According to the Florida Forest Service (FFS), the Five Mile Swamp Fire in Santa Rosa County was spreading quickly because of high winds and low humidity, with winds recorded at more than 20 miles per hour pushing the flames over a local highway and causing the fire to multiply in size by Wednesday night. “Deteriorating weather conditions, changes in the wind, a strong north wind and extremely low humidity are allowing this fire to grow,” the FFS’s Joe Zwierzchowski said during a news conference Wednesday evening....

Wanda Ferrari said she had left her pet husky-shepherd mix, Zorra, in her vehicle with the air conditioning on while she briefly went into a Dollar Tree store in Oakland Park, Florida, on Thursday, October 4. When she returned, she realized that her 2005 blue Volvo station wagon had been stolen, along with her 13-year-old dog. Ferrari is now desperate that her beloved pet be returned to her. Zorra uses a pink wheelchair to get around as her back legs are paralyzed....

In an interview with Steve Farhood during a Friday night boxing event on Showtime, Mayweather again talked up a fight against the UFC featherweight champion. MORE: UFC boss calls Mayweather-McGregor impossible | Cyborg makes UFC debut Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Getty Images) “It’s really not a rumor,” Mayweather told Farhood. “The fight may happen. We really don’t know, as of right now. As of right now. But do I think the fight will happen?...

The undefeated boxer tweeted a picture after midnight Sunday morning of a betting stub good for a $400,000 collection off a $200,000 take. Behind 40 points from Stephen Curry, the Warriors beat the Rockets 115-80 in Houston. MORE: Ronda Rousey would only fight Floyd if they dated | Mayweather talked trash to Wahlberg We’ll admit, Splash for the Cash is a very solid caption.

Mayweather started competing in exhibition bouts in 2018 after retiring 50-0 by beating Conor McGregor. His first exhibition was against young kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa, beating him via TKO on a RIZIN card. Mayweather has also fought Logan Paul and Don Moore. Mayweather’s win against Mikuru Asakura was another collaboration with RIZIN. Beginning with the McGregor fight, Mayweather has collected over a quarter of a billion — yes, BILLION — dollars in exhibition fights....

The CDC recommends getting the vaccination by the end of October, since the vaccine takes two weeks to become fully effective. For those with insurance, getting a free flu shot is relatively easy and accessible. Pharmacies such as CVS, Walmart and Walgreens accept most insurance, and CVS allows walk-ins without an appointment. Some places incentivize getting a flu shot with coupons and promotions. Target often offers a $5 giftcard. Safeway offers 10% your next grocery visit and at Publix, you will receive a $10 gift card when you get a flu shot....

I run my uncle’s internal-medicine practice, so I see cancer patients and survivors all the time. There isn’t much that shocks or frightens anymore in this exhibitionist age, but there’s one bridge that everyone still trembles before: cancer. Yet during my first trip to the oncology ward—oncology because there are no wards for aplastic anemia—four successive roommates, all leukemia patients, returned to their lives after receiving treatment while I stayed and reflected on mine....

Robert Aaron Long, 22, pleaded guilty to fatally shooting four people at a massage business outside Atlanta and pleaded not guilty to shooting four others on the same day at two spas in the city. District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking the death penalty, as well as additional penalties under Georgia’s new hate crime laws. Willis has said the victims’ families are in favor of seeking the death penalty, although the judicial process may be lengthy....

“This is a child at the end of the day—if you had something to say about her outfit, you could’ve approached me as her mother,” she told the newspaper. On Tuesday, Sanai and 28 of her friends and family members went to eat at the restaurant to celebrate the student’s graduation from Warren Easton Charter School. In honor of the occasion, Sanai apparently decided to dress up. She wore a bikini top and matching leggings to the eatery, according to the Advocate....

Lonergan, a playwright, has a great ear for the way real people interact, and he knows how to shape scenes that lodge indelibly in your memory. The characters he creates–who include Sammy’s lonely 8-year-old son, Rudy (Rory Culkin), who idolizes his childlike uncle, and Sammy’s annoyingly fastidious new boss at the bank (Matthew Broderick)–all have the ability to take us by surprise. None more so than Sammy, whose capacity for running amok can rival her brother’s....

For the last 24 hours, this intersection has become a magnet for the families of those still officially classified as “missing” since Tuesday’s attack on the New York’s World Trade Center. They’ve come to the 69th Regiment Armory here as part of their frantic search for news of those they haven’t heard from in more than 48 hours. And after they’ve filled out a nine-page missing-person’s file describing the identifying marks and clothing worn by their loved ones, they’re appealing to the reporters clustered on the northeast corner for help in publicizing their search....

Kabosu the Shiba inu dog, known to most as “Doge,” is one of those stories. According to CNET, the pup first rose to fame in 2010 when her owner began blogging about the 5-year-old rescue dog. In one now-famous photo, Kabosu was laying on a couch with her paws crossed with a very concerned look on her face. From that photo came many iterations of memes, and in 2013 the joke went just one step further by becoming an actual cryptocurrency....

Vava Suresh was hospitalized on the evening of January 31 while catching a cobra found in the Kottayam district of Kerala. King cobras are venomous snakes native to India that normally grow to around 13 feet in length. They are considered one of the deadliest snakes in the world. While its venom is not the most potent, the amount administered in a single bite can be enough to kill 20 people....

Before the game, Lamarra tweeted to Sports Center to be on the look out. Ironically Lamarra even sat down the left field line just as Bartman did. He had everything perfect, even down to the Renegades sweatshirt that Bartman wore the night of the incident. Dressing as Bartman to troll the Cubs is becoming a bit of a thing this year. Fans of opposing teams will pretend to go for a ball and fumble it in Bartman fashion....

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor took to the stand on Tuesday while testifying in court in Fairfax, Virginia. The actor is suing his ex-wife for defamation over an op-ed she wrote about domestic violence in The Washington Post in 2018. While Depp was not named in the article, his attorneys argue that Heard’s implication is obvious. Heard is countersuing for $100 million for nuisance, with her legal team set to argue that the op-ed was a matter of public interest and she should therefore be protected from a defamation suit....

Remember, FanDuel’s single-game offering is different than DraftKings’ Showdown contests. There’s no salary multiplier for the “MVP” spot on FanDuel, even though it still gets 1.5x points. So it’s never worth paying too far down in that spot - you want to nail the highest-points scorer in the game. MORE TEXANS-CHIEFS: DK Showdown picks | Start-sit | Betting guide | MKF top props FanDuel Thursday Night Football Picks: Chiefs vs....

For this tournament lineup, the stack we’ve chosen is Houston, bringing in Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins, and Kenny Stills against Buffalo. Playing Hopkins means we fade Michael Thomas and instead play both Alvin Kamara and Derrick Henry, who should provide good floor/ceiling combos at the RB position. MORE FD LINEUPS: Saturday games | Sunday games | Single games NFL DFS Wild Card Weekend: FanDuel GPP Picks QB Deshaun Watson, Texans vs....

The release of director Olivia Wilde’s mystery-drama has been marred by rumors of cast fallouts, peculiar interactions at the Venice International Film Festival and, now, by poor reviews of Styles’ performance in a leading role. Leaked footage from inside a movie theater shows some audience members laugh when Styles is acting. The critics are giving generally mixed to positive reviews for Don’t Worry Darling, with lead actress Florence Pugh, 26, being widely praised for her performance, but her onscreen husband Styles, 28, less so....

Frustrated fans insulted the team, who went winless in Brazil, by tossing handfuls of pumpkin toffee at the players as they lined up for a photo opportunity. In Korea, the phrase “go eat toffee” roughly means to crudely tell someone to “get lost.” The toffee-tossing fans were reportedly part of an online group named “We lost because of you.” This year was the first time that South Korea was eliminated from World Cup play without a win since 1998....

More mock draft analysis: Round 1 | Rounds 2-6 ROUND 7 Yoenis Cespedes, OF (Flowers)Ferguson: Cespedes doesn’t homer enough to outweigh a subpar batting average. He hit fewer line drives and more fly balls last year, and his average suffered as a result. Still, considering the outfielders who went after him, you can’t call this pick a reach. Josh Donaldson, 3B (Leibowitz)DiNitto: Expect a bit of a drop-off from his breakout season in 2013, but he’s still worth a seventh-round selection even when factoring in a reasonable decline from his ....