In a 78-19 vote, the House sent HB 4327 to the Republican-controlled state Senate. If signed into law, it would surpass Texas’ six-week abortion ban to become the most restrictive in the nation. Like the Texas law, the bill would allow private citizens to pursue civil actions of up to $10,000 against doctors and others who aid a woman in obtaining an abortion. But it goes further by prohibiting any physician in Oklahoma from performing or inducing an abortion at any stage of a pregnancy unless it is required “to save the life of the mother....

“I looked at my parents and said, ‘You know what? I’m going to watch ESPN from now on,’” Mayfield said. “And I changed the channel. … I loved college football, and from that day forward, it was ‘SportsCenter,’ it was ‘College GameDay,’ it was anything that I could get out of college football. “That’s when I learned the passion for the game, and the love for it. That’s something I pride myself on, and I’ll never lose that....

Defensive tackle Charles Walker will miss the game after sustaining a concussion in practice Monday, WWLS radio first reported. Walker posted on his Instagram account earlier Thursday that he wouldn’t be playing, but added (via the Tulsa World), “I’ll be back for that national championship.” MORE: The Clemson/Oklahoma matchup, by the numbers | CFP’s 15 most-impactful players The 6-2, 297-pound redshirt sophomore doesn’t start but nonetheless is a force in the Sooners’ defensive line rotation....

The Bears are ranked No. 7 in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings. They’ve won 14 straight home games (13-1 ATS) between the old Floyd Casey Stadium and the new McLane Stadium. The Line: Baylor -28.5, Total: 67 Line movement: The Wynn opened the Bears as 23.5-point favorites on Sunday, but by midweek, the line was all the way up to -28.5. For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page....

The Line: Washington -6.5, Total: 56.5 Line movement and notes: The Cactus Bowl opened with Washington as a 6-point favorite at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, and the Huskies fell as low as -5.5 there before rising to the latest number of -6.5. The total opened 55.5 at the SuperBook and jumped slightly to 56.5. For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page....

Mary Ledbetter alleges that she woke up several times one night in August 2019 with “unknown red bites on her face” and “all over the parts of her body not covered with clothing,” while living in Patchin Hall at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Her legal complaint, filed in November, has come to light as more students allege further bat sightings in the dorms. Her lawyer, Randall Gill, said Ledbetter was “not aware the bites were being caused by bat ticks deeply nested and rooted in her dorm room ceiling from bats living above her bed in the ceiling....

Swimmer’s itch is also known as cercarial dermatitis and is caused by swimmers in bodies of water having an allergic reaction to microscopic parasite larvae present in the water. These parasites, called schistosomes, infect some birds and mammals as larvae, inside which they mature into adults, releasing their eggs into bodies of water via the animal’s feces. The eggs then hatch into one larval stage, infect water snails, mature into a second larval stage, then are released again, completing their life cycle as they once again search for birds to infect....

Soon after becoming available to purchase online, the Old Bay website crashed, apparently due to the excitement around the launch. In response to a Twitter follower, Old Bay tweeted: “Working on it now. Overwhelming response over here.” Old Bay Hot Sauce Prices Limited Edition Old Bay Hot Sauce 10 o. z. 3 Pack for $12. 99Limited Edition Old Bay Hot Sauce 5 o. z. 3 Pack for $9. 99Limited Edition Old Bay Hot Sauce 64 o....

The two stars of a talented youth side to break through at Pele’s old club, the teenage duo led Santos to their first national league title in 34 years in 2002, before claiming a second two years later. The ‘boys from the village’, they formed a golden generation in the Vila Belmiro port region of the city and earned call-ups to the national team before heading to Europe as the world’s biggest clubs came calling....

The Rebels had scored on a pass to Jaylen Walton with less than three minutes left in a tie game, 17-17. Alabama took over and were driving down the field when Sims went for the end zone. Golson managed to play the ball perfectly, snatching it out of the air while keeping a foot in play. Ole Miss took possession and won the game, 23-17. Looks like Katy Perry was right....

London, who identifies as non-binary, shared a video on YouTube over the weekend, in which they said that they feel more connected to Korean culture than the U.K.’s, after “transitioning” to resemble their K-Pop idol, Jimin of BTS. “I am gonna come out today and say that I’ve been transitioning,” said London while relaxing in bed. “I’ve been very unhappy with who I am deep down for the last eight years and I’ve had, like, 18 plastic surgeries now…...

After a spike on his cleats appeared to break, Perez waited on the hill for someone to bring him a new pair of shoes. His teammates gathered around him, and Francisco Lindor bent over and adjusted one of Perez’s socks at the toes with his bare hands. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN We don’t recommend standing in dirt without shoes or touching another man’s socks without gloves, but what do we know?...

The movie premiered on Monday, September 5, at the Venice International Film Festival, but it’s been overshadowed by alleged tensions among the cast. First, there were reports that Florence Pugh didn’t support the director’s relationship with co-star Harry Styles. Then, Wilde, 38, claimed she fired Shia LaBeouf from the project, only for the actor, 36, to say that he was “confused” by that “narrative” in an email to Variety....

Dan Jansen UP Even CW cynics got choked up when you didn’t choke. But don’t go Hollywood on us. Tommy Moe UP Slacker skier is a hero to ex-potheads around the world. Cool! Pros DOWN Did all those endorsements spoil your concentration? We’re rooting for the kids. Media DOWN Tonya’s press corps makes Sam Donaldson look sweet. Enough already. CBS DOWN Too much hype, too many ads, Connie’s gone tabloid....

6:44 a.m. CAUTION: THIN ICE, PROCEED AT OWN RISK. That’s the sign that greets us at Deer Creek Reservoir. Or that’s what we think it says. We’re too busy staring at the dashboard’s outside-temperature gauge, which reads 1 degree. 6:45 OK, I’m lying. The gauge is 13 degrees off, so it’s 14 degrees. But we’re driving a white Cadillac DeVille and are not feeling particularly tough. 7:03 Joel Marchello and Mike Fisher pull into the lot....

NEWSWEEK: What are you looking forward to most in Salt Lake? Jim McKay: It sounds corny, but it’s the human stories. Remember Australia and the big farm kid from Wyoming in Greco-Roman wrestling who defeated the unbeaten world champion, then did a cartwheel. The unexpected stories are always the best. I also like the offbeat stories. In Calgary I loved Eddie the Eagle, the English ski jumper who was a plasterer by profession....

This year’s Olympics will have 109 events in 15 sports, including seven new events: women’s monobob; men’s and women’s big air (freestyle skiing); mixed team snowboard cross; mixed team aerials; mixed team short track relay; and mixed team ski jumping. The 2022 Beijing Olympics will be presented nationally on NBC and USA. Cord-cutters will be pleased with the news, as these networks are prominently featured on some of the most popular streaming options....

California was the first state to identify the variant in one of its coronavirus cases, and in the week since that discovery was made, 25 other states have also detected cases. Researchers are still studying the variant to determine what kind of threat it will pose, but it is highly transmissible and its mutations indicate it could render vaccines and treatments less effective. Omicron’s already proved it can infect people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19....

Though data from Johns Hopkins University shows that January’s spike in virus cases driven by the Omicron variant is starting to decrease, deaths in the U.S. have trended upward. Some experts have attributed this rise to the country only being about 64 percent fully vaccinated. Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told the Associated Press the number of deaths is “astronomically high,” adding that most of them happened after the vaccine was authorized....

An iconic Batman emblem, the Bat-Signal is a bright light used by the police of Batman’s Gotham City as a call for help. Projecting the silhouette of a bat against the sky, the Bat-Signal has long stood for Batman’s ongoing vigilance. The Batman Day Bat-Signals will join thousands of fan celebrations around the world, which include free comic books, appearances by Batman writers and artists and even 5K night runs....