Ronaldo netted his 14th goal of the season in Europe's top competition to give Madrid a clear advantage ahead of next week's quarterfinal return leg in Germany. But it came at a price as the Portugal forward, who came into the first-leg nursing a sore left knee, came off in the 80th minute. Gareth Bale scored early and Isco added another before the half hour mark at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium....

Experts from the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National Park Directorate who formed part of The Mangrove Finch Project camped out in a remote region of Isabela Island for nine weeks to carry out annual conservation efforts. During this time, they found 12 breeding pairs of the mangrove finch (Camarhynchus heliobates), a bird that is endemic to the archipelago off the coast of Ecuador and forms part of a group of birds commonly referred to as “Darwin’s finches....

So in November 2005, when May agreed to begin attending meetings at Midtown, one of the oldest and largest AA groups in the Washington, D.C., area, it felt like a miracle. Other AA meetings in the city attracted mostly older men and women; Midtown was known as a place for recovering alcoholics in their teens and 20s. Some of the group’s senior members were older, but there were also dozens of high-school and college kids with stories a lot like hers....

A wildlife cruise company from Daintree, near Cairns on the east coast of the country, uploaded the video of the female crocodile munching its dinner to social media. Solar Whisper Daintree River Crocodile & Wildlife Cruises uploads croc videos as part of a nature documentary-cum-reality series it calls Days of the Daintree, featuring the crocs living their daily lives and the interactions between the individuals in the river. “It’s an absolute paparazzi treat, to watch celebs eat,” said Solar Whisper Daintree River Crocodile & Wildlife Cruises in the caption of the post....

This article provides an overview of crossbites, as well as common causes and treatments. What Is a Crossbite? When the teeth are aligned correctly, the upper teeth will fit slightly over the lower teeth. In a crossbite, the opposite occurs: Some upper teeth are positioned inside the lower teeth. Each person’s individual crossbite is unique. A crossbite can affect a single tooth or a group of teeth, and one or both sides of the jaw....

One Memphis, Tennessee couple told local outlet Fox 13 they were stranded for an extra day aboard the Carnival Fantasy as it was battered by the storm. Brittany McKnight—who was enjoying her honeymoon when the storm closed in—told Fox 13 the boat rocked side to side for hours as fellow passengers became sea sick. The ship was supposed to dock Saturday morning at the Port of Mobile in Alabama after a five-night cruise through the Western Caribbean....

According to Telemundo 51, the group’s raft was broken and they were adrift when the cruise ship spotted them and decided to help. After sending out a boat to bring them in, the migrants were taken aboard and given first aid. “I was in the jacuzzi and when I woke up there were Cubans asking for help,” a woman who witnessed the rescue and recorded a video of it told Telemundo 51....

In every recent emerging-market crisis, from Thailand to Argentina, the rescue has been hampered by issues of “transparency,” which is banker jargon for the tendency of debtors to hide their assets and dodge their obligations. Next to Iraq, however, the other emerging markets are open books. Believable numbers on everything from wages to GDP are as hard to locate as Saddam himself. The World Bank stopped lending to Iraq in 1973, and the IMF did its last economic analysis of the country in 1983....

Crypto is not spread through contact with blood. Rather, Cryptosporidium infection (cryptosporidiosis) is an illness caused by tiny, cryptosporidium parasites that live in water. When the parasites enter your body, they travel to your small intestine and burrow into your intestinal walls. Later, the parasites are shed through your poop, says Mayo Clinic. According to a CDC report released in June, outbreaks of Crypto in the United States increased about 13 percent each year from 2009 to 2017....

Like the internet in the early 1990s, the crypto sector is still in its infancy. We don’t know what a flash-in-the-pan will be (Google Reader, anyone?) and what will become fundamental to our lives, like social media or the iPhone. Regulating too expansively would be like regulating the internet before we understood how online commerce was going to function in the world. Back in the early days of the internet, Congress could not have predicted the role that personal data mining and political disinformation would play, much less how to protect consumers against it....

Last time out with the Eagles, Zaha’s was yellow carded after going down under a challenge from Watford defender Adrian Mariappa. The card was his fourth for simulation since the start of the 2015-16 campaign; more than any player in the division within that period. But Hodgson believes that as opposed to diving claims, the player’s quick and daring style of play does less to help him in contentious situations....

A CT scan provides more information than some other imaging tests, without the need for invasive techniques. For example, it can be used to complete a biopsy in some cases. It may be done with contrast, an ingestible or injectable type of dye that allows technicians to better visualize a body process. This article explains how a CT scan works, why you might need one, and how to prepare for it....

Masvidal also called out Democrats more broadly in his speech, saying they haven’t earned Latino voters. “The Democrats just think they’re entitled to the Latino vote. They think that we just have to hand it over to them,” he said to boos. “That’s right. We sure as hell don’t.” He continued, likening policies proposed by the Biden campaign to those in Central and South American countries. “They gotta show us what they can do for us, what they can do for our communities....

The Cuban Supreme Court said in a statement Wednesday that the protesters who were convicted “tried violently to subvert the constitutional order.” Protests took place last summer with some continuing into the fall, as the island nation was experiencing a spike in COVID cases, blackouts, and other shortages like food and medicine. The protesters were calling for a change in government. The Cuban government’s response to the protests and alleged treatment of protesters led to international criticism, including from the U....

“I think it’s hilarious,” Zobrist said Monday (via the Chicago Tribune). “No, I was not stealing signs. But I appreciate him thinking my baseball IQ is that high. … I don’t know what he was looking at or what he thought he saw. But really, from second base at Wrigley, it’s very tough to even see the signs. It’s so dark. All the lights are behind the hitter. … But I think all catchers are probably a little paranoid about that....

Baseball has always played host to weird, freak injuries: Sammy Sosa famously threw out his back while sneezing, Blake Snell broke a toe while moving a granite fixture in his bathroom, and Trevor Bauer lost a fight with a drone. On Monday, Cubs infielder Jonathan Villar entered the pantheon of weird baseball injuries: Villar landed on the 10-day injured list after an exercise band broke and snapped into his mouth....

Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio isn't afraid to call like he sees it. "We need more pitching," he told the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday. "And as soon as we acquire four or five guys, we're going to need more after that. … We need arms. We've got to find or develop those arms, and if you're not signing them, you better develop them. And if you can't develop them, then (president) Theo (Epstein) and (GM) Jed (Hoyer) and everyone are trying to do the next best thing, which is to acquire them....

The attendance total of 4,034,708 over 481 games breaks down to an average 8,388 per game. The total and average are new records for MLB; the previous marks were an 8,078 average last year and a 3,823,479 total in 2013. Total attendance was up 11.7 percent from last spring. “On behalf of Major League Baseball and the 30 clubs, I would like to thank our fans for their enthusiastic support, evident by a record-setting spring training,” commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement....

The potentially embarrassing situation was brought on when he left said game early due to what the team said was “flu-like symptoms,” but speculation came to percolate that Bryant may have had a different reason for leaving the game — that he was recovering after a night of partying. MORE: The Fielders and other father-son sluggers | NL trade rumors: buying or selling? Bryant was quick to make sure everyone knew the rumors were just that....