According to local news broadcaster WJTV, children as young as toddlers in Forest, Mississippi, were left to rely on neighbors, and in some cases, even on strangers to pick them up outside their homes after school and drive them to a community center, where community leaders tried to reassure them amid the chaos. One 11-year-old girl pleaded with the Trump administration to “show some heart,” telling the broadcaster the government should let her parents and those of other children go free....

LaKambria Welch, who posted the video, told Deep South Voice she drove down to the event venue after the owner informed her brother, who is black, that he and his fiancée, who is white, would not be allowed to hold their wedding in the space. “Ok, we’re Christians as well, so what in the Bible tells you that?” Welch questioned the owner in response to the declaration. “Well, I don’t want to argue my faith....

Posting on social media, Governor Parson said “every vaccinator in every region” of Missouri was requesting more vaccines than they were receiving, because the state simply did not have enough doses to meet demand. “Vaccine scarcity is NOT limited to any one region of Missouri,” Parson said. “EVERY vaccinator in EVERY region is requesting more vaccines than they are currently receiving, because quite simply the demand for vaccines still far outweighs the supply, and we are doing everything we can to get vaccines out as quickly as supply will allow....

Jacquelyn Olden collapsed while on a jog through Soulard on October 18, when the man was seen grabbing her cell phone and then leaving her to die. The 64-year-old, who served in Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War, collapsed from a heart attack near Arsenal and Lynch Street, KMOV reports. A surveillance video released by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department shows two men talking on the sidewalk before one of the men walks over to where Olden lays slumped on the sidewalk....

Abbott had his flops, but they were like Ted Williams swinging and missing: you knew he would drive one into the seats. Throughout Abbott’s career the seats were filled with people who came to get, in his words, “refreshment of spirit.” You could envision an Elizabethan Abbott working with that Stratford-on-Broadway pro Shakespeare. “[Shakespeare] was writing shows,” said Abbott. “He had not the slightest thought that anyone would ever read them....

Reflecting this shift, the American best-seller lists are now populated by books about the Taliban, biological and chemical warfare and Islam. More than a year ago Karen Armstrong–a former nun and author of several superb books on religion–published “Islam: A Short History.” In both England and the United States, it was respectfully reviewed. Now, it is selling thousands of copies each week. For many readers, Armstrong’s slender volume is the only source of information about a religion and culture that shapes the lives of 1 billion people around the world....

Titled the COVID-19 Indoor Safety Guideline, the interactive website, developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Martin Bazant and John Bush, provides calculations which estimate how many people can remain within an enclosed space, and for how long, before they are theoretically exposed to the virus. Martin Bazant and John Bush, both professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with backgrounds in fluid mechanics and mathematics, are endeavoring to advance mitigation guidance with a data-driven risk assessment approach....

The Kentucky Republican’s favorability rating has also taken a hit in the months since Trump lost his bid for re-election to President Joe Biden. A Morning Consult poll published in mid-February found that the registered voters surveyed rated their approval of McConnell’s job performance 29 points lower than poll respondents did before the 2020 general election. Though that drop is significant, McConnell’s favorability rating among registered voters has not dipped as much, although his average favorability has trended down from the low 30s to the low 20s since last fall....

He was one of 44 Republican senators who voted to dismiss the trial, while six Republicans crossed the aisle and voted with the Democrats affirming that the process was allowed by the Constitution. However, McConnell’s vote appears to contradict a memo he circulated to his GOP colleagues in early January outlining how an impeachment trial might take place in the days after Trump had left office. In the memo, obtained by The Washington Post on January 9, McConnell said that the earliest a trial could take place was January 19—the day before President Joe Biden was due to take the oath of office....

McGary told Yahoo's Dan Wetzel that he smoked marijuana while hanging out with a group of friends in mid-March. Following Michigan's 73-71 win over Tennessee in the tourney, McGary was selected for a random drug test. MORE 2014 NBA DRAFT: Full early entry list | Latest mock draft After the Wolverines were ousted from the NCAA Tournament, McGary was informed he had failed that random drug test and the penalty would be a one-year suspension, making McGary's decision to leave for the NBA a relatively easy one....

Both happened on Tuesday night, which raises eyebrows for both teams. McGary told ESPN.com’s Jeff Goodman following the Wolverines’ 79-69 loss to the Blue Devils on Tuesday night that, “We’re soft right now. That’s it.” That quote comes from one of the leaders of a team that already has lost two other games—to Iowa State and Charlotte. Interestingly, in two of the three games Michigan has lost, McGary has scored fewer than 10 points....

The scandal touched off an angry local debate, including an unhelpful quarrel over whether some of the girls should be faulted for waging their own competition to go out with high-status athletes (box). But elsewhere, specialists voiced concern over the mixed signals adolescents are picking up from trusted sources like television and rock lyrics-not only on gender relationships but about sex, violence and celebrity. In sports-besotted suburbs like Lakewood, the exaltation of athletic achievement begins in elementary school....

Rooney stars as Man Utd cruise The spotlight was always likely to fall on the Armenian for much of the game after Jose Mourinho’s decision to recall him to the starting line-up for the first time in 15 games. Since his curtailed appearance against Manchester City on September 10 – he was hauled off at half-time – Mkhitaryan has been told by his manager that he isn’t ready for the pressure of English football and left either on the bench or in the stands....

The sides agreed to a five-year collective bargaining agreement late Friday, The Associated Press reported. The current agreement was set to expire Dec. 31. The umpires and team owners will hold ratification votes next month. Umpires are going through a transition period with the expansion of instant replay and the push to quicken the pace of the game. The AP report did not mention whether those issues were addressed in the tentative agreement....

This year’s All-Star Game is continuing on a new wrinkle that MLB added in 2021: No longer will you see the uniforms of specific teams on the field, instead, you’ll see every player in gray and white alternatives instead. While All-Star uniforms have typically been worn during the Home Run Derby in years past, but in 2021, for the first time ever, unique All-Star uniforms were worn during the actual Midsummer Classic....

The Padres’ bats got going, finally, with Friday and Saturday outbursts at Colorado that combined for 29 runs. This came after being swept by the Dodgers in a three-game opening home set where they failed to score in all three games. This afternoon they’ll attempt to ruin the Phillies (2-4) home opener, the first game of the young season where the Phillies are favored (-125). MORE: MLB live odds page...

“Look, I don’t think the Cubs’ decision on what’s going to happen to Kris Bryant is really any of Mr. Boras’ business,” Manfred said Friday at Hammond Stadium, according to the Chicago Tribune. “I think the Cubs — I know the Cubs — will make decisions that are best for the long term competitiveness of the club. And focusing on whether a particular player has played, or is with a club on a day, or days, I don’t think is a fair evaluation of what the club is up to....

Watch ChangeUp, a new MLB live whip-around show on DAZN We had an amazing opening day with homers flying out of the parks and some stud pitchers absolutely shoving. Now we slide into the weekend with a shorter slate than usual, especially for a Friday. There are no day games today, so there isn’t a distinction between an early/main slate. For your lineup construction pleasure, I tried to give some different options in different price ranges, but as always, make sure you check out today’s hitting and pitching coaches pieces (available to Fantasy Alarm subscribers), as well as the optimal lineups I will construct a few hours before first pitch....

Before we begin, remember how last offseason there were a handful of elite free-agent shortstops on the market, and everyone tried to guess where they’d wind up, and then the Rangers shocked everyone and signed TWO of them, Corey Seager and Marcus Semien? Absolutely nobody predicted that scenario playing out, and even as the rumors that Semien was close to signing with Texas swirled, it felt like we were all being played....

Managing principal owner Mark Lerner told NBC Sports Washington’s Donald Dell that the club has the money to bring back right-hander Stephen Strasburg or third baseman Anthony Rendon, but not both. “We really can only afford to have one of those two guys,” Lerner told Dell. “They’re huge numbers. We already have a really large payroll to begin with.” SN’s FA PREDICTIONS: Where Strasburg, Rendon may land According to NBC Sports Washington, Lerner later put the onus on Strasburg and Rendon to work with ownership on new deals....