Team USA falls to Nigeria in exhibition as Boston’s Jayson Tatum logs 15 points, 7 rebounds

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Yemen's Houthis say they will target ships heading for Israel anywhere within range
Yemen's Houthis will target ships heading to Israeli ports in any area that is within their range, military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech on Friday. "We will target any ships heading to Israeli ports in the Mediterranean Sea in any area we are able to reach," he said. The Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched repeated drone and missile strikes on ships in the crucial shipping channels of the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab strait and the Gulf of Aden since November to show their support for the Palestinians in the Gaza war.
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Associated Press
Torrential rains inundate southeastern Texas, causing flooding that has closed schools and roads
Torrential rain inundated southeastern Texas on Friday, forcing schools to cancel classes and closing numerous highways around Houston. More than 9 inches (23 centimeters) of rain fell during the past 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued a flood warning until Tuesday for the region. A flash flood warning was also in effect in the area Friday morning.
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Ex-U.K. leader Johnson turned away from polling station for forgetting ID
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station for failing to bring a photo ID - required under a law introduced by his government.
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California dive boat captain Jerry Boylan sentenced to 4 years in prison for deadly fire
Captain Jerry Boylan is sentenced to four years in federal prison following a deadly fire on the dive boat Conception that killed 34 people.
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AFP
High Court rules latest UK targets on climate unlawfully 'vague'
The High Court ruled Friday that the UK government had acted unlawfully when it approved elements of its plans to meet net-zero targets based on "vague and unquantified" information.High Court judge Clive Sheldon agreed, calling the plan presented to Shapps for sign-off "vague and unquantified" and saying it lacked "sufficient" information.
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US hiring slows more than expected in sign of cooler market
US job growth came in markedly below analyst expectations in April while unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, signaling that the labor market is cooling.Analysts had expected growth of 250,000 jobs, according to Briefing.com.
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AFP
Tunisian Decree 54 on 'false news' stifles dissent: rights groups
Tunisian journalists and opposition figures have voiced alarm about a surge of prosecutions since President Kais Saied issued a decree outlawing what authorities deem to be "false news".Since the decree came into force, more than 60 journalists, lawyers and opposition figures have been prosecuted under it, said Zied Dabbar, head of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists.
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AFP
Police clear pro-Gaza sit-in at top Paris university
Police on Friday entered the Sciences Po university in Paris to remove dozens of students staging a pro-Gaza sit-in in the entrance hall, AFP journalists saw, as protests fire political debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Protesters had occupied the entrance hall in a "peaceful sit-in" following a debate on the Middle East with administrators on Thursday morning that their Palestine Committee dubbed "disappointing".
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Trump trial live updates: Testimony resumes in hush money case
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Friday in Manhattan, where the prosecution will continue presenting its case.
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Bird flu outbreak: Don't drink that raw milk, no matter what social media tells you
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Bomb kills 5 people, including children, at a refugee camp in eastern Congo
A bomb at a refugee camp in eastern Congo has killed at least 5 people, including children, a spokesperson for the Congolese army said Friday. Two children and their mother were among the dead, and more than 20 other people were injured, John Banyene, a civil society activist based in Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, told The Associated Press. Lt Colonel Ndjike Kaiko, the army spokesperson, blamed the attack on the Mugunga refugee camp in North Kivu on a rebel group, known as M23, with alleged links to Rwanda, in a statement provided to the AP.
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NBC News
Michael Cohen's electronics are in the spotlight as Trump trial continues
Former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial is set to resume Friday with testimony from the forensic analyst who inspected data from the phones of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, including text messages and secret recordings.
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CNN
‘She’s pure evil’: Nurse gets life in prison after admitting she intentionally gave patients excess insulin, prosecutors say
A Pennsylvania nurse accused of killing three patients at skilled nursing facilities across the state and attempting to kill 19 other people in her care pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to life in prison, according to a news release from Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry.
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U.S. Hiring Slowed to 175,000 Jobs in April
Job growth slowed and unemployment ticked higher, marking a break from a string of data showing surprising strength in the labor market.
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Employers added 175,000 jobs last month, marking a hiring slowdown
U.S. unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.9% in April, continuing a stretch of remaining under 4% for 27 months.
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Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: Stock futures surge after soft jobs report, Apple earnings triumph
Surprisingly upbeat Apple earnings were boosting spirits in the wait for the monthly jobs report.
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USA TODAY
Tornadoes hit parts of Texas, more severe weather in weekend forecast
Multiple tornadoes hit Texas on Thursday near Abilene while a section of Houston was under mandatory evacuation orders.
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CNN
Part of busy I-95 corridor in Connecticut will be closed at least through the weekend after a gas tanker fire
A busy stretch of I-95 in southeastern Connecticut will be closed through the weekend – and possibly longer – while crews dismantle and rebuild an overpass that was damaged when a gas tanker caught fire Thursday morning, Gov. Ned Lamont said.
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A suspected Islamic State group attack on pro-government force in east Syria kills at least 13
Suspected members of the Islamic State group attacked three posts for Syrian government forces and pro-government gunmen early Friday killing at least 13, an opposition war monitor and pro-government media reported. The attack wounded others who were taken to hospitals in the central province of Homs, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It said 15 were killed in the attacks on three posts near the central town of Sukhna and blamed IS.
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Germany, Czech Republic accuse Russia of cyberattacks
Germany and the Czech Republic on Friday blamed Russia for a series of recent cyberattacks, prompting the European Union to warn that Moscow would face consequences for its "malicious behaviour in cyberspace"."In other words, it was a state-sponsored Russian cyberattack on Germany and this is absolutely intolerable and unacceptable and will have consequences."
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