The Cliffton, a bar in Patchogue posted a Super Bowl-esque betting box on its Instagram account last week, Newsday reported. In it, patrons could purchase four boxes, each with a number predicting the city’s shooting-death totals with the winner receiving a cash prize. “Let the shooting sprees begin!” the post’s caption read. The Cliffton’s Instagram page, with nearly 3,000 followers, was private at the time of publication, and a Google search of the bar found it labeled as “temporarily closed....

“I just ran. I just tried to outrun the ball,” he says. “That’s basically what I did.” With his speed, that philosophy worked pretty well. In 330 career games in the minors, Gore stole 168 stolen bases and was only caught 17 times, a ridiculously good success rate of 90.8 percent. But his first solo workout with Kansas City’s first base coach, Rusty Kuntz, changed pretty much everything about how he approached baserunning....

The Toy Story origin tale is Pixar’s latest animation to hit cinemas, but it was banned in a number of territories for featuring a same-sex kiss. Chris Evans replaced Tim Allen in the titular role as Buzz Lightyear, a move which had already upset some, including TV actress Patricia Heaton. Though the movie has received positive reviews, and took in an impressive $51 million at the box office on opening weekend, Lightyear was projected to take in around $70 million....

Unless, of course, he’s wearing a fake beard, wig, fat suit and giving you terrible weightlifting advice. That’s exactly what Lin does in this adidas video, tossing towels and doing push-ups with his knees touching the ground. At one point, he sees a customer wearing a Lin jersey and has a priceless reaction. MORE: Offseason report cards for all 30 teams | Top 15 point guards for the 2015-16 season...

The One Voice campaign holds that a silent majority on both sides wants to end the fighting and compromise on real estate. To prove it, founders Daniel Lubetzky, an Jewish American businessman, and Mohammed Darawshe, an Israeli Arab peace activist, are distributing a questionnaire with ideas on solving everything from the Palestinian refugee problem to the status of Jerusalem. They hope leaders on both sides will pay close attention to the results....

The dad shared their family situation to Reddit’s popular Am I The A**hole forum, under username u/throwaway016399, where he explained he and his wife have two kids, Jaiden, 9, and Amelia 4. His wife has another son, Kian, 17, from a previous relationship, as he said: “Both of our kids are obsessed with their big brother, especially Jaiden.” There’s no “strict” schedule but the teen was around most weekends, and while Jaiden was smitten with his big brother, the feeling isn’t mutual....

After the game, Birds coach Doug Pederson didn’t seem to grasp immediately that his team, somehow, controlled its destiny. “As crazy as this is, I would say it’s a long shot, but we’re not out of it,” he told reporters. NFL PLAYOFF PICTURE: AFC, NFC standings for Week 13 It isn’t that long of a shot. To elaborate: The Eagles are 5-7. The Cowboys are 6-6. That’s a one-game difference with four weeks to play, and there’s a head-to-head matchup in Philly in Week 16....

The new episodes give much time to the armchair detectives who took up the case of the disappearance of Don Lewis after watching the first season, plus Joe Exotic’s attempt to get a presidential pardon from fellow reality TV star Donald Trump. The show also seems to have taken one criticism about the first season to heart. Original Tiger King viewers will remember Saff Saffery as Joe Exotic’s former employee, who lost his arm following a tiger attack....

President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion relief package, on Thursday and days later, people started seeing the $1,400 hit their bank accounts. However, that was only the first wave of direct deposits and millions of Americans will continue to see the money in their accounts or arrive in their mailboxes over the coming weeks. Through the “Get My Payment” tool on the IRS’ website, people can check the status of their payment, but it’s not always smooth sailing....

Stimulus checks began appearing in millions of Americans’ bank accounts last week after President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package into law. The checks arrive at a time when an estimated 10 million people remain unemployed, according to the Department of Labor. An estimated 80 million are also having trouble paying for basic household expenses like rent, food and utilities, according to the Census Bureau. As such, many struggling Americans will spend their checks trying to stay afloat, recent interviews and studies suggest....

At the beginning of the movie, audiences are left to believe that what they are seeing is a simple story of a cop doing what it takes to capture two criminals who botch a robbery, leaving eight police officers dead. However, there were hints all along that something wider is going on. Why, for example, were there 300 kilograms of cocaine in the wine shop when there was meant to be 30, and why did the police without warning shot Adi (Alexander Siddig) through the keyhole of his base?...

In the latest episode (Season 5, Episode 8), Michael Grant (played by Rockmond Dunbar) was waiting outside to propose to his partner David (La Monde Byrd), while David was desperately trying to finish the operation to remove a brain tumor from one of his patients, despite being asked to evacuate after an explosion at the hospital (9-1-1, never change). Eventually, Dr. David was able to finish the operation and catch up with Michael....

The TLC show follows the lives of various partners from 90 Day Fiancé to see how their relationship has worked out. It features couples such as Angela Deem and Michael Ilesanmi, and Shaeeda Sween and Bilal Hazziez, alongside Menzies and Umar. Throughout season seven of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? fans have seen Menzies and Umar, who first appeared on season five of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, try to navigate a long-distance relationship....

Congress passed the second largest economic stimulus package in U.S. history Monday night, approving a nearly $1 trillion relief bill that marks the end to more than eight months of partisan gridlock that was overcome with marathon negotiations in recent days among congressional leaders. The $900 billion measure, second in size only to the $2 trillion CARES Act approved earlier this year, includes $300 in weekly jobless benefits, $600 individual checks and small-business aid through the Paycheck Protection Program, among other things....

La Lupa 40/1 outsiders for CL Eusebio Di Francesco’s men played out a thrilling 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge in Group C two weeks ago but ran away with the return clash to replace the Premier League champions at the top of the standings on Tuesday. El Shaarawy headed into the match on the back of a spectacular winning goal against Bologna last Saturday and he produced another one for the highlights reel – lashing past Thibaut Courtois first time from 25 yards after 39 seconds....

Line: Alabama -4, Total: 53.5 Line movement: The Wynn opened Nick Saban’s men as 4-point favorites. The line dipped to -3.5 in early action, reversed course and peaked at -4.5. It’s bounced between -4 and -4.5 since. The total opened 52.5 a the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook and was bet up to 54 at that shop. Visit our odds page for updated college football lines and totals. Trends that matter: Alabama is 3-7 ATS as an away favorite in its last 10 versus SEC foes…....

With Game 2 of the Dodgers-Nationals NLDS postponed, there was plenty of time for banter among the studio team. As the discussion turned to the Red Sox’s 2-0 series deficit to the Indians, Pete Rose and Frank Thomas noted Sunday may be the last time we see David Ortiz play baseball. “He might be lacing his shoes up tomorrow for the last time,” Rose said. Rose then turned to A-Rod, “How’s that feel, Alex?...

In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/PuzzledWife22 (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said the couple usually splits the cost of a massive family vacation every summer but explained how a pair of reckless purchases left her husband’s relatives on the outside looking in. Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for refusing to pay for my husband’s family to go on vacation with us then leaving without him?...

Another wave of contestants will do their best to impress judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel when America’s Got Talent continues with the third night of Season 15 auditions on Tuesday. They’ve got their work cut out for them if they plan to out-perform some of the contestants that have already advanced in the competition, including the three talented acts who get to move straight on to the live shows after securing a golden buzzer from judges....

Among Us developers Innersloth updated its player base about the tweaks with a new blog post on Monday. The post starts with a message about the ongoing cheating and hacking attempts that certain players are insistent on trying. “Firstly, we want to be sure to talk about the cheating and hacking going on. It was pretty bad there for a bit, so Forte [one of the developers] pushed out server changes really fast....