“He’s a good player, we miss him,” said Cassidy, stating the obvious following the team’s practice Monday. “Practice today felt great, so he’s traveling with us, obviously. Could play tomorrow. … I’m not saying he will, but he’ll make that decision in conjunction with the medical staff, maybe as early as tomorrow after morning skate. So I would assume he’d be a game-time decision tomorrow. “I suspect if he doesn’t play tomorrow, Thursday will be a real good day....

McKillop played high school ball in Menola and in college a few miles down the road at Hofstra. Then he got his first head coaching gig five miles east at Holy Trinity High in 1972. After five state titles at Long Island Lutheran from 1979-89, McKillop made the leap to college when he was hired by Davidson. MORE: Predicting new Hall of Fame coaches | Highest-paid CBB coaches More than 25 years later, McKillop has a 496-300 record with the Wildcats and 10 conference coach of the year awards....

New York nursing home staff vaccination percentage also increased to 89 percent as of Sunday, state data showed. New York Governor Kathy Hochul gave an 11th-hour plea to the remaining 72,000 hospital workers who have yet to comply with the mandate, which has a September 2th deadline to meet. Otherwise, employees who refuse vaccinations will face job suspensions or terminations. At a press briefing, Hochul said, “A lot of your employers are anxious to just give you the jab in the arm and say you’re part of the family, we need your help to continue on....

Daytona Beach, Fla., was spared from any inclement weather on Tuesday as Kyle Busch won a thrilling Clash at Daytona. Thursday’s Daytona Duels, however, were less lucky; rain delayed the second qualifying race of the 500, otherwise known as the Daytona Duels. NASCAR will likely hope for the former weather on Sunday, but early indications suggest the Daytona 500 will have at least some delays. The length of the delay depends significantly on the amount of rainfall and how quickly the track can be dried....

Phase 1 of qualifying took place Wednesday night with pole qualifying. Hendrick Motorsports teammates Alex Bowman and William Byron posted the two fastest qualifying lap times and thus gained the pole and No. 2 position, respectively, for the race. Two other drivers — Ryan Preece and David Ragan — earned entry into the race with their qualifying runs. They secured two of the four open spots in the field....

Note: Facebook’s live stream player is not supported on mobile web. Mobile users can watch the live stream via DAZN’s Twitter account here. The welterweight fight between Amir Khan and Samuel Vargas on Saturday, Sept. 8, will be shown for free on DAZN’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. The Matchroom Boxing fight card will air live from Arena Birmingham in the U.K., with the main event beginning at approximately 5 p....

Speaking on Face the Nation, Milgram said the agency has collected 15,000 pounds of the powerful synthetic opioid that has been fueling drug overdoses across the country. “We’ve taken off 20 million fake pills this year. We estimate at the DEA lab that four in 10 of those pills are potentially deadly. We’ve taken off 15,000 pounds of fentanyl this year. That is enough potentially lethal doses to kill every single American,” Milgram said....

Over the past week, two mass pilot whale strandings have occurred on two different areas in the Chatham Islands, an incredibly remote area off the eastern coast of New Zealand’s South Island. According to marine mammal rescue organization Project Jonah, 232 pilot whales stranded on Chatham island on October 7. On October 10, a further 245 whales were stranded on Pitt Island. This brings the total number of stranded whales to 477....

Your healthcare provider may have prescribed a medication, but all you know is that your life is still being turned upside down by your bowels. What do you do? Here are some things to consider and learn about as you try to figure out a way to reduce the impact that IBS is having on your life. Things to Rule Out Hopefully, if you are reading this, you have had your IBS diagnosis confirmed by a healthcare provider....

So … time to trade him? NFL FREE AGENCY:Tracking notable signings and trades in 2020 From NBC Sports’ Peter King: “It might be just pre-draft chatter, but two teams over the weekend told me to watch Houston and DeAndre Hopkins, who has three years and a reasonable $40 million left on his contract, and who’d cause only a $3 million cap hit to the Texans if they traded him. Houston is currently in draft hell, without a top-50 pick in 2020 and 2021, and coach Bill O’Brien has huge needs to fill on his offensive line, in the secondary and overall youth on the front seven; J....

I’ve heard white people say this with routine shock as we learned about the horrific killings of 20-year-old Daunte Wright and 15-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. If we find the tragic killing of yet another Black person shocking, we’re still not paying attention. Right now, racist violence is on the rise in our country, white supremacist rallies are still happening, and despite an initial surge in awareness and support for the Black Lives Matter movement, 181 Black people have been killed by police since George Floyd’s murder last year....

Like the war that overthrew him in 2003, the hanging of Saddam Hussein did not turn out as planned. Instead of a study in modern justice, the tyrant’s end looked more like the result of a sectarian show trial. From Crawford, the only comment was a muted, written statement: no proclamation of “mission accomplished,” just of “an important milestone” after “a difficult year for the Iraqi people and for our troops....

There’s still some hope for those who haven’t yet qualified, but not much. The remaining 11 unqualified Democrats have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time to meet the Democratic National Committee’s requirements to participate: 130,000 unique donors and four approved national polls that show the candidate polling above 2 percent. Two new national polls were released Wednesday morning from Quinnipiac and USA Today/Suffolk, neither of which gave any new candidates the necessary 2 percent to qualify....

On Friday, Disney said that Splash Mountain in Disney World in Orlando, Florida, will be closed indefinitely beginning January 23, 2023, to be refurbished into a Princess and the Frog-themed attraction titled “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.” Information on the same ride in California’s Disneyland will be announced soon. Both attractions are scheduled to be up and running in 2024. Splash Mountain first opened in 1989 and is based on the 1946 film, Song of the South....

The 10-foot alligator, whose body was badly decomposed, was spotted by a local couple along State Road 62 in Parrish, Manatee County, with its head cut off, according to ABC 7. Heather Morneau, who alerted the authorities to the incident, told Fox 13 that she and her husband were puzzled by the situation, saying: “We thought the worst. We thought that someone had chopped off its head. We were trying to figure out if someone would do that....

During a news conference on Thursday, Duggan discussed his decision to turn down 6,200 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. He said: “So, Johnson & Johnson is a very good vaccine. Moderna and Pfizer are the best. And I am going to do everything I can to make sure the residents of the city of Detroit get the best.” Duggan has since appeared to walk back on his comment, calling all approved shots “highly effective,” while the White House called the saga a “misunderstanding....

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office said it received a 911 call regarding a “deceased person” located in a yard outside a home on Main Street in Devereux just before 7.p.m on Friday. Deputies responded and confirmed that an individual was indeed deceased on the property, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said in a statement released on Sunday. Shortly after, the GBI launched a homicide investigation and obtained records to reveal who had lived at the home....