The Panthers are getting solid QB play from newcomer Sam Darnold, boosted by the return of dynamo Christian McCaffrey. The Texans will need to start rookie Davis Mills opposite Darnold with Tyrod Taylor (hamstring-IR) and Deshaun Watson (non-injury) not playing. Will the Panthers and their early dominant defense have a letdown after wins over the Jets and Saints? Or will they keep rolling on the overmatched Texans? Here’s everything to know about betting on Panthers vs....

Martinsville Speedway is an old-style NASCAR track, one where there’s little room to maneuver and even less to make a mistake. It’s a place where pit road can be devastating to a shot at the victory, where strategy can tax the minds of the sport’s best crew chiefs and where penalties and contact can be tough to avoid. It’s also a track where drivers still log 500 laps — on a 0....

Last week, Hogan sent a letter to the Maryland State Board of Education asking it to rescind its mask mandate for the state’s schools. That request to lift the mandate comes as the requirement for masks to be worn in state buildings is set to be lifted on February 22. The push to lift the school mask mandate has been met with support from some Maryland parents, who said the school mandate is a roadblock for their children to return to normalcy, especially as mandates are being lifted across the state....

The world of France’s banlieues and cites–the grim ghettos on the fringes of the country’s major towns–has never been more menacing to the society that for so long has ignored them. Outside Marseilles and Paris, gang wars rage and riot police are drawn into running battles. In Strasbourg, angry youths used to burn one or two cars a week. Now it’s several a night. Beleaguered bus drivers are regularly assaulted....

Residents in the Irvine Cove and Emerald Bay areas of the city were ordered to evacuate due to the wildfire that has reportedly burned about 7 acres. Although details on how the fire was started were not available, the strong Santa Ana winds are being pegged as a contributing factor to the spread. “Homes are currently threatened with the possibility of more structures threatened if the fire spreads,” said the City of Laguna Beach in an official statement....

Oosthuizen, winner by seven strokes over the Old Course five years ago, ended Sunday’s third round as one of three leaders along with Jason Day and a rank outsider in Irish amateur Paul Dunne. MORE: British Open 2015 photos | Jordan Spieth in prime position | British Open third round has bushels of birdies Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth is ominously placed, a shot behind the lead....

According to a video she posted on Facebook Live Megan Marlow was called into a meeting on August 27 by a doctor, and was told “your husband is clinically deceased, he has passed away, he has suffered neurological death.” Megan said a time of death had been written down for her husband, Pastor Ryan Marlow, with his body left on life support to preserve his organs for donation. On Sunday and Monday Meghan mourned her husband at home, and received letters of sympathy from members of his congregation at Grace Baptist Church....

The White House press secretary said the “influx of migrants at the border” was “exacerbated by the Trump administration,” during a White House press briefing Tuesday. Both before and after Biden’s November election victory, Locke—the head of the Baptist Global Vision Bible Church in Juliet, Tennessee—repeatedly predicted that Trump would remain president regardless of what the actual results claimed. Following Psaki’s remarks on Tuesday, the controversial pastor tweeted: “This woman is a liar…....

Documentary footage released by Insider.com Monday shows several Tennessee- and Texas-based evangelical Christian pastors hyping up D.C. “stop the steal” protesters on the eve of the Capitol riot. Pastors Joshua Feuerstein and Ken Peters are shown expressing a mixture of sadness and anger after learning Vice President Mike Pence would not overturn Joe Biden’s victory over Trump. The two pumped up protesters in speeches the day before the rally by declaring “war” against “leftists” and anybody else who opposed Trump’s failed attempt to reverse the November presidential election....

The ardently anti-President Joe Biden pastor based out of Tennessee and Texas railed over the weekend against “pansy preachers that fill the pulpit in America today.” Feuerstein, who was in Washington, D.C., during the January 6 Capitol riot, told his congregation directly that they don’t need to wear masks or get vaccinated from COVID-19 no matter what so-called godless government officials say. In a brief message to Newsweek on Monday afternoon, Feuerstein highlighted a bit in which he said the founder of Islam, Muhammad, of the sixth century A....

Speaking to the Lord of Hosts church during a service in Omaha, Nebraska last Sunday, Kunneman prophesied that citizens in the U.S. will not have to fear the coronavirus because God will “give mercy.” “Listen to the words that I speak to you at this moment, says the living God. Why do you fear, United States? For I have spoken to you before and I will speak to you again, I have extended and opened a window of mercy to this nation at this time....

At the beginning of the third quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins caught a pass from quarterback Joe Burrow and went on to score a 75-yard touchdown. There was video evidence that Higgins grabbed the face mask of a Los Angeles Rams defender prior to the catch, but the penalty wasn’t called. Enlow, who has said in the past that he believes Trump is the legitimate president and that he has had visions of Trump on a throne with a golden crown, used the play to promote his belief that Trump actually won the 2020 election....

When this happens, it allows some of the baby’s blood to bypass the lungs. If left untreated, PDA can lead to pulmonary hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), and congestive heart failure. PDA affects nearly half of all micro preemies (delivered before 26 weeks or weighing less than one pound) and 15% of preemies born at 30 weeks. Few late-preterm babies have a PDA. How Patent Ductus Arteriosus Happens Before birth, a baby’s blood is oxygenated by the placenta and not the lungs....

The line was drawn and still remains, shown by the current Penn State Board of Trustees race set to begin in two weeks. Joe Paterno has turned from a legendary coach surrounded in scandal to a platform for which candidates can run for an office. The biggest name is Joel Myers. An incumbent running for alumni seat, he was under fire last week after emails surfaced that suggested he was against a university-wide email to pay tribute to JoePa following his death....

Brady got the best of Mahomes in the Super Bowl in Tampa a few seasons ago, with the Buccaneers running the Chiefs out of Raymond James Stadium in a 31-9 victory. Mahomes, however, has nothing but love for Brady, something he made clear in talking to NBC’s Maria Taylor about his relationship with the legend. “You want to not like Tom, but he’s just like the best guy," Mahomes said, per NBC....

Through the Chiefs’ 8-1 start as reigning Super Bowl champions, Mahomes has a career-high passer rating of 115.9 and reached new heights with his 87.0 ESPN QBR. He leads the league with 9.6 adjusted yards per passing attempt and 9.04 adjusted net yards per passing attempt, also career-best marks. MORE: Chiefs top latest power rankings | Chiefs add playmaker for Mahomes in 2021 mock draft After throwing for a combined nine touchdowns and 788 passing yards the past two weeks in home wins over the Jets and the Panthers, Mahomes is up to 25 TDs and 2,687 yards in nine games....

CNN, citing two U.S. officials and a senior Biden administration official, reported Tuesday that the advanced long-range air system will likely be approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin prior to President Joe Biden signing off. The system was reported by CNN “to ship quickly in the coming days,” with Ukrainians receiving training at a U.S. Army base in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Despite the cost and logistics of delivering such a system to Ukraine, the administration official cited “the reality of what is going on the ground” as impetus for the decision....