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By LEOCCIANO CALLAO Published: 23:55 EST, 19 December 2024 | Updated: 00:03 EST, 20 December 2024 Jordan Clarkson and Ron Holland II got tossed out of the Jazz-Pistons game after putting their fists up during a heated scuffle.In the third quarter of Thursday’s game in Detroit, Pistons big man Paul Reed secured a bucket in the paint to put his team within 12 points, 81-93.As he turned around, he bumped into Clarkson who then refused to get out of his way after the play. Reed extended his forearm to the Jazz star to get past him and Colin Sexton. But…
By Perkin Amalaraj Published: 08:59 EDT, 10 October 2024 | Updated: 12:22 EDT, 10 October 2024 New Zealand’s navy has insisted that a female captain’s gender was not to blame for the sinking of a naval ship. HMNZS Manawanui caught fire and later capsized after it ran aground one nautical mile from the Samoan island of Upolu on Saturday night while surveying a reef. It was the first time New Zealand lost a military vessel since World War II. All 75 people onboard the specialist diving and ocean imaging ship, including seven scientists and four foreign military personnel, were evacuated and rescued early on…
At first, Michael Walsh enjoyed the excitement of his new hobby of buying and selling cryptocurrency. He started by putting £8,000 into several digital currencies as the cryptocurrency market boomed in 2020.But within months, the 42-year-old’s mood and behaviour had changed. He was always tired as he was regularly waking up at all hours of the night to trade – checking his phone every half hour.He even missed the family holiday with his wife and two young sons that he had been looking forward to in Dubai so that he could stay at home and monitor his crypto trading positions.Michael,…
Anna* was always taught doctors and the medical system were there to help, not harm. That’s one of the reasons why she got into the medical field herself. Now she feels a cold sense of betrayal after becoming a forgotten victim of a drug prescribed to millions of Australians – many of whom now live with regret.Anna was prescribed the antidepressant Lexapro in 2020 after experiencing a bout of the lockdown blues during Covid.The drug, the sixth most commonly prescribed in Australia with almost six million scripts, immediately caused devastating and, to this day, irreversible side effects.Even now, describing the physical impact can be…
Donald Trump sparked a liberal meltdown Tuesday night by telling Elon Musk to slash billions in government waste and tapping anti-woke Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. In announcing the new addition to his rapidly filling administration, Trump said that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will ‘dismantle’ the $6.5 trillion federal government by co-leading the ‘Manhattan Project of our time’ – dubbed the Dept. of Government Efficiency or DOGE.’The Office of Government Efficiency is off to a great start with split leadership: two people to do the work of one person,’ Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren snarked. ‘Yeah, this seems REALLY efficient.’Another account added: ‘lol we’re all gonna die…
Convicted sex attackers were met by angry crowds as they left the court in Avignon today – with protesters who have been supporting Gisele Pelicot through her rape trial ordeal declaring ‘shame on you!’ as the men emerged.The criminals faced the fury of feminist protesters who were waiting outside the court, with scores of women showing up to cheer on Madame Pelicot, protest against what many consider to be an inadequate justice system, and admonish the culprits.Firefighters, soldiers, lorry drivers, a DJ and a journalist were among those found guilty of raping and sexually abusing 71-year-old Gisele at the behest…
Toxic substances linked to autism and cancer are present at dangerous levels in Girl Scout Cookies, a study warns. Every sample of cookie tested contained glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed-killer Roundup, and heavy metals such as lead and arsenic.Research has shown that exposure to this herbicide during pregnancy and lactation may increase the risk of autism in children, while the metals have been linked to a range of health problems including cancer.Researchers tested the cookies for the presence five metals that can be dangerous to human health: aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. Approximately 88 percent of samples contained all five and…
By Jeff Prestridge Updated: 07:32 EDT, 8 October 2024 Investment fund T. Rowe Price US Structured Research Equity might have a rather unwieldy name, but investors looking for exposure to the US stock market shouldn’t be put off. It’s a £1.4billion fund that was launched 25 years ago and has weathered rather well.Available to UK investors since December, the fund is run out of Baltimore by a company that has $1.5trillion (£1.1trillion) of assets under its wing. The investment strategy, as with many actively managed funds, is to outperform a specific stock market benchmark – in this case it’s the Standard &…
From the steam engine in 1712 to the first ever iPhone in 2007, each year sees the birth of ever more incredible inventions. And after a year of mind-boggling tech, it’s clear that 2024 has been no exception to the rule.The last 12 months have seen brilliant minds from around the world creating some mind-blowing and potentially world-changing breakthroughs.With 2024 almost at its end, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of this year’s coolest gadgets and most exciting innovations.From an AI for designing proteins to a real-life pair of Wallace and Gromit’s ‘techno trousers’, these inventions are a glimpse of how…
Fans of the late actor Gene Hackman have been searching for answers after he and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, under mysterious circumstances.The actor, who died at 95, had lived a reclusive life in recent years after quietly retiring from acting after filming the 2004 satire Welcome To Mooseport.Although fans have speculated for years that the film’s box-office bomb status might have contributed to his abandonment of Hollywood, Hackman himself explained why he quit acting in a recently resurfaced interview.While speaking to Empire in 2009, several years into his retirement, Hackman…