What's the story with the photo in the background? More than a few people asked that very question on social media when this photo was posted Wednesday afternoon. The answer is actually pretty interesting. First a closer look at the photo, which comes from Cpl. Reece Lodder: Here's the story from the official Marines Flickr page: The two people featured in the photo are Lance Cpls. Matthew Scofield and Jarrett Hatley....
The little helicopter’s ninth flight saw it travel a distance of 2,051 feet. It hit speeds of 16 feet per second in its flight that lasted around 167 seconds. The flight was expected to be a nail-biting one because NASA was asking the helicopter to do something its flight navigation algorithm had not been designed for—flying over uneven terrain. However, the flight was successful and Ingenuity was able to capture a photo with its navigation camera mid-flight, seen below....
McCurry’s signature touch is not only his skill at making an ordinary moment look surreal but also “finding the human behind the headlines and so restoring the humanity of us all,” as acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer says in the book’s foreword. McCurry’s four decades of photography span conflicts, ancient rituals, vanishing cultures and also everyday life, from Pakistan and Myanmar to Cuba and Tibet. Just as we’ll never forget the piercing stare from McCurry’s iconic “Afghan Girl” on a 1985 National Geographic cover, these images remain timeless....
The campaign encourages players to wear customized cleats designed in collaboration with artists that reflect their commitment to charitable causes. Here’s a look at some of the custom cleats players will wear in Week 13. Paul Posluszny Blake Bortles Abry Jones Keelan Cole Todd Gurley Anthony Walker Jr. A.J. Bouye Brandon Williams Trae Waynes Zack Martin Torrey Smith Mike Daniels Amara Darboh Avery Williamson Eddie Lacey Russell Wilson Tom Brady Joe Flacco William Gholston Amari Cooper Rishard Matthews Bennie Logan Dont’a Hightower Lawrence Guy Daryl Worley Julius Thomas Isaiah Johnson Robert Ayers Corey Liuget Antonio Gates Chris Kyle Josh Robinson Jihad Ward Bruce Irvin Trent Taylor Michael Mauti Amari Cooper Derek Carr Gabe Jackson A post shared by Los Angeles Rams (@rams) on Nov 29, 2017 at 9:58am PST...
George worked on the show for 6 1/2 years over two stints before leaving for good in 1983. Her work on that groundbreaking series left a lasting impression, something that became clear Saturday after her death at age 70 from a blood disorder was announced. MORE: NFL prime-time TV schedule for 2020 Brent Musburger, who became a sports TV power player as host of “The NFL Today,” penned a tribute....
I’d join Arsenal for six Cornish pasties, jokes Shaw Although he did not play for the non-league side as they were eliminated from the competition with a 2-0 loss to the Gunners, he was one of the key talking points after it. The heavy set substitute goalkeeper was spotted at the side of the pitch by television cameras devouring the pie. However, betting company Sun Bets - who sponsored Sutton for the match - had been taking bets before the game on him doing just that, with odds of 8/1 available....
The outspoken journalist and broadcaster shared footage of their friendly exchange to Twitter, where it has already been viewed more than 193,000 times. Filmed inside the newsroom at the Daily Mirror back when Morgan was the newspaper’s editor, the clip comes from a documentary the singer originally filmed for U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 back in 2000. “Do you ever literally just think, ‘I’ve got nothing to put in so what can we say?...
The Pistons are already without guard Rodney Stuckey, who has a broken finger. That leaves the Pistons with either Chauncey Billups or Will Bynum at the point guard slot and Cantavious Caldwell-Pope as the probably shooting guard. Having Jennings back will be a welcome sight, but the frontcourt will remain the focal point. Josh Smith, Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond are expected to lead the Pistons into the postseason, but they'll need someone to pass them the ball....
A couple of hundred pounds of anthrax can kill millions of people if it is effectively dispersed in the air above a large city. It now appears that the Iraqis had drone aircraft that might have been able to do that, according to a source close to the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq. The Iraqis also loaded botulism toxin into warheads for Scud missiles. There is no sign that any of these weapons were actually used; nor, say investigators, is there any evidence yet that Iraq’s biological agents might be responsible for the mysterious and varied symptoms of “Gulf War syndrome,” which afflicts more than 10,000 U....
Officials from Brown County Sheriff’s Office say that the crash occurred at around 4:50 p.m. as the plane was heading towards a private airfield in Wisconsin, located just off County Road MM, WBAY reported. As the fixed-wing, single-engine plane approached the airstrip it was flying very low and struck the pickup truck, which was traveling west on County Road MM, also known as Dutchman Road. Neither of the men involved has been identified yet because authorities wish to notify the families first, but the pilot, from Ledgeview, Wisconsin, died at the scene while the driver, from Greenleaf, suffered life-threatening injuries....
The Boeing 767 had just departed from an airport near Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa and was on its way to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, via Bamako, Mali, when the jet’s right engine burst into flames, the Associated Press reported. According to Tidiane Tamba, a spokesperson for Blaise Diagne International Airport—located about 27 miles east of downtown Dakar—the pilots requested an emergency landing and turned back to where they had departed....
The inaugural Vegas16 tournament was supposed to have 16 teams, but it couldn’t gain enough programs to fill the event, so tournament planners simply cut the field in half, but kept the Vegas16 name. The eight-team tournament will take place March 28-30 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. MORE: Best players who never made the NCAA Tournament | “We had originally hoped to launch this new tournament with 16 teams, but only if we could secure top-quality programs,” Brooks Downing, president of bd Global, the tournament organizer, said in a release....
NEWSWEEK has learned that all through the 1970s and ’80s-and perhaps even now -the Soviets were bent on creating lethal diseases that defied cures. The secret January 1991 visit to the chamber in Obolensk, hidden in pine forests some 60 miles south of Moscow, confirmed what U.S. and British experts already knew-that the Soviets were deeply involved in covert offensive-biological-warfare research, in flagrant violation of a 1972 treaty outlawing such work....
The hosts consolidated a dominant opening 45 minutes when the Kenyan slotted into the bottom right corner on the edge of the box moments prior to the interval. Despite a resurgent performance from the Roar following the break, the 22-year-old doubled their advantage with just over 15 minutes to go as a shot off Nick Fitzgerald’s cross deflected into the back of the net. Here’s how both sets of players fared in the opening match of the season....
It’s a stunner–hardly a surprise considering that Molyneux invented the god-game genre back in 1987 with Populous. It was the first time gamers were allowed to assume godlike powers, influencing–but not directly controlling–events and the lives of characters in a simulated world. The big difference from other games was that the world ran on its own whether or not you interfered. In Populous, for example, you were a god seeking to expand your sphere of influence among a group of followers....
Asked afterwards about why he clicks so easily with Ehlers, Laine displayed his quick wit. “I don’t know, we’re both from Europe, we’re both young and we both like PlayStation,” the 19-year-old Laine said through a thin smile. Of course, what the young Fin left out is that he and Ehlers, the 21-year-old from Denmark, are both extremely high-skilled wingers, who think and play the game at a level few can relate to....
In-form striker Kane scored a hat-trick - his sixth treble in 2017 - as the Premier League club made it two wins from two in Group H. Tottenham 25/1 to win CL However, while the final score may suggest it was straightforward, Pochettino’s patched-up side - minus the suspended Dele Alli and Jan Vertonghen, as well as Christian Eriksen due to illness - survived several close shaves on Cypriot soil....
The Manchester United man was the hero for France on Monday as his 30-yard effort gave his side a 1-0 win over the Netherlands in World Cup qualifying. Pogba, who has faced criticism over his displays for club and country, said all he wanted was to play his role. “I play for the France team. It’s not the Pogba team,” he told Canal+. “We’re not going to start talking individual....
