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There’s a scene that replayed itself over and over during last spring’s thrilling Western Conference semifinal series between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder.The script went like this: Luka Dončić would drive into some contact from Luguentz Dort, Dort would go down, and Dončić would turn to the official and immediately ask for a technical foul for flopping. Sometimes he’d put his hands together for a technical foul signal. Sometimes he’d have his palm flat to the floor, lifting it up and down — the official signal for a flopping violation. One time, he and Kyrie Irving managed to…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Blackstone has ditched the Hipgnosis name for its $3bn music investment group as it prepares to start buying songs again less than a year after its acquisition of the UK-listed owner of rights to songs by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Shakira. The US private equity group has rebranded its music investment business as Recognition after bringing together its various music interests into one company that will own and manage a portfolio of more than 45,000 songs and recordings from 145-plus catalogues.The…

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.No Such Thing as Bad Publicity?Tesla’s stock has been plunging, so much so that Jimmy Kimmel thinks Elon Musk “may have to fire himself.” But Musk got a boost from President Trump, who promised to buy a Tesla and had some brought to the White House on Tuesday.“The guy has spent the entire campaign screaming about how awful electric cars are, is now buying an…

Rosie O’Donnell has been sparring with President Trump since 2006, and now the frequent Trump critic has confirmed she fled the country after his return to the Oval Office. The comedian said she is living in Ireland and is in the process of applying for Irish citizenship.”It’s been pretty wonderful, I have to say,” the 62-year-old said in a video on TikTok. “And the people have been so loving, so kind and so welcoming. And I’m very grateful.” O’Donnell said she left the country Jan. 15, five days before President Trump’s inauguration. ELLEN DEGENERES AND PORTIA DE ROSSI REPORTEDLY FLEE US AMID TRUMP…

To win the artificial intelligence race, Google not only has developed its own technologies, but has also pumped money into prominent A.I. start-ups. And to preserve its competitive edge, Google has kept its ownership stakes in those start-ups a secret.Court documents recently obtained by The New York Times reveal Google’s stake in one of those start-ups, Anthropic, as well as how its investment in the young company is set to change.Google owns 14 percent of Anthropic, according to legal filings that the A.I. start-up submitted as part of a Google antitrust case. But that investment gives Google little control over…

ISLAMABAD: Attackers wearing suicide bombs were sitting next to passengers taken hostage after militants took over a train in southwest Pakistan, sources said on Wednesday (Mar 12), complicating rescue efforts a day after the country’s first such hijacking. The separatist militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on the Jaffar Express on Tuesday as it travelled from Quetta, Balochistan’s capital city, to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistani forces have rescued 155 passengers, and the government said a security operation was under way to free dozens still held hostage, without specifying the exact number. The Baloch Liberation Army…

While the slopes may still be open across much of North America, it’s time to think about next season.The major passes, including Epic and Ikon, as well as the smaller Mountain Collective, have recently announced sales for the 2025-26 season. The Indy Pass has already completed its early sales, although opportunities to purchase it will likely resurface later.Though the ski website SnowBrains found that most prices went up between 6 and 7 percent, spring sales are when passes are cheapest.“Now is the time to save and go skiing for under $100 a day,” said Dan Sherman, chief marketing officer at…

The vice president has described former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest over his deadly drug war as ‘oppression’.Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, is on her way to the Netherlands to help her father after he was arrested in Manila on a warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and flown to The Hague. Rodrigo Duterte, who served as president from 2016 to 2022, was placed on a plane on Tuesday just hours after his arrest at Manila airport over alleged “crimes against humanity” stemming from a crackdown on drugs that killed thousands of…

Sen. Mark Kelly, a decorated Navy veteran as well as a former astronaut, just finished a visit to Ukraine.While the country invaded by Russia is surviving through American and allied aid, the Arizona Democrat says, “I saw how cutting it off now risks everything so many Ukrainians have laid down their lives for. And while our support hasn’t been free, we haven’t sent even half of what President Trump says.”Hospitals should never be targets in war, but Putin is a war criminal who targets hospitals routinely. I visited one in Kyiv. Injured soldiers told me how they want to get…

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