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NBA power rankings 2025-26: Thunder remain on top, Pistons second as focus turns to trade deadline


The team that could put together the best offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo — or anyone else — likely will be quiet at the trade deadline. They may look to add a little depth along the front line, but think small moves, not big.

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba-power-rankings-2025-26-thunder-remain-on-top-pistons-second-as-focus-turns-to-trade-deadline?cid=nbcnews


Clemson basketball player’s teammates pool money to bring her mom from overseas for surprise visit


For Rusne Augustinaite, home is more than 5,000 miles away. The 22-year-old junior guard at Clemson University grew up in Lithuania, far from where she’s become one of the best three-point shooters in the Atlantic Coast Conference. And while she has now spent years playing in the U.S., one person has never seen her play a college game in person: her mom.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clemson-basketball-players-teammates-pool-money-bring-mom-overseas-surprise-visit/


Understanding Maternity Hospital Packages and Costs


Confused about the cost of childbirth? Learn what maternity hospital packages include, compare average costs for vaginal delivery vs. C-sections, and find out how insurance and the No Surprises Act impact your out-of-pocket expenses.

https://health.usnews.com/health-care/best-hospitals/articles/understanding-maternity-hospital-packages-and-costs


These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals


When Americans eat a burger, they aren’t just biting through bun, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Instead, the burger — or its packaging, or the utensil used to cook it — also probably contains a blend of chemicals scientists believe harm human health. PFAS. Phthalates. BPA. Flame retardants.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/food-plastic-chemicals-pfas-bpa/?itid=sf_climate-environment_package-1_1_2


Victorian-era disease branded world’s ‘most infectious’ rips through UK


Cases of a Victorian-era disease commonly mentioned in history books are increasing in parts of the UK. The disease famously killed authors like Emily Brontë and George Orwell, and is considered by many as a thing of the past. However, cases of tuberculosis, or TB, are still reported in the UK, and are rising in some regions. The north east of England has seen the highest increase in cases, followed by the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber and the north west.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2164865/victorian-disease-rips-through-uk-tuberculosis