The announcement comes a day after Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder for the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. Guttenberg has become deeply involved in activism over the past few years since losing his 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, in the shooting. His goal in joining the Brady PAC is to help promote political candidates who have common goals of preventing gun violence in anticipation of the midterm elections next year, he said....

Lynn, who went to high school near Los Angeles and played college baseball for the University of Southern California, should seemingly have had cause to celebrate coming home. He did not. “I was really not happy about it, to be honest with you,” Lynn told Sporting News this week. And for good reason. In the friendly confines of Fenway Park, long known to favor hitters, Lynn had a slash of ....

The reigning champions forced a Game 7 with a 125-122 triumph on Wednesday, having been 2-0 and 3-2 down in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. While Kyle Lowry scored a game-high 33 points, it was Powell’s display that Raptors guard VanVleet was most thankful for. Powell put up 10 of his 23 points in the second overtime period and nailed a crucial three-pointer to level the scores late on, throwing in a key block on Daniel Theis for good measure....

Before Sunday’s NFL matchup between the Patriots and Bills in Foxborough, the 39-year-old pitcher intervened when police tried transporting his wife to Foxborough police station. Caitlin Hill reportedly tried to gain access to Gillette Stadium with an oversized bag, which is against stadium policy. After numerous attempts to enter the stadium via different stadium gates, police remanded Caitlin and planned to transport her to Foxborough police station, where she would be booked on disorderly conduct and trespassing charges....

The Bears linebacker was found warming up (wink) at Soldier Field a few hours before his team’s game against the Broncos … wearing no shirt and a pair of flip-flops. Never mind the sub-30 degree temperatures in Chicago on Sunday morning. MORE: Week 11 picks | Predictions | Betting lines, odds Houston, 28, has 10 tackles, four sacks and (probably) four frozen limbs through nine games this season — his second in Chicago after four years in Oakland....

The Sporting News wraps up the best of the French Open action from Day 10. Nadal shows trademark grit in Djokovic win Rafael Nadal showed why he’s enjoyed so much success at the French Open after overcoming Novak Djokovic 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6 (7-4) in their quarter-final clash on Tuesday. The Spaniard, only just back from injury, looked destined to be forced to five sets before fighting back impressively in the fourth to win the match in a tie-break....

Police want more than promises from French President Emmanuel Macron, who is expected to run for re-election in 2022. He has put security high on his agenda, but police want a guaranteed 30-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of killing an officer. Police also are calling for a law that guarantees jail time for those who assault them, and they want a justice system that punishes the small-time offenders they arrest and re-arrest after courts set them free....

The group of four British university friends, who call themselves Tuk South, have been traveling in their auto-rickshaws for the past five months to fundraise for wildlife rangers. Ivo Horsey, his brother Jasper Horsey, and their friends Robbie Thouless and Josh Porter set off from the equator in Nanyuki, Kenya, last November. They hope to reach the southernmost tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas, by September – and have already had their fair share of experiences....

The reality, according to people who have spent time with both couples, is more complicated and more interesting. There is genuine affection between the Clintons and the Gores, but also calculation. For now, each has what the other needs. The question for the second term is what will happen if their interests diverge–and whether the forces that now bind them together would then drive them apart. The inaugural tableaux will be all warm togetherness, but a hint of future trouble has already turned up in a little-noticed report that appeared to catch the vice president in a lie....

Sleep has long been known to be associated with overall health. The U.S. National Institutes of Health states that good sleep improves brain performance and that lack of quality sleep regularly raises the risk of many diseases and disorders, including heart disease, stroke, obesity and dementia. However, the association between sleep duration and multimorbidity—the presence of multiple diseases or conditions—is poorly understood, researchers say. To investigate this, researchers examined decades-old data from the landmark Whitehall II cohort study, which was a large study conducted between 1985 and 1988 to examine the health of over 10,000 people employed in the British civil service....

How do we know? By looking back at polling commissioned by Newsweek magazine, the publication that was the precursor to the news site you are reading now. Comparing that data to the situation today offers a depressing reminder of how persistent racism remains in America—but also more reason for optimism than the dire 1960s analogies suggest. ​In those days, Newsweek was led by Editor Osborn Elliott, a Harvard-educated blueblood with a strong streak of noblesse oblige....

The five-time world champions eventually romped to qualification, topping the group and setting a whole host of records along the way. Their place in Russia was secured with four matches to spare, the culmination of a dramatic changes in fortunes under new coach Tite. READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: BGT meets Willian | Neymar moved to tears | EXCLUSIVE: BGT meets Renato Augusto Brazil kicked off the campaign with a 2-0 defeat to Chile, the reigning continental champions....

We set out to see if such a low-cal meal could possibly be worthy of being called French. Boeuf D’Or has a great view of skyscrapers surrounding the hotel. The dining room is spacious, but guests can enjoy cozy ambience thanks to a chic use of lighting and colors. Our table was dimly lit and next to a wall-to-wall window. “I hope you’ll be surprised [at our achievement], on top of finding it delicious,” says Nakatani....

Though Valentine’s Day can be an exciting day filled with gifts and heart-shaped candy, the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS) has acknowledged that it’s not such a happy occasion for some. “Dump your ex…again!” read their website page explaining an initiative that is offering animal lovers to have their ex’s name printed on the bottom of a litter box in exchange for a donation. “For a $15 donation, we’ll write the name of your ex on one of our litter boxes and our cats will proceed to, y’know, do their business accordingly,” the website said....

Still a Southampton player and only 17 years of age, Bale’s career was very much in its infancy, but his potential was certainly no secret and he was widely earmarked as a future star. However, despite the intrigue surrounding the precocious Cardiff native, another young talent stole the show on that historic day at Croke Park. NxGn: The 50 best Under-19 talents Though three years older than Bale, Stephen Ireland’s international career was similarly just getting started in 2007....

Some companies were founded by black people but sold on to major corporations, such as such as Carol’s Daughter which was sold to L’Oreal. However, other brands, including African Pride, belong to companies that have always been run by non-black people. Below is a list of hair care brands aimed at black people that are owned by non-black people, whether as a standalone brand or as part of a major parent company....

THERE WERE scores of Iraq’s T-72 tanks. McMaster’s Eagle Troop–with its 10 tanks and 13 Bradley Fighting Vehicles–took out the enemy in just 23 minutes. It was the seminal tank battle of the Persian Gulf War and few people have ever heard of it because not a single reporter was within a hundred miles of the fight. When the battle was over, McMaster, who went on to teach at West Point, sat down on the end of a Bradley and wrote down everything that had happened on a legal pad....