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Fournier, who was reportedly traded from the Magic to the Celtics on Thursday, had a . . . curious way of introducing himself to Boston fans. The veteran shooting guard tweeted a seemingly innocuous message, telling Celtics supporters to Google his last name. MORE: Tracking NBA trade deadline rumors, news, updates For those not in the know, Fournier shares a name with a horrific type of gangrene. From rarediseases.com:...

The duo will provide commentary for all four fights on the pay-per-view portion of the card from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla. MORE: Holyfield, 58, to fight Belfort after De La Hoya gets COVID Belfort was originally going to step into the ring against former champion Oscar De La Hoya, but De La Hoya tested positive for COVID-19 and was pulled from the card. In his place will be the 58-year-old Holyfield, who will return to a boxing ring for the first time in a decade....

Talha Javaid, a youth hockey coach from Windsor, Ont., posted a screenshot on Friday showing a lengthy text message that said Javaid should resign because “it goes against tradition” for hockey teams to be coached by a Muslim. “I don’t feel comfortable with you teaching him and the influence you will have on him,” the message read in part. “It’s hockey, right? It makes more sense if it’s not some Muslim guy teaching it....

A video by The Wall Street Journal shows a number of posts bloggers on Weibo and WeChat saying that at some sites there actually has been “no construction for months” and in other areas where construction has begun there are “there are fewer than 10 workers.” On Monday, Evergrande shares dropped nearly 20 percent, closing at a value of just 23 cents. CNN reports that this stock valuation is the lowest total that the company has posted since 2009....

Everton sign Sandro from Malaga The England international has signed a five-year deal at Goodison Park after an impressive season at Turf Moor. His performances saw him linked with a move back to Manchester United as well as earning him his first cap for the Three Lions, and the Toffees have moved quickly to secure the signing of the 24-year-old. Keane becomes Ronald Koeman’s fifth signing of the summer following the arrivals of Jordan Pickford, Davy Klaasen, Henry Onyekuru and Sandro Ramirez....

Ronald Koeman has been busy adding to his squad, though question marks remain as to whether both Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley can be replaced. Stoke, meanwhile, struggled for consistency last term, and Mark Hughes will be keen to get off to a winning start amid speculation his job could be under threat. EVERTON INJURIES Seamus Coleman is unlikely to feature until around Christmas after the broken leg he suffered playing for the Republic of Ireland against Wales in March while fellow defender Ramiro Funes Mori is set for nine months on the sidelines with a knee problem....

The extraction was carried out using Perseverance’s Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) system—a toaster-sized box located within the rover. Michael Hecht, MOXIE’s principal investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has called the box “a little mechanical tree.” It works by taking in carbon dioxide (CO2), a gas made up of one carbon atom and two oxygen ones, from Mars’ atmosphere and separating the oxygen atoms away....

All of the 18 Republican members of the committee who were present for the vote opposed the adoption of the legislation, while GOP Representative Greg Steube wasn’t in attendance. The Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2021 is the first piece of legislation to restrict assault weapons that the Judiciary Committee has approved in 20 years. It aims to prohibit the sale, manufacture, transfer and import of all semi-automatic rifles, if those rifles can accept a detachable magazine and they have a pistol grip....

The winners are a diverse bunch–doctors, social workers, a single mother, a basketball great and energetic high-school students. But each recognized a need, and found an innovative way to meet it. As we were assembling our list, a bomb blast ripped through the Oklahoma City federal building, killing 166 people. The unprecedented rescue effort mounted in its wake brought out hundreds more everyday heroes. Their self-lessness, and bravery, helped lift the nation’s spirits at a time of grief and terror....

Most IPO underwriters sell largely to big institutions, which then profit from first-day price run-ups of as much as 300 percent. But investors beware: Epoch is attracting its underwriting clients by pricing the shares higher in the first place. President Scott Ryles says there’s a middling price that will please everyone, but it can take a long time to recoup if you overpay for an IPO.

It’s a new fact of the digital age: any time you step outside your door, the possibility exists that you may wind up an unwilling figure of shame and ridicule–if not in the “Borat” movie, then at least on YouTube. It’s surprising how celebrities and politicians have been slow to grasp this reality. But the two Bank of America employees at a private function celebrating the company’s merger with MBNA couldn’t have anticipated what happened to them....

Rashford: Manchester United were the only option for me Henderson took over the captaincy at Anfield following Gerrard’s departure to LA Galaxy in 2015 and has been criticized by sections of Liverpool’s support . Nevertheless, the England midfielder has rediscovered his form in recent weeks after a poor start to the season, netting a stunning winner against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Gerrard believes that the criticism of Henderson was both unnecessary and premature, and has backed his former teammate to keep performing....

Oscar Isaac is the titular hero of this London-based MCU show, which is arriving on the streaming platform soon. Marvel and Disney have kept their cards close to their chest prior to the release, with only a few casting announcements, and they’ve also kept many story details under wraps — until now. Ahead of the launch of Moon Knight, Disney+’s fifth live-action MCU series, here’s everything you need to know about the series....

In the trailer, Olivia Colman returns as Queen Elizabeth II. “Something as important as the monarchy simply cannot be allowed to fail,” she says via voiceover. Helena Bonham Carter (who plays Princess Margaret), Josh O’Connor (a.k.a. young Prince Charles) and Tobias Menzies (who portrays Prince Phillip) are also reprising their respective roles. Gillian Anderson will join the cast as well, as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Emma Corrin will enter the fray as Princess Diana....

A prolific author of doomsday-focused novels, Daybell has been tied to the two missing children of his wife, Lori Vallow. Assistant Rexburg Police Chief Gary Hagen said in a press conference the search warrant was related to the children’s disappearance and confirmed human remains were found on Daybell’s property during Tuesday’s search. Daybell has not been charged with any crime, Hagen said. Seventeen-year-old Tylee Ryan and her brother J.J. Vallow, who would have turned 8 years old last month, have not been seen since September of last year....

The former quarterback has been at the center of various controversies since 2016 when he first kneeled during the national anthem at a pre-season game while playing with the San Francisco 49ers. Kaepernick most recently made headlines when the NFL offered a sanctioned work out for him in front of all 32 league teams at the Atlanta Falcons stadium on November 16, but half an hour before the workout was scheduled Kaepernick moved the event to a high school miles away, forcing multiple scouts to miss the workout....

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a press conference Friday that 120 people have been accounted for while at least 159 people are still missing. Four deaths have been reported. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department identified three of the four people who died in the Surfside condo collapse, but the department has only announced one of the names publicly, 54-year-old Stacie Fang. Fang was pulled from the rubble and transported to Aventura Hospital, where she died Thursday, WSVN 7 reported....

Back in March, he had told CNN he believed the virus originated in a lab in China, a point of view for which he was roundly criticized at the time, especially given the conclusion by the World Health Organization (WHO) that such a theory was “extremely unlikely.” The WHO report said COVID most likely started spreading between humans via animals and there could have been a direct spread from bats to humans, or that some secondary animal took the virus from bats to humans....

“Former presidents are—not all the time, but on a regular basis—given general intelligence briefings about the state of the world and threats to the country. And that makes good sense because they speak so often, even though they’re not in office, around the country and around the world, representing us,” Comey said during a Friday appearance on ABC’s The View. “So they want to give them a picture of what’s going on in the world, and they’re also given specific information if there’s a threat to them,” he added....

A federal grand jury indicted Christopher Osborne, 25, Tuesday in Charleston on charges of deprivation of rights under color of law—meaning the alleged crimes were committed while he was on duty, witness tampering and using fire to commit a felony, according to a release from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Osborne was suspended without pay from his job as a part-time Marmet Police Department officer after facing state charges over the allegations earlier this year....