Tired of black, silver, and white? Make a statement with one of these wild colors. Maybe it's not a coincidence that as vehicle styles continue to blend and morph into ever more unique combinations (want an SUV with a coupe-like roofline ? Why not!), there has been a resurgence in bold paint colors. In 2019, it's easier than ever to express yourself by purchasing a brand-new car wearing a standout hue. What follows are some of the most vibrant and amazing paint colors your favorite carmakers make available in showrooms today. We did leave a few brands out-for example, of course there's a crazy Lamborghini color or nine, but then the company has long been known for letting its freak color palette fly. We're also not including those custom paint colors that fancy automakers will charge you zillions of dollars to slather on your high-dollar exotic (you know, the kind of thing where you can color-match your Rolls-Royce to a Snickers bar wrapper or something). We're focusing on colors you can walk into a dealer and buy. So, click through the gallery above and see our favorites this year. Thermal Orange Pearl   2019 Acura NSX You'll notice a decidedly carroty theme as this list goes on, but the Thermal Orange Pearl offered on the 2019 NSX is, in our humble opinion, the best-looking orange offered today. Kayalami Green   2020 Audi TT RS The 2020 TT RS is offered in Kayalami Green, which sounds and looks like Kawasaki Green, of motorcycle fame, and the hue totally works on Audi's small, chunky sports car. Dragon Orange Metallic   2019 Audi Q8 Like we said, there's an awful lot of orange going around these days. The Audi Q8 's version is dubbed Dragon Orange Metallic, and it is worth mentioning because, well, the Q8 is an awful lot of SUV to be painted orange. Pulse Orange   2019 Audi Q3 Mo' orange! The redesigned Audi Q3 arrives in Q3 (that's the third quarter) of this year, and it will be available in this rather striking shade, Pulse Orange. Antigua Blue   2019 Audi e-tron Audi's first-ever fully electric vehicle, the e-tron , is available in Antigua Blue. The color is almost pastel in appearance, and capable of appearing very bright when it catches the sun. It is also worth mentioning that on many of Audi's sport models (think RS7, R8, and the like), you can choose from more than 50 exclusive colors for an extra $3900, and some matte colors for $6800; both figures strike us as a good deal in the often pricier world of exclusive paint. Sunset Orange Metallic   2019 BMW M2, 8-series Yet another orange! BMW's Sunset Orange Metallic is available on the new 8-Series, as well as the 2019 M2 Competition coupe . Austin Yellow Metallic   2019 BMW M4 Whew, we only just avoided another orange color, there. If you're looking at an M4 coupe , skip the Sakhir Orange Metallic paint option and go for something louder. May we recommend Austin Yellow Metallic instead? (Pictured is an earlier model-year M4 coupe in Austin Yellow; the coupe was minorly updated for 2018 .) E-Copper with Frozen Grey Accent   2019 BMW i8 Or, if you want to really set yourself apart, while still being very reasonable and staying in the orange family, try an i8 in the E-Copper with Frozen Grey Accent combination. Autumn Metallic   2019 Cadillac XT4 By now, you've picked up on the whole orange theme, and are asking, "How special is a color really if everyone seems to offer a version of it?" The thing is, orange clearly is the color of 2019. Plus, it is still worth talking about when it's on a Cadillac . Just say it to yourself: " That's my orange Cadillac out front ." Sounds wild, right? Hey, this roundup is all about wild paint colors, and Autumn Metallic, as seen here on the XT4 counts. Shock   2020 Chevrolet Camaro If you're in the market for a Chevrolet Bolt, Sonic, or 2020 Camaro (pictured) and you want everyone to know about it, consider Shock. That's it, the entire color name. Zap! It looks vaguely like what a metallic highlighter pen might produce, so the name is nothing if not appropriate. On the Camaro, this shocking hue is a $395 option. Sebring Orange Tintcoat   2019 Chevrolet Corvette If you find Chevy's Shock too shocking, there is always Sebring Orange Tintcoat. Available on the Corvette , it is bright but not too bright and works very well with the Vette's contrasting-color trim, particularly on the 755-hp ZR1 model (pictured). Sunlit Bronze Metallic   2019 Chevrolet Blazer Look, we guess this is still in the orange family, but you have to admit that the 2019 Chevrolet Blazer 's Sunlit Bronze Metallic is pretty bizarre. It looks a little out of place on the decidedly sporty looking, street-oriented SUV, but there's no denying it is eye-catching. Go Mango   2019 Dodge Challenger, Charger It has to be said that Dodge is winning the paint game hands down, not least because of its excellent names for those paints. Your Challenger or Charger can-and probably should-be had in the extremely neon Go Mango orange which, alongside the Thermal Orange Pearl of the NSX, is a strong contender for best orange in the history of the automobile. F8 Green   2019 Dodge Challenger, Charger Go Mango is merely the first page in Dodge's book of paint-color supremacy. How about a 2019 Challenger in F8 Green, which for all intents and purposes is an army-style olive drab green, as seen on helicopters, canteens, and uniforms. 'Murica! Plum Crazy   2019 Dodge Challenger, Charger Yes, we're listing a third fun color for the same two cars. The Dodge Challenger and Charger also can be slathered in Plum Crazy, which is a sweet historical nod to the purple-colored muscle cars Dodge built in the '60s and '70s. Racing Stripes   2019 Dodge Durango SRT If you're not into Dodge's muscle cars, fret not, the brand's mainstream offerings aren't without over-the-top color schemes. Take the massive Durango crossover , for instance. It can be had with giant red or black racing stripes running up the hood, over the roof, and down the tailgate. Bohai Bay Mint   2019 Ford Fiesta You'd be forgiven for assuming that, of all the vehicles in Ford's stable, the Ford GT supercar would have the most outrageous color offering possible. Not true! It actually is the lowly subcompact Fiesta . . . and not even the sporty ST version (rest its soul). The Fiesta SE hatchback offers Bohai Bay Mint which is exactly what it sounds like, a sort of seafoam green that will definitely turn heads. Outrageous Green   2019 Ford Fiesta Ford's Fiesta has long been known for offering funky, party-ready colors. Outrageous Green is the brighter, less-subtle alternative to Bohai Bay Mint. School Bus Yellow   2019 Ford Transit Connect Even though it isn't, ahem, a bus, you can still buy a Ford Transit Connect van in School Bus Yellow. We won't judge if you decide to add a fold-out stop sign and flashing lights to complete the look. Actually, that'd look pretty cool. Need for Green   2019 Ford Mustang Ford has a few good greens. Next to the Mustang 's subtle Dark Highland Green offered exclusively on the Bullitt edition, Ford also offers the far more in-your-face Need for Green on regular 'stangs. Orange Fury   2019 Honda Fit It turns out that the subcompact Honda Fit offers an Orange Fury, just like Ford's Mustang, albeit without that muscle car's, uh, fury. Tonic Yellow Pearl   2019 Honda Civic Si Honda's most eye-popping paint option this side of the NSX's Thermal Orange is Tonic Yellow Pearl, which is available on the 2019 Civic Si . The color offers a similar visual effect to Chevrolet's Shock or Ford's Outrageous green, in that it might hurt your eyes a little in bright sunlight. Performance Blue   2019 Hyundai Veloster N The most interesting color offered by Hyundai today is called Performance Blue, and it's exclusive to the new Veloster N . This color is a dead ringer for the Gulf Blue seen on decades of Porsche 911 racers (minus that livery's signature orange-colored stripes). Come to think of it, maybe that's why Hyundai brought it out for the racy Veloster N. Lava Orange   2019 Hyundai Santa Fe The adventurously styled new Hyundai Santa Fe looks best in the similarly adventurous Lava Orange paint option. It's sexier than the Sunset Orange Hyundai offers on the smaller, similarly funky looking Kona. Madagascar Orange   2020 Jaguar F-type Okay, by now you should have gotten past the orange-isn't-rare thing. Good, because Jaguar's in on the popular color, and offers the 2020 F-type in Madagascar Orange. It is yet another version of the metallic orange that is such a ubiquitous offering in 2019, but boy does it look good on the low-slung F-type sports car. Seriously, though, who could have guessed this many manufacturers would have metallic orange in common? Mojito   Jeep Wrangler Maybe it isn't unsurprising to learn that some of Dodge's paint-color excellence might rub off on fellow Fiat-Chrysler brand Jeep. The iconic off-road brand's Wrangler is made for bright, fun colors, and the brightest and wildest available has to be the aptly named Mojito! green, which will transport you and your Rubicon to a Jurassic Park set instantly-as an extra playing jungle foliage. Punk'n Metallic   2020 Jeep Gladiator Like we said, Jeep seems to have inherited some of Dodge's paint mojo. In fact, when it comes to the Gladiator pickup 's Punk'n Metallic, it seems to have literally inherited a paint color-this orange-juice color is nearly a dead ringer for Dodge's Go Mango offering. Bikini Metallic   2019 Jeep Renegade If we were forced to choose the coolest Jeep color, we'd opt for the tiny Renegade 's rich Bikini Metallic. It's still loud, but the deep teal color might not get old as quickly as the more neon alternatives available elsewhere in Jeep's lineup. Velocity   2019 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Land Rover offers an uncommonly broad palette of lovely colors to customers shopping its luxury SUVs, including the ultra-bright and rich Velocity blue. (It also offers the same Madagascar Orange as does Jaguar.) The Range Rover Sport SVR wears it best, and it can be further spiced up by way of the extra-cost carbon fiber package, which effectively puts a giant black stripe through the paint. Sweet. Sea Blue Metallic   2019 Mercedes-Benz G-class A Mercedes-Benz G-class is attention-grabbing no matter what color it's painted, but since they're usually black or silver, why not be the individual who springs for, say, Sea Blue Metallic? And as long as you're buying a G-class, why not make it the AMG-badged G63 , which offers 627 ft-lb of torque to help motivate the 5783-pound SUV to 60 mph in a physics-defying 3.9 seconds? Lizard Green   2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS If you're looking to make a statement-whatever that statement may be, though we're guessing it has something to do with your wanting attention-there is nothing quite like a Porsche 911 GT3 RS in Lizard Green. Sure, you can have your GT3 RS in Lava Orange, but we have too many darn oranges on this list already. Miami Blue   Porsche 718, 911, Macan The most valuable used Porsche 911 s are almost always found in awesome colors. Today, you can get just about any Porsche sports car in Miami Blue (and even the Macan crossover!), which is similar to the previously offered and much vaunted Mexico Blue. The good thing about Miami Blue is that it's nearly as pretty as Mexico Blue, but easier to get because it isn't a special-order Porsche Exclusive color (hence why we didn't include that hue on this list of right-off-the-lot colors). Army Green   2020 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro Each year Toyota offers a unique color on its off-road-ready TRD Pro truck and SUV models. The 2020 model-year Tacoma TRD Pro 's special color might be the best one yet, though. Dubbed "Army Green," it does an excellent job of appearing outdoorsy while perking up the Tacoma's curb appeal. And let's not forget that you can still get the Tacoma TRD Pro with a manual transmission. Radiant Green Mica   2019 Toyota C-HR If you feel the Tacoma is too much money or too just too much truck but absolutely must drive a Toyota off the dealership lot, try something a little softer, like the Toyota C-HR . This funky little crossover presents best in its minty Radiant Green Mica color with a contrasting white-painted roof.


Mars has water . Not just ice and snow, but liquid, flowing water. It's salty and scant, but water is one of the essential ingredients for life on Earth and although the Red Planet certainly wouldn't be a cushy place to live, scientists think there's a chance that single-celled organisms could be lurking somewhere on Mars. If we want to find it, we need to look in the places where it's most likely to be; according to NASA, we need to "follow the water." Trouble is, most Mars spacecraft aren't allowed to "follow the water," because they're not clean enough to enter the warm, wet "Special Regions" where Martian life is most likely to have gained a foothold. The logic is that if we send a dirty spacecraft into one of these Special Regions, Earth microbes could also thrive there, contaminating Mars and making it so that if we ever do discover microbial life on Mars, we won't know whether it's native to Mars or imported from Earth. Our spacecraft aren't clean enough to safely enter the "Special Regions" where Martian life is most likely to be. If NASA is serious about sending astronauts to the Red Planet in the 2030s, then it's important to get a yes or no answer to this age-old question before humans drop in and make a mess. Yes, we've probably already contaminated Mars to some extent with our previous spacecraft, but humans are a lot harder to sterilize than machines. "Once we send humans to Mars, it will be really, really hard to avoid contamination," says Nilton Renno, an engineer and astrobiologist at the University of Michigan. "Humans would take a huge number of microbes with them. They would leak out of a spacecraft and some of them would potentially end up in Special Regions because of transport by wind." Plus, he adds, "if humans go to Mars, they would want to explore the most interesting regions"--like the ones with water in them. Currently, the only planned mission capable of letting us test for life before astronauts arrive in the 2030s is the Mars 2020 rover, and it cannot be sterilized thoroughly enough to enter the areas where Martian life is most likely to be lurking. Shouldn't We Have Found It By Now? In the 1970s, the twin Viking landers were the first NASA spacecraft to touch down on Mars, and the first to test for life there. The answer they sent back was a very anticlimactic "maybe". One of the tests found evidence for metabolic activity, but the others didn't find organic materials the stuff that living things on Earth are built from. As the "Mars has life" headlines faded, a 15-year hiatus in Mars exploration followed in Viking's wake; taxpayers don't like spending money on inconclusive experiments. When NASA finally did resume Mars exploration, they took a less direct approach instead of looking for life, spacecraft began searching for conditions that could be right for life, either in the past or present. The Curiosity rover's goal, for example, is to "assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes." NASA In the 1970s, the Viking landers searched for life on Mars, but the results were inconclusive. In 2011, a team of scientists suggested that maybe Viking actually did detect organic material on Mars . NASA, having never been to Mars before, didn't realize that the Martian soil is rich in perchlorates, which break down organics. The team asserts that the remnants of organic materials, which were disregarded as Earthly contaminants, were actually the cremated remains of Martian organics. That's no guarantee of life on Mars, but if organics are there, they would seem to increase the chances that life could be there too. Make no mistake: Mars is a harsh place. It's cold, and perpetually zapped by harmful radiation. Yet there's promising chemistry in Martian soil that suggests microbial organisms would have food to munch on, and water ice is present at the poles and underground. On Earth, virtually everywhere there's water, there's life. "Harmful Contamination" When the U.S. signed the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, we agreed that when exploring the Moon and other celestial bodies, we would "avoid their harmful contamination and also adverse changes in the environment of the Earth resulting from the introduction of extraterrestrial matter". The phrase "avoid harmful contamination" is open to interpretation. We don't know whether there's life on Mars, or how our microbes could potentially impact it. "If we don't have the information, we won't know the consequences." International science organizations have decided that testing for life on Mars is not an absolute precondition for sending astronauts, but it's a good idea. "There has not been a consensus as to whether we should," says Catharine Conley, a planetary protection officer at NASA. If there is life on Mars and we don't know it, we could put Martian life at risk from our own biology on Earth, moving a species from one region to another can cause disastrous results. What happens if we accidentally introduce an invasive species across interplanetary space? Conversely, Martian life could also endanger Earth and/or the health of our astronauts. "If we don't have the information, we won't know the consequences," says Conley. "It's safer to explore places when you know more about them." Stringent Requirements The Viking mission set the standard for spacecraft cleanliness. At the time, scientists expected to find life on Mars, so the landers were disinfected and baked at up to 260 degrees Fahrenheit for long periods of time, getting the spore count down to 30. Future spacecraft with the goal of testing for life would also need to go through that baking process--which means they have to be designed to withstand oven temperatures. Today, before a spacecraft goes into space, it faces a battery of sterilization techniques, including chemical assault and UV rays. Even still, a rover like Curiosity is allowed to launch carrying as many as 300,000 bacterial hitchhikers. In order to make a spacecraft clean enough to enter one of Mars' Special Regions, the team would need to get that number down to 30. That can be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming. (Some researchers have argued that the strict standards are overcautious, to the detriment of Mars exploration.) Sterilizing spacecraft thoroughly enough to enter a Special Region would add significantly to a mission's cost. About a decade ago, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) concluded that it would cost about $100 million to retrofit the Mars Exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity with heat-resistant materials, to enable them to survive the heat-sterilization that's a prerequisite to going in search of alien life. Conley says the process would be a bit cheaper for projects that are designed for ultra-sterilization from the start. "It has to be cleaned throughout the life of the spacecraft," says Renno, from the time the engineers begin putting it together in the cleanroom, to the time it's strapped to the rocket that launches it. And even the rocket has to be decontaminated. "You have to make sure that everything from the lab all the way to Mars is clean." The ExoMars rover will carry a drill and life-detection equipment, but it won't be able to travel into the areas where life is most likely to be lurking on Mars. ESA's ExoMars rover will land on Mars in 2016 to search for evidence of life. The Mars 2020 rover launches in five years, with plans to collect samples of Martian soil that can be picked up later by an undefined mission that will bring the samples back to Earth, so scientists can test for life. However, neither ExoMars nor Mars 2020 will be clean enough to travel into a Special Region, and it is too late to upgrade them now. "The thing that you can never replace is time," says Conley. And retrofitting has another disadvantage: "When you change things, they don't necessarily work the way they did before." So the results these spacecraft return will likely be inconclusive; a detection of Martian life could be a false positive caused by Earthly contaminants, while a negative finding doesn't mean much since we didn't check the places where life is most likely to be. "It seems pointless to send missions to search for life into non-Special regions if the Special regions are the regions that are of interest for possible life," says NASA planetary scientist Chris McKay. Renno agrees. "If we're looking for life, we should really go where life is most likely to be." Better Alternatives NASA has no life-detection mission currently planned for launch not one that would go into a Special Region anyway. Luckily, there's still time to give it a shot before humans are supposed to arrive in the 2030s. "It is actually not that hard to send missions to a Special Region," says McKay. "There are special requirements and they have to be designed into the mission." One proposed mission is Icebreaker , which would drill into Mars' north pole, where ice could be preserving the remains of ancient life. Led by McKay, the mission would be designed from the start to be sterilized thoroughly enough to search for life in Special Regions. If selected for funding, it could launch as early as 2020 for a cost of $450 million, plus launch costs. Another BOLD proposal, the "Biological Oxidant and Life Detection" mission , would send six small probes to Mars to look for life. When the mission was proposed a few years ago, researchers estimated it could launch as early as 2018 and could cost less than $300 million, though they didn't specify as to whether these spacecraft would be cleared to enter Special Regions. Icebreaker's drill has been tested in icy Arctic and Antarctic soils. It's certainly possible to design spacecraft with modern materials that can withstand baking during sterilization procedures, says Conley. Many military electronics are required to operate at temperatures at or higher than Viking had to withstand in the cleanroom. Still, the process requires a lot of care, since materials can expand or contract, or even break under extreme heat. And of course, designing spacecraft components is just one part of organizing a life-detection mission. Funding will also be an issue, with NASA's dwindling budget. What may prove to be even trickier is deciding what's the best way to test for life should we look for DNA-based life, for example, or would Martian life be entirely different from our own biology? as well as interpreting the data we get back. Scientists are still debating whether the Viking landers detected life on Mars back in 1976. If we want to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s, we can't spend another 40 years arguing.


A person was rushed to the hospital after being shot in southwest Charlotte early Wednesday, police said. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police were called to a reported shooting in the 700 block of Yorkmont Road, near the intersection with South Tryon Street and Billy Graham Parkway a little before 5 a.m. When officers got to the scene, they found a person who had been shot. The victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to Medic. CMPD said the investigation is in the early stages. No suspect information has been released and detectives haven't determined a motive at this time. This is a developing story. For the latest breaking news and traffic alerts, download the NBC Charlotte app .


President Trump said Thursday that he disagreed with a chant at his campaign rally of "Send her back!" directed at a Somali-born lawmaker whom he targeted in recent days with almost identical language. His comments in the Oval Office came after House Republicans questioned Vice President Pence about the episode in a private meeting and asked Trump to distance himself from the racially charged rhetoric. "I wasn't happy with that message that they gave last night," Trump said of the crowd at his rally in Greenville, N.C., Wednesday night. "I was not happy when I heard that chant." Subscribe to the Post Most newsletter: Today's most popular stories on The Washington Post Pressed by a reporter why he did not try to stop the chant directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Trump said he thought he had done so by starting to speak again "very quickly." "I started very quickly, and I think you know that," he said. In fact, the president did not start speaking immediately but paused for about 13 seconds as the chants were heard. On Sunday, Trump suggested that Omar and three other congresswomen "go back" to "the crime infested places from which they came." Three of those lawmakers   Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.)   are from the United States. Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000. Asked what he thought prompted the chant, Trump told reporters that they should go to North Carolina and ask the people there. And he said that if such a chant took place again, he would try to stop it. Upon returning to the White House on Wednesday, Trump tweeted about the energy at the rally, writing, "What a crowd, and what great people." His comments Thursday came during an event with members of the U.S. team in the Special Olympics. Just hours earlier, House Republican leaders asked Pence in a private meeting at his residence to convey to Trump their unease about the language. During the meeting, Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.), a former pastor who had been at the rally, told Pence that "we have to be defined by our policies, not by offensive chants," according to a person familiar with the discussion who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share private conversations. Trump restated his disagreement with the chants during a later meeting in the Oval Office but said the four lawmakers "have a big obligation   and the obligation is to love your country." Earlier Thursday, congressional Republicans sought to walk a fine line between condemning the chant while continuing to stand by Trump's efforts to turn the four lawmakers into the face of the Democratic Party. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the campaign committee for House Republicans, told reporters that there was "no place for that kind of talk. But Emmer also defended Trump for his tweets that suggested Omar and the three other minority lawmakers should "go back" to their ancestral countries. Emmer said "there's not a racist bone in Trump's body" and "what he was trying to say, he said wrong." And Emmer echoed Trump's attempts to portray the four freshman lawmakers   known on Capitol Hill as "the Squad"   as representative of the Democratic Party heading into next year's elections. "You should call them the leadership squad since they are the speakers, in fact," Emmer said. "The rest of their conference should be called the new red army of socialists." Other Republican lawmakers struck a similar tone as they responded to Trump's rally at which he repeated his contention that the four lawmakers "don't love our country" and took aim at them one by one. While Trump was critical of the other three   Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley and Tlaib   he reserved most of his wrath for Omar. Walker was the first Republican in Congress to publicly express reservations about what had occurred, saying in a tweet Wednesday night that he "struggled with the 'send her back' chant." Walker, the vice chair of the GOP caucus, elaborated on Thursday morning, telling reporters that he found the chant "offensive." "That does not need to be our campaign call like we did the 'lock her up' last time," Walker said, referring to a common chant at Trump rallies in 2016 related to Democrat Hillary Clinton. "We cannot be defined by this . . . Let's focus on what's been said and the actions of Representative Omar." House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) defended Trump at a news conference, asserting that the chants were coming from "a small group of people off to the side." "The president didn't join in any chant like that," McCarthy said. "He moved on in the speech. He never joined in on it." McCarthy also decried "this new socialist Democrat majority" during his remarks. Others also started weighing in Thursday morning. "I deeply disagree with the extreme left & have been disgusted by their tone," Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.). "I woke up today equally disgusted   chants like 'send her back' are ugly, wrong, & would send chills down the spines of our Founding Fathers. This ugliness must end, or we risk our great union." Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) said he found the chant "inappropriate." "I wish we'd get off that and start talking about the economy and things that are really good, things that the majority of Republicans agree with," he said. "It's okay to go out and say, 'Hey, these guys are promoting a socialist agenda, etc., etc., etc.' But when you call them 'un-American,' when you get personal and that kind of stuff, I think you cross the board." Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said it appeared the crowd "sort of got caught up in the atmosphere and probably didn't think through what they were saying." "Probably somebody just started shouting something. But no American should ever talk to another American that way," Cole said. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made no mention of Trump's rally during remarks Thursday morning in the chamber but referenced past questionable statements by Omar about Israel and lamented that "so many Democrats have moved so far to the extreme left." Democratic House leaders, meanwhile, sought to turn their attention back to their legislative agenda on Thursday after several days of controversy generated by Trump's tweets against the four lawmakers. "I think we're at the point where we just got to ignore this guy. That's my strategy," said House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) at the outset of a day in which House Democrats voted to approve legislation that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15. Asked whether Democrats were trying to keep the focus on that effort, Clyburn said, "That's exactly right." Omar told reporters that she, too, wanted to stay focused on her work in Congress. "What I'm going to be busy doing is uplifting people, making sure that they understand that here in this country we are all Americans," she said. "We are all welcome irregardless of what [Trump] says. So I'm going to go vote on the minimum wage and uplift millions of people. And I'm going to go hang out with my daughter." Ocasio-Cortez said that what had transpired at the rally raised concerns about the safety of the lawmakers. Trump, she said, "is evolving   as predicted   deeper into the rhetoric of racism, which evolves into violence. I think it's natural to be concerned with safety." Trump has sought to keep the focus on Omar and the other three minority lawmakers since Sunday, when he sent his tweets saying they should go back to "the crime infested places from which they came." The House voted Tuesday night to condemn his remarks. Four Republicans and one independent joined Democrats in voting for the resolution. Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), an independent who recently left the Republican Party after calling for Trump's impeachment, spoke out Thursday on the rally. "A chant like 'Send her back!' is ugly and dangerous, and it is the inevitable consequence of President Trump's demagoguery," he wrote. "This is how history's worst episodes begin. We must not allow this man to take us to such a place." john.wagner@washpost.com rachael.bade@washpost.com mike.debonis@washpost.com Paul Kane, Seung Min Kim and Felicia Sonmez contributed to this report.


Philadelphia is forecast to see light rainfall this coming week, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Today's forecast shows the highest possibility of rain at 96 percent, while the most rainfall is predicted on Monday at 1.03 inches. The immediate forecast also has warm temperatures in store for today, with a high of 79 degrees, then turn milder tomorrow. Skies will be mostly cloudy on Saturday. Winds are forecast to reach a modest high of 15 mph today, but will calm somewhat beginning on Saturday. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


CHASKA, MN   Prince's former bodyguard answered questions from attorneys for seven hours as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of the late rock star. Kirk Johnson's attorney told KSTP-TV that Wednesday's deposition at the Carver County Courthouse was difficult for his client, who considered Prince a good friend. Prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose on April 21, 2016. "This was a traumatic event for my client," attorney F. Clayton Tyler said. "He feels very sad over the loss of a good friend of his. To have to come back and go through this and re-litigate this whole matter has been very difficult." Prince's Heirs Sue Illinois Hospital, Walgreens The lawsuit names Dr. Michael Schulenberg as a defendant. Authorities say Schulenberg admitted prescribing oxycodone, a different opioid, to Johnson in the days before Prince died, knowing the drug would go to Prince. Schulenberg has disputed that, although he paid $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation alleging the drug was prescribed illegally. Schulenberg's attorney has said his client stands behind the care Prince received. The source of the counterfeit pills that were laced with fentanyl that killed Prince remains unknown. No one has been charged in his death. The lawsuit alleges Schulenberg and others had an opportunity and duty in the weeks before Prince died to treat his opioid addiction and prevent his death, but they failed to do so. A week before he died, Prince lost consciousness on a flight home from a concert in Atlanta. The plane stopped in Moline, Illinois, where Prince was revived with a drug that reverses opioid overdoses. Other defendants include North Memorial Health Care, where Schulenberg worked; UnityPoint Health, which operates the Moline hospital; and Walgreens Co., which operates two drugstores where Prince got prescriptions filled.


There's been a wave of positive reaction from drivers following yesterday's official TCR Australia pre-season test at Winton. The test was the first proper hit-out for the new-for-2019 category, previous running having mostly been limited to the launch at Sydney Motorsport Park last November. There were 12 cars on the ground for the crucial pre-season outing, the only confirmed entries missing being the two Garry Rogers Motorsport Renaults and one of the two Kelly Racing Opels , all three of which are yet to land in the country. No official laptimes have been published from the test, which means the pecking order will be largely unknown when the series kicks off at SMP next week. For a number of drivers it was a first taste of TCR hardware, among the newcomers Bathurst 1000 winner Jason Bright, who will field two Volkswagens under the Team Tradie banner this season. "I've driven a lot of different cars in my career, from GT cars to Le Mans prototypes, sportscars and open-wheelers, and the TCR is a lot of fun to drive," said Bright. "I expect the racing is going to be awesome because the cars move and bounce around so much and it's going to create plenty of excitement for the fans. "It's a new category in Australia, the cars are still very fresh and teams haven't had the chance to do any [private] testing yet so it's a very level playing field in that regard and I think that's a good thing. "The cars have run really well here and we can't wait to get to Sydney." Will Brown, Supercars enduro driver and Super2 regular, was another to get his first taste of a TCR car. "They're fast, they look tough and they feel great to drive out on track," said Brown, who will race a Hyundai for HMO Customer Racing. "It was certainly a different feeling getting used to the front wheel drive, but once I got used to that it I loved every second of it, it was a ball of fun to steer,. "The TCR cars are on a world scale as we can see they're huge in Europe. Compared to the home grown Supercars, the V8s are a bit faster but this is completely different to drive. "The test day so far has been great and hopefully when we get to Sydney in two weeks we can be really competitive from the outset." Australian Rally Championship front-runner Molly Taylor was one of the few drivers to bring some TCR experience into the test, following a brief drive of a Subaru in Italy last year. However the Kelly Racing signing says there was still plenty of learning to be done at Winton as she continues to hone her circuit racing skills "It was a big first day for me here at Winton. There was a lot to take in and so much to learn, but I really enjoyed the day with Kelly Racing and I know what I need to work on heading to Round 1 in Sydney," said Taylor, who will race one of the team's WRXs. "I have had a taste of the Subaru TCR car previously in Europe, but the conditions here are very different, and today I had an engineer and data to work with, so that part of it was new to me and that's where I have a lot to learn. "I'm used to having someone else in the car talking to me so I was all alone in the car, and adjusting to tarmac from gravel was a huge learning experience as it requires the driver to be very precise, so those were the key differences for me. "On top of that, throw in 15 other cars on track trying to beat each other rather than just me against the clock, so that's something to look forward to when the series gets underway." Confirmed TCR Australia drivers: Molly Taylor (Kelly Racing Subaru) Alex Rullo (Kelly Racing Opel)


Friday was the deadline for arbitration eligible restricted free agents to file for salary arbitration. There were 40 players that elected to go that route. The most notable players to file were St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup winning goalie Jordan Binnington , recently acquired New York Rangers defender Jacob Trouba , and Boston Bruins forward Danton Heinen . Binnington's arbitration case would be by far the most interesting one if it reaches that point. On one hand, he is still a bit of an unknown having played just 59 games (regular season and playoffs combined) in the NHL at the age of 25, so anything the Blues give him on a long-term contract would be a bit of a gamble. But he did help turn the Blues' season around and backstopped the team to its ever first ever Stanley Cup so he has a pretty strong argument in his corner. Hearing dates have yet to be set, but teams can continue to work on new contracts with each player in an effort to avoid arbitration. Most of these players will end up being signed before they have to reach arbitration as neither side ever wants to go through the unpleasantness that those hearings can create. Anaheim Ducks Chase De Leo Boston Bruins Danton Heinen Buffalo Sabres Remi Elie Jake McCabe Evan Rodrigues Linus Ullmark Calgary Flames Sam Bennett Ryan Lomberg David Rittich Rinat Valiev Carolina Hurricanes Anton Forsberg Brock McGinn Colorado Avalanche J.T. Compher Sheldon Dries Ryan Graves Dallas Stars Jason Dickinson Florida Panthers MacKenzie Weegar Los Angeles Kings Alex Iafallo Montreal Canadiens Joel Armia Charles Hudon Artturi Lehkonen Nashville Predators Rocco Grimaldi Colton Sissons New Jersey Devils Will Butcher Connor Carrick Mirco Mueller New York Rangers Pavel Buchnevich Jacob Trouba Philadelphia Flyers Scott Laughton Pittsburgh Penguins Zach Aston-Reese St. Louis Blues Jordan Binnington Joel Edmundson Zach Sanford Oskar Sundqvist Tampa Bay Lightning Cedric Paquette (signed after filing) Vegas Golden Knights Malcolm Subban Washington Capitals Christian Djoos Chandler Stephenson Winnipeg Jets Andrew Copp Neal Pionk


BOSTON   Ten people were injured Saturday when a subway train derailed inside a tunnel near Fenway Park prior to the first game of a doubleheader between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. The derailment occurred at approximately 10:55 a.m. between the Fenway and Kenmore stops on the green line of the Boston train and subway system known as "The T." Some people were carried out of the tunnel by stoke baskets, according to the Boston Fire Department, and 10 were transported to local hospitals. The Boston Globe quoted a passenger, 19-year-old Bryan Marden, who said the train was traveling at a high rate of speed before it derailed where the subway split. He said some of the passengers who were hurt appeared to be headed to the Red Sox game and nearby Pride Parade festivities. First pitch of the Red Sox game was 1:05 p.m. Joe Pesaturo, spokesman for MBTA, said the injuries are "not life threatening." Boston Emergency Medical Services described the injuries as "varying in nature." The Globe reported that some appeared to be serious. At approx 10:55 a call for a trolley derailed between Fenway and Kenmore. FF's had to carry multiple people in stoke baskets from the tunnel . 10 people transported @BOSTON_EMS . A great job by multiple agencies working together. pic.twitter.com/hQnc8Co5Ix   Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) June 8, 2019 Among the injured was the train's motor person, a 62-year-old man, who Peasturo said is in stable condition after being treated for a leg injury and some bumps and bruises. Pesaturo said the cause of the derailment is under investigation and authorities will interview the motor person after he's been treated medically. He said no structural damage to the tunnel or the overhead wire has been reported. He said the "re-railing process" is underway and that once the car is moved, the track and switch infrastructure will be inspected. He said any necessary repair work will be conducted. Train Derailment: Earlier this morning #BEMS responded for a reported train derailment in the Fenway, the updated and final patient numbers are: 11 patients evaluated 10 patients transported to area hospitals with injuries varying in nature - no life threatening injuries.   Boston EMS (@BOSTON_EMS) June 8, 2019 Follow Joey Garrison on Twitter @joeygarrison. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Boston train derails near Fenway Park before Red Sox game, sending 10 to hospital


ABOARD A P-3 ORION OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO   From 20,000 feet, the storm was a whirl of gray padded by dark puffs, its untidy tendrils protruding over the water in every direction. The hurricane hunters had arrived at the heart of Hurricane Barry, then a tropical storm, and the center looked unfinished, a semicircle that convulsed and heaved. "It's a mess," declared Paul D. Reasor, one of the meteorological researchers who had crowded into the cockpit to take a look. None of those aboard the plane expected to be flying now   not in July, so early in the six-month Atlantic hurricane season. But Barry had formed in unusual fashion, as a disturbance moving down from the south into the Gulf of Mexico, where warm summer waters had fueled its development. Like doctors taking a CT scan, the hurricane hunters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, based in Lakeland, Fla., and their partners went to get a snapshot of the storm's insides on Thursday. Although Barry was forecast to make landfall along the Louisiana coast as a Category 1 storm on Saturday morning, it was not yet a hurricane. This only made it more critical for researchers to study it. Their models had predicted that the tropical storm would intensify more quickly, but it had not. The team wanted to know why. The pilots pointed the nose of the aircraft directly at the messy center. An alarm rang: Fasten your seatbelts. "Folks," warned Mike Holmes, the flight director, "we're going to punch through some tough air here." Hurricane hunters do much more than confirm a storm's location and strength. (Air Force Reserve reconnaissance flights do that, too.) The planes that NOAA uses, two Lockheed WP-3D Orions nicknamed Kermit and Miss Piggy, are sophisticated flying research labs that launch probes and collect real-time data that is crucial to understanding hurricanes across the globe. The planes logged their first flights in the mid-1970s. It is especially important to gather data from weather systems like Barry that defy predictions: The weirdest storms can sometimes produce the best science. "To me, these are more challenging than a traditional storm," Mr. Holmes said from his seat behind the cockpit of Kermit on Thursday. "When a storm is getting its act together or weakening, that's when they get more sporty." On the side of each plane are dozens of stickers, one for each state and country where it has flown missions   and for each of the storms it has crossed. Miss Piggy   which has not flown a mission since late 2016, when it began major renovations that are almost complete   has 93 storm stickers. Kermit, which was previously upgraded, has 110. Flying these planes is not for the faint of heart. The preflight safety briefing includes warnings about snug oxygen hoods that can suffocate the wearer if misused, and about "immediate ditching"   when the four-engine turboprop plane must try to land on the water. Everyone aboard is encouraged to keep a blue plastic sick bag at the ready. Violent turbulence can strike at any time. It would take eight hours for the 14-member crew of NOAA Flight 42, all with earplugs handy, to research Barry. They would carefully crisscross it in what is known as a butterfly pattern, communicating over the roaring engines through headsets and radio. Radar under Kermit's belly and tail turned on. The crew prepared to launch probes known as dropsondes at points along the storm's edge, midpoints and center. Countdown: Three, two, one. A switch was flipped. The cylindrical probe whooshed out of a chute. In front of the technician, data   humidity, temperature, pressure   started to chart in red, green and purple. A single flight would not solve the mystery of why a storm did not develop as expected. But the real-time data went to the National Hurricane Center before its next forecast advisory. And, once on land, the scientists could plug the new data into their models to make them more accurate. For now, the conclusion was this: On the north side of Barry, the air was dry, and the storm struggled to get organized. On the south side, there was the bottom half of a full-fledged   and very wet   system. "It's a tale of two storms," said Robert F. Rogers, a meteorologist with the Hurricane Research Division in Miami who was the lead scientist on the flight. The three pilots and two flight engineers worked on a rotation, taking breaks at a galley in the back of the plane. They opened lunch bags full of homemade salads, leftover tortellini and ham-and-Swiss sandwiches. Other times, they had frozen burritos from Trader Joe's. For a while, the radio picked up air traffic from commercial flights. But as Flight 42 approached the storm's core, the traffic stopped. In just moments, the azure sky and gleaming sun in the windows turned an opaque white. Rain was everywhere. Then came the wind. It buffeted the plane to the left near the cockpit, and to the right near the tail. It pushed up, making the passengers feel heavy. It pressed down, making them feel light. Kermit trembled and rattled. On the radio, Mr. Holmes apologized as he scrutinized the radar. "I wish I could see the end, but it just keeps building!" he said. "This never ends, guys. It just keeps building in, the whole way." Finally, about 90 unsettling minutes later, a break appeared in the massive storm blob. The seatbelt sign went dark. Passengers exhaled. "When people ask me what it's like, I tell them, 'Think about putting a GoPro in the dishwasher   and then running it,'" said Cmdr. Nathan Kahn, one of the pilots. "That's what you see." The scientists stood up and peered at one another's computer screens. For a few hours, they worked in relative calm, squinting at the tiny numbers and streaks of color that would soon help cities below them prepare for the onslaught. Then it was time to turn around; to head back south, into the nasty stuff. In the cockpit, the pilots felt a bump. "Come on, Barry, don't be like that," one of them said. And they went in, again.


Cambridge will see a return of last week's warm temperatures in the coming days, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Temperatures will reach 84 degrees today. Also expect light rainfall later in the week. Saturday's forecast shows the highest chance of rain at 76 percent, with predicted rainfall of 0.25 inches. Skies will be cloudy today and partly cloudy tomorrow and Thursday. Winds will continue to be fairly calm throughout the week, with the highest speeds on Friday at just 10 mph. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


The Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked off the preseason tonight with a 30-28 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. While it is only preseason, there's a lot to be optimistic about with this team, but, there's plenty of work that still needs to be done. With that, here are some of the major takeaways from the night. Good Jameis Winston All eyes were on the Buccaneers quarterback entering this game, and rightfully so. How would Winston perform in this new-look offense under quarterback guru Bruce Arians? We quickly got our answer, as Winston marched the Bucs down the field and capped off the drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Chris Godwin. It was the only action Winston saw, but you couldn't have asked for a better start to the preseason from the quarterback. Also, let's give a little love to quarterback Ryan Griffin, who had 330 yards and a touchdown pass on 43 attempts. Not too shabby. Full steam ahead Speaking of the offense, let's talk a little about the run game. (Yes, there was actually a running game!) After the Buccaneers finished 29th in rushing last year, averaging just 95.2 yards per game, many people wanted to see how second-year running back Ronald Jones would do in his first outing of the preseason, especially after receiving high-praise from Arians. Both Jones and Peyton Barber finished with 18 rushing yards apiece, but it was Dare Ogunbowale who had the biggest impact in the run game, finishing with 34 yards on 10 carries with two touchdowns, including this sweet little number. Dare with the shifty moves to bring the Bucs within one possession. #GoBucs | #TBvsPIT pic.twitter.com/jnXngngZQI - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) August 10, 2019 Two rushing touchdowns! That's a big deal when you consider that Tampa Bay had 11 rushing touchdowns all of last season. Hopefully, the Buccaneers will get more of this from their rushing attack in the regular season. If they can, Tampa Bay could easily have one of the league's best offenses. Defensive woes continue I know we don't like to put a lot of stock into preseason games, but it has to be cause for concern for both Arians and defensive coordinator Todd Bowles that the team gave up 30 points against mostly backups. Tampa Bay had one of the worst defenses in the league last season and used a majority of their draft picks to address the issue. One of the worst plays of the night for the Bucs came on this pass from Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph to wide receiver Johnny Holton (who?!) who took it 59 yards down to the Buccaneers' six-yard line. #NFL │ Johnny Holton Jr! (via @thecheckdown ) pic.twitter.com/SjRktZJGOa - NOW Touchdown (@NOWTouchdown) August 10, 2019 The Steelers would score a touchdown two plays later. Sloppy defense and missed tackles summed up that drive for the Bucs. Bowles will certainly have plenty to discuss in the meeting room. Rookie kicker comes through Perhaps the most encouraging thing about tonight's game was the fact that rookie kicker Matt Gay showed he's not just a practice All-Star . The guy nailed a 55-yard field goal , proving he's got a cannon for a leg. If anything, tonight put him in the driver's seat for the starting job. MORE: Browns mob touchdown scorer who slept outside a gym during tryouts Report: Raiders confident WR Antonio Brown will choose new helmet, return to practice soon D'Angelo Russell Q&A: Warriors' new backcourt is 'like a video game' Lions preseason Week 1 snap counts: 12 key observations Earl Watson explains the 'perfect marriage' of Westbrook, Harden


Petronas SRT MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo has undergone surgery for arm pump in Barcelona, but is expected to be fit for the Catalan Grand Prix next weekend. Quartararo, who finished last week's Mugello race a distant 10th having started from second, blaming his inability to rise through the order on an overheating front tyre . The SRT rider also experienced problems with arm pump at the hard-braking Mugello circuit, and though the issue was not urgent, he opted to have it operated on ahead of the Barcelona race. The one-hour operation was carried out by famed MotoGP doctor Xavier Mir and his team at the Dexeus hospital in Barcelona on Tuesday morning, and was deemed a success. He will remain under observation for a further 24 hours, and is due to begin rehabilitation in the next couple of days. "It's an operation that we hadn't previously scheduled, but which we decided to go ahead with after discussions with Dr. Xavier Mir following the Italian GP," said Quartararo. "The conditions I experienced last Sunday weren't normal, and they alerted us to the possibility of an arm pump issue. "I preferred to have it treated now, in order to avoid any surprises in the future and be able to forget about it for the rest of the season. "It was a short operation and one often performed on many riders, and was done by an expert on the matter. I want to thank Dr. Mir and his team for their availability and their work." MotoGP rookie Quartararo has proven to be a sensation on his customer Yamaha, claiming a pole position at Jerez, and currently sits 12th in the standings with 31 points. At Barcelona last year, Quartararo secured his debut grand prix win in the Moto2 race, which ultimately secured him his place with the SRT squad in MotoGP.


BROOKLYN   Twenty-one alleged gang members were indicted for their alleged involvement in multiple shootings throughout Brooklyn that left two young men dead and four others injured. After a nearly three-year investigation, called Operation One Nation, authorities found that the men arrested allegedly agreed to commit crimes, including murder, assault, weapons possession and various other crimes to maintain their dominance, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. Those arrested range from 17 to 41 years old and include a father and his two sons, alleged members of the violent Folk Nation street gang. The subsets, Super Rich Kids (SRK-Folk) and Newkirk (Newkirk-Folk) operate in and around the East Flatbush and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn. "These defendants terrorized the streets of Brooklyn by opening fire on perceived rivals and recklessly firing their guns   including in broad daylight   endangering innocent bystanders. In one instance, an innocent 15-year-old boy was killed when he was mistaken for a rival gang member. Investigations such as this that target the drivers of crime reflect our commitment to fighting gun violence and holding accountable gang members who take part in these senseless shootings. We believe these kinds of cases are a reason why Brooklyn is the only borough where shootings are down this year," said Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez. Among the incidents four people were injured and two people were killed, include the 2017 fatal shooting of 15-year-old Rohan Levy. Levy was gunned down after he was mistakenly believed to be a rival gang member, authorities said. An alleged rival, Darren Harrison, 22, was also fatally shot in another incident. Of the 21 people indicted, 19 were arraigned last week on a 65-count indictment and were charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, conspiracy, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal use of a weapon, and reckless endangerment. Two people have not been apprehended, Gonzalez said. The following are indicted in the investigation: Rean Awong, 22, of Flatbush Lorenzo Bailey, 30, of Flatbush Shaquille Benjamin, 19, of East Flatbush Ameth Best, 22, of East New York Devon Bratton, 26, of East Flatbush Jabare Brim, 22, of Laurelton, Zidon Clarke, 20, of Flatbush Christopher Cooper, 18, of Crown Heights Sherrod Craig, 19, of Jamaica Gishanie Gray, 18, of East New York Tarell Herbert, 25, of East Midwood Khalil Irving, 18, of East Flatbush Travis Laroc, 17, of East Flatbush Omar Peters, 24, of Flatlands, Unapprehended. Keemari Porter, 19, of East New York Khaysean Porter, 21, of Brownsville Walter Porter, 41, of Elizabeth, New Jersey Barrington Songue, 26, of Flatlands Dandre Stanford, 20, of Cambria Heights Tahir Thomas, 18, of Canarsie Darren Wilson, 19, of Canarsie Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and NYPD authorities announced the indictment. ___ (c)2019 WPIX-TV, New York Visit WPIX-TV, New York at www.pix11.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


Ruben Loftus-Cheek has revealed he's 'more confused than sad' after he ruptured his Achilles during a friendly on Thursday morning. Chelsea were playing a charity friendly against MLS outfit New England Revolution which they went on to win 3-0 thanks to a Ross Barkley double with Olivier Giroud also chipping in with a goal of his own, but there was some devastating news that came out of the game. Loftus-Cheek was forced off with what looked to be a nasty injury, and it proved to be exactly that with scans showing the midfielder ruptured his Achilles. It was a devastating injury which will not only rule him out of Chelsea's upcoming Europa League final, but could also rule him out for the whole of next season with reports claiming he could be set to miss a whole year of action. Once he underwent surgery, Loftus-Cheek took to Twitter to update his fans on how the surgery went, and also revealed how he's more surprised at the injury than upset. His post read: "Difficult to describe how I'm feeling right now. More confusion than sadness. Thank you so much for your well wishes. 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/0hlcQp5iOM   Ruben Loftus-Cheek (@rubey_lcheek) May 17, 2019 "My surgery went very well yesterday evening so I'm off to a good start. I'll be watching and supporting from the sidelines for a little while so I wish the boys all the luck in the Europa League final and of course the Nations League finals. "Coming back strong from an injury is something I've had to do all my life and I'll do it again. See you on the pitch as soon as possible." After a successful 2018 World Cup campaign with England last summer, the midfield was starting to feature more frequently for the Blues this campaign. He score four goals and bagged three assists in 11 Europa League appearances and even managed six Premier League goals with the majority of his 24 league appearances coming from off the bench. It's a huge blow for the 23-year-old who would've been hoping to kick on even further next season and establish himself as a regular starter under Maurizio Sarri, but it looks as though he must now wait even longer for his opportunity.


Plano will see a return of last week's light rainfall this coming week, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Today's forecast shows the greatest possibility of rain at 86 percent, while the most rainfall is predicted on Monday at 1.02 inches. The coming days will also bring hot temperatures, forecast to stick around through Saturday. Temperatures will reach a high of 95 degrees on Thursday, then decline slightly from Sunday to Wednesday. Skies will be cloudy on Friday. Winds should reach a modest high of 18 mph tomorrow, with daily top speeds over 10 mph for the rest of the week. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


CRESTWOOD, Mo.   There's a precautionary boil water advisory for a portion of Crestwood and Sunset Hills following a water main break. Nearly 6,000 customers are affected. Missouri American Water is issuing a reverse-911 call related to a precautionary boil water advisory for a portion of Crestwood and Sunset Hills in St. Louis County. As of 10 a.m., customers in the affected area are being contacted via reverse-911. Here is the message: 'This is a message from Missouri American Water. We are calling to tell you that we have issued a precautionary boil water advisory for a portion of St. Louis County that affects you. We are asking customers in your area to bring their water to a boil for three minutes before using it for drinking or cooking. Tap water is okay for washing, bathing and other non-consumable uses. We will take water quality samples in the area Saturday. The precautionary boil water advisory will be in effect until those samples confirm that the water remains safe for consumption. Precautionary boil water advisories can last 24-48 hours. We will call you again when the boil water advisory has been lifted. For more information, please visit our website or social media. We apologize for the inconvenience.' • Customers can visit a new website to enter an address and confirm whether it is within the affected area, click here for the website • A water main break at Watson Plaza Drive, leading to a low-pressure event, caused this advisory. • Water for these customers will need to be brought to a boil for 3 minutes prior to consumption, until further notice. Tap water is okay for washing, bathing and other non-consumable uses during this period. • The precautionary boil advisory is required because of regulations regarding water pressure in our system. In this instance, water pressure dropped to a level that requires we issue a precautionary boil advisory. • Boil advisories typically last 24-48 hours, though we cannot guarantee that timing. • Water quality tests will be run as soon as the broken main is repaired.


Jurgen Klopp has explained Liverpool's unusually uneventful summer of transfer business and has also had his say on the Reds' title contenders Manchester City. They produced a shaky performance during the first half of their Community Shield clash with the Premier League champions on Sunday but made up for it with a much improved second half display which left them unfortunate to lose on penalties. Following their busy end to the 2018/19 campaign and mixed bag of pre-season results, head coach Klopp discussed his side's quiet window and his ambitions to finally topple Pep Guardiola's City. He touched on the lack of signings, telling Sky Sports : "You should never do transfers because other clubs are doing transfers. That makes no sense, it's not about that. And if you sit back for a second and have a look at the squad, do we need more players? People will say, yes, we need a substitute for Sadio Mane, for Mohamed Salah, whatever. "It's just that what is new is seen as more exciting. It's like with a new car. Your old car is completely reliable, but you want a new one and two weeks later it breaks down. It looks better, but obviously it's not that good." Klopp previously caused tension when he suggested Liverpool can't compete financially with the spending power of Manchester City, but was quick to reiterate how those comments were taken out of context. He added: "When I said we have to pay bills, that's normal, I know people took that as criticism for other clubs, but it was not the intention. I was just explaining our situation. Sorry, but we do have to pay bills. And that's all good. "New players are never the only solution. And making this team stronger, the starting lineup, that's really difficult and very expensive and we don't have that money." Klopp has already backed the youth prospects Harvey Elliott and Rhian Brewster to step up and provide more squad depth rather than relying on huge spending. He said: "We will try to keep them out of the public eye as they make themselves ready for the moment they make the step into the Premier League, but it's really nice seeing these boys in training because the excitement and freshness they are showing is really unbelievable." But perhaps tired of facing so many transfer related questions despite Liverpool doing little business themselves, Klopp turned his attention to the action on the pitch, discussing City's quality. Following the Community Shield loss, he explained: "When you play City you can be in your best shape, in your best moment of the season, and you still struggle. We are obviously not in our best moment. We had a couple of difficult games for different reasons in pre-season, so we didn't know how it would go. "But I thought the second half was really, really good. We had to work so hard, but that's good for us because we realised we can work that hard. "My respect is too big that I would take one game as an example for how it's going to be this season. "We were not at 100 per cent, City were not at 100 per cent, that's how it is. But I saw a lot of quality things on the City side again." As impressed as he has been with Guardiola's side, Klopp still believes there are plenty of teams who are ready to compete for the Premier League title during the 2019/20 season. He said: " Everton , for example, have tried to stay very ambitious. They have done a lot and I think there are still maybe a couple of players to come in. They had a good team last year and they have improved, with very interesting signings. "I don't know where people get the idea that Arsenal will not challenge, that Chelsea will not challenge with Frank [Lampard] bringing complete excitement to the club."


PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Those 12 people infected with MRSA at Children's Hospital are six babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and six hospital workers. They have all been tested and treated. MRSA is a type of bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics. UPMC has not indicated what restrictions, if any, are in place at Children's once visitors and workers are inside the facility, but people seemed to move freely in and out earlier today. In general settings the bacteria can cause skin infections, but in a healthcare environment like a hospital it can cause bloodstream infections, pneumonia or surgical site infections. UPMC released this statement: "The health and safety of our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. We are doing everything we can do to care for them. UPMC always follows CDC guidelines and isolation protocols and infection control procedures are in place". The Allegheny County Health Department has also been notified as well as the State Department of Health. Generally, someone infected with MRSA stays infected for just under ten days. RELATED STORY: UPMC Confirms MRSA At Children's Hospital


Following the 2016 season, the Rams offensive line looked like one of the worst units in the NFL. Los Angeles' front five was fresh off a campaign in which it had ranked 29th in Football Outsiders ' adjusted line yards, 29th in adjusted sack rate and 21st in pressure rate allowed. No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff was sacked 25 times over the final six games of the year, and there was at least some concern that the rookie quarterback would languish a la David Carr , eternally too worried about incoming pressure to ever succeed. Sean McVay took over as the Rams head coach that offseason, and the club's new regime made fortifying its offensive line a priority. Longtime Bengals left tackle Andrew Whitworth was signed to a three-year, $33.75M deal to replace failed former No. 2 overall selection Greg Robinson on Goff's blindside. Tim Barnes struggled as Los Angeles' center in 2016, so the Rams inked veteran John Sullivan to a cheap, one-year pact. McVay also added Aaron Kromer   who'd previously worked wonders in New Orleans and Buffalo   as L.A.'s new offensive line coach. Whitworth and Sullivan   combined with holdovers Rodger Saffold , Jamon Brown and Rob Havenstein   transformed the Rams' front five. Los Angeles improved to third in adjusted line yards, ninth in adjusted sack rate and 12th in pressure rate allowed. Goff absorbed only 28 sacks on the season. And Pro Football Focus, which had ranked the Rams' line as just the 27th-best unit after 2016 , assigned L.A. its sixth-highest offensive line grade after the 2017 campaign. Things mostly stayed the same in 2018. The Rams arguably posted even better results along their offensive line, and the only major change came at right guard, where former waiver claim Austin Blythe took over for Brown. Brown, who was suspended for the first two games of the 2018 campaign and never regained his starting job, is now a member of the Giants. But entering the 2019 season, real concerns have emerged on L.A.'s front five. Saffold is gone, having signed a four-year, $44M pact with the Titans. The Rams should pick up a compensatory fourth-round pick in 2020 as a result of Saffold's departure, but that won't offset his loss during the upcoming year. At center, Sullivan saw his option declined, and he's yet to latch on with another team. Rams 2018 third-round pick Joseph Noteboom   who is expected to eventually take over for Whitworth at left tackle   is currently penciled in as the club's starting left guard. While he's a relative unknown, there are reasons to be excited about the TCU product. Noteboom posted elite measurables during the predraft process and shined during the 2018 preseason, allowing zero pressures on 71 pass-blocking snaps . He played in relief of Whitworth during the Rams' 2018 regular-season finale and didn't give up any pressures on 47 total snaps. Brian Allen , selected one round after Noteboom in the Rams' 2018 draft, will take over for Sullivan at center. Allen has even less experience than Noteboom, as the former played only 36 offensive snaps during his rookie year. Pro Football Focus graded Allen relatively well (in an admittedly small sample size) when he filled in for Sullivan in Week 17, and Brandon Thorn of The Athletic   one of the best offensive line analysts in the media   called Allen an "undersized technically sound guy in the mold of Blythe." Noteboom and Allen have played fewer than 150 combined NFL snaps, but they aren't the only potential problems along L.A.'s line. Blythe was an excellent find on the waiver wire, but his play fell off during the second half of last season, raising concerns that he may have been exposed. And while Whitworth's play hasn't yet begun to slip, he'll be 38 years old by the end of the 2019 campaign, so there seemingly has to be some sort of decline approaching. If last season was any indication, Goff needs elite offensive line play to stay effective. Per Evan Silva of Establish the Run , Goff ranked fourth in the NFL in passer rating when kept clean in the pocket in 2018 but fell to 28th in passer rating when under pressure. The Rams also ran the ball at the ninth-highest clip in the league last year, so Todd Gurley , Darrell Henderson and Co. need L.A.'s front five to consistently open holes in McVay's outside zone scheme. What will the Rams do if their line begins to falter in 2019? They may attempt to insert rookies Bobby Evans or David Edwards into the lineup, but that'd mean adding even more inexperience up front. Los Angeles could try to swing a trade for someone like Lane Taylor (Packers) or Stefen Wisniewski (Eagles), but the importance of offensive line continuity makes an in-season addition difficult. What about a reunion with Sullivan, especially if Allen struggles at center? It's probably telling that Sullivan remains on the open market four-plus months after being cut. None of those options are overly appealing or all that feasible, so the Rams need to hope for the best with the current projected starters. We haven't seen a McVay/Rams offense with a poor offensive line, and L.A. is certainly hoping we don't see one next season.


The past few years have seen more NHL players speak out against Russian President Vladimir Putin and New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin took his turn Thursday. In a candid interview with Alexander Golovin , the 27-year-old was honest in expressing his lack of support for Putin and his administration. "I think [Putin] no longer understands what's right and what's wrong," Panarin said (translated by journalist Slava Malmond) . "Psychologically, it's not easy for him to judge the situation soberly. He has a lot of people who influence his decisions. But if everyone is walking around you for 20 years telling you what a great guy you are and how great a job you are doing, you will never see your mistakes." Panarin recently signed a seven-year, $81.5 million deal with the Rangers at the start of free agency after leading the Blue Jackets with 28 goals and 87 points in 2018-19. MORE: Rangers get new star winger in Artemi Panarin He mentioned in the interview that used to be supportive of the president until he came to the United States in 2015 and started to read American news and learn more about politics, which he mentioned he "was never really interested in" due to his focus on hockey. However, once he started to adopt American culture and engage with network news channels, he started to feel that "something is wrong [in Russia]." "I just understood what type of horror is going on here. It's enough for a person to just see the two sides and he will understand everything," Panarin told Golovin. "You don't even need to be super smart, just be open to another opinion, that's all. . . Before, I was leaning towards that same atmosphere that is currently in our country: that everyone is attacking us, everyone is oppressing us. Now I know that there are good people there who think well of us. There are political games. There are reasons why they impose sanctions on us." He went on to mention how he believes the lawlessness is an issue in Russia, and how there is no regulation. He also discussed that freedom of speech and freedom of expression is restricted, and in turn, that doesn't allow many to share their thoughts or point out problems in the country. Ultimately, he said his comments, though critical, have good intentions. "I may look like a foreign agent right now, but it's not like that," Panarin said. "I think that the people who hush up the problems are more like foreign agents than those who talk about them. If I think about problems, I am coming from a positive place, I want to change something, to have people live better." Although he admitted that he was afraid of facing backlash and punishment for the interview, he said that shouldn't be the case regardless and that he should be able to express his thoughts whether they're positive or not. Additionally, he said that even though he's an athlete, he should still be free to share his thoughts. "I think it's wrong [to say this]," Panarin added. "Athletes should pay attention to what's going on in the country. They should have a position. I don't want anyone to mess with mine,"


Shall I compare thee to a summer's day, compact hatchbacks? You were the hottest thing around until everyone got extremely parched and sunburnt and decided they were done with it and couldn't wait for fall. It's time to revive the good souls of the AMC Gremlin and the Ford Pinto and let you all decide who shall reign supreme. (Welcome to Who Ya Got, a new series where you get to vote on famed car rivalries, some more notable than others.) Today, we're kicking things off with two of my most favored hatchback tragedies in car history, the much maligned AMC Gremlin and Ford Pinto. Both experienced a charming rise in popularity, only to fall from grace in some particularly spectacular fashions. In The Red Corner: AMC Gremlin The Gremlin was introduced to the world on April 1, 1970 and saw a formidable amount of popularity before it became the butt of everyone's favorite car-related jokes. Here was the progenitor of the compact hatchback craze both the Pinto and the Vega were yet to be released. People wanted small, economical cars. AMC was here to deliver. AMC kinda... tossed the Gremlin together. It was originally just going to re-release an updated version of the Hornet before realizing that people actually dig things that are totally, all-around new. So, AMC chopped down the Hornet down to a more compact size and reworked it into a suave new wedge shape. From Ate Up With Motor : 'Structurally, the AMC Gremlin was a Hornet shorn of 12 inches (305 mm) of wheelbase, trimming its overall length by 18 inches (457 mm). At 161.3 inches (4,097 mm), the Gremlin was only 3 inches (76 mm) longer than a Beetle, although the AMC looked significantly bigger. It was only fractionally narrower than the Hornet, although it was around 200 pounds (90 kg) lighter. The similarity allowed a great deal of commonality: The Gremlin shared its big brother's front suspension, steering, brakes, although the rear leaf springs were shortened, most of the rear legroom was extracted, a fold-down rear seat was added to increase its cargo space. 'All early Gremlins used the same inline sixes found in AMC's bigger cars, either the 199 cu. in. (3,258 cc) version with 128 gross hp (95 kW) or the 232 cu. in. (3,801 cc) version with 145 hp (108 kW). Standard also were a three-speed manual transmission with a non-synchronized low gear and four-wheel drum brakes.' The Gremlin, though, wasn't really a hatchback in the sense that we traditionally think. AMC didn't have money to develop a structurally sound hatchback, so the rear of the car didn't actually open (unless, of course, you splurged on the optional flip-up rear window). You could access cargo space back there, you just had to fold down the seats. The starting price for the Gremlin was $1,879 (today, roughly $12,401.98), which set it pretty on par with other economy cars of the era. So, where'd the tragic reputation come from? The wheelbase was so damn short that only pint-sized drivers could comfortably sit behind the wheel. While it could clock a 0-60 mph in 10.5 seconds, the fact that the Gremlin was basically a repurposed Hornet meant that it wasn't really designed to handle that well. It was nose-heavy, and the shortened rear springs saw the car jump around if you braked too hard or went around a corner too fast y'know, the things that make you feel like a race car driver. It also wasn't economic in terms of anything but its production cost. It could get up to 25 mpg if you were an exceptionally conservative driver. But if you drive like a normal person and not a grandma, your fuel economy would drop to a meager 20 mpg. It took a few years for the Gremlin to really kick it into gear. It wasn't until 1972 that it had a V8 (coincidentally, the year of an OPEC embargo that raised the cost of gasoline and made V8 engines the very opposite of a hot commodity), and the snazzier trim packages didn't come until '74 which couldn't stop its drops in sales. By its last year in 1978, AMC only sold 22,104 Gremlins. If it had been introduced a few years earlier, the Gremlin could have written itself a more favorable page in the history books, but by its release in 1970, people were just expecting a little more out of their cars than the Gremlin had to offer. In The Blue Corner: Ford Pinto Now entering the ring on September 11, 1970: the Ford Pinto! Lee Iacocca wanted a car that could compete with all those damn economy cars rolling in from Japan and Germany, and he wanted it to cost under $2,000. And what Lee Iacocca wants, Lee Iacocca gets. While the Pinto wasn't the product of a chopping down of any of Ford's other vehicles, it did fall victim to an expedited development cycle what was typically 43 months was supposed to be completed in a mere 25 in order to have the car in showrooms by 1971, Hemmings reports. Not ideal! There were three different versions of the Pinto available: a two-door fastback sedan with a trunk, a three-door hatchback, and a two-door station wagon. The idea was to create a car that was changeable and functional, so anyone could get out there and give 'er a try. From AutoEvolution : The Pinto was a sub-compact car which was also known as the Mercury Bobcat on some markets. It was sold as a hatch, a 2-door estate and a coupe. It had a Kent engine that received much praise, A arm suspension and drum brakes that were seen as a deficiency. With a unibody construction, the car was available both an automatic and manual transmission. with a live axle rear end. You could get yourself an entry-level Pinto for a mere $1850 (roughly $12,210.57 in today's currency), making it cheaper than the Gremlin, but not by a huge amount. The car hit the market... and then things just kinda started to go wrong Crash tests over 31 mph saw the Pinto leaking fuel, and an infamous Mother Jones article discussed the car's tendency to burst into flames when involved in a rear-end collision. There were burn injuries . There were lawsuits . There were recalls . There was an awful lot of over-exaggeration about how bad the Pinto actually was (it was actually safer than the Vega, Gremlin, Datsun, and Beetle in the NHTSA fatality rate study in 1975-76; the other cars just weren't bursting into flames on contact). All in all, though, it's an example that Ford could have probably done better. People were expecting more out of their cars in 1971 the days of fiery explosions being deemed acceptable were long past. If Ford was serious about competing with international subcompacts, it probably needed a serious rethink once the first lawsuits started rolling in. Vote on your favorite here.


New Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is a man known for intimidating opponents - he even once stomped on a player who just so happens to be his teammate now - so it's a good thing the Bucs have him on their side now. Suh was brought in for both his size and attitude to help replace Gerald McCoy, and he seems to be fitting in nicely so far in Tampa Bay, even taking on McCoy's old number 93, which Suh wore during his college days at Nebraska. But, even though he's a Buc now, Suh still couldn't pass up the chance to size up his teammate and quarterback Jameis Winston. Take a look. "How tall are you?" @NdamukongSuh asking @Jaboowins the important questions pic.twitter.com/GJ9N0NPzon - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) July 30, 2019 If I was Winston, I'd be terrified Suh was going to eat me. (Pretty sure he eats quarterbacks for breakfast.) Suh is listed as 6-foot-4 for those wondering. He may only be in Tampa Bay on a one-year deal, but he may actually be a better option for this new defense than McCoy. MORE: Yasiel Puig Gets in Middle of Massive Brawl After Getting Traded The Reds and Pirates had a violent bench-clearing brawl that began in such wild fashion Report: 20M lawsuit claims Cowboys conspired to cover up Ezekiel Elliott car accident Eagles' CB after barreling into Jeffrey Lurie: "I ain't never even seen the owner" Will McClay: Taco Charlton not assured roster spot in 2019


The 2016 draft class for the Arizona Cardinals is an endangered group. Of the six players they selected, only two remain - defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche and cornerback Brandon Williams. That group might be completely gone off the roster when the season begins. Neither is a lock to make the roster. Williams was at the back end of the cornerback depth chart and has been on the team mainly because of his work on special teams. He is no lock for the roster. With Patrick Peterson, Byron Murphy, Robert Alford and Tramaine Brock all seeming locks for the roster, Williams will battle a number of other corners who are young, athletic and can play on special teams. Nkemdiche is currently rehabbing an ACL injury he suffered in December. He will not be ready to start the season and will mostly likely either begin the year on PUP or injured reserve. He will not be on the 53-man roster to start the year, and, with some of his recent off-the-field incident might lead the team to release him once he can be medically cleared. Either way, if Williams doesn't make the team, the active roster will be devoid of any 2016 picks, which shouldn't happen in the space of three years. Listen to the latest from Cards Wire's Jess Root on his podcast, Rise Up, See Red. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or Stitcher Radio . View embedded content MORE: Tiger Woods' post-round comments about his health were such a bummer Report: Celtics want to sign Tacko Fall, bring him 'in the fold' Dan Le Batard Rips Trump and 'Send Her Back' Chants Ron Adams, rest of Warriors coaching staff to have reduced roles Ranking the Packers' position groups from weakest to strongest


Sheffield United struck in the 88th minute to secure a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth on Saturday. The newly-promoted side snatched a point thanks to local lad and club captain Billy Sharp , as he jumped off the bench and scrambled home an equalizer. [ MORE: Watch full PL match replays ] Chris Mepham 's clinical finish had given the Cherries the lead, but Sharp did what he does best as he pounce in the box to send the travelling Blades fans wild. Three things we learned 1. Fraser, Wilson carrying the Cherries without Brooks. And Bournemouth just looked a little lackluster in attack without their Welsh wizard who is out injured. 2. Blades unfazed by the big time. Very impressive on the ball and deserved their equalizer which was a lovely moment for local lad and captain Sharp. [ MORE: Sharp, Wilder react to draw ] 3. Bournemouth's defensive unit looked stronger, then let in another late goal as it was the same old story for Eddie Howe . They looked less dangerous in attack and still conceded, which will be a worry. Man of the Match: Dean Henderson   Made one stunning save in the second half from Billing and held United's defense together as Bournemouth piled on the pressure. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights ] Sheffield United started well as goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale denied David McGoldrick who broke free. Ryan Fraser was causing problems out wide for Bournemouth as the Cherries settled into the game. The Blades looked comfortable enough and were rattling into challenges as Wilder's side held their own. Adam Smith was booked in the first half but VAR was used to rule out a red card as the game turned into a scrappy affair. David McGoldrick was played in over the top but arrowed his effort just wide of the far post as the Blades grew in stature. At the other end Bournemouth's Phillip Billing forced Dean Henderson into a wonderful save as the Man United loanee denied the Danish midfielder at full stretch. Moments later Bournemouth took the lead as Ryan Fraser whipped in a free kick to the back post and several players tried to hook the ball goalwards with Henderson denying Callum Wilson , then Mepham arrived to smash home. Just as it looked like Bournemouth were going to win, Sharp pounced and celebrated wildly with the away fans on the South Coast. Sheffield United celebrated being back in the big-time in dramatic fashion. Follow @JPW_NBCSports


TORONTO   It turns out Rowdy Tellez can hit left-handers, too. Tellez went deep twice and collected a career-high five RBIs, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 10-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. It was the first multihomer game for the 24-year-old rookie, who bats from the left side. Three of his eight homers this season have come against lefty pitching, including his two against Eduardo Rodriguez (3-4) on Tuesday night. He is batting .314 with 12 RBIs against lefties. BOX SCORE: BLUE JAYS 10, RED SOX 3 "I'm just glad (manager) Charlie (Montoyo) gives me every opportunity to face (left-handers)," Tellez said. "I'm just trying to take advantage of it. It just does a lot for my confidence when he throws me in the lineup and lets me face them." Tellez put Toronto ahead to stay in the fourth inning, belting a two-run shot off the third-deck facade above right field. Randal Grichuk followed with a drive to left for his eighth homer. Tellez then made it 6-0 with a three-run shot to right-center in the fifth. "For us as an offense, it's good to go out there and play well behind a good start from one of our top pitchers," Tellez said. Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman (2-6) issued a season-high six walks in six innings, but limited the Red Sox to one run and five hits. Stroman has been hurt by poor run support this year, but he said he was never concerned. "I knew guys would break out at some point," he said. "I'm not really worried about the run support. It's a really long year. I have a lot of faith in my guys each and every time out." Mitch Moreland, Rafael Devers and Jackie Bradley Jr. connected for Boston, but the defending World Series champions were largely held in check after winning 12-2 in the series opener Monday. Boston had won Rodriguez's last seven starts. He was charged with six runs and six hits in five innings. He had gone five straight games without allowing a homer. "Just missing location and throwing the wrong pitch at the wrong time, that's what I think," Rodriguez said. Manager Alex Cora said he was surprised to see Rodriguez struggle so much against lefties such. Before Tuesday's game he was giving up a .351 average to lefties in 2019, well above his career rate of .273. "He was very dominant last year I think against lefties," Cora said. "We even used him like that in the playoffs to get lefties out. It hasn't happened this year so we'll take a look." ON SECOND THOUGHT Amid much controversy, the Blue Jays picked Monday's Victoria Day national holiday to give top prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a scheduled rest day. It did not play out well, with rookie's absence taking on a life of its own in the Toronto media. Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said Tuesday the team should have handled the situation better. "The one thing that I regret in all of the things that we have talked about with Charlie, I had not talked to him about the importance of Victoria Day," he said. "There are a lot of things in Canadian culture and about this great country that I have talked to him about, but I did not share with him the importance of Victoria Day." TRAINER'S ROOM Red Sox: 2B Dustin Pedroia (left knee) and INF Brock Holt (right knee) both played seven innings for Triple-A Pawtucket. ... LHP Brian Johnson made the second start of his rehab assignment for Double-A Portland, giving up three runs in 1 1/3 innings. ... OF J.D. Martinez was sidelined by an illness. Cora said he was available to pinch-hit if necessary, but he likely would return to the lineup Wednesday. ... RHP Nathan Eovaldi (right elbow) successfully came through a 35-pitch bullpen session. Blue Jays: RHP Ryan Tepera (right elbow) was placed on the 10-day injured list and will be meeting with a specialist. RHP Jimmy Cordero was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to take his roster spot. UP NEXT Right-hander Rick Porcello (3-4, 4.80 ERA), who takes the mound Wednesday for the Red Sox, has struggled in his starts at Rogers Centre, with a 4-7 record and a 5.47 ERA. Toronto right-hander Aaron Sanchez (3-4, 3.88 ERA) is 4-4 with a 3.91 ERA in 20 appearances against Boston. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports Related slideshow: The 2019 MLB season (Provided by imagn)


Irvine is due to turn warm over the next week, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Temperatures will reach a high of 87 degrees on Sunday and Monday. There's no rain in the forecast for the coming week. Skies will remain partly cloudy through Wednesday. Winds will remain light throughout the week, with the highest speeds on Monday at just 9 mph. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.