During a recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Odenkirk explained exactly what happened when he collapsed on the New Mexico set, and how swift actions from those around him kept him alive. “It’s really, technically, a heart ‘incident,’” he told Stern. “Although I would have been dead if somebody hadn’t immediately screamed and gotten someone there to give me CPR.” “Some lucky things happened. I had trained and I did the movie Nobody and I was in good shape,” the 59-year-old continued....

Bonilla hasn’t played an MLB game in more than 20 years. But he’s still on the New York Mets’ payroll. And July 1 is the day Bonilla receives his annual compensation from the Mets. The five-year, $29 million deal Bonilla inked with the Mets in 1991 is widely considered one of the worst contracts in MLB history from a team perspective. So much so that New York opted to buy out Bonilla’s contract in 2000....

Chicago selected the Arkansas power forward with the No. 22 overall pick, and the Internet quickly found some old tweets from Portis that could make things awkward once he meets Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol. MORE: NBA Draft pick-by-pick analysis | Biggest NBA Draft busts | Portis scouting report The tweets have since been deleted, and Portis has apologized to the Bulls. Most importantly, he offered to buy food....

Werts was charged with cocaine possession and speeding in Saluda County, South Carolina, on July 31, which led to him being arrested. The bizarre part of his arrest was that police saw a substance on the hood of his car, which he said was bird poop. Body cam footage revealed police testing the substance and seeming surprised that the test turned pink, which indicated cocaine was present. Before Werts was pulled over, he called dispatch to say he would pull over closer to town, where it was better lit....

All 837 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft then in service were grounded by the FAA on March 18, 2019. It was the longest mass-grounding of an aircraft in U.S. aviation history—some 20 months. The 737 MAX may soon be be recertified by the FAA for commercial service. The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing claim they have thoroughly tested the plane’s updated flight control system. Recertification could come as soon as Wednesday....

A minority of workers opposed the vaccine mandate which Boeing implemented in October when a federal executive order made it mandatory for all employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated, the Seattle Times reported. About 8 percent, or roughly 10,000, U.S. employees could have lost their jobs if the mandate wasn’t removed. Companies including Amtrak and some health care systems have followed suit in suspending their COVID-19 vaccine requirements....

Harvick will lead the field to green for the Bojangles Southerns 500 at one of the sport’s most historic racetracks. He will have the winner of the race Monday at Texas Motor Speedway, Joey Logano, beside him for the start in what typically is a grueling race on the tough 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval. Here’s a look at the starting lineup: Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Chevrolet — Anyone who works on this car has to be nervous, considering the rash of bizarre mechanical breakdowns....

Tite’s men lined up on the turf in La Paz ahead of kick-off against Bolivia, and took the obligatory photo as they geared up for Thursday’s World Cup qualifier. There was an unexpected guest in the picture, however, as Marcelo Martins from the opposing Bolivia side was invited to take part. Martins, 30, has racked up 63 appearances for the Verde, scoring 15 goals to become widely recognised as one of the Andean nation’s top talents....

At 45, Screwvala is a stocky, soft-spoken man whose urbane colonial English is a far cry from Jack Warner’s bluster. But his innovations are putting his Mumbai-based company, UTV Software Communications, on the world cinematic map as well as setting the standard of studio efficiency in Bollywood in the way Warner did in Hollywood. Screwvala’s multimedia conglomerate, which is listed on the Bombay market exchange with a market capitalization of $435 million, has interests in film, TV, animation and videogame production and distribution—it’s the closest thing to the diversified Warner Bros....

John Currie, Tennessee’s athletic director, almost immediately surrendered to fans and trolls screaming over the apparent hiring of Schiano, the Ohio State defensive coordinator who has had previous coaching stints with Rutgers and the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. BENDER: Tennessee’s Schiano debacle magnifies discord in program Schiano’s detractors, including White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders, believe Schiano helped cover up Jerry Sandusky’s child abuse at Penn State. If Schiano did cover for Sandusky, that’s despicable....

The organization’s Office for Intellectual Freedom monitored 729 challenges to materials and services from libraries, schools and universities during the year. Overall, it resulted in over 1,597 individual instances of books either being challenged or removed. The books that were most targeted in the challenges were ones “by or about Black or LGBTQIA+ persons,” the ALA report said. The report highlights the ongoing debate across the U.S. on what types of content young learners should have access to....

This was one of many experiences that would lead Haslam to become a force in the world of social activism, which she shares in her tragic yet inspiring memoir, A Voice Out of Poverty: The Power to Achieve Through Adversity. Haslam and her siblings faced malnourishment, sickness and death daily as they fought to take care of each other, living on the streets and fleeing danger in the middle of the night....

In “The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats,” Philip Nel gives us a better grip on just why Dr. Seuss has so thoroughly captured the imaginations of several generations of readers—and the imaginations of their parents (when I was reading to my children, I would “lose” other favorites night after night just to have another go at “Fox in Sox” or “Green Eggs and Ham” or, best of all, “The Cat in the Hat,” and I never had a single complaint—family fun may be an oxymoron in almost every other instance, but we all loved Dr....

More than a half century after their discovery in Egypt, the so-called Gnostic Gospels, in which Mary Magdalene figures prominently, have emerged into popular culture. Actually, they were there all along, in the songs of minstrels, in the Tarot and in Arthurian legend. The mother lode of conspiracy theory concerns the underground brotherhoods that kept these traditions alive down to the present–variously identified as the Knights Templar, the Illuminati, the Priory of Sion and even those Main Street mystics, the Masons....

Dick, who died 25 years ago—the same year the Library of America was born—never received much serious attention during his life. He worked almost exclusively in the literary ghetto of science fiction. In Dick’s depiction of the future, we do get the spaceships and the colonies on Mars, but we never shuck off being human, we never figure out what being human means—and those who search the hardest for meaning are often driven mad for their troubles....

It is as good as a joke can get, and more than 35 years later I can still recall the deep awe I felt the first time I saw it. First of all, it’s shocking, a masterpiece of bad taste that links the mass murder of innocents during wartime with the blank visage of America’s best-known dolt. (Lt. William Calley was convicted of murder in 1971 for his role in the 1968 My Lai massacre, in which hundreds of Vietnamese women, children and seniors were shot to death by American soldiers....

The Bianconeri issued a statement on Tuesday downplaying the problem Chiellini sustained in Saturday’s 0-0 draw with SPAL. A “niggling injury” to the flexor muscles of the 33-year-old’s right thigh has been revealed as the reason for his withdrawal from the Italy squad. While he will miss the international matches against Argentina and England, Chiellini could be in the frame for his club’s home game against AC Milan on March 31....

Texas Representative Henry Cuellar, who represents a border district and has not been shy about criticizing the Biden administration on immigration, told Newsweek the story of his visit to the Carrizo Springs facility in Texas on Friday, where young migrant teens are being held. Speaking to 20 young men, he asked them how many had heard messaging from the administration that now is not the time to make the trek to the U....

The Mexican crossing restrictions, which were put in place on March 21 last year, as the pandemic was peaking, seeks to curb travel for “tourism, gambling and recreational activities” for people crossing at the border by car or on foot, but do not apply to air travel. American border towns are among the poorest in the nation, with more than 23% of residents living in poverty, according to a report titled “Border Colonias” by the Housing Assistance Council....

Ducey on Thursday reacted defiantly to a letter from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation asking state officials to remove the double-stacked containers used to fill a gap on a planned partial border wall with Mexico. The Biden administration had planned to complete the barrier, but Ducey said he’s pressing ahead with the border wall, which has been a political lightning rod. “The Border Barrier Mission is working,” Ducey said in a tweet Thursday, referring to the wall construction initiative....