The New York Knicks stunned the Boston Celtics for a second consecutive game on Wednesday night, overcoming a 20-point lead on the road to win Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal round matchup and take a 2-0 series lead. Inevitably, Celtics fans alike are in shock, and one of the franchise’s legends, Paul Pierce,…
X is bringing in stricter rules around parody accounts. From 10 April, accounts which impersonate another user or person must use key words such as “fake” or “parody” at the start of their account names. The platform will also require parody account holders to use different images to the X accounts belonging to those they…
Sanjay Malhotra, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), during a news conference in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. India’s newly-appointed central bank governor Malhotra said he will look to uphold stability and continuity in policy in his role. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The…
The Sudanese army says it has broken a near two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the key southern state capital of el-Obeid. The breakthrough came hours after the RSF signed a political charter in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to establish a breakaway government in areas under their control. The RSF…
James Lee Williams, known as drag artist The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32, his public relations representative announced on Sunday. Simon Jones posted on Instagram on Sunday: “It is with immense sadness that we let you know our beloved James Lee Williams – The Vivienne, has passed this weekend. “James was an…
Hispanolistic | E+ | Getty Images Tax season has kicked off, and the IRS has issued roughly 3.2 million refunds this year as of Jan. 31, the agency reported. This represents current-year returns filed. The average refund was $1,928 over the first four days of the filing season. However, the IRS expects more than 140…
Sam Panayotovich FOX Sports Betting Analyst “Do you bet horses?” I received that question on Thursday morning from our managing editor, and I was happy to respond with a valiant “Yes.” I’m pretty sure he knew I did. I interpreted it more as a question about whether I could write about the Preakness Stakes. After…
Hinge Health’s TrueMotion feature. Courtesy: Hinge Health Digital physical therapy startup Hinge Health is gearing up to file for an initial public offering, potentially as soon as next week, CNBC has learned. Hinge Health helps patients with musculoskeletal injuries ranging from minor sprains to chronic pain recover from the comfort of their own homes. Its IPO…
The Grad Lab started off 2025 with a celebration of Yonatan’s tenure appointment with the department, alumni, and friends of the lab – Congratulations on your achievement, Yonatan! The end of 2024 brought two new papers. Kirstin Oliveira Roster published Estimating the undetected burden and the likelihood of strain persistence of drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in…
The South African government has said it will not take part in “counterproductive megaphone diplomacy” following a fresh social media post by US President Donald Trump repeating his claim that Pretoria was confiscating land. Trump extended his invitation to relocate those seeking “to flee [South Africa] for reasons of safety” to all farmers and offered…
