Award shows like the Oscars and Emmys have struggled with inclusivity over the years, with critics pointing to the straight, and often white, people that make up the bulk of the nominees. Even though these award shows have taken steps to diversify their industries and nominees, Hollywood still has work to do. This year the 71st annual Emmy Awards appears to take the challenge to heart, nominating many artists of color, women and LGBTQ people in all categories, not just the gendered or niche ones....

Below you will find Fantasy Alarm’s top-100 players for the upcoming season. It’s important to note that many players are eligible at more spots than the primary position at which they’re listed below, so keep that in mind when putting together a draft strategy. For complete overall rankings – and rankings at every position – get a free one-week subscription to Fantasy Alarm and check out its ultimate fantasy basketball draft cheat sheet!...

Looking back at what we’ve already seen this year from first-year players, Mets first baseman Peter Alonso (preseason No. 47) has already smashed the club’s rookie single-season home run record and now has Aaron Judge’s big league mark in his sights. Seven other rookies have at least 11 bombs, and five members of the preseason Top 50 (No. 1 Vlad Guerrero Jr., No. 4 Fernando Tatis Jr., No. 5 Nick Senzel, No....

The Baltimore Ravens are in control of the AFC and can secure home advantage throughout the playoffs with a win this week, while the AFC East title is on the line when the New England Patriots host the Buffalo Bills on Saturday. The situation is a lot more complicated in the NFC, where the Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints all share an 11-3 record. Here’s the state of play ahead of Week 16....

The holders of the first overall selection, the Jacksonville Jaguars locked in the 25th overall pick after the Los Angeles Rams lost 32-18 on the road against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday. The Rams’ 10-6 record was the worst of any of the eight teams that made it to the Divisional Round, but they traded the rights to their 2021 first-round overall pick to Jacksonville in 2019 along with a 2020 first-round—which the Jaguars used to select K’Lavon Chaisson—and a 2021 fourth-round pick in exchange for All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey....

Debuting in i4 eDrive40 and i4 M50 models, the BMW sedan features the hallmark looks of the BMW 4 Series combined with the drive dynamics and technology one has come to expect from the company. The electric car has some unique body design elements that set it apart from the 4 Series, including standard 18-inch light-alloy wheels, active air flap control at the bottom of the grille, a rear diffuser where tailpipes would traditionally be, and black skirts....

Chief among those improvements is the ability for the vehicles’ batteries to heat to a higher temperature allowing fast charging to occur earlier and at a higher level than before. This reduces the time it takes to charge. Porsche has integrated Android Auto into the company’s Porsche Communication Management (PCM) system. The operating system already has Apple CarPlay compatibility. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay work when tethered to the car’s USB-C connection....

Today’s division? The five teams in the Southwest. The Southwest Division is shaping up to be highly competitive this season and boasts some of the best players in the NBA. Luka Doncic and Ja Morant both earned All-NBA selections in 2021-22, and Zion Williamson is only a season removed from being the talk of the league. How far can Doncic and Morant lead their teams? Will Williamson turn the Pelicans into a force in the Western Conference?...

In early September, the NHL and IOC announced an agreement to send players to Beijing to compete for gold. Governing bodies for each team must announce its first three players by Oct. 15 while submitting their “long list.” Final rosters will be announced in January. The puck will drop on the tournament on Feb. 9. The bronze- and gold-medal games will be held on Feb. 19. Canada and the United States will square off in the preliminary round on Feb....

Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. said there is “more to do” in combatting human trafficking in the state. Law enforcement have utilized undercover sting operations to carry out both rescues and arrests. Burnett explained that part of undercover operations involve officers arranging meetings with suspected victims to rescue them, or posing as victims to arrest traffickers or customers. “Kentucky law enforcement has sent a message to those involved in human trafficking, that we will not tolerate such and we will be vigilant in finding those who prey upon our most vulnerable, especially our children,” Burnett said at the statehouse news conference....

The survey, which was conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of a group of reproductive rights organizations, found that at least 24 percent of Latina women have had a family member die from the coronavirus. The survey also found that Latina women are at least 5 percent more likely to become sick or have a family member become sick with COVID-19 than other women of color, including Black women and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) women....

According to a spokesperson for the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the incident occurred at around 10:23 p.m. local time on Tuesday night when officers responded to a call of a vehicle shooting on the southbound Bruckner Expressway, near exit 7A. Police told Newsweek that the incident occurred within the confines of the department’s 45th Precinct. When officers arrived to the scene, they discovered a Honda Accord that had stopped near a median between exits 7B and 8 on the Bruckner heading Southbound....

The speed at which skyscrapers now dominate urban living is illustrated by how the Empire State Building was until 1972 the tallest in the world; the iconic building now does not even appear in the top 40. Professor Tim Ibell, chair of the judges for the 2021 Structural Awards, believes money and technology are the catalysts for ultra-exclusive elevated living. He told Newsweek: “One of the main reasons buildings have been becoming taller and taller is because the cost of land in an urban environment is prohibitively expensive, so developers need to maximize their return on investment by building as tall as possible....

Some higher educational establishments rank significantly lower in expected salaries than others. Analysis by economic modelers have detailed to Newsweek, the U.S. colleges at the poor-performing end of the salary spectrum. Researchers examined the overall quality of outcomes for each institution by “quantifying average wages across all alumni in our professional profiles data.” The national median wage by occupation was used, while only private colleges exceeding 1,000 known profiles were included....

To understand how much opening day means to me, and how much making the opening day roster for the Cincinnati Reds in 1989 meant to me, I have to take you back to my childhood, take you back to the 1970s, when I was growing up in Connecticut. OPENING DAY 2014: Schedule | Every team’s ultimate lineup I may be Rob Dibble today, but back then I was little Robbie Dibble—tall and thin with long blonde hair—already becoming the rebel I would be known as in later years....

Alternatively, you can click and install one of the other recommended TeX packages in this section. All the recommendations here include LaTeX. If you’re prompted, select a download location for the installer. Click Next to proceed. Click Next to confirm install location and proceed. You can track the installation on a green progress bar here. Alternatively, you can get the MiKTeX Mac version at https://miktex. org/download. Follow the installer’s steps, and hit Next a few times until you see the Install button....

Try looking back at him while he’s looking at you. If he locks eyes with you for a few seconds, that’s a great sign. Even if he looks away, though, that doesn’t mean he’s not interested. He may just be a bit shy. He turns his body so he’s facing straight toward you. He keeps his hands visible and mostly out to his sides. He begins to mirror your positioning and movements, such as hand gestures....

If you have your birth certificate on hand, it’ll be easier to get precise information there. Gathering information for the other person’s chart may be trickier, depending, but you can ask them to check their birth certificate if they’re not sure of something. If more specific information isn’t available, you can still learn a lot from just a date of birth. A person’s Sun, Mars, and Venus signs are determined based on birthday alone, and all are vital for reading compatibility!...