Stamkos broke his tibia on Nov. 11 against the Boston Bruins and has been sidelined ever since. There have been numerous moments during the star forward’s absence where it seemed he was on the verge of returning, even in time for the Olympics, only for him not to receive clearence. But judging by his tweet earlier Wednesday, his return date of March 6 seems pretty definite: Just left the doctors office....
The Emerson College/Nexstar Media survey, released on the eve of the special election, found 60 percent of likely voters would vote to keep the Democrat in office. Forty percent of likely voters polled said they would choose to recall Newsom. The poll showed the lowest support for the recall in six months, according to Emerson College. At one point, the recall race appeared to tighten as surveys conducted in early August showed it was nearly even....
During a segment of the Fox News program Outnumbered on Thursday, David Avella, the president of GOPAC, discussed a new resolution put forward by San Francisco officials to refer to former prisoners as “formerly incarcerated person” or former “justice-involved” person or “returning resident” when they complete their sentences. Avella suggested that this kind of approach was somehow leading to other issues, such as people pooping in the streets of the California city....
Imagine a car-insurance policy that didn’t raise your rates after an accident. or a Reinsurance policy that charged the same whether you were 25 years old or 70. That’s the idea behind the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), where property near rivers or in vulnerable coastal areas is restored by the government again and again. “Repetitive loss” cases like Ready’s amount to only 3 percent of all claims. But they account for more than a third of total payouts....
Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has made a career of turning average guys into superstars. That’s not to disrespect the talented players he’s been paired with, but he hasn’t exactly had the best surrounding cast to work with on the offensive side of the ball. This is a poorly kept secret. Sure, he’s had Jordy Nelson, James Starks, Davante Adams, Greg Jennings and other recognizable names surrounding him. But there’s one thing those guys all have in common: They weren’t first-round picks....
The Knicks president told Charley Rosen of Today’s Fastbreak he passed on the chance to add current Celtics forward Jae Crowder in a huge 2014 trade centered around Tyson Chandler. Oops. He called the move his “biggest mistake.” MORE: Every team’s most painful NBA Draft regret “One of the first deals I engineered when I came back to New York was to trade Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton to Dallas for Shane Larkin, Jose Calderon, Wayne Ellington, Samuel Dalembert, plus a second-round pick that the Mavs owed to the Celtics,” Jackson said....
It took just 25 games to weed out the imperfect field. Except there is one guy out there left standing -- though not in Buffet's bracket pool. Brad Binder, from Buffalo Grove, Ill., is a perfect 36-for-36 through Saturday's early evening games. He tweets that he didn't put too much thought into his selections, which is probably more than can be said for the majority of us. While he used Yahoo to fill out his bracket, he didn't enter it into the challenge for the reason he explains below....
Typically, migrants who are released from immigration custody are given an official court date. But as some sections of the border are becoming too overwhelmed with processing new arrivals, thousands of migrants have instead been given a list of addresses and contacts for ICE offices across the country and told to report to one of them. However, according to a new report from Axios, very few of them are actually showing up....
A survey conducted by the Pew Research Institute asked respondents about several “serious global threats,” including Russian influence, the Islamic State (ISIS) and North Korea’s nuclear program. Global climate change was far and away the most divisive issue: Only 27 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents agreed it was a threat, compared to 84 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. Overall, though, the issue ranked as the biggest crisis for most respondents, with 57 percent saying it put the U....
As Americans continue to take stock of the climate tragedy and its brutal aftermath, it’s crucial to shine a spotlight on the alarming ideologies that fueled this twin crisis in Texas and how it can happen again. On February 16, as millions of Texans entered into a second day of freezing temperatures, power outages and water restrictions, Colorado City’s former mayor Tim Boyd chastised his fellow Texans on Facebook for being “lazy” and “looking for a damn handout!...
Premier Doug Ford said all schools will be closed and students will move to online learning for the next couple of weeks. Also, indoor dining, movie theaters and gyms will be closed due to the increase in cases. “I know online learning is not ideal,” Ford said. “The fact is Omicron spreads like wildfire.” The government announced just last week that schools would be open on Wednesday, but because of the Omicron variant, schools won’t open until January 17 at the earliest....
Earlier this month, a group of anti-vaccine protesters in Kansas were widely condemned after attending a meeting on vaccine mandates wearing yellow stars labeled “unvaccinated.” Jewish people were forced to wear a yellow Star of David when sent to concentration camps during the Holocaust. For anti-vaxxers to adopt this symbol is disgustingly inappropriate. Anti-vaccine protestors claim that they are in the oppressed minority because they are being judged for not getting vaccinated....
Reigning U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick will be hard to ignore, as well, after his top 10 last weekend. The wind conditions ended up being more severe than originally forecasted, and the final scores reflected that. While you can’t take everything that happened at the Scottish as gospel when picking players for the Open, it will play into the selections below. DOMINATE YOUR DFS CONTESTS: DFS Alarm Playbook PRO!...
While some heart surgeries can be done minimally invasively by accessing the heart through small incisions and a camera on the left side of the ribs, that is not the case with open-heart surgery. Instead, a surgeon cuts through your sternum (breastbone) and ribcage with open-heart surgery to fully access your heart. Next, the surgical team places your heart on a cardiopulmonary (heart-lung) bypass machine while they correct the problems....
The news sent a shudder through official Washington. It was just the sort of national-security catastrophe that critics of the Clinton administration’s China policy had been loudly predicting. Republicans, who had long accused the Clinton White House of cozying up to the Chinese government–sacrificing national security on the altar of commerce–demanded the resignation of National Security Adviser Sandy Berger. In the House, Republicans eager to score political points on foreign-policy issues prepared to release parts of a blistering 700-page report alleging a vast Chinese effort to spirit high technology out of the United States....
It sure was exciting for Brad Keselowski. It was a relief for about five other drivers. It was frustrating for many. Talladega belongs in the Chase. But as an elimination race in the second round? It still leaves a little bit of a bad taste in the mouth, especially for fans whose drivers were eliminated. It could be argued that Talladega was true to the sport, that those who advanced and those who went home were not known until the end of the race....
“Now,” which released volume 6 last week, has sold more than 12 million copies in the United States since the series’ inception in 1998. Hits by current pop superstars have traditionally been the backbone of the series, while the massive TV ad campaign featuring snippets of the artists’ videos (sorry, K-TEL couple) have made “Now” a name brand. “Now 4” became the first compilation ever to hit No. 1 on the charts, “5” has sold more than 3....
Winfrey, who has brushed off repeated reports over the years that she herself is running for president, appeared on CBS This Morning Monday to reiterate that point as well as discussing a few “mistakes” she believes candidates make. Although she did not mention either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump by name, Winfrey said she thought one of the biggest errors the Democrats made in the 2016 election was simply talking about Trump too much....
And a recent viral photo of a cat standing in a window is just that. In the image, shared to Reddit by an account called AkiteruSanpaii, we can see a cat staring through a glass window. However, because of the square pattern on the glass the cat’s body is distorted and rather hilariously looks as through it is made out of pixels. The effect also serves to magnify the feline’s eyes, resulting in them appearing comically large....
