Ja Morant scored 33 points, including a layup with .5 seconds remaining, and Desmond Bane scored a career-high 32 points as the visiting Memphis Grizzlies withstood a fourth-quarter rally by the Phoenix Suns for a 114–113 win on Monday night. Steven Adams had 13 points and 16 rebounds, and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 11 points…Continue Reading
Stock price movements are seen on a screen at a securities company on Feb. 9, 2018. (Nicolas Asouri/AFP via Getty Images) MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc completed the sale of its equity interest in Ampere Computing Holdings LLC to Denver Acquisition Corp for a predetermined cash consideration amount of ~$127.7 million. Ampere was established in 2017 when…Continue Reading
Animation of Saturn overlaid with false colour representation of the ultraviolet aurora in the northern hemisphere as observed in 2008. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL-CALTECH via AP/Screenshot via The Epoch Times) Launched a quarter of a century ago on 15 October 1997, the Cassini spacecraft spent 13 years exploring Saturn. The only spacecraft to ever orbit Saturn,…Continue Reading
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 117–112 win over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. Rookie Aaron Wiggins had 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting for the Thunder, who have won four of five. The loss snapped the Pelicans’ four-game winning streak. New Orleans’ Brandon Ingram left the…Continue Reading
Australia has retained the Ashes after fast bowler Scott Boland led a demolition of the English side, who were all out for 68 in the third Test. The 32-year-old, who was making his Test debut in front of a home crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), took a remarkable 6/7 to help wrap up…Continue Reading
1/3 Experts say that carefully choosing your seat on an airplane may limit the risk of spreading COVID-19, or another infectious disease. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo Taking to the skies for a long-awaited holiday? Choose your seat on the plane wisely and don’t overlook familiar steps like keeping your mask on to…Continue Reading
Genes in human embryos become active far sooner than once thought, according to a study that provides fresh insight into development. Contrary to the old view that gene activity begins two to three days after conception when the embryo is made up of four to eight cells, researchers found that it actually begins at the…Continue Reading
Security footage shows a suspect during a shooting at a convenience store in Texas that left three teens dead. Photo courtesy Garland Police Department Dec. 27 (UPI) — Police in Texas arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with a shooting that left three teenagers dead and another injured over the weekend. The shooting took place…Continue Reading
Police footage released Monday shows a suspect standing in front of a dressing room where a 14-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet and killed by police. Screen capture/Los Angeles Police Department/YouTube Dec. 27 (UPI) — The Los Angeles Police Department on Monday released video footage from a shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl…Continue Reading
1/4 French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced a variety of new COVID-19 restrictions on Monday. Screencapture/French Government/YouTube Dec. 27 (UPI) — France announced tightened COVID-19 protocols on Monday while Britain said it will not implement new restrictions before the new year. The differing strategies came as the rapid spread of the Omicron variant spurred record-breaking…Continue Reading