By Scott Glover and Curt Devine | CNN The number of shootings involving automatic weapons in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting a troubling resurgence in the use of machine guns by criminals, according to an analysis provided exclusively to CNN. Incidents of machine gun fire have exploded by about 1,400% from 2019…
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Here’s a look at five key players to watch on the Miami Dolphins during the 2022 season: WR Tyreek Hill The Dolphins sent shockwaves across the NFL when they traded a five-pick package that included their first two selections in the 2022 draft to the Kansas City Chiefs for Hill. What sealed it for Miami…
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Twenty-seven Cal swimmers and 21 parents of swimmers, in a letter to Berkeley chancellor Carol Christ Wednesday, said “widespread university leadership” since the 1990s “has failed to take action” on repeated and credible allegations that Golden Bears women’s team head coach Teri McKeever has bullied and abused athletes. The letter, signed by Olympic medalists, NCAA…
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In a vacuum, Markieff Morris’ move this week to the Brooklyn Nets in NBA free agency is just another case of a Miami Heat roulette at power forward. Since center Bam Adebayo became a Heat starter in 2019-20, starting every appearance since, the Heat at power forward have gone through James Johnson, Kelly Olynyk, Jae…
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Q: Training camp might be more competitive than anticipated, since no whales were reeled in. Control what you can control is the motto for many NBA players. The Heat might adapt that outlook in September as Miami focuses in on sorting out assets under their control. – Leonard, Cornelius, N.C. A: And there could be…
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Before meeting Mike McDaniel, the smallest, funniest and most over-educated Miami Dolphins coach, you need to walk down a hallway. It’s in his great-grandmother’s home. Family photos line its walls, dozens of smiling faces through the years at picnics or school events, the kids becoming adults as you walk the hallway, the years turning into…
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Southern California theme parks have turned Halloween from a one-night event into a two-month marathon of blood, guts, gore and screams that stretches throughout September and October. Universal, Disney, Six Flags, Knott’s, SeaWorld and Legoland all offer differing takes on the Halloween season from spine-chilling scares designed to make you jump out of your skin…
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It all started with a tweet. On the eve of returning to England, Sandy Domingos-Shipley wanted to let Chicago Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman know a big fan would be in the stands Monday at the Rogers Centre. She tweeted a photo of the sign her eight-year-old son Ethan created — “I love baseball because of…
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It didn’t raise his below-average OPS, but the second-inning at-bat for Ryan Mountcastle at least produced a run. The looping fly ball to right field backed up Cleveland Guardians outfielder Oscar Gonzalez enough to allow Ramón Urías to tag up and score from third. Such positive outcomes have been few and far between for Mountcastle…
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Midway through training camp, quarterback Lamar Jackson was midway through an interview blessedly free of questions about his long-term future with the Ravens. Then came a comment on the short-term future of the Ravens’ offense. I think you love big receivers crossing in front of you. Your best year had a bunch of tight ends…
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