Sportsnet first broke the news Sunday shortly after the Panthers lost 3-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes, falling to 11-10-1 on the season. Gallant, 53, became a casualty of unprecedented expectations in Florida having led the Panthers to a franchise-best 103 points and an Atlantic Division title in 2015-16, making the cut as a finalist for the Jack Adams Award. MORE: Exempt players from Vegas’ expansion draft Florida was slow to start this season, Gallant’s third with the team, but sat just two points out of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference after Sunday’s loss despite injuries to several key forwards, including Jonathan Huberdeau....

From the Colorado Avalanche wearing “CHS” patches and rescheduling playoff games in the wake of the Columbine shooting in 1999, to Mark Messier wearing one of the 9/11 victim’s helmets at Madison Square Garden in the first sporting event in Manhattan following the World Trade Center’s collapse in 2001, to this past October with the emotional regular season debut of the Vegas Golden Knights in the wake of another mass shooting in that city, hockey has tried to help heal what it could during its season....

The Panthers on Thursday announced Morrison’s resignation from the post he had held since 2009. MORE: Top 2017 free agents, best available players by position Morrison joined the team as owner Jerry Richardson’s second in command following a four-year stint as athletic director at TCU. He held the same position at FCS school Wofford, his alma mater, from 1985-97 before becoming the school’s senior vice president. Morrison’s departure comes after a disappointing 2016 campaign in Charlotte....

Normally, the nerves in the spinal cord send a message to the brain that it wants to move. But a spinal cord injury can severely weaken that communication. This research, recently published in Nature Medicine, used a device filled with electrodes to boost nerve signals involved in moving your torso and legs. The device was personalized and implanted on each person’s spine where the wires would connect to a neurostimulator in the abdomen....

The human body has four small, butterfly-shaped parathyroid glands, located in the neck. They regulate calcium levels in the blood. When one or more of these are too active or are affected by parathyroid cancer (PC), these levels are elevated, a condition called hypercalcemia. Most often affecting post-menopausal women, though people of all ages and genders can get it, pHPT can lead to a range of symptoms, including rapid weight loss, irregular heartbeat, and tremors, among others....

The so-called “initial military training” program, which teaches children how to assemble and disassemble firearms, how to provide first aid, and how to respond to a nuclear or chemical attack, was abolished in 1993. Russia’s Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov said on Wednesday that the course will be added to the Russian school curricula in the next academic year, state-run news agency TASS reported. “It will be introduced in schools starting from the next academic year....

Andy and Sarah Rooke, from Prenton in northwest England, have shared the heartbreaking details of their son Charlie’s death. He died on February 25, 2020. Charlie was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy respiratory depression (SMARD) in November 2019. The inherited condition causes muscle weakness as well as respiratory failure that typically begins in infancy. Andy Rooke told The Liverpool Echo he and Sarah Rooke had “suspicions” something was wrong after Charlie was born....

The Original Poster (OP), known as u/particular-bar9216, asked for advice about the situation in Reddit’s “Am I The A**hole” forum where it received nearly 14,000 upvotes and 4,000 comments. The post can be found here. Conversations About Money Neale Godfrey, a New York Times No. 1 Best-Selling author and the founder of Children’s Financial Network, recommends parents start talking to children about financial expectations and responsibility early in life to avoid similar situations....

On Thursday, the French health minister, Olivier Véran, said new coronavirus measures could be implemented in Paris from as early as Monday, which will force bars and restaurants to close among other restrictions, France24 reported. Véran said that the wider Paris region—which contains around seven million people—has now passed all three of the government’s criteria for being placed on maximum alert. Firstly, the rate of infection has soared to 259....

Over the past several weeks, fans of the pop star, 41, have speculated that she has not been in control of her Instagram account, with some suggesting that videos and images of the star have been edited. One TikTok user claimed that Spears was dancing in front of a green screen, while others said that those around her have edited her voice into videos to give the impression that all is well behind the scenes....

The Newburgh Police Department (NPD) said officers were alerted after the visitors made the gruesome discovery on trails close to the Old Lock and Dam area at about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. According to the Evansville Courier and Press, police did not identify the human remains and have not determined a cause of death. Newburgh police also did not mention what state the human remains were in when the park visitors discovered them....

In recent days, the Georgia Republican has doubled down on the comparison, despite outrage from Jewish groups and other lawmakers. Guttenberg, who is Jewish, told Newsweek that the failure of Republican leadership to condemn Greene’s remarks over the past week was concerning. “Marjorie Taylor Greene is a fraud, but she’s a dangerous fraud and she’s utilizing right now the issue of Judaism to incite people,” he said. “We already know who Marjorie Taylor Greene is, she’s someone who denied what happened to my daughter…....

Matze, who co-founded the site in 2018, told Reuters on Wednesday that the loss of business partners could be fatal, keeping the site’s infrastructure offline. “If everything is perfect and we don’t lose any more vendors, which won’t happen, you’re talking half a week. [We] start losing more, it could be never. We don’t know yet,” Matze said, as Parler remained inaccessible to its 12 million-strong userbase. He later walked back the comment, saying: “I am an optimist....

Difference Between Total and Partial Knee Replacement The knee has three compartments—the medial compartment (inside aspect of the knee), the lateral compartment (outside of the knee) and the patellofemoral compartment (in front of the knee). In some knee osteoarthritis patients, only one compartment of the knee is affected—usually the medial compartment. The lateral compartment can be affected, but it is less common. A partial or unicondylar knee replacement, as its name suggests, replaces only the affected compartment of the knee....

The Raptors forward delivered the best game of his career in the 113-106 win, erupting for a career-high 52 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists on 17-of-25 from the field, 2-of-6 from the 3-point line, and an ultra-efficient 16-of-18 at the free-throw line. NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to watch every game (FREE 7-day trial) “Special players rise to occasion in the biggest moments, a stage like Madison Square Garden where there’s been so many historic performances, he just his name in the books as one of those guys,” teammate Fred VanVleet said....

Anyone who’s flown knows there are two types of luggage, checked bags and hand baggage, with restrictions on the weight and dimensions of both. Most of us will have fallen foul of either limit, seeing us frantically ditching items or putting on sweaters to try and avoid paying any excess luggage fee. But one woman came up with a nifty idea to bring half her wardrobe on her person by stuffing it down her top, after buying a large bra....

Hank Kunneman, who is the senior pastor of Lord of Hosts Church and co-founder of One Voice Ministries, made the comments during a church service. Along with his wife, Brenda Kunneman, he also is the co-host of a television program on Christian-based religious network Daystar. Kunneman’s website says that his “ministry has been marked with incredible accuracy in the word of knowledge and prophecy concerning nations and world events.”...

After attending the Mother’s Day service, an individual tested positive for coronavirus. Their presence at the service exposed 180 other individuals to the virus. Jacobsen went into self-quarantine following the diagnosis, choosing to hold online services rather than in-person worship. During his sermon, Jacobsen told his congregants not to defend the actions of the church. “When Jesus went before Pilate, he didn’t defend himself,” Jacobsen said, “So I don’t feel the need....

No, not a championship. A chance to be a head coach. That’s the one dark cloud in the sunny skies over the return of Georgetown’s greatest player to take over his alma mater in its time of need. This should not be Ewing’s first head-coaching job. MORE: Which other college basketball coaches are on the move? At some point during the past 15 years — the entirety of his post-playing basketball career — when he spent nearly all of it as an NBA assistant, some franchise should have given him his shot....