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76ers' Joel Embiid returns for 2nd half after appearing to reinjure knee in Game 1 vs Knicks 04/20/2024 10:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When the Philadelphia 76ers arrived in the locker room at halftime after a miserable second quarter, there was good news waiting. Joel Embiid was planning to come back on the court. Shortly after appearing to reinjure his surgically repaired left knee after a powerful dunk, Embiid Yankees' Cortes learns pump fake pitch is actually illegal; pitches seven innings vs. Rays 04/20/2024 09:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has told Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes that his pump fake pitch to Cleveland’s Andrés Giménez is against the rules. Known for his deceiving leg kicks and windups, Cortes added another trick in his repertoire with a funky move to Giménez in the second inni Data Doctors: Tips for Spotting deepfake Videos 04/19/2024 05:33pm • Q: Do you know of any tools that can detect deepfake videos? A: The number of AI tools that allow just about anyone to create fake videos is growing in both numbers and sophistication. We should all be concerned about these tools, especially in an election year as foreign entities will likely Police in Paris detain a man wearing fake explosives vest at Iran's Consulate 04/19/2024 01:09pm • PARIS (AP) — A man wearing a fake explosive vest and making threats was detained Friday outside the Iranian Consulate in Paris after police locked down the area, authorities said. His motive was unclear. The incident came at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East, and as Paris is on high US committee releases sealed Brazil court orders to Musk's X, shedding light on account suspensions 04/18/2024 08:25pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A U.S. congressional committee released confidential Brazilian court orders to suspend accounts on the social media platform X, offering a glimpse into decisions that have spurred complaints of alleged censorship from the company and its billionaire owner Elon Musk. The Repub Miami Heat guard Jimmy Butler will have MRI Thursday, may miss play-in game Friday 04/18/2024 10:36am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Miami guard Jimmy Butler will have an MRI on his right knee Thursday, with the Heat bracing for the strong possibility that he may miss Friday's elimination play-in game against the Chicago Bulls, a person with knowledge of the situation said. No final determination will be 9 are facing charges in what police in Canada say is the biggest gold theft in the country's history 04/18/2024 10:14am • TORONTO (AP) — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago. Peel Regional Police said Wednesday that 6,600 gold bars worth more than 20 million Canadian dollars ($14. Lebanon says Israeli agents likely killed Hezbollah-linked currency exchanger near Beirut 04/18/2024 04:05am • BEIT MERI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s interior minister alleged Wednesday that the mysterious abduction and killing of a Hezbollah-linked Lebanese currency exchanger in a villa on the edge of a quiet mountain resort town earlier this month was likely the work of Israeli intelligence operatives. Th Convicted scammer who victims say claimed to be a psychic, Irish heiress faces extradition to UK 04/17/2024 02:37pm • A woman accused by scam victims of crisscrossing the U.S. claiming to be an Irish heiress is expected to learn next month whether she will be extradited to the United Kingdom. Marianne Smyth, a 54-year-old American, will be in federal court in Maine for the hearing that relates to allegations she st 10 detained in large-scale raid in Germany targeting human smuggling gang that exploits visa permits 04/17/2024 05:53am • BERLIN (AP) — German authorities conducted a large-scale raid against an international human smuggling gang early Wednesday, police said in a statement. More than 1,000 police officers searched dozens of homes, stores and offices across western and southern Germany and detained 10 suspects, inclu A woman who accused Trevor Bauer of sex assault is now charged with defrauding ex-MLB player 04/16/2024 08:59pm • PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who accused former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault has been charged with defrauding the baseball player. An indictment unsealed Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court charges the woman with fraud and theft by extortion, both felonies, but doesn Arrests made a year after gold and cash worth millions were stolen at Toronto airport 04/16/2024 08:48pm • TORONTO (AP) — Police have made arrests in the theft of a cargo container that included gold and other items worth over 20 million Canadian dollars ($14.5 million) that were stolen from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago, authorities said Tuesday. Peel Regional Police and the U.S Ex-Piston Will Bynum sentenced to 18 months in prison in NBA insurance fraud scheme 04/16/2024 06:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Will Bynum, who played for the Detroit Pistons for six season, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for his conviction in a scandal involving NBA insurance fraud. Bynum, 41, of Bensenville, Illinois, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court, where a jury convicted him in No Owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are charged with COVID fraud 04/15/2024 07:39pm • DENVER (AP) — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court d Russian soldiers who quit Putin's war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge 04/15/2024 06:41pm • ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone. The tourniquets were ready. The pain that followed was the pric