A former NFL star, Sharper "has been suspended without pay until further notice, effective immediately" from duties for the NFL Network, a spokesman told media outlets. Sharper was arrested Friday in Los Angeles. While law enforcement officials didn't disclose details on the charge, the celebrity scandal site TMZ.com said sexual assault was involved. He was free on $200,000 after his L.A. arrest, according to media reports. That's the same allegation New Orleans police are pursuing, according the New Orleans Times-Picayune....

The researchers, one team at MIT and one at the University of Utah, examined E. coli bacteria, the kind that live in the human gut. The bacteria lacked a gene that digests lactose-milk sugar-so the researchers put the microbes in a dish containing nothing but. Rather than dying of starvation, the colony of E. coli developed, 100 times more quickly than Darwinian evolution allows, a mutation that enabled them to eat lactose....

The Republican lawmaker was suspended from Twitter on Tuesday after posting that “vaccines are failing and do not reduce the spread of the virus.” Her message, which has been flagged as “misleading” by Twitter, pointed to COVID infections among vaccinated people, also known as breakthrough cases. The post is still visible on the social media platform, but users are unable to retweet, like or reply to it. Twitter told Newsweek on Tuesday that Greene’s account would be on “read only” mode for a week....

The 39-year-old was found guilty of five of the six charges that he lied to police about being the target of a hate crime which he orchestrated to raise his celebrity profile. Smollett claimed that two men had attacked him in January 2019 near his home in Chicago. The attack allegedly entailed the use of racial slurs and he claims that the men tied a rope around his neck....

The official trailer for David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet shows the 93-year-old describing how he has had the “most extraordinary life,” adding that the living world is a “unique and spectacular marvel.” “Yet the way we humans live on Earth is sending it into a decline,” Attenborough adds. The feature-length documentary, produced by Silverback Films and environmental organization WWF, will be released globally on Netflix in Spring this year....

First, Fizdale promised Grizzlies owner Robert Pera that the team would continue the “Grit and Grind” tradition that Memphis had become known for. Second, he promised himself that, when necessary, he would be outspoken for causes of injustice. “I knew as an assistant coach it wasn’t my place to overstep the head coach,” Fizdale said. “I always wanted to make sure I respected my role. But as a head coach in this league at this time, I have a different responsibility, and I take it seriously....

David Fuller, 67, was arrested in December 2020 for the separate killings in 1987 after a new examination of old DNA evidence. Upon searching his home in connection with the murders, police discovered millions of images and video recordings depicting his sexual abuse of bodies over the course of 12 years at two hospitals in southeast England. Fuller filmed his attacks of at least 102 bodies in mortuaries from the now-closed Kent and Sussex Hospital and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital....

And when Golden State sends Lee to the Celtics for Gerald Wallace, as multiple reports indicated Tuesday, the NBA champions will have the additional bonus of saving more than $20 million. MORE: 11 defining moments in Warriors’ title run | Draymond predicts ’lots of championships' At the start of Tuesday, the Warriors had about $102.5 million committed for the 2015-16 season to 15 players. That includes the 120% of scale for first round selection Kevon Looney and a modest cap hold for Ognjen Kuzmic who is a restricted free agent....

King Rashford conquering Europe in Zlatan’s absence Chelsea have been top of the league for most of the season and currently sit four points clear of second-placed Tottenham with four games left. The Brazilian centre-back has already won the Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup with the Blues, but left to join Paris Saint-Germain before their 2014-15 title win. Although the 30-year-old won the domestic treble two seasons in a row in the French capital before returning to Stamford Bridge in a £34 million move, he says the lack of a Premier League winners’ medal frustrates him....

Prior to Thursday’s game vs. the Red Sox, the Angels decided to honor Ortiz with some run-of-the-mill retirement gifts. But what really made Big Papi smile was seeing Mike Trout and Co. emerge from the Angels dugout in full Big Papi getup, complete with backwards caps and gold chains. Suffice to say, Ortiz seemed thrilled with the mimickry and homage, as he lept into Albert Pujols arms in joy....

Perdue announced Monday he will be challenging GOP incumbent Brian Kemp in a primary to “make sure Stacey Abrams is never governor of Georgia.” “To fight back, we simply have to be united,” Perdue said in a video statement. “Unfortunately, today we are divided, and Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger are to blame. Look, I like Brian. This isn’t personal, it’s simple: He has failed all of us and cannot win in November....

The Red Sox have placed the pitcher on the 10-day IL, with the move retroactive to Aug. 5, the team announced Thursday. The move comes after an MRI revealed he has a TFCC cyst in his left wrist, which was treated with a cortisone shot. Righty Hector Velazquez has been called up from Triple-A Pawtucket to fill Price’s spot on the roster. The move comes as a bit of a surprise, since there was no indication Price was dealing with any discomfort....

The latter group–amateur musicians all–is here to learn from the portly, copper-maned master. Through three 100-watt Marshall amplifiers that threaten to shake a pair of gold-rimmed specs from the tip of his nose, Professor West is elucidating some of the finer points of Deep Purple’s four-chord epic “Smoke on the Water.” Abruptly, he stops. “We blew an amp,” he announces, turning to his pupils. “Now, how did I know that?...

It has played host to two NCAA regionals and 13 first- and second-round sites, as well as every First Four and “opening-round” game since the field first stretched beyond 64 teams in 2001. And it’ll be a much nicer home in the future. MORE: 33 best teams that didn’t win the NCAA Tournament Thursday, the University of Dayton announced a $72 million renovation of UD Arena — athletic director Neil Sullivan called it a “transformation” — that it contends will make it a state-of-the-art building....

Chase Elliott took home the checkered flag in the Can-Am Duel No. 1, while Denny Hamlin won Duel No. 2. MORE: Duel No. 1 results | Duel No. 2 results We already knew that Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr. would start in the front row for the Daytona 500, but the rest of the starting grid was up for grabs. Thursday’s Can-Am Duels determined the rest of the 40-car field by way of two 150-mile qualifying races....

“I think we would be foolish not to take seriously the intelligence that we have at our disposal,” United States Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger told reporters on Friday. “We are hearing some chatter.” The demonstration, dubbed “Justice for J6”, is scheduled to take place outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday. Organizers argued that the rioters were expressing their First Amendment rights and should not be held in prison. Organizers have also told Newsweek and other media outlets that they are working to discourage any violent outbursts during their protest....

Authorities said they received a tip at around 5 p.m. about a body that had possibly been dumped in the 400 block of East Wallisville Road, in east Harris County. Investigators conducted a search of the area and found the remains of an unidentified male who had appeared to have been dumped along the fence line behind a church, Sergeant Greg Pinkins of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office told reporters on Monday night....

According to a statement from the Winnfield Police Department, that was first published by the Winn Parish Journal and later reported on by KTVE/KARD, on the morning of Monday, December 19 Winnfield Fire & Rescue and Emergency Medical Services were called out to a property on Louisiana Street in Winnfield. The emergency services were responding to a 911 call concerning an infant that was not breathing. Authorities say the child was subsequently taken to the nearby Winn Parish Medical Center but was pronounced dead by an attending physician....

The man, from Moranbah in Queensland, was playing golf when he thought that he had stepped on a stick. But upon closer inspection, he realized that he had stepped on a venomous brown snake, which was “having a second strike at the poor man’s leg,” according to Central Queensland (CQ) Rescue. The CQ Rescue said in a Facebook post that the incident was not “the kind of ‘hole in one’ you want playing golf!...