Asian, African and South American countries have seen a giant upswing in commercial meat production. Often, these animals are given a steady stream of antibiotics along with their feed. After long-term exposure to these drugs, the bacteria learn how to resist the medication. This bacteria can wind up infecting meat-eating humans, where it resists the medicines given to wipe them out. Potentially, this is a threat to human health....

Workers at the First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles prepared for about 1,000 people to arrive at their food bank on Saturday. Organizer Trinity Tran urged the federal government to address the economic fallout of the pandemic to prevent low-income individuals from going without food on Thanksgiving. “These are unprecedented times, and whether it’s a holiday or whether it’s another Saturday, it’s now up to volunteers to feed the people,” she told CNN....

The video was posted on Instagram page @annie_loves_sticks, which documents the adventures of Annie the dog and her new puppy friend Lucy the yellow Labrador. In the video, Lucy can be seen frolicking on the beach, dunking her head under the water and rolling around in the sand with pure joy on the Venice dog beach in Florida. It is well documented that Labradors have a particular affinity with water, whether that be the ocean, or a muddy puddle, but why is it that this breed of dog appears to be happiest when wet?...

Much to the delight of sports network executives who probably find this portion of the NFL calendar year dreadfully boring, the upcoming season’s schedule will be released on Thursday, April 19, one week before the draft. In 2017, the NFL released the schedule on April 20 — also one week before the draft. NFL Mock Draft 2018: Patriots, Bills, Jaguars land right QBs There are some things NFL fans already know about teams’ schedules for next season....

Maatta, 19, has made a serious bid for Pittsburgh to keep him around for Game No. 10, which would mean the start of his entry-level deal. The Penguins' plan is to do just that, according to multiple organizational sources cited by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, though coach Dan Bylsma said the report was "not accurate to my knowledge." The bigger number for Maatta is Game No. 40, after which he'd credit toward arbitration or free agency....

So why, then, have both Pan Am and Trump put their shuttles on the block within a matter of weeks? To a large extent, the answer rests in the financial troubles affecting the airline giant and the real-estate tycoon. “They both need the cash,” says Helane Becker, a Shearson Lehman Hutton analyst. Yet what both sellers have found is that the shuttle services don’t hold quite the same attraction they once did....

A national study conducted by Yale University found that among 3,000 veterans, 12.8% of veterans reported post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms related to COVID-19 and 8% contemplated suicide. However, the survey also revealed that 43.3% of respondents said they experienced positive psychological benefits during the pandemic. These benefits included a greater appreciation of life, closer relationships, and an increased feeling of personal growth and strength. Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, lead researcher and director of the Translational Psychiatry Epidemiology Laboratory in the Clinical Neurosciences Division of the National Center for PTSD at Yale University in Connecticut, tells Verywell that no study had previously looked at whether the COVID-19 pandemic had any positive psychological outcomes among veterans....

Newsweek: Both you and Mr. Kimball are native New Yorkers. Does this have something to do with your fondness for classic pop music? Robert Gottlieb: I think it’s more important that both Bob and I grew up with a piano in the house and a mother who played it while everyone sat around and sang. Everyone had sheet music and songbooks then, and of course there was radio. As New Yorkers, both of us started going to the theater at an early age and saw a lot of musicals early on....

At one end of the facility is a small out-patient clinic where people who can pay $1 a day receive life-sustaining AIDS drugs. “They take the medicine and they get better,” Sachs declares. “They return to work. They go back to caring for their children.” Unfortunately, $1 a day is nearly twice what a typical Malawian lives on. So most AIDS patients end up in wards like the one just down the hall from the outpatient clinic....

Just when we thought Christian Pulisic was U.S. Soccer’s wonder boy, here comes the president’s youngest son Barron to steal the spotlight. Barron is currently playing for D.C. United’s Under-12 team, where he is listed as a midfielder and has played in four matches so far. A youth soccer reporter first noticed that Barron was on D.C. United’s youth roster, and texted out the information that was later tweeted....

Gordon was in the worst slump of his career — including two winless seasons — his back was hurting and a fifth Sprint Cup championship seemed more and more remote. He couldn’t envision himself racing for long past the age of 40. “I was having a lot of back issues at that time and it was new to me, and because it was new, it was scary,” Gordon said recently....

“Once again…. there is literally a tweet for everything,” she wrote. “This was Lil Pump aka Lil Pimp BEFORE he got the bag. OK. I’m done. Who really gives AF what this lil dude thinks. VOTE!” The tweet, which has been caught in a screenshot, looks to be from November 8, 2016, and simply reads “F*** DONALD TRUMP.” It appears that the tweet has been deleted. On Monday evening during a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the president brought Lil Pump, whose real name is Gazzy Garcia, on stage with him....

McCarron is opening a build-your-own sushi restaurant in downtown Tuscaloosa, according to Alabama’s student newspaper, The Crimson White. The Cincinnati Bengals backup quarterback will be a co-owner of the sushi bar, called Ajian Sushi, with main operator Pete Zimmer. The sushi bar is slated to open June 1. MORE: When did your team last win a national championship? Zimmer reached out to McCarrron after running into Bengals teammate Michael Johnson, and after a few conversations, McCarron texted Zimmer, “I’m in, let’s do this....

Between his sports talk radio show, The Opening Drive on WJOX 94.5-FM in Birmingham, Ala., and giving away five pairs of tickets to the Sugar Bowl as part of a recent promotion by Allstate, Barker is surrounded by football. The former Crimson Tide quarterback, who led Bama to a national title in 1992 spoke with Sporting News last week about the unforgettable finish, Auburn's chances in the BCS championship and the fiasco at Texas....

Prothro, whose hope of playing in the NFL ended with a broken leg in 2005, has been brought on as a coaching intern by the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, The Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday. He will be reunited with Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula, Prothro’s coach at Alabama from 2003-06. MORE: Most dangerous trap games for top contenders Prothro’s collegiate career ended prematurely during his junior year, when he broke his leg in a 31-3 home victory over Florida in which he had five receptions for 134 yards and two touchdowns....

Abbott, who served as prime minister from 2013 to 2015, volunteers with the Ingleside Rural Fire Brigade in New South Wales (NSW). One of the states hit hardest by the flames Abbott worked on Saturday with a team on two structure fires to help save residents’ homes. The Ingleside Rural Fire Brigade praised the former prime minister for “working hard as he always does” while he volunteered and shared a video of him on Facebook....

Charlie Elphicke, 49, had denied the allegations against him, however a jury convicted him of one count of sexual assault in 2007, and two further counts against a second woman in 2016. Justice Whipple said: “There is a very real possibility he faces immediate custody.” In one of the incidents, Southwark Crown Court heard how the former MP for Dover shouted “I’m a naughty Tory” after assaulting one of the woman who he had invited into his home for a drink in 2007....

Attorney Gregory Knapp says he appeared in court on Johnson’s behalf Wednesday and provided documents showing that the 34-year-old former Chiefs and Dolphins star completed his sentence. Knapp said the athlete volunteered for several nonprofits, including the American Heart Association. Johnson was arrested in October 2012 at the Bellagio after he was accused of beating and choking his 32-year-old ex-girlfriend. He was sentenced to probation, 48 hours of community service and six months of counseling after pleading no contest in July 2013 to misdemeanor battery and assault....

According to multiple reports, the 25-year-old Dye was swimming Friday afternoon with family at Richard B. Russell State Park in Georgia near the South Carolina state line. When Dye disappeared underwater, family called 911. Search crews recovered his body around 6 p.m. “All of our hearts are just broken,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. I can honestly say Tyshon Dye is one of the sweetest souls I’ve ever been associated with or coached....