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Asked by Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy if he believes “a president can lawfully issue a pardon in exchange for the recipient’s promise to not incriminate him,” Barr replied, “No, that would be a crime.” The attorney general’s response was one of three times during the hearing that he had affirmed it would be a crime to offer a presidential pardon for false testimony. Barr’s quote reemerged shortly after President Donald Trump issued out a second wave of pardons to loyalists before heading to his residence in Florida for the holidays....

He spoke with SN about the Bay Area, coaching and why he didn’t jump to the NBA right out of high school. MORE: NBA’s best one-and-done players SN: You’re going into the Bay Area Hall of Fame this spring. You spent your NBA career outside of the Bay Area, though. What’s that honor like for you, and did you always consider yourself a Bay Area guy? BC: I think it’s a really great thing for me personally because for all the places I went, this was always the place that I was always connected to, even after I left....

Speaking at the Lowy Institute on Monday, Gates said the war had distracted attention away from reaching the 17 UN SDGs—such as alleviating poverty, hunger and ensuring affordable and clean energy—by 2030. Gates has authored books on climate change, development and public health. “The war in Ukraine will end. I certainly understand the resources being expended there, it’s a terrible tragedy. That tragedy has huge impact on developing countries the cost of food, fertilizer, you know all these things are going to kill as many people outside of Ukraine as people in Ukraine,” Gates said....

The moment quickly lit up social media, with users sharing their appreciation for Murray’s cool, laid-back demeanor. Twitter was quickly full of posts admiring the On the Rocks star’s general vibe. Speaking of On the Rocks—Murray was nominated for his role in the Sofia Coppola film, in which he plays an aging lothario. He ended up losing the award to Judas and the Black Messiah’s Daniel Kaluuya, who had his own meme-worthy moment when his screen was apparently muted at the beginning of his acceptance speech....

In the emerging plan from Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, who leads the Senate Finance Committee, the 20 percent rate would apply to those with assets of at least $1 billion, taxing any gains they see on stocks and other tradeable assets instead of holding off until holdings are sold. A billionaire’s tax would also be added to non-tradeable assets, though the tax would not be assessed until the asset was sold off, said the AP....

Rookie Jeff Tuel and free-agent addition Matt Flynn split the first-team reps. Starting quarterback EJ Manuel remains out for the next game with a knee injury. The Bills (3-5) have lost three of four in preparing to host the Chiefs (8-0). Lewis continued playing despite being hurt on the first play from scrimmage in a 35-17 loss at New Orleans on Sunday. Lewis had taken off on a run up the left side, when linebacker David Hawthorne struck the quarterback with a helmet-first hit into the right ribs....

The Bills announced Dareus was placed on the active/non-football injury list Saturday, a day before the team holds its first practice in suburban Rochester. MORE: Forsett on offseason | Improved offenses | Holdout hazards The Bills didn’t say why he was placed on the list. Coach Doug Marrone won’t be available for comment until Sunday. The 2011 first-round draft pick has already had a difficult offseason, dealing with two off-field legal matters....

Former President Donald Trump relinquished the U.S. seat on the Human Rights Council mainly because it repeatedly criticized the Israeli government and because its membership includes certain abusive governments. His administration imposed sanctions on the ICC prosecutor and a staff member to thwart investigations of U.S. torture, principally in Afghanistan, and Israeli war crimes in Palestine. With respect to the council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the administration would engage “immediately and vigorously,” although for now only as an observer....

“It’s unlikely to have an immediate impact by Thanksgiving,” Devin Gladden, a spokesperson for the American Automobile Association (AAA), told Newsweek. “Although we will see some incremental decreases, we’re not expecting this to have a long-term impact. But it certainly will have an impact.” China, India, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom have also all committed to opening up their oil reserves in an effort to help fight global oil prices....

Biden has been vocal about his desire to see police reform since protests began after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers. Demonstrators have sought to shine a light on what they perceive to be widespread police brutality and racism. “We have to, in my view, change the way the entire criminal justice system functions, and the prison system,” Biden said. “It should turn into a rehabilitation system, not into just punishment....

Floyd’s death during an arrest attempt by members of the Minneapolis Police Department galvanized demonstrators across the country to protest police brutality and racism. Video taken by a witness to the arrest attempt was shared on social media. In the footage, a white officer can be seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd can be heard to say, “I can’t breathe.” The phrase became a chant for some protesters and a point of reference for Biden’s Thursday remarks....

Since incoming national security adviser Jake Sullivan flew to Oman to engage in secret negotiations that eventually led to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Hassan Rouhani’s and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s influence has declined. These “acceptable” representatives of the Iranian regime have been handicapped by incompetence, corruption, economic failures and internal power struggles. This is a major roadblock for Sullivan, Antony Blinken and the rest of the national security team....

Conversely, a coalition of anti-war groups sent Biden an open letter on Monday, signed by 51 organizations, urging him to “build a future in which all Palestinians and Israelis live under full equality” by “leveraging the annual $3.8 billion in U.S. military funding to Israel” to disband Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and end the country’s military blockade of Gaza. In a statement given to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last week, Biden said his priority for Israeli-Palestinian peace involved restarting dialogue with the Palestinians and pressing Israel to avoid actions that make the possibility a two-state solution difficult....

Cassidy grew up in Baton Rouge and still has close ties to the area, but the parish’s Republican Executive Committee has branded his actions a “betrayal.” “The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish hereby censures Senator Bill Cassidy and holds him out as an object of shame,” the censure resolution read, according to KTAL NBC 6. “We condemn Senator Cassidy’s actions in the strongest manner,” the resolution said....

The 65-year-old Asian woman was assaulted outside a building at 360 West 43rd Street. Surveillance footage of the attack shows a significantly larger man punch the woman in the face—knocking her to the ground—before he proceeds to stomp on her and kick her several times. The woman has reportedly been hospitalized with serious injuries. “We continue to see these horrible, disgusting attacks on Asian American New Yorkers and it’s got to end,” de Blasio said at a City Hall press briefing on Tuesday....

ESPN’s most outspoken employee was the topic of conversation following his Twitter rant directed at ESPN colleague Mike Golic, who took a shot at Simmons during Thursday’s episode of Mike & Mike. Simmons criticized Golic for criticising him and said he would have lost respect for the show if only he had any in the first place. Simmons recently returned from a three-week suspension due to his critical comments regarding Roger Goodell and then challenging his bosses to suspend him, and many believed that Thursday’s outburst could have him soon packing for another “vacation....

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This brings us to the expected hand-wringing about the efficiency of the Hummer EV. A vehicle that, since its introduction, has been the source of rightful hand-wringing. Yes, it’s an electric vehicle, but it’s also not all that efficient. It’s heavy, uses quite a lot of electricity to travel anywhere, and it’s enormous. In other words, it’s a Hummer. This all came to a head this past week when the nonprofit organization American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) published research showing that the Hummer EV produced more CO2 than the Chevy Malibu....

Now the question is how do we manage this much data when traditional data processing applications are inadequate for the same. The ever intensifying data creation has given rise to a new technique, to which we call Big Data. It’s simply a newer technique to store, manage and share loads of data value. Big data gained its momentum in early 2000s, however, its significance is booming in the present scenario....