NBA superstar Dwyane Wade spoke out against the onslaught of laws targeting transgender youth, adding that he fears for the safety of his 15-year-old daughter Zaya, who’s trans, “every time she leaves the house.” The three-time NBA champion and philanthropist was in New York City on Tuesday, as one of the speakers at the Time…
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USC executive senior associate athletic director Brandon Sosna is leaving the athletic department for a front office job with the Detroit Lions, a source confirmed Thursday. Sosna arrived at USC in 2019 alongside athletic director Mike Bohn, whom he worked with at Cincinnati. During his tenure at USC, Sosna played a major role in revitalizing…
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By Ann Carrns | The New York Times Remember adjustable-rate mortgages? Rising interest rates are again making those mortgages attractive to homebuyers because the starting rate is generally lower than the rate on traditional fixed-rate home loans. But they can be riskier. Adjustable-rate mortgages, known as ARMs, have interest rates that can go up or…
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By Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see. From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It’s dubbed “shrinkflation,” and it’s accelerating worldwide. In the U.S., a small box of Kleenex now has 60 tissues; a few months…
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By JILL COLVIN | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Members of the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6 will hold their first prime-time hearing Thursday to share what they have uncovered about then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which culminated in the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.…
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Q: You spoke about getting Jimmy Butler more help (younger) and yet Zach Lavine looks like he and Chicago will part ways, but at what cost? Would it be wise to perhaps consider a trade of Lavine for a Tyler Herro/Max Strus/Duncan Robinson package? We could unload Robinson’s contract for an NBA star in LaVine.…
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They wound up speaking on the same subject on the same day, which at least means that while Duncan Robinson fell out of the Miami Heat’s rotation during the playoffs, he never distanced himself from the team’s messaging. So there was Heat President Pat Riley, as the focus in the interview room at FTX Arena,…
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Q: Why couldn’t Kyle Lowry, like Dwyane Wade, come off the bench and keep our best five scorers in the starting unit, which would include Max Strus with Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, and, if he’s still with us, Tucker. Coming off the bench to provide a spark could be Lowry, Victor and whomever…
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SAN DIEGO — Friday night will mark the first real step toward full strength for a struggling Mets rotation. Tylor Megill is set to be activated on Friday against the Angels in what will be his first start since coming off the injured list with right biceps tendinitis. Megill, who was placed on the IL…
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A dream stoked for more than a decade by ride enthusiasts of a massive Giga roller coaster rising more than 300 feet in the air above Knott’s Berry Farm that would be the beast of the West Coast for years to come remains just that — a dream. Knott’s Berry Farm currently has no plans…
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