LAS VEGAS (AP) — Layshia Clarendon had 22 points, Jordin Canada scored 20 and Nneka Ogwumike posted a double-double to help the Los Angeles Sparks snap a 13-game losing streak to the Las Vegas Aces with a 78-72 victory on Saturday. Clarendon sank 6 of 9 shots and all nine of her free throws for Los Angeles (13-18), which leads the Chicago Sky by a game for the eighth and final spot in the playoffs. She added five rebounds and five assists. Canada sank half of her eight shots from long distance, adding three steals.

https://www.mymotherlode.com/sports/basketball-general-news/3212284/sparks-snap-13-game-skid-against-aces-with-78-72-victory.html

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(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Every day we encounter circumstances we consider wrong: a starving child, a corrupt politician, an unfaithful partner, a fraudulent scientist. These examples highlight several moral issues, including matters of care, fairness and betrayal. But does anything unite them all? Philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have passionately argued whether moral judgments share something distinctive that separates them from non-moral matters. Moral monists claim that morality is unified by a common characteristic and that all moral issues involve concerns about harm.

https://www.miragenews.com/brain-exhibits-distinct-patterns-during-moral-1080002/

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iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF ( BATS:EFG – Get Rating ) shares reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as $97.07 and last traded at $96.84, with a volume of 702526 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $96.74. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Up 0.1 % The firm has a market cap of $11.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.69 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $93.76 and a 200 day moving average price of $89.57. Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of EFG.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/22/ishares-msci-eafe-growth-etf-batsefg-sets-new-52-week-high-at-97-07.html

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The flags of South Korea (right) and China. (123rf) The presidential office said Sunday that it will lead efforts to facilitate a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a day after the Chinese leader said he will 'seriously consider it' during talks with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo held on the sidelines of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.The dialogue, which took place hours ahead of the games' opening ceremony, centered on bolstering exchanges, an agreement reached earlier this month when President Yoon Suk Yeol met with China's premier at the ASEAN meeting.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/044/0000250310?sid=104

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Achmea Investment Management B.V. lowered its stake in Tractor Supply ( NASDAQ:TSCO – Get Rating ) by 21.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 32,296 shares of the specialty retailer's stock after selling 8,711 shares during the quarter. Achmea Investment Management B.V.'s holdings in Tractor Supply were worth $6,808,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/13/achmea-investment-management-b-v-sells-8711-shares-of-tractor-supply-nasdaqtsco.html

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An unknown creature was terrorizing residents in southern Utah near the Glen Canyon area. A tracker was called in to investigate and confirmed that the beast was a large Bigfoot. I recently received the following account: 'I grew up in southern Utah near the Glen Canyon area. I encountered something strange down there. I lived out in the middle of nowhere and we had a bunch of dogs. There were a lot of hitchhikers since we lived on a main road that goes through there. My dad was a local police officer and worked long days and stuff.

https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2023/04/marauding-bigfoot-terrorizes-residents.html

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Senate President Juan Miguel 'Migz' F. Zubiri  (Bibo Nueva España / Senate PRIB) MANILA, Philippines — China's recent aggression against a Philippine Coast Guard vessel prodded Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri to ask: 'China, bakit napakahirap kang kaibiganin at napakahirap mong mahalin?' (China, why are you so hard to love and make friends with you?)) These were Zubiri's words in his privilege speech, which he delivered in a plenary session on Monday, days after Chinese Coast Guard blocked and fired a water cannon at Philippine Coast Guard's vessel bound for Ayungin Shoal.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1813451/recent-water-cannon-attack-prods-zubiri-to-ask-china-bakit-napakahirap-kang-kaibiganin-mahalin

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Firefighters work near a coach after it crashed off an overpass in Mestre, Italy, October 3, 2023. REUTERS VENICE, Italy — At least 21 people died on Tuesday and 18 were injured after a bus carrying tourists to a campground crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy and caught fire, city officials said. The bus veered off the road and fell close to railway lines in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge. The cause of the accident was unclear. Venice city councillor Renato Boraso said one line ofienquiry was that the driver, a 40-year-old Italian who was among those killed, had been taken ill before the crash.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1840832/at-least-21-dead-after-italian-bus-carrying-tourists-falls-from-venice-overpass

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SINGAPORE: Container shippers are ordering vessels powered by methanol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it will take years for renewable methanol output to meet demand and for costs to fall, industry executives say. The first green methanol-fuelled container ship, owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk, sailed from South Korea in July. The number of such vessels is expected to exceed 200 by 2028, up from 30 this year, consultancy DNV forecasts. Container giants such as A.P. Moller-Maersk, CMA CGM and XpressFeeders dominate the order books.

http://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/kianweiaritcles/2023-08-23-story-h-241926568-Shippers_bet_on_green_methanol_to_cut_emissions_but_supply_lags

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The NBA and NCAA have set up an international pipeline for foreign players to come to the US to play basketball.

https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/405922/march-madness-2025-international-basketball-players

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The continued support received from Santos will be the Highlands Regional sponsor of the MOH Awards.  Through Digicel PNG Foundation, this peace building initiative of the Men of Honour Campaign focuses on positive behavior with the aim to break the cycle of violence in PNG. Santos PNG Stakeholder Management Senior Vice President, Wayne Kasou, stated that the continued support from Santos is a shared agenda in addressing gender-based violence.  ‘'This initiative by Digicel Foundation is important, in terms of creating a platform that recognizes men making a difference in their communities and being role models for other men, women, and children so that everyone can collectively and collaboratively combat gender-based violence in the country,' he stated.

https://www.looppng.com/png-news/santos-shared-agenda-addressing-gbv-119302

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Film producer Ferdinand 'Ferdy' Lapuz has been given a lifetime achievement award at the recently concluded 2023 Fantasporto International Film Festival (IFF) in Porto, Portugal, where he was also honored with a retrospective of some of the most celebrated films he helped produce. The festival's 43rd edition ran from Feb. 25 to March 5. 'I didn't expect the award. I only knew that I'd be receiving a citation because of the retrospective. I didn't have any hint of it until a few minutes before the program when one of the festival organizers told me, ‘You better have extra space on your luggage because you'll be taking home the last award,'' the Pampanga-based Lapuz told Inquirer Entertainment by phone days after he arrived home.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/489825/ferdy-lapuz-given-retrospective-lifetime-achievement-award-in-portugal

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Miracle Mile Advisors LLC acquired a new position in American Express ( NYSE:AXP ) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 1,329 shares of the payment services company's stock, valued at approximately $231,000. A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in AXP. Chelsea Counsel Co. bought a new position in shares of American Express in the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Steward Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of American Express by 104.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/09/23/miracle-mile-advisors-llc-invests-231000-in-american-express-nyseaxp.html

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KYIV–A Russian missile hit a clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, killing two people and wounding 30 in an attack that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called a crime against humanity. Video footage showed a devastated building with smoke pouring out of it and rescue workers looking on. Much of the upper floor of what appeared to be a three-story building had been badly damaged. A covered corpse lay in the road nearby. 'Another (Russian) missile attack, another crime against humanity,' Zelenskiy wrote on Twitter.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1775555/russian-attack-on-ukrainian-clinic-kills-two-and-wounds-30-kyiv-says

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WASHINGTON — The death toll from an explosion at a chocolate factory in the US state of Pennsylvania rose to three Saturday with four people missing, local officials said, as rescuers raced against the clock to find survivors. Crews were still removing debris and rubble following the Friday afternoon explosion at the RM Palmer Company plant in the West Reading borough of Pennsylvania. However, 'due to the violence of the explosion and the amount of time that has passed, the chance of finding survivors is decreasing rapidly,' West Reading Fire Chief Chad Mayor told a press conference Saturday.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1748358/death-toll-in-us-chocolate-factory-explosion-rises-to-three

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Homo Trumpien Story by Tom Boggioni  Raw Story R eveling in special counsel Jack Smith's 37-count indictment of Donald Trump on charges ranging from obstruction of justice to very serious Espionage Act violations, former Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen said his ex-boss is showing definite signs of fear. Speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, the former Trump lawyer said the now twice-indicted ex-president's flip-out on Truth Social is a sign that he is in a "state of panic." "At twelve o'clock midnight Trump is in an absolute panic," Cohen told the MSNBC host.

http://rimcountrygazette.blogspot.com/2023/06/former-lawyer-michael-cohen-points-to.html

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William Blair Investment Management LLC trimmed its position in shares of STERIS plc ( NYSE:STE – Free Report ) by 96.6% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,990 shares of the medical equipment provider's stock after selling 55,868 shares during the quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC's holdings in STERIS were worth $381,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/09/03/william-blair-investment-management-llc-sells-55868-shares-of-steris-plc-nyseste.html

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Cape Town, South Africa — A South African fugitive who faked his own death in a prison break that embarrassed the authorities has been extradited from Tanzania, the government said on Thursday. Thabo Bester, convicted of rape and murder, escaped from a privately-run prison in Bloemfontein in May last year — but South African police only found out last month. Bester was believed to have died after setting himself on fire behind bars, but in late March police said DNA tests revealed the charred remains found in his cell belonged to someone else.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1756000/shocking-prison-break-fugitive-returned-to-south-africa

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William Blair Investment Management LLC lessened its stake in HealthEquity, Inc. ( NASDAQ:HQY – Get Rating ) by 10.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,986,294 shares of the company's stock after selling 346,675 shares during the quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC owned about 3.53% of HealthEquity worth $184,075,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/15/william-blair-investment-management-llc-sells-346675-shares-of-healthequity-inc-nasdaqhqy.html

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