And yet there he was Monday afternoon, wearing a facemask adorned with tiny Orlando City SC logos and talking on a Zoom call with soccer reporters about his preparation for the MLS is Back Tournament that commences Wednesday. MORE: Nine FC Dallas players, one coach test positive for COVID-19 If anybody in Major League Soccer does not need to be in competing in this event, it has to be this guy....

Calum Forrington, 37, and his wife Kayleigh plan to splash the cash on a surprise trip to Disneyland for their three children. They also plan to fund driving lessons for Calum and a new set of wheels for Kayleigh. Calum tragically lost both his parents 18 years ago and has only recently been able to face visiting their grave. He feels the big win is a continuation of a change in luck for the couple since they tidied his parents’ grave up....

And another odor can be sensed: the smell of blood. This is the nastiest Oscar race in years. A record amount of money was spent on the campaigning. As in any political campaign, if you don’t spend, you don’t get taken seriously. But as the bucks get bigger, the knives get sharper. The best picture race is up to its knees in bad blood. At issue are the attacks on the veracity of “A Beautiful Mind,” which has generally been seen as the movie to beat....

But first, the other categories. Best Actress went pretty much as anticipated, with nominations for Sissy Spacek (“In the Bedroom”), Halle Barry (“Monster’s Ball”) and Judi Dench (“Iris”) coming in as planned. Renee Zellweger’s nomination for “Bridget Jones’s Diary” was a touch unexpected; many believed that Naomi Watts would be rewarded for her star-making performance in “Mulholland Drive.” Rounding out the category: Nicole Kidman in “Moulin Rouge.” Some were afraid the Academy’s votes for Kidman would be split between that movie and her role in “The Others,” which was a bigger box office hit....

Their similar names can be confusing. Both words start with osteo, the medical prefix for “bone.” The word porosis means “porous,” and arthritis means “joint inflammation.” This article covers the basics of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, how they’re different, and what they have in common. Osteoporosis Osteoporosis makes you lose bone tissue, which leaves your bones weaker and prone to breaking. An estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis and more than 40 million are at risk due to low bone mass....

Thanks to its edge in consumer electronics and early investments in high-speed networks, Japan’s mobile-phone industry is years ahead of most of the world. Everywhere you look, it shows. Tokyo subway riders tap messages to friends, listen to music and play games on their handsets. Shoppers pay for groceries with digital wallets and navigate the streets with GPS-guided maps, two features packed into most new Japanese phones. And now Japan’s wireless ecosystem is poised to get even better....

In an email to users of Florida’s novel coronavirus data portal, Jones, the geographic information system manager for the Florida Health Department’s Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, said that she had been removed from overseeing the dashboard. Jones noted that this decision had been made for “reasons beyond my division’s control.” The email was first reported by Florida Today on Monday. “I understand, appreciate, and even share your concern about all the dramatic changes that have occurred and those that are yet to come,” Jones, who holds a Ph....

Yovanovitch said in her prepared remarks that, upon being recalled from Ukraine earlier this year, she was informed by Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan there had “been a concerted campaign against me, and that the Department had been under pressure from the President to remove me since the Summer of 2018.” Sullivan, who’s reportedly been tapped by Trump to become the next U.S. ambassador to Russia, told her she’d done “nothing wrong,” Yovanovitch stated....

For starters, some college drinking habits must be relegated to your past. First and foremost: Pregaming. Sure, it was fun to invite friends over to your dorm room to pound a couple of shots before a night out, but showing up at happy hour already hammered is a no-no in the working world. Also, set and keep a three-drink limit for the evening and truly stick to it, for the sake of both your wallet and your dignity....

Starting in 2024 Space Perspective will bring Earth dwellers to the edge of space courtesy of its sleekly-designed Spaceship Neptune. It is described as a carbon-neutral, zero-emission vessel that travels 20 miles above Earth’s surface. The luxurious “Space Lounge” features nine reclining plush seats, for eight passengers and one pilot; a refreshments bar with storage space; Wi-Fi with the ability for interior and exterior cameras to live-stream flights; 360-degree panoramic windows described as the largest to travel to that high a distance; a restroom; and a dark interior designed to reduce glare and reflection....

While many state leaders have discussed the possibility of reopening stadiums to professional sports teams, most have said welcoming fans inside to watch competitions will not be possible until the country achieves better containment of the virus. Abbott signed the proclamation as an expansion of another he announced last week that approved more businesses and services to reopen. While the original proclamation last Friday allowed professional sports teams to resume without fans starting May 31, the updated version paves the way for outdoor stadiums to fill up to 25 percent capacity, though no games will be allowed to take place under the new rules until June 15....

After one user shared a post to Reddit bemoaning the fact “fruit and bread” is now viewed as an “extravagance,” several renters took to the comments to share just how difficult it is to get a foot on the home ladder. The idea that Millennials and Generation Z aren’t able to purchase homes because of their frivolous spending on things like avocado toast and takeaway coffee has been circulating popular culture for several years....

A central enigma in biology is whether growing old is the result of random environmental factors or an immutable genetic clock. Finch, covering everything from the aging of elephant teeth to how starving extends life span, believes that there is indeed a genetic clock–but that its timing can be dramatically affected by lifestyle and medical technology. The keys to aging are probably related to the genes that regulate how long it takes an individual to grow and sexually mature....

Cardinal Raymond Burke, 73, posted a letter on his website Saturday announcing that he had left an undisclosed hospital on September 3. He said he was in a house near his family but did not say where it was located. Burke said in the letter he was undergoing rehabilitation at the house because he still experiences fatigue and difficulty breathing after being sick with COVID-19, the AP said. The cardinal did not provide details on the type of rehabilitation but said that he was steadily making progress and that a secretary from Rome had moved into the house to help as he recovers....

The proposal, under consideration in the budget reconciliation bill, aims to clamp down on tax fraud by wealthy individuals and businesses. It would involve banks handing the IRS data on accounts with total annual deposits or withdrawals worth more than $600. In a letter addressed to Senate and House leaders on Thursday, the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) called it an “overly broad proposal” that “will directly impact almost every American and small business with an account....

“Captain Crozier was unjustly relieved of duty of the air craft carrier CVN-71 USS Theodoore Roosevelt on April 2nd 2020. His crime was asking for help regarding the safety of his crew,” states the new petition, which has acquired its quarter-million signatures over a period of four days. “His actions possibly saved many lives,” it continues. “Although he was fired, his plan to safely remove crew members was still implemented....

A total of 70,032,485 early votes had been cast as of Tuesday, according to the United States Elections Project. When President Donald Trump won the election of 2016, the estimated total number of votes cast was 138,846,571. Early votes cast in the current election show Democrats with a substantial lead over Republicans in mail-in votes, while GOP voters have a modest edge in early in-person voting. “Republicans need to vote in-person to make up ground on the Democratic mail voters, either early or on Election Day,” an analysis appearing on the project’s website explained on Sunday....