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      PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – NOVEMBER 06: Daniel Gafford #21 of the Washington Wizards blocks Kelly Oubre Jr. #9 of the Philadelphia 76ers during the first quarter at the Wells Fargo Center on November 06, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)   Image: Getty Images (Getty Images)     1. Daniel Gafford (69.8%) | Washington Wizards F-C 2. Ivica Zubac (65.5%) | LA Clippers C 3.…

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  Today, the US Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from five CEOs of major tech companies: Linda Yaccarino of X, Shou Zi Chew of TikTok, Evan Spiegel of Snap, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, and Jason Citron of Discord. The executives will answer questions on the topic of “Big Tech and the online child sexual exploitation crisis,” an ongoing issue for a Congress that’s introduced numerous child safety bills in recent years. The hearing has been months in the making and apparently involved a little strong-arming from Congress, which reportedly sent US Marshals to subpoena Yaccarino and Citron. It begins…

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Marriott Bonvoy has recently launched its latest global promotion, “1,000 Times Yes,” which lets registered members earn bonus points and bonus elite night credits for stays completed between Feb. 13 and April 29. As part of this promotion, members will earn 1,000 bonus points and 1 bonus elite night credit on every eligible paid night. You have to register for this promotion to reap the benefits. You can register on the Marriott Bonvoy website through April 15. There aren’t any limits to how many credits and points you can earn across the 76-day promotion window, and the deal makes it…

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Putin win seen as forgone conclusion, but Boris Nadezhdin’s opposition to Russia’s war in Ukraine has won him significant support. Boris Nadezhdin, a prominent critic of the Kremlin, has submitted the documents needed to register as a candidate for Russia’s presidential elections in March. The 60-year-old local councillor, who has promised to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, said on Wednesday that he had collected more than 100,000 signatures of support across 40 regions and submitted them and other documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC), which is technically enough to challenge President Vladimir Putin. Election officials will next check the…

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  Manchester City have reportedly sent scouts to watch Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr teammate Abdulrahman Ghareeb at the AFC Asian Cup. The 26-year-old winger is expected to be in action when Saudi Arabia face South Korea in a round of 16 fixture on Tuesday (January 30). Ghareeb’s nation finished finished on top of Group F with seven points, two clear of second-placed Thailand. The Al-Nassr forward has managed to find the net once in the competition, which was the equaliser in a 2-1 victory over Oman on January 16. Overall, he’s made 21 appearances for Saudi Arabia and has scored twice.…

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  Apple’s Vision Pro could very well be the most important new product Apple will launch this decade. It’s a whole new product category for Apple, with a new, accompanying software platform called visionOS and an app ecosystem to match. It’s no wonder, then, that Apple has been extremely careful about how it handles this launch. The company invited only a handful of journalists for in-person briefings, and handed out review units to an even smaller group of people, whose embargoes for the review lifted on Tuesday. The resulting reviews paint a (very) cautiously optimistic picture of the Vision Pro’s…

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It happens more often than you might think. Almost half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned. “If you’re a woman and haven’t gone through menopause yet, then it’s possible for you to get pregnant,” says Siobhan Dolan, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and women’s health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. You can take steps to improve your chances of conceiving only when you’d like to. As the saying goes, the only form of birth control that’s 100% effective is abstinence. “Most of the time, birth controldoes work, but ‘accidents’ can happen,” Dolan says. Condoms, birth…

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Gov. Greg Abbott appears to be having a difficult time understanding the Constitution as it relates to immigration, so Stephen Colbert explained it to him. Colbert said: Abbott introduced an anti-immigration crackdown, putting razor wire along 60 miles of the border. But the federal government didn’t like the razor wire, saying it physically prevented border patrol agents from entering the area, processing migrants, and providing assistance to drowning victims, which is why border patrol had been cutting the razor wire to reach them. As a general rule, you want to be able to help people who are drowning or really…

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