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Holmgren, the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, suffered the injury Saturday while defending LeBron James on a fast break during a pro-am game in Seattle. “Certainly, we’re disappointed for Chet, especially given how excited he’s been to get on the floor with his teammates this season,” Thunder general manager Sam Presti said. “We know Chet has a long career ahead of him in our organization and in the Oklahoma City community....

Olivia’s family have launched an appeal for witnesses to come forward after the nine-year-old was killed and her mother injured when an intruder who escaped from a gunman forced his way into their home. Merseyside Police said the man, from Huyton, just 10 minutes from where Olivia lived in Dovecot, was arrested on Thursday night on two counts of attempted murder and suspicion of murder. Olivia Pratt-Korbel was fatally shot Monday night (Family Leaflet/PA) (Average PA) The man is currently in custody being questioned by police....

In a statement posted on its website, the board says it was informed by Public Health Ontario (PHO) at an Aug. 18 meeting that it and all of its task forces will be disbanded effective Sept. 6. “We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve Ontario beginning in July 2020,” the statement said. “Many of us will remember our work for the Science Table as one of the most important jobs we’ve ever had the opportunity to do....

“Nous avons vécu un épisode extraordinaire d’une violence rare, mais cela nous oblige à mettre en place les moyens pour pouvoir mieux prévenir”, a déclaré par téléphone à l’AFP le ministre des Affaires étrangères de la Mer Hervé Berville. Après avoir placé la Corse en alerte jaune aux orages le 17 août, Météo-France avait fait passer l’île en alerte orange quelques minutes avant que les rafales ne frappent la côte le lendemain vers 8h30....

Encore un témoignage glaçant. Dans le procès de Benjamin Mendy, une troisième plaignante a raconté, dans une vidéo présentée aux jurés ce mardi, l’agression sexuelle qu’elle aurait subie au domicile du joueur français en janvier 2021. La jeune femme a expliqué qu’elle avait assisté à une soirée organisée par le Mondial 2018. champion en compagnie de trois amis. Au cours de cette soirée, elle aurait croisé le défenseur de Manchester City, qui lui aurait alors touché l’entrejambe....

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says she was “dragged” into her home at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Green made the announcement on Twitter and thanked law enforcement for their professional handling of the situation. The term “swatting” refers to the illegal practice of making false police reports in an attempt to get law enforcement to raid an innocent person’s home. “Last night, I was stalked just after 1am,” Greene wrote Wednesday morning....

The team of expert archaeologists who unearthed his bones from the hidden ruins of Greyfriars Church 10 years ago last week and who deftly proved who he was, are this weekend fighting to stop their side of history being buried forever. They fear the “quite reckless” new film, The Lost King, will diminish their role in the extraordinary historical find. A member of the University of Leicester team, Professor Turi King, carried out key DNA studies, providing compelling evidence and spending hours in the laboratory....

All five of the Giants’ moves involved injuries. Three players – Ricky Seals-Jones and rookie Andre Miller and rookie inside linebacker Darian Beavers – were placed on the injured/reserve list, ending their seasons. Two players – forwards Nick Gates and Matt Peart – were placed on the reserve/PUP list, meaning they must miss the first four weeks of the regular season. Sheppard, 29, is the Giants’ longest-tenured player, arriving in 2016 as a second-round pick....

“The dispatch of the buses provides much-needed relief to our devastated border communities,” the statement said. “Operation Lone Star continues to plug the dangerous loopholes left by the Biden administration’s refusal to secure the border.” A vocal critic of the Biden administration’s immigration policies, Abbott began busing hundreds of willing immigrants to D.C. earlier this year as an affront to the administration. Abbott’s office has said that “to board a bus or flight, an immigrant must volunteer to be transported and present documents from DHS....

Comment VATICAN CITY — Cardinals of the Catholic Church gathered in Rome for a series of formal events that began Saturday when Pope Francis inducted 20 new ecclesiastics into their exclusive club. Next on the agenda are two days of discussions, starting Monday, on reforms to the Vatican constitution. But just as crucially, there is an unofficial agenda. The cardinals must get to know each other, because whenever Francis resigns or dies, they will have to choose his successor from among their ranks....

The Ottawa Fire Department’s hazardous materials team was called to the hotel on Brisebois Crescent near Centrum Avenue at 8:48 a.m. on Saturday after fumes from chemicals being mixed in a mechanical room reached the pool area, affecting several people. A dispatcher told the 9-1-1 caller to pull the fire alarm to get everyone out. An OC Transpo bus was offered as a shelter. The OFS said two chemicals, about four liters of chlorine and half a barrel of muriatic acid, were accidentally mixed together....

Ligue 1 La défense, un désavantage nécessaire pour le PSG ? IL Y A 18 HEURES Chapeaux CHAPEAU 1 Real Madrid (propriétaires, 124 000) Eintracht Francfort (vainqueur C3, 61 000) Manchester City (134 000) AC Milan (38 000) Bayern Munich (138 000) Paris Saint-Germain (112 000) (112 000) Amsterdam (82 000) FC Porto CHAPEAU 2 Liverpool (134 000) Chelsea (123 000) Barcelone (114 000) Juventus (107 000) Atlético Madrid (105 000) FC Séville (91 000) RB Leipzig (83 000) Hochham 3 (83 000) Purton CHAPEAU 3 Borussia Dortmund (78 000) Salzbourg (71 000) Shakhtar Donetsk (71 000) Inter (67 000) Naples (66 000) Benfica (61 000) Sporting (55 500) Bayer Leverkusen (53 000) CHAPEAU 4 Rangers FC (50 250) Dinamo Zagreb (49 500) Olympique de Marseille (44 000) Copenhague (40 500) Club Bruges (38 500) Celtic FC (33 000) Viktoria Plzen (31 000) Hafa (31 000) Maccabi...

MONTRÉAL, 28 août 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alors que la campagne électorale débute officiellement, l’Association pour la santé publique du Québec (ASPQ) s’attend à des engagements fermes pour la santé synonyme de qualité de vie au Québec. Il faut régler une fois pour toutes les problèmes récurrents en osant transformer notre réseau de soins en un véritable système de santé. S’il faut forcément rajouter des armes pour venir en aide à ceux qui y travaillent, il faut aussi faire le maximum pour éviter que les gens ne tombent malades....

Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore is to allow travelers not fully vaccinated to skip quarantine on arrival from Monday, authorities announced Wednesday. The country is also set to scrap indoor mask requirements from August 29 as it seeks to take another step towards life with Covid. While further easing of security measures and borders is an “important milestone”, the country must be “mentally prepared for any sudden change because we don’t know how this virus will mutate and what the next variant will be”, he said....

The revelation could create serious legal and financial trouble for the social networking platform, which is currently trying to force Tesla CEO Elon Musk to complete his $44 billion bid to buy the company. Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s chief security officer until he was fired earlier this year, filed complaints last month with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department. The legal nonprofit Whistleblower Aid, which works with Zatko, confirmed the authenticity of a redacted copy of the complaint published online by the Washington Post....

It has been 31 years since Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union and six months since Russia launched a war aimed at wresting that step away from Moscow’s control. The mood in the capital was somber. Thousands of civilians have been killed since the war began on February 24, Ukraine has acknowledged 9,000 military deaths and there is no hope that an end to the fighting is in sight....

A une condition, la dissimulation de parties importantes du document au nom d’un besoin « impérieux » de protection de la recherche. Les autorités ont attendu la dernière minute, libérant le document de 38 pages peu après 12 heures (18 heures à Paris), délai imposé par le juge. Les enquêteurs étaient particulièrement préoccupés par le fait que des documents potentiellement “top secrets” étaient conservés dans une pièce non sécurisée, mettant même potentiellement en danger des agents infiltrés des services secrets américains....

Comment Forecasters and the public had no time to waste 30 years ago this month as they faced one of the wildest US hurricanes on record. Hurricane Andrew hit southern Miami-Dade County around 5 a.m. EST on Monday, August 24, 1992. Intensifying and accelerating en route, Andrew made landfall less than 36 hours after a hurricane watch was issued for the southeast coast of Florida and less than 24 hours after a hurricane warning went into effect....

Am Montag – dem letzten Feiertag – lagen die Fälle noch im Bundesdurchschnitt von damals rund 280 (27. August: 260,3). Rund 1,3 Millionen Menschen besuchten das traditionelle Gäuboden-Volksfest in der 47.000-Einwohner-Stadt. Lesen Sie auch Ähnliche Entwicklungen gab es bei der Zahl der erfassten Neuinfektionen pro 100.000 Einwohner innerhalb von sieben Tagen, etwa nach der Kulmbacher Bierwoche und nach der Erlanger Bergkirchweih. Auch dort steigen die Zahlen nach Angaben des RKI nach dem Volksfest in Dachau deutlich an....

LaFlamme worked at Bell Media as a reporter and news anchor for CTV National News for more than 30 years, the last 11 as its anchor. This month, she revealed that she was told on June 29 that her contract was up, bringing her career with the network to an abrupt end. In an Aug. 15 video posted to Twitter, LaFlamme said she was “blindsided” by the decision to leave earlier and that “it’s overwhelming to be leaving CTV in a way that is not my choice....