Once the outward show of a graceful personality, cursive script has landed on society’s discard pile, done in by the technological assaults of the typewriter, the sloppiness-inducing ballpoint pen and now the computers that have found their way into 40 percent of American homes. “Penmanship today pretty much stops at the printing level,” says Rose Matousek of the American Association of Handwriting Analysts. In pockets of the country, like computer-philic Silicon Valley, printing has actually overtaken cursive writing, according to Dorothy Hodos, a San Jose-based handwriting analyst....

King’s six-word Twitter post, which read “give me a little bit longer 👍,” was posted overnight on Saturday and was liked more than 70,000 times within seven hours. It was his first public comment—excluding an “accidental tweet” last month—since he was accused of inappropriately texting underage girls. In January, a woman accused Carson King of grooming her when she was 17 and he was 19. The woman, using the name Sam, alleges that she and King shared private messages of a sexual nature....

Twitter erupted with harsh words for Wallace, with many lambasting the anchor for presiding over a chaotic debate. “Hellllo Chris Wallace??? Looking for a moderator here. Jesus Christ what a fricken mess,” journalist Soledad O’Brien wrote. Podcaster Ira Madison tweeted: “The fact that Chris Wallace didn’t follow up on Trump’s ‘Proud Boys stand by’ call to violence. He’s an embarrassment. This debate is a joke.” “Chris Wallace has completely lost control of this debate,” ex-GOP strategist Steve Schmidt said....

He expected to be in high demand from well-wishers and pulled this way and that as fans and friends want one last word, one last moment with the four-time Sprint Cup champion. UPDATE: Rain delays start of race; green flag not expected before 4:15 p.m. ET MORE: Sunday’s biggest storylines | Rain on NASCAR’s parade? | Harbinger? Gordon starts fifth But Gordon had a plan for how to tune out all those distractions as he gets ready for the biggest race of his career....

The 6-6, 245-pound Panthers quarterback went airborne and flipped over Texans’ defensive back Rahim Moore on a 3-yard touchdown run against. MORE: Week 2 in photos | Odell Beckham does Ronaldo goal celebration after TD Check it out from another angle. Unreal. The Panthers lead the Texans 17-10 with 9:52 to go in the fourth.

That means Kyle Allen will start against the Buccaneers, as expected, with Rivera declining to offer up a timetable for Newton’s return. “Kyle’s our starter and that’s what we’re going to go with," Rivera told reporters Tuesday, via The Athletic. But Newton was seen out of his walking boot at the team’s facility, which is a positive sign in his recovery. Newton, who has completed 50 of 89 passes for 572 yards with an interception and two fumbles in two games this season, is reportedly dealing with a Lisfranc injury and has been sidelined the last three weeks....

And that description actually overstates his level of commitment to the cause the nation is fiercely debating. Newton’s thoughts on Colin Kaepernick, anthems, oppression, police brutality, the military, the role of superstar athletes as activists? Ehhhhhhhhh … eh. Eh. At least no one can say any longer that he didn’t speak at all. That’s what was said in this space early Thursday. Newton’s words on the subject, to ESPN, became public later Thursday....

Keith Johnson was on vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he spotted a man escorting a camel through the drive-thru line at an In-N-Out restaurant on October 4. “When I pulled up to the parking lot, the camel was walking into the line,” Johnson told Newsweek. “There was a car in front of it and there was a car behind it. I was like, ‘What? There’s a camel there?’”...

Players Conventional Wisdom Nanny + Huff’s Mary Poppins may singlehandedly keep the Senate Democratic. Give her a green card. N. Reagan + “Mommy” scalds Ollie as liar. Even Patti would give her an up arrow for that one. Giuliani + Cuomo promo may sink fellow GOP Pataki. Take that, Fonzie. Perot - Endorses Richards, disses Junior. He’s another Bush – it’s that simple. Sniper - Doesn’t hit anyone at White House, but his assault weapon may wound NBA candidates....

Hillary Clinton “The deliberate branding decision here is to go by first name only,” Bierut says, “to make her approachable and friendly, and to disassociate herself from the Clinton dynasty.” The serif typeface (the kind with “tails” on each letter) conveys openness. “All the Democrats have swooshy elements, a curve somewhere designed to signify a suppleness and willingness to listen.” Barack Obama “Obama is blessed with a name that looks good in type,” Bierut says....

Here’s a sample of recent front-page articles: We may be glimpsing a new attitude toward immigration. What has long been ignored is America’s capacity to assimilate immigrants–how many we can easily absorb. The bland assumption has been that a society as wealthy and tolerant as ours doesn’t have to worry. Immigrants will enrich our culture, energize the economy and reconfirm our humanitarian heritage. Anyone who voiced doubts (who wondered, for example, whether our wealth or virtues might have limits) risked being labeled a racist or reactionary....

Earlier this year, Grifols closed on a $146 million-deal to buy Alkahest, a company founded by Stanford University neuroscientist Tony Wyss-Coray, who, along with Saul Villeda, revealed in scientific papers published in 2011 and 2014 that the blood from young mice had seemingly miraculous restorative effects on the brains of elderly mice. The discovery adds to a hot area of inquiry called geroscience that “seeks to understand molecular and cellular mechanisms that make aging a major risk factor and driver of common chronic conditions and diseases of older adulthood,” according to the National Institutes of Health....

He’s still the Hornets’ all-time leading scorer, and was once named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year. His son, Steph, isn’t too shabby, either. MORE: Classic photos of Curry | Curry film session: How does he get so open? | Durant to the Warriors? The Currys got their hoops on for GQ Magazine and battled each other in a game of H-O-R-S-E. If you aren’t aware, H-O-R-S-E is a basketball game where you make a shot and then your opponent must make the same shot in the same position....

To gauge estrogen’s effect on mammograms, the UW researchers tracked the experiences of nearly 8,800 participants in a breast-cancer screening program in western Washington state. The results, published in the May 15 Journal of the National Cancer Institute, suggest that when women over 50 take estrogen, with or without progesterone, they’re 71 percent more likely than nonusers to get false reports of possible tumors, prompting needless anxiety and additional testing....

The title match takes place at WWE’s Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. Paul, a YouTube star and occasional boxer, understands there will be those that doubt him. Per BetOnline, Reigns is the -5000 favorite to retain the title, while Paul is the +1000 underdog. Paul is more than ready to prove all of his detractors wrong. Like Reigns has demanded WWE fans to do, Paul is ready for people to “acknowledge him” by the end of the event....

Sugar Ray Leonard thinks NBC Sports’ plan to bring boxing back to prime time network TV is just the ticket to help the Sweet Science regain some of the popularity and dignity lost to scandals, shady promoters and fickle fans who’ve migrated to other combat sports such as mixed martial arts (MMA). He told the Sporting News : Under the plan announced Wednesday, NBC will present 20 live boxing cards in 2015 across NBC and its NBCSN cable network....

Experts like immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci and medical reporter Dr. Sanjay Gupta are saying that good hygiene and quarantining, or the practice of isolating from others in the hope of preventing the spread of contagious diseases, are the most effective tools to contain COVID-19. Do you know who else suggested good hygiene and quarantining during a pandemic? Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, over 1,300 years ago. While he is by no means a “traditional” expert on matters of deadly diseases, Muhammad nonetheless had sound advice to prevent and combat a development like COVID-19....

One of the only coaches at this year’s tournament to have never played professionally prior to his coaching career, Herdman made the unique jump from the women’s game to the men’s side in 2018, despite also having never previously coached a men’s team. Herdman has been a huge success, leading Canada to a meteoric rise in the world game. Les Rouges, 72nd in the FIFA world rankings upon Herdman’s hire four years ago, now sit inside the top 50....

The U.S.-Canada border has been closed since March 2020 to nonessential travel in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19. Though Canada is now reopening to nonessential travel, the U.S. is not. The U.S. has said it plans to extend the border closure for both Canada and Mexico on nonessential trips until at least Aug. 21, but the Biden administration is starting to make plans for a phased reopening....

For nearly two weeks, truck drivers part of the Freedom Convoy have flooded the streets of the Canadian capital of Ottawa and elsewhere in protest of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s requirement that truckers get vaccinated or possibly submit to testing or quarantine. The protest has blocked the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, a critical international crossing that each day is used to transport tens of thousands of people and $323 million worth of goods between the countries....