Early in the first quarter, Gio Bernard provided the spark they needed, busting open an 89-yard run to take a 7-3 lead. MORE: Week 6 scoreboard | Worst penalty ever | Raider fans egg Chargers’ team bus Bernard’s run is the longest rushing touchdown of the season and the longest rushing touchdown the Panthers have ever allowed.
The 9-year-old girl was swimming in the Limpopo River in the southern Mozambique province of Gaza when she was seized. “The crocodile grabbed me and dragged me so I hit it and scratched its nose [snout]. Then the crocodile immediately released me and threw me,” she told state broadcaster Radio Mozambique. Her leg was seriously injured by the attack, and she was taken to a local hospital, the Kenyan Star said....
The child, who has not been named, was found unresponsive on July 5 in a pool in the Coconut Grove area of Oceans of Fun, a water park operating in Kansas City, Missouri. City firefighters responded to the scene and promptly transported the girl to Children’s Mercy Hospital for treatment. The Coconut Grove area was shut down in the aftermath of the incident. Despite the hospital’s efforts, Cedar Fair, the parent company of Oceans of Fun, confirmed in an update on Tuesday that the young girl had ultimately died from injuries sustained at the park, KMBC News reported....
According to news station KABC, the incident occurred on the 5 Freeway in Los Angeles County, and the California Highway Patrol said that the girl fell out of the back of the car and was then hit by several vehicles. California Highway Patrol Officer Joshua Greengard said the girl was in the back of a 1999 Lincoln Navigator before she fell out of the car. “There [were] witnesses saying that she was either hanging out or playing in the back portion, the very very back portion of it....
The way things are going, Ronay’s successors may retire frustrated, too. The hunt for the elusive Unabomer, after all, has spanned parts of three decades. and cost an estimated $50 million. Investigators from three federal agencies, plus hundreds of state and local police, have pursued thousands of leads at 16 different crime scenes from Connecticut to California. They have offered a $1 million reward and trawled for tips on the Internet....
Flutie sees the on-field brilliance with defending Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston, who is trying to become the first two-time winner since Ohio State’s Archie Griffin (1974-75). Flutie, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1984, sees the biggest problem with that campaign. “I think it will very much affect his run for the Heisman,” Flutie told Sporting News this week. “There are a percentage of guys that will not vote for him because of it....
Almost everyone who flies regularly has a story. Among the more famous features Diana Ross, detained by police not long ago after the star, irked at being frisked too intimately, squeezed an airport security woman’s breast and asked, “How do you like it?” Most bouts of air rage are simply annoying, but such incidents can also be dangerous. Consider: in Newark, N.J., an angry traveler body-slammed a Continental gate manager into the floor, breaking his neck....
Prior to the second leg of Manchester City’s Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund, local fans in the German city had set off fireworks overnight in a bid to disturb the sleep of their visitors. But on Wednesday, it was Phil Foden who sparkled at Signal-Iduna Park, his goal sparking emotional celebrations as City finally ended their quarter-final curse under Pep Guardiola to reach the competition’s final four for the first time under the Spaniard....
Fog prevented an on-time start for the Farmers Insurance Open, delaying first-round play several times. After an initial one-hour delay for Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and others in the field, players were brought off the courses again Thursday. Play resumed about 2:45 p.m. ET MORE: Tee times (well … groupings) | Tiger fights the yips | Season’s PGA Tour winners Nine players were on the course when play halted. There was little organizers could do but wait for the fog to burn off....
The lift-off of the Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, in Merritt Island, Florida, at 8:02 pm EDT was live-streamed across several platforms including the SpaceX YouTube channel, where it can be replayed. The four civilian astronauts—Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux, and Christopher Sembroski—will travel around Earth at an altitude of around 370 miles and a speed 22 times that of sound in a Crew Dragon Resilience (Dragon C207) spacecraft....
“Due to Huntington Bank Stadium’s refusal to agree to the band’s Covid safety measures, Foo Fighters are unable to perform at that venue,” the band wrote in a Tuesday statement. “We apologize for any inconvenience and are working on finding a suitable replacement—one that will prioritize the health and safety of everyone working and attending the show.” The show scheduled for August 3, 2022, at Huntington Bank Stadium was the Foo Fighters’ only tour stop in Minnesota....
Smoking aficionados cook with chunks of wood like apple or hickory ($15 for 10 lb.; cookshack.com). The easiest smokers to use are electric, which maintain an even heat and don’t require a constant watch to add more wood. Cookshack also sells a great smoker ($500), though it’s a bit smaller than Williams-Sonoma’s Smokin’ Tex ($500; williams-sonoma.com), which has four racks to cook several meats at once. If you forgo the smoker, try a SAVU Smoker Bag ($3....
The footprints, which were discovered during excavations at the Sacheon Jahye-ri site, near Sacheon City in the south of the country, measure 18-24 centimeters (around 7-9 inches) in length, indicating that the animals that made them could have been nearly 10 feet long with legs similar in length to adult human legs, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The exceptionally well-preserved footprints appear to have been made entirely by the back limbs, with the researchers even reporting the discovery of skin traces in some tracks....
That’s the plan in his first year as the Bearcats’ coach. Perhaps that will help a program re-establish Cincinnati’s identity as an FBS player after compiling an 11-14 record the last two seasons. The challenge for Fickell is how to shape that identity after spending almost his entire coaching career as an assistant coach at Ohio State. Will Cincinnati be a stand-alone program, or simply an Ohio State affiliate under Fickell?...
Just not in 2016. MORE: Top photos from Big Ten Tournament | Get B1G scores, stats Next year, when their young lineup has more time to grow, the Buckeyes will be a serious threat. There is no team in the Big Ten Tournament that looks better in its uniforms, more imposing, and Ohio State makes plenty of plays to indicate this is not just somebody’s All-Airport team. But their 81-54 quarterfinal loss Friday night to No....
It may be the most significant security threat to the West in the post-cold-war era. But until last week Washington considered black-market nuclear dealings a hypothetical risk. The United States addressed the danger of Russia’s huge weapons stockpile by setting aside $1.2 billion to dismantle and dispose of nuclear weapons. Intelligence officials have made sure that the assembled nuclear weapons are well guarded. And until this summer, nearly all of a fast-growing number of nuclear smuggling cases involved low-grade materials passed off by con artists as the real thing....
That’s a paraphrase of the tone during training camp and the run-up to the NHL season, at least. And it’s not always true. Some teams got worse. Some players and teams are going to drop, relative to their performance in 2013-14. So it goes. Still, some franchises (and their fan bases) have legitimate reasons to believe better things are in store. Here are six that, should things go right, should finish with more points than last season....
There’s still a place for vehicles like the F-150 Raptor R, Tony Greco, program manager at Ford Motor Company, told Newsweek. His employer recently split their new vehicle operations into two divisions, Ford Blue and Ford Model E. The Blue division is responsible for internal combustion engine-powered model operations while Model E takes the lead for electric vehicle development. “If you look at the tenets that are associated with Ford Blue … One of the things that Jim Farley has talked to Ford employees about is creating great products that our customers want, and providing great customer experiences....
The company is submitting an all-electric, specially-equipped Mustang Mach-E for testing as part of the Michigan State Police 2022 Model Year Police Evaluation, one of two benchmarking tests for police vehicles in the country. Vehicle testing will take place September 18 and 20. Results of the testing will be used for benchmark internally at Ford as the company “continues to explore purpose-built electric police vehicles in the future” according to a related the automaker sent out....
