Indeed, just one day before the NSBA rescinded its letter, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testified to Congress that he had directed the DOJ and FBI to investigate parents in reliance on the original NSBA letter. The since-retracted letter was startling in its request for federal law enforcement oversight of concerned parents. Specifically, the NSBA requested that the DOJ, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service and the Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center all be deployed against parents....

Stranger Things, a science fiction television show set in the 1980s, received critical acclaim during its first season, including more than 30 Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations. After more than a year of waiting, on Thursday, fans will be able to watch the third season in its entirety on Netflix. Before being cast in Stranger Things, McLaughlin told People that he was home-schooled. It was a decision he made in the fifth grade when he realized he wanted out of the traditional school system....

Prior to the selection, a final tally represented about 1,000 people in Glynn County received jury summons for the case. The large number was sent in an effort to increase the pool to find unbiased jurors given the publicity of Ahmaud Arbery’s death. As a result, 600 jury pool members reported to a gymnasium to maintain social distancing. They will be summoned to the courthouse in groups of 20, Glynn County Superior Court Clerk Ronald Adams said....

Several flatly oppose safe sex, a cornerstone prevention strategy throughout the AIDS epidemic, and champion measures considered anathema by civil libertarians, like mandatory testing of newborns and listing Americans with HIV infections in a common database. “The administration is giving these posts to Christian fundamentalists to appease them … rather than trying to take the epidemic seriously,” says Gay Men’s Health Crisis officer Ronald Johnson. “It seems to be a patronage pool for right-wing conservatives....

Researchers reviewed nine existing studies on 16 countries, which examined the potential link between air pollution and depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis and suicide. The sample sizes in the studies ranged from 958 to 69,966 participants. The researchers found a link between being in contact with PM2.5—or particulate matter measuring up to 2.5 micrometers in diameter—for at least six months. To give an idea of the size, human hair measures between 40 to 120 micrometers....

U.S. military Patriot anti-Missile batteries also were put on alert in Bahrain, headquarters of the Navy’s 5th Fleet. The Green Zone in Baghdad, where the U.S. embassy is located, is on lockdown, sources told Newsweek. The president was briefed at Mar-a-Lago and ordered the strike from the Florida resort, sources told Newsweek. It was unclear Thursday whether Congress was notified of the strike or the deployment. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declined by email to answer whether McConnell was notified....

The aviation regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), outlined the new guidance in a recent advisory. Although on the surface the measure seems controversial, Professor Ed Coleman at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University told Kare11 it is a common procedure. “What they do is, every so often the airlines are required to sample size the people getting on the airplane and figure out how much they weigh and figure out what they’re carrying on,” he said....

After their defeat to Manchester United in Stockholm, Bosz said the only thing that could prevent him from coaching Ajax next season would be his sacking. Two weeks later, however, the Dutchman was unveiled as Borussia Dortmund’s new trainer, amid reports that issues between him and the hierarchy led to him fleeing Amsterdam. Klaassen ready for Premier League challenge with Everton There was no sacking. Instead it was an “irreconcilable difference”, in the words of CEO Edwin van der Sar, that led to a nasty split....

Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie told the Associated Press in an interview that the absence of American forces in Afghanistan has complicated efforts to monitor groups like al-Qaida, which he said has already grown slightly since August. “We’re probably at about 1 or 2 percent of the capabilities we once had to look into Afghanistan,” McKenzie said. This makes it “very hard,” but “not impossible” to gauge whether al-Qaida and other groups in Afghanistan like the Islamic State are a threat to the U....

When asked about the headache of team selection he said: “Big teams don’t depend on certain star players, teams are built by hard work and training throughout the season.”

The 19-year-old bagged a brace in a comfortable victory for the hosts in round 19 of the Arabian Gulf League. Al Wahda’s high pressing tactics came to fruition just nine minutes into the game when Sultan Al Ghafri won the ball and played in Sebastian Tagliabue inside the area who finished emphatically into the top corner to give his side the lead. From Allegri to Vieira: The 10 coaches who could replace Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger...

If the Tide and Hurricanes work out a deal, it would be the teams’ first meeting since the 1993 Sugar Bowl (a 34-12 Alabama win) and their 18th overall, assuming the teams don’t meet in the postseason before the 2021 season. MORE: Alabama vs. FSU: Five huge questions It could also mark the first meeting between Nick Saban and Mark Richt, who last coached against each other when the latter was still at Georgia....

Tarrant city council member Tommy Bryant stood up and asked “Do we have a house [n-word] in here?” during a meeting on Monday. In a video of the meeting uploaded to YouTube by Bama Politics, the 76-year-old councilman can be heard using the racial slur in response to an audience member who accused his wife of using the n-word on Facebook. “Let’s get to the n-word,” Bryant says before asking “Do we have a house [N-word] in here?...

Barry Moore, a former member of Alabama’s House of Representatives and current congressional candidate, deleted the meme shortly after posting it on his Facebook page. According to a screenshot of the meme shared by AL.com, the meme shows photos of two injured people on the ground paired with the phrase, “didn’t fight back.” Beneath the photos is another of Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse beside the phrase, “fought back.”...

Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America (CSA) during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. The CSA seceded from the U.S. for the duration of the war and is known for upholding the practice of African slavery. Monuments to the Confederacy exist in several southern cities. Though some people believe they represent an important part of American history, others consider them to be reminders of slavery and racial oppression....

The SEC on Friday confirmed multiple reports — the first by Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel — that the Crimson Tide and Tigers will play on Dec. 5. The teams’ original game, scheduled for Nov. 14, was postponed because of a COVID-19 outbreak among LSU’s team. “The cooperation and flexibility of our coaches, athletics directors and campus leaders along with the dedication of our student-athletes now provides the opportunity to reach this point in the season with the ability for each SEC team to play ten football games in 2020,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said in a release....

Eric Roney, 33, suffered puncture wounds across his entire body during the attack on Monday morning in Chunchula, Mobile County. A family member has said he remains sedated and was placed on a ventilator. Roney will need surgeries including reconstructive procedures to his face and ears, but these cannot be carried out yet because his condition is not stable, his family told news outlet WALA. The victim’s relatives said the man was set upon by at least five dogs during a “horrific” attack and sustained “hundreds” of wounds, according to WALA....

Then again, it has always been unclear to me what causes the daily ups-and-downs in the market. Sometimes it seems that random events have great sway over our financial security (“Train Crash in Rangoon Kills 4,000; Dow Soars”). So with my stunted financial background (full disclosure: I’m still heavily invested in Six-Day War bonds), Greenspan has been especially puzzling for me. Here’s a guy who sent the Dow Jones crashing last year merely by mouthing the words “irrational exuberance....

Four sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in Lake Worth Beach, Florida on December 29 and found a man working on a car on his driveway. The screams that led a neighbor to believe a woman was possibly being held captive can be heard shortly before the deputies arrive at the home in footage captured on the Ring video doorbell app. “I’ll bring the screamer out to you,” the man, who has not been named, told the deputies after being questioned about the noise coming from his home....