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American Woodland surged to the top of the leaderboard thanks to a bogey-free six-under-par 65 at Pebble Beach on Friday. The three-time PGA Tour champion, who joined Justin Rose and Tiger Woods as the only players to shoot 65 in a U.S. Open round at Pebble Beach, holed a monster 50-foot birdie putt for a two-stroke advantage. Woodland never recorded a top-10 finish in any of his first 27 majors, however, he has managed two top-10s in his last four appearances....

TV: ESPN Line: UAB -16.0, Over/under 51.5 Series: UAB 3-2. The Blazers have won each of the last three meetings. These programs have not met since 2005. This is the first time the teams are meeting on a neutral field with the other five contests being held in Birmingham. About UAB The UAB Blazers, 6-3 overall in 2020, are coming off their third straight C-USA division title and second conference crown in the last three years....

Right from the opening quarter, things didn’t look good for the Mumbai side as they just couldn’t muster as many points as they would’ve liked to. The Delhi team, on the other hand, showed considerable improvement in both their offense and defense as compared to the previous matches. The second quarter saw a lot more brisk activity from both sides as Mumbai slowly looked to take more control of proceedings and finished the second quarter with a 31-18 lead....

Using several predictive models, a team of analysts has predicted that around 1.5 million Americans could be hospitalized with around 191,000 being hospitalized from COVID as a result of the Omicron surge. The data accounts for a span of time lasting from mid-December, when the variant began to take hold, through mid-March, when it is expected to subside. Accounting for various uncertainties in the models, the deaths from COVID during the Omicron surge could range from as low as 58,000 to as high as 305,000....

Thanks in part to Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s COVID vaccine and treatment funding program, vaccines have been developed in record time, and distribution has gone relatively well, according to academics. But the country has tripped up at arguably the most important hurdle: administering the shots that will protect people from COVID. Missed targets The Trump administration aims to deliver 300 million COVID vaccine doses. But targets have been missed, including getting 20 million people vaccinated by the end of 2020....

In an effort to promote trust between Russia and the West, the Open Skies Treaty allows the involved countries to freely fly over other nations to gather military information. The Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the treaty last year, an action that Biden reviewed once he took office. The remaining New START Treaty with Russia might have expired earlier this year as well due to inaction by the Trump administration, but Biden issued a five-year extension for it when he took office....

Fourth-grade students from 10 countries and jurisdictions—including Russia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Italy, Sweden and Canada—did better than American kids, according to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) released by Boston College. In 2001 only three countries did better than U.S. kids in reading. Here’s what’s puzzling: If you believe the numbers the U.S. Department of Education churns out, the reading scores of American fourth-graders should be rising. According to the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress scores, known as the Nation’s Report Card, fourth-grade reading scores have improved—and not just a little....

Earlier this month, reports pointed toward Evergrande’s potential collapse as it became known that the company would not be able to issue payments on its loan interests by a September 20 deadline. Evergrande finds itself over $300 billion in debt. As pressure from angry property owners and investors continues to grow, the company has faced challenges to climbing its way out of its mounting debts, given that its assets remain tied up in its existing projects, leaving it with a significant cash problem....

The protocols, titled “Department of Defense Guidance on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings,” were included in a document released Sunday by the Pentagon and then seen by Newsweek. Measures include requiring immediately that “to the extent practical, all individuals on DoD property, installations, and facilities will wear cloth face coverings when they cannot maintain six feet of social distance in public areas or work or work centers”—not including personal residences....

Landry was the hero of the first two days after he jumped out to 4-under. But the 28-year-old struggled on the front nine of his second round Saturday when he shot a 4-over 39 to drop back to even par. However, he was able to regroup and finish with three birdies on his last six holes to get back to 3 under with two rounds to play. U.S. OPEN: Leaderboard | Best photos from Oakmont...

Williams struggled to find her best form against the 17-year-old American before steadying to claim a 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The 23-time grand slam champion, who has never lost in the U.S. Open second round, eventually powered through the final set against McNally, dropping just five points. Williams will face either Hsieh Su-wei or Karolina Muchova in the third round after surviving the McNally test....

It has been 14 years since this notoriously tricky course last hosted the tournament, when Geoff Ogilvy was the surprise winner. A score of five over got the job done for the Australian and the suggestion this year is that another over-par tally could clinch it. With likely contender Brooks Koepka absent, we have taken a look at who should be in the mix… PUT DUSTIN’S NAME ON THE TROPHY – Russell Greaves...

Day has been struggling with a case of vertigo since he collapsed just in front of the ninth green on Friday, and put together a spirited 4-under-par finish through his last seven holes Saturday. Johnson has been tearing the cover off the ball — he didn’t miss a fairway Saturday, averaging 318 yards a pop — but hasn’t putted well the last two days. MORE: Jordan Spieth wins U.S. Open | Must-see photos from Chamber Bay Time will tell if one of these two can win their first major championship....

Roger Federer and Andy Murray prepare for another step toward a semifinal confrontation. All this on Thursday at Flushing Meadows. MORE: Scenes from the Open | Celebrity sightings | Open champions And while American women move along in Queens, can the best American man push deep into the tournament? John Isner plays his second-round match as well. Here are the schedules for Thursday’s play at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York....

Yanev said that Bulgaria cannot have a “stable political system” without solving corruption in the country after the U.S. Treasury Department put sanctions on three Bulgarian officials and 64 companies allegedly connected to them last week for their alleged participation in public corruption, the Associated Press reported. “We must protect state-owned companies from financial sanctions being imposed. To this end, we must prevent bank transactions with these investigated persons, so that businesses and state-owned companies are not blocked,” Yanev said during the government’s security council meeting....

Jones advanced the ball in the hope of creating an attack on the Belgian goal, and Dempsey ran ahead of him looking to receive a pass. Jones sent his feed forward, only its course was several feet behind the target. Dempsey fell to the ground, forlorn. He picked himself off the turf as spryly as a fighter who’d just been floored by a left hook. Together he and Jones began trudging back toward the defensive end....

Rim of the Pacific 2022, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, saw partner nation ships and aircraft sink the decommissioned guided missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis on July 12, in waters 15,000 feet deep, 50 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii. Units from Australia, Canada, Malaysia, and the U.S. participated to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea. “The SINKEX (sinking exercise) was a professionally enriching experience for the crew of KD Lekir,” said Admiral Mohd Reza Mohd Sany, chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy....

Kubo, Miyashiro and Suzuki were the other scorers on the night as Japan hit six goals past Honduras. Palacios scored on the only consolation goal for his side in the 36th minute. Both teams headed in a similar 4-3-3 formation with ‘Japanese Messi’ Takefusa Kubo headlining the Asian giants’ lineup up top. On a level platform in the opening quarter of an hour, Japan pushed the acceleration and opened the scoring with Keito Nakamura heading into a very tight space from a very well taken corner in by Kubo....

This venue is important as far as the fixtures are concerned, as both the semi-finals and the final will be played here. It has a capacity of 25,000 people and is one of the top-notch stadiums in the world. It has the famous lighting system called the ‘Ring of Fire’, which illuminates the stadium through lights that are hung at the circumference of the round stadium roof right overhead....

The email identified areas the company will focus on moving forward, as well as revealing that 2,000 employees participated in listening sessions, 14,000 responded to anonymous surveys, 100 interviews were conducted, and 40 focus groups were held. The plan put forward by Guillemot came in four parts: Guarantee a working environment where everyone feels respected and safe. Putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Refocus and strengthen our HR function....