“I try to be the best player and best person I can be on the field, just with preparation and the time you put in,” Trout told Sporting News. “‪It makes you feel good when you get an accolade like this.” Trout and Harper are at the top of SN50, a long-standing tradition that ranks the 50 best players in MLB. Trout, who has led the American League in Wins Above Replacement each of his four full seasons in the majors, had stiff competition this year from Harper, the 2015 National League MVP....

Just hours after the team announced tight end Hunter Henry would miss some time with a knee injury, coach Anthony Lynn told reporters he is concerned about wide receiver Mike Williams’ availability for Sunday’s matchup with the Lions, as well. “Absolutely,” he said when asked if he was worried about Williams being available, via the Orange County Register. “We signed a wide receiver (Anthony Johnson). Just in case. Just don’t know....

In his third season with the Vikings, Zimmer is a leading candidate for coach of the year. MORE: Brady, Ryan, Carr top list of MVP candidates Despite losing All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson and starting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to knee injuries, and starting tackles Matt Kalil (hip) and Andre Smith (triceps) with season-ending injuries, the Vikings are 5-1 heading into Monday night’s game in Chicago. The Vikings were the last team to lose this season and those who know Zimmer aren’t surprised by his early success....

The Iranians proposed setting up a trilateral security group consisting of the United States, Iran and Iraq to work on Iraqi security issues. Crocker says he told them the purpose of the meeting was not to discuss further meetings. Instead, the purpose was “to lay out concrete concerns, as we did, and our expectation that action would be taken on them.” And, for good measure, he said he told the Iranians that before Washington would have another meeting, “we’re going to wait and see, not what is said next, but what happens next on the ground, whether we start to see some indications of a change in Iranian behavior....

The almost 200-page report notes a range of attempts to target servicemembers online, including foreign efforts to promote the “Vets for Trump” Facebook page, Russian hackers making terroristic threats against military families and use of pictures of soldiers in so-called “romance scams,” in which scammers take on false identities and then seek to swindle their victims out of money. The report said that romance scams, which the Federal Trade Commission said accounted for more lost money in 2018 than any other type of consumer fraud, often target “older, lonely Americans who are relatively new to social media and the internet....

Small wonder: the new milk will be virtually indistinguishable from the old. AB cows produce BST naturally; cows that produce more of it yield more milk. With synthetic BST, farmers can turn an ordinary cow into a high-yielding one. Unfortunately, the most productive cows get the most mastitis (an udder disease commonly treated with antibiotics). BST-injected cows may get even more mastitis, and other diseases, than their sisters–and thus more antibiotics....

That’s one out of every 50 adults. This is an unacceptable stain on our democracy. We cannot continue to allow states to take away our citizens’ right to the ballot. Unfortunately, disenfranchisement is nothing new. We are guided by history. During the Jim Crow era, officials used poll taxes and literacy tests to disenfranchise Black residents. Today, this insidious practice continues in the form of felony disenfranchisement. There is a clear racial impact to this practice....

Few could have predicted that the Egyptian forward would make such an immediate impact upon returning to English football in the summer of 2017. Having previously flopped at Chelsea, the 25-year-old has been a revelation at Anfield to send records tumbling and complete a clean sweep of top awards. A 44-goal star has landed the Premier League Golden Boot, PFA Player of the Year award, FWA Footballer of the Year prize, Liverpool’s Player of the Year gong, been named African Footballer of the Year, Premier League Player of the Month three times and the English top-flight Player of the Year....

On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Common Council voted 12 to 1 to set a new citywide mask mandate for any person over the age of 3 entering an indoor public space. The proposal was approved by the Public Health and Safety Committee and supported by the local health commissioner. However, the “non-mandate mandate,” as described by Alderman Bob Bauman, won’t subject offenders to citations or fines from the health department....

Unfortunately, it can also be a dangerous thing — evident by the 1974 riot at the Indians’ “10 cent beer night” in Cleveland. But on Wedneday night, the Cincinnati Cyclones of the East Coast Hockey League held “Dollar Beer Night,” and fans did their damage in creative fashion. Try doing this at an NHL game, and you and your friends will quickly find yourselves down a few hundred dollars....

The 8-year-old southern white rhino, Wyntir, gave birth to the healthy baby girl on February 13. In a Facebook post, which can be found here, Care for Wild said: “This miracle baby is the world’s first rhino calf whose parents were both orphaned due to poaching, and who was conceived and delivered naturally.” The sanctuary said South Africa is “the center of the rhino poaching war.” African rhinos are poached for the illegal trade on their horns....

MORE: Courtney Roland was ‘confused’ after being found Houston police said a passerby spotted Roland near an overpass around 8:15 a.m. local time Monday. Roland stopped by a Houston Chick-fil-A Monday morning before being located by police, according to Houston’s Fox 26. She appeared to be unharmed, but was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation, Houston police said. Police said they found her white jeep in a parking lot near the mall, with her cellphone and other belongings inside....

Pearl Radcliff, 84, disappeared on Wednesday and was last seen in the 11800 block of Acadian Drive in the afternoon. “Pearl is known to take walks with her dogs,” rescue organization Texas EquuSearch said at the time. Reports suggested that Radcliff suffers from dementia and memory issues. More than 55 million people live with the disease across the globe, and there are nearly 10 million new cases every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)....

Mississippi is confronting a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations that approach peak figures reported at the height of its summer outbreak resurgence. Data updated Thursday by the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) confirmed that available ICU beds were scarce across the state, with just 106 of 888 beds in total still vacant. Roughly 20 percent of Mississippi’s ICU beds were occupied with COVID-19 patients. Intensive care units in Jackson, Mississippi’s capital city, reached their maximum capacities on Thursday....

“Tuesday’s change in the CDC mask guidance is foolish, and it is harmful,” Reeves said Thursday at the Neshoba County Fair, according to local news station WAPT. “It reeks of political panic, so as to appear that they are in control. It has nothing, let me say that again: It has nothing to do with rational science,” he added. The Republican governor added that he doesn’t plan on imposing a mask mandate for teachers and students when school resumes in the fall....

John Olivarri, mayor of the small town of Osage Beach situated on the edge of the Lake of the Ozarks, made the remarks on Sunday as videos of the crowded event circulated online. “My concern is for our workers and whether some of the folks that have come down might be creating a health problem for the community, absolutely,” Olivarri said, The Kansas City Star reported. “But the only other thing that you could do would be shut it down....

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel made the announcement in a statement Monday. Green-Beckham, who caught 59 passes for 883 yards and 12 touchdowns last season for the SEC East Division champions, will have access to the academic resource center during the suspension. Tod Palmer of the Kansas City Star said on Twitter that Green-Beckham has not been arrested, but is part of an ongoing investigation by the Columbia (Mo.) Police. “It’s unfortunate, but it’s the right thing to do for our football program, for the athletic department, and also for Dorial,” Pinkel said....

The university, however, said Monday that it would not accept a bid. The Tigers could have finished the season 6-6 and officially become bowl-eligible but lost 28-3 to Arkansas on Friday. MORE: Missouri protesters celebrate president’s resignation | Week 14 Bowl Projections “Following this weekend’s football games, there have been significant discussions nationally concerning 5-7 teams participating in bowl games,” athletic director Mack Rhoades said in a statement. “After careful consideration, we have decided it is not in the best interest of our football program to seek permission from the NCAA to participate in a bowl game....

McConnell said Manchin “feels like a man alone.” Tensions arose between Manchin and the White House regarding President Joe Biden’s social and environmental spending package. Democrats have said this is their main domestic priority for next year’s elections. Tensions heightened over the weekend after Manchin said he couldn’t vote for the package. “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t. I’ve tried everything humanly possible....