She told her husband and me that she wanted me to have specific belongings and her annuity that was in her name.

She said she was disgusted that they might not shower before bed, and that our cats would be disturbed by their presence.

Jake Bates was standing on the turf in his hometown of Houston when asked to reflect on an unlikely journey from learning how to sell bricks to making game-winning kicks for the Detroit Lions. Bates ...