Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy confirms that a generator near Cleveland went down two hours before the blackout and that three of its transmission lines subsequently shut down, two of them due to possible contact with trees. A control-room alert was also out of order. But a FirstEnergy spokesman says neighboring power companies faced similar glitches. Officials of American Electric Power, a Columbus, Ohio, company, and PJM, a Valley Forge, Pa., grid operator, confirmed their systems experienced routine failures before the blackout....

“This is an example of what happens when you let a monopoly get too big,” New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said of Time Warner after his city was rendered a Regis-free zone. Time Warner’s hardball tactic, part of bitter negotiations over what it pays Disney to carry its networks, was widely seen as a major strategic blunder. With the Justice Department determined to cut Microsoft in half, the moment was hardly right for Time Warner to flaunt its power....

There is no extensive track record that proves Blake Bortles can be expected to showcase these same qualities in the playoffs should Jacksonville continue its march into the postseason. But as evidenced by Sunday’s 30-24 win over the Seahawks, the Jaguars can feel better about their starting quarterback after Bortles once again excelled in the same stadium where, four months ago, he temporarily played himself out of a starting job....

It's where red flags are raised and players show whether or not they can handle media pressure. MORE: QB combine results | Mock draft | Manziel’s blazing dash It's not uncommon for scouts to ask players about their family history, such was the case when the Dolphins questioned Dez Bryant about his mother's past work as a prostitute. This year's bizarre interview comes from Blake Bortles, the Central Florida quarterback who some are pegging as a potential No....

Blanching is considered a physiologic test. When blanching of the fingers occurs, it could be a telltale sign of a condition called Raynaud’s syndrome. But there are several other reasons that a person may experience blanching. Blanching Test A blanching test can be performed without any type of diagnostic tool. A healthcare provider presses the fingertips against the skin, exerting mild pressure for a short period, then quickly withdraws them, to check and see if whitening occurs....

Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini were suspended from all football-related activity by FIFA in December 2015 when the adjudicatory chamber of its Ethics Committee ruled a payment of two million Swiss francs, authorised by the Swiss to the former France captain, constituted multiple infringements of the FIFA Code of Ethics. Who’s the specialist in failure now, Jose? The FIFA Appeal Committee upheld the Ethics Committee’s findings, although it reduced the initial eight-year suspensions to six in light of “strong mitigating factors” – namely Blatter and Platini’s long history of service in football administration....

The sweep and breadth of Woodward’s career here, if not exactly Biblical, is at least unusual in a business that measures experience in sound bites. He started with us when John XXIII was presiding over Vatican II and a vigorous Billy Graham, with golden tongue and golden mane, was becoming the preacher to presidents. On Woodward’s watch, popes have come and gone. Entire spiritual movements have captivated America, then gone the way of all flesh....

In a video shared on January 16 by user Samantha Linsky (@echobadlistener), Morty can be seen throwing his paws in the air to locate his friends—Lucy, who is also visually and hearing-impaired, and a pitbull named Frank. The McNab-border collie mix clearly isn’t letting his disabilities stop him from living life to the full, with the playful pup throwing himself around the house—whacking his friends in the face in the process....

Meanwhile, as everyone knew, the United States was rushing toward the start of what was widely expected to be a bloody ground war. Troops in the field knew it; they were at full battle readiness, and the lucky ones who could get to a telephone were making their final calls home. The timing of the attack had been drawn up two weeks earlier during Cheney and Powell’s visit to Saudi Arabia; they had established a window of Feb....

Members of the sheriff’s department exhausted their supply of less than lethal weapons after a May protest over the death of George Floyd in downtown Cleveland became difficult to control. On Monday, the Board of Control authorized the purchase of $24,466 worth of the offensive weapons including tear gas and pepper balls. The Board also approved a purchase of $16,595 worth of equipment including riot shields and launchers for less than lethal projectiles....

From London to Lisbon, Berlin to Brisbane, Pretoria to Paris, as well as Toronto, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and scores of other cities in dozens of other countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, the answer, increasingly, seems to be yes. In the month that’s passed since George Floyd was killed and that horrifying, heartbreaking nearly nine-minute video revealed his treatment by four Minneapolis police officers, protests have spread beyond the U....

The incident was captured on a Facebook livestream by the protest group’s leader Frank Sensabaugh, also known as Frank Nitty, on Monday night. It occurred in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, a spokesperson for Pennsylvania State Police confirmed to Newsweek. In the stream Nitty and his group are seen standing in a street when a sound they identify as a gunshot is heard coming from a house. “Y’all get back to the cars… y’all get in the cars!...

The new survey published by Morning Consult on Wednesday found the ex-New York City mayor had 20 percent support among primary voters, putting him in second place and just one point ahead of Biden. While the ex-vice president has seen his overall support dip by two points, Bloomberg’s numbers are up three points since pollsters conducted the same survey last week. The billionaire has also won backing from 20 percent of black party voters, an increase of four points since polling on the eve of the New Hampshire primary, according to a Morning Consult blog....

The program disproportionately targeted people of color and has been strongly criticized by activists and civil rights groups. Ahead of his official entrance into the Democratic race late last year, Bloomberg, a billionaire businessman, apologized for the policy. In mid-November, he said, “I was wrong, and I am sorry.” But in a Tuesday evening interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Bloomberg suggested he regretted the policy but argued it led to a decline in crime across his city....

The Harambee Stars captain limped off the pitch just a few minutes to the half-time whistle and manager Mauricio Pochettino has kept his fingers crossed as he waits for the doctor’s report over the same. “Victor suffered a big injury on his back and we’ll see now what happens. We’re sad for both players and now we have to wait,” Mauricio told the club’s official web-portal. Tusker - Chemelil Preview: Will this mark the end of George Nsimbe?...

Trapping is a traditional form of hunting, where traps are laid out for the purpose of catching certain animals. It is carried out for a variety of reasons, with fur being the main one. However, it can also be used as a form of recreation, or for getting rid of pests. Many countries have banned trapping altogether, or the use of certain traps. For example, trappers often use conibear traps, which are laid out on the ground and snap up to suffocate and break the victim’s neck....

Pictures taken in Dzerzhinsk, 230 miles east of Moscow went viral, of the dogs led many to link their coats’ varying hues of blue to a now-defunct chemical plant nearby. The dogs were spotted by a factory site that produced plexiglass and hydrocyanic acid before it went bankrupt in 2015. Its former bankruptcy manager Andrey Mislivets had told news agency RIA that dogs frequently roamed the area and that bright blue copper sulfate, which the animals may have been exposed to, was stored on the site of the disused factory....

The former No. 1 overall pick was hired by the Blue Jackets as a special assistant to general manager Jarmo Kekalainen, the team announced on Thursday. MORE: Despite Blue Jackets’ historic season, John Tortorella looking to the future “It’s come full circle,” Nash told BlueJackets.com. “Even though I loved my time in New York, Columbus was always home. It just feels like this is the way I should cap off a career is moving back here and working with the Jackets....

“It was gutless,” said Gibbons (via MLB.com), who was one of eight players and coaches ejected for their roles in three separate incidents during the game. “We’ve played seven games. … The other 29 teams, if they have an issue with you, they come at you right away.” MORE: Baseball’s five dumbest unwritten rules Gibbons is referring to October when, during the AL Division Series between the teams, a now-infamous bat flip by Bautista set off a chaotic Game 5 and led Toronto to the ALCS....

Gibbons used David Price out of the bullpen for three innings on Monday, having the star left-hander throw 50 pitches in a game that the Blue Jays led by six runs when he entered. Price allowed three runs on six hits in relief of knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. MORE: 5 takeaways from Game 4 | Jays manager says pitching David Price was about winning It was one thing to decide to have Marcus Stroman start Game 5 over Price after the 24-year-old right-hander pitched so well in a no-decision in Game 2 of the series, which wound up going 14 innings....