As the co-owner of the Atlanta Dream, a professional women’s basketball team, Loeffler has drawn criticism from players and the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). After the WNBA announced plans to have players display the names of Black women who had been killed by law enforcement officers on their jerseys, Loeffler balked. In a July op-ed piece for the Daily Caller, Loeffler alleged that BLM was “an attempt to transform the country based on Marxist doctrine....

Basics Black lung disease gets its name from the black appearance of lungs in miners who have inhaled coal dust particles. The medical term for black lung disease is coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, which is actually a spectrum of diseases. Definitions and Types Black lung disease is caused by the inhalation of dust particles during coal mining. It begins with a mild condition known as anthracosis that does not have symptoms (is asymptomatic)....

Nick Evans—a snake-catcher and rescuer based in Greater Durban—posted on Facebook that he arrived at the home in Queensburgh to catch the highly venomous snake. “The heat is bringing out the snakes!” Evans wrote. “This Black Mamba, in Queensburgh, thought a bathroom would be a nice, cool place to spend the afternoon in, as opposed to the outside heat.” Black mambas are venomous snakes native to Southern Africa, with some specimens growing up to 14 feet, and their bite has a fatality rate of 100 percent if left untreated....

Roy Thorne, who had been touring the home in west Michigan, called the experience “traumatizing” for him and his son. “My son was a little disturbed, he hasn’t seen anything like that…he’s not going to forget this,” Thorne said. Body camera footage from the officers who responded to the call showed Thorne explaining he had been visiting the house with his agent, and said he was “definitely not buying this place....

Berlinda Nibo, 25, said she was walking home near the protest when she was harassed by some of the demonstrators. “I’m walking by and they’re yelling at me because of my color, calling me the N-word calling me the B-word, saying, ‘All lives matter, Black lives doesn’t matter,’” Nibo told CBSLA. The young woman said she yelled back and the crowd began following her before the exchange became violent....

Keisha Young, 22, was dragged down a flight of stairs inside the popular Nellie’s Sports Bar by a security guard who reportedly believed the woman had brought a bottle of alcohol inside the establishment on the Saturday night of June 12. Video of the incident, taken by a bystander inside the bar, was shared to Instagram by Young’s mother on Monday. “I DO NOT PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO MY DAUGHTER YO!...

The Clippers forward will attend USA Basketball’s minicamp in Las Vegas next month as he looks for a spot on the 2016 Olympic team, ESPN reports. MORE: NBA stars in Stars and Stripes | Air Jordan’s ‘84 Olympic trials Griffin tore the meniscus in his left knee when it twisted after John Wall stepped on his foot during a pre-Olympics scrimmage in July 2012. The injury came shortly after Griffin signed a five-year, $95 million contract extension with the Clippers and kept the forward from representing the U....

The pipeline acts like a giant “lightning rod,” Bush says, carrying energy all the way from the North Slope, where the aurora is strong, down to Valdez. Which, of course, explains the ‘89 Exxon Valdez oil spill, she says: scientists measured record-high aurora that year. What, no full moon?

This article describes common bleeding disorders, their symptoms, causes, and treatments. The coagulation system should be in balance—not too much bleeding but also not too much clotting. The blood clotting process involves platelets, a type of blood cell, and coagulation factors, which are proteins in the blood. Symptoms The symptoms and severity of bleeding disorders can vary greatly. Some people experience frequent bleeding, while others may not experience the effects of a bleeding disorder unless they are having surgery or have had a serious injury....

The Galatasaray midfielder was withdrawn at halftime in a rampant 4-1 victory and coach Danny Blind now expects his captain to miss the clash with Les Bleus. But with a number of other midfield options within the squad, Blind is yet to decide whether he will call up a replacement. “The chance that he is there [against France] is minimal,” he said, in quotes reported by De Telegraaf. “It’s another injury....

Other Bush aides given recess appointments could face similar fates. At the Defense Department the temporary appointment of Peter Flory, an assistant secretary whose brief includes nonproliferation and Star Wars policies, also expires by the end of this year. Senate Dems blocked a vote on his confirmation last year, complaining that Flory had dealings in 2002 with Ahmad Chalabi’s controversial Iraqi National Congress, and that the Pentagon was stonewalling Senate requests for documents....

Then head judge Jacques Torres, the Food Network star and former pastry chef at Le Cirque, pulled the U.S. captain aside to break the news: Maury had made a mistake. While airbrushing his chocolate showpiece he applied a strip of clear, protective plastic to the back–and forgot to remove it. A tiny error, but enough to open the door for the French, the Belgians or even the upstart Japanese. For months, Maury, 33, had been assuring everyone of victory, but now doubt was creeping in....

Its name: Michael Bloomberg. Here we go again. Back in November, Obama and Bloomberg hastily arranged a breakfast sit-down at the New York Luncheonette on E. 50th Street–and the Bloomie-obsessed press immediately started wagging its cable/talk radio/tabloid/Internet tongue “about the possibilities, the angles, the common interests” (in the words of MSM queen bee Mark Halperin). Much of the speculation–and speculation is all one has when forced to “report” from the sidewalk outside a diner–centered on the possibility of an Obama-Bloomberg ticket, and whether Bloomberg, a billionaire many times over, could finance the bid out of pocket....

With Bloomberg’s disappointing showing during Super Tuesday, his plan to force the brokered convention appears to be growing more and more unlikely, experts said. That’s because in order to block either Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders or former Vice President Joe Biden—the race’s leading candidates—from clinching the nomination, Bloomberg has to take away a fair amount of delegates from them. And to amass a state’s delegates, he needs to capture 15 percent or more of the vote....

The Germany international goalkeeper sustained the injury as Cristiano Ronaldo completed his hat-trick in extra time during Tuesday’s 4-2 defeat to Madrid in the return leg of their quarter-final tie, which eliminated Bayern 6-3 on aggregate. Bayern announced the initial diagnosis and said 31-year-old Neuer will “undergo a thorough examination on arrival in Munich prior to a decision on the appropriate treatment”. Offside Ronaldo goals leave fans including Pique speechless...

The democratization of haute cuisine has taken many forms. Foodies have replaced gourmets. You can buy porcini mushrooms at the supermarket. In-flight meals are occasionally edible. Now along comes this blue-ribbon chef with the blue-collar moxie of a short-order cook. The old-school TV chefs of the ’70s were perfectionist doyennes (Julia Child) or wine-guzzling bons vivants (the galloping Graham Kerr), followed in the ’80s by the cook as control freak in the form of the Frugal Gourmet and Martha Stewart....

As with any MLB season, some teams rely more heavily on home runs than other clubs. Going yard solves a problem in a hurry, but is it a consistent and sustainable way to win? The results have been mixed thus far as select teams are hitting well-timed home runs and using that to their advantage. MORE: These teams would be the biggest playoff surprises Which teams are the most dependent on the long ball this year?...

That was Blue Jays reliever Ryan Tepera with the poorly-aimed shower of Powerade. As you can see, pretty much all of the sports drink got directly on Mae, with very little getting on the intended recipient, Smoak. After the unfortuante spill, all parties were able to laugh it off on Twitter. Next time, Tepera might want to control his aim a little better.

The Blues winger gave his team a 2-1 lead over the Sharks in the first period Monday night with an incredible shot. After San Jose goaltender Martin Jones made the initial blocker save, Brouwer whacked the puck out of midair and skipped it into the net. MORE: Must-see photos from the conference finals Prior to this season, Brouwer had scored only seven goals in 78 playoff games. He now has eight in 19 playoff games during the Blues’ postseason run....