An overwhelming 89 percent of respondents approved of the way President Bush has handled the crisis. His general approval rating stands at 82 percent-higher than the rating his father received during the gulf war in 1990, and virtually the same as the 84 percent approval rating President Franklin D. Roosevelt received after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. While Americans commend Bush for a job well done, they believe New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has handled the situation even better....

Leaders of a militant Palestinian group calling itself the Fatah Hawks had agreed to an interview with Hammer. Gary Knight, a British photographer for NEWSWEEK, went with him. During the interview, one of the Palestinians abruptly announced that Hammer and Knight would not be allowed to leave. They were informed they were being detained to protest unfair American and British press coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hammer’s Palestinian driver and translator were also held....

Musharraf, a reformer with a strong desire to bolster Pakistan’s economy, enjoys the support of Pakistan’s businessmen, who hope a resolution to the Kashmir crisis will boost trade with India and Pakistan’s cash crisis. But he does not have the backing of the country’s hard-line military Islamic extremists, who have a stake in perpetuating the conflict. So what’s he going to tell ’em in Delhi? Titles don’t do deals.

Seventh-placed Wellington visit the team above them in the table - Western Sydney Wanderers - on March 19 as part of the A-League’s upcoming split round before hosting Newcastle Jets, who are currently eighth, a week later during the international break. While some might bemoan a break after an impressive fortnight that saw the Phoenix beat Brisbane Roar and draw with Perth Glory, Buckingham is happy it will give injured pair Michael McGlinchey (knee) and Marco Rossi (hamstring) more time to recover ahead of a tough regular season finale....

It must be easy playing behind a defence as watertight as PSG’s, but in six games 24-year-old Areola conceded just four times, against Scottish champions Celtic, and kept a clean sheet against Bayern Munich. KIERAN TIERNEY | CELTIC Aged just 20, Tierney has become a star for Celtic. Linked with Manchester United, the left-back provided an assist against Anderlecht and appeared to shock his Bayern counterparts with a lung-busting, dynamic display against the German giants....

Neymar scored as PSG squandered a 2-0 lead against Rennes, who triumphed 6-5 on penalties following Saturday’s 2-2 draw in Paris. Brazil international Neymar made his first start since January, having returned from a serious foot injury in last week’s Ligue 1-clinching win over Monaco. Neymar doubled PSG’s lead in the 21st minute after Dani Alves’ opener but the French giants fell in the capital, where the former Barca forward’s frustrations and woes were compounded postgame....

The Paris Saint-Germain striker burst into tears at the end of Friday’s 2-0 win over Costa Rica, after he and Philippe Coutinho had netted in second-half stoppage time to avoid what would have been a damaging draw. Brazil head into Wednesday’s clash with Serbia as Group E leaders, needing a point to be sure of a place in the last 16. But Tite says such displays of emotion are customary, and revealed how he was in a similar state following his first match in charge, against Ecuador in September 2016....

The Wolfpack and Pirates were set to play West Virginia and Virginia Tech, respectively, the weekend of Sept. 15, but had to cancel those games because of Hurricane Florence. Neither school could find a suitable date to make up the games with their originally scheduled opponents. N.C. State will pay ECU $300,000 for the Dec. 1 meeting — the same amount it would have paid West Virginia — unless one or both teams qualify for their respective conference championship games, which would take place the same weekend....

Adams recorded 202 yards in 27 carries and one touchdown. On the touchdown, Adams tore off on a 77-yard run. The Wolfpack defense had previously only allowed 91.3 yards per game on the ground, ranking sixth in the nation. Notre Dame quarterback Brandon Wimbush scored a rushing touchdown and added 104 yards passing and a passing touchdown. The Wolfpack offense stalled in the second half, and quarterback Ryan Finley finished 17 for 37 with 213 yards and one touchdown....

The drama began on Saturday when ESPN’s Marly Rivera reported that Mets third baseman Jonathan Villar called a mound meeting because he believed that members of the Yankees were using different “whistles” to signal pitches from Taijuan Walker. “[Villar] realized during an Aaron Judge at bat that the Yankees dugout seemed to use different whistles to identify pitches,” Rivera wrote in a tweet. ESPN’s Buster Olney also reported the Mets’ accusations, writing in a tweet that “the Mets thought the Yankees had found pitch-tipping in Taijuan Walker and signaled by whistling to the hitter....

The Alabama star spent some time at the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP) on Thursday in Richmond, California. The shelter housed him, his four siblings and his parents for several years during his childhood. And Harris was not just a visitor, as he brought food to be delivered to the current guests. Speaking to reporters, Harris said the visit stirred deep emotions for him and his family. “It was really emotional for my mom,” he told ABC 7 News....

The Democratic congresswoman, who represents California’s 12th district, called the stimulus package “transformative” and noted that its implementation earned support from voters across political parties during a morning appearance on ABC News’ This Week. “The fact is that it’s strongly bipartisan across the country. It’s only the Congress of the United States where the Republicans have refused to meet the needs of the American people,” Pelosi told moderator George Stephanopoulos of the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1....

The space agency faces soaring costs for the restoration of former sites, with the potential costs having increased by 45 percent since 2014, according to the Government Accountability Office report published last Friday. Environmental cleanups could cost $1.9 billion as of fiscal year 2020, a rise of about $180 million from 2019 and a rise of $724 million from 2014. The bulk of those predicted costs, or “environmental liabilities,” comes from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory—located about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles—that played a key role in the Apollo and space shuttle programs....

A spokeswoman for the space agency, Kate Squires, subsequently told CBS Los Angeles (CBSLA) that the DC-8 plane was flying as a part of a mission to study the effects of fire smoke on air quality. However, this hasn’t stopped some people online from spreading wild conspiracy theories in an attempt to explain the aircraft’s movements. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the plane—call sign NASA817—took off from Palmdale Regional Airport before flying in zig-zags for more than 2,000 miles over Central California and Nevada and finally landing at Boise Airport, Idaho....

Koch will have spent a total of 328 days living continuously aboard the ISS, the longest single spaceflight completed by any woman. In this time, Koch has orbited the Earth more than 5,200 times—a journey of around 140 million miles—according to NASA. During the mission, Koch also took part in what was the first all-female spacewalk alongside NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. The pair were sent to the ISS to fix a failed battery charger on the spacecraft....

Though some $11.9 billion has already been spent on the space-station project. not a pound of finished hardware has been manufactured, much less placed into orbit. Large offices for managers and paper spacecraft: what could be a more telling metaphor for the space-station effort, perennially dogged by suspicions that it exists primarily as a piece of space pork? Back in the early ’80s, President Ronald Reagan envisaged the space station as an exotic launching pad/laboratory for a new era of space exploration, as well as a lofty platform from which to reexamine Mother Earth....

On Tuesday, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano as 5-to-1 co-favorites to win simply because they’ve been the best on the 1.5’s the past two seasons. In 24 races the past two seasons, including Darlington’s 1.36-mile layout, Harvick has led the series with 15 top-5 finishes while also leading 1,599 laps — winning four times. Logano has four wins also, 14 top-5’s and led 1,001 laps....

Kyle Busch won his third consecutive race in decisive fashion. It was mentioned in the preview that if he somehow finished first, it would be the first win of his career in a race where he qualified outside the top 30 (he qualified 32nd this weekend). Personal history was made . Pole-sitter Martin Truex Jr. finished 14th after leading more than 120 laps. A slow pit stop late in Stage 3 set him back big time....

Keselowski took advantage of an overtime period to earn his sixth win at Talladega Superspeedway and his first win and his fourth top-five finish of the season. He also become the ninth different winner in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021. William Byron, Michael McDowell, Kevin Harvick and Matt DiBenedetto finished in the top five; despite his high finish, DiBenedetto has to regret the way he finished the race....

The No. 18 car driver secured his third checkered flag at the O’Reilly 500 and after previous wins in 2013 and 2016, Busch now holds the most career wins at the race. The victory was Busch’s first of the season after three runner-up finishes so far and it’s his first since winning at Martinsville in 2017. He came into the day leading the points standings as well. NASCAR AT TEXAS: Results from the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500...