Mac Conner, Illustrator for Ads and Magazines, Dies at 105. In the 1950s and 60s, Mr. Conners art helped sell airlines and overalls and accompanied short stories in The Saturday Evening Post and elsewhere. Can The Irishman Help Netflix Rule the Best-Picture Race? Martin Scorseses new crime epic is one of three Netflix titles that have a strong shot at making the best-picture race. N.F.L. Week 5 Predictions Our Picks Against the Spread. Red-hot backup quarterbacks will battle in Carolina, Patrick Mahomes gets a spotlight in prime time, and something has to give when hapless Cincinnati hosts winless Arizona. 13 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend. Previews, openings and some last-chance picks. Riot police shoot tear gas at Hong Kong protesters who set fires and built barricades in the street. Tear gas was hurled towards protesters as they crouched with umbrellas to try to avoid the fumes enveloping Hong Kong this evening. Demonstrators used petrol bombs to start fires, it has been claimed. Paedophile, 78, molested granddaughters when they were 7 and 10. The offences mostly took place when the man, from Victoria, was babysitting the sisters and their brother while their parents were working during school holidays (stock image). Who was Cokie Roberts father website Is Chelsea Handler a mom For Low-Polling Democratic Candidates, Its All Within the Margin of Error. Qualifying for a presidential debate can be make-or-break for candidates with support in the single digits. But what do numbers that low actually tell us? Rays Victory Sets Stage for a Pitchers Duel in Playoffs. The victory earned the Rays a trip to Houstons Minute Maid Park, where the mighty Astros await in an American League division series that starts Friday afternoon. Climate activists hold funeral for disappearing glacier. Hundreds of climate activists paid their respects to a Swiss glacier on Sunday that is due to disappear over the next decade, the victim of a warming environment. STOCK WATCHTesco is 'overweight', as it prepares for leaner times. It's exactly five years since Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis alerted the City to a black hole in the supermarket's accounts. Analysts expect that improvements to the bottom line will continue. Questionable Remedies for Eye Disease. Supplements claiming to prevent age-related macular degeneration often don't contain enough, or any, of the ingredients shown to help, a researcher warns. HM and Giambattista Valli collection Designer reveals his collaboration is for the 'jet set bunch'. Italian designer Giambattista Valli has unveiled his new collaboration with HM, describing it as a collection for the 'jet set girl who stays at the Palazzo in Rome'. Contactless card crooks are cashing in thanks to 'double tap' trick. Banks and retailers are allowing customers to cover a single bill of more than 60 by making several 'tap-and-go' payments of 30 each. Prince Harry launches legal action against the Sun and the Mirror. Prince Harry has filed papers at the High Court against News Group Newspapers - which owns The Sun - and MGN Limited - which owns The Mirror - on September 27, court records show. Tafida Raqeeb's parents share the triumphant story of their landmark court victory. Shelina Begum and Mohammed Raqeeb have won their legal battle to send daughter Tafida to Italy for treatment after she suffered permanent brain damage and was told she had no chance of living. Mets Fire Mickey Callaway After Two Seasons as Manager. The team had a combined record of 163-161 over Callaways two seasons in charge and failed to reach the postseason. Aspiring maths, chemistry, physics and language teachers are to be given 35,000 bursary packages. They will receive staggered payments during training and their early careers in addition to proposed starting salaries of at least 30,000, the Government said yesterday.