ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash was blunt after the Rays closed out a homestand against Miami and Toronto with a 3-2 record. ''Not good enough,'' Cash said after a 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday. ''You've got to do better than that. Where we're at, we've got to find ways to win.'' Reliever Brock Stewart allowed two hits over four scoreless innings in his Toronto debut as the Blue Jays withstood a late Tampa Bay rally in a bullpen day. Tampa Bay was able to maintain its one-half game lead for the second AL wild card spot over the Oakland Athletics, who lost 10-1 to the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Rays fell to 31-28 at home, a major drop-off from last season's 51-30 mark. ''We want to be able to win ballgames here,'' Tampa Bay catcher Mike Zunino said. ''That hasn't been the case. It's one of those things where we need to separate ourselves. We need to play good baseball here.'' Blue Jays rookie Bo Bichette set a team record with a double in eight straight games, breaking the mark of seven set by Carlos Delgado in 2000. ''Let him keep breaking records,'' Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo said. ''That's pretty cool.'' The 21-year-old Bichette also extended his career-opening hitting streak to 10 games. ''I'm excited with how I've played,'' Bichette said. ''Hopefully I continue to play well and continue to break more records.'' Stewart (1-0), claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 31, followed opener Wilmer Font, who gave up one hit over 2 1/3 innings. ''Definitely felt good,'' Stewart said. ''It's been a grind this year for me personally in the minor leagues.'' After Tim Mayza allowed Avisail Garcia's RBI single before getting the final out in the eighth, Ken Giles gave up Zunino's two-run homer in the ninth before finishing for his 15th save. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Randal Grichuk and Derek Fisher homered for the Blue Jays, who were winless in their last 10 series (0-9-1) against Tampa Bay before taking two of three at Tropicana Field. Toronto went 7-3 on a 10-game trip. Rays two-way player Brendan McKay (2-2) gave up three runs and six hits in five-plus innings. Tampa Bay has won nine of its last 12. Gurriel put the Blue Jays up 1-0 on a fourth-inning homer. Since returning from Triple-A Buffalo on May 24, he has homered 19 times in 65 games. Grichuk made it 2-0 on his 19th homer off McKay leading off the sixth. Justin Smoak singled to end McKay's day after a career-high 93 pitches and scored on Fisher's two-run drive off Colin Poche. Toronto is among the major league leaders home runs since June 16 with 91. LIMITED PLAY Cash didn't rule it out completely but indicated that the two-way McKay won't be used as a hitter except when pitching in NL parks because of rotation injuries. AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell (left elbow), Tyler Glasnow (right forearm) and Yonny Chirinos (finger) are all out until at least September. McKay is lined up to start next week at San Diego. MOVING DAY The Blue Jays claimed RHP Zack Godley off waivers from Arizona and designated RHP David Paulino for assignment. TRAINER'S ROOM Blue Jays: Montoyo said LHP Ryan Borucki (left elbow inflammation) was being examined Wednesday by orthopedist Dr. James Andrews. Borucki has appeared in only two games this year. ... 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and 2B Cavan Biggio were both got the day off. UP NEXT Blue Jays: LHP Thomas Pannone (2-4) faces New York Yankees RHP Domingo German (14-2) Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Rays: A starter has not been announced for Friday night's game at Seattle. --- More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports


Monday brought some heat and humidity to Berea for Cleveland Browns training camp. Those should have been optimal conditions for rookie CB Greedy Williams, based on his impressive career in similar sultry weather at LSU. It didn't turn out so sunny for the Browns top pick, however. Williams had a rough day in Monday's session, the fifth practice for the Browns but my first day in Berea. Working primarily with the second-team defense, Williams had trouble with route anticipation and positional awareness on several reps. Derrick Willies (who was quite impressive) had little trouble shaking the rookie on an out route when Williams bit too hard on the inside foot and faux break. Greedy was no match for Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi's raw speed on a post route. The undrafted rookie got a good three steps beyond Williams, who was bailed out by a drop on a slightly underthrown pass from Drew Stanton. After another tough rep where Willies got the best of him, a loud fan yelled out to Williams. It wasn't negative but rather angst-filled encouragement, and it was the appropriate tone to capture the feeling in Berea on Monday. Because it was my first day of camp, I refuse to make any sweeping statements or pass any judgment beyond what I saw. Maybe Williams was having an off day, which happens. Maybe he's a rookie still learning the ropes in his fifth day on the job. It's not enough exposure or information on my part to say anything other than today's practice showed the pre-draft concerns about playing off the line and in zone coverage appear valid. My one definitive conclusion: right now Williams is well behind Terrance Mitchell as the starting CB opposite Denzel Ward. And if he's not demonstrably better in the next few practices or preseason, that status will not change for Williams. That might seem like a disappointment that a top pick, even a second-rounder, won't start right away. The more correct takeaway is that the Browns have enough talent on hand to not need to force Williams to play extensively before he's ready. If his next few days are better, that time could come quickly and that creates an even better problem: great depth. MORE: Tom Brady disobeys Bill Belichick at practice, and suffers the consequences Browns Are Foolishly Changing Their Great Uniforms in 2020 Freddie Kitchens stopped practice to punish the Browns for a training camp fight Most improved Packers defender? Mike Pettine picks DL Montravius Adams Report: Steelers likely to be looking for new naming rights partner for Heinz Field


The New Orleans Saints have re-signed undrafted rookie linebacker Chase Hansen after releasing him last week. Hansen signed with the team after going undrafted out of the University of Utah. However, the Saints waived him prior to the team's rookie mini-camp last week. Hansen had 114 tackles with 22 for loss, five sacks, two interceptions, four passes defended and one fumble recovery in 12 games for the Utes last season. The Saints had an open roster spot and did not have to clear room for Hansen's addition.


New Pelicans head of basketball operations David Griffin will get his opportunity to meet with star big man Anthony Davis today, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. New Orleans star Anthony Davis will meet with new Pelicans executive Vice President David Griffin today, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium .   Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 29, 2019 While Charania's report doesn't include any additional details, Griffin previously said that the meeting would likely take place in Los Angeles. Since being hired by the Pelicans last month to run the franchise's front office, Griffin has been adamant about wanting to do all he can to retain Davis, despite the fact that the 26-year-old issued a trade request earlier this year. Both before and after the draft lottery, reports indicated that Davis' stance on that trade request remained unchanged, and that he still wants to be dealt to a new team. Now that he has a chance to sit down with his new star, Griffin will try to change Davis' mind and convince him that he can lead a contender in New Orleans, particularly with the club in position to draft top prospect Zion Williamson next month. Outside of the impending addition of Williamson, there are a number of factors working in Griffin's favor. He has a good relationship with AD's agent Rich Paul, who represented LeBron James when Griffin was the general manager in Cleveland. The Pelicans' new executive VP of basketball operations also won't be influenced by any past tension with Davis or his camp, since he wasn't part of the organization when that trade request was made. Plus, New Orleans can still put a super-max extension offer on the table. If Davis sticks to his trade request and shows no interest in being part of the Pelicans' long-term future, Griffin would have two viable options: Trade him this offseason, or hang onto him anyway with an eye toward moving him at the 2020 trade deadline (or changing his mind by then). Earlier today, we ranked 25 of the most valuable trade assets held by a handful of the teams believed to be prime suitors for Davis.


Editor's note: The opinions in this article are the author's, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. "They're doing it as we sit here," replied Robert S. Mueller III when asked in his testimony Wednesday whether Russia will again interfere in our elections. "And they expect to do it during the next campaign." The fact that Russia's assistance to the Trump campaign got such high-profile discussion gave Democrats an opportunity to push a pair of election security bills in the Senate on Thursday. Here's what happened next : Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked two election security measures on Thursday, arguing Democrats are trying to give themselves a "political benefit." … Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) had tried to get consent Thursday to pass a House bill that requires the use of paper ballots and includes funding for the Election Assistance Commission. It passed the House 225-184 with [one] Republican voting for it. But McConnell objected, saying Schumer was trying to pass "partisan legislation." "Clearly this request is not a serious effort to make a law. Clearly something so partisan that it only received one single solitary Republican vote in the House is not going to travel through the Senate by unanimous consent," McConnell said. Guess what: McConnell is right! Legislation to secure our elections is partisan. And the fact that it's partisan shows just how pathological the Republican Party has become in its determination to hold on to power. Subscribe to the Post Most newsletter: Today's most popular stories on The Washington Post So here are some things that, in our system today, are "partisan" in the sense that if we were to do them they would advantage the Democratic Party over the Republican Party: Securing our voting systems from foreign hacking Allowing every American to vote Making it as easy as possible for Americans to vote Ensuring that all votes count equally Now consider what it says about your party if doing those things would make it much more likely that you'd lose. Republicans have quite plainly looked at our current state of electoral dysfunction and concluded that it's working pretty darn well for them. Donald Trump is president, isn't he? Why would we want to mess with a system that's producing such wonderful outcomes? The legislation to which McConnell refers, the one that passed the House, is pretty straightforward. It requires voter-verifiable paper ballots and voting machines that don't connect directly to the Internet, so that recounts can be done accurately and there's less vulnerability to hacking. It gives states money to secure their systems. It instructs the Election Assistance Commission to do a study to determine optimal ballot designs to minimize voter confusion and errors. You wouldn't think there's anything there that would particularly advantage one party over another. But that's only if you didn't know how voting really works in this country. That's because so much of what plagues our election system works to the advantage of Republicans, in part because their voters tend to be older and wealthier, and in part because of all the effort Republicans have put into erecting obstacles in the path of Democratic-leaning constituencies attempting to vote, not to mention the gerrymandering that makes Republican votes worth more and the electoral college that does the same. And of course, let's not forget that the leader of the Republican Party said publicly that if a foreign power offered him help in his reelection bid, he'd accept it. Republicans just aren't willing to impede the progress of any thumb on its way to the electoral scale, especially if the thumb belongs to Vladimir Putin. We don't know if there are any hostile foreign governments ready to hack our elections in order to defeat Trump, but there's at least one that is probably ready to help him. So yes, securing our elections is partisan. So is making it easier to vote, because as Republicans surely know, the population of nonvoters as a whole is younger, less white and more liberal than the population of voters. If every American voted, more Democrats would win. Anything Republicans can do to keep them from getting the polls, they'll do. That's where we are today: The last thing Republicans want is elections that are secure, fair, free and open. And they'll make sure that's not what we have. Read more: Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman: The two big Mueller exchanges that capture the Russia scandal The Post's View: The U.S. still hasn't done nearly enough to stop election interference Greg Sargent: People privy to the intelligence are convinced another electoral attack is coming Ro Khanna, Michael McFaul and Alex Stamos: It's time to secure the 2020 election Michael Chertoff and Grover Norquist: We need to hack-proof our elections. An old technology can help.


If you know what you're doing, you can drive fast without rolling over. If you've spent enough time on YouTube, chance are you've seen instructional videos from Team O'Neil Rally School. Usually, those videos offer tips and tricks for would-be rally drivers. This video, though, is different. Titled " How to: Drive Fast With a High Center of Gravity ," the video explains the ins and outs of driving fast in nearly everything, from trucks to SUVs and even minivans. More Rally Racing Fun: Video Teaches The Basics Of How To Jump A Rally Car These Radio-Controlled Rally Cars In Slo-Mo Look Like The Real Deal Obviously, the big concern in performing aggressive maneuvers in taller vehicles is tipping. Tall SUVs and truck have a considerably higher center of gravity than sports cars or sedans, meaning that they are more likely to tip over. Just because a vehicle is tall doesn't mean that it can't handle, though. Two other important factors are how soft the suspension is, and how tall & soft the tires themselves are. If you can push on the side of your vehicle and make it rock side to side with relative ease, and if your tires exhibit a lot of sidewall flex, you should take it easy when attempting to drive fast. The surface you are driving on has a major impact on rollover risk as well. Loose, slippery surfaces like gravel and ice present a lower risk than grippier surfaces like mud or asphalt. Using four-wheel drive can help to reduce your risk even further. No matter what, you have to use common sense and not drive beyond your abilities or the capability of your vehicle. Sometimes, upsetting the balance of your vehicle is unavoidable. If you're on an uneven surface and you feel your vehicle tipping, turning in a downhill direction can get you out of trouble, while turning uphill can make the situation far worse. Overall, the video is full of great tips for everyone, whether you drive a pickup truck, an SUV, a minivan, or anything else with wheels. It's definitely worth watching. As always, practice these techniques at your own risk. Follow MSN Autos on Facebook and Twitter


This SUV is tough enough to take on the wilderness, but also attractive enough for car shows. Not every classic vehicle can pull off being both tough and beautiful, but this 1969 Ford Bronco certainly pulls off that balance. This is the kind of machine you want to take on a trail, getting far away from civilization and enjoying the serenity. It also will impress wherever you go in the city. Thanks to a thorough restoration, this truck is completely free of rust and looks amazing both outside and in. The classic yellow paint job is polished to an even shine, while the fender flares and removable roof are painted a complimentary yellow to help complete the throwback appearance. Factory badges, side mirrors, grille, rear spare tire carrier, and more keep this ride genuine. You also benefit from a brush bar up front. Fold down that rear tailgate and flip up the window, if you have the top on, to reveal the cargo area which is ample, especially with the rear seats folded. A custom interior elevates this Bronco past its humble roots. The layout is quite functional, especially all those easy-to-read OE and aftermarket gauges and cool controls. A center console with dual cupholders lets you and your passenger enjoy easy refreshment while you're exploring the great outdoors. Two-tone factory seats with what appears to be fresh upholstery, plus brown carpeting, have a rugged look and they feel great. If you drive around taller passengers, they'll love all the legroom in the backseat, plus there's plenty of headroom. When you're rolling around with the top off, the yellow cage adds some nice reassurance. This Bronco has the mechanicals to take you wherever you would like to go. A 351ci Windsor V8 pairs up with a 3-speed manual transmission for good control at your fingertips. You also get four-wheel drive with a Dana 20 transfer case. 31-inch tires help you roll over just about anything. Instead of having to muscle this beast, power steering and power brakes makes it manageable. Manufactured from 1965 to 1996, the Ford Bronco enjoyed a long and successful run. Collectors are especially fond of the first generation, making this 1969 model a solid investment. Considering Ford is about to relaunch the SUV, interest in classic models will likely skyrocket soon. You have the chance to own this excellent off-road legend through Auto Investors .


The lawyer represeting Hurstbourne residents in the ongoing conflict over the proposed Topfolf in Louisville will appeal a ruling to allow development to proceed. Attorney Steve Porter said Monday he would file an appeal later in the day challenging a court ruling that had essentially approved the project, which is set to take the space of the old Sears at the Oxmoor Center. Porter said the zoning application filed for the development was not "accurate and complete." Previously: Judge tosses Topgolf lawsuits, clearing way for groundbreaking at Oxmoor Center Check out Porter's statement below. "On behalf of my clients in the Topgolf case, I am today filing a Notice of Appeal to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. This appeal will be based on the misinterpretation by the Circuit Court Judge of the responsibilities and duties of the Planning Commission and its staff as compared to the position of the general public and neighbors. The Kentucky statutes require a zoning application to be "accurate and complete." That was not true in this case. It is not the responsibility of the general public, contrary to the judge's opinion, to check the accuracy of every detail in a zoning application. That would be an impossible task for the public. Contrary to the judge's opinion, the general public is not a "party" to a zoning application. The only parties are the applicants and the Planning Commission, and the Planning Commission is supposed to represent the interests of the public, which it did not do in this case.. If government did not do its job in enforcing the law, then the applications should never have been considered or approved. The courts require strict compliance with zoning statutes. "In addition, when the Planning staff was advised by an outside professor to get a local lighting expert to analyze the zoning application and its lighting report, that staff failed to do so. At the hearings and in its findings,, the Commission intimated that the public should have provided that expertise at its expense. Again, that is not the responsibility of the public, but is that of the Commission and its staff as representatives of the general public. "There are other issues, of course, which will be brought out in the appellate proceedings." This story will be updated. Lucas Aulbach can be reached at laulbach@courier-journal.com, 502-582-4649 or on Twitter @LucasAulbachCJ . Support strong local journalism and subscribe: www.courier-journal.com/lucasa . This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: TopGolf Louisville appeal to be filed, attorney says


LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)   Three manhole covers have been displaced in downtown Los Angeles and were emanating smoke below, according to firefighters who are responding to a reported explosion. The incident was unfolding Sunday afternoon in the 200 block of Hill Street. There were no injuries, and no power outages in the area, firefighters with the LAFD reported. This is a breaking news story. More information will be added as soon as it becomes available.


It's easy to forget that OLB Khalil Mack and ILB Roquan Smith, two of the most important defensive players on the Chicago Bears in 2018, never saw a practice at Bears training camp in Bourbonnais, IL prior to the season. Mack, of course, was still a member of the Oakland Raiders and in the midst of a holdout due to his expiring contract before being traded to Chicago a week before the regular season. Smith, meanwhile, had his own holdout with the Bears that was resolved just days after the team left camp. Now that both of their contracts are settled, each player is eager to attend their first Bears training camp at Olivet Nazarene University (ONU). Speaking with Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune, Mack and Smith gave their first impression of ONU. "It's smooth man," Mack said. "Yeah, I'm still taking it all in. I'm looking around and getting a feel for everything. It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun out here." Smith, meanwhile, had a different (and more blunt) take. "I don't know a lot, but I've learned it's in the middle of nowhere and there's nothing to do," he told ESPN 1000's Waddle and Silvy during a live appearance earlier in the week. Now, after two practices, the linebackers appear to be right at home. Mack blew up a few plays during the Bears first open practice and "sacked" Trubisky multiple times. Head Coach Matt Nagy certainly didn't seem to mind. "I'd like him to just keep ruining our drills. I'm OK with that," he told reporters following practice. Sacks in training camp result in plays whistled early. Khalil Mack was disruptive to the Bears' offense today. Said Matt Nagy: "I'd like him to just keep ruining our drills. I'm OK with that." - Chris Emma (@CEmma670) July 27, 2019 Smith, who battled the Bears running backs and wide receivers in practice, simply wants to improve his game from his rookie season and is striving to be a "better technician" on the field. Mack, though, sees greatness for his second-year teammate. "Ultimately, I feel like he can be an All-Pro player," Mack said when speaking to reporters. While neither had much of an offseason in 2018, both were key contributors for the 12-4 NFC North Champions. Mack finished with 12.5 sacks and six forced fumbles, culminating in an all-pro selection. Smith led the team in tackles with 121, added five sacks and one interception and was named to the Pro Football Writers of America all-rookie team. Remember to subscribe to Chicago Shuffle on iTunes and leave a friendly review and rating. View embedded content MORE: Bear bites woman in tent at Yellowstone, prompts action Sherra Wright pleads guilty in killing of LeBron's former teammate Lorenzen Wright Behind the scenes with new-look Nets: 'We got stars without mortgaging everything'' Competition at inside linebacker heating up at Steelers training camp Jayson Tatum's bold predictions for the 2019-20 season


Curious just how far your dollar goes in Squirrel Hill South? According to Walk Score, this Pittsburgh neighborhood is quite walkable, is bikeable and has good transit options. Data from rental site Zumper shows that the median rent for a one bedroom in Squirrel Hill South is currently hovering around $975. So, what might you expect to find if you've got a budget of $900 / month? Read on for a roundup of the latest rental listings, via Zumper and Apartment Guide . (Note: Prices and availability are subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. 5620 Hobart St. Listed at $850/month, this studio apartment is located at 5620 Hobart St. The apartment has hardwood flooring and a balcony. On-site laundry is listed as a building amenity. Pet lovers are in luck: Cats and dogs are permitted. (Check out the complete listing here .) 5552 Covode St. Next, there's this one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment located at 5552 Covode St. It's listed for $860/month. The building features on-site laundry and additional storage space. You can also expect to find both air conditioning and central heating in the unit. Neither cats nor dogs are welcome. There's no leasing fee required for this rental. (Check out the complete listing here .) 5851 Morrowfield Ave. Here's a one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit at 5851 Morrowfield Ave. that's going for $895/month. The residence has a dishwasher, in-unit laundry, an eat-in kitchen, a walk-in closet and hardwood flooring. Pets are not welcome. There's no leasing fee required for this rental. (Check out the complete listing here .) 5835 Darlington Road Finally, check out this one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit that's located at 5835 Darlington Road. It's also listed for $895/month. In the apartment, you'll see hardwood flooring, in-unit laundry and central heating. Animals are not welcome. There isn't a leasing fee associated with this rental. (Check out the complete listing here .) This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


With fewer than two weeks to go until Dec. 25, the weather pattern is dashing the hopes of many for a white Christmas this year. Due to the strong El Niño unfolding, many places that typically have a good chance of seeing snow on Christmas Day will miss out this holiday. This includes the East Coast I-95 cities, where meteorologists say chances are slim. "There's just not going to be enough cold air to support accumulating snow," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Anderson said. The recent warmth across the Eastern states has shattered temperatures records dating back to the 1800s. Through the middle of December, Washington, D.C., has averaged more than 8 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. New York City has averaged more than 11 degrees above normal. "The combination of a mild weather pattern and warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures strongly argues against accumulating snow in areas from Washington, D.C., to Boston," Anderson said. Even if small amounts do fall leading up to the holiday, it won't stick around. The warm ground would cause melting very quickly. The strong El Niño has helped to strengthen a west to east jet stream which delivers mild Pacific air across the United States. The position of the jet stream prevents arctic air from coming southward, keeping it instead locked up in Alaska and Siberia. Experts believe the current El Niño will rank within the top three strongest on record. Despite this, the odds are in favor of some seeing a snow-covered Christmas Day. The Great Lakes region may receive lake-effect snowfall over the next week; however, any accumulation is likely to melt as milder weather arrives before Christmas Day. The greatest area for some snow to stick around for Christmas Day will be across northern Maine. "In Chicago, snow is possible, but any totals will still be less than normal," Anderson said. "Minneapolis, on the other hand, is likely to have a white Christmas." Forecasters predict at least two to three storms will spread snow across the Upper Midwest leading up to Dec. 25. From Kansas to the Texas Panhandle, storms leading up to the holiday could establish at least a covering of snow. "It's rare, but possible," Anderson said. "The pattern supports the possibility." The best chances this year overall will stretch across the Dakotas and much of Minnesota. Additionally, the interior West and the Rockies will benefit from a better-than-usual chance. A white Christmas is defined as an inch of snow or more on the ground on Dec. 25.


A man using a blowtorch to clear weeds in a mobile home community accidentally started a fire that forced dozens of residents to temporarily evacuate. The blaze began Wednesday around 5:15pm in Green Oak Township, Michigan, about 50 miles from Detroit. According to Fire Chief Kevin Gentry, the fire began in a shed, but when firefighters arrived just a minute later, it had already spread to one trailer, and then another. In all three units were damaged. At least one resident lost their home and their pet, reports Fox 2 in Detroit . "My neighbor came knocking at my door," Brenda Vaughan told the channel. "This is, like, a family oriented [community]... there's so many different families that live here in trailers, so it's affecting everyone." Firefighters extinguished the flames in about about 20 minutes, but two propane tanks began leaking so severely the Livingston County Hazmat Team was called in. Authorities are still investigating the incident and have not released any information about who was responsible. Residents were allowed to return to their homes by 10pm, while the Red Cross is helping families displaced by the fire seek temporary shelter. This week, burglars used a blowtorch to try and break into the Daytona Spy Shop in Florida: Surveillance video shows a masked man pulling a large hose out of his car and igniting a professional welding torch. The man stopped when the curtains inside the store started to catch fire. The shop owner claims the same suspects tried to break in last month using a hammer, but after more than 50 blows they failed to break the lock and departed. And earlier this month, a plumber using a blow torch in an Akron, Ohio, apartment building accidentally set fire to the tower. Residents were evacuated though no one was reported injured. Last October , 29 firefighters were called to a two-alarm fire in Fresno, California, that was started when a man tried to kill a spider with a blowtorch. The man escaped but the house's second story and attic were damaged by the flames. There have been efforts to prevent future infernos: This spring lawmakers in New York banned flamethrowers after Elon Musk's Boring Company released its "Not-a-Flamethrower," a novelty incendiary device. The measure makes possession of a flamethrower "for recreational use" a felony punishable by up to four years in prison. But we might see more accidental blazes, now that the Throwflame TF-19 Wasp has come to market: The device is a functional flamethrower attachment for commercial drones that can set fire to targets up to 25 feet away. According to Throwflame, the $1,500 device's one-gallon tank can produce a stream of fire for more than one-and-a-half minutes. Sign up to our newsletter and get Newsweek stories delivered to your e-mail


Receiver Emmanuel Sanders won't be " full go " when the Broncos open training camp and may not avoid opening on the physically unable to perform list. It appears Jake Butt will avoid PUP. The Broncos tight end said he expects to begin working with his teammates on Day One of training camp, though he will be "eased into team work," Ryan O'Halloran of The Denver Post reports. Butt is working his way back from a third torn anterior cruciate ligament. He played only three games last season and missed the Broncos' offseason program while rehabbing. Butt, a fifth-round pick in 2017, missed his entire rookie season and most of last season. So Butt hopes for some good luck with his health in his third season. He has much to prove. The Broncos drafted Noah Fant in the first round and also have Jeff Heuerman and 2018 fifth-round pick Troy Fumagalli at the position.


The deadline for filing your tax return   April 15   isn't the only tax-season deadline. The IRS imposes various deadlines on tax-advantaged accounts   including individual retirement accounts (IRAs), workplace retirement plans and health savings accounts (HSAs). In some cases, missing a deadline means losing a chance to add money to a tax-advantaged account. In other cases, it means the IRS might hit you with a steep penalty. Following are several deadlines for tax-advantaged accounts that are just a couple of weeks away. It's not the usual blah, blah, blah. Click here to sign up for our free newsletter. HSA contribution deadline   April 15 Health savings accounts are not exclusively for retirement savings, but you can use them as back-up retirement accounts, as we discuss in " 3 Reasons You Need a Health Savings Account   and How to Open One Today ." Regardless of how you use your HSA, though, the deadline for contributions is the same: Tax Day. This is key because you can only contribute so much money to an HSA each year. So, if you miss the April 15 deadline, you will have passed up one of a finite number of chances to add money to a tax-free account for 2018. That's right: It's possible to never pay taxes on money that goes through an HSA. For 2018   the year that matters when thinking of this season's tax deadlines   the HSA contribution limit is $3,450 for taxpayers with self-only health insurance coverage and $6,900 for those with family coverage. IRA contribution deadline   April 15 For tax year 2018, the deadline for putting money in an IRA is April 15 . As with HSAs, if you miss the IRA contribution deadline, you will have passed up one of a finite number of chances to add savings to a tax-advantaged account. For 2018, the IRA contribution limit is $5,500 or $6,500, depending on your age. Related: Your Biggest Retirement Problem   and a New Solution Excess IRA contribution withdrawal deadline   April 15 The IRS also imposes a deadline by which excess contributions must be withdrawn. This means that if you contributed more than the IRS allows to IRA accounts for tax year 2018   the $5,500 or $6,500 cap mentioned above   you have until April 15 to withdraw the excess amount from your IRAs. Otherwise, Uncle Sam will penalize you   to the annual tune of 6 percent of the excess amount left in your IRAs. Required minimum distribution deadline   April 1 Folks who turned 70 ½ in 2018 generally have until April 1 to take their first required minimum distribution (RMD) from many types of retirement accounts, including traditional IRAs as well as workplace retirement plans like 401(k)s. Roth IRAs are not subject to RMDs during the account owner's lifetime . As the IRS explains about RMDs: "You cannot keep retirement funds in your account indefinitely." Basically, Uncle Sam wants folks with certain types of retirement accounts to withdraw a minimum amount of money from those accounts each year, starting the year in which they turn 70 ½. And they means it: The penalty for missing an RMD deadline is a 50 percent tax on the amount that you failed to withdraw as required. The exact amount of an RMD depends on multiple factors. The IRS offers RMD worksheets online. For folks who turned 70 ½ prior to 2018, the deadline for taking RMDs was Dec. 31 . That's because after your first RMD, the deadline remains Dec. 31 of the applicable tax year.


The Fourth of July holiday is a time for joy and merriment for millions of Americans. But in the NFL, it's a time for coaches and executives to hold their breath and pray that nothing bad happens. Sadly, tragedy struck the NFL this year. Dolphins defensive tackle Kendrick Norton suffered multiple injuries, including the amputation of his left arm, in a car accident in South Florida early in the morning on July 4. As of Friday, he remained hospitalized, though his injuries are not considered life-threatening. Norton was a seventh-round pick last year of the Panthers, and spent most of the 2018 season on Carolina's practice squad. The Dolphins signed him to their active roster for two games at the end of the season, and Norton was expected to fight for a backup spot this year. Now his football career is likely over. Offseason accidents are a sad but inevitable part of the NFL, particularly before offseason programs begin in April and during the six weeks between spring practices and training camp. In 2015, Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul and Buccaneers cornerback C.J. Wilson each lost fingers in Fourth of July fireworks accidents. In 2009, former Titans quarterback Steve McNair was killed on July 4 in an apparent murder-suicide. Norton's accident also brings to mind two other offseason tragedies. Patriots defensive end Marquise Hill drowned in a jet ski accident over Memorial Day weekend in 2007. And in March 2009, Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper was one of three people to drown in the Gulf of Mexico when their boat capsized. Norton's accident is part of a familiar refrain during the NFL offseason   all news is bad news. This past week was a slow one in the NFL world, but there were still several not-so-flattering headlines. One was that the NFL investigator Lisa Friel , a former New York City sex crimes prosecutor, finally met with Tyreek Hill to question him about the incident involving his 3-year-old son ending up with a broken arm. Hill won't be charged criminally, but now the NFL is investigating to determine if Hill violated the league's personal conduct policy. While the Chiefs didn't allow Hill to practice this offseason, and the NFL placed him on the commissioner's exempt list, the Chiefs noticeably haven't cut Hill yet. The Chiefs may be happy to let Roger Goodell suspend Hill for a certain amount of games (six is usually the baseline), then welcome him back in the fold for the stretch run. Also this past week, Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott once again was called into the league's New York headquarters for his behavior, this time for a confrontation with a security guard at a Las Vegas music festival in May. Elliott was lucky to avoid a suspension this time, but Goodell basically put Elliott on double secret probation. Any other slip-up   the NFL first suspended Elliott six games in 2017 for allegedly groping a woman   will result in a major punishment. And former Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent , who was found guilty of intoxicated manslaughter for a 2012 car accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown , is in legal trouble again. Brent, a Cowboys scout for the last four years, was arrested last weekend for public intoxication and resisting arrest. This arrest led to another arrest for violating the terms of his parole. The NFL will generate plenty of positive headlines in the next few weeks when training camps get underway and the teams get back to football. But sadly, the Fourth of July holiday is often a time for tragedy and other bad news. ENTERING CANTON Hall of Fame is making news The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement is still a month away, but the Hall was in the news this past week for two reasons. One, the organization announced that recently deceased Broncos owner Pat Bowlen will, in fact, be honored with a gold jacket and Hall of Fame ring at the August induction ceremony. The decision is the right one, but goes against past Hall policy to not award gold jackets or rings to deceased Hall of Famers. The Hall stuck to its principles in recent years, refusing to award a jacket or ring to the family members of Junior Seau or Ken Stabler . Hall of Fame spokesman Pete Fierle told Denver's 9News that Bowlen's case was different. "Pat Bowlen is the first individual to pass away between the time he was elected and formally enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame," Fierle said. "The process was underway to create his Hall of Fame gold jacket and Hall of Fame ring of excellence. As previously planned prior to his death, the gold jacket and ring of excellence will be presented to the Pat Bowlen estate to be displayed in the front lobby of the UC Health Training Center [in Denver]." But it's hard not to be cynical and believe that the only reason the Hall found this loophole is because Bowlen was an owner. The Hall needs to do the right thing and award gold jackets and rings to the families of Seau, Stabler, and other deceased Hall of Famers. "There's no reason I should have my father's ring and Bruce Allen does not have his [father, George Allen's ]," Raiders owner Mark Davis (son of Al Davis ) said. "As a new member of the NFL owners Hall of Fame committee, I'll continue to advocate for the families." The other news was the tentative announcement of what has been previously reported in this space   that the Hall of Fame will have a giant class for 2020 to help celebrate the league's 100 years and help many contributors and old-timers get enshrinement. The final plan will be voted upon Aug. 2, but the 2020 class will likely have its usual five modern-era candidates, plus three contributors (owners, general managers, scouts), two coaches, and 10 senior candidates. "We have several guys who are on all-decade teams who aren't in the Hall of Fame, so this is an opportunity with the centennial coming up," Hall of Fame CEO David Baker said on SiriusXM. Having three "contributor" slots next year, as opposed to one, should give Patriots owner Robert Kraft a good shot at earning enshrinement, as a source close to the process said Kraft is at the top of a short list of candidates (along with former Giants GM George Young and former commissioner Paul Tagliabue ). The more interesting and heated discussion should come with regard to the two coaching spots. The ballot will include several worthy candidates, including Jimmy Johnson , Mike Holmgren , Don Coryell , Dick Vermeil , Tom Flores , and Mike Shanahan . The vote here goes for Johnson and Coryell, but all are worthy. ETC. Union may have bit more leverage When the owners and NFL Players Association battled in 2011, the union's lack of negotiating power was on full display. The owners were hell-bent on fixing the rookie wage system and getting a larger slice of overall revenue, and didn't care if it meant locking out the players or missing part of the preseason. The owners had the upper hand   billionaires can always outlast millionaires in a labor battle, and a majority of NFL players are more like hundred-thousandaires   and they knew it. The players folded quickly, signing an owner-friendly collective bargaining agreement in late July, even though there were still six weeks away from missing their first paycheck. But there's reason to think the NFLPA has a little bit more leverage this time. Most notably, the owners want labor peace to help them negotiate their next round of TV contracts, which expire in 2022. While the CBA doesn't expire until 2021, the owners are pushing the NFLPA to agree to a new deal as soon as before or during the 2019 season. The sides have met in each of the last three months, and have a three-day session planned for July 19-21. Related: Expert panel: What should NFLPA fight for in next labor battle with NFL owners? The owners are hammering the theme that labor peace is good for both sides   that with 10 years of labor peace locked in, the NFL can negotiate for more money in the next round of TV contracts, which will trickle down and enrich the players. But everything has a price, and if the owners want a deal so quickly, they will have to concede in other areas   whether it's changing the formula for the franchise tag, or reducing the number of years in rookie contracts, or giving the players an additional percentage point or two of revenue, or reducing penalties for marijuana, or reducing Roger Goodell's disciplinary powers. The NFLPA also has some bargaining power over what the NFL calls "stadium credits," in which the owners take money out of the revenue pile and use it for new stadiums or renovations. The owners have run out of their stadium credits in this current CBA, and reportedly are making them one of their big issues in the next CBA, to help with stadiums in Carolina, Washington, Jacksonville, and Buffalo. Again, the NFLPA will surely be willing to help the owners get their stadium credits. But everything comes at a price. Shutting out fans not a good look Be careful, NFL owners. Remember Mark Cuban's words: "Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered." The Raiders announced their training camp schedule this past week and became the latest team to shut out the average fan. While we'll all get an up-close (and extremely sanitized) view of the Raiders on "Hard Knocks," the team won't open any of its Napa Valley practices to the general public, instead inviting only season ticket-holders and sponsors. This is a troubling trend. The Eagles will have just one practice open to the general public, and getting in will cost $12. And the Jets are opening just four practices and a scrimmage to the public. Free training camp practices are one of the best things going in the NFL   it allows fans, especially kids, who can't afford to go to games to get an up-close view of their team. It generates good will and, as the Patriots have discovered, fans still spend plenty of money on hot dogs, waters, jerseys, and other paraphernalia. Shutting out the average fan and giving private access to sponsors and luxury-box holders is not a good look for the league. Veldheer listened to his body The Patriots thought they had shored up their offensive line by signing nine-year veteran tackle Jared Veldheer to a one-year deal for between $3.5 million and $6.5 million. But Veldheer lasted just one, non-padded practice in May before telling Bill Belichick that his body couldn't do it anymore. "It was easy because of knowing what my body was telling me, but it was hard because I was leaving a very good situation being with the Patriots," Veldheer recently told MLive. While the Patriots have last year's first-round pick, Isaiah Wynn , penciled in at left tackle, Veldheer seemed to think he had a good shot at winning the starting job. His contract included up to $3 million in play-time guarantees. But one practice was enough to let Veldheer know it was time to move on from football. "My hips, particularly my left one, was in pretty bad shape [after the season]," he said. "But I got some stem-cell therapy, some other treatments, and started to feel better and I thought the things I was doing were going to help. "When March rolled around I thought I could give it a go, but once I went out there to do actual football stuff, the hip felt exactly how it did at the end of the season. There was just no way I was going to put my body through that. I couldn't conceive even trying to make my body do that." The Patriots have an open spot on their 90-man roster, and probably need to add another veteran tackle to replace Veldheer. Bengals have been snakebitten The Bengals might want to consider trading next year's first-round pick for a proven, veteran player. The team is snakebitten in the first round. The Bengals went the safe route with the 11th overall pick, taking Alabama left tackle Jonah Williams . But Williams won't suit up as a rookie   the team announced he is done for the season after recently undergoing surgery for a torn labrum suffered in a practice in early June. The injury is a tough blow for first-year coach Zac Taylor , who now has to move Cordy Glenn back to left tackle and John Jerry to left guard. Williams's injury is also a bit of a head-scratcher, as Williams didn't have it at draft time, and offseason practices are non-contact and non-padded. Offensive linemen shouldn't be tearing their labrums in this environment. It continues an awful trend for Bengals first-round picks. In 2018, center Billy Price missed six games with a foot injury. In 2017, receiver John Ross played in just three games and didn't have a catch because of various injuries. In 2016, cornerback William Jackson missed the season with a torn pectoral. And in 2015, offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi missed 11 games as he returned from a torn ACL. Extra points A handful of noteworthy veterans remain available, particularly on offense. At quarterback, teams in search of a veteran backup could take a look at Sam Bradford , Brock Osweiler , Geno Smith , and Matt Cassel . At running back, Jay Ajayi , Darren Sproles , LeGarrette Blount , and Alex Collins (who was released in March following an arrest) are available. Several veteran receivers are on the market, including Michael Crabtree , Dez Bryant (coming off a torn Achilles'), Pierre Garcon , Kelvin Benjamin , and Mike Wallace . And among the offensive tackles available are four intriguing veteran options for the Patriots to consider: Jermey Parnell , Donald Penn , Jermon Bushrod , and Andre Smith . . . Interesting comments this past week from Michael Lombardi about Nick Caserio and the Texans' GM job on the "Pro Football Doc" podcast: "At the end of the day, Nick obviously knew he had that clause in his contract, he knew he had another year, but he wanted to leave. And I think that that will end up still being the case. The Texans aren't hiring anybody. They want Nick." Lombardi is one of Bill Belichick's confidants and spent the 2014-15 seasons with the Patriots, so he knows the dynamic with Caserio as well as anyone . . . Time for the folks at EA Sports to reconsider their player rating system for "Madden NFL." They gave Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones , the No. 6 overall pick, a 63 rating   lower than second-round pick Drew Lock , lower than third-round pick Will Grier , lower than seven of the other eight rookies on the Giants (including a fifth-round pick), and, absurdly, lower than undrafted rookie quarterback Tyree Jackson . I realize that not everyone is a Jones fan, but he still would have been a first-round pick had the Giants not taken him. Ben Volin can be reached at ben.volin@globe.com . Follow him on Twitter @BenVolin . Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.


Former Supercars champion Garth Tander will join the TCR Australia field at Phillip Island next weekend, it has been announced. at the end of last season, will drive an Audi RS 3 LMS for the Melbourne Performance Centre team. It will be the 41-year-old's first outing in an under-two litre TCR car and first in any front-wheel drive machine. The three-time Bathurst 1000 winner will be on double duty next weekend; in addition to his TCR commitments, he will also compete in Australian GT Endurance Championship in an R8 GT3 entered by Audi Sport Team Valvoline. "I'm looking forward to it," said Tander. "I was a keen observer of the first round in Sydney, so to get my opportunity to drive a brand new Audi at Phillip Island is fantastic. "It will be different to drive than anything I've done before so it will be a challenge to get my head around it. "I've never raced a front wheel drive car before. That will be the main thing to get across, but looking at the racing in Sydney, it looked exciting, challenging, and the guys out there are fast and switched on. "Drivers like Will Brown, Tony D'Alberto and Jason Bright have have a full race weekend head start on me. I have a bit of catching up to do but I'm up for it." at the opening round in Sydney. Cameron and Tander are the only drivers confirmed for the Phillip Island round, leaving two MPC Audi seats up for grabs. "Garth is our first port of call anytime our team needs a driver," said team's managing director Troy Russell. "We tried to get him for Sydney but things didn't work. We are rapt that he'll be in our car for Phillip Island." "He is the ultimate professional   both in and out of the car. He won't have driven the car prior to Phillip Island, but knowing Garth, it won't take him long to get his head around it and get on the pace. "He is also racing the Audi R8 in the Australian GT races too, so he won't be lacking for race miller over the weekend." for the enduro leg of the season.


Dizzying temperatures have caused water shortages in thousands of Indian villages and killed hundreds more people over the past day, driving the death toll from a weeks-long heat wave to at least 1,826, officials have said. Hospitals were urged to give emergency treatment to people suffering from heatstroke as authorities on Friday cancelled doctors' leave, set up water distribution points and warned people not to venture out. "The main thing is prevention in this situation to ensure that preventive measures are being taken," said Charan Singh, additional director of public health in Delhi, where top temperatures have hit 45 degrees Celsius. Meteorological officials have called the heat wave "severe" and warned that it would continue for at least another two days across a huge swath of the South Asian country from Tamil Nadu in the south to the Himalayan foothill state of Himachal Pradesh. Most of those killed by heat-related conditions including dehydration and heat stroke, have been in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where 100 people died on Thursday as temperatures hovered at about 43C. Thousands of water tankers were delivering supplies to more than 4,000 villages and hamlets facing acute water shortages in the central state of Maharashtra, state officials told the Press Trust of India news agency. Monsoon delayed "In the capital New Delhi, there are growing concerns on the part of doctors and health experts that the high temperatures that Delhi is experiencing along with dust is trapping dangerous toxins in the air which could have long-term dangerous consequences for millions of residents," Al Jazeera's Nidhi Dutt, reporting from Delhi, said. Hundreds of mainly poor people die at the height of summer every year in India, but this year's figures are already nearly double the annual average. People across India have been plunging into rivers, staying in the shade and drinking lots of water to try to beat the heat. Scorched crops and dying wildlife were reported, with some animals succumbing to thirst. Many farmers and construction workers struggling with poverty were still working outdoors despite the risks, they along with the impoverished elderly were among the most vulnerable. "How do we cope up with the heat? We have to raise kids and so we have to work even though it's hot. Otherwise what will our children eat?" said 38-year-old bricklayer Sunder in Gurgaon, a satellite town near Delhi. Disaster management officials have said more needs to be done to alert residents to the risks of staying outside in the heat, particularly if the heat waves persist. Cooling monsoon rains were expected next week in the south before gradually advancing north. However, forecasting service AccuWeather warned of prolonged drought conditions, with the monsoon likely to be disrupted by a more active typhoon season over the Pacific. The heat wave is now the fifth-deadliest in recorded world history and the second-deadliest in India's history, according to EM-DAT, the International Disaster Database.


The Americans knew exactly what they wanted to do. Outside the team, the speculation for many weeks had been whether the United States women's national team would be best off throwing its final Women's World Cup group stage game against Sweden, should it determine who placed first or second in the group. After all, the winner would likely face France, the home team and one of the favorites, in the quarterfinals. The runner-up would potentially avoid Les Bleues until the final. Sure enough, France won its group and the USA and Sweden had their places in the knockout stages sewn up after each racked up a pair of predictable victories against Thailand and Chile. But to the U.S., tanking against the Swedes, who had knocked them out of the Rio Olympics three years ago, never seemed to be a consideration. "You can't overthink this," head coach Jill Ellis had said ahead of the game. "Deciding to come second or manipulate the score, that can be dangerous." Besides, she saw this game as the team's biggest test of the group stage by far, and the best chance to clean up its game before the margin of error disappears in the knockout stages. "It comes down to focus," she said. "That's why this is going to be great for us, because we do need to sharpen that." So on Thursday, after all the handwringing, the Americans took an early lead when Lindsey Horan slipped through a thicket of Swedes on a corner and poked the ball into the net from the doorstep. And they got a second just after halftime, when Tobin Heath beat her defender and scored from close range on a deflection   downgrading it to an own goal. 2-0. Fine. This intentional … victory … in a game of soccer was the right call. It was the only real challenge in the group stage. And the Americans learned a lot. They learned that they were, on the day at least, weak on the left flank with Crystal Dunn exposed as the unnatural defender that she is and Megan Rapinoe partly culpable for her chronic lethargy in tracking back. They learned that the defensive shape isn't quite right yet, allowing for lanes to open up in transition. They learned that Heath went long stretches without significant involvement in the first half. They learned that Alex Morgan was crowded out by physical defenders, before coming off at halftime as precaution for a slight knock. These are valuable data points that give the team something to work toward before the games start mattering again. Just as the positives provide useful information. The effectiveness of the high tempo, for instance. Or Sam Mewis's continued excellence, this time slotting in for the slightly injured Julie Ertz. Horan's dominance in the middle. Rose Lavelle's emergence as perhaps the world's best No. 10 of the moment. And Alyssa Naeher's solid night in goal, after barely featuring in the first two games, making a string of strong saves that will hearten her in the face of all the questions she has parried about succeeding the all-time great Hope Solo. But there were other reasons to play this game hard. After all, would playing Canada in the round of 16 and Germany thereafter really have been all that much better than facing Spain and then France, as the U.S. now will? The Canadians are intimately familiar with the USA and have played them close plenty of times. Germany is a contender in its own right. At any rate, the Americans will have to beat everybody at some point in order to lift the trophy for a second World Cup in a row. And as Ellis pointed out, it's hard to predict how all of this shakes out. There's little sense in attempting to play the puppetmaster over the knockout bracket, with the unpredictable looming in a single-elimination stage. Strange things will happen. Best not to try to game it. Because there's lots of psychological value to keeping the winning momentum going, keeping the winning spirit going. That's this team's ethos, after all. Winning is woven deep into its genetic wiring. And if this team even knew how to lose on purpose, there's no telling what the upshot would be to its mindset. "This was the ignition we needed, I think," Ellis said after the game. Nobody has ever lost the World Cup by winning every game. Leander Schaerlaeckens is a Yahoo Sports soccer columnist and a sports communication lecturer at Marist College. Follow him on Twitter @LeanderAlphabet. More from Yahoo Sports: NBA mock draft 5.0: What will Pelicans do? Report: Davis, Lillard to feature in 'Space Jam 2' Authorities: Ortiz wasn't intended target of shooting How Celtics shockingly combusted so quickly


A video released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday shows more than 130 migrants walking around a border wall in southern Arizona, the latest incident involving large groups of migrants seeking asylum in the United States. The group consisted of 134 Central Americans who were walking around the west end of the pedestrian fencing Tuesday in the small border town of Sasabe, about 77 miles west of Nogales, the agency said. The group immediately surrendered to Border Patrol agents and eight members of the group were hospitalized, the agency said. Ten hours later, another group of about 30 people crossed the border at the same location, according to Customs and Border Protection. Follow Arizona politics? Our reporters stay on top of it all. Subscribe to azcentral.com . The agency said the influx of migrants has strained transportation, medical and manpower resources, creating a challenging "new normal" for border agents. "The strain and human toll is frustrating for migrants, their families, the American public, and law enforcement agents alike," an agency statement read. Slideshow by Photo Services The Tucson Sector Border Patrol rescued 108 people who crossed the border illegally in the month of May, according to a Wednesday statement. Late last month, Customs and Border Protection said Yuma Sector agents had apprehended 17,578 migrants, most traveling as families, in a five-month period, overwhelming resources and holding spaces. Reach the reporter at bfrank@arizonarepublic.com or follow her on Twitter @brieannafrank . Support local journalism. Subscribe to azcentral today. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: 134 migrants walk around border wall, surrender to agents in Arizona


The 2019 NFL draft now complete, the roster-building process for the league's 32 teams is basically complete heading into next season. Sure, clubs will tinker   prominent free agents like Ndamukong Suh, Eric Berry, Michael Crabtree and Ziggy Ansah remain unsigned. But even with the writing on the wall for veterans like the Giants' Eli Manning, Broncos' Joe Flacco and Bengals' Andy Dalton   each of their teams just selected a quarterback   their starting jobs appear safe for Week 1, at minimum, and probably all year. However, other established players could find themselves on the move in the draft's wake. For example, with first-round ILB Devin Bush in the fold, Pittsburgh cut Jon Bostic, who started 14 games last season, after the draft ended Saturday evening. Here are a few others whose jobs suddenly look tenuous given the rookies headed in their direction: Eagles WR Nelson Agholor: For a guy who's never topped 800 receiving yards in a season, the $9.4 million on his fifth-year option might be more cheddar than Philly wants to swallow   especially with second-round WR J.J. Arcega-Whiteside entering the mix alongside veterans Alshon Jeffery and DeSean Jackson. Patriots P Ryan Allen: One of the unsung heroes of Super Bowl LIII , Allen may have that as his final appearance for New England. Bill Belichick didn't spend a fifth-rounder on Stanford's Jacob Bailey with the intent of keeping two punters   especially since only $100,000 of Allen's $1.5 million salary for 2019 is guaranteed. Dolphins QB Ryan Fitzpatrick: Hope you had plenty of cake during your honeymoon as Miami's starter given the new coaching staff has every incentive to take a long look at newly acquired Josh Rosen in order to determine how he fits into this franchise's future . Fitzpatrick could be an instant trade asset if another team's quarterback goes down in the months ahead. Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill: There's no performance issue here, Hill garnering Pro Bowl honors in all three of his NFL seasons and named an all-pro receiver for the first time in 2018. But after the Johnson County (Kansas) District Attorney's office reopened an investigation into whether he abused his 3-year-old son   four years after Hill pleaded guilty to domestic assault and battery of his current fiancée   it appears increasingly likely he won't be a member of this team. How else to explain Kansas City's decision to spend its first pick (56th overall) on WR Mecole Hardman, whose game is similar to Hill's even if the talent level isn't the same, despite the club's defensive issues and fact WR Sammy Watkins signed a three-year, $48 million contract just last year? NFL DRAFT: 32 things we learned in 2019 STEALS: D.K. Metcalf, Greedy Williams among best value picks 2020 NFL DRAFT: Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert headline class Eagles RB Jordan Howard: Acquired from the Bears in a March trade, he's only under contract for 2019 and may find himself fighting for snaps behind second-rounder Miles Sanders, who might be the most explosive and versatile back on a jumbled depth chart. Howard could be another guy who gets moved if another team's starting back goes down this summer. Patriots QB Brian Hoyer: Tom Brady's 33-year-old backup is under contract for one more year. And though it might make sense to carry three passers, given Auburn's Jarrett Stidham arrived in the fourth round , New England was comfortable keeping only Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo in 2014, the latter's rookie season. Giants CB Janoris Jenkins: He hasn't lived up to the five-year, $62.5 million contract he signed in 2016, and his name was floating around at the trade deadline last October. More telling, the Giants just added corners Deandre Baker and Julian Love after taking Sam Beal in the 2018 supplemental draft. Could this be an odd-man-out situation given Jenkins' money and performance? Raiders S Karl Joseph: Over the past six weeks, Oakland signed Lamarcus Joyner to a four-year, $42 million deal, then chose hard-hitting Johnathan Abram in the first round . Where does that leave Joseph, whose fifth-year option has not yet been picked up? "I think that's a conversation we'll have with Karl," GM Mike Mayock said when asked about the former first-rounder's future. Bills RB LeSean McCoy: He did wonders in a limited offense for several years before suffering a sharp decline in production in 2018 (514 rushing yards in 14 games). With fellow vet Frank Gore now aboard, along with third-rounder Devin Singletary and his fresh legs, it's worth wondering if McCoy might wind up as trade bait or a cap casualty. Cardinals DL Robert Nkemdiche: He's been a massive disappointment since being taken in Round 1 three years ago. Arizona has yet to pick up his fifth-year option and, after securing Boston College's Zach Allen in Round 3, could decide they don't need Nkemdiche much longer. Vikings TE Kyle Rudolph: He's owed $7.6 million heading into the final year of his contract and didn't play up to that kind of salary last season. Multi-dimensional second-rounder Irv Smith Jr. will take Rudolph's targets (and job) at some point; it's just a matter of when. Redskins QB Alex Smith: His ongoing recovery from last year's horrible leg injury casts his NFL future in serious doubt. But with Washington taking Ohio State's Dwayne Haskins in the first round   and journeymen Case Keenum and Colt McCoy under contract for 2019   it's worth wondering if Smith has played his final snap in the nation's capital, or if he and the team are comfortable with the thought of him potentially returning to a backup role in 2020. 49ers DL Solomon Thomas: Even after picking DE Nick Bosa second overall , GM John Lynch said Thursday that Thomas, the heretofore underperforming No. 3 overall pick in 2017, was "absolutely" part of the team's plans going forward despite a glut of high-priced players on San Francisco's D-line. Lynch is a pretty straight shooter, but it wouldn't be shocking if things changed   especially if he gets an offer in, say, training camp and decides the team and Thomas could both benefit from a change of scenery. *** Follow Nate Davis on Twitter @ByNateDavis This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 13 NFL veterans who have been put on notice after NFL draft


New Raiders receiver Antonio Brown had quite the eventful first day of training camp. First, Brown announced his arrival in Napa on Friday morning by riding a hot-air balloon . A few hours later, the Raiders placed Brown on the non-football injury list to open camp. The Raiders did not specify the nature of Brown's injury. ESPN's Field Yates, who first reported the move, added the issue is thought to be "very minor." A team source said it's expected Brown "won't be out long" and might miss a week of practices. Raiders general manager Mike Mayock did not mention Brown when asked about injuries at a pre-camp news conference around midday Friday, reporting day for veteran players. The Raiders traded third- and fifth-round draft picks to the Pittsburgh Steelers for Brown in March and restructured his contract to reportedly pay him up to $54.125 million over the next three seasons. The four-time All-Pro selection is expected to be the Raiders' top receiver this season and a leader at an overhauled position group. Brown remains on the Raiders' active roster and can be activated from the non-football injury list at any time during camp. The move's timing, though, took some of the wind out of Brown's training camp entrance. In Pittsburgh, Brown arrived for camp one year in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce and last season via helicopter. Friday morning, the Raiders posted a video of Brown taking a hot air balloon ride and stating, "Raider Nation, I'm here in Napa," after touching down. "I thought it'd be exciting to switch it up," Brown said in the video. "Napa Valley obviously is known for the hot-air balloons. This camp is so important for this team because there's a lot at stake. We've kind of got to develop our identity. I think it all starts today with the commitment from guys there and everyone there understanding the reasons we're there." Mayock and head coach Jon Gruden found humor in the stunt at their news conference. "Did he land?" Mayock asked. "Is he here?" "Is he OK, that's all I want to know," Gruden added. Brown was the Raiders' highest-profile offseason addition after he made known his discontent in Pittsburgh, where he had at least 100 catches and 1,000 receiving yards in each of the past six seasons. "I expect a lot more drama from No. 84, I really do," Gruden said Friday. "He's a fun guy to be around. I expected a little bit more than a hot air balloon. I thought he might jump out of an airplane and parachute here himself. But he's going to add a lot of life to this organization at a position where obviously we need some explosive plays." Mayock said Brown made an impression on teammates in spring practices. "When he catches a quick slant and gets vertical and goes   it's rare to see grown men in the NFL look at each other and just start giggling and laughing, and it happens almost every day in practice," Mayock said. "I think what it also does is the young guys get to see how an All-Pro, potential Hall of Famer, practices on a daily basis." Also on Friday, the Raiders placed guard Denzelle Good on the physically unable to perform list and fullback Keith Smith on the non-football injury list to open camp. Good, who was expected to compete at left guard, had lower back surgery last month and will likely miss the next two months, Mayock said. Richie Incognito, who is suspended for the first two games this season, and Jonathan Cooper are other candidates to start at left guard. Gruden said the Raiders are "certainly going to have some competition" at the position. Incognito worked with the starters this offseason despite the Raiders anticipating NFL discipline for him after he had legal issues since last playing in the NFL in 2017. "We knew about it, we planned for it," Mayock said. "We think we executed accordingly." Smith injured his left knee during offseason training and posted on Instagram this week that he had surgery on his meniscus. Mayock said it is "nowhere near a season-ending injury." The Raiders have one other fullback on their roster, undrafted rookie Alex Ingold from Wisconsin. Matt Kawahara is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: mkawahara@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @matthewkawahara Related slideshow: 2019 NFL training camps (Provided by imagn)


Manchester United have offered Adrien Rabiot £170,000-a-week in a bid to land the French midfielder from Paris Saint-Germain this summer. Rabiot's contract with the French champions is set to expire at the end of June and, due to his fractious relationship with the club, the 24-year-old will not be receiving an extension. After a public fall out midway through the 2018/19 season, Rabiot failed to make a single appearance in 2019, indicating that his future ultimately lies elsewhere. According to French news outlet Le10Sport ,  Manchester United are one of a number of clubs who are keeping a close eye on Rabiot and the Red Devils have now offered a bumper contract to lure him over to Old Trafford this summer. The deal, said to be worth £170,000-a-week, has been tabled to ward off interest from the likes of Juventus and Tottenham , who have both recently expressed an interest in Rabiot. In addition to the generous wages on offer, Rabiot would also be presented with a signing on fee of £4.43m. United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sees Rabiot as an important part of his squad rebuild, which could see a handful of first-team stars head for the exit door this summer. Manchester United offering Adrien Rabiot £170k a week to join them is everything that's wrong with Manchester United.   Scott Saunders (@_scottsaunders) June 2, 2019 Ander Herrera has already announced that he will be joining PSG this summer, while the futures of various midfielders such as Juan Mata and Paul Pogba remain increasingly uncertain - highlighting the necessity for reinforcements. The only sticking point for United is that, after finishing outside of the top four, they will not be able to offer Rabiot Champions League football next season, which could prove to be a deciding factor is negotiations do end up progressing.


Real Madrid have been given a major boost with the new La Liga season now just around the corner, seeing first-team players like Luka Jović and Thibaut Courtois return from injury scares during pre-season. Los Blancos were back in training ahead of their trip to Austria next week, having just picked up a third-place finish in the Audi Cup at Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena. Some of Zinedine Zidane's key first-team players have been dropping like flies throughout pre-season, with Real Madrid looking unable to complete a single friendly match without someone suffering a serious injury. But with just one week left until the new La Liga season, AS confirm that Real Madrid have been given good news over Jović and Courtois ' fitness, two players who appeared to suffer long-term injuries while on tour in the United States. Casemiro , Éder Militão and even James Rodriguez trained with Real Madrid's first-team as they continue to look for a buyer for the Colombia international before the start of the season. The three stars have been eased back into first-team training following their involvement in the Copa América, which in turn granted them an extended holiday. Ahead of Real Madrid's match against Red Bull Salzburg - referred to as FC Salzburg due to branding restrictions from UEFA - youth team players Jaime Seoane, Takefusa Kubo and Miguel Gutiérrez Ortega have also been training with the senior squad. Los Blancos' trip to Austria will be their penultimate game of pre-season, with the club also set to face Italian giants AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on August 11.


Grand touring cars are all about enjoying your drive and enjoying the road on which you're driving. It only makes sense, then, that the best GTs are only improved by turning them into convertibles . Take, for instance, the new BMW 8 Series . The coupe might entice you to hit up a race track, but the convertible will goad you into canceling your appointments and heading out for a weekend getaway. The 2019 BMW M850i convertible is just that alluring. Related Video: 2019 BMW M850i Convertible: A grand tourer you'll just want to drive (Provided by Roadshow) 2019 BMW M850i Convertible: Grand tourer with huge curb appeal Form and function In an era where BMW has gone quite a long time without building a beautiful car, the 8 Series is a standout that'll get noticed whether it's parked out front in the valet line or blasting along the open road. Long, low and wide, the 8 Series convertible looks striking from every angle, especially with its roof down. The car has a lot of presence -- as it should for something nearly 16 feet long. Research the BMW 8 Series on MSN Autos | Find a BMW 8 Series near you The powered soft top is, of course, the defining feature of this model. It can be raised or lowered at the touch of a button in just 15 seconds, and while you're driving at up to 30 miles per hour, too. With the roof stowed, there's an unfortunately large blind spot over your shoulder, which isn't ideal for backing out of angled parking spaces. But the multilayer fabric top does do a great job of keeping wind and road noise out of the cabin. With the roof down, visibility is naturally improved. There isn't too much wind buffeting at speed; a pop-up wind blocker, found in the trunk, can be popped in place over the rear seats if you need even less wind in your hair for long highway journeys. The best feature of all, though, is a button that turns on a blast of warming air emerging from the front-seat headrests. It's a $400 option and definitely worth the money. Like Mercedes' similar Airscarf function, it makes top-down driving more palatable on chillier days -- especially in conjunction with the heated seats and heated steering wheel. As in any four-seat convertible like this, back-seat room is adequate for short journeys but certainly not ideal for long trips. I can sit in the back with just enough legroom but when the top is up, I can't sit up straight. The trunk, meanwhile, holds 12.4 cubic feet of your belongings, which is less than the coupe's because the soft top folds into the trunk. That cuts down on vertical room, so you'll probably want soft-sided bags for your weekend getaways. Unusually for a droptop, the 8 Series has folding rear seats -- but with the convertible top in the way, lowering the seat backs doesn't add a whole lot of utility. The 8 Series has a really well-appointed cabin, with stitched leather on nearly every surface, sumptuous comfortable seats and modern-looking metal-mesh trim pieces. My test car has the optional glass controls package, meaning the shifter, engine start-stop button and infotainment knob are all works of art that refract prism-like. At night, unfortunately, the BMW's ambient lighting glints off the iDrive controller distractingly; this is one car in which I'd probably turn off the ambient lighting solely for that reason. Idyllic everyday driver My first trip out in the M850i cements an overwhelming impression of pleasantness. It's a car that's relaxing and lovely to drive in every situation, which is just what you'd like from a grand tourer that might be called upon for long road trips. The positives begin with outstanding ride quality that, despite the massive wheels, results in a car that is creamy over every type of road surface. Adaptive dampers no doubt play a big role here, with the car's default Comfort setting helping keep the ride plush, but even in Sport mode the 8 Series is remarkably pliant over brittle roads. There's also a lot of smoothness to be had from the powertrain. For instance, though there's huge power available -- more on that in a bit -- the BMW's long and gentle throttle mapping allows for super-smooth getaways and driving without snapping your passenger's neck backward. The standard eight-speed automatic transmission changes gears so deftly that the biggest indication it's done so is seeing the tachometer needle move. Then there's the rear-wheel steering, which at low speeds helps reduce the long BMW's turning circle. A car this large shouldn't pivot around so daintily and be so easy to slip through urban traffic and parking lots, but with the rear wheels able to turn 2.5 degrees, maneuvering the 8 Series is a cinch. Couple that with plentiful active-safety systems and parking sensors, and the BMW easily dispatches commuting duty. About the only real downside for everyday driving is fuel economy. The M580i is rated for 17 miles per gallon city and 26 mpg highway, which really isn't a bad number for the car's size and power. But drive it with the roof down regularly, which hurts aerodynamics, and while using lots of the horsepower on offer and you'll struggle to see those numbers. I'm averaging 16 to 17 mpg in mixed driving. (One highway run with the roof up did see numbers closer to 24 mpg.) Big on performance, too This may not be a full-on M car -- we know a BMW M8 is coming later this year -- but with an "M" at the start of its model designation, the M850i has a whole lot of performance on tap. For starters, there's a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 serving up 523 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque. The eight-speed automatic transmission has an extra-short first-gear ratio to make getting off the line even quicker, and coupled with standard all-wheel drive, this car will get to 60 mph in a claimed 3.8 seconds. What that figure doesn't tell you, of course, is just how effortlessly fast the 8 Series is. With consistent, smooth power delivery across the rev range it doesn't even feel as quick as it is. But simply put your foot down for right-now power and speed. The soundtrack is pretty fantastic, too. Sometimes turbocharged performance cars only sound exciting at full throttle, but this engine has a nice burble and rumble all the time -- even in Comfort mode you can tell there's a V8 under the hood. There's plenty of chassis capability to back up that straight-line grunt, too, especially with the drive mode dialed up to Sport Plus. The 8 Series is incredibly accurate and has tons of grip on offer through bends. It's really more capable than I can use on a public road. Helping put the power down is that standard all-wheel drive, which has a rearward bias and a locking rear differential to give the car a sportier, almost rear-drive feel. It has enormous brakes, too, with a pleasantly solid feel that allows for scrubbing speed in an instant. BMW's engineers worked hard to keep the 8 Series' weight in check, employing aluminum for the doors, hood and firewall, and carbon-fiber reinforced plastics used for the center tunnel. Even so, the convertible is 258 pounds portlier than the coupe, at just over 4,700 pounds. But the fact the car feels so fleet and agile, and that it handles as well as it does, really is a testament to the BMW's chassis engineering. From behind the wheel, the driving experience belies the actual curb weight. In fact, combining both its eager reflexes on a back road and its delightful livability otherwise, the M850i is my favorite BMW I've driven in quite some time. Taken as an entire package, I like it more even than the M5 Competition I drove earlier this spring or the M2 Competition I drove back in the fall. The 8 Series really just does it all, and does it all so very well. Loaded with technology The 8 Series is loaded with technology from front to back. Highlights include features like LED headlights with laser high beams (yes, really -- lasers!), active grille shutters and a color head-up display. A 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster provides a map view at its center and configurable information displays on its right-hand side. A 10.25-inch touchscreen runs the latest BMW iDrive 7 infotainment software. It's simple to use -- arguably simpler than older iDrive iterations -- with a reconfigurable home screen made up of multiple tiles. There are many, many options and some functions are buried within layers, but the system's quick responses and logical organization make it simple to pick up. If touching the screen isn't your thing, you can also use the rotary controller on the center console, or say, "Hey BMW" to "talk" to the Intelligent Personal Assistant voice-recognition function. To keep gadgets charged, the 8 Series features USB Type A and Type C ports, plus optional wireless charging. A Wi-Fi hotspot is included. Apple CarPlay is supported but Android Auto is not. The list of safety technology is extensive, too. As standard the car has precollision warning and braking, with pedestrian and cyclist detection. Options fitted to my test car include lane-keep assist, blind-spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, lane-centering steering on the highway and a 360-degree camera. The adaptive cruise has a stop-and-go feature that will automatically accelerate the car again if you're stopped for less than 30 seconds; some other ACC systems require the driver to accelerate from a stop manually. Of course, those features all require the driver to keep his or her hands on the wheel at all times. There's one exception, though: Assisted Driving Plus, a special mode only available in certain low-speed stop-and-go situations. In this mode, below 37 mph, I can keep my hands off the steering wheel indefinitely. However, a camera in the car's instrument cluster "watches" to ensure I'm still watching the road. Nonetheless, slogging through rush-hour highway traffic on my way home from our video shoot, the system worked flawlessly and did a lot to reduce my frustration with the congestion. An expensive but unique proposition Priced from $122,395 with destination, with my tester listing for $126,395, the M850i Convertible is certainly a lot of money. However, there also is not much in direct competition with this car: a Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet is less powerful, an S-Class cabrio is much larger. A Porsche 911 Cabrio is way more focused on sportiness and performance, and Lexus has yet to put its LC convertible concept into production. So for now, the 8 Series is kind of in a class of one. All told, it's tough to find flaws with the 2019 BMW 8 Series Convertible. In ordinary driving, it's sublimely relaxing and easy to live with. Driven with enthusiasm, it attacks a back road with more speed than you'll ever really need or use. And on top of that, the big convertible has curb appeal for days and first-rate technology. It's been a while since I so thoroughly enjoyed driving a new BMW. The most telling thing of all, though, is that being behind the wheel of the 8 Series just makes me want to drive it more. That's exactly how a grand tourer should make its driver feel, and it underlines that BMW has hit its mark with the new 8 Series. Research the BMW 8 Series on MSN Autos | Find a BMW 8 Series near you This was originally published on Roadshow.


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DENVER   Gabriel Landeskog's first career overtime playoff goal was a bit complicated: Dump in the puck, hit a guy along the boards, fall down, scramble back up, skate toward the net and knock it in. The captain's reaction right after was not -- a big, toothy grin with arms raised to greet eager teammates. Landeskog scored 2:32 into overtime after Colorado squandered a late lead in regulation and the Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Monday night to force a decisive Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series. BOX SCORE: AVALANCHE 4, SHARKS 3 (OT) "To do that, on home ice, it's very exciting," Landeskog said. "I haven't been happy with my offensive output this time of year. I haven't been dangerous enough." He was certainly a danger on the final play. Landeskog charged after a puck he banged into the zone and then hit Erik Karlsson with enough force to knock off the Sharks defenseman's helmet. Landeskog got back up, took the pass from rookie defenseman Cale Makar and sent it by Martin Jones to help the Avalanche escape elimination. Game 7 is Wednesday in San Jose. The winner will play either Dallas or St. Louis in the conference final. The Stars and Blues are tied heading into Game 7 in St. Louis on Tuesday. The Sharks are 7-4 all-time in Game 7s, including an overtime win over Vegas in the first round, while the Avalanche have a 4-6 mark since relocating to the Mile High City. "Sixty minutes away from a Western Conference final," Landeskog said. "Who would have thought before the season? ... The last thing they wanted to do was play another one in San Jose. We accomplished step No. 1 and now we have to regroup and win another one." J.T. Compher scored twice and had an assist, while Tyson Jost added another goal. Philipp Grubauer made 19 saves, including a pad save on Tomas Hertl early in OT. Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored twice, including the tying goal off the skate of an Avalanche defenseman with 2:28 remaining, and Brent Burns added another for the Sharks, who overcame one-goal deficits on three occasions. "We were positive. We felt like we could win this game," Sharks forward Logan Couture said. "We just needed a little bit more. We needed a little bit more people involved in the game." This has been a back-and-forth series. San Jose captured Game 1 and the two have alternated wins the rest of the way. The combined score in the series is 17-16 in favor of the Sharks. "It's been punch, counter-punch, punch," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "What did they do tonight that we didn't do? They found a way to get an extra goal." Colorado has been playing desperate hockey since late in the regular season just trying to sneak into the playoffs. The team went 8-0-2 down the stretch to secure the eighth seed. The Avs haven't lost back-to-back games since mid-March. "Every game was kind of an elimination game for us, so to speak," defenseman Erik Johnson said. The last time Colorado won Game 6 when facing a 3-2 deficit was the 2002 conference semifinals, which also happened to be against San Jose. The Avalanche then knocked off the Sharks 1-0 at home in Game 7. Nathan MacKinnon nearly gave Colorado a 4-2 advantage late in the game, but his attempt was deflected away by the stick of Burns. Soon after, Vlasic tied it up when he banked a shot off the right skate of Colorado defenseman Nikita Zadorov. Colorado took a goal lead on two separate occasions in the second period, only to have the Sharks tie it right back up. After Jost scored, Vlasic answered. And after Compher's goal, Burns responded with 9.8 seconds left. It was a painful second period for Mikko Rantanen, who took a hip check from Burns in the right hip/thigh area. Rantanen immediately went to the bench and into the locker room. Rantanen gingerly returned about 4 minutes later. Colorado hit two posts in a scoreless first period. Jones has surrendered just one goal to Colorado in the opening period all series. Sharks captain Joe Pavelski made another step toward a return as he went through drills Monday at Pepsi Center. He's been out since his head slammed against the ice in Game 7 of a first-round series against Vegas. "It still really is day-to-day," Pavelski said. "Wish I had a set-in-stone answer -- go here, do this and be ready. We're taking everything into play." NOTES: Karlsson had his 12th assist of the 2019 postseason. ... DeBoer on no penalties being called after midway through the second period: "The whistles were in the pockets. What are you going to do?" ... Avalanche F Matt Calvert missed a second straight game with an upper body injury. UP NEXT Game 7 of the series Wednesday in San Jose. ___ More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Related Slideshow: Best of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs (provided by imagn)


Looking to uncover all that Anaheim Hills has to offer? Get to know this Anaheim neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a burger spot to a Japanese restaurant. Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Anaheim Hills, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results. 1. Slater's 50/50 Topping the list is sports bar Slater's 50/50 , which offers burgers and more. Located at 6362 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road, it's the most popular business in the neighborhood, boasting four stars out of 3,790 reviews on Yelp. The restaurant is known for its signature 50/50 patty, made of 50% ground bacon and 50% ground beef. The menu features a bacon flight, ahi tuna poke nachos, classic or boneless chicken wings, barbecue pork belly flatbread, a bacon-stuffed and bacon-wrapped 50/50 hot dog, a Nashville hot chicken sandwich and a selection of signature 1.3 lb. burger combinations. 2. Reunion Kitchen + Drink Next up is New American spot Reunion Kitchen + Drink , which offers salads and burgers, situated at 5775 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road. With four stars out of 1,925 reviews on Yelp, it's proven to be a local favorite. On the extensive menu , look for avocado wontons, bacon-wrapped jalapeños, fried chicken and biscuits, beer-battered fish tacos, poke bowls, a prime rib dip sandwich and more. 3. Rosine's Mediterranean Cafe Rosine's Mediterranean Cafe , a Mediterranean spot, is another neighborhood go-to, with four stars out of 782 Yelp reviews. Head over to 721 S. Weir Canyon Road to see for yourself. The restaurant was founded by Executive Chef Rosine Najarian and her son Hagop. It serves classic Middle Eastern cuisine such as shawarma, falafel, lamb kebab, hummus and tabbouleh. 4. True Seasons Organic Kitchen Finally, check out True Seasons Organic Kitchen , which has earned four stars out of 649 reviews on Yelp. You can find the Japanese spot, which offers hot pot, pho and more, at 5675 E. La Palma Ave. The restaurant's broths, sauces and ice cream are all housemade, according to the website . On the menu , try the Thai curry chicken or the grilled salmon wrap. Save room for the coconut banana cream or the green tea ice cream. This story was created automatically using local business data, then reviewed and augmented by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


In 2014, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected talented tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins in the second round. The former Washington Husky had a stellar collegiate career, in which he caught 21 touchdowns over three years, including eight in 12 games his junior season. But despite the buzz surrounding the big-bodied tight end, Seferian-Jenkins never turned into the player the Bucs were hoping for - though, he does hold the honor of being the recipient of Jameis Winston's first two career touchdown passes. Seferian-Jenkins was released by the Bucs early into the 2016 season after being arrested on suspicion of DUI. He's bounced around to the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, and, most recently, the New England Patriots. But, it seems like his tenure in New England is over before it even got started. The #Patriots are cutting TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, source said. He's taking a step away for a month for personal issues and the team will release him as he does that. We'll see if he comes back to New England or anywhere. - Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 4, 2019 Let's hope everything is all right for Seferian-Jenkins. Football may seem like entertainment, but these players deal with real-life issues just like the rest of us. Hopefully, he gets his ducks in a row and can return to the NFL, if he so chooses. MORE: WATCH: Did Nike just reveal Kevin Durant's free agency destination? Did Nike accidentally reveal that Kevin Durant is staying with the Warriors? Report: Suns, Bulls offering lottery picks for Lonzo Ball Return of NASCAR: Packers planning ways to get 4 OLBs on the field together PFF projects Raiders DE Maxx Crosby to beat out Arden Key for starting role