In some cases, families were left with a single computer or laptop among four children, as schools closed their doors after a nationwide lockdown came into force on March 23 in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19. Charities had previously warned of a stark digital divide emerging in the U.K., with 1.9 million homes said to be without internet access and millions more dependent on pay-as-you-go services to make phone calls, according to the Good Things Foundation....

There is a definite sense of déjà vu about the tie given that the two teams met in the knockout stages last year, with Chelsea progressing on the away goals rule after the two legs finished 3-3 on aggregate. Eden Hazard’s first-leg strike from the penalty spot in Paris proved the decisive goal of the contest, and Jose Mourinho will be acutely aware of the importance of scoring today, albeit the Portuguese often sets his team up not to concede as a primary objective....

Parker (lower back) left Wednesday night's game against Washington at halftime and did not return. The Spurs said the 37-year-old Duncan will miss the Nets game to rest after playing 40 minutes, his season high, in the double-overtime, 125-118 win over the Wizards. San Antonio also played Washington without Manu Ginobili (left hamstring) and Kawhi Leonard (broken left hand).

Melissa McNeill is expected to give an opening statement on Monday that will outline Cruz’s past. The defense team will claim Cruz, 23, had suffered sexual abuse by a “trusted peer,” been bullied and suffered emotional problems following his adoptive mother’s death four months before he killed 17 people during the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018. Cruz’s fate will be decided by the jury, made up of seven men and five women, who will consider whether the prosecution’s aggravating circumstances “outweigh” the defense team’s mitigating factors....

The investigation was announced in a letter sent by Representative Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the committee, to FBI Director Christopher Wray. In her letter, she said that in addition to the oversight panel’s investigation, she is asking the bureau to “conduct a robust examination of the role that the social media site Parler played in the assault, including as a potential facilitator of planning and incitement related to the violence, as a repository of key evidence posted by users on its site, and as a potential conduit for foreign governments who may be financing civil unrest in the United States....

Symptoms of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea People with PND experience classic nighttime episodes such as: Sudden awakening at night with breathlessness, often after only one or two hours of sleepSevere anxiety provoked by a feeling of suffocation or shortness of breathSitting bolt upright suddenly during sleep in an attempt to take in more airFeeling short of breath for 30 minutes or longer upon sudden nighttime awakening Causes Most cardiologists use the term “PND” specifically in reference to those experiencing breathlessness as a result of congestive heart failure....

Party City, which operates more than 850 stores worldwide, said it had pulled the offending items from its branch in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia, after complaints from a customer. The issue was raised by Caroline Brasler, who was shopping for her daughters Meredith, 12, and Olivia, 10. “The Confederate flag to me is a symbol of racism. To have that out there for a child to wear on Halloween sends so many horrible messages,” she told WUSA....

Negreanu is well known as being one of the best when it comes to fan interaction. Those in Las Vegas this weekend could celebrate with Kid Poker in style, at Marquee Nightclub - located inside the Cosmopolitan, where he his hosting the big 40th anniversary bash. Use hashtag #KidPokerTurns40 on Twitter and you may get the chance to hang out with a poker legend and have a little unplanned fun on the Strip!...

“For the people saying that Chris raped someone, I was there and he didn’t,” Kristen Smith, a student at Bullitt Central High School, wrote on Instagram, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. MORE: Jones threatens female student | Players dismissed in 2014-15 | Top 25 player ratings In the same post, Smith continued on to say that one of Jones’ accusers “thought it was funny and I’m going to defend that 100 percent because I was in the room the whole time....

The then-Napoli midfielder wanted to join in. The only trouble was that the kids didn’t recognise him. They didn’t believe him when he introduced himself as Jorginho. His sister, who had started filming the scene on her phone, even had to plead with them to pass her brother the ball. “Then, one of them asked me to show them a document,” Jorginho explained. “But I even had do a few dribbles to convince the kids that it was really me!...

Flight 2353 was midway through its journey from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale when the plane descended from an altitude of 39,000 feet to 10,000 feet in under seven minutes, WSB-TV reported. “Out of nowhere, I felt what felt like a sort of a rapid descent,” Harris DeWoskin, one of the passengers on the plane, said. “We started dropping in altitude and then the oxygen masks dropped from the top of the plane, chaos sort of ensued amongst the passengers....

For months, Jansen peddled the claim that God would take action and Trump would return to office before the end of April. With President Joe Biden in office as April turned into May, Jansen reiterated that “everything God promised” would happen, including another Trump presidency. “What’s coming can’t be stopped,” Jansen said in a Facebook video on Tuesday. “There’s all kinds of amazing things that are happening, and I’m talking about President Trump....

Enlow and his wife Elizabeth Enlow are the founders of Restore 7 ministry based in Tennessee. Johnny Enlow appeared on a recent episode of The Elijah List program, discussing Trump and how people view the former president. Right Wing Watch first reported the pastor’s remarks. “The weaker, more imperfect that a vessel is—the more glory God gets from using him to accomplish what he wanted to accomplish. Having said that, we are going to respect and honor President Trump a whole lot more in Heaven once we understood the courage and bravery of what he’s had to do and put up with,” Enlow said....

Jeffress heads the 13,000-member First Baptist Dallas church and is a vehement loyalist of President Donald Trump. He told the conservative radio program The Todd Starnes Show that Trump has shown that he was a defender of Christians’ interests through his opposition to abortion and support of Israel. “The reason they (Christians) support the president is not because they are religious hypocrites or because they think he is perfect—they know he is not perfect, just like none of us is perfect— but they appreciate the strong religious stance he takes....

“We will never comply,” Spell told Newsweek in an email. “Everything that Governor Edwards is doing is unlawful and unconstitutional.” The pastor added: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. The shutdowns are unlawful as well as the mask mandate and employer forced vaccinations. This is still America even though our politicians do not acknowledge it.” Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced Monday he was reinstating a statewide mask mandate for indoor settings....

Instead, he addressed them — and anyone else who was listening — en masse on Thursday. MORE: LeBron ‘very likely’ to stay | Spurs victory parade | Bosh: Heat season was a grind “You’ve got to stay together, if you’ve got the guts,” Riley said. “You don’t find the first door and run out of it if you have an opportunity. This is four years now into this era, this team....

The Wheel of Fortune host appeared on Good Morning America Friday, and told ABC News’ Paula Faris he could have died if doctors had not operated when they did. The longtime game show host was returning home from his daily walk with his daughter in November when he suddenly felt “horrific pain” in his stomach. After being rushed to the hospital, he discovered he was suffering from a blocked intestine and his blood pressure had severely declined....

The actress, 53, has been an outspoken critic of Trump, 75, over the years, counting herself among the millions of participants across the U.S. in 2017’s Women’s March, held to protest Trump’s entry into the White House. While the real-estate-mogul-turned-politician would go on to serve just one term as president, True Romance star Arquette said the New York native has left the nation in a “never-ending emergency triage.” In a new interview with British newspaper The Guardian, which was published on Tuesday, the screen star was asked if she believed that Trump’s term was something everybody would one day look back and laugh at....

Not only does Mahomes have the numbers and accolades through five years to back that up, but he has consistently performed on the NFL’s biggest stage. Mahomes has at least one playoff win in each of his five playoff appearances, and he’s jolted the Chiefs from just an AFC playoff contender into a perennial Super Bowl contender. MORE: Patrick Mahomes an underdog for first time in playoff career ahead of AFC championship...

The Chiefs exercised their fifth-year option on the star quarterback for 2021, worth $24.8 million, in April. Mahomes, 24, is scheduled to make $2.7 million in the 2020 season ($5.3 million cap hit) as he enters the final year of his original four-year, $16.4 million rookie contract. MORE: What if the 49ers had drafted Mahomes ahead of the Chiefs? “The negotiations are something that we’ll be getting into this summer,” Hunt said Thursday while participating in a Facebook Live event with Dallas radio station KRLD-FM....