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Collin Morikawa atoning for Masters finish with hot PGA Championship start
Morikawa seized control of his round with five consecutive birdies on Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
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Ex-Knicks stars distraught while watching ugly Game 6 loss to Pacers
Knicks legends couldn't hide their emotions as they watched their former side scuffle.
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Angels deliver Ron Washington's first win over Rangers as a visiting manager
Zach Neto and Taylor Ward homered, Tyler Anderson pitched two-hit ball over seven innings during the Angels' 9-3 road win over the Rangers on Friday.
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From ‘Billions’ to Broadway: How Acting ‘Saved’ Corey Stoll
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyAs the chit-chatting, bicycling, late spring afternoon life of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park swirled around us, Corey Stoll excitedly spoke about the need to be reminded multiple times a day of his own mortality. “My favorite app is called WeCroak,” the actor said, smiling wide, holding his smartphone up. “Five times a day it sends you an alert that says, ‘Don’t forget, you’re going to die.’ It’s the best thing. Inevitably, it pings while I’m in the middle of some petty nonsense in my head. Then I get this alert, and it’s like, ‘Oh yep, it really doesn’t matter.’”Mortality isn’t just pinging at Stoll on his phone, The big D, the passing of time, the gritty truths of hidden history and what really matters and what does not, also form the pulsating bedrock of Appropriate, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ acclaimed 2013 play about a white family discovering some horrifically racist dirty laundry in its past.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Did ‘SNL’ Quietly Shelve Its Trump Impression?
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesIf you are among the more-than-half of Americans not paying much attention to Trump’s hush money trial, two pieces of news may still have managed to make their way to you: that Trump appears to be farting quite frequently, and he also seems to be falling asleep in the courtroom.What could be funnier? Everyone loves a good fart joke. But if you tuned into Saturday Night Live this past week, their flatulence-themed sketch wasn’t James Austin Johnson’s Trump offering his characteristic word-salad over increasingly loud fart noises. Instead, it was host Maya Rudolph as a throw-back Hollywood starlet trying to sell decaf coffee while pretending she’s not stinking up the room.In fact, Johnson’s Trump impression has not been seen since March. This absence comes during a particularly historic eight weeks, including the unofficial launch of the first election rematch of two presidents since 1892 and the start of the first criminal trial of an American president since ever. Yet instead of capitalizing on this historic moment, SNL has relegated Trump to somewhat perfunctory jokes in Weekend Update.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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This Accused Murderer Has Superfans Bankrolling Her Defense
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesThe prosecution of Karen Read for the murder of her Boston cop boyfriend has galvanized a group of volunteers—most of whom have never even met her—to proclaim her innocence and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for her legal defense.Supporters of the “Free Karen Read” movement spend their free time attending Read’s ongoing trial, analyzing the smallest bits of evidence, and organizing events to raise money for her defense fund.“I made great new friends,” Liz Erk, a single mother from Massachusetts who runs a PR consulting firm and went into court on Friday, told The Daily Beast. “It sounds so weird—this is a murder trial.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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This Map Led Callum Robinson on Doomed Birthday Trip to Mexican Paradise
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/LinkedIn/Facebook/InstagramIt took a chance meeting, a beach photograph, and a couple of beers for Callum Robinson to hear about San Diego photographer Randy Dible’s “sacred” Mexican surfing spot.The hulking 6-foot 4-inch Australian with shoulder-length brown curly hair stopped by Dible’s photography booth near Ocean Beach on April 5, where they got chatting over a shot of a local surf break. Dible remembers a “kung-fu style grip of a handshake” and a conversation that parlayed into a hangout at Callum’s house the next day to drop off the print.Over cans of beer, the Perth native who had moved stateside a decade prior for a wildly successful lacrosse career, told Dible about his upcoming birthday trip with his brother, Jake—a doctor visiting from back home—and some friends.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Trump, Still Stuck in 2020, Recycles His Tired Drug Test Demand
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump, who four years ago called on Joe Biden to take a drug test prior to the pair’s first debate that September, decided to make the same demand on Friday—one that Biden is sure to wave away once more.At a campaign rally in Minnesota—where he said he would never return if he lost the state in 2020—the indicted former president recycled his old line of attack against the now-president in advance of the debate next month on CNN.“I just want to debate this guy, but you know, I’m going to demand a drug test, by the way. I am, I really am,” Trump told supporters at the state GOP Reagan Dinner in St. Paul.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Knicks down to final chance after Pacers’ Game 6 rout
The Knicks' hopes of clinching things on the road have been dashed.
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Chiefs’ Wanya Morris, Chuk Godrick arrested on marijuana possession charges
Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackles Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick were arrested late Thursday evening for misdemeanor marijuana possession in what's proving to be a difficult off-season for the Chiefs.
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Así celebró Laura Pausini su cumpleaños número 50
La estrella italiana Laura Pausini invitó a cantar a su hija, su padre y su hermana Silvia en su gran fiesta de cumpleaños.
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Tylor Megill’s Mets return set for series opener with Guardians
Tylor Megill was a winter sensation for Mets officials with his development of two highly regarded new pitches, but before he could really test them, discomfort in his shoulder emerged.
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The Expert’s Guide to the ‘Wicked’ Trailer
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/UniversalThis week:I Couldn’t Be HappierIt was around minute seven of my 13-minute monologue about the plot of Wicked that I realized, wait…not everyone knows every single plot point, lyric, costume, and casting trajectory of this musical??? The three-and-a-half minute trailer for the upcoming film was released this week, prompting my TED Talk. I came up as a high school musical theater kid, then New York City college student, then gay elder millennial at a time when Wicked was a sacred, foundational text. It has been news to me that not everyone is versed in the sometimes confusifying Ozian world.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Josh Hart asked out of Game 6 in apparent Knicks injury concern
Josh Hart, who appeared visibly in pain on the court, was subbed out by the Knicks in the third quarter of Game 6 on Friday night against the Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
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Ex-Shohei Ohtani teammate placed bets with same alleged bookie Ippei Mizuhara used
An alleged California bookmaker's client list reportedly included a former teammate of Shohei Ohtani and another former minor leaguer.
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Tiger Woods misses PGA Championship cut after disastrous Day 2 start
Woods, who began the second round at 1-over par following his opening-round 72, made a mess of his early second round Friday and took any suspense out of his making the cut.
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Exlíder de OpenAI dice que la seguridad “ha pasado a segundo plano” en la empresa
Un exlíder de OpenAI que renunció a la empresa esta semana dijo el viernes que la seguridad “ha pasado a segundo plano” en la influyente compañía de inteligencia artificial (IA).
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L.A. County investigating reported hepatitis A case at Beverly Hills Whole Foods
Officials said they were investigating a reported case of hepatitis A affecting an employee of a Beverly Hills Whole Foods, just days after announcing that several cases had been detected among unhoused people in L.A. County.
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Christian Scott roughed up as Mets routed by Marlins to continue brutal stretch
Christian Scott’s second homecoming game of his brief major league career wasn’t nearly as electric as his first.
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Vaticano revisa normas para evaluar apariciones de la Virgen y adaptarse a la era de internet
El Vaticano reformó radicalmente el viernes su proceso para evaluar las supuestas visiones de la Virgen María, las estatuas “lloronas” y otros fenómenos aparentemente sobrenaturales, insistiendo en tener la última palabra acerca de si son dignos de la devoción popular.
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Aaron Judge sets tone as Yankees down White Sox for fifth straight win
With the victory, the Yankees improved to 9-1 against the JV portion of their schedule, the AL Central.
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Miles McBride steps up for Knicks in Game 6 first half as Jalen Brunson flounders
Miles McBride notched 15 points, tied with Donte DiVincenzo, for the most on the Knicks as the trailed 61-51 after two quarters at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
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‘Mary & George’ Finale Ends Fittingly: Spectacular Murder and One Last Sex Scene
StarzIt has been a long road to ultimate authority for Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore) and her son George (Nicholas Galitzine). The plotting duo began Starz’s limited series Mary & George utterly powerless but rife with conviction. They were determined to claw, scrape, and grab at every loose strand of thread they could find to climb up in the world during King James I’s (Tony Curran) rule in the 17th century. When the show began, seven episodes ago, Mary was the mother of four children, suffering at the hands of her abusive husband. George, her second-born son, was haughty and hormonal, assumed to be useless, as his parents’ estate would go to Mary’s first-born son, John (Tom Victor). At the series’ end, Mary and George had riches, land, and titles—now the Countess and Duke of Buckingham, respectively.But their splendors were not won without significant costs. Death and destruction followed the pair wherever they went, and naturally, all of their scheming eventually came between them. Once this wedge was in place, it was only a matter of time before their wealth slipped through their hands. Episode 7 of Mary & George, the series finale, tracks the collapse of the Villiers’ manufactured empire, and gives any history-oblivious viewers (myself included, believe me) a lesson in just how trivial monarchy can be. King James may have ruled England by name, but it was Mary and George Villiers who called the shots.Our final episode begins in 1623, 11 years after the series began. In just over a decade, Mary has shepherded herself and her son to the greatness she knew they were destined for. But George’s assumption that he could maneuver matters of the state without his mother’s assistance was gravely misguided. In Madrid, hundreds of miles away from his mother’s level head, George finds himself accompanying Prince Charles (Samuel Blenkin) in a bid for the hand in marriage of the Spanish Infanta—the royal title for the daughter of the King of Spain—Maria Anna (Aine Mcnamara). Charles sings to her, earning her adoration, and potentially securing the first step in achieving long-awaited peace between England and Spain. But George, hot-headed and overzealous, mucks it all up.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Rangers draw Panthers for Eastern Conference Final showdown
They faced each other three times during the regular season, with Florida winning twice in regulation and the Rangers taking one in a shootout.
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Speaker Johnson pushes 'decorum' after AOC, Marjorie Taylor Greene duel in heated House hearing
House Speaker Mike Johnson called for "decorum" after a tense exchange between Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene, saying that it was "not a good look for Congress."
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Pint-sized inflation critics rage against rising price of ice cream in sweetest cost-of-living rant yet
Two treat-seeking misses were knocked seriously off course by the skyrocketing cost of a cone at their local park.
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Now The Washington Post is peddling pathetic conspiracy theories
The Washington Post ran a story claiming that "a group of billionaires privately pressed Mayor Eric Adams last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University."
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Bronny James says the winner of a 1-on-1 game with his father LeBron James remains 'to be determined'
Bronny James, the oldest son of LeBron James, would be open to playing his father in a one-on-one basketball game, but he stopped short of declaring he would defeat the NBA champion.
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JESSE WATTERS: If Democrats are going to lock up Republicans, maybe they need a taste of their own medicine
Fox News host Jesse Watters reacts to House GOP efforts to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in "inherent contempt" over subpoenaed Biden audio recordings on "Jesse Watters Primetime."
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Washington state trooper fatally shoots a man during a freeway altercation, police say
WA law enforcement officials said a man with a hammer, who attacked state Department of Transportation workers, was fatally shot by a state trooper along Interstate 5 north of Seattle.
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Opinion: Anthony Scaramucci: How Dems Can Steal the Thunder at Trump’s Trial
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastI have seen my fair share of political theatrics and controversy over the years. From my 11 days as White House Communications Director in the Trump administration, to my many public trials and tribulations, I know a thing or two about what goes on behind the curtain.Like most of us, I have been keeping tabs on the Trump trials. It is like a bad accident you drive past but cannot resist rubbernecking. Even if you hate the guy, he has turned the courthouse into a classic Trump-branded soap opera. Calling in his band of auditioning MAGA politicians, he is getting the airtime his weak ego craves.As a true narcissist—and trust me I have seen his ego-driven and childlike behavior up close—Mr. Trump is relishing in the attention even though it revolves around his despicable behavior. Some say he is a branding genius, albeit an evil one, and as such there are strategic lessons Democrats can learn about driving the discourse, owning the plot, and writing the story.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Colorado mom pounces on Peeping Tom who filmed her in mall dressing room: ‘Not OK what you did’
"I grabbed him, threw him down on the ground, put my knee in his back and held his head down."
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Once-in-a-generation wind event caused deaths, extensive damage across Houston, meteorologist says
Meteorologists said the damage caused by windstorms, which killed 4 and could leave some residents of Houston without power for weeks, was comparable to that 'caused by a hurricane.'
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Some of the Catholic Church's best-known reports of apparitions of Mary
The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral.
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Xander Schauffele stays atop leaderboard after eventful Day 2 at PGA Championship
They did end up playing the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday at Valhalla despite a series of tragic and bizarre events that took place early in the morning.
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Reporter Puts Trump on the Spot Over His 2020 Vow on Minnesota
KSTPIn an interview with a St. Paul, Minnesota reporter that aired a few days before his scheduled appearance Friday at the state GOP Lincoln Day fundraising dinner, former President Donald Trump denied saying that he wouldn’t return to the Midwest state if he lost it in 2020—but the local ABC affiliate brought the receipts to prove otherwise.KSTP reporter Tom Hauser spoke with Trump over a video call conducted Tuesday before the indicted ex-president went to court to hear testimony from his former lawyer, Michael Cohen. Hauser at one point asked Trump about his speaking engagement and whether it should be interpreted as part of a play for Minnesota in November.“I think at one point you vowed never to come back to Minnesota after you lost the state in 2020,” he recalled. “Is this a signal that you think you have a realistic chance to win the state of Minnesota in 2024?”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Trump Plans a Campaign Event in the Deep Blue Bronx
The former president, who has sought to make some political appearances around New York as he stands criminal trial, is set to speak at an event next Thursday at Crotona Park.
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Army presents Purple Heart to Minnesota veteran 73 years after he was wounded in Korean War
Earl Meyer, a 96-year-old Korean War veteran who was wounded in combat, received his Purple Heart medal after 73 years and a 'long fight with the U.S. Army.'
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A college puts the 'cat' into 'education' by giving Max an honorary 'doctor of litter-ature' degree
Vermont State University’s Castleton campus is honoring its beloved community member Max the cat, bestowing the feline with an honorary 'doctor of litter-ature' degree.
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Judge Says GOP Candidate Linked to KKK Can Run for Governor
Rich Sugg/Getty ImagesAn honorary member of the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the GOP primary ballot for Missouri governor, a judge ruled Friday.Longshot candidate Darrell McClanahan III survived a legal challenge by the Missouri Republican Party to shunt him from the ballot, which was denied Friday by Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker. The petition had argued for McClanahan’s removal on the grounds that the GOP didn’t properly vet McClanahan before he filed his candidacy in February; Walker, in his decision, wrote that while the GOP was free to distance itself from McClanahan, the judge would not remove him from the ballot.McClanahan’s lawyer, Dave Roland, said he believed the Missouri GOP’s request was doomed from the start.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Biden says 1954 high court ruling on school desegregation was about more than education
Biden said the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision 70 years ago that desegregated schools was about the promise of an America “big enough for everyone to succeed.”
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Kristaps Porzingis’ Celtics status still murky ahead of conference finals
Porzingis has been out after sustaining the injury in Game 5 of the Celtics' first-round series against the Heat.
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Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in Colorado and South Dakota
Abortion rights ballot initiatives will go before Colorado and South Dakota voters this November.
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Violencia del narco en México atormenta a civiles a medida que se acercan las elecciones
El creciente número de grupos delictivos en México ve en las elecciones del 2 de junio una oportunidad para hacerse con el poder,
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CNN reporter grills KJP on whether Chiefs' Harrison Butker is still welcome at White House amid speech uproar
CNN's MJ Lee pressed Biden spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre on whether Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is still welcomed at the White House following his viral speech.
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‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Part 1 Climaxes With Penelope and Colin’s Steamy Carriage Ride
Seeing Pen and Colin's iconic carriage scene come to life was so worth the wait...
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Yankees unconcerned Juan Soto extension talks will be a distraction
Now that Hal Steinbrenner and Juan Soto have said they’re open to discussing a new contract to keep the slugger with the Yankees long-term, the wait is on to see how it plays out.
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Kentucky school bus flips on its side with 23 children inside
A school bus that was carrying 23 children in Kentucky crashed and overturned Friday afternoon, but none of the children or the driver suffered major injuries.
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