Proud father Tony Gwynn Jr. introduced “Trey,” the grandson of late and much-loved Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. MORE: Unis nowhere near as cute as this baby | Dee Gordon is a lot faster than his dad Tony Jr., currently playing at Triple-A Syracuse, has played in all or parts of eight MLB seasons. His dad, who died last June, was known as “Mr....
Once the universal language of liturgies from Dublin to Beijing, Latin lost its privileged status in the ’60s when Vatican Council II decreed that Catholics would do better to worship God in their native tongues. Shortly after, even professors at Rome’s pontifical universities–where Latin was once required even for student debate-were teaching in the vernacular. Today Italian is the working language of Vatican officials, including those who, like Pope John Paul II, are not Italian....
Yet despite Pakistan’s political convulsions, U.S. officials say their fears about loose nukes are not as great as they once might have been. After the 9/11 attacks, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and his deputy Richard Armitage discussed the problem with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. According to two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter, Musharraf agreed to install safeguard mechanisms that would “lock” nuclear weapons if they should fall into unauthorized hands....
“Much of the central U.S. looks fairly dry and tranquil, which will be good for traveling,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson. Meanwhile, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) noted that patches of cold left over from a winter storm are likely to sweep through the north-central U.S., from December 31 to January 2. As the residual effects of the storm make it across the Great Lakes, one more day of rain, snow and some ice is expected across the Northeast, with cold temperatures on the New England coast, where Maine may see between 6 and 12 inches of snow....
After issuing a tweet on Monday night pledging to “temporarily suspend immigration into the United States,” Trump said during Tuesday’s White House coronavirus briefing that he wanted his order to help protect American jobs so that companies re-hire furloughed and fired workers rather than immigrants as states begin reopening nonessential businesses shuttered during the coronavirus epidemic. While some Republicans have defended the order as a way to protect American jobs and lives, Democrats have called it a distraction from the lack of coronavirus testing nationwide....
“On the recommendation of the White House CoronaVirus Task Force, and upon consultation with the Governor’s of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, I have asked the@CDCgov to issue a strong Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the…Federal Government. A quarantine will not be necessary. Full details will be released by CDC tonight. Thank you!” he wrote. Earlier in the day, Trump had tweeted that he would be considering a quarantine of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in order to prevent the spread of the disease into other states: “I am giving consideration to a QUARANTINE of developing “hot spots”, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut....
Kim Calichio and Omar Bravo met while working in a kitchen, and most of their lives together has revolved around cooking for and feeding others. So when they looked at their community in New York’s borough of Queens, a neighborhood that has been dubbed by international media as “COVID hell,” to ask, “What can we do to help our neighbors?” it’s hardly surprising that their first thought was: “Feed them....
“If you get the vaccine earlier, you’ll have more chances to win because you’ll be in the first-week pool, the second-week pool, the third-week pool, the fourth-week pool, et cetera,” Cuomo said during a press conference on Wednesday. Teens who have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine since May 12 will be eligible to register, the Associated Press reported. There is currently no information available on when pool applications will become available, but people can opt into alerts on the New York State website....
The governor praised them during a press conference on Monday morning in which he provided updates to the coronavirus situation in New York. “The fairness dictates that kudos where kudos are due, and here the vice president and the president responded very quickly. So, I want to thank them for that,” Cuomo said. Cuomo said that the state will see an increase in testing and that those numbers will be reflected in reports from the New York Department of Health....
They confirmed reports that patients testing positive with COVID-19 were in some cases being treated with large doses of vitamin C—among other drugs—at their clinics. The antioxidant is being administered intravenously in quantities far exceeding the daily recommended dose, which is 90 milligrams for men and 75 milligrams for women as recommended by the National Institutes of Health. Fat-soluble vitamins, such as vitamin A and D, can be quite toxic at high doses, but vitamin C is reasonably safe as it is easily excreted, Peter McCaffery, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen in the U....
After undergoing successful wrist surgery, the forward was announced out indefinitely by the team on Saturday. The 32-year-old veteran immediately made for the Islanders’ locker room after Bruins center Patrice Bergeron fell to the ice, causing his skate to lift in the air and catch Clutterbuck on the left wrist during a play in the neutral zone. He threw off his gloves in reaction to the injury before exiting the game....
Deputies from the New York City Sheriff’s Office’s Fireworks Task Force have arrested at least nine people in connection to fireworks possession and reckless endangerment since last Friday. Authorities said two people were arrested Monday, four people were arrested Sunday and another three were arrested Saturday after illegal and dangerous fireworks were seized “before they could be used or sold on NYC streets,” according to the sheriff’s office. Since June 9, officers have charged 43 individuals with a variety of firework offenses and companion crimes in the last three weeks....
In New York City the snowfall came at a rate of 2 inches an hour on Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service. Central Park had 6.5 inches of snow and sleet by midnight, the service said. A winter storm warning remained in place for the city on Thursday morning, with anything up to a further 9 inches forecast to fall that day as the nor’eastern continued. Amateur and professional photographers were out capturing the scenes last night....
While the practice is nothing new on the streets of the Big Apple, one woman, Riana Singh, an account executive, decided to take matters into her own hands. Singh shared a clip to TikTok at the end of last month, which she captioned: “Tired of the bulls*** so I respectfully gave them a piece of my mind.” The clip has been viewed more than a million times, as Singh explained in the on-screen caption: “I called out the workers who catcalled me today in NYC… here’s how it went....
Resident DefineBritt shared a clip to her TikTok account on Monday, filming the chilled meat counter in the upmarket store. It was later confirmed all contaminated products were binned. The short clip pans the steaks and sausages, then zooms in on a section of the display at the back, where a live mouse can clearly be seen. The rodent is chewing away at an expensive cut, which the sign identifies as an Osso Bucco Veal shank, costing $22....
A government bill outlawed most automatic and semi-automatic weapons as well as components that modify existing weapons. The legislation was passed quickly and almost unanimously following the killing of 51 people in two inner-city mosques on March 15 by Australian citizen Brenton Tarrant, 28. Hundreds of gun collection events are planned in the next three months across the South Pacific country, including at large sports stadiums. Kiwi police have boasted that 10,242 firearms were handed in under the scheme, which started in mid-July and runs until December 20....
Welcome to Washington Huskies football, circa 2014. Chris Petersen, the man who gave us all those crazy-good and wildly successful seasons at Boise State for eight seasons, has decided to see how it all plays out at the Big Boy level. Not to say what Petersen accomplished against those same Big Boys while at Boise State wasn’t impressive. More to the point: now that same success in a Power 5 conference can lead to something Petersen could never reach at Boise no matter how good it got: A national title....
The news crew was conducting an interview on June 28 when two men approached with guns drawn, demanding the film camera. According to KTVU, a press release from the Oakland police stated that the robbery was stopped by the news crew’s contracted, armed security guard who remained unnamed. The two suspects ran eastbound without the camera. “This is a brazen attempted armed robbery that took place in the afternoon in our busy downtown....
Boston College rolled out to an 18-point lead, only to see Clemson score 24 unanswered points for a 34-28 win. Clemson remains at the top of this week’s Newsweek top 20 rankings, and they travel this week to face No. 4 Notre Dame, which remained undefeated after a road win over Georgia Tech. Clemson has already announced that Lawrence will not travel to Notre Dame, which could lead to perhaps the first major upset of the season....
