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Yesterday, it burned to the ground in less than 15 minutes. The Crossville Chronicle posted a video of the house in flames on Facebook. “And just like that, it was gone,” The Chronicle wrote in the accompanying message. “Fire consumed the Minister’s Treehouse Tuesday, burning to the ground in minutes.” Several people commented underneath the post expressing their sadness at hearing the news. “Never made it to see it. Just breaks my heart....

Robert Viscosa, 41, a former Baltimore County police officer and fugitive, was found dead Thursday in the back seat of a Ford Edge with his two daughters, ages 6 and 7, police said in a news release. Suspended police officer, Tia Bynum, 35, was found dead in the driver’s seat. One girl was flown to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The other three victims were pronounced dead on the scene, police said....

But suddenly, about 3:30 p.m. Friday, everything changed. As the cops fell back one more time against a crowd assault, a lone police jeep found itself cut off by the demonstrators who swirled into the piazza. In a panic, the driver swerved to the right–and came up against a wall of broken windows and the scrawled graffiti no more cops. Young men with homemade plastic shields, wearing painters’ masks against the tear gas, surrounded the jeep....

This year’s Hall of Fame Game, the NFL’s annual preseason opener played on Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement weekend in Canton, Ohio, has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the game, the enshrinement ceremony itself is postponed to next year. The events will take place Aug. 5-9, 2021. As ESPN notes, this is the first event — live game action or otherwise — that the NFL has had to cancel because of the coronavirus in 2020....

Let’s start with the NL East. The Braves won the World Series and lost Freddie Freeman. What’s in store in 2022? Let’s start here: They’ll win more regular-season games than they did in 2021. Remember, the Braves didn’t climb over the .500 mark last year until August. Yeah, August. They had an oddly incredible July stretch when they alternated wins and losses for 18 consecutive games. The Braves that cruised through August (18-8), September (16-10) and steamrolled everyone in the postseason didn’t exist from April to July....

These are the five matchups that will determine whether the Seahawks or Patriots wins Sunday: Seahawks SS Kam Chancellor vs. Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski The setup: On paper, it’s physical hard-hitter vs. rumbling receiver. Chancellor won’t be the only one to see Gronkowski in coverage, as outside linebacker K.J. Wright will need to deal with him on several occasions, too. Chancellor is known for being like an extra linebacker with the way he can blow up the running game, but he’s developed into a steady cover guy....

Green Bay fell to only 1-1 with Sunday night’s tough 17-14 loss at reigning NFC North champion Minnesota, but Rodgers still had to remind everyone the cheese wasn’t melting after the game. “We’re not going to overreact,” Rodgers told reporters. “It’s been two weeks. We haven’t quite found our rhythm yet, but we had some guys working in who hadn’t worked a lot together so we trust the process and believe we can get this thing turned around....

Republicans could also clinch control of the Senate as polling analysis suggest the contest for the chamber is a dead heat amid closes races across the country heading into the November 8 elections. “Incumbents typically have an advantage—in name recognition, fundraising, and general capacity that can help to mobilize on-the-ground support,” Thomas Gift, founding director of University College London’s Center on U.S. Politics, told Newsweek. “Although voters often say they want ‘disruptors’ and ‘outsiders,’ data generally suggest otherwise,” he said....

At the NFL Combine, Goff was measured with 9-inch hands. Analysts said it was below the threshold — his hands are essentially the size of an infant baby by NFL standards. MORE: Mock Draft 2016 | BIG BOARD: Top 50 draft prospects Goff must have gone home disappointed in himself. “How can I consider myself a man with these tiny baby hands?” he likely asked while staring at his reflection in a lake....

A single photo that traveled the world was seen as being largely responsible for the change: The haunting image of dead toddler Alan Kurdi, lying face down after washing up on a Turkish beach on September 2, 2015. In a small boat meant for a maximum of eight, 16 people including his family were attempting to reach Greece from Turkey, capsizing shortly after its departure. On that same boat journey, Alan’s brother Ghalib and mother Rehanna died, along with nine other Syrians, but it was that picture that seemed to change everything....

Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist, and Joey MacDonald made 33 saves in the Flames' 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night. "Obviously it's a great start," said Monahan, who has scored in three straight games and with five points is tied with Jiri Hudler for the team scoring lead. "We haven't lost a game in regulation. "It's been a lot of fun. I'm getting more comfortable every day....

The floods occurred after record rainfall in Columbus, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington: “Columbus has set a record for rainfall for the date 03/20. 2.88 inches have already fallen, breaking the previous record of 1.60 inches set in 1984.” The flash flooding led to surreal video footage of the damage to State Route 79 that runs through Licking County, just east of Columbus. The Ohio Department of Transportation shared the damage to the road in a video via Twitter: “This is the current situation in SR 79 in Licking County....

Around half of U.S. states are expected to ban abortions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a bombshell ruling in June. To help expand access to abortion in a post-Roe world, Dr. Meg Autry is spearheading the launch of a ship named “PRROWESS”—short for “Protecting Reproductive Rights Of Women Endangered by State Statutes.” The plan is for the ship to act as a “comprehensive” reproductive health clinic with a full team of licensed health care providers offering surgical abortions up to 14 weeks, contraception and other care to patients living in states where such services are restricted, according to its website....

Messi put in a sublime performance to guide Barca to a 4-1 win at Camp Nou - scoring once and having a hand in two more - and Flores paid tribute to the Argentine in the aftermath of the game, having previously already hugged him on the pitch. Aduriz agrees to Athletic extension Flores’ behaviour caused uproar among Espanyol fans and the 51-year-old has now acknowledged he should perhaps not have shown Messi as much affection because of the tense relationship between both sides....

The pair were laying in bed at the time of the strike, which created a loud noise in the master bathroom, WFLA 8 reported. “It was the loudest noise I’ve ever heard. It just went BOOM,” MaryLou Ward told the news outlet. “We got out of bed and came over here, and the toilet was laying on the floor.” After surveying the damage, the family called local firm A-1 Affordable Plumbing to help clean up the exploded toilet....

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo made the announcement Monday during a roundtable discussing “failures” of the COVID-19 response in the state. The announcement goes directly against the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which strongly recommends vaccination in children ages 5 and older. The CDC claims that since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus has become “one of the top 10 causes of death” for young unvaccinated children....