaska resident named Roxy Lane found the abandoned child....

Irregular bleeding used to be called dysfunctional uterine bleeding. But with new diagnostic terminology in place, the experts recommend that the term dysfunctional uterine bleeding is changed to abnormal uterine bleeding. What Is Abnormal Uterine Bleeding? Abnormal uterine bleeding is a menstrual cycle disorder. Any bleeding that is outside of your regular cyclic menstruation is considered abnormal uterine bleeding. Any change in the amount or duration of your period is also considered abnormal uterine bleeding....

Kucka rose highest to nod home a Jose Sosa free-kick on 16 minutes, only for Nikola Kalinic to get the visitors back on level terms almost immediately as he bagged his 11th goal of the season from close range. RUMOURS: Inter want Vidal But on 31 minutes, Deulofeu claimed what proved to be the winner, bending home his first Serie A goal from the edge of the box. The victory was a welcome one for Vincenzo Montella’s side who had picked up only eight points from their previous seven games and were seeking to avoid a third successive home defeat....

‘Lukaku signing was Mourinho stopping Chelsea’ The Serie A side have been busy in the market, with Lazio midfielder Lucas Biglia set to become their 10th signing following the shock arrival of Leonardo Bonucci from Juventus, which Fassone initially thought was “a crazy idea”. Andre Silva has already been brought in from Porto in attack, but Milan are setting their sights on another centre-forward, with three of the top players thought to be available being targeted....

After the altercation in which Will Smith went on stage at the awards show and slapped presenter Chris Rock, the Academy claimed that Smith was asked to leave the event. Despite several conflicting reports that said the Academy never formally asked Smith to leave, an industry source told Newsweek that the Academy is standing by its statement. “Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated,” the Academy said on Wednesday....