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The phenomenon may be a way of helping the big cats to stay vigilant, scientists believe. The team, from the University of Pisa in Italy, have published their findings in the April edition of the journal Animal Behaviour. Scientists have a number of explanations for why we yawn and they can be grouped into two categories: physiological and communicative. In other words, yawning may be a result of some biological factor, but it could also play a part in social behavior....

The lawsuit stems from an injury he suffered when a piece of metal piping fell from Ford Field and hit him in the head during a 2014 super regional combine, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday. Paulhill says he was struck by “a section of tubular metal approximately 2 feet in length” that rolled off a wall and landed on his head while he was stretching. MORE: SN’s latest Mock Draft | All-time best Combine performances...

After losing to the Eagles by three points in Week 1, Detroit picked up a 36-27 win over the Commanders at home. The Lions’ offense was clicking on all cylinders against Washington as Jared Goff completed 20-of-34 passes for 256 yards and four touchdown passes. Two of Goff’s touchdown passes went to Amon-Ra St. Brown, who is having an exciting start to the regular season. St. Brown led both teams with a game-high nine receptions (12 targets) for 116 yards....

“The 3 Bill Cosby accusers I represent and I are disgusted that he is a free man today. He is not released because he is innocent,” Bloom wrote in a tweet. “He is released because a prosecutor promised him years ago that he would not be brought to justice, without even making a deal for him to do time.” In a subsequent tweet, Bloom wrote, “Every day I fight for sexual assault victims and have to advise them of the ugly truth: the system still massively favors the rich and powerful....

Workers from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) staged a walkout at plants that produce Kellogg’s ready-to-eat cereals at Battle Creek, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee. The union said that the Kellogg Company has demanded that the employees who have been “working long, hard hours, day in and day out” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic give up their health care, retirement benefits, and holiday and vacation pay....

The CDC said on its website that 16 people were infected in six states as of Wednesday, according to epidemiological and laboratory data that the agency examined. The contaminated food came from meat and cheese from deli counters. “CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are collecting different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections,” an FDA spokesperson told Newsweek on Thursday without revealing further details....

After the pass interference call that was rescinded during the Lions vs. Cowboys game, we thought we had seen it all. This instance is really sad because it involves a 10-year-old. This Lions fan hasn’t even lived long enough to know about the perils of bad officiating, but he got a taste of it during a contest in Dallas. MORE: Top NFL moments | Super Bowl odds | Must-see wild-card game photos...

“It’s truly amazing. I’m very happy to see girls playing,” said Massar, 78, of Yuba City, California. MORE: LLWS results, schedule | Amazing photos | Chicago team rolls in opener Canada’s Emma March and Philadelphia’s Mo’Ne Davis became the 17th and 18th girls to play in the tournament Friday. It is only the third time in the event’s 68-year history that two girls are playing in the same series....

In a Washington Post op-ed, crisis communications expert and a onetime consultant to presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, Mark R. Weaver, wrote that he believed several pollsters were underestimating the number of Trump voters in their survey samples over the last several months, lending credence to a polling advantage for Democrats Weaver said may not actually exist. The Ohio-based strategist initially cited a Marist poll published on September 21 that showed the race between the two men in a dead heat, followed by recent polls of the U....

We don’t know how successful his four-star, wide receiver son Keyshawn Jr. will be, but we do know he’ll take a different path. MORE: Top college football states | Top uncommitted WRs On Wednesday, Johnson announced he will attend Nebraska in a Bleacher Report video. A 6-1 receiver from Calabasas High School in Mission Viejo, California, Johnson chose the Huskers over USC, Ohio State and Alabama, among others. Before you start wondering how a kid from California whose dad played at USC ends up at Nebraska, there is a strong tie....

The 28-year-old linebacker earned his third All-Pro and fourth consecutive Pro Bowl selection in 2018 but wants to add a Super Bowl ring. On the other hand, Mack recalls the advice he was given by former Raiders teammates Charles Woodson and Justin Tuck before he was traded from Oakland to Chicago last September. “You’re running out of time, man,” Mack said, via the Chicago Sun-Times. “All these older dudes let us know at an early point in my career, man, we ain’t got no time to waste....

BRADFORD SHELLHAMMER PASADENA, MD. OH, I SEE. NICOLE KIDMAN APPEARS ON the cover of your magazine with accompanying text declaring her fight for privacy. To help her in this battle, I will avoid reading your article about her. Additionally, I will willingly refuse to read any future articles concerning Kidman or her husband. Hope they win! LYNNE RUSSELL I RECENTLY ATTENDED NICOLE KIDMAN’S new play, ““The Blue Room,’’ in New York and I was thoroughly impressed with her performance, but what happened after the show impressed me even more....

Boomer parents have long been fond of getting their kids to ski, hike and engage in adventure activities. Scuba Kids are the next wave. The largest scuba-certification group–PADI (the Professional Association of Diving Instructors)–reports that scuba certifications for children 10 to 14 are up, unlike nearly all other age categories. Two years ago PADI and Scuba Schools International (SSI) lowered age restrictions, introducing pool-based programs for kids as young as 8 and clearing 10-year-olds for ocean diving (with a guardian)....

To honor the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, Kim sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping expressing North Korea’s “firm unity” with China’s ruling party. “The Workers’ Party of Korea, " Kim said, “would raise [North Korea]-China friendship to a new strategic point as required by the times and as desired by the peoples of the two countries,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)....

Th leader’s low-key attendance at the event, a celebration of the 73rd anniversary of the nation’s founding, comes amid growing public concern over his health. The military parade—the first since President Joe Biden took office—was held in the middle of the night, according to state media reports. Kim, wearing a gray suit, was spotted watching the festivities at Kim Il Sung Square next to his top official, Jo Yong Won, in photos taken by North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper....

Authorities say the reality television star bought a statue that was “looted, smuggled, and illegally exported” from the country—though Kardashian denies ever purchasing the piece. The sculpture is the Fragment of Myron’s Samian Athena and dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD, or the early to mid-Roman Empire. Italy has asked for the work to be repatriated after a long journey that saw it end up in Los Angeles....

The 12-member jury’s decision came after it had deliberated for nearly 30 hours. Potter had been charged with two counts— first and second-degree manslaughter — after shooting and killing Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota in April. Potter had maintained that the shooting was accidental and that she meant to grab her Taser, but mistakenly grabbed her gun and fatally shot Wright during a traffic stop. Potter’s attorney, Earl Gray, contended that a mistake isn’t a crime and said that Wright was to blame for trying to flee from police, arguing that he “caused his own death....

Potter, 49, testified Friday and told the jury she was “sorry it happened” and “didn’t want to hurt anyone.” Prosecutor Erin Eldridge told the jurors during closing arguments Monday that the case isn’t about if Potter is sorry, it is about her actions. “Of course she feels bad about what she did…but that has no place in your deliberations,” she said. Defense attorney Earl Gray told the jury that Potter didn’t know she was holding her gun after she meant to grab her Taser during a traffic stop that “was chaos....

Guilfoyle, a Trump campaign senior adviser, shared a Des Moines Register story focused on a Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom poll released Saturday. According to the poll, more than three-fourths of registered Republican voters would definitely vote for President Donald Trump in 2020. “Great poll showing the popularity of @realDonaldTrump, but anyone paying attention (& willing to breakaway from the DC cocktail circuit) doesn’t need a poll to know that,” Guilfoyle tweeted....