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We saw it previously with Diablo 3, but luckily for Blizzard they’re a developer that has slowly ingratiated itself with the public at large. Electronic Arts? Not so much. And so now EA is in damage control mode, doing their best to placate any and all SimCity players who have discovered their money might be better off burning in trashcans somewhere. That said, SimCity developer Maxis isn’t letting this PR nightmare get the best of them, they’re actually approaching it head on (finally!...

And now he says he’s ready to move on with his life. His approach, though, begins by reliving part of the past, trying to get across his side of the story he believes was either ignored or that he never could tell while mired in legal battles. It has been an incredible last five years for Mayfield, starting with a failed NASCAR drug test in May 2009. Still suspended from NASCAR but avoiding jail from a series of criminal charges stemming from a November 2011 search of his property, Mayfield’s life has taken some bizarre turns....

For years, minority motorists have complained that New Jersey State Troopers routinely practiced a kind of racism called “racial profiling,” deliberately singling out minorities for humiliating roadside stops and searches purely on the basis of their skin color. The police claimed minorities were never stopped because of race alone. But a lawsuit brought by three black men and one Hispanic who were shot by state troopers has made racial profiling a problem that can no longer be ignored and has left police and politicians scrambling to clean up the mess....

Speaking to CNN’s John Berman on Wednesday morning, Fauci added, “that’s why it was done and that’s why it’s a pause. It isn’t a cancellation. It’s a pause.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have called for the United States to halt administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six recipients developed a “rare and severe” type of blood clot....

The chairman of Nye County Republican Central Committee posted the letter, which makes a number of unfounded claims about events in the days ahead, to the local party’s website on Friday. A Democratic lawmaker called the letter “seditious” and another group of Democrats in Nevada issued a “public safety alert” about what it says is the rising threat of more violence in the wake of what happened at the U....

That is, until It’s a Sin, available now on HBO Max after first airing on Britain’s Channel 4. The man behind the series is exactly who you would want to have written it—Russel T. Davies, the mind who created the groundbreaking Queer as Folk over two decades ago. Amazingly, the original Queer as Folk did not mention HIV/AIDS at all, with Davies recently telling The Observer, “In 1999, I refused to let our lives be defined by disease....

Speaking to TyC Sports, the 33-year-old praised his former national teammate for the career he has had since first playing for Barcelona back in 2004. He said: Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi have played together for several years and are close friends. The former Manchester City forward even joined Barcelona in the summer of 2021 to play alongside Messi. However, the seven-time Ballon d’Or would eventually leave the Nou Camp to join Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer....

The only thing preventing that from happening is that Izagakhmaev is yet to get enough wins before he even inserts himself into the world title picture. Nevertheless, Sityodtong is a fan of the potential firefight and he knows fight fans would love a fight between the two lightweight superstars. During the ONE 161 post-event press conference, Chatri Sityodtong said: Lee, who’s only 24 years old, is on his second reign with the ONE lightweight world title after his total annihilation of South Korean star Ok Rae Yoon at ONE 160: Ok vs....

Last season, in Nash’s first season as head coach over the Nets, Kevin Durant had trouble finishing his way on the court, the only playing in 35 games last season. This was directly after taking a season off to recover from his torn Achilles. Durant has already been asked to do a lot, averaging 34.9 minutes per game through the first 11 games of the season. Nash was asked about the Nets over-reliance on Durant, and his response was:...

Earlier today, director Hwang Dong-hyuk spoke to AP Entertainment and confirmed that he is currently planning for Squid Game’s season 2. The hit series was released in September 2021 and has gone on to break multiple Netflix viewership records. The first season of the series had registered over 3 billion minutes of streaming on Netflix by the second week alone, becoming the 6th Netflix show to date to join the “3-billion club....

According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft was involved in more than 40 percent of the consumer complaints it received last year–double the percentage in 2000–and reports of Social Security number fraud have shot up 500 percent in the past four years. But critics complain that perpetrators are still treated with more leniency than traditional robbers. About a third of those convicted of identity theft in 2001 were not even sent to prison....

Victory’s bid to win the A-League premiership has copped a couple of blows over the past week after losing away to Wellington Phoenix and Perth Glory in the space of five days, leaving Broxham and Co. eight points adrift of Sydney heading into the Big Blue on Australia Day. The Phoenix ended Victory’s unbeaten run last Tuesday with a 3-0 triumph in Wellington, while the Big V gave up a lead in Perth on Saturday to lose 2-1....

Unfortunately for Adu, he didn’t show enough to break into a stacked Timbers attack. How will travel ban affect World Cup bid? Timbers coach Caleb Porter confirmed to reporters on Tuesday that his team would not be signing Adu, a free agent looking for a new team after parting ways with the Tampa Bay Rowdies. “It isn’t easy getting into our squad when you look at players like (Darlington) Nagbe, (Diego) Valeri, (Fanendo) Adi, (Darren) Mattocks and (Sebastian) Blanco,” Timbers general manager Gavin Wilkinson told Goal....

The Polish forward - who scored his side’s second goal in the 38th minute - pulled up holding his hamstring and, after attempting to play on, he was replaced by Arturo Vidal shortly before the half-time interval. Bayern 15/2 to win Champions League However, the player revealed after the game the decision to take him off was precautionary, although he will undergo a further examination of what the club described on their website as a minor muscle problem on Sunday....

Fantastic Mbappe rejected Madrid The duo were together at Barcelona for a season in 2009-10, but their relationship was notoriously fractious and the striker made the move to AC Milan after only one season at Camp Nou. Ibrahimovic and Guardiola find themselves in the Premier League, the striker at United and the manager at Manchester rivals City. The 35-year-old Ibrahimovic said taking on Guardiola’s teams gave him more inspiration, although he insisted it was nothing personal....

Smith slapped Rock after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair and went to tell him to keep his wife’s name out of his mouth. Videos of the confrontation have been viewed millions of time on Twitter, where conversation about the slap continued to dominate into Monday morning, dividing fans. Some of the conversation centered on if the slap was authentic, with some claiming the video was “staged”—even though there has been no substantial evidence to back up the claim....

Today, we revisit a few excerpts from the statements Jon Jones provided in the 2016 MMA documentary ‘The Hurt Business’. One scene showed an interviewer noting that Jon Jones’ opponent Daniel Cormier had claimed that Jones would intentionally use eye pokes during their fight. Jones responded to this by stating: Jon Jones aims to capture the UFC heavyweight title Jon Jones ruled over the UFC light heavyweight division for about a decade....

Jos Buttler opened the innings against Australia in the recently-concluded T20I series. In the two T20s that he played, he scored a brilliant 44 and an unbeaten 77 to help England win the series. England pacer Stuart Broad hailed him as England’s greatest white-ball cricketer after his innings in the second T20I. However, Rohan Gavaskar is of the opinion that Jos Buttler still has a long way to go to achieve that tag even though he is a world-class player....

For those who don’t know, Shawn Michaels faced Bret Hart at Survivor Series in 1997 for the WWE Championship. The Hitman, who was the WWE Champion t the time, had refused to drop the belt to Shawn Michaels despite his contract with the company nearing the end. As a result, Vince McMahon took the call to ‘screw’ Bret Hart and have him lose the match by deceit, making Shawn Michaels the WWE Champion....

While developers have given very few details, one substantial piece of news includes the adoption of a new engine. In a recent virtual interview, the developers have spoken about using Unreal Engine 5. CD Projekt RED will work in a strategic partnership with Epic. As a result, not only will the new game be based on Unreal Engine 5, but the Polish studio will also work to enhance the overall engine....