Monsignor Otto Garcia, a vicar at St. Teresa’s Church in Woodside, Queens, is accused of sexually assaulting 61-year-old Tom Davis when Davis was a teenage alter boy in the 1970s. “He was able to pick me as a prime victim because of my parents’ involvement in the church,” Davis said in a press conference Tuesday. “I just didn’t think anyone would believe me. I said nothing until my parents passed....
He proved this statement to be true once again with time winding down in his team’s game Wednesday against the Bucks. Facing his old team, Ellis had the ball with four seconds remaining and O.J. Mayo hounding him at the 3-point line. No matter. MORE: Butler will command max deal | Walker’s big crossover | Sixers-Wolves start in wrong direction Ellis drove toward the wing, pulled off a spin move and faded away with multiple Bucks contending the shot....
It might be easy to forget how close that group of players came to the league’s top trophy given how 2017 went and the turnover on the roster this winter. Veteran stars Didier Drogba (departed after 2016), Laurent Ciman, Patrice Bernier and Ambroise Oyongo are among those gone from that squad, along with coach Mauro Biello. It’s a a new day in Montreal as former Ligue 1 and Premier League manager Remi Garde steps into the head coach role....
But there’s no denying that some of us are in for a bumpy ride, even clinical depression, maybe for the first time in our lives. Some women’s moods are much more sensitive to hormonal changes than others, and they have a particularly rough time during perimenopause, when zig-zagging hormones are the rule. Hot flashes, night sweats and insomnia have been known to leave more than a few women moody and depressed....
It looked like Harper was about to go yard, when the Red Sox outfielder came out of nowhere to snag the ball over the fence and rob the Nationals slugger of his third home run of the season. You need to see this one to believe it. MORE: ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ review | Minor league team loses 44-0 | Craziest ballpark foods How he caught that is beyond me....
Danish-born Turkey international Mor signed a five-year contract last June when he joined Dortmund from FC Nordsjaelland. The 19-year-old went on to feature for Turkey at Euro 2016, cementing his status as one of the continent’s premier young talents and marked his Bundesliga debut with a goal in the 6-0 thrashing of Darmstadt. PEA found the perfect fit Mor has failed to find the net since, however, and has been restricted to 14 appearances across all competitions....
A NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, released on Thursday, shows that 44 percent of American adults surveyed approved of Trump’s performance in the Oval Office, while 53 percent disapproved and three percent said they were unsure. Pelosi’s rating was slightly lower, with 39 percent of American adults approving of the House speaker’s performance in Congress, 52 percent disapproving and eight percent unsure. The survey was conducted on Wednesday night by phone, one day after Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry after the emergence of the whistleblower scandal and Trump’s flubbed attempts at defending himself, but before the whistleblower complaint and summary of the president’s phone discussion with Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, was released publicly....
The poll, which was conducted by Morning Consult/Politico, found that 43 percent of respondents said Harris will perform best during the debate, while 37 percent favored Pence. The remaining 20 percent said they didn’t know or had no opinion. Morning Consult/Politico surveyed 1,990 registered voters from October 1 to 4. The poll reported a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. Among political party lines, 74 percent of Democrats said they believe Harris will win the debate, while 73 percent of Republicans said Pence....
The results of the research, which were published in AAN’s journal Neurology: Clinical Practice, provide more evidence on how stress and traumatic events endured in childhood can have a lasting effect on physical and mental wellbeing. The Study The researchers gave 198 outpatient adults being seen for neurological symptoms at the University of Pennsylvania the ACE questionnaire as well as screenings for anxiety and depression. When they looked at the results of the questionnaire and screenings, the researchers found that 23....
NBC Sports announced on Tuesday that it will televise a divisional playoff game starting this year through 2022. In addition to airing Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona on Feb. 1, 2015, it also will continue to show a wild-card game during the Jan. 3-4 weekend. It sets up the 'SNF' broadcast team of Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth to have a consistent playoff presence, with the exception of the conference championships....
A poll from The Economist/YouGov published on Thursday shows that 57 percent of those who identified as Republican now have a very favorable view of the former president. That’s a notable increase from the same poll the previous week, which showed that 45 percent of Republicans said their view of Trump was very favorable. The former president’s overall favorability with Republicans remained unchanged at 80 percent. Trump and his allies have expressed fury at the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago and the former president has claimed the raid was a part of an ongoing “witch hunt” against him....
Sources told Sporting News that Dwaine Board will not be returning in 2018. Board was on his second stint with the Seahawks, having served as the team’s defensive line coach from 2003-08. Board returned as Seattle’s assistant defensive line coach in 2015. Board spent time coaching with Oakland (2009-10), Cleveland (2011-12) and St. Francis (Calif.) High School (2013-14) between his time with the Seahawks. Board’s departure is another change for a Seahawks staff that is being overhauled by head coach Pete Carroll....
YouGov asked 24,873 U.S. adults what they would spend this money on should they receive it, with 35 percent naming bills in the top slot. This was followed by 15 percent who would put it into emergency savings, 12 percent who would use it to pay towards debts and 10 percent for buying essentials. Just 3 percent said they would use it for non-essential items. Polling from last year similarly indicated most people would spend further stimulus simply on making ends meet, by covering essential bills and basic living costs....
Letters have been sent out to more than 1,000 people treated at the hospital during the six-month period, alerting them to a sterilization failure that puts them at risk of potentially life-threatening infections. According to Associated Press, a Goshen Hospital technician failed to complete the full sterilization process of medical equipment. Although chemical disinfection and machine sterilization was carried out, the technician missed out one important step in a multi-step process in “a limited number of cases”, meaning the hospital cannot guarantee there is no risk of infection to patients....
A survey of 2,065 people aged 18 and over from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, found that 27 percent of people would not accept a vaccine right away. The survey asked respondents how strongly they agreed with the following statement: “I would not want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus if a high-quality vaccine were available.” According to the results, 7 percent said they “strongly agreed” they wouldn’t want to be vaccinated, 7 percent “agreed”, and 13 percent said they were “undecided”....
The latest survey data from Quinnipiac University showed that 26 percent of respondents chose Sanders as the most honest candidate, while Joe Biden was the second-most trusted contender, with 17 percent choosing the former vice president. Senator Elizabeth Warren came in third, with 14 percent saying she was the most honest, while former Mayor Pete Buttigieg trailed at just 6 percent followed by Senator Amy Klobuchar at 5 percent....
Trump has told his supporters that mail-in voting encouraged by Democrats could lead to widespread election fraud. Some observers have expressed concern that if he loses, Trump will not leave the White House without contending the election results. Some major metropolitan areas have already made contingency plans for election night protests no matter which candidate wins. According to the poll, 58 percent of likely U.S. voters believe mass protests will ensue if Trump is re-elected....
The 26-year-old was brought back into the fold by Arsene Wenger for the game at Vicarage Road after suffering a groin problem in his last outing against Chelsea. Arsenal 6/1 to win Europa League That injury ruled him out for a month and forced him to miss the concluding World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Lithuania. He was to last just an hour upon his return to action before limping from the field with a muscle complaint to be replaced by Mesut Ozil....
Blackmon, 24, was arrested for marijuana possession Wednesday night in Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City’s KWTV reports. He began serving an indefinite suspension Nov. 1 of last season for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. MORE: 2014 NFL player arrests | FORSETT: Troubled players need support, not exile It continues Blackmon’s run of trouble since he entered the league as the No. 5 overall pick in the 2012 Draft. That June, he was arrested for drunken driving in Stillwater, Oklahoma....
