The Diamondbacks arrived first at Sydney airport about 6 a.m. local time Tuesday, followed about four hours later by the Dodgers. "It's great to be here," said Dodgers' veteran announcer Vin Scully. WATCH: Sydney Cricket Ground transformed into baseball stadium There were only a few autograph seekers to meet both teams, unlike recent opening-day series in Tokyo where arriving teams were mobbed by fans. Several airport travelers Tuesday asked the media who the high-profile looking arrivals were....

Your PT may use various tools to help you move better and more safely during your recovery, such as a gait belt. A gait belt is put around a patient’s waist to assist them during functional tasks such as walking or rising from a sitting position. The gait belt can help you maintain balance, and it may also be used to assist you as you move in bed. Features of a Gait Belt There are various features of different types of gait belts....

Harmanjeet Singh, who uses the TikTok name @atx.harman, works at a 7/11 in Austin, Texas and gained over 1.6 million views on his clip of surveillance footage. Cameras managed to capture the moment a man casually stole a customer’s car, after she chose to leave the car running while she shopped. “C’mon people, lock your damn cars, even if you think you’re only going to be there for a minute, lock them because that’s all it takes,” he advised in the background of the video....

Around the league, executives are expecting an active week of deals, but one without marquee names. “There is a pretty big line out there between the buyers and the sellers,” one GM said. “There are a lot of role players out there who would do well on contenders, playing for teams that are clearly rebuilding. You are going to see a lot of those second-tier names out there, but it is not like you are going to see any All-Stars changing teams....

They may never describe their identity as anything but fluid, but present themselves differently depending on the day. Or some gender fluid people may present themselves in a consistent manner but identify as man, woman, or agender at different times. Gender fluidity is very much an individual experience. Meaning of Gender Fluid In addition to gender fluid identities, there is a growing move towards using gender fluid philosophies in parenting, teaching , and other realms....

Speaking on Sunday ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, Ecclestone said he had held discussions with the sport's governing body, the FIA, and there was agreement about expanding the grid next season. MORE: Cup race delayed | Earnhardt doesn’t want many winners | Possible Cinderella stories "They will be accepted, and we've also accepted another team as well, although whether they'll make it or not is another story," Ecclestone said when asked about a possible Haas entry....

Kittle headed to the locker room shortly after quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo left the game with an ankle injury. Initial X-rays on Kittle’s foot/ankle didn’t reveal a fracture, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, and Kittle underwent additional tests on Monday. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Kittle has a small fracture in his left foot. He “will miss extended time.” Per Schefter, that will equate to an eight-week absence. Kittle limped to the sideline after making a 25-yard reception on a pass from backup quarterback Nick Mullens....

On Tuesday, Georgia’s Department of Public Health reported 135 deaths, the state’s highest daily death toll since the pandemic began in March. Prior to this week’s record-breaking figure, the highest daily death toll was on May 21 when the virus claimed the lives of 90 Georgians. With more than 21,000 people hospitalized, death rates aren’t looking to drop off anytime soon. The state added another 109 deaths on Wednesday and 83 deaths on Thursday....

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is working to determine whether Trump broke the law by pushing election officials to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, made the plea in a Sunday letter sent to J.C. Hacker, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Atlanta field office, The Washington Post reported. Security concerns for prosecutors looking into Trump’s actions “escalated” over the weekend after he took aim at them during a Texas rally....

The students at Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, were upset following an incident where four students were filmed carrying the flag during a “farm day”-themed school spirit day without facing repercussions. A number of Black students, along with their white and Latino classmates, spoke out against the act and called it racist. “I feel the Confederate flag should not be flown at all. It is a racist symbol and it makes me feel disrespected,” student organizer Jaylynn Murray told Atlanta news station WGCL-TV....

According to the latest Emerson College polls, Sen. Loeffler is three points ahead of Warnock, with 51 percent of likely voters in Georgia saying they would back the Republican incumbent, and 48 percent opting for her rival. A further 1 percent of polled voters said they were undecided on who to vote for on January 5. The head-to-head poll between Perdue and Ossoff produced the same results. Fifty-one percent of Georgians favored the GOP senator, putting him three points ahead of his challenger, and within the survey’s margin of error....

Authorities said the suspect had been refused service by the clerk for not wearing a mask while trying to buy beer. He returned half an hour later, wearing a mask, and fatally shot the gas station clerk. The man told officers he acted “out of anger” over being refused earlier, authorities said. “It was a cold-blooded murder,” Health Minister Jens Spahn told reporters in Berlin, also noting that the suspect had initially left before returning later....

The Buckeyes running back crossed the 2,000-yard rushing mark in 2019, a single-season feat which has only been accomplished 35 times in FBS history. He also scored 21 touchdowns on the ground that season, leading Ohio State to a 13-1 record. He even averaged a ridiculous 6.7 yards per carry on 301 attempts. He decided to forgo his senior season at Ohio State and turn pro, where he’s expected to be one of the top running backs selected....

The study, which was published in the journal Neurology, showed that people who received their annual flu shot had a 12% lower risk of developing a stroke compared to those who did not receive a flu shot, even when other stroke risk factors were considered. Researchers analyzed data from about 14,000 adults in Spain who were at least 40 years old and had experienced a stroke. Those study participants were compared to about 70,000 people who did not have a history of stroke....

During a spring training game against the New York Mets, he sent a pitch off Jack Leathersich 500 feet in the opposite direction. In May of 2012, he took Jamie Moyer deep, so deep in fact, that the ball broke the scoreboard at Marlins Stadium . But on Friday against the San Diego Padres, Stanton set a Marlins Stadium record, belting an Eric Stults pitch 484-feet into the atmosphere. Through five games this season, Stanton is batting ....

The NBA suspended its season after games of March 11 amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed more than 58,800 lives globally from over 1 million confirmed cases. MORE: Six things we learned from Steph Curry’s Q&A with Dr. Anthony Fauci The United States has the highest number of cases, exceeding 275,800, forcing basketballers and fellow professional athletes are forced to stay fit at home. Antetokounmpo, the NBA’s reigning MVP, has been unable play basketball inside his Wisconsin house....

Los Angeles CBS Local reported that the letters were installed sometime between late Monday night and Tuesday morning on the southbound side of the Freeway in Sepulveda Pass. The giant letters appeared to use the iconic typeface from the “SF Hollywood Hills” font family, making it blend into the hilly setting seamlessly. California Highway Patrol’s incident log reported the “traffic hazard” around 6:41 a.m. PST, as per KTLA 5. Those who reported the sign feared that it could “spark a blaze,” since it was placed in an area with dry bush....

Vicki, in case you couldn’t guess, was the competitive one. Early in that summer of 1950, someone in the Malibu crowd (a guy, naturally) made the mistake of predicting that Claire Cassidy, Vicki’s pal from UCLA, would be the best girl surfer by the end of the season. Vicki was furious. “Uh-uh,” she said. “I will.” Claire was a sweetheart; if she wasn’t on her board, she was on the sand strumming her ukulele, with at least three boys drooling at her feet....