PSG fell behind to Jean-Eudes Aholou’s sixth-minute opener but Julian Draxler, Neymar and Angel Di Maria made it 3-1 by the midway point of the first half. Edinson Cavani’s brace secured a 5-2 victory after Stephane Bahoken pulled a goal back as Emery’s men partially banished the memories of the 3-1 midweek reverse at the Santiago Bernabeu in the first leg of the teams’ Champions League last-16 tie. “The win is important after we lost to Madrid....

From out of obscurity, Grisham has exploded into commercial supernova. Within 24 months he has placed four thrillers on the best-seller lists, launching himself into the company of Stephen King, Tom Clancy and Danielle Steel. Next week “The Client,” with a prepublication run of 1.23 million hardcovers, will open at No. 1 on the fiction list. New Regency Productions has already paid $2.5 million for film rights to the book, Grisham’s third straight megabuck sale to Hollywood....

NOTES: Prepare the spaghetti squash well ahead of time. (The instructions follow the recipe.) The batter keeps well for up to 5 days if stored in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator. To keep the pancakes warm, transfer them to a rack on a baking tray, and place the tray in a 200˚F oven until serving time. (The rack keeps them crisp.) 2 cups cooked spaghetti squash (instructions below) 1 cup minced onion ¼ cup unbleached all-purpose flour or rice flour ½ teaspoon salt (scant measure) 4 large eggs Nonstick spray for the pan A little unsalted butter for the pan (optional)...

My Five Most Important Books 1. “So Long, See You Tomorrow” by William Maxwell. A perfect Swiss watch of a book: it weighs in at a scant 135 pages. “Independent People” by Halldor Laxness. Iceland’s Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece: dismal, hysterical and stunning. “The Awkward Age” by Henry James. I’m tempted to recommend a dozen others, because you can’t go wrong with James. “Miss Lonelyhearts” by Nathanael West. Sentence by sentence, one of the most beautifully constructed novels I know....

Why 1919, a year which, as Hagedorn notes, has been “tucked away between the ‘Great War’ and the ‘Roaring Twenties’,” and remembered mostly for the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles, which brought World War I to a formal end? Though it takes her until page 423 to come out and say it, this was a year that “laid the groundwork for so many aspects of modern America, from the struggles for free speech and black equality to the establishment of a system of domestic intelligence....

Will efforts to boost a slow metabolism help you lose weight and gain energy? Do you need to speed up your metabolism in order to lose weight or break through a weight loss plateau? These are important questions for anyone trying to lose weight, but particularly for people with thyroid disease. Understanding Metabolism When you eat, food is converted into energy. The term “metabolism” refers to the way—not the speed—that your body processes and uses the food you eat....

The statement said that an initial group of agents will be fitted with cameras as a “first step toward broader implementation.” The body cameras are roughly the size of a deck of cards that will be worn on the front of an officer’s uniform. They will be running continuously, and footage is saved after an officer activates the camera. “Our agents and officers serve the public and protect our borders every day with great skill and professionalism,” said CBP Acting Commissioner, Troy Miller....

N95 masks can filter out 95 percent of very small air particles, offering wearers strong protection around possibly infected people. But the confiscated masks—which were headed towards a company in Manalapan, New Jersey, according to the Associated Press—didn’t offer the same filtration power. When 30 masks were sent to a testing facility, 10 percent had a filter efficiency rating below 95 percent. The masks’ high filtration efficiency is due to its “melt blown” fabric filters....

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, took to Twitter Wednesday to call what he described as “Democrats’ student loan socialism” a “slap in the face to working Americans who sacrificed to pay their debt or made different career choices to avoid debt.” Responding to a Reuters article on Biden’s debt relief plan, user @JPatrk1 wrote: “My roommate in college went to medical school and had student loan debt close to 300k....

Speaking to The Miami Herald, Bosh said he has not engaged in any internal decisions with James or Wade about adding Anthony. And the team is not allowed to speak to Anthony until free agency opens on July 1, by which time Anthony will have decided whether to remain with the Knicks or test the market. “I think that’s very, very unlikely,” Bosh said when asked about the possibility of a Big Four....

The man, posting to Reddit as u/jobsiteaita, owns his own contracting company that has been running for just under a decade and employs almost 50 people. He has now been forced to fire an employee after receiving various complaints from customers over political messaging on the worker’s vehicle. Those customers wouldn’t be a rarity. According to a Glassdoor poll, 60 percent of workers say they believe that “discussing politics at work is unacceptable....

Nearing the two-year anniversary of the bombings, Wednesday’s decision announced in a Boston federal courtroom struck raw nerves. MORE: Victims’ testimony of day’s horror | Tsarnaev’s chilling note | Runner’s reflections Karen Brassard, who had multiple surgeries on her right leg after the bombings, was the first victim to speak outside of the courthouse following the proceedings. She was asked if she saw or expected to see any remorse from Tsarnaev in the courtroom....

The request was spurred by the federal civil rights trial’s Jan. 20 scheduled starting date, less than seven weeks before the state trial set to begin March 7. The attorneys requested the delay in the state trial, as they said it’s impossible to know how long the federal trial of Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao will last. State prosecutors and defense attorneys for the former officers agreed in the joint request submitted to Judge Peter Cahill on Friday that “a continuance should be granted in the interest of justice....

These days my 88-year-old mother keeps two cards in the drawer of her night table. One, her 1952 student ID card from Columbia University, where she attended English-language classes. The other, her affiliate card from the United Nations, where she worked as a volunteer for UNICEF. They symbolize her transition from a stateless person to an American. My New York childhood was peopled with those who, like her, had survived “the other side....

10 candidates to replace Luis Enrique The Barca coach announced his decision to leave at the end of the season on Wednesday, opening up a vacancy at one of the biggest clubs in world football. Koeman is among the frontrunners to take the reins at Camp Nou, having spent six years at the club as a player, winning four La Liga titles and the European Cup. But WBC cruiserweight champ Bellew is but showed his beloved Everton are not far from his thoughts....

Freddie Roach said if the Rios fight "does not go well, we will seriously talk about his retirement," but he added Pacquiao was training as well the Nov. 24 bout in Macau. MORE: How to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan Pacquiao is coming off successive defeats against Timothy Bradley in a much-criticized judges' decision, and a knockout at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez. Another defeat would put his career at the crossroads, and while Roach said performance levels were more important than results, he acknowledged serious thought would have to be given to the future of "Pac-man" if he does not return to his best in Macau....

A three-time champion, Broner faces Emmanuel Taylor, a super lightweight contender who goes by the nickname “Tranzformer.” Their bout at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Broner’s home town, is Saturday’s Hometime highlight event. MORE: Kell Brook stabbed | Hopkins title fight | Pacquiao-Mayweather Speaking ahead of the fight, Broner promised a beating for Taylor. “I’m still AB, I’ll give him an ass beating for sure. I didn’t come to play any games....

Curtis Means was born 132 days early in July 2020, weighing less than a pound, along with his twin. While the twin was not able to survive, doctors guided Means along a slow and intensive recovery process from the extremely early birth. He is now healthy at 16 months old, the AP reported. Dr. Brian Sims, who was the attending physician during his birth, said that statistics indicate a baby born so prematurely has extremely low chances of survival....