The two mutations—E484Q and L452R—could cause increased transmission and resistance to vaccines and have been found in about 15 to 20 percent of samples from the Maharashtra region, the health ministry said. The findings were reported by India’s INSACOG laboratory group, which has been mapping the genetic code of virus samples from across the country. However, information uploaded on Thursday to GISAID—an international initiative to share virus gene sequencing data—showed that many viruses found in India with the L452R and E484Q mutations actually have six mutations in total, not two....

“You can’t have people die because there is no oxygen. Beg, borrow or steal, it is a national emergency,” the judges said, responding to a petition by a New Delhi hospital seeking the court’s support, the Associated Press reported. India reported a global-record 314,000-plus new cases on Thursday (for a total of nearly 16 million, second only to the U.S.), stretching medicine and supplies available to curb the spread of infection....

The defense — that’s a completely different story. On Monday, Wilson looked to remedy some of those issues by hiring Brian Knorr as the team’s defensive coordinator. Knorr spent the past six seasons at Wake Forest, including the last three as the Demon Deacons’ defensive coordinator. “Brian is a strong addition to our coaching staff,” Wilson said in a statement. “He brings tremendous experience and a background having coached on both sides of the ball, as a defensive coordinator and as an FBS head coach....

According to the Indiana State Department of Health, hospitals in the state were treating about 2,500 patients with the virus as of Sunday, a 106 percent increase since last month. Indiana’s hospitalization count is approaching pre-vaccine levels. Indiana Hospital Association President Brian Tabor said this increase comes at a bad time as hospitals are anticipating flu outbreaks, but COVID-19 patients are taking up all the resources health care professionals have....

Part of Infantino’s manifesto when he ran for election earlier this year was to expand the competition from 32 to 40 teams, but his latest comments have hinted at an even bigger competition. The 46-year-old had vowed to give “eight additional countries the opportunity to participate” in football’s global showpiece, and was impressed with the expanded European Championship in 2016. Eight new places could grow to 16 if Infantino’s new plan is approved by the FIFA council in 2017, with the revamped competition having a preliminary phase to reach the group stages....

This is not what Americans want. In fact, every time we’ve hosted town hall meetings over the last few years, we’ve heard from constituents about the struggle to afford lifesaving prescription drugs and even the difficult choices they face between taking their medicine as directed or paying for rent or food. In this day and age, while corporations are making record profits, no one should have to ration insulin or go without cancer treatment because they can’t afford it....

On July 21, beauty influencer Dragun threw Larray a birthday party at Los Angeles’ famous Hype House—a mansion established by the creative content collective of the same name that serves as a hub for TikTok, YouTube and Instagram influencers to promote each other’s platforms and personal brands. A number of Larray’s notable social media friends, like Tana Mongeau and James Charles, were seen in videos and photos at the soiree, and while some people were captured entering and exiting the building wearing facial coverings, the scene inside was the opposite....

12 teams from America, Europe and Asia are expected to join the league in 2016, each team consisting of 5 players, 3 of them to be selected from players ranked inside the Top 1,000 on the GPI World Poker Rankings in the first ever GPL Selection Draft. MORE: Hellmuth wins historic 14th bracelet | Poker superstar Phil Ivey featured in Chrysler ad campaign | WSOP November Nine Set; Negreanu 11th...

Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 The former Barcelona man felt some discomfort towards the end of his country’s training session on Tuesday and will undergo tests as to the severity of the injury. Reports in Chile suggest he may have suffered a muscle tear, though the country’s management remain hopeful he will be fit to take on Uruguay on Tuesday....

The Red Sox, who were the highest-scoring team in baseball in 2013, were able to rely on the same players to get the job done every day. Eight Boston players appeared in at least 120 games: Dustin Pedroia, Mike Napoli, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Daniel Nava, Stephen Drew, Shane Victorino, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Ellsbury, Drew, and Saltalamacchia are no longer on the Red Sox. Victorino has yet to play this season due to a hamstring injury....

Fantasy owners may also be looking for injury updates on Robert Griffin III and Tony Romo, but unfortunately we don’t have a lot of good news if you’re digging for a QB to replace Wilson. Let’s take a look at the latest injury updates for these fantasy quarterbacks to help get your lineups in order for Week 2. Russell Wilson injury update Seahawks QB Russell Wilson had “precautionary” X-rays on his injured ankle, which he tweaked in the second second half Sunday....

Smith had Mark Pysyk's shot drop out of the air and into his pants, and then carried the puck over the goal line. Ah, the ol' shoot-the-puck-into-the-breezers trick. Game. Unbelievable. Here's the video: And here's a photo taken shortly before contact: After the game, Smith was mad — he thought the whistle should've blown, and he probably had a point. Echoes of a classic "Saturday Night Live" sketch: As far as Smith's actual complaint is concerned, the league's ruling focused on whether the puck actually crossed the line: "(While) attempting to make the save, Smith's momentum propelled him and the puck completely across the goal line....

The huge underground bunker and tunnel system runs along the former Italian border in Croatia. It was constructed under the instruction of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini during the interbellum as part of the eastern Alpine Wall or Vallo Alpino. The Italian system of fortifications spread over 1,000 miles across Italy’s northern frontier and the defensive line faced France, Switzerland, Austria and Yugoslavia. The YouTuber who shared the incredible images and footage goes by the name Roach....

Set at the fictional Tranquillum House in California, the retreat is run by mysterious host Masha Dmitrichenko (played by Nicole Kidman) and her three staff members. Before long, a string of disturbing events start to unfold, proving all at the wellness retreat is not as it seems. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, who also wrote Big Little Lies which was adapted for TV by HBO and starred Kidman alongside Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley....

The president of Fox Sports National Networks told Sporting News he wants to make a hard shift toward opinion and personalities on the network’s sports studio shows — and away from news and highlights. MORE: How ESPN stars fared after leaving | Who ESPN should fire Shows like ESPN’s “SportsCenter” are dinosaurs, Horowitz said. Welcome to the age of what he calls “opinionists,” like ESPN’s Bayless, Stephen A. Smith and Jemele Hill, HBO’s Bill Simmons and FS1’s own Colin Cowherd, Jason Whitlock and Katie Nolan....

These extraterrestrials are children participating in an “alien costume contest” inside a McDonald’s in Roswell, N.M., as part of the city’s 2007 Amazing Roswell UFO Festival. “Everybody,” says George Byrne, a longtime Roswell resident, as he watches his grandchildren prance around the McDonald’s playground in their alien costumes, “needs a gimmick.” This city has a good one. This year’s edition of the city’s annual four-day festival, which began July 5, commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Roswell Incident, in which military officials from nearby Roswell Army Air Field announced that a “flying disc” had crashed into a local field, a bombshell that was quickly followed by an official dismissal of the initial report....

SCG Muangthong United 1-0 Sukhothai FC Aoyama Naoaki’s second half goal secured all three points for Thai League champions at SCG Stadium and ensured Sukhothai remain inside the relegation zone. SCG Muangthong United dominated the game as the Kirins continued to cause problems for the Bat Fried’s back line, although they finished scoreless at the break. Aoyama met an early corner in the second half and struck his header into the roof of the net, allowing Muangthong to claim their second win of the season, while Sukhothai FC fail to claim their first points in Toyota Thai League 2017....

You can moralize about cheating in baseball and try to figure out where pine tar stacks up against performance-enhancing drugs. DraftStreet: Play fantasy baseball for cash daily You can wax poetic about unwritten rules and why even though so many pitchers use substances to help them get a better grip on the ball, ejections such as Pineda’s are so uncommon. You can add another chapter to the tale of the rivalry between the Yankees and Boston Red Sox....

One throwback-inspired home has caught particular attention online. Sarah Arnold, 26, lives in Nebraska and runs the TikTok account highwaychilevintage where she posts her thrifty vintage finds and dreamy shots of her carefully curated ’70s-inspired home. In one video with 5.6 million views, Arnold wrote: “With a little luck and a lot of thrifting, you too can have a kitchen that the 70s threw up on.” Delighted by the décor, over 82,000 TikTok followers enjoy Arnold’s content, with one user writing: “This is what I want my house to look like,” another commenter said: “I’m a child of the ’70s and this is so awesome....