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Knicks extend dominance over Nets to historic level as Karl-Anthony Towns pours in 37 points

Monday was a reminder that the Knicks and Nets are separated by more than just five miles, and the East River.
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Top WWE Raw Star Suffers Injury During Match

A popular “WWE Raw” star suffered an injury that forced his match to end early.
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Porch pirate crew steals hundreds of phones, electronics across 30 LI towns

Fourteen people have been accused in the scheme, which targeted cellphone deliveries across Long Island, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
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Louis C.K. spotted kissing Philip Seymour Hoffman’s ex — 11 years after Hollywood star’s death

The pair were spotted kissing and walking arm-in-arm through New York City over the weekend.
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Ric Flair Calls Former WWE Champion ‘Underappreciated’ After Raw Return

Wrestling legend Ric Flair made a strong statement regarding a former WWE champion after his return on Raw.
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Canadian ‘Inconvenient Indian’ author Thomas King says he is not Indigenous

King has announced a genealogist working with the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds found no evidence of Cherokee ancestry in his family lineage

A prominent Canadian-American author, who has long claimed Indigenous ancestry and whose work exposed “the hard truths of the injustices of the Indigenous peoples of North America”, has learned from a genealogist that he has no Cherokee ancestry.

In an essay titled “A most inconvenient Indian” published on Monday for Canada’s Globe and Mail, Thomas King said he had learned of rumours circulating in recent years within both the arts and Indigenous communities that questioned his Cherokee heritage.

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How Nigel Farage’s ‘right-hand man’ in Europe was unmasked as a traitor

Nathan Gill was an MEP for the Brexit party and Ukip, and later became Reform UK’s leader in Wales. Now he has been jailed for 10 years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. Luke Harding reports

Nathan Gill was a Mormon bishop who went on to represent Wales in the European parliament – first for Ukip, Nigel Farage’s original party, then for the Brexit party. Most recently he led Reform UK in Wales. He wasn’t the most flashy orator – some would say his delivery was wooden – but the content of his speeches could be surprising, including criticising the Ukrainian government, for, among other things, closing down TV channels. Now those speeches have landed Gill a 10-and-a-half-year jail sentence.

Luke Harding is a senior foreign correspondent at the Guardian and former Russia correspondent. He tells Helen Pidd how the case against Gill unfolded – and why it matters.

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Louis C.K. spotted kissing Philip Seymour Hoffman’s ex 11 years after Hollywood star’s death

The comedian and the costume designer shared plenty of PDA in NYC.
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Mets Predicted to Pursue Superstar Outfielder After Brandon Nimmo Trade

The New York Mets traded away long-time outfielder Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien in a deal that should heat the hot stove.
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Unemployed son dressed as dead mom to collect her pension in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ scam while hiding her body at home

With his mother’s pension and a property portfolio of three houses, the son was able to pocket roughly $61,000 annually, according to the newspaper.