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Most of these new drinkware options also come with the new flip lid. It’s splash- and spillproof and features an extra-large opening. It’s meant to accommodate a wide range of drinking styles and be usable with straws. Klean Kanteen is surely most proud of this collection because of its use of recycled stainless steel. According to the company, this results in ​​a “50-percent reduction in Klean Kanteen’s steel greenhouse gas emissions and 30-percent reduction in energy demand....

The juror, a mother of three from Mexico, said she saw video footage of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck last summer, and couldn’t understand why the officer didn’t get up when Floyd said he couldn’t breathe. “That’s not fair because we are humans, you know?” she said during the selection process. Defense attorney Eric Nelson also noted that the woman said on her jury questionnaire that she wanted to be a part of the trial “to give my opinion of the unjust death of George Floyd....

This article discusses the signs and symptoms of syphilis infection and how it is diagnosed and treated. First Signs of Syphilis Symptoms of syphilis are present during the first two stages of infection, known as the primary and secondary stages. Some symptoms can also develop during the final stage, which is known as the tertiary stage, but this happens long after a person first becomes infected. Primary Syphilis The primary stage of syphilis occurs between 10 and 90 days after you contract the infection....

Dr. Frank Gabrin, 60, a two-time cancer survivor who worked at New Jersey’s East Orange General Hospital and another hospital in Long Island, attempted to recover from his symptoms at home before he died on Tuesday, Gabrin’s husband, Arnold Vargas, confirmed. “He told me, ‘I can handle this. I survived cancer and this is just the coronavirus,’” Vargas said. Gabrin was reported to have woken up with chest pains on March 24 and told Vargas “Baby, I can’t breathe,” according to NJ....

The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) announced on Thursday that the case was found in Rockland County and it has been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has reported the last case of polio in the U.S. in 2013. “Today NYSDOH notified NYers of a case of polio in Rockland County, identified through sequencing at Wadsworth, confirmed by @CDCgov,” the department tweeted. “We will continue to investigate, respond, & protect communities through vaccine clinics....

Sights for Sore Eyes. According to a study reported in the Survey of Ophthalmology, computer users risk tired, red eyes, burning and blurred or double vision. People blink up to 60 percent less often while looking at the screen, causing dry-eye symptoms. The cornea is also sensitive to office hazards like dry air, airborne paper dust and ventilation fans. To protect yourself, look away from the screen and at a distant object at least every 30 minutes....

All three looked impressive in a 1-1 draw against Portugal. Their performances may have come in a meaningless match against a Portuguese B team that looked disinterested at times, but it was still a meeting against high-level competition. The U.S. played with real purpose and energy, looking nothing like the lethargic squad that sleepwalked through the October loss to Trinidad & Tobago that ultimately cost the team its place at the 2018 World Cup....

Here are five things to know about the Broncos before they take on Carolina at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 7. MORE: Bronocs vs. Panthers: Who has the better built roster? | Smartest Broncos money decisions Broncos are in elite Super Bowl company The Broncos are making their eighth Super Bowl appearance, joining the Patriots, Cowboys and Steelers as the most in NFL history. Winning those games has been a different story....

Kevin Ollie was the apple of everyone’s eye. The then 40-year-old had just guided UConn to a national championship in his second-year at the helm as the successor to legendary coach Jim Calhoun. A 13-year NBA veteran, the former point guard was regularly mentioned as a potential candidate for NBA jobs. Now, he’s unemployed. After back-to-back losing seasons, Ollie was fired Saturday morning. So, what’s next for the Huskies. SN looks at five potential replacements....

Even though the weather is getting colder and baseball hasn’t been around for less than a week, that itch for pitchers and catchers is starting to get just a bit annoying. If you’ve followed my work, you’d know that I am absolutely excellent at predicting things. Seriously. Some around the office call me “Joestradamus.” So while you’re putting on your winter boots and breaking out the shovel, here are some way-too-early bold predictions for the 2019 season sure to keep you warm....

Josh Speidel scored his first career points Tuesday on an emotional Senior Night for Vermont. Five years ago, Speidel was involved in a car crash that left him with a traumatic brain injury. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf spoke with Speidel’s parents after his game, and they provided the initial scary outlook for their son. From ESPN: Speidel had already committed to Vermont, and he stuck with his commitment. On Tuesday, he was able to make his first Division I start....

A news release from the Florida Highway Patrol said a white Mercedes driven by the 23-year-old Cuban defector was pulled over around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Authorities said Puig was arrested and charged with reckless driving and taken to the Collier County Jail for processing. Puig lives in the Miami area during the offseason. Dodgers spokesman Joe Jareck declined to comment on Puig's latest arrest. In April, when he was still in the minors, Puig was charged with reckless driving and speeding after Chattanooga, Tenn....

He had planned to launch his homemade, steam-powered rocket 5,000 feet into the air above the community of Amboy, California. The launch is postponed until Saturday. Hughes, 63, previously launched in March 2018 to an altitude of 1,875 feet aboard his steam-powered rocket. In media coverage of his 2018 launch, various publications stated that Hughes was launching to see Earth’s curvature for himself (it is not visible at the altitude that Hughes hopes to reach this month)....

With floodwaters taking their toll on Columbia, it was the logical decision, university president Harris Pastides said. MORE: This week’s SEC Power Rankings | SN’s latest Top 20 — a new No. 1 “Yesterday, we made the extremely difficult decision to cancel classes for the week due to the stress 34,000 students would place on the region’s recovering infrastructure, there is no doubt 85,000 fans would exact the same toll,” Pastides said....

The teams have played only intermittently since the Gators dropped the Hurricanes from their schedule after 1987, a controversial move that Florida said was necessitated by its SEC schedule but others claimed was because Miami had at that point become a national powerhouse. MORE: SEC still atop conference rankings? | SN’s Top 25 Miami leads the series, 29–26, and has won seven of the past eight games, including a 21–16 victory in their most recent meeting in 2013....

Florida and Texas, two southern states with increasingly-high amounts of cases, are running into a problem of too many coronavirus patients and hardly anywhere to treat them. And the daily patient count keeps mounting in both states. Cases in both states have dramatically spiked for the past several weeks. As of Wednesday night, Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration reported that 971 adult ICU beds were available statewide for a population of more than 21 million....

Grandpa Duane Smith, 61, wanted to strengthen his bond with his 11-year-old grandson by going magnet fishing at a South Miami-Dade canal on Sunday but was stunned by what they caught, according to the Miami Herald. Having stumbled across a YouTube video about magnet fishing, Smith thought it would be a great activity and so the pair dropped their five-pound magnet into the C-102 canal in Princeton. While the two were hoping to find something valuable hiding in the canal, they were stunned to discover two ....

The image was taken by Dylann Turffs, a ranger working in Everglades National Park and was subsequently shared online. In an Instagram post, she said: “A few weeks back Kevin and I went to the park to test our new lens and were rewarded with one of the most incredible sightings. This large male American crocodile was courting a female croc and had recently killed another male. Here you can see him about to swallow its leg....