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A 53 percent majority of Republicans support passing Biden’s entire stimulus plan, with 50 percent citing the direct payments as the most convincing reason to support the plan, according to a survey that Democratic polling organization Navigator Research released on Thursday. A February 3 poll from Quinnipiac University, which is nonpartisan, found that 64 percent of Republicans supported the $1,400 checks while 37 percent supported the larger stimulus package....

“I saw something swinging from a tree,” Brunson said in an interview. “I got closer and it was a replica of a body being hung by a tree limb with a noose around its neck.” The man, who was not named in the report, said he meant no offense with the decorations. “The heads were down for a reason,” he said. “No noose tied, just square knots on the bag, heads down, feet up like monsters....

Though the Halo series includes a classic sci-fi story, multiplayer is typically the main draw. In the collection, playlists allow fans to hop right into the PvP these games are so well known for. Originally, this version of Gun Game came to Halo: The Master Chief Collection in the Season 6 update. While it was specifically part of Custom Games at first, players can now enjoy it in public matchmaking....

RELATED: Every Halo Game, Ranked From Worst To Best (According To Metacritic) As is always the case with video game adaptations into movies and shows, the fanbase is split. The overall review narrative is not important. The Halo TV series finally did something that companies have been trying for years. It’s a miracle it even came out at all. There are more things to like about season one as well and not even the haters would disagree....

[HTML1] Halo 4 is going to release as Microsoft’s most expensive game to date when all is said and done, and it’s easy to see why. The amount of time that’s been put into crafting the game’s industry-changing multiplayer along with singleplayer is continuing to show, with the latest multiplayer map to be detailed no exception. The Solace multiplayer location is the latest to be examined under a microscope by 343 Industries, promising plenty of atmosphere, and possibly the best Halo 4 map we’ve seen so far for the all new Flood Mode....

Pachter predicted as much to GamingBolt, with the Wedbush Securities analyst stating that he believes the follow up to the Xbox One won’t come until quite a while from now, with Halo 6 and Gears of War 5 being first-party titles to grace the current generation of gamers. According to Pachter, “I think Xbox Two, or whatever they call it, will be a 2020 event, so I will be very surprised if we don’t get Halo and Gears before that....

Occasionally, however, World of Warcraft feels like it is some distant fossil from the gaming past. With a gameplay style built around sessions that run for hours upon hours, multiplayer raids requiring strategic teamwork, and an extreme level of player dedication, Blizzard’s title seems like the antithesis of modern day gaming. After all, WoW is at the opposite end of the gaming spectrum to pick-up-and-play mobile titles and Modern Warfare-esque shooters....

The Germany midfielder was Guardiola’s first signing in June 2016 when he joined City from Borussia Dortmund. It was at Dortmund that Gundogan made his name and became a key player under Klopp, helping the club to a Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in the 2011-12 season. With experience of playing under both managers the 29-year-old reckons they are both men with a great deal of character. When asked what made the pair so special, Gundogan said: “That is a question that everybody asks me to be honest!...

Portland police arrested a man, later identified as 65-year-old Dennis G. Anderson, on Sunday afternoon after he allegedly opened fire with a handgun. Footage filmed close to Southwest 3rd Avenue and Southwest Alder Street, where Anderson was arrested, showed a man firing a handgun from behind a garbage can and also appearing to dodge gunfire. Other videos taken nearby show the man lying face down on the sidewalk as several officers arrest him....

Nakamura was unsuccessful in his attempt to become a three-time WWE Intercontinental Champion on Friday. He previously became the #1 contender for the title after securing a win over Ludwig Kaiser on last week’s show. The reigning Intercontinental Champion shared a photo via Twitter featuring himself and Nakamura along with a four-worded message. Check out Gunther’s tweet below: This week’s SmackDown main event saw The Ring General and Nakamura compete in a hard-hitting, back-and-forth match....

Sonic the Hedgehog has been topping the box office for the last three weeks, and was only recently dethroned by The Invisible Man. Several fans have been sharing their love of the movie on social media, but it wasn’t until recently that fans started sharing photos of their hedgehogs enjoying the film. RELATED: Sonic the Hedgehog Games Are On Sale for the Nintendo Switch The tweet was posted around midday on Sunday and has since accrued almost half a million likes and retweets....

RELATED: Gwent: Rogue Mage - A Guide To Using The Wild Fury Deck With such a chaotic, random game experience at its core, it only seems fitting that CD Projekt Red has leaned into the turmoil and added its very own chaos deck to the game. This deck, unlike the three other deck options, is completely randomized - that means every card in the deck is randomly generated at the beginning of a run....

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The man dubbed as the “Michael Phelps of gymnastics” proved that when it comes to showcasing skills across six apparatus there is no equal to Kohei Uchimura. While other gymnasts have won more medals and more golds, most notably Belarus’ Vitaly Scherbo – who bagged a record six golds at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics – no one has dominated the sport or maintained their levels of excellence for as long as the Japanese....

Felda United winger Hadin Azman is determined to prove his capabilities, when he was called up at the last minute by Malaysia head coach Nelo Vingada for their matches against DPR Korea. He was called up on Monday, just one day before the team is supposed to leave for the ties, as replacement for Kedah winger Baddrol Bakhtiar who had been injured in the Malaysia Cup final on Saturday. It was his first call-up in over half a year, after last playing for the Malayan Tigers in their 0-0 friendly match draw on March 22 this year, back then under former Malaysia boss Dato’ Ong Kim Swee....

At the weekend, the streets of downtown Port-au-Prince were firmly under the control of more than 1,000 U.S. Marine infantrymen, and the government of interim president Boniface Alexandre started laying the groundwork for a post-Aristide transition that could culminate in the election of a new president and legislature later this year. But there was no evidence that Philippe’s fighters were surrendering their guns–and in the absence of a concerted U....

The 27-year-old signed on the dotted line to confirm his move from Bangladesh club Sheikh Russel KC to the second tier of Malaysian football. The announcement made on Terengganu FC Facebook page, and it adds to the two previous imports that TFC II have signed in addition to Bruno Suzuki and Akanni-Sunday Wasiu. Formerly known as T-Team FC and rebranded for the new season as a development team for Terengganu FC, after successfully negotiating their way out of relegation in the recent 2017 season....

Authorities raided Taiwan’s Embassy, where several suspects were believed to have sought refuge, while detaining two Haitian-Americans and several former Colombian soldiers. National Police Chief Léon Charles said they would “bring them to justice” at a news conference on Thursday as the 17 handcuffed suspects sat on the floor. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. Moïse’s brazen killing at his home in an attack before dawn Wednesday that also seriously wounded his wife stunned a nation already reeling from poverty, widespread violence and political instability....

You can lead a big man to the block, but you can’t make him use it. So when Sporting News asked Olajuwon who has used his advice best, the answer was not Dwight Howard or Tyson Chandler or the Lopez twins. Not even LeBron James. Nope, it was one of his shortest pupils. MORE: Every NBA team’s greatest draft regret “I’ve worked with a lot of players, but the one who really capitalized on it the most is Kobe Bryant,” the Basketball Hall of Famer said of the 6-6 retiring Lakers legend....

Among the horror movies streaming this October on HBO Max are all-time Hollywood horror masterpieces like Alien, Eraserhead and Jaws, as well as some stellar shockers from around the world including Guillermo Del Toro’s Cronos and historic haunters like Eyes Without a Face and Les Diaboliques. For those who want to celebrate Halloween without being terrified, they also have some great movies that are spooky without being scary such as Death Becomes Her, Gremlins 2 and Little Shop of Horrors....

One way that 343 Industries may be able to liven up multiplayer is to add in the central draw of Halo 5: Guardians. Before Call of Duty took the name Warzone, Halo 5 had a Warzone mode of its own. The mode put players in expansive maps to battle it out for supremacy against multiple foes. Not only would they have to fight other players, but they also had to battle AI forces....