What prompted all this? According to a tweet sent out by Teigen right around time of first pitch, she may have been slightly inebriated. That’s okay, because Teigen got lots of training before her big night out. She received instruction on how to properly step to the plate by the folks at Dodger Stadium before the game, which she appeared to take to heart judging by her delivery. When the moment came, Teigen arrived at the mound, adjusted her shorts, tested the wind speed and stared down Dodgers catcher Drew Butera....

The six-page missive was written on July 4 and was addressed to “Alan” in Russia, where the accused, Brenton Tarrant, visited in 2015. The letter was then circulated on the website notorious for being a gathering spot for those with far-right views. In it, the 28-year-old Australian describes his ideology and refers to a “great conflict” coming in the letter that was penned from Auckland’s Paremoremo Prison, which is the country’s only maximum-security jail....

Kimball and Estrada had their own dramatic storyline on Bachelor In Paradise last week, in which the two got into a physical fight. In the altercation, which resulted in both men being sent home from Bachelor In Paradise immediately, Kimball initiated a fight by trying to steal Nicole Lopez-Alvar from Estrada, in hopes she’d speak with his friend Clay Harbor. Estrada and Kimball’s fight quickly escalated from a verbal altercation to a physical one, and eventually, Kimball was shown slamming Estrada to the ground....

At the time of reporting on Friday, there were reported to be at least 416 cancellations of flights within, into, or out of the U.S. on Christmas Eve, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking data provider. A spokesperson for United (which has canceled more than 100 flights) said in a statement: “The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation,” according to USA Today....

How and why the yuletide came to flow this way is the subject of historian Stephen Nissenbaum’s fascinating new study, The Battle for Christmas (381 pages. Knopf. $30). In this telling, Santa is more central to Christmas than Christ, and tradition is the dream of the present. “There never was a time when Christmas existed as an unsullied domestic idyll, immune to the taint of commercialism,” writes Nissenbaum, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts....

This article will discuss how chronic hives can impact your quality of life. Focusing on the emotional, physical, social, and practical aspects of your day-to-day life can help you manage the condition. Hives commonly appear as itchy, raised bumps on the skin. They are often red and swollen and can vary in size from the smallest dots to large circles. Most hives resolve within two to three hours. Urticaria, or hives, when chronic, can persist for weeks, months, or years....

Speaking on Sunday outside his New York office, Schumer said rainbow fentanyl was one of the biggest health issues facing the country right now. He also said he wants $290 million to help fight the hold the addictive opioid is gaining in America. This comes after the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a report at the beginning of September warning young Americans of the drug. “Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes—is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction among kids and young adults,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said....

The 80th General Convention met in Baltimore, Maryland, in July. The General Convention considered 412 resolutions, including Resolution D066 endorsing gender-affirming care, one of several controversial resolutions passed. Shortly after the resolution’s approval, TransEpiscopal posted a blog on its website approving the act. “In the current political climate, the trans and non-binary community is being targeted,” the post said. “In 2021, there were over 290 anti LGBTIQ bills introduced in various states across the county, twenty-five of which became law....

Patriarch Filaret, leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate, is in a stable condition in hospital after it was announced on September 4 that he had contracted the virus. “We inform you that His Holiness Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19 during planned testing,” the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate said in a statement. “Now His Holiness Patriarch is undergoing treatment at a hospital....

Bohn was hired Thursday to try to do for the Bearcats what he did during his eight years in Colorado. Bohn led the Buffaloes from the Big 12 to the Pac-12, and Cincinnati hopes his experience in conference jumping can be put to use. College hoops’ best states: Where is Ohio ranked? "One of his main accomplishments in eight years there, what was most talked about among his accomplishments was his ability to lead that university into the Pac-12 Conference," president Santa J....

That’s more than 18 games worth of field goal attempts at the rate UC fired last winter. When All-American Sean Kilpatrick and classmates Justin Jackson and Titus Rubles departed after winning an American Athletic Conference title last season, that is what they left behind. They also left behind a culture. “We play harder than our opponent; that’s our goal,” coach Mick Cronin told Sporting News. “We don’t give you anything easy....

The Japanese capital first welcomed the event in 1964 and will join Athens, Paris, London and Los Angeles as the only cities to have hosted multiple Olympics. Paris and L.A. will stage the Games in 2024 and 2028 respectively, while Australia will become only the third country after the U.S. to host the Olympics when Brisbane welcomes the Games in 2032. Here’s a look at the cities that have previously hosted Olympic Games....

“By restoring these national monuments, which were significantly cut back during the previous administration, President Biden is fulfilling a key promise and upholding the longstanding principle that America’s national parks, monuments, and other protected areas are to be protected for all time and for all people,” the White House said in a fact sheet on Friday. Biden’s administration said the new protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, as well as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments off the East Coast “will conserve a multitude of sites that are culturally and spiritually important to Tribal Nations....

Quintez Brown was arrested Monday for allegedly shooting at Craig Greenberg, whose shirt was grazed by a bullet. During his first court appearance on Tuesday, Brown pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. His bail was set at $100,000. According to a police report, a man later identified as Brown walked into Greenberg’s office on Monday morning in the Butchertown Market and fired a 9mm Glock handgun before fleeing, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported....

The officials told the Associated Press that more people may have died when ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi detonated a suicide bomb as the raid unfolded. However, the officials said they could not be certain al-Qurayshi personally set off the bomb that killed him, his wife and two children. The ISIS leader is believed to have detonated the bomb on the third floor of a house soon after U....

Foy played a young Queen Elizabeth in the first two seasons of the Netflix original drama series based on the royal family. The seasons took place between the years 1947 and 1964. Every two seasons, the actors are changed to follow the characters aging throughout the family history. To end Season 4, Olivia Coleman passed on the role to Imelda Staunton to take over the role of Elizabeth, showing the events that happened throughout the 1990s and onward....

Sotomayor, who votes with the Court’s small liberal wing, said during a talk at Chicago’s Roosevelt University that she always tries “to find the good in everybody,” the Chicago Sun-Times reported. “I look for the things that they do that are good,” Sotomayor said. “He cares about legal issues differently than me.” Sotomayor also acknowledged how their perspectives on issues can differ. “Clarence, who grew up very poor, believes that everyone is capable of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps,” she said....

So why are Heymann and his peers singing such a different tune? Because classical retailers have been the best at exploiting the potential of online revenue. The biggest companies of the classical genre are now earning about 20 percent of sales from digital music, double or triple the average for other categories. This is a tremendous advantage for them, as selling music in the digital format can be twice as profitable as it is offline....

Quick switch to British choreographer Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, currently playing to sold-out crowds and standing ovations at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. No trembling here; in fact, there’s no Odette, and no undulating lines of swan maidens. This lakeside scene is full of men–massive, fierce male swans, with bare chests and legs wrapped in feathers, prowling and lunging, flexing their backs, ripping the air with their arms as ff wings were weapons....

In front of 12,472 fans who came out to Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, the Dodgers ace gave up two runs and four hits in 4 1/3 innings Thursday during his rehab start for Triple-A Oklahoma City. He threw 61 pitches against the San Antonio Missions, the Brewers’ top farm club, and also walked two and struck out six as he settled into a groove. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN...