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WASHINGTON – Amping up their war of words, President Donald Trump on Monday essentially dared former CIA director John Brennan to sue him for revoking his national security clearance.

Calling him “the worst CIA Director in our country’s history,” Trump tweeted that he hopes Brennan files a lawsuit so that lawyers can “get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won’t sue!”

Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Russian efforts to help Trump during the 2016 presidential election.

Brennan, who accused Trump of seeking to shut up critics about his relationship with Russia, said Sunday he has spoken with lawyers about the revocation of his clearance.

“I am going to do whatever I can personally to try to prevent these abuses in the future,” Brennan said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “And if it means going to court, I will, I will do that.”

More: After John Brennan, Donald Trump is prepared to revoke more security clearances

More: Donald Trump has put John Brennan at the top of a new ‘Enemies List’

Brennan has cited evidence that Trump colluded with Russians who sought to influence the 2016 election with stolen emails. He has accused the president of seeking to obstruct the investigation into Russia, and he ripped Trump’s appearance last month with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I called his behavior treasonous, which is to betray one’s trust and to aid and abet the enemy, and I stand very much by that claim of his actions,” Brennan told NBC.

Trump, who has denied collision and obstruction, said he is considering yanking security clearances of other Barack Obama-era officials he says have made false statements about him and Russia.

In another tweet, Trump said people want to keep clearances because they can be hired as consultants, and the courtesy means “great prestige and big dollars, even board seats.” He said “that is why certain people are coming forward to protect Brennan. It certainly isn’t because of the good job he did! He is a political ‘hack.’”

More than 175 former national security officials, from other ex-CIA directors to former ambassadors, have signed onto a statement protesting Trump’s actions regarding Brennan.

“We believe equally strongly that former government officials have the right to express their unclassified views on what they see as critical national security issues without fear of being punished for doing so,” the statement said.

 

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This post is part of Mashable’s ongoing series The Women Fixing STEM, which highlights trailblazing women in science, tech, engineering, and math, as well as initiatives and organizations working to close the industries’ gender gaps.

Learning shouldn’t stop after school ends, and the women of YouTube’s STEM channels prove that.

These aren’t the boring science lessons that you had to sit through in stuffy high school classrooms or massive college lecture halls. There are no tests, no grades, and no assignments. You will, however, need a sense of curiosity and a love for all things science. 

If you’re driven by a desire to learn new things, check out these six women who are making STEM more accessible. 

After noticing the lack of female students in computer science, computing and ITC teacher Carrie Anne Philbin decided to start making educational videos about coding. Her channel Geek Gurl Diaries includes tutorials and interviews with inspirational women in STEM. Since creating Geek Gurl Diaries, Philbin has become the Director of Education at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, where she creates learning resources for people interested in learning programming. 

“By exposing students to the range of creative and exciting scientific careers in technology,” she says on her website, “they may discover an interest in a field they had previously dismissed.”

Dianna Cowern hosts a PBS digital series called Physics Girl, where she experiments with zero-gravity and DIY electric trains. With a background in physics from MIT and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cowern is driven by educating the curious. Her channel covers a wide variety of topics from explaining what stretching does for the body to demonstrating the theory behind vortexes.

Have you ever wished you could know the backstory behind museum artifacts? YouTuber Emiliy Graslie’s channel dives into what goes on behind the scenes at The Field Museum in Chicago. 

As the “Chief Curiosity Correspondent,” Graslie tries to explain why natural history museums are so important to society. Her channel has it all, from exploring the origins of a rare bird specimen donated to the museum by a murderer to showing her viewers why the museum keeps a rusty car door in its collection. 

Have you ever wondered what happens to astronaut poop? Or how NASA managed to take pictures of Neil Armstrong on the moon? Ami Shira Teitel has the answers. As a Spaceflight historian and author, the self-proclaimed “space history nerd” runs a channel dedicated to explaining the history of humans in space. 

“If there is a link to the past to any modern mission,” she says in her channel trailer, “I will find it and I will talk about the roots of it.”

Alex Dainis is a PhD candidate at Stanford University and runs a YouTube channel inspired by her love of genetics. She interviews fellow scientists, unpacks complicated theories so that someone without a science degree can understand them, and even answers questions about her program. 

She also shows her viewers what it’s like to be a grad school student, from giving video lab tours to discussing the logistical nightmares that researchers face when conducting experiments. 

Buying beauty products can be an overwhelming experience — in addition to figuring out what looks good, you have to decipher the ingredients, too. Trina Espinoza’s channel breaks down the complicated chemicals that fill the labels of your favorite products. From pointing out what you should look for in sunscreen to explaining how the heck micellar water works, Espinoza’s channel helps you understand exactly what you’re putting on your face. 

As Espinoza says in her channel trailer, “I believe you shouldn’t need a PhD in chemistry to understand what’s in your beauty products.” 

These are just a few women breaking down STEM topics on YouTube. Research shows that seeing women in STEM careers encourages girls to pursue learning about those topics — and right now women hold only a quarter of STEM jobs. 

Beyond inspiring young viewers, these STEM YouTubers are encouraging them to be lifelong learners. 

Ottawa, Canada – Binto Mohamed hasn’t had a good night’s sleep since May. That’s when she received a letter telling her that her family of 10 had 120 days to find a new home.

“There’s a piece of me missing, because of the stress,” she says, standing in the middle of her dimly-lit kitchen, the air thick and sticky in the overpowering August heat.

Mohamed, a mother of eight, knows her house is far from perfect.

The kitchen sink is about half full of dirty, brownish water; the drain hasn’t worked for the past year, and despite putting in a request to have it repaired five months ago, it’s still blocked.

Without a working sink, dirty pots and pans sit unwashed on the stovetop, which itself is covered in a crusted splatter of sauces.

The bathroom light fixture has been broken for months, while the outer glass of a double-paned window is missing off the first-floor room Mohamed’s disabled 18-year-old daughter sleeps in, in a hospital bed. In the winter, cold air seeps in, making the teenager ill.

But this home is all Mohamed has ever known since she moved to Canada with her family from their native Somalia in 2014.

They are now one of more than 100 families facing eviction in Heron Gate, a neighbourhood in the south end of Ottawa, in what a local tenants’ rights group says is the “largest forced displacement in Canada” in recent history. 

Several families have found new homes, but despite seeing other places and scouring the listings every day, Mohamed hasn’t found anything affordable that can accommodate her large family and its needs.

“I came to Canada thinking it was an escape, only to realise it’s like torture,” she says in Somali through a translator.

“People are playing with our lives,” adds her husband, Jamale Ibrahim.

“Winter and the cold is coming,” Mohamed says, “and we have nowhere to go.”

Company defends plan

Heron Gate is one of Ottawa’s most diverse communities, home to a large number of residents of Somali and Arab backgrounds. It comprises a mix of townhouses, medium-sized buildings and tall apartment towers.

In late May, the landlord – Timbercreek Communities, a large real estate company that bought up large swaths of the community – announced plans to demolish about 150 units here.

The company, which operates in 27 cities across Canada, said the townhouses are no longer viable and it gave tenants 120 days – until September 30 – to find alternative housing.

That’s the required notice period under the law in the province of Ontario, as Timbercreek moves ahead with a mass development project for the neighbourhood.

Under the provincial Residential Tenancies Act, a landlord can issue eviction notices for the purpose of demolishing a property or conducting extensive renovations, among other reasons.

In an email to Al Jazeera on August 10, Timbercreek said 70 percent of the affected tenants in Heron Gate have found new places to live.

The company is offering displaced tenants three months’ rent, as well as an additional $1,530 ($2,000 Canadian) compensation, up from an original offer of $1,150 ($1,500 Canadian), to move. It is also negotiating reduced rates with moving companies, and employing a relocation team to help tenants find other properties, the company said.

“Timbercreek is going beyond the requirements of the law in providing relocation assistance,” its statement read.

“Timbercreek’s vision has always been for Heron Gate to be a diverse and sustainable community. A project of this magnitude, however, requires that tenants relocate during the revitalisation process. We will offer all impacted residents the right to return to Heron Gate when the redevelopment is completed.”

Homes in poor condition

However, several families who remain in Heron Gate say they’re struggling to find alternative housing that meets their needs and doesn’t exceed their budgets.

Mumina Egal, a member of the Heron Gate Tenant Coalition, which advocates on behalf of the residents facing eviction, said families of eight or nine people are being told to look at two-bedroom apartments, much smaller than what they need.

One resident of Heron Gate who spoke to Al Jazeera said she paid about $1,000 ($1,305 Canadian) for a three-bedroom townhouse. She said she visited similarly sized apartments after getting her eviction notice, but the rents are in the $1,380 ($1,800 Canadian) to $1,530 ($2,000 Canadian) range, plus utilities.

I came to Canada thinking it was an escape, only to realise it’s like torture.”

Binto Mohamed, Heron Gate resident facing eviction

A recent article in the Ottawa Citizen bore the headline, “Rising rents and cutthroat competition”. The newspaper reported that “Ottawa’s residential rental market has recently become red-hot, with demand and prices ballooning and vacancies increasingly scarce”.

Last year, the city had a 1.7 percent rental vacancy rate, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and the average rent for a two-bedroom townhouse was $925 ($1,209 Canadian), the Citizen reported.

In Heron Gate, the tenant coalition has also criticised Timbercreek for failing to keep the units in good condition.

For years, tenants have complained of bug infestations, water damage to their ceilings, inadequate rubbish pick-up, and broken windows and floorboards, as well as general lack of upkeep and maintenance services from the company.

Asked to comment on the complaints, the company said it “continues to maintain Heron Gate units and quickly respond to repair requests”.

But a resident, Amina, who didn’t give Al Jazeera her last name out of fear of reprisals, keeps her food in closed rubbish bags because her kitchen is overrun by cockroaches.

A handful of bugs scurry into the cracks of the cupboards, as she opens them, one by one, to illustrate the problem. She has more than half a dozen sticky anti-cockroach traps around the room, in the corners and in a space between the fridge and a cabinet; each was full of insects.

“What we’re living right now is not a life,” the mother of four says.

Uprooting a support network

Abdullahi Ali has been through this type of thing before. 

The 64-year-old was forced to relocate from a home in another section of Heron Gate in 2015 after Timbercreek slated it for demolition.

At that time, dozens of families were displaced when about 80 townhouses were razed. Today, a crane and a construction site stand in their place, soon to be transformed into “three, six-storey multi-residential buildings”.

Now, the four-bedroom townhouse Ali moved into after that first eviction is also set to be demolished, and his household of nine people – Ali, his wife, six children, and a granddaughter – has been forced to look for a new home once again.

He currently pays $1,225 ($1,600 Canadian) in monthly rent, plus utilities.

“They didn’t tell us they intended to demolish [this home, too],” Ali tells Al Jazeera, just outside his front door, the construction site where his previous home stood towering over his right shoulder in the distance.

If they had, Ali says he wouldn’t have stayed in Heron Gate.

“It’s Canada, it’s a highly respected nation for human rights. This is worrying … This is something we never expected to happen in Canada,” he says.

Evicting the residents of Heron Gate does more than strip them of the roofs over their heads, he adds.

For many, especially new immigrants who don’t speak English and lack a local support network, the community is a lifeline.

“We support each other. This is our culture, and this is how our community works,” Ali says.

It’s Canada, it’s a highly respected nation for human rights. This is worrying … This is something we never expected to happen in Canada.

Abdullahi Ali, Heron Gate resident facing eviction

After the demolition notices were issued in May, the Heron Gate Tenant Coalition went door-to-door, collecting data from the households affected.

Eighty-nine percent of the nearly 600 residents facing eviction are people of colour, the group found, while 44 and 24 percent are of Somali or Arab background, respectively.

“A lot of them are dependent upon the community via translation work, for moral support, for babysitting while they go out to find jobs or go to English class,” says Egal, who grew up in the neighbourhood.

“Taking them away from this neighbourhood and moving them to the east end or moving them to the west end – where they don’t have those community ties for the day-to-day necessities of life – is extremely debilitating,” she tells Al Jazeera.

Liban Mohamed is one such person. The 29-year-old moved to Heron Gate in 2015, five years after he first landed in Edmonton, in Western Canada, from his native Somalia. 

Currently studying for his high school equivalency certificate, he pays $380 ($500 Canadian) a month to rent a house with two roommates. Theirs is one of the homes subject to demolition.

He hasn’t found another place yet, and Mohamed says he can’t imagine living anywhere else.

“My community is here,” he tells Al Jazeera. “It’s very stressful. It’s not easy to move.”

More time to find alternatives

If the residents that remain in Heron Gate refuse to move by September 30, Timbercreek can go to Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board to apply for a formal eviction order. It must then apply to the city for permits to demolish the units.

The company says it will “design a community that fits the needs of the people in the community”, but it doesn’t have a plan in place yet for the type of units that will replace the townhouses.

Because landlord and tenant issues fall under provincial laws in Ontario, the City of Ottawa says it can’t intervene in the eviction process. The city only gets involved once a landlord applies for a demolition permit or files a development proposal.

A spokesperson for Mayor Jim Watson said his focus has been “to encourage Timbercreek to increase compensation to affected households, and to provide families with more time to look for a new home”.

“Mayor Watson sought, and received reassurance from Timbercreek representatives, that the company is focused first and foremost on helping families relocate and not on the eviction process,” Livia Belcea told Al Jazeera in an email.

However, the need for affordable housing far exceeds availability in Ottawa.

About 10,500 families are currently on a subsidised housing waiting list, which gives them access to “rent-geared-to-income assistance and associated housing benefits”, said Shelley VanBuskirk, director of the city’s housing department.

Wait times are four years or more, on average, she said in an email.

Additionally, low vacancy rates, coupled with high demand in the private rental sector and higher rental costs, “are placing additional demands on the wait list for social housing and for affordable housing options”, VanBuskirk said.

Back in Heron Gate, residents have asked Timbercreek for more time – as much as a year’s leeway – to find other places to go.

The residents who remain are in a “desperate situation”, says Abdullahi Ali. They called on the city to do more to support the people facing eviction.

Daniel Tucker-Simmons, a lawyer representing some of the residents, said a request for accommodation was sent to Timbercreek’s lawyer and to Mayor Watson.

These mass evictions are having a differential, a discriminatory, impact on my clients because of their race, because of their ethnicity, because of their religion.

Daniel Tucker-Simmons, lawyer representing some Heron Gate residents 

They’re asking that if parts of the neighbourhood need to be demolished, that the current tenants receive more relocation assistance, and be guaranteed a right to return to units with similar rents once the redevelopment is finished. It also asks that units be preserved if they can be.

The request is currently being considered, Tucker-Simmons said. If he doesn’t receive a response, he said the complaint could be sent to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, which adjudicates on alleged human rights code violations.

“These mass evictions are having a differential, a discriminatory, impact on my clients because of their race, because of their ethnicity, because of their religion,” he said.

While they wait to see what happens next, a sense of anxiety runs through every home and every family, says Ali’s wife, Saido. 

“We don’t say hi [to each other]. We say, ‘Did you find a house?’ … Our minds [are] always [on this].”

The English Football League will stream matches live online in the UK and Ireland for the first time on Tuesday, with 31 games shown in all in midweek.

The service, for midweek games outside of bank holidays and not shown live on Sky Sports, will cost £10 per match.

Fans will be able to view a game via their team’s digital platform iFollow, used by 58 of the 72 EFL clubs.

Overseas supporters have been able to stream every non-televised game online since the start of last season.

Seven of the 10 midweek Championship games will be available for streaming online, including Ipswich’s trip to Derby on Tuesday and Wigan’s visit to Stoke on Wednesday.

Aston Villa, Leeds and Sunderland are among the 14 EFL clubs not signed up to iFollow, but will have the opportunity to deliver a similar service.

Matches played between 14:45 and 17:15 on Saturdays will continue to be blocked from live streaming.

Frequently asked questions

Which Championship games can I stream online this midweek?

Seven matches will be available to watch via club websites (kick-off 19:45 BST unless stated):

• Derby v Ipswich (Tue)
• Rotherham v Hull (Tue)
• Sheffield Wednesday v Millwall (Wed)
• Blackburn v Reading (Wed)
• Norwich v Preston (Wed)
• Bolton v Birmingham (Wed, 20:00 BST)
• Stoke v Wigan (Wed, 20:00 BST)

When are broadcasting restrictions in place in the UK?

There are three instances where EFL games can not be streamed online in the UK and Ireland:

• Between 14:45-17:15 on a Saturday
• On Bank Holidays (eg Boxing Day, Easter Monday)
• When games have been selected for live television coverage on Sky Sports

Where else can I follow EFL matches?

If you cannot get to the ground, here are some ways of following EFL games:

• Watch via Sky Sports’ red button service (midweek Championship games only – there are eight rounds of midweek fixtures during the 2018-19 season)
• BBC Sport provides live text coverage of every Championship game, while you can follow your team on your BBC local radio station

Cutting carbohydrates might also cut lifespan by up to four years, according to a new medical study.

The peer-reviewed research published in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health suggests low and high-carb diets could shorten life, and diets including some carbs could promote a healthy lifespan. 

Scott Solomon, senior author on the study, called the research “the most comprehensive study of carbohydrate intake” ever.

The study analyzed self-reported data from more than 15,400 middle-aged Americans who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. The dietary patterns researchers found were compared against additional studies that included 432,000 people in more than 20 countries.

Self-reported data can be flawed, because it relies on the subject’s memory. Another limitation of the study: Diets were measured only twice during the 25-year study period, at the start of the study and again six years later. 

Researchers concluded that people who ate a moderate amount of carbohydrates lived four years longer than those with low-carbohydrate consumption and one year longer than those who ate a lot of carbohydrates. Low-carb diets were defined as less than 40 percent of calories from carbohydrates and high-carb diets were more than 70 percent of calories. 

“Our data suggests that animal-based low carbohydrate diets, which are prevalent in North America and Europe, might be associated with shorter overall life span and should be discouraged,” lead author Sara Seidelmann, fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said in a statement. 

More: How to know if medical studies are worth your time

Researchers observed that people who replaced carbohydrates with protein and fat from animals had a higher risk of early death compared to those who replaced carbohydrates with plant-based foods. 

“These findings bring together several strands that have been controversial,” co-author Walter Willett at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health said in a statement. “Too much and too little carbohydrate can be harmful but what counts most is the type of fat, protein, and carbohydrate.”

More: Landmark Mediterranean diet study was flawed. Authors retract paper published in NEJM

More: These ‘health foods’ may be bad for you

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As nice as it is to see smartwatches like the Apple Watch, Fitbit Versa, and upcoming Samsung Galaxy Watch push health and fitness features as core to ownership, it turns out many people still prefer a simpler and cheaper fitness tracker.

That’s why Fitbit’s still making them. Its newest fitness tracker is the Charge 3 and it improves on the Charge 2 in every way.

Available in October for $149.95 ($169.95 for the Special Edition), Fitbit says it focused on three key pillars: a more premium design, improved health and fitness tracking, and smartwatch functionality.

Comfier and more stylish

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At first glance, the Charge 3 looks similar to the Charge 2, but Fitbit’s tweaked the design so that it’s more gender neutral, fashionable, and comfier.

Rubber silicone isn’t the only band option anymore. In addition to the sporty bands, some of which now have perforations so that they’re more breathable, there’s a variety of woven heathered ($35) and Horween leather bands ($50). My favorites are the casual, but stylish woven heathered straps because they don’t scream fitness to everyone. 

These bands, unlike the ones for the Fitbit Versa, are much easier to swap out. The single button mechanism is smooth and struggle-free.

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I’ve never been a fan of how Fitbit’s fitness trackers feel — I’ve always found them too stiff and uncomfortable on my small bony wrists — but the Charge 3 is really comfy. It’s 20 percent lighter than the Charge 2 and the aluminum body is better contoured to wrap around wrists.

The OLED display is now a touchscreen (Charge 2 wasn’t) and is almost 40 percent larger than than on the Charge 2. It’s also made of a more durable and scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Additionally, the screens’s also brighter and more visible outdoors. 

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Adding to the Charge 3’s more premium construction is a new inductive side button. It’s not a mechanical button — pressing it initiates a vibration much like the faux home button on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus and the haptic buttons on the HTC U12+. It’s sensitive and I had no issues with it during my brief hands on with the Charge 3; Fitbit says it’ll work fine even if your fingers are wet or sweaty.

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7-day battery life, water-resistance, blood oxygen levels tracking

The Charge 3 has many of the same features as the Charge 2, including a 24/7 PurePulse heart rate monitor and connected GPS, but Fitbit says its users wanted more.

So the Charge 3 has even longer battery life: up to 7 days on a single charge (up from the 5 days of power on the Charge 2). 

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The fitness tracker’s also fully water-resistant up to 50 meters and comes with new swim-tracking features.

The Charge 3’s also Fitbit’s first fitness tracker with an SpO2 sensor (same one as on the Fitbit Ionic and Versa smartwatches) for monitoring blood oxygen levels.

New sensors, however, aren’t the only new features on Fitbit’s new fitness tracker. Like with the Versa smartwatch, the software’s also capable of female health tracking (for logging period and ovulation data) and will show this information on the tracker as opposed to only in the Fitbit app.

Additionally, Fitbit’s launching a new Sleep Score beta feature later this year that uses the PurePulse heart rate tracking to help users get a better idea of their sleep quality. The score’s based on a number of factors: sleep duration, sleep composition (i.e. light, deep, REM), and revitalization (heart rate levels and breathing quality during sleep compared to reseting levels).

The goal with this Sleep Score is to help detect early signs of allergies, asthma, or sleep apnea, the company says.

Fitbit’s also made the software a little more personal with better guidance prompts, which should help users stay motivated.

More smartwatch-like

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Though the Charge 3 isn’t a smartwatch, it has inherited some features from Fitbit’s smartwatches.

Charge 3 users can see all of their phone notifications right on the wearable’s screen, as well as answer and reject calls (coming soon).

Android users will have access to quick replies for text messages. iOS users won’t get such functionality because Apple doesn’t allow other wearables to do so. 

On the Special Edition Charge 3, there’s built-in NFC for Fitbit Pay. Fitbit says

The Charge 3 also features several lightweight apps that make it more smartwatch-like. There’s a more robust alarm, calendar, time, weather, and even a Fitbit leaderboard app (coming soon). 

Fitting into the family

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If you’re looking for a full-featured fitness tracker that also has some smartwatch features, the Charge 3 has a lot to offer. 

It’s really light, comfy, and it costs less than the Versa smartwatch ($200). However, you really have to weigh what you get and don’t get. For just another $50, you can get the Versa.

Fitbit’s been blurring the lines between its fitness trackers and smartwatches and it’s definitely tricky to figure out which wearable is right for you. Ultimately, it comes down to personal preference. Maybe you don’t want a larger square screen with more smartwatch features. Or maybe you prefer the longer battery life on the Charge 3. Fitbit’s offering choice. It’s up to you to figure out which of its wearables fit into your lifestyle.

Crystal Palace have been a thorn in Liverpool’s side in recent years – from denting their title hopes to ruining Steven Gerrard’s farewell – but can they upset the odds again on Monday?

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Ohio State officials have said an independent investigation into football coach Urban Meyer’s handling of domestic abuse allegations against a former assistant coach would be wrapped up Sunday.

Here is what we know as Meyer, on administrative league since Aug. 1, awaits a decision by school president Michael V. Drake:

OSU Board of Trustees receive the report first

No timetable has been released by the university, but the trustees are expected to receive the report early in the week and then they must provide 24 hours public notice of a meeting.  After deliberation with the board, Drake will make his announcement. Meyer could be suspended, fired or be reinstated. He is under contract through 2022, and is scheduled to make $7.6 million this season. Based on available information, it seems as if Wednesday would be earliest we could expect an announcement.

The heart of the investigation

This case is about how much Meyer knew, and when he knew about, the 2015 allegations of domestic abuse against former assistant Zach Smith who was fired last month. Meyer hasn’t spoken publicly since being placed on administrative leave, but he issued a statement saying he had followed proper protocol by reporting the allegations against Smith. He did not say to whom he reported the Smith information.

More: College football’s biggest quarterback competitions entering the season

More: Maryland football players discuss team’s culture, defend coach DJ Durkin

Another issue for Meyer

During the Big Ten Media day, Meyer, 54, said he knew about allegations against Smith when he worked for Meyer in Florida in 2009, but not the allegations in 2015 when he was at Ohio State. In his statement, he said he did know about the 2015 allegations against Smith and apologized for his misleading comments on media day.

Reason to move quickly

The Buckeyes are scheduled to open the season in 13 days at home against Oregon State (Noon, ABC). Ohio State ranked No. 3 in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll. Buckeyes offensive coordinator Ryan Day is the interim coach. He had turned down the Mississippi State head coaching job to stay with the Buckeyes.

Smith’s behavior receiving more scrutiny

The website Stadium reported Friday that Smith sent a lewd photo from his phone during Ohio State’s official visit to the White House April 20, 2015. He spoke to independent investigators before this allegation was revealed. His ex-wife Courtney also spoke to investigators.