Death Of Lawrence Phillips Cellmate Ruled A Homicide

Damion Soward, 37, was found lifeless in the cell he shared with Phillips last Saturday and was later pronounced dead at the central California prison. Phillips, 39, is the prime suspect in the homicide. MORE: Peterson reinstated | Hernandez’s baggage will be NFL’s, too On Aug. 21, 2005, Phillips was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after driving his car into three teenagers following a dispute during a game of pick-up football in Los Angeles....

January 19, 2023 · 1 min · 173 words · Lonnie Cahill

Debate Over Extraordinarily Tall Passenger S Plane Seat Choice Selfish

User Itchy-Smell8152 on Reddit spoke about opting for the window seat online, the night before his 1.5-hour flight between two European cities. He noticed it was $21 to upgrade seats for extra legroom but, at 5 foot 10 inches, didn’t feel the need to. The 32-year-old man was left feeling hot and bothered during the flight as the tall passenger behind him wouldn’t let him recline his seat as he was “too big....

January 19, 2023 · 5 min · 919 words · Jeanie Riddick

Debunked Ivermectin Sterility Study Only Had Sample Size Of 37 People

Recent news articles and memes made the infertility claim based on a 2011 study conducted in Nigeria. The study focused on Ivermectin as a treatment for river blindness, a parasitic infection endemic to Africa and one of the conditions that the drug is approved to treat in humans. However, infertility is not a known side effect of Ivermectin, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The infertility claim spread quickly due to Ivermectin increasingly being used by some as an unapproved, and likely ineffective, treatment for COVID-19....

January 19, 2023 · 3 min · 562 words · Loretta Kline

Deciding To Place A Permanent Feeding Tube

One difficult decision is whether or not a family should allow the medical staff to place a permanent feeding tube for their loved one. If you are faced with this question, you may have some questions. Why Someone May Need a Feeding Tube When a person has severe damage to the brain, it can make it difficult to chew and swallow, along with not being alert, which is why a feeding tube may become necessary to administer essential fluids and nutrition during this time....

January 19, 2023 · 4 min · 641 words · John Bennet

Decision 2004

I don’t know about you, but I don’t like having to wait until Christmas to see a good movie. But in 2003, I’m thinking things may be a little different. The Academy, you see, has an experiment going. For the next two years, it will hold the Oscars a month earlier than usual. For the last 15 years or so, the event’s been scheduled during the last week of March....

January 19, 2023 · 6 min · 1278 words · Paul Smith

Decision... ...And Division

January 19, 2023 · 0 min · 0 words · Donald Anderson

Deeney Facing No Action For Middle Finger Salute To Chelsea Fans

The striker successfully converted a penalty to give the Hornets the lead late in the first half at Vicarage Road, and made the gesture towards the visiting supporters situated behind the goal. Deeney received no card from referee Mike Dean and after investigating the matter, the Football Association (FA) has decided to take no action. “Watford’s Troy Deeney will not face any formal action following his goal celebration during the game against Chelsea on Monday [05/02/18],” read an FA statement....

January 19, 2023 · 2 min · 238 words · Joseph Sharbono

Defense Sec. Austin If Troops Had Stayed In Afghanistan They D Be In Fight With Taliban

Austin appeared alongside other top military officials on Capitol Hill Tuesday to field questions about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing is the first time the defense leaders have testified about the mission since combat forces left the nation on August 31. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have criticized the administration’s hectic evacuation of Kabul, the capital city. More than 120,000 people departed Afghanistan during the 17-day evacuation....

January 19, 2023 · 3 min · 429 words · John Shaver

Definition And Conditions Of The Mediastinum

There are many conditions that can affect the mediastinum or the mediastinal lymph nodes, including cancer, benign tumors, infections, and more. Understanding the different parts of the mediastinum is very helpful in determining the causes of abnormalities in this region. Let’s take a look at the different parts of the mediastinum and the conditions that may occur in each area. Definition of Mediastinum The mediastinum is the area in the chest between the lungs that contains the heart, part of the windpipe (the trachea), the esophagus, and the great vessels including the ascending aorta (the large artery which carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart on its way to the rest of the body) and right and left pulmonary arteries—essentially all of the organs in the chest except the lungs....

January 19, 2023 · 5 min · 1064 words · Linda Sanborn

Deflategate Football Used By Patriots Being Sold In Auction

According to the auction page, the ball was given to a fan after a LeGarrette Blount touchdown. The page says Blount dropped the ball and then Patriots receiver Brandon LaFell picked it up and handed it to a fan in the stands. MORE: Tom Brady wants full ’exoneration’ in appeal | Bill Belichick humbly names boat Six Rings “We celebrated by jumping up and down, and taking multiple photos with the ball,” the page reads....

January 19, 2023 · 2 min · 261 words · Kenneth Stewart

Delegates Count But How Do You Count Them

It’s hard to define winners in a Democratic race when delegates are awarded proportionally. The difference between Clinton netting 52 percent of the vote in the Golden State and Obama taking home 42 percent is, well, more subtle than you’d expect. Delegate crunching is both an art and a science, and the task can be can annoyingly open to interpretation. So, in the aftermath of Tuesday’s primaries and caucuses, which of the Democratic presidential contenders is actually closer to having the 2,025 delegates needed to clinch the nomination?...

January 19, 2023 · 7 min · 1335 words · Tanya Cohen

Delta Still Dominant Covid Variant In U.S. Amid Omicron S Emergence Cdc Director Says

“I know that the news is focused on Omicron, but we should remember that 99.9 percent of cases in the country right now are from the Delta variant,” Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Friday in a news briefing. The highly contagious Delta variant drove a summer surge in the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. Walensky said, “Delta continues to drive cases across the country, especially in those who are unvaccinated....

January 19, 2023 · 2 min · 420 words · Shelley Monk

Demarcus Cousins Injury Leaves Three Questions With Big Ramifications For Pelicans

Cousins’ free throw attempt was long, but he chased it down in an effort to regain possession and kill what was left of the clock. Suddenly, Cousins was unable to put any weight on his left leg, and watching the game live, the initial fear was there: a dreaded Achilles injury. MORE: LeBron James, other NBA players offer support for Cousins Two of Cousins’ teammates carried him off the floor, and shortly after the game the bad news came....

January 19, 2023 · 5 min · 1062 words · Wayne Milano

Demario Davis Explains Why Nfl Won T Let Him Wear His Man Of God Headband

In his post, Davis asked, “Should I continue to wear it, or nah?” He received several messages telling him to continue wearing it, but he opted out of wearing it in Week 4. He was fined $7,017 after Week 3 and the minimum fine for a second offense is $14,037. MORE: 2020 NFL mock draft full first round predictions According to Davis, his headband fell under the “personal messages” article in the NFL rulebook....

January 19, 2023 · 2 min · 222 words · Janet Northcutt

Demirbay Earns Two Year Hoffenheim Extension

The 23-year-old joined from Hamburg in a reported £1.5 million deal in July 2016 after spending the previous two campaigns on loan at Kaiserslautern and Fortuna Dusseldorf in the second tier. So far the midfielder has enjoyed a seamless transition to top-flight football, making 15 starts from a possible 21 for a Hoffenheim side sitting fourth in the Bundesliga. Demirbay has three goals and five assists in the league this term and is one of several younger players to have caught the eye for Hoffenheim, alongside Nadiem Amiri, Jeremy Toljan and Niklas Sule, the latter of whom is set to join Bayern Munich at the end of the season....

January 19, 2023 · 1 min · 176 words · Jacqueline Kinney

Democratic Donor Ed Buck Indicted On 4 More Felonies In Sex Worker S Death

Buck was arrested in September 2019 for allegedly providing methamphetamine injections to Moore, who overdosed on the drug and died in Buck’s apartment on July 27, 2017. Buck was also suspected of involvement in the similar death of 55-year-old Black man Timothy Dean on January 7, 2019. The four newly charged felonies against Buck include two for encouraging Moore and another man to travel interstate to engage in sex work—something that is illegal in California—one charge of knowingly and intentionally distributing methamphetamine and one charge of using his residence for the purpose of distributing narcotics....

January 19, 2023 · 2 min · 415 words · Deborah Karns

Democratic Rep. Blasts Betsy Devos Appalling Inability To Say She D Stand Up For Kids Says She Should Resign

“Your inability to say that you would stand up for kids is appalling, and you really should resign,” Clark said during the hearing. Clark stated that she thinks the secretary should resign after she asked DeVos if she could “guarantee,” taxpayer money would only go to schools with nondiscrimination policies. “Well congresswoman, this is not proposed to be a federal program. This is proposed to be a federal tax credit....

January 19, 2023 · 3 min · 462 words · Helen Brown

Democratic Rep. Calls Kevin Mccarthy Coward For Not Standing Up To Marjory Taylor Greene

McGovern, who represents Massachusetts’ 2nd congressional district, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Friday that McCarthy was afraid to confront believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory. McCarthy has come under increasing pressure to strip Greene of her committee assignments following a series of media reports showing Greene engaging in conspiracy theories. McGovern is chair of the House Rules Committee and called McCarthy a “coward” for not dealing with Greene. “He’s afraid to take on people like Marjorie Taylor Greene and the most extreme elements of his party,” McGovern told Cooper....

January 19, 2023 · 2 min · 383 words · Emily Myers

Democratic State Senator Reportedly Attacked By Protesters In Wisconsin

Sen. Tim Carpenter told a local newspaper that protesters punched and kicked him in the head for simply stopping to take a photograph as he walked to the Capitol, where he planned to work overnight. A local television reporter later posted a picture purporting to show the senator had collapsed in the wake of the assault. “I don’t know what happened… all I did was stop and take a picture… and the next thing I’m getting five-six punches, getting kicked in the head,” Carpenter told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel after the attack....

January 19, 2023 · 3 min · 451 words · Robert Henderson

Democrats We Re Being Played On Immigration Opinion

That was a mission accomplished for DeSantis. The storm of reaction was what he wanted. But the condemnation of DeSantis from Democrats missed the most important point. DeSantis’s stunt wasn’t the uniquely evil act of an out of control crusader, but rather, simply the latest example of what Republicans always do. In case of political emergency, Republicans have one move they return to over and over: break immigration glass....

January 19, 2023 · 4 min · 689 words · William Aste