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St. Louis has agreed to a deal with free-agent right-hander Mike Leake, Fox Sports reports. Leake’s deal is for five years and will net him at least $80 million. It also includes a mutual option in the $13 million range for 2021 and comes with a full no-trade clause. MORE: What each team still needs to do this winter | Top remaining free agents That’s a significant price for a pitcher who has been just about league-average over the course of his six years in the majors (101 ERA+), but the Cardinals understandably needed to make a splash....

In August, the 31-year-old singer went viral for an Instagram post criticizing Trump for failing to call back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, acts of terrorism. “Um… Donald, you spelt ’terrorism’ wrong!” Rihanna captioned a screenshoot of Trump’s tweet calling the El Paso massacre “an act of cowardice.” Later, speaking to reporters, Trump said the culprits behind the separate shootings—both white men—were “very, very seriously mentally ill....

But could the singer also be working on new music? Along with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky, the singer was seen walking into a recording studio in New York City, just one day after the halftime news. This isn’t the first time that Rihanna has been seen outside of a New York City music studio in recent months. Artists who decide to perform at the big game’s halftime show usually do so with other intentions....

RELATED: RimWorld: Best Melee Weapons For players who find the challenge of building a colony in a hostile land a little too easy, there’s an even harder game mode available. In RimWorld’s Naked Brutality scenario, players will begin the game with only a single, naked colonist with no starting items. Naked Brutality is an incredibly tough challenge, and can be impossible to complete with the wrong colonist or biome. However, with a skilled colonist sporting some of RimWorld’s best traits, it is possible to build a colony from absolutely nothing....

In recent weeks, several users in the U.S. found out—with accounts accessed by strangers and used to spew racist slurs, blare alarms and have creepy conversations with children. Is there any way to know if the surveillance device is actually being used to spy on you? It’s good news and bad news: Steps can be taken to bulk up account security, but it appears Ring cameras are lacking some key anti-hacking precautions....

That comes in the form of the new Spotlight Cam Pro, which uses upgraded 3D motion detection using radar and other built-in sensors to not only provide better detection of people and other motion, but provide a bird’s-eye view of the movement across your property. It’ll be displayed picture-in-picture alongside motion alerts via the Ring app, giving you more information at a glance. It’s also coming to older Ring products including the Video Doorbell Pro 2 and Floodlight Cam Wired Pro....

Even in The Hobbit, where Thranduil was so cut off from the rest of the world, so seemingly unfeeling and arrogant, the elves overall were still depicted as a wise and somewhat superior race, especially where Tauriel and Legolas were concerned. However, the Rings of Power series gave audiences two new perceptions of elves, through the problematic occupation of the Southlands, and through the first vision of Valinor, where the elves were finally shown as children....

Two windows were smashed and three of the 12 people on board suffered cuts when the bus was travelling between the Deodoro hockey venue, north of Rio, and the main press centre at Barra da Tijuca, southwest in the city. Mario Andrada, chief spokesman for Rio 2016’s organising committee, said, “We don’t know yet if the bus was shot, or it was a stone.” Lee Michaelson, a reporter on women’s basketball and a former US Air Force captain, said, “I know what a gun sounds like....

The 22-year-old Indian archer finds it very hard to shoot properly in windy condition and that probably hurt her as she was able to score just one perfect 10 in comparison to Tan’s six 10s over the course of three sets. The Taipei archer started with a perfect 10 on a windy day and Deepika followed it up with a 9. Tan scored a 9 on her second shot and Deepika only bagged an 8, in reply to which the Taipei archer bagged another 9 to virtually seal the set....

The fact that this move of the AIBA’s top-brass was received warmly can be gauged from the fact that 84 of the 88 members of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) voted to allow all professional fighters at the Rio games. India have seen many international boxers, who had served the country with distinction before going to turn pro. The names of Raj Kumar Sangwan, Dharmendra Singh Yadav, Gurcharan Singh and Vijender Singh readily come to mind....

Three cheers for this most American of accomplishments! MORE: Olympics medal count | 2016 Rio Olympics TV schedule Thrasher set an Olympic recording, beating China’s Du Li 208.0-207.0. At West Virginia (is that irony?), Thrasher became the first freshman rifle shooter to win individual titles in air and smallbore while leading WVU to their fourth-straight NCAA title. “Smallbore” refers to rifles that are small-caliber, but not fired by air, which is certainly a thing we all knew and did not just look up....

Below you’ll find the schedule of events for Day 4, when the medals for women’s gymnastics team all-around will be awarded in addition to plenty of soccer and beach volleyball matches to fill your day. MORE: Live medal count | Snapshots from Day 3 of competition All of the events can be found live or tape-delayed on seven NBC affiliates throughout the day and live online at NBCOlympics.com. TV schedule for Tuesday, Aug....

Born in Baltimore, in Maryland, Phelps became the youngest Olympian to feature in a U.S Olympic swim team at the age of 15 at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. His real claim-to-fame moment came in the 2004 Athens Olympics where he won 6 Gold medals and also two bronzes. After 4 years, he broke the record for the most number of Gold medals in a single Olympics, winning 8 medals to surpass his country-mate Mark Spitz’s feat of 7....

Willett reached a career-high ranking of ninth after claiming his first major title at the 2016 U.S. Masters, but slumped to 442nd after missing his ninth cut in 12 events at last week’s French Open. The 30-year-old Englishman added a 2-under 70 to his opening 68 to lie two shots behind Fox (69), Pavon (68) and Van Rooyen (65). Joakim Lagergren is one off the lead on 7-under, with Willett joined on 6-under by Sam Horsfield and Zander Lombard....

The playwright originally wrote the women’s parts for young men. Even after 1660, when the first actress went onstage, there was still a tradition of tricksy casting. In the 19th century Sarah Bernhardt played Hamlet. Director Robert Lepage is now touring as Ophelia and Gertrude (as well as the prince) in ““Elsinore,’’ his high-tech riff on ““Hamlet.’’ ““What’s so fantastic about these female roles is that they were written for men,’’ says Lepage....

Interested in exploring different online tutoring platforms before you make an investment? Take a look at our guide to the best online tutoring services (opens in new tab). But among the available options, Revolution Prep (opens in new tab) and TutorMe (opens in new tab) particularly stand out because of the wide variety of subjects they cover and the tools and resources they offer. Both platforms have their pros and cons, so consider your learning goals and needs before choosing a platform....

Chapman, 46, is charged with nine counts of theft and five counts of trafficking in stolen goods. From ABC15.com: No word yet on why Chapman needed to allegedly steal items from an Apple store, but you’ve got to think his post-NBA career has taken a sad turn if, in fact, the reports are accurate. He reportedly took the items to a local pawn shop and sold the goods for cash....

Coach Rex Ryan announced Taylor will lead the Bills in their second preseason game against Cleveland on Aug. 20. Matt Cassel started in Buffalo’s first preseason game against the Panthers, a 25-24 loss to the Panthers. MORE: Ranking 2015’s QBs | Bills playoff hopes already quelled by QB situation However, Ryan remained tight-lipped on where Buffalo’s third quarterback, EJ Manuel, stands in the quarterback race. “Why don’t we wait and we will figure it out,” Ryan said, via Profootballtalk....

If that seems confusing, it’s because it is. Thus far, scientists haven’t been able to produce definitive evidence of either a negative or positive effect of alcohol on RA. However, if there are any health benefits, they’re likely minimal at best. Furthermore, people differ in how alcohol consumption affects their joint pain and other RA symptoms. A variety of factors can make this hard to predict, including: What RA medications you’re takingYour sexHow much you drinkHow often you drinkPossibly even what type of alcohol you drink...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic medical condition that causes swelling, inflammation, loss of mobility, stiffness, and pain in the joints. RA is an autoimmune disorder, which means that it causes the body’s immune system to “overreact” and attack its own healthy cells. RA increases the risk of many other medical conditions, including shingles. Shingles (herpes zoster, or HZ) is a medical condition caused by a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV)—the same virus that causes chicken pox....