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A’ja Wilson leads way as Aces narrowly capture Game 1 WNBA Finals win over Mercury

A’ja Wilson and Dana Evans each scored 21 points, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-86 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday night. Wilson scored 12 of her points over the final 14 minutes, and Phoenix’s Satou Sabally missed a long 3-pointer with 2 seconds left that would have…
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Nets’ Israeli rookies keeping focus on NBA debuts as war in Gaza continues

With rookies Danny Wolf and Ben Saraf, the Nets became the first NBA team with two Israelis on the roster.
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Munich airport forced to suspend flights for second day in a row over drone sightings

About 6,500 passengers stranded as interior minister says earlier drone incident a ‘wake-up call’

Munich airport was forced to halt operations for the second day in a row on Friday over drone sightings, with dozens of flights and more than 6,000 passengers affected.

Airports in Denmark, Norway and Poland have recently suspended flights due to unidentified drones, while Romania and Estonia have pointed the finger at Russia, which has brushed off the allegations.

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Indonesian school collapse: death toll rises to 14 as crews pull more bodies from rubble

Dozens of students remain unaccounted for at Sidoarjo boarding school as rescuers bring in heavy excavators to clear large slabs of concrete

The death toll from a school collapse in Indonesia rose to 14 on Friday after recovery crews pulled multiple bodies from beneath the rubble. Dozens of students remain unaccounted for and the death toll is expected to rise.

Rescuers initially searched by hand for survivors after the building caved in on Monday. But with no more signs of life detected by Thursday, they turned to heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers to help them progress more rapidly.

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Tyrone Tracy returns to practice in positive step toward Giants return

He has been sidelined since suffering a dislocated right shoulder in the first quarter of a Week 3 loss to Kansas City.
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Dem Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones fantasized about a GOP pol getting ‘two bullets to the head’ in shocking text messages

“Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot,” the former member of the Virginia House of Delegates continued, presenting the recipient of his text with a dark hypothetical.
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A’ja Wilson and Dana Evans lead Las Vegas Aces past Phoenix Mercury 89-86 in WNBA Finals opener

A’ja Wilson and Dana Evans lead Las Vegas Aces past Phoenix Mercury 89-86 in WNBA Finals opener
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Father of slain 6-year-old issues ominous threat to son’s killer who was freed early after serving just 8 years

The killer of a 6-year-old boy has been released on parole after serving only half his sentence — and the slain child’s father issuing a dire threat to the freed man. Ronald Exantus, 42, stabbed the entire Tipton family as they slept in their Versaille, Kentucky, home on Dec. 7, 2015 — but focused most…
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. looms as Yankees’ longtime killer

It is public knowledge that he does not care for the Yankees, a team for whom the slugger said he would never play.
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Japan’s ruling party votes for a new leader, hoping to regain public trust and stay in power

Japan’s ruling party votes for a new leader, hoping to regain public trust and stay in power