The lockdown will begin on Friday and include the Jewish New Year. Israel is reported to be the first country to impose such a measure on a national level. “There are detailed regulations that the government will approve in the next two days,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a briefing after the vote, as reported by The Jerusalem Post. “I know these steps will take a heavy toll, that this is not the holiday we are used to, and that we will certainly not be able to celebrate with the whole family....

It’s not that the Angels as a franchise have a reputation as America’s lovable losers or the Little Baseball Engine That Could. It’s actually the opposite: This is a team that has a well-earned reputation not just for underachieving, but for apparently inking a long-term deal with fourth place and essentially wasting the primes of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, two of the most dynamic and talented players in baseball history....

But that was then and this is now. On May 6 the peoples of Scotland and Wales voted for their own Parliaments–the first outside London since the Act of Union, in 1707, abolished the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. The Labour government that proposed these devolved Parliaments believes they will strengthen the United Kingdom in which the Welsh, Scots and Northern Irish Unionists are jointly called “British.” And given that after last week’s elections, Labour will be the largest part in both new Parliaments, that judgment may seem sound....

The following spring, as a workman and his teenage assistant were building my porch, the young apprentice kept asking when they would be done because he, too, was . . . ““saving’’ himself. Aside from saving their energy for channel-surfing, telephone tag and videogames, I’m convinced that teens’ energies are used to skillfully manipulate us, the parents. Others routinely criticize bad teens – the juvenile delinquents, the criminals and the all-round troublemakers....

But if Turkey has its way, Qandil won’t be bandit country for much longer. While Washington has been promising to clean up Qandil for years, it has done nothing. So Ankara has taken matters into its own hands, send- ing nearly 100,000 Turkish troops to the border area. Already, according to Turkish military sources not authorized to speak on the record, 11 Turkish battalions have been deployed on the Cudi, Kato, Gabar, Kupeli and Namaz mountains, surrounding Qandil in a ring of steel....

Bond funds have done better than stocks, so far this year. They’re up 1.6 percent, in a period when Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index looks flat and Nasdaq is down 5 percent. Over the 65 ten-year periods since 1926 (starting each January), bonds have beaten stocks only 12 times, reports Ibbotson Associates of Chicago. Half of those decades encompassed the 1929 crash and Great Depression. Five periods fell between 1964 and 1979 –years of war, stagflation and Jimmy Carter’s cardigan....

I was born on June 29, 1978. Along with me came my twin sister, Stephanie. She was born with no birth defects, but I was born with cerebral palsy. For me, CP made it so I shake a little; when my sister began to walk, I couldn’t. The doctors knew it was a minor case of cerebral palsy. But they didn’t know if I’d ever walk straight or do things that other kids my age could do....

Now that apartheid has fallen, South Africans have seized a fundamental human right: to make fun of everyone – white and black – with impunity. It’s not that the country was completely bereft of humor. But like IBM computers at the height of sanctions, satire often had to be smuggled in because the homegrown variety didn’t always thrive. Laughing Stock, a monthly magazine conceived in the late 1980s as a cross between Mad magazine and National Lampoon, lasted all of 13 issues....

Prosecutor Maria Sabina Calabretta wants Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, both of California, to serve the maximum sentence after each was charged with homicide, assault, attempted extortion, resisting a public official and unjustifiably carrying an attack-style knife in Rome’s Trastevere nightlife district. “Unfortunately, we didn’t expect anything different, given the anomalies we have seen in the course of this investigation directed at portraying facts in a different way from the way they evolved,″ Elder’s defense lawyer, Renato Borzone, said in early March when he heard that Calabretta was seeking life in prison, AP said....

Now the intimate relationship between family and company is undergoing a wrenching change. After World War II, the Benettons were one of the new clans who began to crack the circle of elite Italian business families long dominated by the Agnellis, who owned Fiat. Over the decades they established themselves as members of that elite and then as leaders, proving that family firms can break out of their home markets by developing into of Italy’s most recognized global brands....

Michel Dussuyer’s men are once more among the favourites to lift the trophy on February 5 - having defeated Ghana on penalties in the final two years ago for their second title. With high-profile names such as Serge Aurier, Wilfried Zaha and Eric Bailly in their ranks, the Elephants will have fancied their chances of getting their Group C campaign off to a winning start versus Togo. Togo coach Claude Le Roy still relies on the experienced Emmanuel Adebayor as his captain and main man up front, despite the attacker being without a club since his Crystal Palace departure at the end of last season....

The issue in question came in the third overtime period which, under college football’s new overtime rules, mandates teams begin attempting 2-point conversions. Harvard completed a successful attempt, but the replay booth stopped play to review whether Princeton called a timeout beforehand. They determined the Tigers had, negating the play and forcing another, unsuccessful attempt. MORE: College football polls: Updated AP Top 25, Coaches Poll rankings after Week 8...

Now he’s doing impressions? In a supercut video of Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonations from Houston Texans players, Watt absolutely nails it. MORE: Must-see J.J. Watt photos | Watch Watt’s insane box jump Even Schwarzenegger saw the impression and gave his seal of approval. Source: Bleacher Report

Watt took some swings during batting practice with the Astros and was able to hit multiple balls out of the park. His athletic dominance makes us (seriously) ask the question: Is there anything he can’t do? QUIZ: Are you a Watt or a Gronk? | MORE: Watt the easy No. 1-rated lineman in Madden After hitting a home run, Watt said, “I like hitting people better.” He reportedly hit at least seven balls into the Crawford Boxes, which are located in left field at Minute Maid Park....

Watt tweeted out a video Monday morning of him full-on tackling a stage crasher at a Zac Brown Band concert. And aside from the nice music, it was pretty much your standard Watt tackle for loss. MORE: Classic Watt photos | Watt shows off slapshot during charity game | Report: Broncos considered trading Manning to Texans Is it staged? Probably. Did it hurt any less? Doubtful.

Instantly, much of the coverage became about more than her own political challenges, or simply one person’s career decision. It sparked global conversations about two major overlapping issues of our time: burnout at work and gender equality in leadership. “Ardern’s resignation shows burnout is real – and it’s nothing to be ashamed of,” a CNN headline read. The BBC, meanwhile, had a headline reading, “Jacinda Ardern resigns: Can women really have it all?...

League City Police Department (LCPD) officials said the attack happened shortly after James Schulz, 53, entered the W. League City Parkway fast food restaurant on Wednesday at around 8 p.m. According to police, Schulz walked in without a face mask and was soon told he needed to put one on if he wanted to be served. During a press briefing on Thursday afternoon, LCPD Chief Gary Ratliff said: “Schulz belligerently refused and said they did not want to serve him because he was homeless and began yelling that he would be contacting his attorney as he was filming with his cell phone....

After getting home and putting the kids to bed, I caught up on some DVR, then caught the third period of Game 7 between the Lightning and Penguins, and the fourth quarter of Thunder-Warriors Game 5. In a very rare occurrence between April and October, I did not see a moment of baseball. So, what did I miss in a day in the life of Major League Baseball? MORE: 13 best draft compensation picks | Pete Rose is blind to reason for HOF snub...