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Shams Charania

Sources: Lore, A-Rod have cash ready for Wolves

Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have $940 million in a bank account ready to wire immediately to Glen Taylor and the NBA for control of the Timberwolves should they be approved.

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Taurasi still mulling retirement or 21st season

Diana Taurasi is still mulling whether to play another season in the WNBA or retire.

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Jorge Castillo

World of risk? Hurt Cortes eyes Yanks roster spot

Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes expects to be on the team's World Series roster despite the risk of pitching with a strained flexor tendon, an injury that is often the precursor to a more serious elbow injury.

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Brian Windhorst

Why after a sizzling summer, Steph, KD and LeBron are back to toiling for NBA also-rans

Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and LeBron James took home a gold medal this summer. But what will be their impact in the 2024-25 NBA season?

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Jack Milko

Justin Thomas drops truth bomb that every father can relate to

Justin Thomas and his wife Jillian Wisniewski arrive for a photo op ahead of the 2023 Ryder Cup. | Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

Before this week’s ZOZO Championship, Justin Thomas spoke about how his life will change for the better soon.

Life is about to change quite dramatically for Justin Thomas and his wife, Jillian.

The couple is expecting their first child at the end of November, which Thomas publically disclosed on his Instagram after the Tour Championship....

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Allison Johnson

AT&T finally has a network test drive program

AT&T will let you try before you buy. | Image: The Verge

T-Mobile and Verizon have been offering free network trials for a couple of years at this point; now, AT&T has finally introduced a trial program of its own. It’s a no-commitment way to give the AT&T network a try while still holding on to your current carrier, number, and device. Pretty cool! But you’ll need an unlocked phone, which might disqualify a lot of people who are still paying off their current device — though...

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MLB wants Rays in Tampa area even if Trop unfit

MLB hopes to find the Rays a temporary home near their fan base around Tampa Bay at least for the start of the 2025 season if the damage to Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton cannot be repaired in time.

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Dave McMenamin

LeBron: Don't have to rush pairing with Bronny

For LeBron James, the time and place of his first shift with son Bronny is inconsequential.

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30 Walmart Shoes That’ll Add A Stylish Touch To Your Favorite Fall ‘Fits

These boots are made for walkin'...through apple orchards and pumpkin patches.

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Joseph Acosta

NFL Trade Deadline: 7 trade destinations for WR Cooper Kupp, ranked

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The rumor mill surrounding the Rams star wideout is getting louder. Could he be on the move?

With the Los Angeles Rams season heading towards the pit of despair, many have speculated about the availability of star wideout Cooper Kupp. The 31-year-old receiver has been hot and cold to start this season, and with the NFL trade deadline approaching on Nov. 5, the rumors are starting to get a little bit louder.

The Rams have called multiple teams...

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Alan Rappeport

I.M.F. Says Inflation Fight Is Largely Over but Warns of New Threats

The International Monetary Fund said protectionism and new trade wars could weigh on growth.

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Rebecca F. Elliott

Despite Global Crises, Gas Prices Slide as U.S. Election Nears

Fuel prices, which had soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have dropped to their lowest level since February.

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Emma Roth

Google Messages is trying to tackle today’s most annoying messaging spam

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Google Messages is trying to banish spammy job-seeking and package-delivery texts from your inbox, and it’s also adding a content warning to blur images that might contain nudity.

The Sensitive Content Warning feature is optional, and if enabled, it will show users a “speed bump” with “help-finding resources and options” before they can view an image with nudity detected via on-device scanning. If users try to share an image with nudity, the app will...

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Wes Davis

Tim Cook says he uses every Apple product every day — how does that work?

Tim Cook apparently uses a lot more than an iPhone in his daily life. | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

While discussing his daily routine, Tim Cook told Ben Cohen in this WSJ. Magazine interview that “every day” he uses “every product.” In the story, he mentions using an iPhone, an Apple Watch, AirPods, and then, for work, two different MacBooks, an iMac, a Vision Pro, and an iPad Pro.

But what would it look like to truly use everything Apple makes, every single day?...

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2024-25 opening night: Experts' picks for East, West and NBA champs

A Celtics repeat? A Thunder breakthrough? Our experts pick the East, West and NBA Finals -- and which team is most likely to make a trade.

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This Hidden-Gem French Moisturizer Is "The Only Cream Worth Buying"

“I bought it in France and am so happy to be able to buy it through Amazon,” wrote one customer.

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James Dator

r/TheDarnold is a Trump-themed Vikings subreddit that’s delightfully unhinged

It’s a delightfully weird world.

There’s two weeks left to go before the election and we’re all totally over it at this point. Thankfully there’s one delightful corner of the internet basking in the weirdness of 2024 and turning it into something beautiful beyond all comprehension.

“r/TheDarnold” is a Trump-themed subreddit for Vikings fans, and it’s totally unhinged. Every day fans post about their beloved team, but imitating the style and cadence of Donald Trump.

For...

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Meta suspends celebrity plane tracking accounts like ElonJet

ElonJet, the social media account that tracks Elon Musk's jet, has been banned once again.

But this time it's not by Elon Musk and X, formerly Twitter. The account has been banned there since December 2022. (The platform allows an alternative version of ElonJet which posts Musk's jet's travels on a 24-hour delay.)

This time ElonJet has been banned by Mark Zuckerberg and Meta. And it's not alone. Also banned this week were Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts that tracked the private jet...

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Stuff Your Kindle with these free young adult romance novels

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Stuff Your Kindle Day young-adult romance highlights Best overall deal 'The Divine and the Cursed' by J.E. Reed ...

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