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Coley Harvey

Busy Korda: 'Not thought' about pursuit of record

Nelly Korda, who is seeking to set the LPGA record with wins in six consecutive starts, said she has kept her mind off the pursuit by staying busy off the course.

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Matthews among finalists for Ted Lindsay Award

Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov were named finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award on Wednesday.

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Reuters

Ex-Spain chief, coach to stand trial for WWC kiss

Former Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national team player Jenni Hermoso after a High Court judge admitted the case, the court said Wednesday.

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Andreas Hale

O'Malley eyes McGregor, open to weight change

Sean O'Malley says he is willing to move up to 155 pounds to land a fight with Conor McGregor.

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No hate crime charges for slurs at Utah women

A northern Idaho prosecutor won't bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist slur at members of the Utah women's basketball team during the NCAA tournament.

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Brewers reinstate Yelich after nearly month out

The Brewers reinstated outfielder Christian Yelich from the 10-day injured list ahead of Wednesday's game in Kansas City.

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Sharon Otterman

Workers Recall the Night Protesters Occupied Hamilton Hall

Maintenance workers had a firsthand view of how protesters seized the building, and wondered why the university failed to stop it.

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Troy Closson and Sarah Mervosh

In Congressional Hearing, NYC Schools Chief David Banks Fights Back Against Republicans

Under aggressive, rapid-fire questioning, David C. Banks, the chancellor of New York City schools, pushed back hard on accusations that the district had allowed antisemitism to fester.

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Jack Milko

PGA Tour a “lonely place” compared to European circuit, per DP World Tour pro

Robert MacIntyre reacts to a shot during the 2024 Players Championship. | Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images

Scotsman Robert MacIntyre, who earned PGA Tour status this year, referred to the American based circuit as a “lonely place.”

Thanks to his superb play on the DP World Tour a season ago, which included a runner-up finish to Rory McIlroy at the Genesis Scottish Open, Robert MacIntyre earned PGA Tour membership for the 2024 season.

But playing on the PGA Tour has not been the...

The Verge

Charles Pulliam-Moore

Peacock is turning The Office into a franchise with a new spinoff series

Newer shows like Abbott Elementary have proven that there’s still interest in mockumentary-style TV more than a decade after The Office came to an end, and NBC has plans to capitalize on the moment with a new series set in the same — apologies — universe Dunder Mifflin exists in.

Greg Daniels was responsible for adapting The Office for NBC, and the network announced today that he and Michael Koman are creating a new, untitled spinoff series for Peacock that will focus on “a...

The Verge

Brandon Widder

You can get a $100 gift card when you preorder Google’s Pixel 8A

Say Aloe to my little friend. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Apple and Sonos aren’t the only companies dominating the headlines with new devices this week. Google also officially announced the Pixel 8A following weeks of rumors, introducing the forthcoming handset a full week ahead of Google I/O 2024. The phone launches on May 14th, but you can preorder an unlocked model from Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Store starting at $499 with a $100 gift card.

As expected, the upcoming...

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Joel Khalili

FTX Creditors Say Payout Deal Is 'an Insult'—and Plan to Revolt

FTX has a plan to repay its former crypto customers more than the billions of dollars they lost in the latest bankruptcy proposal. But some will reject it anyway.

Wired Top Stories

David Gilbert

A Russian Influence Campaign Is Exploiting College Campus Protests

A Kremlin-aligned network called Doppelganger has used faked versions of real news sites to push both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel disinformation.

Wired Top Stories

Dell Cameron, William Turton

Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil

An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program's database that investigators have repeatedly misused.

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Hurubie Meko

Man Is Charged After Hitting Protester With His Car in Manhattan

Two pro-Palestinian demonstrators whom the driver, Reuven Kahane, was arguing with were also arrested and charged.

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Shawn Hubler and Stephanie Saul

USC Tries to Save Its Graduation After Campus Protests and Arrests

A Netflix star will not speak at a ceremony. Security is high. And some professors are pushing for the valedictorian, whose speech was canceled, to give an address.

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Campbell Robertson

D.C. Police Break Up GWU Pro-Palestinian Protest Encampment

The action, with 33 arrests, came a few hours before Mayor Muriel Bowers of Washington was scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about the city’s handling of the protest. The hearing was canceled.

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James Dator

Angel Reese went straight from the Met Gala to dominating in her WNBA game

Angel Reese had herself a week.

Angel Reese has had herself a week. On Monday night she lit up the red carpet at the Met Gala, wearing a couture dress that was utterly perfect. Then it was right back to the grind, as she joined the Chicago Sky in preseason and didn’t look like she missed a beat.

last night the met
tonight bullied the liberty for 13 and 5 and won by 48 pic.twitter.com/frqUBQEpx7

— whitney medworth (@its_whitney) May 8, 2024

Reese isn’t getting near the same...

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