The veteran forward ran into Oilers goalie Mike Smith during Edmonton’s Game 3 win. It resulted in a huge scrum and lucic was given a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct. Smith left briefly, but returned to finish the game. The Oilers went on to win the contest 4-1 to take a 2-1 series lead. It’s certainly not the first time Lucic has ruffled some feathers. The power forward has made a career out of laying big hits and dropping the gloves....

Last week’s 2-0 loss to Japan means the Socceroos are no longer in control of their qualifying hopes and face a high-pressure encounter against Thailand in Melbourne on Tuesday. 9/2 on 3.5+ goals in Australia vs Thailand The green-and-gold are level with Saudi Arabia on 16 points but sit in third position on the table because of goal difference. To qualify automatically and avoid the playoff route, Australia must better the result of the Saudis, who play Japan in Jeddah on Wednesday (AEST), or make up the +2 goal difference advantage if both teams win....

“I think it’s going to be a very effective formation for us going forward,” Milligan told FFA TV. “It worked well in patches and obviously in other areas it needs some work. “It’s just getting that total understanding of the way we’re doing it. “We’ll have a little bit more time to work on it now and fine-tune things before Tuesday night,” he said. POINT A BITTER PILL After going ahead through a Matthew Leckie goal just before half-time, Iraq grabbed a point with a goal in the last quarter-hour....

During the curfew, people are not permitted to travel on city streets or in any public place by foot or any wheeled vehicle of any sort. People who break the curfew are subject to a $1,000 fine or 90 days imprisonment. The curfew lasts from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day, and is due to be lifted on Sunday. “All law enforcement, fire, and medical personnel, as well as any other personnel authorized by the City Minneapolis, City of St....

I’m almost half way into my second full season in the Cardinals’ organization. So far, I’ve spent the whole season back where I finished last year with the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Florida State League. This year is a little different though. Last year I was living with teammates in a small but expensive apartment near our park, Roger Dean Stadium. MORE: Atlantic League has figured out how to shorten games...

One week you’re ire of the fans and the next week, you’re the hero for them. That’s the life of a professional footballer in the modern game. Vladislav Mirchev knows that football will always have its ups and downs and accepts that its just part of the game. Having falied to score the penalty against PKNS two weeks ago and was substituted to chorus of boos from mass sections of the crowd, Mirchev drink in the adulation a week ago when he scored the winner against Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT)....

“I woke up in this basement, where they told me I would face judgment,” the man in the video says gravely, his head stuck to a brick wall by several layers of tape around his neck and forehead. A soldier then swings a sledgehammer toward his head, just as the camera goes dark. This chilling video, appearing to show the October 2022 execution of Yevgeny Nuzhin, a former Russian mercenary who had switched sides, is one of 160 clips NewsGuard analysts discovered circulating on TikTok depicting or alluding to violence apparently carried out by a private Russian militia called the Wagner Group....

The Palestine-based activism group PACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) issued a statement to participants for December’s event asking them to “do no harm to our struggle for freedom, justice and equality by withdrawing from the pageant.” Malaysia will not participate in the pageant for COVID concerns, while South Africa is withdrawing support for its attending representative. “The atrocities committed by Israel against Palestinians are well documented,” the government said in a statement....

An Amber Alert was issued after the baby was reportedly taken by his father, Johnny Kirk, from Lovely, Kentucky, in the early hours of Sunday. The child was found safe and well in Columbus by troopers from Ohio State Highway Patrol later the same morning. A spokesperson for the OSHP told local news channel NBC 4 that the baby was found at a McDonald’s near East Livingston Avenue and Alum Creek Drive....

The gaming company known for its card- and dice-based probability games is helping baseball fans quench their thirst for The Show while the season is suspended by simulating the 2020 MLB campaign until the first pitch of the real Opening Day, whenever that is. OPENING DAY MEMORIES Weird night at Shea | Chilly day in Atlanta | Mark Buehrle being amazing For now, it’s one of the more interactive alternatives while the MLB season is postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic....

The Mississippi Department of Education confirmed to Newsweek on Thursday that CRT is not part of the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards that are applied in schools across the state. “CRT is not part of the state’s academic standards. We do not have evidence that it is being taught in Mississippi public schools,” a spokesperson from the Mississippi Department of Education told Newsweek. “[The content standards] outline the skills and knowledge expected of students from grade to grade and subject to subject,” the spokesperson added....

Dobb’s announcement marks an increase from last week when 38 of the 82 counties reported positive cases within schools. Dobbs also noted that 199 students and 245 teachers have tested positive for the novel virus, another increase from last week. On Friday, the state reported 109 infected teachers and 69 students. Additionally, Dobbs added that as of Monday, August 17, the state had 589 teachers and 2,035 students currently under quarantine....

“As much as we want to say everyone is united, half the team and coaches — black and white — are pissed,” an anonymous Missouri player told ESPN’s Brett McMurphy on Sunday. “If we were 9-0, this wouldn’t be happening.” MORE: Missouri players will discuss their strike on Monday The player requested to remain anonymous as the team was told not to speak to the media. McMurphy did reveal that the player was white....

With the game on the line in double overtime, he prepared to kick a chip shot from 24 yards out. But then it all went wrong. Get your popcorn. (Or your blindfolds, if you're a Tigers fan.) And that's how No. 5 Missouri fell to No. 21 South Carolina, 27-24, and picked up its first loss of the season.

Brantley will not immediately headed home. He will spend the next several days in what is described as a transitional facility to start rehab, reported the Columbia Daily Tribune. He has already undergone surgery for a fractured fibia. MORE: Best SEC games of 2015 | SEC commish talks NFL Draft | Preseason Top 25 Tigers women’s basketball player Maddie Stock, 21, also was in the 2000 Chrysler Concorde when it went off a U....

On Tuesday, McConnell discussed the omnibus funding bill which is expected to pass with bipartisan support before a Friday deadline this week and will allow the country to avoid a government shutdown. The short-term funding measure has already passed the House of Representatives and McConnell’s support appears likely to see it approved in the Senate before the deadline. “Providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians is the number one priority for the United States right now according to most Republicans,” McConnell said....

“I cannot and will not support Judge Jackson for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court,” McConnell said. He added that he went into the confirmation process with an open mind but after watching her hearings and studying her record, he decided he will vote no. McConnell is the highest-level Republican to announce his decision ahead of the Senate’s vote on Jackson in the coming weeks, following four days of contentious hearings that saw several Republican senators criticize her handling of cases involving child pornography....

NEWSWEEK: Why do you think reminding people that interracial marriage used to be illegal will help end anti-gay sentiments? Mitchell Gold: Most people acknowledge today that it was wrong 40 years ago to deny couples who loved each other the right to marry, the freedom to marry, simply because of one’s own religious belief. We want to remind people of past mistakes. This 40th anniversary of Loving is the perfect opportunity to do that....

The mitral valve is located in the heart’s left ventricle between the upper and lower chambers. This valve opens to allow blood to move from the upper atrium and the lower ventricle on the left side of the heart, and then closes to prevent the backflow of blood. Normally, heart valves are fairly rigid, and they open and close completely with regularity. A prolapsed valve is loose and a little floppy so that it doesn’t shut as firmly as it should....

Romney has long been critical of the former president and was the lone Republican senator to vote with Democrats to convict Trump during his first impeachment trial, in February 2020. That decision by the Utah lawmaker also brought calls for censure but only resulted in the Utah GOP releasing a watered-down statement praising Trump. The motion to censure Romney being circulated by some Utah Republicans in a statement alleges that he is “an agent for the Establishment Deep State,” The Salt Lake Tribune reported....