Mark Jackson has always had a different way viewing sports. He didn’t just listen and watch, he observed the action. The three-dimensional approach has served him well. “I listened as a fan, I watched as a wannabe coach and wannabe player. I would listen to the games in a weird way as a kid, and […]
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Asian financial markets advanced Monday after China released better-than-expected trade data for May, though worries remain over trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing. Reopening after a market holiday, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng picked up 2.2% to 27,559.86 and the Shanghai Composite index was 0.8% higher at 2,849.22. Japan’s Nikkei 225 advanced 1.2% to 21,134.42, while
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When doctors said her youngest child would be a girl, Amie Schofield chose the name Victoria. Then they said the child would be a boy, so she switched to Victor. It turned out neither was exactly right. The blue-eyed baby was intersex, with both male and female traits. And so she and her husband decided
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Image copyright Unite Image caption Unite members at the two sites will walk out at both airports from 04:00 until 16:00 The second of two 12-hour strikes has begun at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports. The move follows stalled talks between the AGS Airports group and the Unite union over pay and pensions. Unite members at
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Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at close range Sunday night in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said Ortiz was at the Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo Domingo
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• Mr. Trump asserted on Sunday that there were secret, undisclosed elements to his new immigration agreement with Mexico, as he sought to deflect criticism that he achieved less than he had claimed. • The Mexico tariff story offered a case study in Mr. Trump’s approach: When the goal seems frustratingly out of reach, threaten
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In 2016, the UK’s chief medical officers recommended men and women drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week, but a BBC Panorama investigation found just 14 of 100 alcoholic products carried that information. Clare Hutton almost died from drinking too much alcohol, and her husband was told she would have had 10
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Image copyright Getty Images Air New Zealand will end a ban on staff having visible tattoos, in a move it says will allow staff to express cultural and individual diversity. Some New Zealanders with Maori heritage wear tattoos to mark their genealogy and heritage. The airline said from 1 September, all employees will be able
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After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation’s most notorious murder cases, O.J. Simpson says his life has entered a phase he calls the “no negative zone.” In a telephone Interview, Simpson told The Associated Press he is healthy and happy living in Las Vegas. And neither he nor his children
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Some low-income adults in California living in the country illegally will soon get their health benefits paid for by taxpayers. Democrats in the state Legislature on Sunday agreed to make adults between the ages of 19 and 25 eligible for the state’s Medicaid program. Not everyone will get those benefits, only people whose incomes are
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