The churning mass of humanity around the great lakes of central Africa this fall did more than remind the comfortable world how much of the planet remains an unsafe and fearful place. It symbolized, rather, a human instinct as ancient as the hills, but still powerful–people belong somewhere. They have roots, traditions, myths, cultures. They know who they are. In that sense, the crisis in central Africa should have acted as a useful corrective to what has become a stultifying conventional wisdom....

Until the spring of 2000, it was uncool to talk about preparing for a change. Investors cried “stocks forever”–in fact, “tech stocks forever.” Owning bonds was, well, a little odd. And what happened over the past 12 months? Mutual funds invested in U.S. Treasuries returned an average of 13.2 percent. Tax-free municipals returned 9.1 percent. Investors who owned both bonds and stocks weren’t hit nearly as badly as those who plunged into stocks alone....

Thome told him he used to step out of the box and try to yawn. The act, he said, served two purposes: one, to let the pitcher think that, despite the significance of the moment, Thome was suffering from such ennui that he needed to yawn; and two, to give him a moment to slow his heart rate down and take deep breaths. The latter was the more important of the two, of course, but the former didn’t hurt either....

The candles in Hunan are a sign that China’s economy may be on the verge of a meltdown. In what some economists consider a warning sign of overheating, China is running out of steam–not to mention water, coal and electricity. In heavily industrialized southern and eastern regions, shortages have forced authorities to impose rolling blackouts in residential areas, to require all but the largest factories to cut back on manufacturing and to launch media campaigns urging the masses to conserve....

It was initially decided that Goldberg’s match with Brock Lesnar would be one-and-done, so that he could have a big main event match with his son present and then retire. However, Goldberg’s return to the ring after more than 10 years in retirement ended up going over so big that WWE has offered him another payday. Goldberg will reportedly work the “Royal Rumble,” in what should be a rematch with Brock Lesnar, and might work further dates after that....

Dog walker Brianne Manuel, @thecrazydoggirl, has uploaded a video to TikTok of one of her walks, on which a golden retriever called Bandit can be seen lying in a big mud puddle. Over four million people have viewed the adorable clip of the dogs on a walk in a woodland in Nova Scotia, Canada, which has the caption “Living his best life. HAHAHA.” “Oh my god you two!” says Brianne as Bandit and a black labrador play in the large muddy puddle....

Posted by @tobey.shenobi, and captioned: “When mom and dad come home after a week away,” the video shows an excited Golden Retriever in a garden suddenly realizing that one of his owners has come home. Looking up at her from the garden to the balcony he then attempts to jump about 20 feet up to her, before choosing to take the stairs and then races up to her, jumping over a small wall in excitement....

The Grillo family was visiting a campground in San Diego, California on August 2 when they noticed their mini-Goldendoodle Chancho was not in his crate next to their tent. Security footage from the recreational vehicle campground showed a dog that looked similar to Chancho being led on his leash by an unknown man, according to police. Dognapping and Pet Theft The heartwarming reunion occurred just weeks after a Florida woman drove more than 1,000 miles to reunite with her pitbull that had been missing for eight years....

As the genetic basis of Goldenhar syndrome is still unknown and its associated symptoms may vary greatly, estimates of the condition’s occurrence in the general population ranges between 0.2 and 2.9 per 10,000 births. Though some medical complications of Goldenhar syndrome can affect hearing, vision, and the structure and function of the spine, jaw, kidneys, and heart, the prognosis for the vast majority of children with Goldenhar syndrome is a normal, healthy life with some medical intervention during childhood and periodic check-ups....

American golfers chasing the leaders included Peter Uihlein, who was tied for 15th at minus-8; and John Daly, tied for 44th. Jason Dufner was well off the pace, while John Hahn and Connor Arendell failed to make the cut. Cabrera-Bello was 13-under-par after the second round but found life more difficult on Friday, carding a one-over 73 to relinquish sole leadership of the tournament heading into the final day. Cabrera-Bello's day started well with a birdie at the second, and although he dropped a shot at the sixth he was back to 13-under by the 10th hole....

This week, Washington reopened its golf courses, with golf clubs allowing single players and pairs were allowed to make their way around the course at spaced out intervals, with only members of the same household allowed to play in groups of four. Some states have allowed golf courses to remain open throughout the statewide stay-at-home orders or have since amended orders to allow them to open, including Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, according to The Golf News Net....

Because of Elder, other Black golfers could participate in some of the world’s biggest golf tournaments. Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods was able to win those tournaments because of Elder, for example. Golfers and athletes from other sports showed respect to Elder after the news broke of his death on Monday. Jack Nicklaus, who won the Masters that year in 1975, honored Elder on Twitter: MORE: Tiger Woods explains why he won’t play golf full time ’ever again’ in latest recovery update...

So one might deduce, in retrospect, that given the opportunity to achieve one or the other that the obvious choice would be to finish with an unbeaten record and join that very exclusive club. Ask a true college basketball fan which are the last teams to achieve some degree of perfection and he or she will easily recall UNLV in 1991, Saint Joseph’s in 2004, Wichita State in 2014 or Kentucky a year later....

Curiously, this game is a rematch of last year’s Sweet 16 meeting between these two teams: FSU, a 9-seed, beat 4-seed Gonzaga 75-60 to advance to the Elite Eight behind scoring leader Terance Mann, who returns for the rematch. Will be it a repeat of last year’s game, or will Zags Sporting News All-Americans Rui Hachimura and Brandon Clarke will their team to victory? SN’s MARCH MADNESS HQLive NCAA bracket | Live scoreboard | Full TV schedule​...

The wall was built at the request of residents living in four private homes. They claim that Gypsy children across the street played too loudly. At an anti-wall protest in Usti nad Labem last Friday, Petr Jano, a member of the Romany Christian Union, declared that “this wall is an example of racial intolerance” and promised more demonstrations. Other leaders said they would urge fellow Roma to emigrate to Germany....

Dog Mother Expands Her Family A corgi mom rescued from a puppy farm is not only raising her own puppies, but also a full litter of orphaned pit bull puppies. The Dodo has the full story of Sara, a corgi taken in by No Dog Left Behind Minnesota, who is now nurturing four puppies discovered beneath an abandoned building. Their rescuers began with bottle-feeding, but the tiny puppies weren’t responding well....

It’s a tough question, but the 6-6, 332-pound senior tackle’s answer starts with the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the South Dakota Badlands before it winds into his personal mission. “It’s incredibly beautiful there,” Saltes told Sporting News. “It’s home, and I love it, but we have a lot of issues there that plague our community and our youth in particular.” Then Saltes describes the reality he knows. The suicide rate for Native Americans increased in 2019 for both men and women....

Sure, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney called the move an “insult.” His Canadian province had sunk $1.1 billion into the project, designed to transport dirty oil from Alberta’s tar sands to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. But the Keystone XL pipeline was an artifact from an earlier time. When it was proposed in 2008, the price of crude had jumped to over $120 a barrel, causing some to fret that the energy supply would fall short of demand....

Born on this day in 1989 in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, Avicii would have turned 32 today. The two-time Grammy Award-nominated artist was one of the most prominent producers in the EDM world, best known for songs including “Wake Me Up” and “Hey Brother.” He climbed to fame following the release of his track “Levels” in 2011, earning a Grammy nomination in 2012 for “Sunshine,” a collaboration with French DJ David Guetta....

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two-thirds of the nearly 47,000 opioid-related deaths in the U.S. in 2018 were caused by powerful synthetic opioids—primarily fentanyl and its analogs. Google is failing to obstruct the online purchase of pure fentanyl and fentanyl-laced drugs. Both can now be purchased with a simple search and a click of a mouse. In 2009, Google acknowledged its role in distributing controlled substances when, before a landmark, half-billion-dollar settlement with the U....