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  • Hornets' Brandon Miller out for season after undergoing surgery to repair ligament in wrist

    Miller is the latest in what's been a season full of injuries for the Hornets.

  • Morning Bid: BOJ decides - 'dovish hike' incoming?

    Investors divert their focus away from Washington on Friday for the first time since President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, towards Tokyo and the Bank of Japan, which is widely expected to raise interest rates to a 17-year high of 0.5%. Assuming the BOJ does raise rates by a quarter of a percentage point - a 95% certainty, according to market pricing - that focus will narrow in even more on Governor Kazuo Ueda's press conference and the signals he sends about future policy steps. The ideal scenario for asset prices in Japan and beyond would probably be a "dovish hike," with Ueda more inclined to cool rather than fuel investor expectations about the pace of further tightening, even though wage growth is gathering steam.

  • TSX climbs to six-week high as consumer-related stocks gain

    (Reuters) -Canada's main stock index extended its recent winning streak on Thursday, led by gains for industrials and consumer-related stocks, as the prospect of a business friendly U.S. government continued to underpin investor sentiment. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 122.58 points, or 0.5%, at 25,434.08, its highest closing level since Dec. 11 and the eighth straight day of gains. U.S. stocks also notched gains as investors assessed a mixed bag of corporate earnings and digested comments from President Donald Trump, including a call for cuts in interest rates and oil prices.

  • The Latest: Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded abortion clinic entrances

    President Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, asserting unprecedented executive power and daring anyone to stop him.

  • Karina Gould pitches policies as she officially enters race for Liberal leadership

    OTTAWA — Liberal leadership contender Karina Gould said Thursday she can pinpoint exactly when her party lost touch with Canadians — and it wasn't that long ago.

  • Scott's $72 million, 4-year contract finalized by Dodgers, who spent $452 million on 8 players

    Reliever Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract was finalized Thursday by the Los Angeles Dodgers, raising the World Series champions' offseason spending to $452 million on eight players. The left-hander was a first-time All-Star last year, going 9-6 with a 1.75 ERA and 22 saves in 24 chances for Miami and San Diego, which acquired Scott on July 30. The 30-year-old is 31-24 with a 3.56 ERA and 55 saves for Baltimore (2017-21), Miami (2022-24) and San Diego.

  • Italy's top court upholds Amanda Knox's conviction for falsely accusing innocent man of murder

    Italy’s highest court on Thursday confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man of murdering her British flatmate 17 years ago in a sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Atlantic. Knox had appealed the conviction based on a European Court of Human Rights ruling that said her rights had been violated by police failure to provide a lawyer and adequate translator during a long night of questioning just days after Meredith Kercher's murder in the university town of Perugia. The lawyers for both Knox and the man she wrongly accused, Patrick Lumumba, had gone home during deliberations.

  • Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Netflix’s ‘The Night Agent’?

    Ever read an airport novel that’s hard to put down, but also nearly impossible to retain once you do? Sometimes books or movies operate a bit like the bus from Speed: They have to maintain a certain forward momentum or they’ll detonate, leaving behind only smoldering ash. (It’s a great paradox that Speed itself is not one of these, merely a handy metaphor for describing that mechanism in others.) On its own, that quality is fine; some entertainment is here for a good time, not for a long time. B

  • T.J. Laramie cites lessons learned as he looks to climb back up the MMA ladder

    TORONTO — T.J. (The Truth) Laramie was just 22 when he earned a UFC contract on "Dana White's Contender Series" in August 2020. But two losses later, his UFC adventure was over.

  • Ange Postecoglou praises Tottenham captain Son Heung-min after win at Hoffenheim

    Spurs were without 14 players for Thursday’s Europa League clash and Dominic Solanke is set to remain absent for six weeks.

  • Texas Instruments posts Q4 beat, but outlook falls short

    Texas Instruments (TXN) posted Q4 results that topped Wall Street estimates on both the top and bottom lines. Earnings of $1.30 per share topped Bloomberg consensus estimates of $1.21. However, the first quarter earnings outlook fell short of estimates. Market Domination Overtime Anchors Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton discuss the news in the video above. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime here. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich.

  • Minnesota Supreme Court considers whether it should intervene in partisan legislative power struggle

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on how deeply it should intervene in a power struggle between Democrats and Republicans over who should control the state House of Representatives.

  • Family Uses Excavator for Winter Fun After Historic Snowfall

    A family used an excavator to enjoy a snow day on Wednesday, January 22, after a storm brought historic snowfall to the Gulf Coast.Vivian Simmons captured this video of her husband, Houston Simmons, operating an excavator to pull their 2-year-old daughter, Dallas, and her grandfather David on a ski tube in Castleberry, Alabama, about 90 miles northeast of Mobile.Houston told Storyful, “It felt like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the snow.”According to the National Weather Service, the town of Babbie, which is about 45 miles east of Castleberry, received 11 inches of snow. Credit: Vivian Simmons via Storyful

  • Lions hoping to avoid setback Eagles and Bengals had after coordinators left to lead other NFL teams

    ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions are the third team since at least 2010 to have both coordinators become NFL head coaches in the same offseason.

  • Cam Newton Realizes He’s 'Not as Strong' as He Thought He Was After Struggling on “Special Forces”: 'I'm Flawed'

    "Now it's like being away from football, I'm trying to find out a lot about who I am now,” Newton said

  • Sir Ben Ainslie left ‘astounded’ after Ineos announce America’s Cup split

    Sir Ben Ainslie threatened to launch a ‘significant’ legal fight in response to Ineos Britannia’s announcement they are parting ways with his America’s Cup crew

  • Rivian to launch hands-free driving system in 2025, CEO says

    The company also does not see substantial risk to its loan for a Georgia plant from U.S. President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at the EV industry. Automakers have been competing in recent years to introduce more autonomous driving features such as lane-keep assist and adaptive cruise control into their vehicles. Rivian's Gen 2 vehicles are currently equipped with the "Rivian Autonomy Platform", which assists drivers but still requires their continuous attention and control of the vehicle, similar to features offered by some other automakers.

  • Schools in New Mexico can be sued over discriminatory conduct, top court says

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for an antidiscrimination lawsuit to proceed against the state’s largest school district, ruling that public schools and universities can be sued for discriminatory conduct under the New Mexico Human Rights Act.

  • S&P hit record high, bond yields up as markets eye Trump's next move

    LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The S&P 500 hit a record high on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would push for lower interest rates, providing a fillip to stock markets amid investor caution about his next moves on trade. In a sign of policies to come, Trump told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday that he wants to lower global oil prices, interest rates and taxes, and warned of tariffs on exports to the United States. Investors are most nervous about Trump's possible plans for tariffs.

  • Naoya Inoue vs. Ye Joon Kim: What time is title bout?

    Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight against Korean challenger Ye Joon Kim Friday at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo.