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An Indianapolis police officer who fatally shot a Black man after a high-speed chase earlier this year was cleared Tuesday by a grand jury, officials said. Special prosecutor Rosemary Khoury said the group, which was empaneled to investigate the May 6 killing of Dreasjon Reed, 21, returned a “no bill,” concluding that officer Dejoure Mercer […]
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Rafael Nadal beat Pablo Carreño Busta in three sets of gathering power on Friday night to reach the semi-finals of the Paris Masters, and simultaneously shoehorned Diego Schwartzman into the upcoming ATP World Tour Finals in London. The Spaniard beat his compatriot 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, a few hours after the Argentinian collapsed in the first […]
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Since doctors began treating cancer patients with immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors nearly a decade ago, they have observed that a subset of these patients experience a side effect that clinically looks like inflammatory arthritis. These drugs, which take the natural brake off immune cells called T cells and allow them to attack cancer, can […]
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California voters have rejected a proposal to partially dismantle the state’s 42-year-old cap on property taxes, a move that would have raised taxes for many businesses in a pandemic-hobbled economy. Following Tuesday’s update to the vote count, Proposition 15 had only about 48% support and was trailing by more than a half-million votes. a has […]
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Samsung’s pocket-sized T7 USB-C SSD is steeply discounted at a few retailers. The price cut applies to the 1TB and 2TB models, both of which could make for speedy external add-ons for the PS5 or Xbox Series X / S consoles, in addition to the more obvious use case of connecting it your PC. The […]
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A former San Francisco Giants outfielder filed suit Tuesday against his old club, claiming its negligence — by placing bullpens in the field of play — cut short a promising career. Jonathan “Mac” Williamson, a 30-year-old Wake Forest University alum, played 160 games over the course of five MLB seasons from 2015 through 2019, almost […]
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Alexander Zverev blew Rafael Nadal off the court in a little over an hour and a half at Bercy on Saturday afternoon and plays the unpredictable Russian Daniil Medvedev for the Paris Masters title on Sunday. The young German’s patience and concentration were as impressive as his power as he gave Nadal no peace to […]
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Researchers have identified several factors that should help improve the diagnosis of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO), also known as chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO). This chronic autoinflammatory syndrome, which can be debilitating, is underdiagnosed and is characterized by multiple foci of painful swelling of bones, mainly in the metaphyses of the long bones, in addition […]
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ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, has filed a petition Tuesday evening with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging an Aug. 14 order from the Trump administration requiring the video-sharing app to be divested by Thursday. Tiktok said in a statement on Twitter that despite engaging with the Committee on Foreign Investment in […]
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Thinking about picking up a new Apple Watch? It’s never a bad idea to wait until there’s a good deal, and thankfully, those happen with some regularity. The latest model, the Apple Watch Series 6, starts at $399. Despite launching in September, it already has a small price reduction. If that’s a little too expensive, […]
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