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Aaron Gordon scored 26 points and Orlando held on to beat the San Antonio Spurs 117-110 on Sunday night after nearly blowing a 26-point lead with 9 minutes remaining. D.J Augustin added 18 points for Orlando, which made 12 3-pointers in scoring a season high. “It’s a great feeling to get a good win on the road against a great team like that who’s playing well now,” Augustin said. “It’s great for our confidence it’s what we’ve been looking for to get us going in a good direction....

The reveal follows a sneak-peak from earlier this year. Back in May at Google’s I/O 2022, their yearly developer conference, they gave audiences a hint at the Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. Showing off just the back of the devices, viewers got a look at two white phones with silver camera bars, one matte and one shiny. Of note was the differing camera setup between the two models, the Pro seemingly having more functionality....

Her break-in attempt was unsuccessful; however, Amelia, not wanting to leave her partner’s side, remained at the door throughout the entire surgery. The New England Wildlife Center posted the story to their Facebook page on July 14. According to their post, the mated pair of wild geese live on a pond near the facility. One morning, the staff noticed Arnold had developed a limp and was “continuously falling over.” Concerned, they worked together to catch the goose and bring him in for a quick exam....

Wichmann appeared on Jeff Pedersen’s podcast on the July 30 episode titled Stand Up Without Fear,on which the host threw his support behind the gubernatorial hopeful. During the podcast, Pedersen backed the “America First” candidate and offered his “full and total, complete endorsement,” to which Wichmann replied he was “honored.” Pedersen also was heard using a number code that is associated with the QAnon conspiracy when encouraging listeners to donate money to Wichmann’s campaign....

In a post on Facebook, Representative Candice Keller, who lives in Middletown, around 30 miles south of Dayton, said that after every mass shooting “the liberals start the blame game,” and asked “why not place the blame where it belongs?” Keller attributed the killings to various problems that she said stemmed from the “breakdown of the traditional American family (thank you, transgender, homosexual marriage, and drag queen advocates).” She also listed video games, “fatherlessness” and “the acceptance of recreational marijuana” as other ills that contributed to the shootings....

The Fair Tax Act, which has been introduced by Representative Earl “Buddy” Carter and is supported by 30 other GOP members of the House, would abolish income, payroll, estate and gift taxes. Instead, the legislation proposes a 23 percent national sales tax, but the effective rate would be 30 percent, according to the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). The plan has little chance of passing the House as three Republican members have already said they will vote against it and Speaker Kevin McCarthy indicated on Tuesday that he was also opposed....

Top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. led drone strike at an airport in Baghdad, Iraq. The attack was authorized by Trump, but Congress was not informed before the military action took place. After telling Blitzer that Congress was looking at Kaine’s War Powers Resolution, Rand said that he has always been in support of declarations of war, but that saying Soleimani posed an imminent threat to U....

Daines, one of several vulnerable Republicans in the upper chamber this election cycle, co-sponsored the Lower Costs, More Cures Act on July 2, which sought to lower the cost of prescription drugs while providing greater price transparency. The bill was introduced in December 2019 and has not advanced. In the weeks before and after Daines threw his weight behind the proposal, he received a total of $18,500 from seven different Big Pharma political action committees (PACs)....

Although Biden has not officially named Yellen to lead the Treasury Department, her expected nomination was first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Monday and later confirmed by multiple news outlets. Yellen served as the chair of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, from 2014 until 2018. However, some Republicans, including Barrasso, opposed her nomination to that post as well. “I voted against her when she was brought up to be confirmed for the Federal Reserve,” Barrasso, chair of the Senate Republican Conference, responded during a Wednesday interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, when asked if he’d vote against Yellen’s nomination to lead the Treasury Department....

McCollister, who was elected to the Nebraska legislature in 2015, appeared for an interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday morning after his party rejected his concerns as well as him as a politician. The state senator argued, along with the morning show’s host Joe Scarborough––who previously served as GOP congressman but now identifies as independent––that Trump was not even a real conservative. “Donald Trump has hijacked the Republican party in Nebraska as well as in the rest of the country,” McCollister said....

K’Ogalo have donned jerseys from seven different companies since 2011 and the management is now thinking of having one direct supplier for a long period of time. Gor Mahia tipped to reclaim 2017 league title Secretary General Ben Omondi has explained to Goal that they are currently in talks with two manufacturers and that they will pick one by the end of the league’s first leg. “We have not had a proper jersey supplier for quite some time and we think it will be prudent if we get one now....

And then he let him go. The four-time Cup champion could have turned Edwards in the final corner and hoped he would be able to not wreck himself and keep enough momentum to win the Toyota/Save Mart 350. “It’s not worth wrecking the guy because, hey, if you’re racing the guy and you get a couple runs on him, he blocks you and he blocks you here and he blocks you there and you’re faster, then you might not give an inch,” Gordon said after his second-place finish....

Craig Gordon went more than a month without playing for the Scottish champions this season with Rodgers preferring Dorus de Vries as his number one. But with the Dutchman still struggling with a chest injury, which forced him off at halftime during Saturday’s 6-1 victory over Kilmarnock, the 33-year-old Gordon keeps his place for the clash with the English Premier League leaders at Celtic Park on Wednesday. “Craig Gordon will start tomorrow,” Rodgers told a news conference on Tuesday....

Created sometime between 1399 and 1407, the Sherbone Missal was commissioned by the abbot of the Abbey of St. Mary, in the southwest English market town of Sherborne. Known as a missal, the illuminated manuscript was a book of services that included all the texts needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year, including on feast days, holidays and commemorations of saints. The British Library’s Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts Eleanor Jackson announced the digitization of the Sherborne Missal in a Thursday blog post....

We humans live in complex social structures, which are thought to have emerged as small autonomous groups grew into networks made of multi-layered hierarchies. Scientists believe humans have what is known as a unique “social brain.” It is thought these formed as our brains grew after the chimpanzee-human split. Dr. Robin Morrison, a biological anthropologist at the University of Cambridge, and her team believe complex societies could have evolved earlier than previously thought....

The Game of Thrones star shared his thoughts on how sex scenes are filmed these days and said he preferred when it was less controlled. “Somebody saying, ‘Do this, put your hands there, while you touch his thing…” Bean said in an interview with the U.K.’s Times Magazine. “I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise.” Intimacy coordinators work on film and television sets to choreograph simulated sex between actors and ensure their wellbeing is considered on set....

On Twitter earlier today, the official Google Developers account confirmed that Ubisoft and id Software will be a part of the upcoming event. Amy Hennig, who worked at Uncharted developer Naughty Dog and then at EA, will also be a special guest as well as Crystal Dynamics, the developer of Tomb Raider and Square Enix’s Avengers game. The attendee confirmation follows the announcement that Jade Raymond, who has worked at Ubisoft and EA, has joined Google in a vice presidential role....

This might come as little surprise, considering that innumerous gamers around the world have at least typed Among Us into Google since the game first started gaining its rampant popularity. Even more shocking is the number of titles that came out this year, before the infectious rise of Among Us, that couldn’t compete with the indie title. RELATED: Among Us Has More Surprises for December Besides New Map According to Google’s worldwide records, the top five searched games include: Among Us, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Valorant, Genshin Impact, and The Last of Us Part 2....

It seems Google already has a plan for that, as earlier today the tech company announced its acquisition of AAA game developer Typhoon Studios. As part of Stadia’s first games studio, Stadia Games and Entertainment, it will be up to this Montreal-based studio to develop exclusives for Google Stadia. RELATED: 15 Biggest Game Controversies in 2019 The acquisition is part of Stadia’s plan to fill out it’s gaming library with exclusive content that will entice gamers to move to the Stadia platform....

Though Google planned to phase out the technology on its web browser that tracks users to give them targeted and relevant ads, the company said it still needs more time to develop a replacement system, the Associated Press reported. Vinay Goel, the director of privacy engineering for Chrome, wrote about an updated timeline in a blog post. Goel said that while there had been progress, “it’s become clear that more time is needed across the ecosystem to get this right....