In the early hours of Thursday morning, DeJesus was driving in Cleveland, Ohio, when a silver sedan car reportedly cut her off and stopped in front of her car, blocking her from leaving. DeJesus told police that two men got out of the silver car and walked to DeJesus’ vehicle, before holding a gun to her face and demanding that she leave her car. DeJesus said she gave them her car fob and they drove away, also taking her purse and credit cards....

And if you talk to any seasoned ad person, they try very hard to be clever. A catchy headline, sophisticated metaphor, ample doses of humor. And sure, this stuff makes an ad “sticky.” Chip and Dan Heath even outlined the formula: Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional and Stories — or SUCCESs. SUCCESs is great for something where the message is the product, but what good is a clever ad if nobody buys what you are selling?...

Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. confirmed that prognosis on Wednesday. “We hope to get him into a throwing program in October or November,” Amaro Jr. told MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki in a telephone interview. “But right now he needs to rest.” Lee will not need surgery, Zolecki reported. He was scheduled to receive an injection of platelet rich plasma to treat a flexor pronator strain.

All Washington, or at least the fashionable part of it, is wondering about that transaction, as the result of a suit filed by heirs of the late Averell Harriman, charging that $23 million of their inheritance was squandered. Among the defendants are Harriman’s widow, Pamela, the doyenne of the Democratic Party and now U.S. ambassador to France, and his lawyer Clifford, the ultimate Washington insider until his fall from grace in the BCCI banking scandal....

Ahmed has a degree in languages from Baghdad University and worked as a translator for American reporters when the war got underway. She remembers being puzzled when they first told her to ask Iraqis whether they were Sunni or Shia. Why, she asked? As one of seven children in a Shiia family, she thought of herself as an Iraqi. She knew there were tensions, but nothing like what she sees today....

The study comes after what is the world’s largest tropical forest hit headlines over the summer, as scenes of raging wildfires fires and deforestation shocked the world. Data suggests the carbon dioxide which has already been released into the atmosphere has likely already doomed the region to “substantial warming and drying,” which will in turn likely intensify fires, the authors said. Changing temperature and rainfall levels in the forest could push the forest into a new low-biomass state, the researchers said....

According to research published in the journal iScience, these tumors are caused by a parasitic infection, the effects of which are being worsened by climate change. The authors discovered the grotesque-looking fish on an expedition to West Antarctica in 2018. They noticed that in two species of crowned notothen, around 30 percent of specimens had the tumors. They were pale pink, raised, rough, and often covered more than a third of the surface of fish’s bodies....

Unfortunately, the energy landscape has changed fundamentally since the 1970s. Reserve supplies are tighter in all segments, from electric supply to refining, making the system more fragile. Resources are more concentrated, with close to two thirds of remaining oil reserves in the Middle East and the majority of natural-gas reserves split among three countries: Russia, Iran and Qatar. (Natural gas was not part of the energy picture in the ’70s....

Michael Waltrip Racing announced Tuesday it will not field a full-time NASCAR team in 2016 and will allow Bowyer to find another ride. MORE: Chase standings | Next: Saturday night in Bristol | Danica Patrick’s new sponsor “After extensive discussions with (MWR co-owner) Rob (Kaufmann) and MWR, we came to the point that we mutually agreed our paths in the future just didn’t align,” Bowyer said in a release, “but I think we all agreed on the next steps in a very professional manner....

Bet on Gold Cup action What that journalist knew is what all American fans know — that if the U.S. Gold Cup team was going to do something special to break down and beat the stingy Costa Rican defense, it was going to be Dempsey to do it. Sure enough, the Texas native, who was born and raised 180 miles away in Nacogdoches, stepped on the field and while he wasn’t wearing a hero’s cape, he played like he had one on....

The U.S. men’s national team’s prolific goal scorer had been out since the end of August following the discovery of the issue. He was forced to miss the USMNT’s last two World Cup qualifying wins. “He has had a procedure to address some of the issues [of his irregular heartbeat],” Sounder general manager Garth Lagerwey said. “We’re not at liberty to discuss anything further from (a) medical perspective. We’re cautiously optimistic he could return this season....

9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Line: OKC -5.5 Total: 215 Opener: OKC -5 Total: 215.5 MORE: NBA live odds page Last 10: LAC 6-4 (6-4 ATS) OKC 4-6 (4-6 ATS) Analysis: LA is 12-4 ATS in its last 16 road games and 15-5-1 ATS in its last 21 games playing on one days rest. LA is 16-7 ATS in its last 23 games in Oklahoma City, as well. OKC is 1-3-1 ATS in its last five home games and 5-1 ATS in its last six games playing on two days rest....

It couldn’t happen to him again, they probably thought. MORE: Preseason Top 25 While making his debut for the Georgia State Panthers, former Louisville forward Kevin Ware took a spill, hitting the floor hard, according to head coach Ron Hunter. “He hit the wall, went down, stayed down for a little bit, and the entire team froze,” Hunter told ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. “I was scared to death when he didn’t move at first — but then he got up and sprinted back....

After 400 years of being merely the greatest of all writers, Shakespeare is suddenly an adorable guy and a pop icon. In the wonderfully clever screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman, Will is a grungily romantic Elizabethan playwright who hasn’t had his big hit yet and is stalled by writer’s block. It feels like ““trying to pick a lock with a wet herring,’’ he tells his analyst (Antony Sher)....

The January show, called FutureFashion, exemplified how far green design has come. Organized by the New York-based nonprofit Earth Pledge, the show inspired many top designers to work with sustainable fabrics for the first time. Several have since made pledges to incorporate organic fabrics into their lines. Many other recent events have budged eco-friendly design toward wider recognition and a more fashion-forward image. At the high end, specialty store Barneys made a major commitment to sustainable design, commissioning exclusive “conscious” lines from Theory, 3....

The move is in response to legislation Russia’s parliament passed Friday, which bans the spread of what the government calls “fake” information about the war and the country’s armed forces, according to the BBC. The punishment for this is up to 15 years in prison. Access to the BBC was restricted by Russia’s government shortly after its web traffic in the country increased by about 252 percent for its English-language site and its year-to-date weekly average on its Russian-language site tripled, the BBC said....

In a statement shared with Newsweek, CNN confirmed that while Chris Cuomo has not covered the allegations his brother is facing, he has participated in strategy calls with the governor’s staff about how to respond to the claims of sexual misconduct made by several women earlier this year. According to the statement, the anchor said he would no longer join these discussions in the future. “Chris has not been involved in CNN’s extensive coverage of the allegations against Gov....

It certainly looks that way. Weeks after a report surfaced that Oregon’s Marcus Mariota might not throw at the combine, Jameis Winston’s quarterback coach said the former Florida State star isn’t sure if he’ll throw at the event. MORE: Latest mock draft: Jets land on Winston | Who your fan base hates for 2014 | Messy NFL QB situations “It’s a game-time decision,’’ George Whitfield Jr. told USA TODAY Sports on Monday morning....

Heisman winners Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. Matt Barkley, Rodney Peete, Rob Johnson, Pat Haden, Mark Sanchez and John David Booty. MORE: Top 25 | Best Week 8 performances | Is Muschamp done? But none of those did what Cody Kessler accomplished Saturday night against Colorado. The junior threw seven touchdown passes — five in the first half — breaking Barkley’s mark of six that he reached four times (twice against Colorado, coincidentally)....