The Hornets are making a solid playoff case through the first quarter of the season and one big reason why has been the play of reigning Rookie of the Year LaMelo Ball, following in Bogues’ footsteps as a highlight-filled Hornets point guard. NBA League Pass: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) “LaMelo is infectious, the guys love playing with him,” Bogues told Quentin Richardson and Jamal Crawford during the NBA Hooper Vision live broadcast of the Hornets game against the Bucks on NBA League Pass....

It is estimated that between 7,000 and 8,000 people are bitten by snakes each year in the U.S. However, morbidity is very low, with around six deaths per year attributable to envenomations (poisoning by venom). In a review of snake envenomations published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers have looked at the global health problem, examining the morphology of venomous snakes and what happens when a person is bitten by one....

The Aurora Medical Center in Grafton said 57 vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had been removed from a pharmacy refrigerator and left out. On Monday, Advocate Aurora Health officials said in a statement that an employee had removed the vials from a refrigerator to access other items and failed to put them back overnight on Friday. An internal investigation led officials to believe the failure was due to an “unintended human error....

Who is a Candidate for HIPEC? The HIPEC procedure is used to treat a variety of metastatic cancers including colorectal, gastric, ovarian, mesothelioma, and appendiceal. It is not a front line treatment or a treatment of choice for someone newly diagnosed with non-metastatic colon cancer. If you are considering HIPEC, your age, general health, and most importantly, the stage and grade of your cancer are what helps your healthcare provider determine if this treatment option is right for you....

He has another hot driver on his heels, however, in 2012 champion Brad Keselowski, who has shaken off his struggles from last season. Though Jimmie Johnson is still hanging round, other surging drivers like Joey Logano and Jeff Gordon are coming fast. The sea change leads to another shake-up in our weekly Power Rankings. Dale Earnhardt Jr. — How good has Earnhardt been this year? When was the last time you remember him spending three straight week atop the Cup standings or our Power Rankings....

The Gators fell to 5-4 after a blocked field goal and blocked punt led to a 23-20 loss to South Carolina. Did former Florida coach Steve Spurrier put the final nail in Muschamp’s tenure in Gainesville? Florida fell to 1-3 against South Carolina under Muschamp, and fired back up the hot seat. MORE: Spurrier pokes Clemson | Top 25 updates | Week 12 photos | Barrett looks Heisman-worthy Should the Gators keep Muschamp?...

Ambiance: Originally designed in the 1880s as a private town house, the Lancaster keeps the feel of a private home with a pleasant courtyard. It was recently redecorated by the talented designer Grace Leo-Andrieu, who has also worked on the Montalembert in Paris and the Clarence in Dublin. Antiques are scattered throughout the hotel, including a beautiful collection of old clocks. For a distant view of Montmartre and the Sacré-Coeur, go to the gym....

Oblivious to the frigid wind whipping across the plain just west of Reykjavik, Arnason spells out the vision that earned him the moniker “Professor Hydrogen.” First, take all of Iceland’s cars and fishing trawlers and gradually replace their internal combustion engines with electric motors that run on hydrogen-fuel cells, just like American space shuttles. Meanwhile, harness the power of Iceland’s active volcanoes and raging rivers to begin producing pure hydrogen gas on a mass scale....

The bill would prohibit funding “to conduct, or prepare to conduct, any explosive nuclear weapons test that produces any yield,” Defense News reported. “Critically, the bill would prevent the Trump administration from using any funds to carry out its dangerous and short-sighted plan to resume nuclear testing,” Democratic House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey of New York said in a statement. The bill would also provide $13.7 billion for nuclear weapons accounts—that’s approximately $1....

If Democrats succeeded, Gosar would be the first lawmaker to be censured in more than a decade. According to the Congressional Research Service, a censure in the House of Representatives is a formal vote by the majority of legislators present on a resolution “disapproving a Member’s conduct, generally with the additional requirement that the Member stand at the ‘well’ of the House chamber to receive a verbal rebuke and reading of the censure resolution by the Speaker of the House....

According to the latest data by Moody’s Analytics, house prices now exceed their long-run fundamental values by more than 25 percent on a national level, the highest level in more than 30 years of record-keeping. These are the five metro areas where home prices are most overvalued: Boise City, Idaho (76. 9 percent)Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee (63. 1 percent)Austin-Round Rock, Texas (61. 1 percent)Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (59. 2 percent)Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona (57. 5 percent)...

The asteroid, 2022 NF, was discovered by the Pan-STARRS astronomical survey on July 4. Scientists quickly made calculations to predict which way the asteroid was headed, and found that it was traveling almost directly towards Earth. On July 7, at about 10 a.m. ET, 2022 NF is due to travel within just under 55,000 miles of Earth. This is a hair’s width in astronomical terms and is a fraction of the distance between the Earth and the moon, which is around 239,000 miles....

The legislative chamber voted 229-202 to approve the criminal referral and send it to the Justice Department. Nine Republicans—Representatives Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Peter Meijer of Michigan, Fred Upton of Michigan, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and John Katko of New York—voted to approve the measure along with 220 Democrats. Kinzinger, a Republican who serves on the House select committee which unanimously recommended the criminal referral for Bannon, urged fellow lawmakers to support the effort during debate before the final vote....

The city councils in San Diego, Phoenix and Houston approved their new budgets last month as protesters around the country called for changes to policing policies and for more accountability from officers and the departments that hire them. San Diego’s police budget increase was largest at $27 million, Houston approved a $20 million increase and Phoenix’s increase fell between $24 and $25 million, according to local media reports in each city....

Texans fans flocked to AT&T Stadium on Sunday for the Texas-sized matchup between Houston and Dallas, which based on witness accounts, might as well be a Texans home game. Jerry Jones’ palace might be the most impressive stadium in the NFL … with the worst home crowd. 

So when the matchup of No. 5 Houston vs. No. 12 UAB was set up in the South region, it was immediately a point of emphasis for college basketball fans to hone in and see if it could be one of this year’s upsets. Like last season, Houston finds itself in the tournament as one of the top powers after running through the American Athletic Conference. It lacks the true star talent it had a season ago after both Quentin Grimes and Dejon Jarreau went on to the NBA, but a quartet of seniors has helped it stand out as one of the best teams in the tournament....

After years of reports about a feud between Cattrall and the rest of the women, the actor declined to appear in the Sex and the City reboot. This started a whole other set of reports about how the show would deal with her not being there. The biggest fan theory was that the show would reveal that the character had died in the time between now and the last time we saw her throwing condoms in an Abu Dhabi street in Sex and the City 2....

In the new episode, titled “The Eye,” a shocking twist is revealed by Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) regarding her husband Celeborn, and it is one that will impact her story, and also the plotlines of other characters, in the episodes to come. Warning: This article contains spoilers for ‘The Rings of Power’ How ‘The Rings of Power’s’ Celeborn Twist Will Undermine Galadriel’s Story Following the attack they faced by Adar and his army of Orcs and the explosion of Mount Doom in Episode 6, Galadriel, the Southlanders and the Númenoreans are in retreat, hoping to find their way back to an encampment safe from their enemies....

A number of Twitter users have pointed out that an episode of the satirical political comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus directly mirrors what is happening in the news right now as the election results hang in the balance. The episode in question comes from the show’s fifth season and it first aired back in 2016. Titled “Nev-AD-a” the episode follows campaign staffers in Carson City, Nevada, hoping a recount will go statewide in an effort to win Louis-Dreyfus’ character Selina the presidency....

So was the fellow in charge of dropping the confetti that would shower the court to celebrate a Sixers win. Only, it wasn’t a win. Belinelli’s foot was well over the 3-point arc, meaning his shot had tied the game at 89 and given Philadelphia overtime, not a much-needed victory. Watching strands of glittering multi-colored paper slowly tumble and float downward as though there’d been a tragic explosion in Liberace’s closet, you’d have been excused if you thought that, in the end, this would be the biggest mistake for which Game 3 would be remembered....