It was the second night of stormy weather for the city, which is currently being hit by monsoonal weather. Videos shared on social media show water rushing through Las Vegas Boulevard, with the rain being pushed in every direction by violent wind gusts. One video, posted by Perez Hilton on Twitter, showed cars stuck in the water which had completely submerged an underpass, the flooding up to cover the vehicles’ tires....
What Is Laser Spine Surgery? Laser spine surgery is a minimally invasive spine surgery where small incisions less than an inch in length are made to access structures of the spinal column. Compared to open back surgery, where a large incision is made down the back to access the spine, minimally invasive procedures result in less scarring and damage to surrounding structures, and often result in less pain and a shorter recovery time....
The journalism professor shares the prisoner’s flair for getting attention. The 53-year-old teacher is something of a celebrity after helping to free three wrongly accused men from Illinois’ death row. (Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer is at work on a feature movie about him.) Protess can afford to be picky when it comes to capital-punishment subjects for his investigative-reporting class. Since he and his student sleuths helped spring another convict, Anthony Porter, in February, Protess estimates he’s received 2,000 e-mails and letters....
SMITH: The mortality rate of big mergers is pretty high. What makes you optimistic? THAIN: Well, it’s true that many large mergers have difficulties, but the markets are already global, and the financial institutions who participate in those markets are global. What we have built is the first truly global multi-product exchange group. Combining the largest pool of capital in U.S. dollars and the largest pool of capital in euros will provide better access to capital, better services for our clients....
Although poor reproduction rates have been known to affect individual species in the past, this is the first time such low reproductive rates have been seen at every stage of the ecosystem, the study authors say. “The reproductive failure was indeed unprecedented—based on my 20+ years of artuc experience from Zackenberg, I can say that we were shocked to see the profound effects of the extreme snow conditions,” lead author Niels Martin Schmidt, a biologist at Aarhus University in Denmark, told Newsweek....
This article reviews what menopause is, its symptoms, the factors that affect timing, and when to notify your healthcare provider. What Is Menopause? Menopause occurs when women have not had a menstrual cycle (period) for 12 months in a row. It is considered the permanent end to menstruation. While menopause usually comes naturally, surgical removal of the ovaries, some medical treatments, and certain diseases can cause premature menopause. During perimenopause, the time leading up to menopause, the levels of hormones produced by the ovaries decrease....
MARGOLIS: What will the AOL-Time Warner deal mean for Latin America? ESPUELAS: Their coming together will have a minimal impact in the immediate future. Remember, local knowledge and local content are the keys to the Internet. AOL is a latecomer to Latin America, and Time Warner is not very big in the region. However, this is an interesting example for Latin America, where you have a lot of large media companies, none of whom are big players as yet in the Internet....
But that prediction didn’t come true, and Boebert—who herself unseated Republican incumbent Representative Scott Tipton two years ago—found herself trailing in a race that was too close to call as of Wednesday morning, prompting a somber scene at her campaign headquarters on election night that was widely circulated on social media. Facing re-election for the first time Tuesday night, Bobert, who had been seen as a rising star in the modern-day conservative movement, had, for weeks, warned of the looming momentum of the political movement former President Donald Trump had inspired that threatened to kneecap the final two years of Democratic President Joe Biden’s first term and restore a conservative majority to Congress....
Turns out he wasn’t joking. On Monday, Ball posted a Twitter video about the Junior Basketball Association’s tryout dates and locations in April. MORE: LaMelo’s former high school makes state title after he dissed them on Twitter Ball said the league’s selection committee will consist of former Suns coach Earl Watson, former UCLA star Ed O’Bannon and Ball’s son and current Lakers guard Lonzo Ball. The announcement caused the website to crash, as users were greeted by a “request timeout” message....
LaVar, who was at a Drew League game to watch his youngest son LaMelo play Saturday, found out his son had been moved to bring in Anthony Davis via the venue’s PA system, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. Lonzo was dealt alongside Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram and three first-round picks, including the No. 4 pick in the 2019 draft. When asked about his feelings on the move LaVar responded: “Lonzo works good with anybody so it’s not a big deal....
I’ll wager, however, that China would be less than delighted to emulate the United States if the consequences included events like the one in a San Diego courtroom last month. A jury delivered a whopping $1.52 billion judgment against Microsoft for infringing on a patent involving the mechanics of playing MP3 music files. Here’s what is outrageous: Microsoft had already licensed MP3 technology from the consortium that developed the standard, for $16 million....
Lisa Keogh made the comments during a virtual discussion on “gender feminism and the law” while she was expressing concerns about transgender women participating in women’s sports, according to The College Fix. Now, her school—Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland—is investigating whether or not to suspend her for the allegedly “offensive” and “discriminatory” statements. Keogh is a 29-year-old mother of two and is in her final year in the law school....
The investigation was revealed by French investigate news site Mediapart on Saturday and comes less than a week before Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party, faces incumbent Emmanuel Macron in a runoff election on Sunday. OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud office, submitted the 116-page report to the Paris prosecutor’s office last month, according to Mediapart. The prosecutor’s office said it is “in the course of analyzing it” on Monday, The Associated Press reported....
Audrey Whitlock is one of the leaders of the ReOpen NC Facebook group, which has close to 70,000 online members and has organized weekly in-person rallies demanding that the state reopen. Whitlock described herself as an “asymptomatic Covid-19 patient” in a since-deleted post to the group on Sunday morning. Regardless of her potential to infect others, she said that abiding by the governor’s orders meant her rights were being violated....
Chances are good Russians will take to them with the same enthusiasm as the Putin paraphernalia. A poll last month by the Moscow-based Levada Center showed Medvedev’s approval rating at a staggering 82 percent—up from around 24 percent when he was anointed in early December, and well ahead of Putin’s 71.3 percent rating when he was re-elected president in 2004. This surge is partly a reflection of Putin’s enormous appeal....
Dean had spent the night in Reiner’s guest house; a simple bowl of cereal, readied for his early Thursday departure to San Francisco, remained untouched. Strange–Reiner had even shown the former Vermont governor where to find the milk. But no one mentioned the breakfast plan to Reiner’s son, who had come home late from a Dodgers game–and bolted the door to the main house. “We possibly locked the future president out of the house,” Reiner told NEWSWEEK....
Expectedly, the top five European leagues will be hit hardest with over 100 players having been called up by their national teams. But is the Premier League the most represented league at the World Cup? And which other competitions around the world make up the top 10 divisions with the most players at the tournament? MORE: Premier League players in World Cup 2022: Ronaldo, De Bruyne, Kane, and every star from England’s top flight...
Teams can remain high on their plateau for years, seemingly far beyond the date many expected them to come crashing down. The San Antonio Spurs come to mind. Some, like the Milwaukee Bucks, seem stuck in their valley, infrequently bouncing up against the No. 8 seed in the playoffs before they return to their doldrums. MORE: Owners vote down lottery reform | Under pressure in ‘14-15 | Impact Rookies...
Recent studies have begun to look at the outcomes after cervical ADR and compare the outcomes with those of ACDF. This article describes cervical ADR and the benefits and drawbacks of the procedure. Overview Artificial disc replacement is a relatively new technique that uses an anterior approach—which means the surgeon cuts into the front of your neck rather than into the back—to replace your ailing disc with an artificial one....
