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Baker County Sheriff’s Office said in a release that it detained on Monday a 15-year-old student at Baker County High School, which is around 30 miles west of Jacksonville, for making written threats to kill and conduct a mass shooting. The sheriff’s office said its investigation started when a teacher intervened to remove a notebook from a sophomore after they allegedly showed other students pages that “outlined various strategies for carrying out a mass shooting at the high school....

The 55-year-old resident of central Florida’s Volusia County, near Orlando, allegedly punched his neighbor in the face amid a confrontation that arose over the pair’s opposing yard displays. A Volusia Sheriff’s Office report filed on Friday said that police took the suspected offender, Anthony Vullo, into custody after determining sufficient probable cause for simple assault and battery charges. Vullo was transferred to Volusia County Jail upon his arrest at the scene, according to the incident report....

Despite repeated warnings to close from a county medical examiner, officials in St. Johns County—home to the city of St. Augustine Beach—kept beaches open for most of March as other states were strictly enforcing their stay-at-home orders. The county later became the last Northeast Florida county to close its beaches on March 29 after officials said large crowds failed to adhere to social distancing guidelines. According to emails obtained by Columbia University’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation and seen by the Washington Post, a county medical examiner, another official and various residents raised concerns in March of large crowds congregating at beaches....

On the contrary, he’s looking to buy Brown back into the league. Mayweather, who appears to have grown very close to Brown, made NFL teams an offer on “The Pivot Podcast”: Sign Brown for $20 million, and if it doesn’t work out, Mayweather will reimburse the team that takes a shot on him. MORE: Antonio Brown says Buccaneers ‘intentionally’ tried to injure him in game vs. Jets; takes aim at Tom Brady...

Researchers studied data from 2014 on 7,056,314 hospital patients in the U.S. who were at high risk of having complications from the flu, and looked at how many were vaccinated against the disease during their stay. The at-risk participants included adults aged 50 years old and over, people with chronic health conditions, AIDS patients, those living in nursing facilities, obese people, as well as American Indians and Alaskan natives....

But speaking by satellite to ABC station executives last Thursday, Dole let the cat out of the bag – and it was a stray cat. ““We hope to have a plank in our platform that will reach out to all Republicans,’’ he said, confusing planks and preambles. In a separate interview with Peter Jennings, Dole said he wanted to keep existing platform language, though he no longer supported a human-life amendment – which is precisely what the current plank calls for....

“The gardener was going along and pruning the big hedge, and got the fright of his life when a big python was staring straight at him as he was working along the hedge,” said snake-catcher Stu, from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7, a company that offers snake removal services in Queensland, Australia. In a video that documents its capture and relocation, the predator, identified as a Carpet Python, can barely be seen amidst the leaves and branches before being pulled out by Stu, who is clearly taken aback by its size....

The family had been on the property, near the village of Ruinerwold in the Drenthe province of the Netherlands, for nine years. They had been completely self-sufficient with their own vegetable garden and goat, but had had no contact with the outside world. That’s according to RTV Drenthe, which reported the family had been “waiting for the end of time.” The children are aged between 16 and 25. The family was discovered after the eldest left the farm and went to a local bar, where he pleaded for help....

The Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act denies anyone under the age of 18 access to gender-affirming treatments, surgical or chemical—including hormones or puberty blockers. Additionally, doctors are now at risk of losing their licenses if they were to treat a minor. For the Spurrier family, the legislation became a blockade for their son’s health. George and Emily Spurrier told WDTN that their son, Cas, 17, came out as transgender in 2019....

The five members of the Ullah family in question, who all live in New York, told The Guardian they have never committed any crimes and migrated to the U.S. from Bangladesh legally, but started experiencing problems when another member of the family—Akayed Ullah—was arrested in connection to a number of terrorism offences in 2017. Akayed, 28, created a home-made pipe bomb and attempted to detonate it in a busy New York City subway in December of that year....

Sean Cox, a 53-year-old Liverpool supporter from Meath, Ireland, is in critical condition after he was attacked prior to the match at Anfield on Tuesday, suffering head injuries. Cox is being treated at a local hospital, while his alleged attackers, Filippo Lombardi and Daniele Sciusco, 20 and 29 respectively, were charged following the incident, which happened outside The Albert pub near Anfield. Thursday, the family of Cox released a statement on the Merseyside police’s website speaking to their devastation over the attack, and hopes that he will make a full recovery....

BY ZULHILMI ZAINAL Follow on Twitter In early May, Malaysians voted for a change of government in the country’s 14th general election, the first time since its independence in 1957 that the federal government will be run by another coalition party. The new government has promised reforms across all of its institutions, and Malaysian sports especially football are also expected to be affected by the recent political change. The more forward-thinking section of football fans in the country has long spoken out against the state funding received by Malaysian clubs, and the lack of initiative in moving towards self-sufficiency and sustainability in the Malaysian game....

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Alex Swanson, 54, is suing the club over an injury he sustained while attending a game at Citi Field. On June 5, during a Mets game against the Giants, an employee accidentally shot him in the face with a T-shirt launched from a T-shirt cannon, giving him a concussion and leaving his retina dangling, according to the New York Daily News. MORE: MLB postseason bracket, schedule, TV channels Apparently, the blow was enough to knock him backward, causing him to hit his head and go unconscious....

The decision by both companies is voluntary, but also in accordance with the NCAA, which has long opposed gambling on games involving its student-athletes, legal or illegal. It considers daily fantasy a form of sports betting, but the companies argue their contests are games of skill. The two companies have had ongoing conversations with the NCAA over the last several months. MORE: How DFS ruined one man’s life A DraftKings spokesperson said in a statement to ESPN that suspending college contests is the “best path forward for the industry at this time....

As the countdown to Ohio online sports betting begins, players can sign up early with FanDuel Ohio for a two-part bonus offer. This comes in the form of a bonus in free bets, as well as a subscription to the popular NBA League Pass service. Prospective sports bettors in the Buckeye State can lock in a $100 pre-launch bonus in exchange for the couple of minutes it takes to pre-register....

The statement, posted to Twitter by ESPN’s Darren Rovell, also said they will require customers to confirm “that they are not an employee of any other third party fantasy site, and if they are, they will not be allowed to access our site.” MORE: People really hate those ads | ESPN pulls plug on DraftKings segments | Week 5 rankings FanDuel, like DraftKings, is scrambling to regain public confidence following the controversy around DK employee Ethan Haskell winning big on FanDuel through what is being perceived as insider trading by some....

Before we get into this week’s lineups, here are the basic rules for FanDuel contests. Scoring is pretty standard, with the only notable settings being four-point passing TDs and half-point PPR. WEEK 15 DFS LINEUPS: DraftKings | Yahoo FanDuel Picks Week 15: NFL DFS lineup for GPP tournaments Sunday main slate, $60,000 budget, no more than four players from one team UPDATE: This lineup has been significantly reworked since its original publishing because of the loss of players from the Seahawks-Rams and Washington-Philadelphia games....

Before we break down our picks and strategy, here are the most notable scoring rules for FanDuel contests: four-point passing TDs and half-point PPR. WEEK 16 DFS LINEUPS: DraftKings FanDuel Picks Week 16: NFL DFS lineup for GPP tournaments Sunday main slate, $60,000 budget QB Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs vs. Seahawks ($9,200). The Seahawks sport a middle-of-the-road pass defense, but matchups don’t matter with Mahomes. He’s averaged a league-high 321.2 passing yards per game to go along with 2....

Simms and, to a lesser extent, play-by-play partner Jim Nantz, have become popular targets on social media in recent years. Maybe it’s the duo having to call “Thursday Night Football” games, on top of CBS’ top Sunday afternoon games, that’s produced “Simms fatigue.” But Simms mockery seemed to reach a crescendo Sunday. MORE: Who are the NFL’s top announcers? The Super Bowl XXI MVP was trending on Twitter during the Patriots’ 36-17 win over the Steelers....