Recommended by health officials to limit the spread of COVID-19, face coverings are now making life difficult for police tasked with identifying and apprehending crooks. They warn criminals are taking advantage of the situation to blend in with the public. Police say investigations involving the cheap and now-common item have spiked in recent weeks, popping up in armed robberies across the country. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised citizens to don the masks when venturing out in public spaces in early April, especially in grocery stores and pharmacies, where social distancing can be difficult to maintain....

Tate, who lives in Wilmette, Illinois, brought her family together to celebrate the holiday, even though they don’t live in the same state. Her sister, Carla Caltagirone Thomas, also designed costumes, according to WTVT, a Tampa, Florida, affiliate near Thomas’s current residence of St. Petersburg. This isn’t the first such Halloween celebration for the family, but it is the first time both halves from different states have participated wearing the similarly themed costumes....

It’s not from the National Championship. MORE: Oregon releases hype video | Numbers that Matter: OSU-Oregon | Oregon’s road to the championship Taking a look at the photo versus the actual coin toss, it’s easy to see the discrepancies. First, none of the players were looking up at the coin toss in real time. The numbers are different and the helmet visors are different. And, of course, current players can’t be used in promotional ads like that....

On Tuesday afternoon, head coach Stephen Constantine announced a list of 31 players, who would be taking part in India’s preparatory camp in Mumbai from 12th March. The team will then fly out to face Cambodia in a friendly before locking horns with Myanmar in a key AFC Asian Cup qualifier. The list was not short of surprises, both in terms of inclusions and exclusions, and gave a hint or two about the way the British coach wishes to handle things after being offered a contract extension....

The national team would convene in Mumbai around the last week of September to prepare for the Asian Cup qualifier tie against Macau on October 10 which is scheduled at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru. Incidentally, India have suffered twin defeats (2-3 and 2-4) in their last two encounters against the Lions of Canaan when Wim Koevermans was the head coach. Interestingly, Palestine are ranked 93 in the world, four spots higher than India....

Going forward, India face Myanmar in their opening fixture of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup third qualifying round in Group A in Yangon on 28th March. The former Nepal coach envisaged a quick turnaround from his wards to keep themselves in the race to reach the finals of Asia’s flagship tournament. “At the end of day, it’s a win and I am very happy for the boys and all who have been involved in the process....

Country: Chinese Taipei FIFA Ranking: 121Last official match played: Chinese Taipei 1-0 Singapore (March 27, 2018)Coach: Gary White Formerly known as Taiwan and subsequently the Republic of China, Chinese Taipei were once a formidable football force in Asia. The team were the gold medalists in the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games while also reaching the semi-finals of the AFC Asian Cup in 1960 and 1968. The 1968 Asian Cup was the last major tournament that the Chinese Taipei qualified for with the side being forced to play in the Oceania Football Confederation between 1975 and 1989 owing to a political conflict with the People’s Republic of China....

Take, for example, the crying saxophone player from Kentucky. MORE: More March Sadness | Grayson Allen dominant in Duke win This was at the 11-second mark, with Kentucky down three and hope clearly lost for a come-from-behind win against No. 5 seed Indiana. The Hoosiers went on to beat the No. 4 seed Wildcats 73-67. But hey, at least this forlorn Wildcats fan isn’t alone. She already has company in the crying piccolo player from Villanova, whose No....

Tami and Dan Wenning, a local couple in the town located about 50 miles from Indianapolis, volunteered to step in as grandparents for the first five families that agreed to move to Greensburg. Tami Wenning said that other grandparents in Greensburg “are more than ready” to join the initiative as well if enough families are interested, the AP reported. MakeMyMove, an Indianapolis-based online directory that informs remote workers of unique opportunities like the one in Greensburg, tracked the influx of applications for the “Grandparents on Demand....

Officials announced on Monday that Samantha Marie Elhassani, also known as Samantha Sally, had been sentenced to 78 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon. Elhassani, 35, pleaded guilty to financing terrorism and will spend three years on supervised release after completing her sentence. “Once again, the Justice Department has held accountable an individual who turned her back on her country to support a terrorist organization,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C....

The Indians traded the disappointing Masterson on Wednesday to the Cardinals, a deal that will allow Cleveland to get something in return for the right-hander who is in his final year under contract. In exchange for Masterson, who was scheduled to come off the disabled list later this week, the Indians got outfielder James Ramsey. A first-round pick by the Cardinals (No. 23 overall) in 2012, Ramsey has spent this season at Double-A Springfield, where he batted ....

How it happened According to Reuters, a navy spokesperson identified the 44-year-old submarine as a KRI Nanggala-402, and said on Wednesday that the submarine was conducting a torpedo drill in the area north of Bali. “We are still searching in the waters of Bali, 60 miles (96 km) from Bali, (for) 53 people,” Indonesia military chief Hadi Tjahjanto told the news outlet in a text message. Tjahjanto also said that the military lost contact with the submarine at around 4:30 a....

After winning the pole position last weekend, Scott Dixon is the odds-on favorite to win the 2017 Indy 500 this Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Dixon, who has 6-to-1 odds to win Sunday, recorded a four-lap average of 232.164 mph, the fastest qualifying time since Arie Luyendyk set the record at 236.986 mph in 1996. Dixon won the 2008 Indy 500 and is a four-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion....

MORE: Toronto has an identity | Paul George deserves better Fans who’d made the trip from Toronto to Indianapolis for Game 3 were loud enough for the players to notice; DeMar Derozan made note of it after the Raptors’ 16-point win. But yes, the signs were the issue. Bold strategy. Let’s see if it works out.

The idea is that such behavior would have been adaptive for our Stone Age ancestors. Males who carried genes pushing them to kill their stepchildren, goes the theory, would have left more kids themselves because the murder would have freed up their new mate for, well, mating (a female nursing a small child is much less likely to conceive). Also, a Such murderous males would have left more descendants than males who tolerated, let alone supported, their stepchildren; we, their descendants, would therefore also carry the stepchildren-killing gene....

The poll found 40 percent of adults in the U.S. rate current economic conditions in the country as fair. Forty-two percent called economic conditions “poor,” while 67 percent said the economy is getting worse. The polling agency uses what it calls a Gallup Economic Confidence Index, which is based on a theoretical range of +100 to –100. If all poll respondents said the economy is excellent/good and getting better, the index number would be +100, while it would be –100 if all respondents said the economy is poor and getting worse....

In her book, The Making of Asian America, author Erika Lee wrote about the first recorded Chinese woman who arrived in the U.S. Her name was Afong Moy and she was 19 years old. She was brought on a trading vessel in 1834 by traders Nathaniel and Frederick Carne to promote the goods they were selling. Afong was advertised as a “beautiful Chinese Lady” and put on display in an exhibition salon for eight hours a day....

Messi scored a brace after Luis Suarez’s opener as Barca recorded a 3-0 win over Sevilla in La Liga on Wednesday. Morata proving his worth to Madrid With 27 goals, Messi tops the LaLiga goalscoring charts, while he has struck 43 times in all competitions this season. Iniesta lauded the Argentina international and said what the star attacker produced still came as a shock. “He’s a unique player,” he told beIN Sports....

World Cup winner Iniesta had been struggling to recover from a hamstring injury in time to face the Blues in the last-16 second leg, with coach Ernesto Valverde conceding playing the veteran midfielder would be a risk. But he has decided to include Iniesta in the group for Wednesday’s match, where the 33-year-old could feature for the first time since suffering his ailment against Atletico Madrid in La Liga on March 4....