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The 12 adults and five children from the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries group disappeared Saturday, spurring American officials, including the FBI, to collaborate with Haitian authorities in the hopes for their safe release. The 400 Mawozo gang was responsible for the mass kidnapping, Haitian police told the AP, adding to the group’s history of killings, abductions and extortions. The strike on Monday, led by local unions and other organizations, saw public transportation drivers stay home and businesses and schools close....

Pleasant Hill is a decaying, crime-infested neighborhood in Macon. Poverty, drugs, broken families and crumbling homes intermix with slow gentrification. It was not always that way. Pleasant Hill had been a prosperous black middle-class neighborhood where musicians James Brown and Otis Redding grew up. But when all-white road planners paved Interstate 75 headed south out of Atlanta, they could have chosen to run it through Macon between Pleasant Hill and Shirley Hills—a well-to-do white neighborhood....

Complain, if you must, about how “the game is becoming a freaking joke because of the nerds who are running it,” and expose yourself as not grasping what is happening in the game you once played so well. But when you go on a rant like Gossage did about Jose Bautista and Yoenis Cespedes, the exposure is something much worse. MORE: MLB’s potential breakout stars in 2016 | MLB milestones in reach...

“The people here have split into sides, and they’re standing on opposite sides of the road,” said Aeneas Williams, the former Cardinals and Rams defensive back and pastor of the non-denominational Spirit Church in Ferguson. “Our goal is to walk down the middle and leverage whatever we can to bring those sides together, to reconcile those sides.” On the surface, Williams’ task — brokering both immediate and long-term peace and understanding in the wake of the killing of an unarmed teenager by a Ferguson policeman — seems like the least-desirable way to celebrate his Hall of Fame induction this summer....

Hamas on Friday, while praising Omar’s stance in “defending justice,” chastised her for comparing their group to the U.S. and Israel. First, here’s the tweet on Monday that Omar sent: “We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban. I asked [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] where people are supposed to go for justice,” Omar wrote....

Granted, they wanted the 2013 season to end. But they also had not accomplished any of their goals. They salvaged something out of the disappointing year Sunday as Hamlin won the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Hamlin had made the Chase and won a race in each of his first seven Sprint Cup seasons. He was battling for the win in March at Auto Club Speedway when an accident with rival Joey Logano resulted in a compression fracture in his lower back....

The former stray found at the team’s spring training facillity spent some of his down time going on a date. A DOGGY DATE. MORE: Cute photos of Hank | Hank competes in Sausage Race | BobbleHank AWWWWWWWWWW. Yet another reason why live animal mascots are the best. 

Clinton delivered a keynote speech at the New York Democratic Party’s convention and took direct jabs at Fox News saying the network’s recent reports, on what she refers to as a “fake scandal,” were malicious “attacks” against her. Hannity shot back daring her to sue the Network. On Fox News, Hannity played a clip of Clinton’s speech telling viewers she “had a few choice words for this news channel.”...

In the original American release of Pokémon Red and Blue in 1998, players who traveled to Cinnabar Island to battle the gym leader Blaine, first had to make their way through the Pokémon Mansion. Amongst the halls full of Growlithes, Dittos and Grimers, trainers could discover the secret of the most powerful human-made Pokémon (up to that point). “Diary: Feb. 6. Mew gave Birth. We named the newborn Mewtwo.” Those few words tell a story that the rest of the game fleshes out later to brilliant effect....

Now the more likely conclusion is that, one way or another, he’ll walk away and into the arms of Michigan … and the 49ers will get nothing. The remaining year on Harbaugh’s contract was the driving force behind the idea of trading him — in the same vein as the Raiders getting two first-round picks, two second-rounders and $8 million from the Buccaneers for Jon Gruden in 2002. The 49ers and Browns also discussed trading Harbaugh last offseason, fueling speculation that they’d part ways only in a way that the 49ers wouldn’t be left empty-handed from losing a coach, one who took them to the Super Bowl two years ago, with time left on his deal....

A Facebook post published by the Maine Department of Transportation pointed out that the hard hat traveled about 3,300 miles from the department’s headquarters before it was picked up by Sigbjørn Eide. The agency is not asking for the hard hat to be returned after its long trek along the Gulf Stream currents, and it considers it part of a “friendly international exchange.” NOAA SciJinks explained that the Gulf Stream is a strong ocean current....

Hariss Harun remained as the captain for JDT after Raul Longhi once again decided keep Safiq Rahim on the bench, preferring to use Nazmi Faiz in central midfield instead. The Singaporean put in another impressive shift in midfield alongside Afiq Fazail as they pair slowly work up a good understanding as the shield for the defence. The Southern Tigers notched up their ninth win of the 2018 Super League that sees them sitting pretty at the top of pile with eight points between them and second place, Perak....

The production came about as a collaboration between Pottermore Publishing, and Audible, the world’s largest producer of audiobooks. “We are delighted to bring fan-favorite performers from across the wizarding world together for this unforgettable listening experience,” said Diana Dapito, SVP of Content at Audible. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of short stories first referenced in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as fictional tales wizarding children grew up with....

The former One Direction member has released two solo albums so far—“Harry Styles” released in 2017, and “Fine Line” in 2019. He’s also garnered a wide range of film credits including Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and Marvel’s The Eternals. Upcoming acting projects includes a film adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ book My Policeman and Olivia Wilde’s thriller Don’t Worry Darling alongside Florence Pugh. The pop singer has a busy schedule ahead of him as he will also be one of the headliners for this year’s Coachella music festival alongside Billie Eilish and Kanye “Ye” West....

The video, posted to TikTok last month by Samantha Colgan, has garnered over 287,000 views and hundreds of comments from One Direction fans, calling Colgan a “legend.” The iconic moment took place at a One Direction concert in 2014. During the show, a fan threw her phone on stage. So, Styles picked it up, took a seat and texted her dad. A video from the night showed Styles drafting the message while the other members of the band performed the song Little Things....

Charles Lieber, the 62-year-old ex-chair of Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, was found guilty last month of making false statements, filing false tax returns and not filing reports for his Chinese bank account. Lieber was accused of hiding his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Plan, which recruits people from foreign countries who are able to share secrets about their country’s technologies and intellectual properties. Prosecutors said Wuhan University of Technology paid Lieber $50,000 a month to help with things like applying for patents and organizing conferences, as well as another $1....

Margaret Czerwienski, Lilia Kilburn and Amulya Mandava, who filed the lawsuit in Boston federal court, accused the Ivy League school of failing to respond to allegations that professor John Comaroff sexually harassed, groped and made unwanted advances toward students for years. The three women said that they were among several students who reported Comaroff’s behavior to Harvard officials but the university did not act accordingly. Instead, the lawsuit alleges, Harvard stood by as Comaroff made a threat that the students would have “trouble getting jobs” if they complained about his actions, according to Reuters....

Thanks to his win in the Hollywood Casino 400, Harvick moved up a spot in the standings to third with six races remaining in the Chase. More importantly, he cut 14 points into his deficit as he now sits 25 points behind series leader Matt Kenseth. "We are just having fun," Harvick said. "Everybody wrote us off at the beginning of the year, especially from a media standpoint. We are just going to go do our thing and hopefully keep doing it quietly and have fun at it....