Over the past 18 months, Southern Pacific trains in ’the area have been hit more than 100 times, at a cost of nearly $1 million. The bandits use assorted tactics. They’ve disabled switches to divert trains and stretched colored material in front of a trackside signal to make a green or yellow light appear red. The border patrol, local police and the railroad have fought back with everything from Wild West maneuvers to space-age moves....
Pictures and video footage taken by onlookers show large sharks attracted to Bulli Beach, close to the city of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, in the hopes of getting a bite of the deceased animal—believed to be a humpback. Illawarra council officials said today all local residents should avoid waters between Bulli and Sandon Point beaches as an operation is launched to remove the whale from the area, although it will likely continue to be an “attractant” after being towed....
Experts are speculating the movement of the predator could end up similar to mature females such as Lydia—a shark recorded crossing the Atlantic, diving deep and swimming tens of thousands of kilometers after being tagged back in 2013. Unama’ki is one of the many sharks being tracked by data experts from the U.S marine organization OCEARCH, which previously suggested she could be pregnant. “As white shark Unama’ki starts moving farther off the coast, we’re starting to wonder if her track will look like ones we’ve seen from other large mature females such as Lydia,” OCEARCH wrote on social media this week, publishing an image that showed the vast zig-zag of exploration obtained via ping’s from Lydia’s tracking device....
Jordan, John Stockton, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley and Otis Thorpe ran through the tournament to the surprise of no one. What was somewhat surprising was their opponent in the finals, as the 1996 class knocked off LeBron James 2003 squad. GREATEST DRAFT EVER: Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Championship game It’s not hard to see why 1984 had so much success. The idea of Stockton feeding Barkley Olajuwon and Thorpe down low is almost enough on its own to secure a dominant lineup....
The coverage busts plaguing the Seahawks early this season have been shored up for the reigning No. 1 scoring defense. That doesn’t quite answer the question posed by Olsen, who with Cam Newton has buoyed Carolina’s pass offense against Seattle. The teams’ past two meetings have only seen Olsen and Kelvin Benjamin top 33 receiving yards in a game against the Legion of Boom, most of Benjamin’s production coming in garbage time of last season’s divisional round....
“Pirralha” is a Portuguese word that is often translated to “brat” or “pest” in English. A few hours after Bolsonaro made the remark, Thunberg’s Twitter bio was changed to read: “Pirralha.” The move has become a trend for Thunberg as she faces attacks from world leaders. She did the same to President Donald Trump in September after he mocked her for a speech she delivered to the United Nations....
The Original Poster (OP), known as u/Throwaway69509765, posted about her situation in Reddit’s popular “Am I The A**hole” forum where it received more than 12,400 upvotes and 2,300 comments. The post can be found here. Sibling Conflict Research into sibling jealousy has also shown that childhood sibling resentment often carries into adulthood. One study conducted by Oakland University found that about 30 percent of respondents felt apathy or animosity toward their adult siblings....
Mbappe fired three of PSG’s four goals in a 4-1 rout at the Camp Nou, all but ending Barca’s Champions League hopes in the round of 16. With his three goals, Mbappe became only the third player to score a Champions League hat-trick against Barcelona, joining Faustino Asprilla for Newcastle and Andriy Shevchenko for Dynamo Kyiv. What did Griezmann have to say about Mbappe? “I am happy for him,” Griezmann told RMC Sport of his international team-mate with France....
Didier Deschamps’ men, runners-up at their home European Championship two years ago, enter the World Cup in Russia as one of the favourites. That is in part thanks to Griezmann, the Atletico Madrid forward having top-scored at Euro 2016 with six goals. Mbappe, another one of France’s attacking talents, said Griezmann had already shown he could lead his nation at a major tournament. “I think that he is the boss since the Euro already,” he said Wednesday....
The 6-10 rookie didn’t participate in summer-league play because of a break in the foot suffered during pre-draft workouts, although he had been cleared recently to participate fully in workouts, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported. Martin, 21, suffered the injury Wednesday in a collision with another player. MORE: Complete NBA offseason grades | Draft grades | Projecting the Rookie of the Year race “It’s the same area of the left foot that was previously affected, but it’s a different injury,” general manager Chris Wallace said....
Kevin Flynn is from Seattle, Washington, and shared his haircut story on Reddit on Wednesday where it has since received more than 19,000 upvotes and thousands of comments. In the post, Flynn shared a picture of himself in the mirror, showing his new haircut that included an unfortunate slip that had left him with a shorter patch of hair at the back of his head. Flynn told Newsweek: “The clipper blade guard popped off and as a result, nicked the back of my head....
Lee Clarke had hoped to make it on the buddies’ trip to Skegness, a charming English town on the coast of the North Sea, but he died in February at age 50 after a two-year battle with bowel cancer. However, close pal Darren McLean, 52, was determined to take Clarke along in his own special way, so he ordered a cardboard cutout of his dear friend for the night out....
City play for the first time since being crowned Premier League champions when they face Swansea City on Sunday, a dominant triumph they secured with five games to spare. A 5-1 aggregate loss to Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals threatened to take some of the shine off Guardiola’s achievement as his team approached the finish line domestically and the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss – now a seven-time champion across Europe’s major divisions – feels sustained Premier League success is the best way to establish City as an imposing European presence....
Mourinho in Wenger dig Rooney has been severely criticized by some after he was photographed while seemingly heavily inebriated at England’s hotel in the wake of their victory against Scotland last weekend. It has also been suggested that he will be stripped of the England captaincy as a result of his actions, although a number of his international teammates were said to have partied until the early hours away from the team base....
Van Dijk, 26, is heading to Anfield from Southampton in January after the clubs agreed a deal reportedly worth £75 million. He underwent a medical with Liverpool on Wednesday and, as well as becoming the most expensive defender in history, the move will represent the highest fee ever paid by the Reds The Netherlands international, who is set to earn £180,000 a week with the Reds, was linked to numerous clubs before Wednesday’s announcement, with City and Chelsea among them....
Gabriel Jesus shone with a goal and an assist in the first half on Wednesday as the visitors cruised to an emphatic victory less than a month after they had won 5-0 at London Stadium in the FA Cup. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte was in the stands to watch the game, but Guardiola claims his managerial rival has nothing to be concerned about despite seeing City move to within 10 points of them....
The former Bayern Munich and Barcelona boss pinned the blame squarely on Baggies manager Tony Pulis after the pair shared some customary red wine after the game. James could be Man Utd’s Hazard Arriving roughly an hour after full time, Guardiola apologised to the assembled reporters before quipping: “Tony Pulis is Tony Pulis and red wine is red wine.” The duo would have had plenty to talk about with the game yielding four goals as City triumphed 3-1 at the Etihad....
City needed just a point at Stadio San Paolo to secure their progression from the group stage on Wednesday, but Guardiola’s men came from behind to win 4-2 as Sergio Aguero became the club’s all-time record goalscorer. Man City -1 19/20 v Arsenal While Napoli – who also loss the reverse fixture 3-2 in Manchester – are now in danger of crashing out of the competition, manager Guardiola again spoke of his admiration for the Serie A leaders and lauded another big win....
Ronaldo slammed Iceland’s ‘small mentality’ after the match in France but they went on to reach the quarter finals, famously defeating Roy Hodgson’s England in the knockout stages. Their population of 334,252 makes Iceland the smallest country ever to qualify for a World Cup, but they have been springing surprises for almost half a decade. Even coming up against the iconic Messi, perhaps facing his last chance to taste international glory on the grandest stage of them all, does not faze PSV’s Albert Gudmundsson, the youngest player in Iceland’s squad, and he believes that he and his team-mates have the ability to successfully nullify the Barcelona star, having taken a keen interest in the Catalan side....
Amor leaves Adelaide after three years, with the Spaniard having started at the club as a technical director before taking over as coach from compatriot Josep Gombau before the 2015-16 A-League campaign. Adelaide was Amor’s first job as a head coach. Elrich ‘worried’ about Adelaide’s future The Reds won their inaugural A-League championship under Amor last season, while also claiming the Premier’s Plate, but Adelaide’s defence of those two titles never truly got going in 2016-17....
