(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Miami 115, LA Lakers 104 (LA leads 2-1)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Tampa Bay 38, LA Chargers 31 Cleveland 49, Dallas 38 Baltimore 31, Washington 17 Carolina 31, Arizona 21 New Orleans 35, Detroit 29 Cincinnati 33, Jacksonville 25 Minnesota 31, Houston 23 Seattle 31, Miami 23 LA Rams 17, NY Giants 9 Buffalo 30, Las Vegas 23 Indianapolis 19, Chicago 11 Philadelphia 25, San Francisco 20 Pittsburgh at Tennessee (Postponed)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Seattle 104, Las Vegas 91 (Seattle leads 2-0) MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Los Angeles FC 3, Real Salt Lake 1 Atlanta at D.C. United (Canceled) Columbus at Miami (Canceled) FC Dallas at LA Galaxy (Canceled) Houston at Minnesota (Canceled) Cincinnati at Montreal (Canceled) Toronto FC at New York (Canceled) New England at Orlando City (Canceled) Chicago at Philadelphia (Canceled) Los Angeles FC at Real Salt Lake (Canceled) Colorado at San Jose (Canceled) Nashville at Seattle (Canceled) New York City FC at Sporting Kansas City (Canceled) Portland at Vancouver (Canceled)
ABC/Image Group LA Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd welcomed their son Hayes back in March, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning, with months of social unrest soon to follow.
“I feel bad for all the babies that were born in 2020,” she tells ABC Audio, “because their birth year is forever gonna be known as the year that is like a complete dumpster fire for everyone else.”
“But he’s like the silver lining in all of it,” the new mother adds.
Now, Maren’s channeled her hope for Hayes into her new song, “Better Than We Found It,” her first new music since his birth.
“I definitely gave myself, you know, those few months to just get into motherhood and not feel pressured to be creative right away,” she explains. “So I just started writing again in the last few weeks, which has also felt good.”
“Now, I feel, you know, even though I’m writing at home,” she continues, “I can, like, take a few hours and let, you know, Ryan handle Hayes and I can go write a song and then come back. And, you know, we’re finding the balance.”
Meanwhile, “To Hell and Back,” the third single from the ACM Female Vocalist of the Year’s album, Girl, is currently making its way up the chart. Next month, she could take home five trophies at the 54th CMA Awards.
Courtesy of AMC(LOS ANGELES) — The new AMC anthology series Soulmates premieres tonight and introduces a futuristic world in which a single test can scientifically find the one person with whom you should spend your life.
Kingsley Ben-Adir, who stars in the first episode alongside Succession’s Sarah Snook, tells ABC Audio the show is “an exploration of relationships.”
“But we’re in this world where there’s this thing called the test, where you can find your perfect soulmate by taking DNA from your eyeball and putting it into some sort of machine,” he continues. “And you know, and you can get matched up with someone who is your perfect soulmate, whatever that means.”
Ben-Adit says he doesn’t think the concept is beyond the realm of reason.
“I believe yeah that there is someone perfect for everyone,” he explains. “There must be someone on Earth who is the best person for you, do you know what I mean? Like out of the billions of people here, if there was some way of figuring it out, there would be one who would like come up on top. I guess. Well, maybe there’d be a few.”
Ben-Adir says he jumped at the role he saw as “a really creatively interesting rabbit hole.”
Adds the 34-year-old British actor, “It was just this constant questioning of relationships and love and soulmates and connections and what is a healthy relationship? That feeling of restlessness that comes in long-term relationships.”
“And the idea of ‘Is the grass greener on the other side’ and how normal that is, you know, that’s something that I think we will through, but block down because we don’t want to hurt the other person we’re with,” he continues.
(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has requested to close down schools and nonessential businesses, including dining, in nine zip codes within the five boroughs that have seen a recent rise in coronavirus cases.
The mayor sent the proposal to the New York state government on Sunday.
New York state has already moved forward to close schools without testing and nonessential businesses in violation of the law in those zip codes that have seen a rise in cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday.
The state is taking over from local governments in hot spots, which Cuomo said “have not done an effective job of enforcement.” There are currently 20 hot spot zip codes in the state, Cuomo told reporters during a press conference.
On Friday, after the state’s daily count of new cases topped 1,500 for the first time in May, Cuomo warned local governments that they would face fines if social distancing and mask rules were not enforced.
Hot spots are responsible for 21% of the new cases in New York, Cuomo said. Without the hot spot zip codes, the positivity rate in New York would be about .9%, he added. Fourteen people died in the state on Saturday.
The state will close businesses hot spots where the local governments cannot enforce compliance as well as close schools where localities are not performing testing, Cuomo said.
“Without testing we can’t assure parents and teachers of the safety of that school,” Cuomo said.
Indoor dining was permitted to reopen in New York City on Wednesday at 25% capacity for the first time since it was shut down in March.
(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — A Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, police officer was killed and another was wounded when they responded to a domestic incident and came under attack by a gunman who died at the scene, authorities said.
Myrtle Beach Police Chief Amy Prock identified the slain officer as Jacob Hancher, who was sworn in as a police officer less than a year ago after serving as a department community service officer for four years.
“He was a dedicated public servant, who upheld his oath to protect this community and made the ultimate sacrifice,” Prock said at a news conference early Sunday. “He cared about the people he served (and) served with, and absolutely loved the Myrtle Beach. I ask of you today to please keep Jacob, his family and his fellow officers in your prayers.”
Myrtle Beach police officials said the shooting erupted around 10 p.m. Saturday in an area of motels and private residences about two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), which is leading the investigation, issued a statement on Sunday saying Hancher and another officer were responding to a domestic call when the shooting erupted.
“Following the exchange of gunfire, the suspect was discovered deceased,” reads the statement.
A second officer was wounded in the gunfight and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the statement.
It was not immediately clear if the alleged gunman, whose name was not released, was shot by the officers or died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
No further information was released about the deadly confrontation.
Neighborhood residents told The Sun News of Myrtle Beach that they heard multiple shots fired in the gun battle.
Hancher is the first Myrtle Beach police officer killed in the line of duty in 18 years, and the 37th officer involved in a shooting in South Carolina in 2020, according to the statement from SLED.
In 2019, there were a total of 45 officer-involved shootings in South Carolina, including one involving a Myrtle Beach police officer, officials said.
A preliminary report from the FBI shows that Hancher was the 38th U.S. law enforcement officer feloniously killed in 2020. During the same time period in 2019, 33 officers were feloniously killed. The FBI report shows that at least eight officers killed this year were the victims of an ambush and two others died in unprovoked attacks.
Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune posted a statement on Facebook about the shooting, saying, “I am humbly asking for your heartfelt prayers for our MBPD. They need our community to show them love, support and strength.”
In addition to being a police officer, Hancher served as a volunteer member of the Horry County, South Carolina, Fire Rescue Department, the agency said in a Twitter post.
“Our hearts go out to Hancher’s family, friends, loved ones, law enforcement colleagues and fellow team members here at HCFR during this difficult time,” the fire department’s statement reads.
Hancher was also a member of the Catholic Church of St. James in Conway, South Carolina, church officials said in a statement posted Sunday morning on Facebook that included a photo of Hancher.
Church officials said Hancher was part of a contingent that traveled to Honduras in 2017 to do missionary work.
“For those who were able to serve alongside him, they learned of his kindness and selfless service,” reads the statement from officials at the church. “We are deeply saddened by his passing. We ask for your prayers for his family, friends, and fellow officers who are mourning his loss.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also posted a message of condolences on Twitter, saying he was just in Myrtle Beach on Friday speaking with a group of police officers.
“The cops need our support now more than ever,” Graham said. “I’ve never known a more difficult time to be a police officer.”
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