In the 11th inning of the Orioles’ opening day game vs. the Blue Jays, Machado snagged a hard grounder hit by Toronto’s Devon Travis and proceeded to get the out at first base. From one knee. MORE: SN predictions for the 2017 MLB season According to the Orioles’ broadcast team, the transfer of the ball from glove to hand was 0.07 seconds, and the sidearm sling off the single knee was clocked at 70 mph....
Under the 21st Century Cures Act, consumers will be able to read notes that recap a visit to the doctor’s office as well as look at test results electronically. In the past, accessing your doctor’s notes could require long wait times and fees. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) made it legal to review medical records, but it didn’t guarantee electronic access. More than 250 healthcare organizations in the U....
A miscalculation this time could lead to some kind of renewed military action by the United States-probably airstrikes at one or more Iraqi nuclear sites that had not been bombed during the war. That, at least, was what a number of well-placed sources within the Bush administration seemed to be signaling last week. While it was still entirely possible that the incipient crisis could be resolved by negotiation, no one in Washington could be sure that Saddam Hussein would take the cue and back down....
Now Chávez is nervous. The constitutional reforms he proposes are neither necessary nor dramatic. The most controversial change—the possibility of indefinite or perpetual re-election—is not relevant until 2012, when his current term ends. Other modifications, such as replacing elected local officials with appointed provincial councils, eliminating the independence of the central bank, or establishing limits on private property, are not inconsequential, but Chávez could pursue his construction of “21st-century socialism” without them....
The 34-year-old Serbian player said he was “extremely disappointed,” but respected a court decision to uphold the cancellation of his visa, forcing him to leave Australia and lose his spot in the upcoming tournament. “I respect the Court’s ruling and I will cooperate with the relevant authorities in relation to my departure from the country,” he said in a statement on Sunday, while adding, “I hope that we can all now focus on the game and tournament I love....
Munro’s wonderfully compressed tales are not easily summarized. Each of the stories in Open Secrets (293 pages. Knopf. $23), her latest and most accomplished collection, contains enough Dickensian detail to flesh out a lesser writer’s novel. In “Carried Away,” for example, the town librarian is left at the altar by a man later killed in an accident at the local piano factory. The woman subsequently marries the factory owner and then, years afterward, widowed, runs into her old flame....
Oregon's footwear has, of course, been in the news lately. Ducks Dominic Artis and Ben Carter were suspended nine games for selling team exclusive shoes. MORE COLLEGE HOOPS: Kevin Ware returns | All-Americans | Top 25
Gov. Brown announced that masks would be required in most outdoor settings, regardless of vaccination status, following the admission of “1,000 COVID-19 patients” into hospitals across Oregon. She added the Delta variant had been the source of many of the new infections and that it had swept through the state’s unvaccinated population. In a Twitter statement shared on Tuesday, Gov. Brown said: “Today we have 1,000 COVID-19 patients in our hospital, a terrifying milestone....
Matthew Klein, 24, and Jonathanpeter Klein, 21, face a number of charges including conspiracy, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of an official proceeding, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder and disorderly conduct in a restricted building or grounds in connection to the attack in Washington, D.C. According to a criminal indictment, younger brother Jonathanpeter Klein is a Proud Boy who attended the pro-Donald Trump rally one day before the insurrection dressed in the far-right group’s attire and previously took part in Proud Boys rallies in Oregon....
And it just may have helped his Ducks team to a hard-fought win vs. the Golden Bears. MORE: SN Week 7 top 25 rankings Late in the third quarter with Oregon down 7-3 to visiting Cal, a fan snuck onto the field and managed to evade security for several moments, halting the Ducks’ drive downfield. Finally, as said fan headed toward the West end zone, the 6-1, 222-pound back broke from the huddle and streaked 20 yards downfield to tackle the fan at the 15-yard line....
The tool would be voluntary, and allow residents to enter their name, date of birth, phone number, or email to access their proof of vaccination, according to KGW-TV. Oregon does not currently require proof of vaccination to enter businesses, but cities like Portland have a growing number of businesses that require it for entry to restaurants and events. One of the biggest places in the state that requires proof is the Moda Center, where the Portland Trail Blazers play....
While humans cannot contract BSE, in rare cases people who eat the brain or spinal cord of infected cattle can be affected by a variant known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease—which is also fatal. Since BSE first appeared in the 1980s in the United Kingdom, scientists have tried to identify how the disease emerged, however, no one hypothesis has been confirmed. BSE belongs to a group of rare neurodegenerative diseases caused by mysterious infectious pathogens that affect humans and other animals....
Not completely. It’s also how you feel that determines how much you weigh. Does emotional stress make you fatter or thinner? Both. It appears that short-term, acute stresses may help you lose weight, whereas chronic stresses cause you to put on pounds, especially around your belly, where it’s most harmful. A new study published this week in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine looked at the effects of stress on weight gain in mice....
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV) objected to the call to fire Carlson in a letter sent to Greenblatt on Tuesday, insisting that his views were informed by “grossly misplaced charges of antisemitism” that the ADL has promoted under his leadership. Four days earlier, Greenblatt penned a letter to Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott accusing Carlson of espousing the racist “great replacement” conspiracy theory during a segment positing that Democrats hoped to “replace” right-leaning American voters with left-leaning immigrants....
It’s also plain that Orton can be more than a No. 2. If this deal goes through, Buffalo will have added a 31-year-old veteran with 70 career starts. That’s important anywhere, but certainly to a team that considers itself close to competing for a playoff spot. It’s also important to a team whose second-year starter had ups and downs in the preseason. Manuel, despite a 61.0 completion percentage, mustered just a 73....
The Disney+ series is partly set in London with Isaac taking on the role of an insecure and unassuming museum worker named Steven Grant—complete with a questionable English accent. The reason for this unusual accent will become clear later on in the series, but it is certainly a standout aspect of Isaac’s performance. The Dune star opened up about the accent and his process of getting into the character of Steven and revealed that a very unlikely comedian was his inspiration—Karl Pilkington....
