A brace from Higuain led Juve to a 2-0 win over AC Milan on Saturday, taking the Argentina international’s tally to 101 Serie A goals. Sporting 11/4 to beat Juventus Allegri was full of praise for the 29-year-old forward, but he wants to see even more from Higuain. “Higuain is currently fit because he has worked a lot during the international break and he normally works with a lot of intensity during those sessions,” he told a news conference....

Isco has enjoyed a fine season for Madrid while Bale has struggled with form and fitness, but the Wales international is expected to be available for Saturday’s showpiece match in his home city of Cardiff. But Allegri insists his side are equipped to deal with either player and there are benefits to facing their varying approaches. “We have talked to the team [about the different options],” the Juve coach told a pre-match news conference....

More than 850,000 outages were reported statewide as of Thursday morning, according to the PowerOutage.US—a project that collects live power outage data from utilities across the country. That’s almost 10 percent of the state’s population, which was recorded as approximately 9 million people in 2019. DTE Energy, a Detroit-based energy company, had the most outages, with more than 573,000 customers affected. The company said it had 1,800 crews in the field working to restore power....

The disclosure Friday comes in separate actuarial data the league and players’ lawyers released as part of their proposed $765 million settlement of thousands of concussion lawsuits. MORE: Concussion ’think tank’ | Info withheld? Both the league and lead players’ lawyers expect 28 percent of the men will develop Alzheimer’s disease or at least moderate dementia. There are more than 19,000 living former players, meaning nearly 6,000 of them will fall into those two groups....

Some companies are using the same approach to sell their own products. Sierra On-Line has a CD-ROM with six of its titles, including Alphabet Blocks, a prereading program, and Kid’s Typing. The CD sampler, which costs $3.99, includes a $5 rebate if you buy any of the programs.

So why do you often find yourself overwhelmed by all the commercials that claim their lotions will make your skin look and feel so much better? Do you scratch your head in confusion at all the choices in the skincare aisle? If so, you are not alone. In fact, a survey conducted by the National Consumers League (NCL) and Harris Interactive concluded that six out of every 10 consumers are confused about the effectiveness and/or safety of these products....

On the crash: “I think everyone was alive when we crashed…there was a lot of gunfire and we were trying to protect ourselves…I couldn’t move because of my leg and back injuries…One of the crew chiefs…was hurt very bad. [He was] moaning.” On his capture: “The people got to me and started to hit me…They held me up in the air. Some people would break through he crowd and hit me....

Speaking at his club’s Victory in Business lunch, Di Pietro outlined his and the clubs’ three critical issues for the A-League’s future. With his key officials from Adelaide United, Melbourne City, Perth Glory, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers in attendance, this was clearly a joint statement for Football Federation Australia’s ears. FFA CEO David Gallop was also a guest. Di Pietro called for FFA to consult the clubs on expansion, favour them when reforming their voting structure and give them a fairer slice of the pie....

Victory are looking to notch their seventh consecutive win on Tuesday when they visit Wellington Phoenix - the Big V’s second of four games in 14 days. There is a swagger in Victory’s step as they are also in the midst of a nine-game unbeaten run. Victory’s latest success was a 3-2 triumph over Brisbane Roar on Friday with Kevin Muscat’s side becoming the A-League’s best attacking team in the process as they reached 35 goals for the season - one ahead of league leaders Sydney FC, who have played one more match....

A Certified Important Book you still haven’t read: “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy. It’s ridiculous that I haven’t read it, because it was the book my father was reading when he chose to name me Natasha. A classic that, upon rereading, disappointed: “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison. Don’t get me wrong, it’s such an important book, and the last lines of it are so wonderful, but it’s not exactly an enjoyable read....

Trapped between these diametrically opposing forces, Clinton did his best to project hope for a mutually acceptable compromise. “How hard would it be to get everyone to agree how much [forest] to put aside?” he asked one discussion group in Portland. “Very hard,” a participant answered. At another point, Clinton predicted that the outcome “won’t make anyone completely happy.” “I cannot repeal the laws of change,” he said. “We’ll do what we can....

But in today’s Washington, where everyone’s ethics seem to be on trial, Holbrooke may have been asking for trouble. Bill Clinton wants to make the combative veteran diplomat his United Nations ambassador, and Holbrooke’s on everyone’s short list to be secretary of State in a Gore administration. But his bulldoglike personality has made Holbrooke more than a few enemies on the way up. One injured party may have been an anonymous State Department official who sent a letter to the department’s inspector general last year claiming that Holbrooke violated conflict-of-interest regulations by using his State contacts to win business for Credit Suisse....

Cheney’s position so frustrated J. William Leonard, the chief of the Archives’ Information Security Oversight Office, which enforces the order, that he complained in January to Gonzales. In a letter, Leonard wrote that Cheney’s position was inconsistent with the “plain text reading” of the executive order and asked the attorney general for an official ruling. But Gonzales never responded, thereby permitting Cheney to continue blocking Leonard from conducting even a routine inspection of how the veep’s office was handling classified documents, according to correspondence released by House Government Reform Committee chair Rep....

Philanthropist James Hormel said that Ashcroft opposed his 1997 nomination as ambassador to Luxembourg because he is openly gay. Ashcroft had told the committee it was the “totality of the record” that caused him to reject Hormel. But when pressed to elaborate in a written follow-up, he clearly implied that sexual preference was the issue, saying he didn’t think Hormel “would effectively represent the United States in Luxembourg, the most Roman Catholic country in all of Europe....

Two days before the accord was signed, says a source close to the talks, Assistant Secretary of State Bernard Aronson, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador William Walker and U.N. Ambassador Thomas Pickering met with Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani and Defense Minister Gen. Rene Emilio Ponce. The U.S. officials reportedly warned of major cuts in U.S. military and economic aid unless a cease-fire was signed before Perez de Cuellar’s term ended Dec....

These types of volcanoes are a relatively new discovery, with the first having been found in 2006 by a team of Japanese researchers. Petit-spot volcanoes appear along the base of tectonic plates. As plates sink into the mantle and bend, fissures open up resulting in small volcanoes. In a study published in the journal Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, the same team of Japanese researchers has reported another example....

First up was Clint Dempsey, who became just the second player in Seattle Sounders history to record 50 goals for the club. The goal was a winner for the Sounders, who have now gone eight matches unbeaten, rolled up 400 minutes without giving up a goal, and moved into a tie at the top of the Western Conference. “It feels great,” Dempsey is quoted as saying by MLSsoccer.com. “The team moved mountains to get me here when I was playing with Tottenham [in 2013] and I’m glad to chip in with goals and help this team win and do some cool things....

When the Aberdeen story first broke last fall, there were troubling reports about a “rape ring.” But after months of testimony and investigation, the scandal appears to be more complicated than originally thought. Three drill sergeants stand accused of forcing their charges to have sex: Sgt. Delmar Simpson is now on trial on 25 counts of rape with seven women. Prosecutors have generally found, however, that the sex between the sergeants and the new enlistees was more commonly consensual....