The two boys, aged 13 and 14, took the car around 3:30 a.m. and drove to Stockton, 50 miles east of Sacramento. The pair were met by two carjackers near the 200 block of West Benjamin Holt Drive in the Lakeview District, according to a Watch Commander’s report issued by the Stockton Police Department. One of the carjackers held a knife to one boy’s neck and ordered the two to get out of the car, according to police....
Barbee’s official title is “special assistant to the head coach,” and he’ll take over the administrative operations duties left vacant by Rod Strickland’s departure to the University of South Florida. “Tony has been a part of my basketball family for over 20 years,” Calipari said in a release. “I’ve had the pleasure of watching him grow up and mature with this game since I started recruiting him when he was 16 years old....
So the Patriots are no longer alive in the postseason, and their latest chance at repeating as Super Bowl champions is dead. Before they lost to the Titans, everyone was ready to dance on their grave to fit the convenient narrative that their six-ring dynasty will no longer be breathing. Haven’t we learned anything from the Patriots? Or at least from Star Wars? The Evil Empire can reinvent itself as long as coach/general manager Bill Belichick, a master motivator and brilliant schemer, is still around pulling all the strings like Emperor Palpatine....
It’s a sentence I’ve seen posted repeatedly over the past few weeks by many of my friends, most of whom are generally decent and reasonable people. And yet, suddenly, these good people feel no compunction voicing their utter disdain for some of their fellow Americans—specifically, for the unvaccinated. It has become de rigueur to insult those who haven’t gotten vaxxed against COVID-19 in the most insulting terms. Making fun of unvaccinated people who die from COVID has become something of a sport....
The trio have all been heavily involved for the Toffees in all competitions this season, making 29 Premier League starts between them. Calvert-Lewin, who had signed a new five-year contract in May, has agreed a further one-year extension that keeps him at Goodison Park until 2023. Defenders Kenny and Holgate, meanwhile, have agreed new contracts that run to the end of June 2022, much to the delight of new Everton manager Sam Allardyce....
“I think he’ll come back. I think he won’t even take a year if you ask me,” Jones said on ESPN First Take shortly after the decision was announced. “I say six months and he’s back.” MORE: Megatron’s mega moments | Nine ridiculous Johnson stats Johnson did retire at the early age of 30, but he seems at peace with his decision to call it quits. But Jones says Johnson will miss the feeling of playing and will want to return to the field....
That includes his former team, the Panthers, who moved on by paying Teddy Bridgewater a lot more money than Newton ended up getting in his late-offseason one-year deal with the Patriots. File the Bears, Colts and Washington Football Team under the same category. The Jaguars, Chargers and Broncos, too. Newton needed an offense that would adjust to his strengths. New England, with Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels, had been sticking with second-year QB Jarrett Stidham for a long time this spring and summer as Tom Brady’s replacement....
Conversation around the 49ers quarterback’s national anthem protest reached the Panthers quarterback in an interview with ESPN published Thursday. For Newton, it all boils down to one word: respect. MORE: Worst of bad Kaepernick takes “Who am I to say that it’s wrong? Who am I to say that it’s right? Either or, it’s still personal,” Newton said of Kaepernick’s protest. “What I can’t fathom,” Newton continued, “is how does one eighth of an inch — something so small — be the difference in such a big commodity in our whole lifetime....
It seems possible the Panthers have mishandled their showdown with shooting guard Cameron Johnson regarding his entry into the world of graduate transfers. MORE: Early college basketball rankings for 2017-18 Johnson, University of Pittsburgh Class of 2017, announced Tuesday he is transferring to North Carolina. This was a bold maneuver, given that Pitt athletic officials are on record declaring they will not permit Johnson to gain immediate eligibility at any member of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
Vasquez was the surprise breakout star during the six-week court battle, which centered upon Depp’s $50 million lawsuit against Heard over a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post, in which she said she was a domestic abuse survivor. Following a high-profile trial, the jury on June 1 awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, after finding Heard’s claim to be false and defamatory....
In Afghanistan, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East, a U.S. military drawdown combined with modest diplomatic exertion is signaling irresolution and weakness. Not surprisingly, Russia and Iran are teaming up to hasten these trends. In several theatres, Russia is on the offensive. In eastern Syria, it is deploying forces closer to U.S. troop positions. In Afghanistan, the U.S. is investigating whether three American soldiers died from explosives detonated by Taliban insurgents who might have received bounties from Russia....
Last week the Patriots released Brown, and they reportedly are withholding payment of his guaranteed salary for the season. According to ESPN, Brown is filing a grievance against the team to collect that money. Brown’s contract with the Patriots had four primary sources of income. There was a guaranteed base salary of $1 million, a guaranteed signing bonus of $9 million, a non-guaranteed $500,000 in per-game roster bonuses paid for each game Brown was on the 46-man roster, and $4....
Believe me, I know. As a 22-year-old journalist, I’ve spent the last six months interviewing young people about their political attitudes. And time and time again, I’ve found the same thing: we don’t have political attitudes. No, I don’t mean we’re apathetic. Quite the contrary; many of the people I’ve met have professed an impressive level of social awareness and compassion. The problem is our perception of the political process itself....
However, various researchers are investigating different forms of digestive enzymes as potential drug treatments for celiac disease, so it’s possible we might eventually see a prescription product or even an over-the-counter product that uses these enzymes to break down gluten enough so that it doesn’t affect you (or at least not as badly). Some OTC Digestive Enzyme Products Hail From Autism Market Several products have been marketed as over-the-counter supplements that purport to allow people who get symptoms from gluten exposure to eat gluten — or at least foods that are slightly cross-contaminated with gluten — without getting their usual array of symptoms....
We know that exposure to radon in our homes is a very important cause of lung cancer, and is thought to be the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Radon is a naturally occurring gas that arises from the normal decomposition of uranium. Since granite countertops may also contain varying amount of uranium, many people have wondered if this could be a problem, and how to find out if it is safe....
It’s smart to think about this before just going in and having some ink done. The first thing you should know is that, yes, fibromyalgia will make the tattooing process more painful. Our bodies don’t respond to pain signals like other people’s do; our brains and our nerves overreact and amplify the signals so that we feel more pain than we should. That’s called hyperalgesia, and it’s one of the central features of this illness....
Although there’s some anecdotal evidence that marijuana might help with celiac disease symptoms—a few people with celiac say consuming cannabis curbs abdominal pain, helps them gain weight, and even may alleviate diarrhea—there’s no real medical evidence for any of these possible effects. Although some people report a benefit, there haven’t been any medical studies to show whether marijuana is beneficial or harmful for people with celiac disease. Marijuana use also carries real risks....
Who he is: If early ballot returns are any indicator, Mike Piazza’s induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame next summer looks like a sure thing. My friend Ryan Thibodaux, who keeps track of publicly revealed votes, had Piazza at 91.1 percent of the vote with 79 of an estimated 450 ballots in. Players tend to get a higher level of support in public ballots than private ones, but it seems unlikely the former All-Star catcher will drop below the necessary 75 percent of the vote for enshrinement from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America....
For many people, symptoms of mono are mild or non-existent. Common symptoms include extreme fatigue, sore throat, fever, and body aches. Many other conditions share these symptoms, so it’s important to see your healthcare provider for an accurate diagnosis. Mononucleosis Recurrence Mono can recur because the body does not get rid of the virus even after the symptoms of the infection disappear. Once a person becomes infected with mono, EBV stays in their body for life by remaining in tissues and immune cells....
