Apply all the clichéd adjectives you want to the Philadelphia 76ers’ 105-104 win over the Miami Heat in Wednesday’s play-in game: gritty, old-school, physical, hard-nosed. This was not the beautiful game, but rather a scrappy slopfest befitting a high-stakes postseason contest. The four players who took the most shots made a combined 33 percent of their attempts: But after overcoming a 12-point half-time deficit and several rounds of boos from the home crowd, the 76ers can breathe a sigh of...
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday released their 2023 tax returns. Here are lessons for everyday taxpayers, according to experts.
James Martin gave an update on his cancer battle during an appearance on Lorraine on Monday morning.
Yossi Levi is a member of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, whose exemption from compulsory military service is dividing Israel and threatens to topple its government. In fact, around 10% of the haredim, as the ultra-Orthodox are known, come forward voluntarily for the standard three years of military service, Levi said. The IDF does not publish troop numbers.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden took a giant step toward making us safer from gun violence by making it harder for someone who shouldn’t possess a gun to buy one. Next week will mark the 25th anniversary of the deadly massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado. The 13 victims murdered that day were killed by two students firing guns lawfully acquired without any background checks. Since Columbine, many other mass shootings have been linked to guns purchased without the benefit of a...
Millions of years ago, animals adapted to become warm-blooded amid huge climactic changes. Now scientists hope these clues from the past could help us understand what lies aheadIn Chicago’s Field Museum, behind a series of access-controlled doors, are about 1,500 dinosaur fossil specimens. The palaeobiologist Jasmina Wiemann walks straight past the bleached leg bones – some as big as her – neither does she glance at the fully intact spinal cord, stained red by iron oxides filling the spaces...
Odds are many of your employees have dealt with workplace trauma. There's no magic way of healing people — but here's how leaders can help empower their people.
Many consumers who shop online prefer to return items to brick-and-mortar stores rather than mail them back. In a new study, researchers assessed a new practice called return partnership, in which online retailers partner with retailers with physical stores to offer offline returns. They conclude that this arrangement can benefit both online and store retailers, though businesses should be careful to choose the right partners.
The big man returns to a team that has played well in his absence
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Elena Rybakina has continued her incredible start to the 2024 season, reaching her fifth final of the year with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Iga Swiatek in the semifinals of Stuttgart on Saturday. And she achieved a lot with her latest win over the world No. 1: It was her tour-leading 25th win of the year. Going into their semifinal clash, Rybakina and Swiatek were tied for most wins on the women's tour so far this year with 24 each. She’s now into her tour-leading fifth final of the year....
Influenced by Korn and moving beyond their native Ireland, the band are ready to be one of the biggest in the world. They explain how panic attacks and parenthood came to bear on a bold new LPCarlos O’Connell isn’t merely excited about the release of Fontaines DC’s new single. He’s “giddy for it. I’m giddy,” he emphasises, reclining in his dressing gown in a sunlit corner of his north London home. His attire is far from rock star loucheness: it’s 9am and the guitarist has already been up for...