The latter surpassed Peyton Manning’s all-time NFL record of 539 touchdown passes last season and has added 11 touchdowns through six games this season, with the most recent pair coming in the New Orleans Saints’ 27-24 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday afternoon. With four touchdown passes in the win over the Raiders, meanwhile, Brady brought his season tally up to 18, the second-best figure in the NFL behind only Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who has passed for 22 touchdowns so far this season....

Peacefulness isn’t the first attribute you think of when you consider what makes great television. But it’s the essence of the ritualized world of make-believe that Rogers crafted for children over the course of four decades in the studio. Word of his death last week, from stomach cancer, briefly crowded out news of terror alerts and impending war. He would have liked that. Mister Rogers was 74, but he seemed older, having served as an idealized national grandparent ever since the Nixon era....

On Wednesday, the Clueless actress shared a weepy minute-long video explaining that she had just found out about the death of DMX. The rapper died on April 9, 2021. Dash cried as she said DMX had been “lost to that demon of addiction”—the official cause of death was a cocaine-induced heart attack—and talked about her own experiences with drug abuse, saying she was over six years clean. Social media users were unimpressed, however, with thousands of commenters using the same pun to mock her....

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who routinely butted heads with Trump over the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, has described feeling “liberated” under President Joe Biden’s leadership. In multiple interviews and press briefings since Biden’s inauguration on January 20, Fauci has remarked on the different tones taken by the two administrations and the pressure he received from Trump to paint the pandemic in a better light....

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has repeatedly urged fans to be patient and warned leagues that getting the wheels of professional sports moving again could be fraught with risks. The MLS will restart next week, with the NBA and MLB to follow suit before the end of the month. The NHL is in the process of finalizing its plans to resume and the NFL expects to kick off its season on September 10....

Reddit user FLCitizen shared a video from Robson Passeios’ Instagram account of the gorgeous blue lagoon, and users were blown away by the beauty and serenity of the national park. “The FOMO is real,” one user wrote. “This looks like a dream! Holy crap! Would love to visit these some day!” another chimed in. A third user said it looked like a mirage. The video sparked a sense of wanderlust for many....

The album marks the first project for the group, who have been on a hiatus since August 2019. “BTS MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 will be released on Friday, February 21. Pre-orders will begin on Thursday, January 9,” the post on app Weverse read. “Additional details about the new release will be available on BTS Weverse and the Fan Cafe. We look forward to continued interest and support from all of our ARMY....

The track, marking the first musical collaboration between BTS and Coldplay, was unveiled via the social media channels of the global rock band and K-pop stars. The song, which features both English and Korean lyrics, was released along with an official lyric video on Coldplay’s YouTube channel, which has had over 2.1 million views since the video premiered at the time of reporting. The video was later also released on the YouTube channel of Big Hit Music, BTS’ management company....

If you already know all about “The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports,” and just want to know what time the race starts and how to watch, we’ve got you covered here. But if you want to know a little Derby history like past winners, records and traditions, you’ve come to the right place. If you’re asking questions like, “What is the Kentucky Derby?,” you should probably read everything....

The letter, from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, supposedly is in reference to an incident in 2017 between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, nj.com reported. The incident reportedly involved an Apple Watch used by the Red Sox to transmit signs to players. The Red Sox were fined, nj.com reported, and so were the Yankees for improperly using a phone in the dugout. However, the letter supposedly shows that the Yankees did more than that....

A clinical trial of postmenopausal individuals with coronary heart disease or at high risk for major coronary events showed an increased risk of death due to stroke with Evista use. Evista is a selective estrogen receptor modulator. These medications chemically resemble the hormone estrogen and bind to estrogen receptors in different parts of the body. Estrogen receptors are found in tissues like the uterus, breast, or bone. The specific effect of the drug depends on the type of tissue....

The school said Monday the amount of the gift reflects the uniform No. 33 that Ewing wore at Georgetown and in the NBA. Ewing played on the Georgetown’s only NCAA championship team in 1984. The center will be named for his coach at Georgetown, John Thompson Jr., who led the Hoyas for 27 years. The groundbreaking ceremony for the $62 million project is scheduled for September. It will include practice courts, meeting rooms, coaches’ offices and weight rooms....

The original discussions of a potential Super League began to take shape during the 2015-16 season, with those discussions eventually leading the way to Sunday’s announcement that 12 clubs had signed on to form a new breakaway tournament. However, those plans have come crashing down as teams have withdrawn amid widespread criticism from fans and players alike. The foundations of a Super League Goal has learned discussions originally began during the 2015-16 campaign, with several of football’s elite clubs mulling over the potential of a competition featuring the top teams in the world....

“It’s horrible and hard to process. There was a constant hum, a 24/7 of noise, desperation and panic,” Lavery told the news agency. “It was all about survival.” Lavery is a former member of Joint Task Force 2, a counter-terrorism unit of the Canadian Forces, and he owns a private security company in Kabul called Raven Rae Consultancy Services. Even after spending more than two decades around war zones, Lavery said the Taliban takeover following the pullout of military forces from the U....

Crimson Tide coach Anthony Grant said Friday that the former player for Division II Chaminade is unable to play because of an injury he sustained before enrolling at Alabama. Grant says the 6-foot-3 guard hasn’t been able to participate in individual workouts or team activities. He says they reached a mutual decision that “it is in the best interest of his long-term health and well-being for him to step away from basketball at this time....

Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees confirmed his death was ruled an accident as a result of blunt force trauma from the tractor’s tire, reports The Tribune Democrat. Tributes were paid to the former lawmaker on Facebook by the youth program Camp Cadet of Somerset County, of which Bastian was one of their founding board members. “He was an instrumental part of our program when we first organized in 2000 and stayed active in our program until a few years ago, taking a senior advisory position,” the organization wrote....

Jennings, a resident of Seattle, a Mariners fan and owner of Jeopardy’s longest winning streak (74 games), took aim at Blue Jays fans via Twitter early Saturday to gloat after his team’s victory. He said his favorite part of the summer is watching Canadian baseball fans venture to Washington only to watch their team lose. Blue Jays fans didn’t take kindly to that remark and some Canadians responded to Jennings’ comments, which only fueled the fire and led to Jennings calling them sh—faced transplants....

In her new memoir, “A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Danny Pearl,” Mariane tells the horrifying story as she saw it unfold. This excerpt picks up when Mariane and Asra first hear about messages from the kidnappers. There’s hope. The phone rings. It is Wall Street Journal deputy foreign editor Bill Spindle calling to say that Jonathan Friedland is sending me an email. It may be from Danny’s kidnappers....

Imagery seen by Newsweek and confirmed by an expert who follows Iranian activities in the region indicate the presence of Iranian Shahed-136 loitering munitions, also called “suicide drones,” deployed to the northern Yemeni province of Al-Jawf, an area of the country controlled by the Ansar Allah, or Houthi, Zaidi Shiite Muslim rebel movement. “The Iranians have delivered to their Houthi proxies in Yemen advanced UAVs,” the expert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Newsweek....

The survey found that six out of 10 respondents said they believed “the level of freedom they have in Hong Kong is under threat” at a time when Beijing has begun implementing new national security legislation there. About 29 percent said they disagreed with that sentiment and 12 percent said they did not know. The poll was conducted online with more than 1,000 Hong Kong adults from June 4-7 by London-based polling firm Redfield & Wilton Strategies for Newsweek....