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Never did the decision of going to the grocery store hold so much weight until 2020. For over a year most have weighed dozens of moral questions about masking, vaccines, and social distancing before making decisions from going to the market to visiting an elderly loved one. The spotlight on the moral implications of every action makes it so mundane decisions now demand critical thinking—forcing you to weigh the what-ifs of every scenario....

Seniors, many of whom are on fixed incomes, are carrying an average of over $4,000 in credit-card debt. Recent college graduates are also in jeopardy from credit-card debts that average $2,200, on top of student loans that average about $40,000. If the current softness in the economy continues, a growing number of people won’t be able to keep up. You are at or near the limit of your credit lines....

When researchers searched for content on top news topics on TikTok, they found that almost 20 percent, or one in five, of the suggested videos, contained misinformation, according to the report published by NewsGuard, a tool that tracks the credibility of online information. NewsGuard cited the example of hydroxychloroquine, a drug that sparked a debate after the onset of COVID-19. While many people—including former U.S. President Donald Trump—touted it as a cure, the FDA had disregarded claims that it could prevent coronavirus....

“I’ve got a lot of good memories about all this,” he said. MORE: Best photos from St. Andrews | Tiger matches Watson, to opposite effect | Faldo exits Open Watson’s son Michael caddied for him this week, and it was a special moment when he crossed the Swilcan Burn Bridge for the final time as a competitor. Watson finished the 2015 Open 12 over, and got a large ovation from the crowd as he tapped in for bogey on 18 to wrap up a marvelous career in golf’s third major....

Harvick and Busch make up the Stewart-Haas Racing contingent in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. MORE: Investigation complete | Stewart’s crew to work on Harvick car | Spectacular moments from Chicagoland Missing among that bunch is Danica Patrick, as expected, but also Tony Stewart, who had struggled this season well before being involved in a tragedy Aug. 9 at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park. Competing in an Empire Super Sprints event, the sprint car driven by the three-time Cup champion struck Ward, a 20-year-old racer, who was pronounced dead 45 minutes later....

In January, the House impeached Trump for a historic second time on one charge of “inciting an insurrection” and his trial in the Senate is set to begin on Monday. At the center of Trump’s second impeachment is whether his comments about the election encouraged the violence at the Capitol on January 6 and if convicted, he could be barred from holding public office in the future. Instead of focusing on Trump’s rhetoric, Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the former president, said his legal team will make the argument that Democrats are “trying to put freedom of speech on trial....

UAE coast guard commander Brigadier General Mohammed Ali Musleh al-Ahbabi — identified in Farsi as Mohammed Ali Musbeh al-Ahbabi — held talks in Tehran Tuesday with Brigadier General Qasem Rezaee, commander of Iran’s border police, as part of the sixth round of negotiations regarding cooperation across the Strait of Hormuz, through which more than a third of the world’s seaborne oil traffic passes. The strategic chokepoint has been the venue for mounting international tensions regarding both commercial and military interests....

The Ashes are perhaps unarguably the biggest rivalry in the history of cricket, and definitely the longest - so it perhaps no surprise that fan fervour for the Barmy Army is at its highest. The group regularly sing - and create chants, and tend to add to their repertoire every year - in what is a novel way of taking digs at their rivals. Here are some chants the Barmy Army have added to their playlist....

The England decision followed Jonny Bairstow’s headbutt on Australian opener Cameron Bancroft in a Perth bar late last month, which only came to light over the weekend. It came with sensitivity within the England camp about off-field behaviour after the controversy surrounding suspended star all-rounder Ben Stokes, who is facing a police inquiry into a fight outside a Bristol nightclub in September. Lehmann said it was not something he would consider....

He had bowled only four overs in the first session and this raised a lot of doubts over his fitness, considering that Australia were struggling at 35-3. Stuart Broad had dismissed David Warner and Cameron Bancroft while Woakes accounted for Usman Khawaja’s wicket. This would have been the ideal situation for Anderson to bowl a long spell under helpful conditions but he never returned to bowl after Chris Woakes replaced him as the first-change bowler....

“This is a short tour (in Australia), but whatever little I can help the youngsters, I will. If I can play till the World T20, I will definitely look at that job, I have done it for CSK (Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League) and I really enjoyed it,” Nehra was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo on Wednesday. “Most of the bowlers have different strengths, but you can’t buy experience....

New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) Veteran speedster Ashish Nehra has decided to retire from competitive cricket after the first T20 International against New Zealand at his home ground, Feroz Shah Kotla, on November 1. According to a senior BCCI official privy to the development, the 38-year-old Nehra has intimated his decision to chief coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli. With ICC not slotting any World T20 in 2018, Nehra apparently told the team management that it is only fair that performing juniors have a longer rope....

New cookbooks are also helping pair Asian food with wines. “Wine With Asian Food: New Frontiers in Taste” by Patricia Guy and Edwin Soon presents a systematic approach to matching food and wines. Because Asian cuisine is characterized by a multitude of spices, the European practice of pairing the wine to the primary ingredient—a full red wine with lamb, for instance—doesn’t work. The trick is to focus on the sauce....

The Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York (CACAGNY) delivered the most vigorous rejection of CRT yet, calling it “a hateful, divisive, manipulative fraud.” CACAGNY is one of the oldest chapters of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, which was founded in San Francisco in 1895 to respond to nationwide discrimination and violence against Chinese Americans. For more than a century, this organization has helped Asian Americans, especially Chinese Americans, to “quicken the spirit of American patriotism” and to “insure the legal rights of its members....

Track and Field events are the mainstays of any big-ticket multi-sport event. They provide the fans with some thrilling action and memorable moments. The various disciplines have not disappointed at the Asian Games as well. And so, we take a look at all the current withstanding records in Athletics at the Asian Games, some of which were created by Indian athletes. Timing is denoted as follows, MM:SS.MS (Minutes:Seconds.Milliseconds) Men’s Track (In minutes and seconds)...

Shooting has been the sport that has garnered the most medals so far with six of the ten medals being won by Indian marksmen, with three medals coming just yesterday. The highlight of the day was the gold medal won by 16-year old shooter Saurabh Chaudhary in the 10m Air Pistol event with an Asian Games record to his credit. The Day 4 of the Asian Games will see more Indian athletes compete for honors in various events throughout the day....

— They are gold. Just look at them. If you say that is silver or red or green, you are plain wrong. That’s 24K gold, at least partially. MORE: The best NBA player sneakers A photo posted by Matthew Senna (@msenna) on Jul 17, 2016 at 8:26am PDT — They exist just because. “Drake just loves Jordans, and obviously is part of the brand at this point, so it was something that came about and made sense and seemed like something fun to do,” Senna told Maxim....

Twitter, which got into an open confrontation with President Donald Trump this week by applying labels to his tweets, told Newsweek it was focusing its campaign against misinformation on “manipulated media” as well as on the pandemic and U.S. elections. For example, some tweets involving the Floyd incident had been flagged. Tweets from rapper Ice Cube and Bishop Talbert Swan that claimed Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer shown kneeling on Floyd’s neck, had worn a “Make Whites Great Again” hat were labeled “Manipulated Media....