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The Nets star nearly propelled Brooklyn into the 2021 Eastern Conference finals with what initially appeared to be a game-winning 3-pointer but was correctly ruled a game-tying 2-pointer in Game 7 of the Nets’ second-round series against the Bucks. Milwaukee went on to win in overtime, of course, and eventually capture the NBA championship. MORE: Russell Westbrook should take important lesson from Carmelo Anthony After coming up short in his quest for a third title, Durant shifted his focus to the Olympics....

What can stakeholders in AI do differently in the next two decades to ensure they make progress and don’t disrupt lives? This question is more important now than ever as some of the scenarios that used to only live in sci-fi novels feel closer than ever to becoming reality. How do humans make progress and not leave behind the less fortunate? To find good answers to those questions, let’s look at what history teaches....

On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the NBA revealed that the league’s most prestigious individual honor has a reimagined trophy honoring the career of Michael Jordan. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, Jordan earned 14 All-Star selections, 11 All-NBA selections and six championships in his Hall of Fame career. He was named MVP five times, tying him with Bill Russell for the second-most all-time. The only player with more MVP trophies?...

“Diwali is celebrated, generally for five days, during the sacred month of Kārtika (mid-October to mid-November), the eighth month of the year (or the seventh month of the Bengali calendar) named after the Pleiades star cluster (Kṛttikā or Kāṛtikā),” Dr. Cogen Bohanec of the Hindu Studies and Sustainability faculty at the Graduate Theological Union, told Newsweek. Here’s a breakdown of the five days and how to spend them. Day One On the first day, people tend to clean their homes and shop for gold or kitchen utensils to help bring good luck....

“For lots of us, the pain of uncertainty has become almost intolerable,” says Plano, Texas financial planner Gretchen Behnke. There is no denying that there is a lot to be stressed about these days when it comes to your finances—double-digit unemployment, dwindling federal aid, no comprehensive plan to contain the virus, just to name a few. But there are a few practical steps you can take now that will help you better weather the current financial storm and set you up for brighter days when they finally arrive....

Granted, the Blue Jays overachieved the past couple of years and made it to the ALCS, but their inevitable losses to the Royals and Indians still kind of stung. Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs made the playoffs for the first time in forever on the back of Auston Matthews and then promptly lost in the first round to the Bruins. And the poor Raptors just can’t beat LeBron James … well, pretty much ever....

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is now reportedly the focus of an internal investigation by its parent company, WarnerMedia amid accusations of a toxic workplace culture, racism, and sexual harassment—amid reports that the 62-year-old wants to quit the show. Corden, who hosts The Late Late Show, is now the favorite to replace DeGeneres if she decides to leave, according to a source published in The Sun newspaper. “This issue has fast-tracked everything and made everyone look at the future today,” the source told the publication....

Ginni Thomas’ lawyer, Mark Paoletta, confirmed in a statement to several news outlets that she will attend the voluntary interview following months of calls for her to testify under oath about what she knew about attempts to overturn the 2020 Election results. “As she has said from the outset, Mrs. Thomas is eager to answer the Committee’s questions to clear up any misconceptions about her work relating to the 2020 election,” Paoletta said....

The Monroe, La., native — 247Sports’ No. 5 defensive tackle in the class of 2016 — told ESPN Friday he would go with the in-state school, which boasts the nation’s No. 1 class. MORE: Weekly recruiting roundup | LSU stars returning “I chose LSU because of the relationships that I have developed with the players, and I’ve always wanted to play in Death Valley,” Lawrence told ESPN. “So at the end of the day, I followed my heart....

The Three Lions scored with their only three shots on target, and Gordon Strachan’s men had a greater goal threat for much of the night despite finding itself on the wrong side of the scoreline in the end. There was much for England to ponder following the performance, with the result one of few positives to be taken from the night. And Southgate will know that he has a number of areas to address....

According to the report, which claims that the outlet received the contract from Football Leaks, the youngster received a contract worth five times what he was earning with the Bundesliga outfit, a whopping €12 million per year, up from the €2.4m he earned per season with BVB. Girona and Barcelona to draw at 5/1 Dembele’s personal deal also reportedly includes the possibility of a €3.3m bonus should the Catalan side win a treble....

A volunteer crew was launched at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday after a station in Cornwall received reports of a kayaker in difficulty, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said. As the lifeboat headed out to sea they received more information from the coastguard. It emerged the person was raising the alarm to help five more kayakers who were sheltering from changing sea conditions at Butterhole Beach after being trapped by an incoming tide....

But then I asked myself how I might do in his shoes, and I remembered how badly we sometimes handle these sorts of flaps at NEWSWEEK. Although journalists are great at dishing out criticism, we are not so great at taking it or admitting to our errors. It often takes us a few days to come clean when we make a mistake. We constantly chastise politicians for covering up or equivocating, but our own record is less than stellar....

The British pop star sat down for an in-depth conversation with King for a nearly 10-minute segment that aired on CBS This Morning on Thursday. In the piece—which marks the singer’s first television interview since filing a December lawsuit against LaBeouf—FKA Twigs detailed some of her allegations of emotional, mental and physical abuse. For instance, she told King that she allegedly had to give LaBeouf a certain amount of physical affection each and every day while they were together....

In the early hours of Monday morning, the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flash flood watch warning for several states in the northeast, including Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut and New York. In a tweet about the flash flood threat, the NWS wrote that there is “potential for heavy rain and flash flooding across parts of the Northeast tonight and especially Monday and Monday night, particularly poor drainage areas in the NYC metro region....

Some of the beneficial properties of flavonoids (Limbrel) include being antioxidants, reducing inflammation, preventing mutation, interfering with the development of cancer, and regulating key cellular enzyme functions. This article will discuss the different subtypes of flavonoids, in which foods they appear, and their possible health benefits. Flavonoids in Foods There are several subtypes of flavonoids, and their food sources vary. Flavanols and Flavan-3-ols Of all the flavonoid subgroups, flavanols are the largest, with more than 6,000 types....

Olivia Kiger-Camilo, a high school junior from the city of Wheeling, was rushed to WVU Children’s Hospital in Morgantown and taken to the ICU last week after being infected with the bacteria, likely via a cut on her foot, a family friend, Nikki Bowman Mills, said in a Facebook post. There, medical staff diagnosed her with a very rare and “extremely” serious condition called necrotizing fasciitis. Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal infection caused by several different types of bacteria which move rapidly through the body, attacking the skin and soft tissue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC....

This decision is a result of pressure from the EU to stop bringing people from the Middle East to Minsk, a convenient starting point to entering EU member nations like Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The Associated Press reported that many of the migrants attempting to enter the EU are fleeing conflicts in their home countries and looking to resettle in Western European nations like Germany, where some have relatives already settled....

The pair have been together for a few of years now and Pugh, 25, made waves when she addressed their relationship, and their 21-year age difference, in a lengthy Instagram video. While promoting her new movie Black Widow, Pugh has once again commented on their situation, telling The Sunday Times: “I think it bugs people that it’s not who they expected but it’s my life and I’m not doing anything to please people or to make it a better headline or story....

Jean Richardson, a lawyer with the Richardson Law Group in North Miami and Orlando, told WTVJ that the woman came to his office Monday with visible injuries, including a bruised eye, scratches and a swollen lip. “The minute she arrived, it was obvious that she had been battered,” Richardson said. While the woman was too afraid to contact police, Richardson said he convinced her to file a restraining order against her husband, who allegedly committed the abuse....