It’s hard to imagine Murdoch, long considered a political conservative, ever owning the Times. Over the years the paper has been Murdoch’s foil and foe, criticized regularly by his New York Post and Fox News Channel for its coverage and liberal editorial page. Still, Murdoch disclosed his surprising, albeit fleeting, interest this week while traveling in his native Australia where his U.S.-based media conglomerate News Corp. owns newspapers nationwide. In an interview, with one his favorite employees, syndicated financial columnist Terry McCrann, Murdoch confessed that he’d “thought about” acquiring the Times....

WASHINGTON, D.C. Sick of summer spy flicks? Check out the tools used in real live espionage–like the “kiss of death” lipstick pistol. 1 (202) EYE SPY U Charles M. Schulz Museum SANTA ROSA, CALIF. Sunday mornings aren’t the same without Schulz. Reconnect with Charlie, Snoopy and the little redheaded girl. 1 (707) 579-4452 Museum of Glass TACOMA, WASH. Display space and a working glass-blowing studio. Note to kids: visitors in glass museums shouldn’t throw stones....

The actor this week released his fourth solo album, “Beautiful Door,” and is supporting it with a 26-city, five-week national tour. This fall Thornton, 51, appears on screen opposite Susan Sarandon as the coach from hell in “Mr. Woodcock” and, following the concert tour, heads to Texas to work again with “Monster’s Ball” costar Halle Berry, this time in John Singleton’s civil-rights drama “Tulia.” Thornton recently spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Steve Friess about his music, his ex-wife and his critics....

Research hasn’t disappointed and seems to say that the sound of music really does help people climb the mountains we call cancer treatment. It can even cause our hearts to beat—not like a bird—but in healthier ways. There are now 30 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers that offer music therapy as an integrative treatment for cancer. There have been a surprising number of studies done to examine potential benefits of music for cancer patients....

What made things worse is that some fund-company owners and managers–Dick Strong of Strong funds; Gary Pilgrim, the P in PBHG Funds; 15 professionals at the Putnam funds–stand accused of gaming their own funds. It’s like a parent who abuses his child for profit. But the real scandal, as longtime critics like Vanguard founder John Bogle point out, isn’t what funds have done illegally–it’s what they’ve done legally. By Bogle’s math, stock mutual funds’ fees, expenses and sales charges–hidden deep in fine print–total about 3 percent a year....

After returning to the WWE as a surprise entrant in January’s Royal Rumble event, MVP wrestled the next night on Monday Night RAW in what seemed to be his final match of his career. On social media, the 46-year-old told his followers that he was contemplating his retirement, but things changed and MVP was offered a role in the WWE, 10 years after he was last full-time with the company....

I am the inoculated single mother of a 13-year-old son who also wants to receive the Covid shot. The problem is his father isn’t getting it for himself—and forbids me from having our son vaccinated. My ex-husband is a Trump supporter, and he is genuinely worried about possible long term side effects. Where does this leave divorced parents who don’t see eye-to-eye during a global health crisis? In court....

It couldn’t have been more than a few minutes later when Yankee catcher Yogi Berra lashed a line drive toward the left-field corner of Yankee Stadium. With two men on base and Brooklyn clinging to a 2-0 lead in the sixth, my heart–indeed, the hearts of all proper Bostonians–filled with dread at the prospect of a Yankee comeback. Dodgers outfielder Sandy Amoros raced after the ball and, with a desperate lunge, speared it near the foul pole, then fired it to the infield, where the runner was doubled off first base....

Long Q-T meant no more playing basketball until the streetlights came on. No more racing my friends on the track. No more hopes for Division I soccer. No more dreams coming true for the girl who wanted nothing more than to compete the rest of her life. Long Q-T is a genetic condition that can cause the heart to go into an erratic rhythm, meaning the heart begins to vibrate instead of pump....

I love children and definitely plan on having them. Maternal instinct is oozing out of my pores: I’ve infantilized my dogs; I’ve gotten down on my hands and knees at the park with babies I barely know. My marriage is wonderful and solid, and we are both blessed with good health. I’ve been a nanny, a teacher, a youth-group leader. I’ve taken childhood-development courses solely for the purpose of someday raising happy, balanced children....

At work and at parent-teacher conferences at my children’s school, acquaintances morph into intimate confidantes, compulsively dredging for details, trying to make sense of the absurd. Was it South Beach? Weight Watchers? Atkins? (None of the above.) How long did I do it? (Two months.) What did I eat? (That’s a longer story.) As the newest “lean machine,” I’ve resigned myself to the interrogation. I hold the secret of the Magi, I got a glimpse of the Wizard of Oz, I found the genie in the bottle and was granted three wishes, one of which involved my body mass....

The 25-year-old former college football player referenced racial suffering having affected Blacks since the birth of America and beyond during an interview with Zenger. “The African-American community has unfortunately dealt with generational trauma for over 400 years. That type of healing must be seen as a priority, not a problem because when left untreated, unsupported or simply uneducated, history will continue to repeat itself,” said Manswell, a North Carolina-based mental health counselor....

The Browns defense totaled nine sacks on Fields, and Garrett contributed to 4.5 of those, which became the franchise record for most single-game sacks. After the game, Garrett spoke with NBC’s Mike Florio about how easy it was to stop the Bears’ offense due to what coach Matt Nagy set up for them — not having Fields leave the pocket. “He told me that the Browns’ defense was surprised by the way that Justin Fields was used — or more accurately, the way he wasn’t used,” Florio said on Football Night in America....

The holes were discovered during Dive 04 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) second Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition, which seeks to gather data on unexplored deepwater regions in the Atlantic Ocean such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Photos show how the holes are arranged in a straight line and appear to all be a similar distance apart. Another notable characteristic of the holes is that they all appear to be surrounded by small piles of sediment, suggesting they had been excavated....

The device, referred to as a “UFO Detector Site,” was discovered in Wharton State Forest and consisted of a headphone wire connecting a block of wood and a soup can, New Jersey State Park Police (NJSPP) said. The NJSPP detective unit, as well as the K-9 Unit, were deployed to the scene in the township of Tabernacle. After careful examination, the contraption was deemed to be safe, police said....

Officers responded to a welfare check at the La Mesa home, 9 miles east of San Diego, after a family member raised concerns over not hearing from them in several days. Deputies arrived at the 4900 block of Resmar Road, north of Grandview Drive, around 12:30 p.m. to find a man and woman who had been shot. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt. Thomas Seiver of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department....

The Cougars’ quarterbacks, who almost exclusively setup in shotgun formation as part of Mike Leach’s patented Air Raid offensive style, have practiced taking snaps from under center during preseason practices, according to The Spokesman-Review. MORE: Top football players who could excel in hoops | Forget the score in Harbaugh’s first UM spring game Washington State’s philosophy change comes at a time when the team is looking for a new quarterback to replace longtime starter Connor Halliday....

Like former President Donald Trump, Lindell continues to promote baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. In Lindell’s latest video published Thursday to his new social media platform Frank, Lindell claimed he was interviewing a cybersecurity expert—but the individual’s face was hidden and their identity was not revealed. The video was entitled “Absolutely 9-0,” as Lindell claimed in the video that the election will be overturned in a unanimous Supreme Court decision....

Lindell, 60, made the statement during an interview on his namesake website, michaeljlindell.com. “If you can pull up, I’m gonna show you guys in Wisconsin, just an example, how 23,000 people voted using a prison address and used the same phone number,” he said. “And a lot of them were people that turned out, as we dove into it, they’re not alive anymore, they just used their names obviously, and they don’t live in Wisconsin....

Martz also told ESPN that his written statement, made after a phone call from a “panicked” Goodell, was modified and “embellished quite a bit.” MORE: Tom Brady’s career, from draft to Deflategate | Worst starting QBs ever “[Goodell] told me, ‘The league doesn’t need this. We’re asking you to come out with a couple lines exonerating us and saying we did our due diligence,’” Martz said. Martz says the possibility of a congressional investigation, which Sen....