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Ferry is at the center of a Hawks scandal that involves racially insensitive comments on two fronts. Hawks owner Bruce Levenson resigned amid turmoil after a 2012 e-mail in which he made racist remarks was revealed. Now, Ferry will also step down, although it remains unclear if or when he will return to his post as general manager. Soon after it was announced that he would step away from the team for an indefinite amount of time, Ferry released a statement in which he praised and apologized to Deng....

The candidates, who have gone toe-to-toe in one of the nation’s closest races, will debate Tuesday night in their first and only physical encounter exactly two weeks prior to the election. A new CBS News/YouGov poll released Wednesday shows Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, leading 51 percent to 49 percent, with Oz having gained three percentage points since polling in September. The biggest issues on voters’ minds favor what Oz has stressed on the campaign trail....

From January 2020 to June 2020, Chicago-based researchers looked at domestic violence police reports from the Chicago Police Department and NowPow community resource database. Of the 77 community areas in Chicago, the order was associated with a decrease in domestic violence police report rates of 21.8 crimes per 100,000 individuals per month in each community area. While the study did not draw conclusive results, researchers predict that these lower rates were likely due to decreased incidence or simply underreporting....

The Americans have won the last two editions and aim to win a third consecutive title this year, something no team has ever achieved in the competition’s 69-year long history. Gregg Popovich’s men open their campaign when they take on the Czech Republic on Saturday morning in Shanghai, before playing Turkey and Japan over the next four days. Team USA is the bookmakers’ favorite but lacks the star quality that had characterized it in recent tournaments....

USA advanced to the second round from Group E after edging Turkey 93-92 in Shanghai on Tuesday. The two-time defending champions survived a huge scare, Turkey having chances to go three points up with nine seconds remaining in OT, only for Dogus Balbay and Cedi Osman to miss free throws. USA head coach Popovich said the encounter showed the defending champions still had plenty of work to do at the tournament in China....

Although research supporting the use of diet in fibromyalgia is of low quality overall, a 2019 review published in the Annals of Medicine reported that diet rendered positive results in five of the seven studies reviewed. This included improved sleep, a reduction in depression and anxiety, and a better overall quality of life. On the other hand, the impact of diet on fibromyalgia symptoms (such as pain, fatigue, constipation, and “mental fog”) remains unclear....

If you have fibromyalgia and are contemplating pregnancy, it’s natural to wonder what impact your illness will have on your ability to get pregnant, the pregnancy itself, delivery and recovery, the health of your baby, and the short- and long-term severity of your fibromyalgia. Research is starting to provide a more complete picture of pregnancy with fibromyalgia, and much of the news is encouraging. While you may face some additional risks and challenges because of your condition and its treatments, the most common outcome is a successful pregnancy, a healthy baby, and no long-term worsening of fibromyalgia symptoms....

Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS are medically unexplained syndromes—known as functional somatic syndromes—that can often co-occur. While chronic pain and fatigue are common with both, pain is the predominant feature of fibromyalgia and fatigue is the predominant feature of ME/CFS. Migraines are just one of the symptoms that connect the two conditions. This article explores the link between migraines and fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. It also explains how you can treat and prevent migraines with medications and lifestyle....

Then, Field remembers, “we hugged,” and the moment passed. Tupac’s fast-lane, workaholic life sped on. He completed the movie, meanwhile stockpiling enough new rap recordings to fill new releases–and the burgeoning coffers of Interscope Records, the extraordinary company Field helped launch, now the most successful new musical enterprise in the world. Last week “Gridlock’d” opened to positive reviews. The soundtrack, including four new Tupac songs, seems headed toward the top of the music charts....

Amin Younes has been selected for the Eredivisie challenge, which requires FIFA gamers to collect XI players from each of the clubs in the Dutch top-flight in order to earn an untradeable boosted version of the Germany international. Reading defender Liam Moore is the player of choice for the Championship, being boosted to an overall 83 rating with an impressive 80 pace score. The requirements for Moore are similar, with gamers needing to complete all 24 Championship squads....

You can’t blame Hanks for being protective. It was his idea, after starring in “Saving Private Ryan,” to turn Stephen Ambrose’s nonfiction best seller into a made-for-TV epic. Hanks was so passionate that he talked Spielberg out of adapting another Ambrose book so the two projects wouldn’t compete. Which does raise the question: what makes “Band of Brothers” different from all the other recent World War II movies, miniseries and books?...

“If we had a healthy squad last season, we would have been in the playoffs – it’s that simple,” the Timbers head coach told Goal. “But we weren’t healthy. The problem is we had to rely on our depth and our depth didn’t get the job done.” MORE: All you need to know about Portland​ As key player after key player went down, the Timbers were forced to abandon their preferred style of play....

When the Zags showed up they were so callow they were thrilled to be provided a police escort to the arena. (And that was the coaches, not the players.) But they were good enough to beat Florida by a point in a classic of a Sweet 16 game and then torture No. 1 seed — and eventual national champion — Connecticut for most of 40 minutes before falling by five....

Here are the four most underrated stories heading into the games between Gonzaga-South Carolina and North Carolina-Oregon: 1. Oregon’s transformation In the final eight games he played before being lost for the season with a knee injury, center Chris Boucher averaged 21 minutes, 10.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2 blocks. He also made at least one 3-pointer in each of those games. This was not an insignificant player. Without him, the Ducks were almost certain to become a fundamentally different team....

No. 11 Loyola-Chicago will meet No. 3 Michigan in one national semifinal, and No. 1 Villanova will take on No. 1 Kansas in the second semifinal. The winners will meet for the title to conclude another wild installment of March Madness. MARCH MADNESS 2018: NCAA Tournament bracket It’s never too early to take an early look at the field vying for that national championship, which features four teams capable of winning it all....

The Tar Heels entered this tournament as the No. 8 seed in the East bracket in coach Hubert Davis’ inaugural season, but ripped off five straight wins, including an 81-77 thriller over blood rival Duke. With their NCAA championship appearance, North Carolina will be tied for the lowest seed to make a finals appearance, joining 1985 Villanova (who defeated No. 1 Georgetown), 2011 Butler (who lost to No. 3 Connecticut), and 2014 Kentucky (who lost to No....

The new directive is needed because a little known program called “continuous evaluation” now constantly scrutinizes the activities of some 1.7 million security clearance holders—military servicemembers, civil service employees and even private industry workers—matching crime reports, court records, property transactions, and credit scores to workers and flagging activities that indicate possible wrongdoing or deception. This Big Brother automated system is used to verify and uncover facts about individuals as well as look for anomalous activity that might reveal spying for a foreign government but also provides early warning of “insider threats”: the next Edward Snowden-type individual who uses their access to government secrets to make public revelations....

We probably care too much about the presidency, but we can’t seem to help ourselves. In a busy and fragmented American life, it is our relentless focus. And that can be dangerous. We tend to forget that Ronald Reagan’s presidency nearly was snuffed out at its start by an assassin in 1981. The Gipper was lucky to have survived the attack by a lunatic gunman, which took place at the entrance to the Washington Hilton—the same doorway that partygoers use each year for the White House Correspondents Dinner....