What if a jetliner skids off the runway at full speed? That’s where EMAS—an engineered materials arresting system—comes in. It looks like nothing more than crushed pebbles, but this genius invention ...

Heng, a lefty who pitched a near-complete game to set down Aruba 1-0 in the international title game, Lin will start against (Las Vegas) Nevada in the Aug. 24 LLWS championship game. It’s ...