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The study, published yesterday, looked at data from around 1.5 million people who had tested positive with COVID between January 15 and October 1 this year, and compared those who were vaccinated to those who were unvaccinated. It found that, throughout the entire study period, unvaccinated people were 40 times more likely to experience “COVID-19-associated death” than fully vaccinated people. It also found that unvaccinated people were 45 times more likely to have an infection with COVID than fully vaccinated people....

Vaccine mandates and other rules put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 have proven controversial in many workplaces across the U.S. This week, Kern County in California made an employment pitch to the 4,000 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD) officers who face potential firings if they do not comply with the county’s employee COVID vaccine mandate. The pitch came one day after a Tuesday vote by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in favor of taking additional steps to enforce a vaccine mandate for county employees....

Randle could’ve faced a six-game suspension for a first-time offense under the league’s personal conduct policy if he had been charged in the case. MORE: What your team is thinking ahead of draft | Tonight’s draft order “After reviewing the extensive investigation conducted by the Wichita Police Department, including witness interviews and analyzing available evidence, we concluded there is a lack of evidence sufficient to support felony charges against Mr....

Dallas overcame deficits of 14-0 and 17-7 to defeat Detroit, 24-20, and advance to the divisional playoffs. PHOTOS: Must-see wild card images | MORE: Questionable non-call saves Cowboys Nothing came easy for their super strength and superstars, but the Cowboys survived as a No. 3 seed because of their unsung depth … and a home crowd that was finally loud to rise to the occasion. — Their vaunted offensive line gave up six sacks to Ndamukong Suh and the Lions’ daunting front....

The Cowboys wide receiver and kick returner has been ruled out of Sunday night’s game at MetLife Stadium against the New York Giants for violating club rules, the team announced. DAL-NY PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread While the team did not specify which rule was broken, multiple reports claim the benching was due to a missed meeting. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, missing team meetings has been a recurring issue for Whitehead....

But his statistics are the only numbers he’s looking to discuss, as the Cowboys wide receiver reiterated he doesn’t care to talk about his finances and isn’t striving to become one of the league’s highest-paid players. Cooper, who is entering the final year of his rookie contract, told reporters Monday he’s not worried about his status. “It really doesn’t matter to me — not even thinking about that,” Cooper said, via the Dallas Morning News....

Dallas is set to start rookie seventh-round pick Ben DiNucci at quarterback. DiNucci has to fill in for Andy Dalton (concussion), who had to become the starter after the season-ending ankle injury to Dak Prescott. Philadelphia has seen Carson Wentz play better at QB of late and is managing injuries well while also getting healthier in some areas. Here’s everything to know about betting on Cowboys vs. Eagles in Week 8, including updated odds, trends and our prediction for “Sunday Night Football....

Oddsmakers have posted Jackson’s receiving yards total at 65.5, and Fantasy Alarm forecasts the Washington wideout to accumulate just 57.7. UNDER is the suggested play based on that assessment. Bettors may also consider UNDER on Kirk Cousins’ passing yards after perusing the numbers below. The Redskins are 3-point favorites, with a total of 42. Check our odds page for current lines. The Linemakers’ crew in Las Vegas has a pick on the side, and AccuScore offers a play on the total....

Robin Baucom had worked at the Cracker Barrel for 34 years and leaves behind a husband, three grandchildren and three children of her own, according to a statement her family sent to local station ABC 13. According to the Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the suspect attempted to take the employee’s purse when she arrived for work. Baucom then “opened the door to assist and let her employee in.”...

For much of his career, the .255 career hitter held his bat high above his head. Like, really high. Ridicuously high. Here’s a classic Counsell stance from when he played for Milwaukee in 2004: SPECTOR: Brewers made the right move in changing managers (Getty Images) Gar Ryness, better known as Batting Stance Guy, rates Counsell as having the second-best stance of recent decades. Only Kevin Youkilis ranks higher. In a 2010 book, Ryness describes the above Counsell stance as “absolutely spectacular....

After all, the last time a game-changer was recruited at Camp Nou, it came via a week of negotiations with Liverpool and the satisfying of a release clause to land a suspended Luis Suarez on July 11, 2014. But that was then. This is now. Liverpool 11/10 top four finish They responded to the instant rebuffing of their last proposal on Friday by emailing through a deadline to Liverpool: the Anfield outfit had until Sunday evening to change their minds over an offer they were clearly unwilling to consider....

Coutinho 12/5 to score v Spurs The Blaugrana bid for Coutinho three times last summer, but all three offers (the last of which was for around €130 million) were turned down by the Reds, with club owners Fenway Sports Group having insisted their player is not for sale. Coutinho was keen on a move to Barca and was led to believe that is was a case of now or never as the Catalan club sought to replace Neymar with both he and Ousmane Dembele, who did arrive at Camp Nou from Borussia Dortmund for an initial €105m....

Tevez a colossal waste of money The Brazilian, who joined Liverpool from Inter in January 2013, was involved in three goals in a single game for the club for the first time since his arrival at Anfield. Coutinho created the opening goal of the match on 35 minutes when he played a superb pass from inside his own half to set Daniel Sturridge away to score. He then increased Liverpool’s lead on 57 minutes with a low shot from just outside the area before scoring again four minutes later when he emphatically finished off a counterattack....

Fears are also growing about the Mu variant, which was found earlier this week to be present in all U.S. states except Nebraska, and its possible resistance to current vaccines. Over 300,000 new COVID cases were reported Tuesday, the vast majority of them the Delta variant, with daily deaths now averaging around 1,500 for the first time since March. Meanwhile, the debate of mask and vaccine mandates in schools continues as more school employees across the country die from coronavirus weeks after classes began in August....

The Summer Family Bible Conference, held by Andrew Wommack Ministries and Charis Bible College from June 29 to July 3, has had 15 employees and staff members test positive, along with another 15 conference attendees and four others, according to The Pikes Peak Courier. “The event brought in 1,000 people, according to Andrew Wommack Ministries, in a building that could hold 5,000. Public health orders, however, limited events to 175 people....

COVID-19 has now spread to almost every country in the world. There have been over 12 million confirmed cases and over 500,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. Scientists are trying to establish how and why the virus has been able to spread so far so quickly. In a study published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, researchers led by Antoni Wrobel and Donald Benton, of the U.K.’s Francis Crick Institute, have now found the structure of the virus may play a role in how infectious it is....

Patients delaying tests last year “may turn one public health crisis into many others,” Ned Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, wrote in the journal Science. Sharpless said that because “elective” cancer surgeries and treatments have been reprioritized to save space for COVID-19 patients, cancers that were missed will be diagnosed at later, and potentially more acute, stages. Colonoscopies, mammograms, lung scans and Pap tests were some of the top tests Americans missed, and researchers are studying whether tumors detected now are more severe....

But sometimes mediocre franchises become excellent across a single offseason. The top playoff seeds in 2019, of course, were unremarkable in 2018. The Ravens went from a 10-6 group demolished in the wild card round by the Chargers to a powerhouse led by an MVP-caliber season from Lamar Jackson. The 49ers didn’t make the postseason a year before taking control of a stacked NFC West division that featured the reigning conference champions Rams and ever-dangerous Seahawks....