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2023 Player ReviewsKevin Labanc is one of the names on the Sharks' trade board, but should he be dealt during the offseason?Hockey players are human too, but sometimes it's hard to separate the person from the product on the ice.This year, it may be best if you take Kevin Labanc's season with a grain of salt.

The official story out of Buffalo in late February was that defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier was taking a year off from coaching.The unofficial story always seemed to be that he got a belated nudge from the Bills, as the unofficial scapegoat for the team's failure to live up to sky-high expectations in 2022.

Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard, who has reiterated a trade demand to another franchise in search of a bigger role, could be a "buy low" candidate for the Dallas Mavericks - this, at least, according to The Smoking Cuban's Noah Weber."If the Celtics end up looking to trade Pritchard, Dallas should only look to make the move if they can buy low," Weber wrote.

Public sentiment in Russia over war casualties has been turning more negative during the intense fighting in recent months in eastern Ukraine, according to a new analysis.U.S. officials have highlighted the huge numbers of Russian troops killed and wounded in Bakhmut, Ukraine, in recent months, which they estimate to be more than 100,000.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three vulnerabilities to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog, including an Oracle WebLogic flaw patched by the vendor in January.There do not appear to be any public reports describing exploitation of the WebLogic vulnerability.

(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

The Lakers' lead over Phoenix had dwindled to one in the fourth quarter Wednesday when D'Angelo Russell returned to the floor after a rest on the bench.There was a sense of uncertainty and dread filling Crypto.comArena.The Suns were making a push, and a loss would have left the Lakers on the wrong side of the cutoff for making the play-in.

An atmospheric river storm bearing down on California will drop more rain and snow this week, sparking fresh concerns about additional flooding and snowmelt in the already soaked state.The storm, which originated near Hawaii, is expected to intensify Monday into Wednesday.It will create "considerable flooding impacts below 5,000 feet elevation across much of the California Coast and Central Valley and over the southern Sierra Nevada foothills," the National Weather Service said.

(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

A man who was attacked on his way to the Chatsworth Metro Station by a machete-wielding assailant has filed a claim against the city of Los Angeles, saying that unsafe conditions are to blame.Brent Meldeau, 53, was walking to the station March 2 when, he said, he heard "someone approaching me, and I see this guy with his hand in the air.

Ukraine's foreign ministry on Sunday said it was seeking an emergency meeting of the United Nation's Security Council to counter Russia's "nuclear blackmail" over a planned move to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a decision to station the weapons there a day earlier sending a warning to NATO, and escalating a standoff with the alliance over its military support for Ukraine.

TikTok is facing a direct challenge to its continued operations in the US.The Biden administration is reportedly demanding that TikTok be sold off from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a potential ban.The demand was first reported by The Wall Street Journaland later by The New York Times.

The York Catholic District School Board has voted against flying the Pride flag at its schools in June.At a board meeting on Monday night, trustees defeated a motion to fly the flag with a vote of six to four.Demonstrators shouted at trustees immediately after the vote and were escorted out of the room.

Advocates and critics clashed at a York Catholic District School Board meeting Tuesday night over the long-standing issue of whether or not the board should raise the rainbow flag during Pride month in June.A video recording of the meeting, which was publicly accessible on YouTube earlier Wednesday, has since been made private in what the board says is regular procedure.

It's 4:30 a.m. and Toronto Pearson International Airport's Terminal 3 is already bustling.Hundreds of people wait in lines snaking around Canada's busiest airport as passengers arrive to catch the first flights of the day all hoping things go according to plan and they'll get to their destinations on time with their luggage.

US officials have picked up chatter amongst Ukrainian officials blaming each other for a drone attack on the Kremlin earlier this month, contributing to a US assessment that a Ukrainian group may have been responsible, sources familiar with the intelligence told CNN.The intercepts include some members of Ukraine's military and intelligence bureaucracy speculating that Ukrainian special operations forces conducted the operation.

BeachesEast York Coun.Brad Bradford confirmed Wednesday he will run to be Toronto's next mayor.A spokesperson for Bradford's campaign said his focus will be "less talk and more action," with particular emphasis on improving safety on the TTC, making life more affordable and "getting the city moving."

Four people have been arrested after a large fight broke out in Lewisham.(Image: Newsquest) Four people have been arrested after a large fight broke out in Lewisham.The incident between groups of school children happened in Lewisham High Street at 4pm on January 31.Officers from Mounted Branch and the Territorial Support Group attended the scene due to the number of people present.

Renewed witness appeal after man stabbed in leg in Bexleyheath (Image: NQ) A renewed witness appeal has been launched after a man was stabbed in the leg in Bexleyheath.Officers were called to the stabbing at the junction of Lion Road and Bexleyheath Broadway on Saturday, November 19.A man, aged in his 30s, was taken to hospital in a serious condition with a stab wound to the leg.

(Ringo H.W. Chiu / Associated Press)

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said Tuesday that LeBron James has earned the right to take some time to consider his options this offseason, including retirement.James hinted on Monday night following the Lakers' elimination from the playoffs that "I've got a lot to think about" when it comes to his future and later reiterated that retirement was a possibility.

Bitcoin Frogs, the newly-launched non-fungible token (NFT) fashioned after frogs, has become the most-traded collection in the past 24 hours, surpassing even prominent collections, such as Bored Apes.Bitcoin Frogs, which launched in late February on Bitcoin Ordinals, reached trading volume of over $2.2 million, data from CryptoSlam show.

An independent advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration will decide on Thursday whether to recommend an RSV vaccine for infants.If eventually approved, the shot, which is made by Pfizer and administered to pregnant mothers, would be the first RSV vaccine for infants in the U.S.
"Before the pandemic, RSV was the No. 1 cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, so this is a big deal," said Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children's Hospital.

"The patentees in [ Interactive Wearables and Tropp] urge the Court to broaden eligibility, while the accused infringers urge the Court to leave the Federal Circuit's legal standard intact.No party suggests eligibility should be radically narrowed in a way that would affect the result here."

One of the chief advisers to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said Russian plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus would cause destabilization there.Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a decision to station the weapons there a day earlier sending a warning to NATO, and escalating a standoff with the alliance over its military support for Ukraine.

This week's clash upped the ante but experts say a larger conflict is off the table.Kyiv, Ukraine It looked like a deliberate manoeuvre by a skilled pilot that led to the first direct military clash between the United States and Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine.Two Russian fighter jets approached a US drone flying in the cloudless, azure sky over international waters in the Black Sea on Tuesday morning.

Paris Olympics 2024 Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo attends the 'Kyiv Investment Forum' at the Brussels city hall in Belgium, on November 28, 2022.Hatim Kaghat, AFP Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo changed her stance on Russian competitors at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday saying they should be banned "while the war continues" in Ukraine, her office said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared himself "very pleased" as he capped off a whirlwind tour of western Europe, during which he secured new pledges of weapons, military aid, training and support ahead of a planned counteroffensive.After meeting with leaders in Italy, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, Zelensky said he was returning home Monday with "more new and powerful weapons for the front line, more protection for our people" and "more political support."

The graves of Wagner mercenary fighters are seen in a cemetery near the Russian village of Bakinskaya in late January.(Reuters)The rate at which Russian forces are being killed or wounded in Ukraine has spiked in recent months, according to estimates disclosed by the White House this week, underscoring how ferocious the combat has become and suggesting the carnage could get even worse with Kyiv's long-planned counteroffensive to retake occupied territory.

Aquatic plants and debris are exposed by the falling water levels at the Kakhovka Reservoir.Researchers say that the draining of the reservoir by Russian forces are but one example of the war's effect on Ukraine's water supply.Dmytro Smoliyenko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty At the massive Kakhovka Reservoir in southern Ukraine, water levels should be rapidly rising.

Police block off a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia near where fire engulfed a building belonging to the border patrol of Russian Federal Security Service or F.S.B. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) A building for the border patrol of Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, exploded in flames on Thursday in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, killing at least one person and injuring at least two, according to Russian media and local officials.

Microsoft says iPhone support for its Phone Link app is now available for all Windows 11 users.Announced in February, Microsoft's feature allows syncing calls, contacts and messages - including limited iMessage support - between an iPhone and PC.Phone Link has been around (under various names) for Android-synced desktop features since 2015, but this is the first time it's supported iPhones.

Britain has supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow stealth cruise missiles giving Volodymyr Zelensky's government the capability to carry out long-range strikes against Russian forces.The missiles with a range of 155 miles, will give a vital boost to Ukrainian forces when they launch their much publicised spring offensive.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A primary school teacher stabbed her partner in the neck and buried his body in their garden after telling her headteacher she had Covid-19 and needed to self-isolate, a court has heard.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A primary school teacher stabbed her partner in the neck and buried his body in their garden after telling her headteacher she had Covid-19 and needed to self-isolate, a court has heard.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A predicted big freeze caused by a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event is still several days away for much of the UK, forecasts have suggested.Reports are rife about a SSW event hitting the UK before spring begins, sparking fears of a re-run of the Beast from the East storm in 2018.

"Whereas ADASA's brief in opposition argued that the only issue is the Federal Circuit's expanded use of Section 101 to invalidate patent claims, Avery Dennison contends that a decision seen to be lowering the patent eligibility bar 'will be overread and misused by one side of the raging debate.'"

"VIP has not explained why its message is more deserving than Jack Daniel's message, Jack Daniel's goodwill, or the public's interest in not being misled."- Jack Daniel's Reply Brief
Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. filed its reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, March 10, in a major trademark case set to be argued on March 22.

in brief We'd say you'll never guess which telco admitted to a security breakdown last week, but you totally will: T-Mobile US, and for the second time (so far) this year.For those counting, this also makes the seventh incident in five years at the cellular provider - though this one is small compared to the 37 million subscribers whose data leaked in January.

T-Mobile has experienced another data breach, reporting that personal information belonging to hundreds of account holders was exposed in an attack between late February and March 2023.The company disclosed in notification letters issued to impacted customers on April 28th that a hacker managed to access information such as full names, dates of birth, addresses, contact information, government IDs, social security numbers, and T-Mobile account pins.

US wireless carrier T-Mobile is informing some customers that their personal information was compromised in a recent data breach.After being alerted to unauthorized activity on its systems, the company discovered that a malicious actor had access to a "small number" of T-Mobile accounts between late February and March 2023.

Multiple criminals, including at least one nation-state group, broke into a US federal government agency's Microsoft Internet Information Services web server by exploiting a critical three-year-old Telerik bug to achieve remote code execution.The snafu happened between November 2022 and early January, according to a joint alert from the FBI, CISA, and America's Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) this week.

Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the crowd in Kansas City, Mo., before Thursday night's opening round of the NFL draft.(Jeff Roberson/AP)As the NFL conducts an informal review of Josh Harris's tentative $6.05 billion deal to purchase the Washington Commanders from Daniel Snyder, Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a televised interview Thursday that "progress is being made" toward a possible announcement by late May.

Microsoft is getting ready to demonstrate how its new ChatGPT-like AI will transform its Office productivity apps.After announcing and demonstrating its Prometheus Model in its new Bing search engine earlier this week, Microsoft is gearing up to show how it will expand to its core productivity apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho stole a move straight out of the pages of a spy novel when he wore a wire on the touchline during his team's 1-1 draw at Monza in Serie A on Wednesday, which he said was to protect himself from the match officials.Mourinho, who is no stranger to clashes with referees, tore into Daniele Chiffi after the game, describing the 38-year-old official as "the worst I've ever encountered."

AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho stole a move straight out of the pages of a spy novel when he wore a wire on the touchline during his team's 1-1 draw at Monza in Serie A on Wednesday, which he said was to protect himself from the match officials.Mourinho, who is no stranger to clashes with referees, tore into Daniele Chiffi after the game, describing the 38-year-old official as "the worst I've ever encountered."

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning to companies over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate people's behaviour for commercial gain.In a blog post published 1 May 2023, FTC advertising practices attorney Michael Atleson said firms are already using the new wave of generative AI tools in ways that can influence people's beliefs, emotions and behaviour.

New England Patriots fourth-round draft pick Jake Andrews may be new to New England, but he won't be completely new to their play style.Andrews, who started 55 career games at Troy at both guard and center, played under former Patriots offensive line coach Cole Popovich last season.Popovich, who worked under Belichick in New England for five seasons before departing in 2020, frequently showed his Trojans' lineman old Patriots' film.

As the nation's public health emergency expires on May 11, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop reporting its color-coded Covid-19 Community Levels as a way to track the spread of the infection.Instead, the CDC will keep tabs on Covid-19 largely by tracking hospitalizations and monitoring wastewater in some areas, according to a source familiar with the agency's plans.

The live-in boyfriend of missing woman Irene Gakwa has pleaded guilty to stealing money from her in the weeks after she vanished a year ago in Wyoming.Gakwa's family last saw her on a video call on February 24, 2022, and reported her missing about a month later.She was 32 at the time, and lived with the boyfriend, Nathan Hightman, in Gillette, Wyoming.

California state emergency officials are positioning crews across several counties to brace for more damaging floods as another atmospheric river is set to slam storm-fatigued California Tuesday, threatening to whip up hurricane force winds and deluge the state with more rain and snow.Now's the time to make sure you and your family are prepared, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services tweeted Monday.

Weeks before the Brooklyn Botanic Garden updated CherryWatch, the online tracker that documents the progress of a majority of the garden's 220 cherry blossom trees, staff members noticed that some people had already begun to check the website for the first signs of spring.People will sort of jump the gun and see that we've turned on the map even before we've officially announced it, said Elizabeth Reina-Longoria, the communications director at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Bruins RALEIGH, N.C.(AP) - David Pastrnak eclipsed the 50-goal mark by scoring twice and the Boston Bruins won their seventh game in a row by defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout Sunday.Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk Scored in the shootout in a matchup of Eastern Conference division leaders.

New York's Vietnamese foodscene is still relatively young compared to places like Orange County, California, and Houston, Texas.As recently as a decade ago, many of the city's Vietnamese restaurants were found in Chinatown and run by Hoa, ethnic Chinese immigrants who were born and raised in Vietnam.

Appas Pizza, a "Korean pizza parlour", is opening in the East Village.The new spot, located at 210 First Avenue, between 12th and 13th streets comes from Linda Wang's Ume Hospitality, which currently operates eight restaurants in New York City, including Ume Williamsburg, Sushi Nikko, and Sekai Omakase.

The wait is nearly over for the many fans of Daisies, the adored Logan Square restaurant that in late February closed its original location ahead of a hotly anticipated move into a much larger space a few blocks away.Owner Joe Frillman will throw open the doors at its roomy new digs on Wednesday, March 29, at 2375 N. Milwaukee Avenue, introducing Chicago to Daisies 2.0 - the latest, greatest version of his six-year-old Midwestern cooking destination.

Employers in Illinois will be required to provide their workers with paid time off for any reason after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law in mid-March that will go into effect next year.As of January 1, 2024, employers in the state must offer their employees compensated time off without mandating an explanation for their absence as long as the worker provides notice at least a week in advance.

Sanaa Abourezk, a Damascus-born chef and owner of Sanaa's Gourmet Mediterranean in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was browsing the internet on the evening of February 5 when she realized that something was wrong.It was around 4 a.m. in Syria, where her siblings and other family live, but despite the early hour, many of her relatives were active online.

An astonishing 1,768 men's college basketball players entered the transfer portal in November, the majority of whom were on Division I teams.With such a turnover of players, coaches are forced to revamp their rosters annually, integrating existing players, incoming transfers and freshmen into their system.

When the corpse of a Wagner mercenary fighter arrived in his small Russian village in late February after he was killed fighting in Ukraine, some residents wanted to give him a hero's burial.Others could not forget that the former prisoner had stabbed his father to death.The ruckus prompted a stream of acrimonious comments on social media, with those demanding military honors for the fighter, Ilshat Askarov, flinging words like Shame! or Traitor! at opponents.

Julian Nagelsmann has been sacked by Bayern Munich and will be replaced by Thomas Tuchel, according to widespread reports.Rumours of the surprise decision began to circulate on Thursday.Fabrizio Romano suggested Bayern were considering a change of head coach, and things escalated quickly from there.

The beloved neighborhood restaurant nestled inside Point Richmond's Hotel Mac is ready for a comeback with two local restaurateurs at its helm.The couple behind Richmond's Mi Casa Grill on San Pablo Avenue, Blanca Zepedalomeli and Juvenal Magaña, signed a lease with the hotel in late February and will be the operators of the space, Restaurant Realty Company first reported.

For families who love all things in the sky, there's a really exciting opportunity to see an asteroid that was only discovered last month.There isn't much known about this new flying rock, but the 200-foot meteor is closely flying by Earth this month, and with the right gear, you can view it passing by with your own two eyes.

Despite not making an external free agent signing yet, the Dallas Cowboys are putting together the best offseason of any NFL team.Days after trading for Stephon Gilmore to anchor the secondary, the Cowboys struck a deal with their in-state rival for Brandin Cooks.At face value, this is a fantastic trade for Dallas, which desperately needed to add a second receiver behind CeeDee Lamb.

Nearly a month ago, Bianca Clayborne, Deonte Williams, and their five children were on their way from Georgia to Chicago for Clayborne's uncle's funeral when a highway patrol officer stopped them in Manchester, Tennessee.That moment about 60 miles outside Nashville has since upended their lives as Clayborne and Williams try to regain custody of their children after they say state authorities kidnapped them on account of a minuscule amount of marijuana in the car, the Tennessee Lookout first reported.

A European legal team on Friday ended two days of questioning of Lebanon's central bank chief in Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor.Several European countries are investigating Gov. Riad Salameh, who in recent years has been charged with corruption-related crimes.Salameh, 72, has been the head of Lebanon's Central Bank since 1993.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Lebanon's Central Bank chief was again charged with corruption on Wednesday, this time after failing to show up for questioning before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor, officials said.

Sony may soon release a sequel to its well-received WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds.The Walkman Blog has discovered certification images for the WF-1000XM5, and there are hints Sony may address the comfort issues we have with the current model.The photos suggest the XM5 design may be curvier - you could listen for longer periods without a flat side digging into your ear.

Democratic state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh has even filibustered through a bout of strep throat to keep her promise.An eagle statue is pictured outside the state capitol in Lincoln, Nebraska.ArmadilloCommander / iStock / Getty Images Plus A Nebraska state lawmaker has filibustered every piece of legislation that has been brought up for consideration in the state's unicameral legislature, fulfilling a vow she made three weeks ago to do so until Republicans agree to drop legislation seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth and abortion rights in the state.

A strange loop keeps happening in the U.S. economy: prices go up, forecasters predict that consumers will restrain their spending, and then we learn that consumers are unfazed by rising prices.The government's latest inflation numbers, released Tuesday, March 14, suggest that this is still happening.

Some rumors from the past couple of months suggest that Xiaomi's gaming arm, Black Shark, is having a hard time with employees and it's struggling to produce products.However, reports regarding the supposedly upcoming Black Shark 6 haven't slowed down.In fact, most of the specs leaked in late February.

Mellow Melrose bar the Darkroom has been fully retrofitted for the modern age, emerging into the light as a cool and airy new hangout for cocktails and vegan sushi named APB.It's a stark new shift for the longtime bar, which stood for years as a welcoming neighborhood watering hole for the extended Hollywood area.

Asteroid 2023 DW will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 14, 2046.NASA and other agencies are closely monitoring the asteroid to learn more about its projected path.NASA The asteroid 2023 DW was just discovered in late February.But NASA says it's tracking it closely to learn about its orbital path, because the asteroid "has a very small chance of impacting Earth" in 23 years.

Renting The Boston apartment market is more competitive than ever.Here's how to sign your next lease with confidence.The biggest moving day of the year - "by far," according to Boston Pads CEO Demetrios Salpoglou - is Sept. 1.
"It's not only the college students moving in and out, but grad students, law students, and specialty schools," Salpoglou said.

John Carlson has not played in a game for the Capitals since December 23 when he got hit in the side of the head by a Brenden Dillon slap shot.It's almost two full months later and it appears things are at least headed in a positive direction.The veteran rearguard got on the ice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Monday in full gear with skating coach, Wendy Marco of Cold Rush Hockey.

As a Washington Nationals' fan, you've been to your fair share of baseball games.If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, you've probably experienced the excitement of watching a game in person at Nationals Park in the heart of the city.In fact, you've likely experienced most of what the city has to offer when it comes to your favorite sport.