Karina Isabel Velasquez filed her suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, alleging battery, assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, NBC Los Angeles reports. Velasquez claims that, in addition to being ordered off the May 19 flight from LAX to Las Vegas, a Southwest employee injured her when they grabbed her cell phone away from her. Velasquez and her husband, Blake Harrison, claim to have been wearing masks on the flight....

Pastor Greg Locke, head of the Baptist Global Vision Bible Church in Juliet, Tennessee, predicted numerous times before and after Biden’s November election victory that Trump would remain president no matter what the actual votes, results or news media claimed. During Sunday’s church service, he again amped up these claims before his screeching congregation members and mocked anyone saying “you just need to accept the election results.” Hoping to validate his continued claims that he is not a “fake prophet” who got the election results wrong, the pastor simply declared Biden a “fake president....

Pastor Locke, leader of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, hit out against any suggestion that he would close the church due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Newsweek reviewed a video of the sermon titled “Signs of A Lukewarm Heart” uploaded to Locke’s Facebook page on April 4. He told his packed congregation, seated in a tent outside, that the church would stay open “forever,” even if confronted by the military....

The experience of Danny Reeves adds to the growing number of stories by Americans who have expressed remorse at not getting the jab and have sometimes ended up seriously ill. Reeves, who preaches at the First Baptist Church in Corsicana, tested positive in early July after he started feeling body aches and other symptoms. He then was admitted to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, where his blood oxygen levels dropped to such a dangerous level that he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit....

Bowlen’s family released a statement through the Broncos early Friday. “His soul will live on through the Broncos, the city of Denver and all of our fans,” the family said. MORE: Notable sports deaths in 2019 “More important than being an incredible owner, Pat Bowlen was an incredible human being,” the family added. Bowlen led a group of family members who took over ownership of the franchise from Edgar Kaiser in 1984....

The Senate voted to start debating the roughly $1.9 trillion package on Thursday, with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote being used to give Democrats the 51 votes needed to begin. Democrats are looking to pass the measures through reconciliation, which could allow them to do so with no Republican support in the upper chamber as this would only take securing a simple majority. Republicans have persisted in objecting to the spending, while they have moved to delay the debate by asking the chamber’s clerks to read the entire bill aloud....

In fact, consumer demand was so great that halfway through 2021 the National Retail Federation actually had to double its annual growth forecast, because “the economy and consumer spending have proven to be much more resilient than initially forecasted.” Newsweek spoke with retail experts to find out why we shopped so much last year and what we spent those trillions on. Why We Spent so Much While the pandemic triggered a range of economic woes, for a lot of Americans it also led to an increase in disposable cash in 2021....

Mahomes did “cool off” in Sunday’s 38-27 win over the 49ers with only 3 TDs to go with 314 passing yards, hitting low marks on the early season with 8.3 yards per attempt and a 115.5 passer rating. Still, he would be the easy choice for league MVP if the season ended before Week 4. But the unpredictable fun of the 2018 season has just begun, and the Chiefs have a long way to go in sustaining this unprecedented level of explosiveness and efficiency....

Mahomes entered the encounter at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium with 9,925 career passing yards in 33 games. The 25-year-old surpassed 10,000 career passing yards in the second quarter to set an NFL record as the fastest QB to achieve that feat. Reaching that mark in his 34th game, Mahomes broke the previous record of 36 games set by Hall of Farmer Kurt Warner. Mahomes led the Chiefs to the Super Bowl crown last season, and he was the NFL’s MVP in 2018....

NFL Draft night is always one of the more unique nights of the year when it comes to fashion. Whether it’s Christian Wilkins’ white suite or Dante Fowler Jr.’s spiky gold shoes, there’s always one-of-a-kind looks for NFL Draft prospects from top to bottom. Before players even took the stage to hear their names called, Surtain may have won draft night, as he showed off a pretty ridiculous PlayStation 2 — or PS2 — controller pendant and chain....

So, in an era defined by passing, what’s a team to do with a less-than-elite passer? For Bill Belichick and the Patriots, that’s been a very real question this year with Brady serving a suspension. For many other teams, it’s been a way of life for decades as franchise passers have eluded them. MORE: Week 4 picks against the spread Yet, teams find ways to win without stellar quarterback play or engineer what looks like stellar quarterback play from young passers, journeymen or otherwise lightly regarded backups....

The Patriots quarterback is back after suffering a high-ankle sprain earlier this season, and his mobility was on full display in the first half of the “Monday Night Football” matchup vs. the Bears. Jones was active on the ground and mobile in picking up multiple first downs, but a pair of slides drew the attention of fans on Monday night, who were less-than pleased with the technique of Jones’ skids....

Naturally, that’s impossible to know, but if the Patriots and Tom Brady have been underinflating footballs for easier grip, presumably they would be doing it in wet weather, much like the weather in New England for the game vs. the Colts. I went through NFL game books for all Patriots home games since the 2005 season. What I found was intriguing. For purposes of this study, I excluded the 2008 season when Brady did not play due to an injury suffered in Week 1....

Ninkovich left a joint practice with the Saints and will have an MRI exam later in the week to determine the severity of the injury. POWER RANKINGS: Where Pats, others stand early in preseason Ninkovich, a fifth-round pick of the Saints in 2006, has been with the Patriots since 2009. He became a starter in 2010 and has 42 career sacks, including 6 1/2 last season. He also broke up seven passes last year and forced a fumble....

After Antonio Brown’s Facebook Live video caught Mike Tomlin calling the Patriots “a bunch of a—holes” in the Steelers’ locker room, the Patriots quarterback said that’s a situation that would never happen with the Patriots. “Our team has a policy. We don’t show anything that should be private because [coach Bill Belichick] feels when we are inside our stadium, inside the walls, there has to be a degree of privacy that we have,” Brady said Monday on Boston’s WEEI radio....

On just the third play from scrimmage, Murray hit the turf awkwardly holding his knee. It was a non-contact injury and immediately many assumed the worst. He was carted off the field with a towel over his head, and — according to ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters — he broke down in tears as soon as he reached the tunnel. It was another devastating blow in what has been a miserable season for the Cardinals....

This game isn’t one where you want to take many chances with potential sleepers, and it might even make sense to bench some players who typically start for you. However, defensive battles always make for interesting and challenging DFS roster construction, so we also have single-game DraftKings tips if you weren’t fortunate enough to make the playoffs in your season-long leagues. MORE TNF:DK Showdown lineup | FD Single-game lineup | Betting preview...

Line: New England -7, Total: 51.5 Line movement: New England opened as 6.5-point favorites in Las Vegas, fell as low as -1 when Brady’s four-game suspension was announced, and moved up to around -3 during the appeals process. The line shot up to -7 when the suspension was overturned last week. All the line movement due to Deflategate has put some books in a difficult spot, as there’s a juicy middle some bettors will look to exploit....

MORE: Gronk is on ‘Madden 2017’ cover | Uh-oh, player ratings drop George was the face of the “NBA 2K16” mobile app and appeared in the ad that accompanied the “2K17” special edition announcement. He also has been involved playing past 2K games against and with fans online, so he has a legitimate passion for the series. It’s notable that the cover art includes an image of George in a Team USA uniform alongside ones in his Pacers jersey....