“But why do I have to wear it, Mommy?” Ashley asks. Christine doesn’t know how to tell her toddler that doctors suspect she has heart inflammation in association with her COVID-19 diagnosis from seven months ago. Instead, she wraps the truth in a story fit for a 3-year-old girl, treating it like the pills she cushions in soft foods to make them easier for her daughter to swallow. “You know Ashley, this is very special, and barely anybody gets to wear one, but they picked you because your heart is so beautiful that doctors want to take pictures of it so they can see all the love that you have in it and show it to other doctors,” she says....

A public viewing is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at John A. Freyvogel Sons in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. MORE: No-nonsense Noll | Dean Lombardi remembers The funeral home's website says visitation is also being held Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Noll died of natural causes Friday at his home near Pittsburgh. He was 82. The Hall of Fame coach won a record four Super Bowl titles with the Steelers....

Pounds was a minister at First Assembly of God in Vernon, a Christian church located in Vernon, a town in central North Texas. The church’s website no longer lists him as a leader. The girl’s family had initially brought her to Pounds for counseling. He eventually got her a job cleaning elderly people’s homes. He would also meet with her privately for “counseling sessions” at the church, KFDX reported. The sessions involved drugs and rape, the girl later alleged....

Although most California churches have complied with restrictions and adapted by using methods like holding services online, a large number of churches have pledged to stop cooperating by opening their doors at the end of the month. The date of May 31 was chosen because it marks the Christian festival of Pentecost. Attorney Robert H. Tyler is representing many of the church leaders and says that more than 1,000 pastors have signed a declaration to reopen on the date, The Mercury News reported on Thursday....

The report released on Thursday comes less than two months after President Donald Trump halted negotiations with Taliban insurgents to take U.S. forces out of Afghanistan. He quit talks after militants admitted they killed an American soldier. HRW says those aborted talks never dealt with the role of “clandestine” Afghan forces trained and armed by the CIA which has run separate counter-terrorism operations since 2001 after the toppling of the Taliban government....

The warning is supposed to make fun of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger ahead of Saturday’s AFC playoff game against the Bengals. The spoof advertisement is in reference to sexual assault allegations against Roethlisberger in 2009 and 2010, both of which were later dismissed. MORE: Our official playoff predictions | Is Big Ben still a big-game QB? Here’s how the spot plays: “The Tri-State currently under a severe Big Ben warning from now through early Sunday morning,” the spoof begins....

Cincinnati, the home of the Bengals, led metered markets with a 46.1/84 rating/share, meaning 46.1 percent of all households in Cincinnati were watching Super Bowl LVI, and 84 percent of people who were watching TV were watching the game. However, the Rams’ home market of Los Angeles was well out of the top 10 at 36.7/77 despite the team winning the game 23-20 with a late touchdown. Detroit, the former home market for Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, was just behind Cincinnati at 45....

Police said the suspect, identified as Cordell Wigle, was apprehended on Monday and is facing a misdemeanor charge for making false alarms to law enforcement. An image of a teenager that was given to investigators was actually of Wigle’s former girlfriend, WXIX reported. Police took to social media at around 3 p.m. yesterday to appeal for more information about the apparently missing individual, named as Aleah Bottom. The teen, labeled as autistic, was described as being white with brown hair, while wearing a long sleeve shirt, tan capri pants, a black windbreaker and black bike shoes....

Duda had to be hospitalized on Friday afternoon, missing the Mets' game that evening. Sandberg said he lost six pounds in two days over the weekend. Both men believe that a hamburger from the park's Shake Shack location was to blame for their illness. Shake Shack's senior marketing and communications manager, Greg Waters said he is trying to get in touch with Sandberg. "The first we heard of this situation was about an hour ago via Twitter," Waters said on Tuesday afternoon....

The video allegedly showed Roger Miller, who was at the time the director of recreation and golf services in Coronado, making racial slurs along with his wife. It caused outrage after it was first posted online in late January, being viewed hundreds of thousands of times since it was first posted. Coronado City Manager Tina Friend announced on January 31 that Miller had been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation....

Oregon running back CJ Verdell left during the first half of Saturday’s game on a cart after suffering an apparent leg injury. Verdell was fighting for extra yards on a short carry inside the red zone when he went down and immediately grabbed at his ankle. He stayed down before he was able to get up and slowly walk to the sideline. Verdell was first taken to the injury tent before he was sent off to the locker room....

First, Giroux had an injury pop up during the Flyers’ Monday practice. Straightforward enough. A few hours later, he was cool. Then he wasn’t cool. “Tomorrow” refers to the Flyers’ Wednesday game against the Rangers. So here we are and— hey, a bag! Never mind, he’s not there. Whoops, maybe he is. Ah, nope, he’s not. UPDATE: Wait, he … might? Oh, man. But … probably … not? Will Claude Giroux play tonight?...

STANLEY CUP FINAL: Lightning at Blackhawks, Game 4, 8 ET | The Linemakers’ take “I know a lot of speculations have been made on whether this is temporary or whatever it is,” Julien said, according to the Boston Herald. “But we’re really committed and determined to take this team and move forward in the right directions.” After weeks of speculation about his future, Julien learned last week he would return as coach....

No. 1 Florida State (2-0) welcomes No. 22 Clemson (1-1) at 8 p.m. on Saturday night. Everybody will be watching Jameis Winston, who will be watching from the sideline for the entire game. Winston was suspended Wednesday after yelling an expletive-filled phrase made popular from an internet meme at the student union. It was announced late Friday he’ll be suspended for the entire game. How does that impact this ACC Coastal Division showdown?...

In the fourth quarter on Saturday night, Clemson’s Mike Williams caught a pass deep inside Seminoles territory that was absolutely unbelievable. He dove between two defenders, and the pass threaded the needle. Even further, Williams was able to get his hands underneath the ball to prevent it from hitting the dirt, giving the Tigers a first down in the red zone. Clemson went on to score and take the lead over Florida State, 17-10....

Mike Golic served up questions to Bob, who was a Pro Bowl defensive tackle for their hometown Cleveland Browns in the mid-1980s. The inevitable line to the “The Drive” worked into the conversation, as it always does. Bob slipped into autopilot mode telling the January 1987 horror story every Clevelander knows by down-and-distance. MORE: Every Browns first-round pick since 2000 “Elway drove down the field,” he said. “They scored. Tied the game....

He set off a bunch of fireworks in his driveway. Yep, that’s him. You can hear him screaming, “Super Bowl! Super Browns! Hell yeah!” Carman is the real-life hashtag for all those texts Cleveland fans sent and received after news of the Beckham trade broke. They spent Wednesday telling the stories about those texts and what it means for a franchise that has morphed from an 0-16 laughingstock to a Super Bowl contender in less than 15 months....

He was on the defensive, never a good place to be. But Clinton needed to do more than just keep him rocked back on his heels; she needed a knockout punch. He avoided inflaming any of the miniscandals dogging him—which counts as a something of a triumph at this stage of the race. Clinton argued that she’s the better candidate against John McCain because she’s been thoroughly vetted while there are too many unanswered questions about Obama, including his association with the founder of the radical 1960s group the Weather Underground....

A scientist who worked on a paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change told Newsweek the projections probably reflect the best-case scenario. An international team of investigators used existing data from three decades of research to model how Madagascar’s eastern tropical rainforest and its lemurs will be impacted by climate change, deforestation and a combination of both. They also identified areas of intact forest that should be prioritized for protection....

As rewarding as it is to look at David Gray’s vocal cords, listening to them is even better. His tough, reedy voice has a gorgeous buzz to it, like Van Morrison singing through two blades of grass. And his bittersweet tales of struggle, in life and love, are disarmingly simple. “White Ladder” is the kind of CD you loan to a friend and never get back. So you buy another copy....