Lakers vs. Suns score, takeaways: Phoenix evens series in Game 4; Anthony Davis suffers groin injury in loss

Lakers vs. Suns score, takeaways: Phoenix evens series in Game 4; Anthony Davis suffers groin injury in loss

The Los Angeles Lakers dropped Game 4 of their best-of-seven series against the Phoenix Suns, 100-92. However, the game itself wasn’t the biggest loss that Los Angeles experienced on Sunday afternoon as Anthony Davis was forced to miss the entire second half after suffering a strained left groin.

With Game 5 scheduled for Tuesday night,

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The ‘Friends’ Reunion That Lost Its Nerve

The ‘Friends’ Reunion That Lost Its Nerve

Originally, nostalgia was understood to be a weighted and sad feeling — a disorder, even, a disruptive and painful longing for home. It came from the same root as pain-related words like fibromyalgia and analgesic. It wasn’t quite the same thing as reminiscing with your college friends or telling funny stories about your kids when they were growing up. And it definitely wasn’t the same thing as a clip show.

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Prosecutors investigating Trump tell witness to prepare for grand jury testimony

Prosecutors investigating Trump tell witness to prepare for grand jury testimony

Manhattan prosecutors pursuing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump, his company and its executives have told at least one witness to prepare for grand jury testimony, according to a person familiar with the matter — a signal that the lengthy investigation is moving into an advanced stage.

The development suggests that the Manhattan district attorney’s office is poised to transition from collecting evidence to presenting what is likely a complex case to a grand jury,

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Tennessee Titans betting favorites to land Julio Jones

Tennessee Titans betting favorites to land Julio Jones

The Tennessee Titans drafted two wide receivers on the first day of May to address their most pressing need. Now, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, Tennessee is the betting favorite to land Julio Jones.

The Titans are +175 right now to make the trade. The Atlanta Falcons (+250) and New England Patriots (+500) round out the Top 3.

Vegas’ latest odds come on the heels of Jones’ Monday appearance on FS1’s Undisputed.

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New information on Wuhan researchers’ illness furthers debate on pandemic origins

New information on Wuhan researchers’ illness furthers debate on pandemic origins

A US intelligence report found that several researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019 and had to be hospitalized, a new detail about the severity of their symptoms that could fuel further debate about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people briefed on the intelligence.

A State Department fact sheet released by the Trump administration in January said that the researchers had gotten sick in autumn 2019 but did not go as far as to say they had been hospitalized.

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Taiwan blames China for slowing down its access to Covid-19 vaccines. The reality is more complicated

Taiwan blames China for slowing down its access to Covid-19 vaccines. The reality is more complicated

As countries ravaged by the coronavirus rushed to vaccinate their populations earlier this year, there was little sense of urgency to get inoculated in Taiwan.

The island of 23 million people had recorded close to zero local infections for months, and demand for the vaccine was so low that only 1% of the population was vaccinated.

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Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to a ceasefire

Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to a ceasefire

Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire, after more than a week of conflict left hundreds dead, most of them Palestinians. The truce signals an end to the immediate bloodshed, but will likely leave both sides further apart than ever.

Over 11 days, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a devastating aerial bombardment of Gaza,

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Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds

Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds

There is no such thing as a “safe” level of drinking, with increased consumption of alcohol associated with poorer brain health, according to a new study.

In an observational study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers from the University of Oxford studied the relationship between the self-reported alcohol intake of some 25,000 people in the UK,

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Israeli jets pound Gaza as rocket fire resumes and Palestinians hit streets to protest

Israeli jets pound Gaza as rocket fire resumes and Palestinians hit streets to protest

Israeli warplanes continued to pound Gaza on Tuesday and rocket fire into Israel resumed after a brief lull, as Palestinian protesters hit the streets in cities across the West Bank and elsewhere.

Thousands gathered in various towns in the West Bank, including Ramallah and Hebron, on Tuesday after a number of Palestinian groups, including Hamas militants in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank,

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Netanyahu vows to continue strikes on Gaza as Israel pounds Hamas targets

Netanyahu vows to continue strikes on Gaza as Israel pounds Hamas targets

The Israeli military pounded Gaza with airstrikes on Monday, saying it was targeting the homes and infrastructure of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “to continue to strike at the targets of terrorism.”

The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said 212 people had been killed and 1,400 others injured since violence flared last week,

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