Q: Ira, do you agree that Pat Riley and Andy Elisburg have done a poor job in upgrading the 2023 Heat roster? They now don’t have the money to seriously sign another star to play with the current core. Only option is a trade that could decimate the Heat’s younger players. The Heat’s competitors in…
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Elon Musk mocked Twitter’s efforts to force him to purchase the company — in a tweet, of course. Early Monday, Musk tweeted four images of him laughing next to captions that read: “They said I couldn’t buy Twitter. Then they wouldn’t disclose bot information. Now they want to force me to buy Twitter in court.…
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By Emily Nicolle and Isabelle Lee | Bloomberg Bitcoin bulls beware: Wall Street expects the cryptocurrency’s crash to get a whole lot worse. The token is more likely to tumble to $10,000, cutting its value roughly in half, than it is to rally back to $30,000, according to 60% of the 950 investors who responded…
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Official COVID-19 case metrics severely undercount the true number of infections, leaving the United States with a critical blind spot as the most transmissible coronavirus variant yet takes hold. The Omicron offshoot BA.5 became the dominant variant in the US last week, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Bay Area doctor is proposing a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico as a way to maintain access for people in southern states where abortion bans have been enacted. The idea is to provide a clinic aboard a ship in federal waters, and out of reach of state laws,…
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Nearly half of the teams in the NFC are either rebuilding, or seemingly tanking to position themselves to select high in what is supposed to be a quarterback-rich 2023 NFL draft. That opinion is based on many of the head-scratching moves made and the lack of roster improvement for about a dozen of the teams…
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By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News An ounce of prevention … well, you know the rest. In medicine, prevention aims to spot problems before they worsen, affecting both a patient’s health and finances. One of the more popular parts of the Affordable Care Act, which allows patients to get certain tests or treatments without forking out cash…
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It has been a Miami Heat speciality for years, the development of contributing out-of-nowhere centers. Isaac Austin. Hassan Whiteside. A year ago, Omer Yurtseven. That is the lineage that has preceded Orlando Robinson. It also is among the reasons the undrafted big man out of Fresno State jumped at the opportunity to possibly be next.…
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Nate Pierre-Louis of the Los Angeles Lakers saves the ball from going out of bounds after making a steal against the Charlotte Hornets during the 2022 NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 10, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L) and Naismith…
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Veteran outside linebacker Justin Houston will return to the Ravens on a one-year deal, the team announced Thursday, filling out one of the thinnest position groups on the roster. Terms were not immediately available, but Houston, 33, made $2.075 million last year. The four-time Pro Bowl selection recorded 4 1/2 sacks and a team-high 17…
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