The Ghana native heads to the expansion side after recording 18 goals and 18 assists in three college seasons. Picking second, fellow expansion side Atlanta United selected Syracuse center back Miles Robinson — the 2016 ACC Defensive Player of the Year. New York City FC traded up to claim the No. 3 pick, sending $250,000 of general allocation money to the Chicago Fire before selecting Akron forward Jonathan Lewis....
For three haunted days, they were buried 240 feet below stone inside the Quecreek Mine, given up for dead by many, except for the families who wept and hoped and prayed, the rescue workers, who kept pounding away, and the miners themselves–who refused to die. When the tunnel was finally cleared near midnight on Saturday, a rescue capsule reached down like a palm from the heavens, lifting the men to safety....
The new format removes the evening gown and swimsuit competitions. In place of those events, a “televised job interview” was added. In addition, the pageant now is reminiscent of a reality show competition, involving the judges eliminating the contestants as they stand onstage. “This feels like the most cheap, homemade, low-budget mess and these women deserve better,” observed Stephanie T. Castro. “So instead of swimsuit, they decided to humiliate the semi-finalists by telling them why they aren’t finalists?...
NEWSWEEK: How long have you been involved with Internet safety issues? Lauren Nelson: For about two years now I have been speaking on behalf of Internet safety to more than 10,000 kids in Oklahoma, and since being crowned, I have furthered that venture. How did you first get involved in the sting? The two offices—Miss America and America’s Most Wanted—got together after I met John Walsh in Washington, D.C. They got together to see how we could work together....
Tommy Lynn Calhoun was standing on the sidelines in the second quarter of the game when Arizona quarterback Brandon Dawkins accidently plowed into her after a run play. Here’s the video: MORE: Harvard vs. Yale delayed by naked fans To Calhoun’s credit, she was an absolute champ. She popped up smiling and even tweeted about the incident. Dawkins did take time out to apologize to Calhoun after Arizona routed Arizona State 56-35....
Of what purpose or relevance is etiquette in a time of social distancing? Miss Manners has long suffered from the popular misconception of etiquette as pertaining only to “society” in the sense of the rich and frivolous, and the illusion that normal people behave naturally. There is nothing like social distancing to serve as a reminder that society means all of us, and that behaving like our better selves benefits everyone....
A missed miscarriage typically occurs during the first trimester. It is often diagnosed during a routine prenatal ultrasound. Treatment options include waiting for nature to take its course, medication to expel the remains, and, in some cases, surgery. This article discusses what causes a silent miscarriage and how it is diagnosed and treated. Missed Miscarriage Causes Like all types of miscarriage, a missed miscarriage is when a fetus has died or ceased to develop in utero....
One-year-old Pit Bull mix Bella and 3-year-old black Lab Pepper both went missing in late July, leaving their owner Logan Lank distraught. On August 2, a bridge worker found the dogs underneath an overpass, with gunshot wounds on the back of their heads and feet tied with rope. “The dogs were found thrown over a bridge into the water,” Lank told Fox 13. “They had gunshot wounds to the back of their heads, shot close enough to leave burn marks, and their feet were tied with rope....
Scientists from the University of Utah Health and MDGuidelines found that people with a lower back pain injury missed 11 more days of work in a year when they only received treatments that were not recommended by medical guidelines compared to those who were. The researchers used a cohort of nearly 60,000 people whose data was taken from California’s workers’ compensation claims reported to the Department of Industrial Relations Workers’ Compensation Information System from May 2009 to 2018....
WLBT 3 news shared polling projections on their live broadcast of the 2020 election including the tally of votes each candidate received in Mississippi specifically. The figures were posted with photos of candidates President Donald Trump, former Vice President Joe Biden and Libertarian Party pick Jo Jergenson. However, an image of West, a global public figure, was missing. Instead, the network used a shadowy outline of a person. The flub didn’t go unnoticed....
Tensions were high even before Thursday afternoon’s game in Fort Worth, Texas, as a scuffle broke out pregame. Then a big hit on a late onside kick attempt added fuel to the fire. By the time the final whistle sounded, an all-out brawl had broken out along the sideline and Mississippi State’s 28-26 win was quickly forgotten. Here’s one angle of the fighting that took place, with social media accounts suggesting it took several minutes to break it all up....
The Line: Mississippi State -13.5, Total: 59 Line movement: Mississippi State opened as a 12-point road favorite at The Wynn sports book in Las Vegas on Sunday and jumped to as high as -14 there and at other shops. There’s been some buy-back at that price, though, and 13.5 was the most popular number midweek. For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page....
With his team trailing the Rebels by 19 points with six seconds left, the second-year head coach was seen cursing at Ole Miss' volatile superstar Marshall Henderson. MORE: Full Court Press| Mondy beats UIC at the buzzer | W&M tops Drexel with buzzer-beater This is not the first time Henderson has goaded the opposition into lashing out. He famously taunted the Auburn student section after hitting game-winning free throws last year....
The 6-4 freshman didn’t simply dunk on the 6-7 sophomore. He dunked through him on his way to scoring a team-high 15 points in 37 minutes with fellow frosh Malik Newman out to all but ruin any hopes the Crimson Tide had of an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. MORE: Fagan’s college basketball road trip | Fishing and hoops Mercy.
The Missouri Republican told Fox News on Tuesday that China wanted to sue him because he had “the temerity to actually stand up” against the country amid the ongoing pandemic. He also warned that it was “now or never” for the U.S. to change its relationship with the Chinese government. “China has said that they are going to sanction me personally, whatever that means. And they’re going to sanction my state: the state of Missouri because we’ve had the temerity to actually stand up....
On Saturday, Sgt. Keith Barrett of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police said that officer Rashard C. Lovelace, 31, had died, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A spokesperson for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department told Newsweek Sunday that “officers responded to a call for a ‘Shooting’ in the 4100 block of Walsh and located an adult male deceased, suffering from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound” at around 11:30 a....
Parson vistied a small number of businesses today to promote the end of his lockdown before returning to the state’s Capitol for his daily COVID-10 press briefing. “We believe we are on the downside of this virus,” the governor said. “This reopening is a gradual process but we are on the right track.” As of May 5, 8,887 individuals in total had tested positive for coronavirus in Missouri, with 383 deaths caused by the new disease....
Tanner Maggard is accused of mutilating the animal on a baby changing table in the restroom of an Arby’s and then waiting to see his former manager’s reaction to the horrific scene in the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit on Saturday, WDAF-TV reported. According to the station, 19-year-old Maggard had worked at the Arby’s until he was fired in June. Court documents say he had been fired after “setting fires” at the fast-food restaurant....
The Springfield Police Department posted photos Wednesday of friendly flag reminders planted into dog poop around town. Each flag has a message to pet walkers. Though most are funny and witty, the police department said “keeping our community clean is not a joke.” The messages range from: “Is That Your Turd? Cuz That’s Absurd.” “Keep SGF Fresh, Pick Up The Mess.” “Drop In The Trash, Not In The Grass.”...
On Thursday, McConnell arranged votes on a bill seeking to ban abortions after 20 weeks, as well as the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” which seeks to extend protection to infants born alive after failed attempts at induced abortions. Both bills have so far been unsuccessful in Senate over recent years. However, with a Republican majority, anti-abortion GOP members may be hopeful that the legislation will be pushed through this time, despite opposition from Democrats and and abortion rights advocates....
