“During my tenure as CEO, I failed at times to uphold McDonald’s values and fulfill certain of my responsibilities as a leader of the company,” said Easterbrook in a prepared statement Thursday by McDonald’s. “I apologize to my former co-workers, the board and the company’s franchisees and suppliers for doing so.” McDonald’s Chairman Enrique Hernandez Jr. in a prepared statement said the settlement announced Thursday holds Easterbrook responsible and asserts the board’s decision to sue....

The 13-year NFL veteran entered the 20-week program last year, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune, and had until his 37th birthday (Feb. 23, 2018) to earn his badge due to a stipulation that a new agent must be appointed before he or she reaches that age. A spokesman for the bureau told Sporting News that it does not comment on personnel matters, and Tillman’s family couldn’t be reached, but a source close to the situation said on the eve of Tillman’s 37th birthday, “He is currently working for the FBI....

Steele, the former Lt. Governor of Maryland who served as his party’s chairman from 2009 to 2011, called out Republicans Monday during a segment of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. The former GOP leader has been a frequent critic of Trump and his administration, and he reiterated that criticism, urging Republicans to consider the values they originally espoused when they ran for office. “I don’t know if there’s anything that I could say or any of us could say at this point that hasn’t already been said....

Flake retired from Congress in late 2018, citing what he called the “undermining of our democratic norms” in the Trump era. In an exclusive interview with Deseret News, he said there was no longer a place for him in the GOP, which he described as going through “spasms of a dying party.” “I don’t think the president will be re-elected,” the Arizona lawmaker said. “Many of us thought, I certainly did, that he wouldn’t be elected the first time....

Hewitt had denied two charges of rape and a third count of sexual assault on underage girls, but was convicted in a South African court back in March. The attacks took place in the 1980s and 1990s, when Hewitt was coaching the girls in South Africa. Judge Bert Bam criticized Hewitt for not showing remorse during the trial. Hewitt won nine major doubles titles during the 1960s and ’70s, the last of which came at Wimbledon in 1978 when he and Frew McMillan defeated John McEnroe and Peter Flemming....

The Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot subpoenaed Pierson, who they allege helped organize the January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally at the Ellipse. While many of those subpoenaed have bucked the committee’s request, it appears Pierson may have complied and turned over at least some of the requested documents, including text messages. Pierson reportedly used the term “crazies” to describe a “number” of Trump’s supporters in text messages, according to the Select Committee....

“When I got to Wisconsin (then-coach) Barry Alvarez was staunch about making ways for us as student-athletes to give back,” Martin told Sporting News. “I got the chance to benefit from people, programs and initiatives, and because of those I got a chance to play at Wisconsin.” MORE: Best of 2015, from Baker Mayfield to Derrick Henry | Wisconsin fans pelt officials, cheerleaders in Northwestern game Martin, a two-time member of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, continues to give back....

Lewis Hamilton went fastest overall in qualifying on Saturday, but because of a power-unit switch, he will drop back to 11th. Teammate Valtteri Bottas will start on pole in Saturday’s Turkish Grand Prix. MORE: Watch Formula 1 live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Bottas will have his hands full with Max Verstappen starting alongside him on the front row, as the Red Bull driver looks to close and overtake the Mercedes driver on the track — and the other Mercedes driver on the driver’s championship table....

The reigning world champion edged out Charles Leclerc by just 0.029 seconds, with Carlos Sainz in third in what was a strong performance from Ferrari. Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez was fourth — although he will start 13th on the grid after being punished for exceeding track limits — while there was further joy for some of the home fans at the Red Bull ring as Lewis Hamilton and George Russell each crashed out in Q3....

Not that anything within the patch notes is bad, but rather what’s not in the patch notes. After several days of complaints about the BRUTE being overpowered, Epic Games did not nerf the controversial Season 10 weapon. The BRUTE remains in the game, and is as powerful as when it first arrived. But we’re not here to debate about robots. We’re here to look at the patch notes, which includes an interesting new area on the map called Tilted Town....

The Celebrity Pro-Am has been a fun event held in the past following the events at E3. Ninja and Marshmello won in 2018 while Airwaks and RL Grime won this year’s tournament just last month. Those two duos will be competing together again in a best-of-the-best match. There are 50 celebrities and 50 gamers/influencers who will compete for the charity of their choice. Epic Games announced a $3 million prize pool....

The five parrots were adopted and brought to the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park on August 15 and had quarantined together in the same room, where they had apparently taught each other curse words. Steve Nichols, the park’s chief executive, told local news website GrimsbyLive: “Every now and then you’ll get one that swears and it’s always funny. We always find it very comical when they do swear at you.” Staff could not help but smile at the cursing and their laughing encouraged the birds to continue swearing, Nichols said....

In a news release on Monday, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office said the Dunn County Emergency Communications Center had received a 911 call reporting a death in the town of Sheridan, located in northern Dunn County, at around 2.20 p.m. on Sunday. Responding deputies found four people dead in a black SUV that had been driven into a standing corn field off a rural road. The sheriff’s office described the incident as a homicide involving four victims....

Not convinced? Check out the NFL Final Four of the Final Four: the four greatest NFL players produced by the four teams left standing in Arlington this weekend. Florida Emmitt Smith, RB, Cowboys Call him football’s answer to Lew Alcindor: one of the best who ever played in high school, in college and in the pros. Smith was the national high school player of the year in Pensacola and the No....

The black mamba is an extremely venomous species of snake. Untreated, its venom is fatal to humans. Ryan Blumenthal, a senior specialist forensic pathologist and associate professor in the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, says the species is probably responsible for the most snake bite-related deaths in southern Africa. Black mambas are normally shy and avoid humans, but they can be highly aggressive if they feel threatened....

The biggest challenge for any business is how to strategically scale. Whether you’re a startup or an established company, you need to be able to grow without sacrificing quality or losing your competitive edge. Below are several additional tactics, strategies and approaches midsize government contractors can use to facilitate growth. Leverage Set-Aside Programs Set-aside programs are designed to help small and midsize businesses compete for government contracts by setting aside a certain percentage of contracts for these companies to bid on....

To date, no one — even those in charge, apparently — knows how it will work or what’s involved. One thing we do know is this: It’s not a draft, so don’t call it a draft. For me, the best-case scenario for the show is ditching all the wrestling stuff and filming Daniel Bryan and Kurt Angle together in a locked room for three hours negotiating trades and contracts. But they actually have to put on a show and do something constructive with their time....

From the American point of view, the ideal outcome is one that produces low casualties, drives Saddam out of power and leaves Iraq in one piece, able to defend itself but not strong enough to threaten its neighbors. Any such result would also achieve the official U.S. objective: to get Iraq out of Kuwait. Freeing Kuwait, however, is only part of a complicated process that is full of pitfalls for the allies....

Since “Shine,” record stores can’t stock their shelves with Rach 3s fast enough. David Helfgott’s CD is the top seller, but it’s the recordings from these masters that really show off the scope of this grand, unforgiving work: Vladimir Horowitz: After hearing Horowitz play his Third Concerto, Rachrnaninoff said he’d never play it again, and he never did. Horowitz’s best recording, with the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner in 1951, sounds beyond human: powerful, precise, dazzlingly quick....

The nightclub was targeted because of the people the patrons loved, and the victims were mostly black and brown. The shooting stole not only 49 lives; it stole a sense of safety and freedom for many LGBTQ people nationwide. I grew up in a small town in Georgia, and for me, my safe space has been an LGBTQ nightclub. I dropped out of high school when I was 15 because I was called “dyke” or “faggot” regularly....