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  • EntertainmentAssociated Press

    Movie Review: 'Godzilla x Kong' has scales and scale but not much else

    The former types will have much to cheer in “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” a ground-stomping, radiation-spewing monster-mash feast. For that, you were better off catching last year’s Toho-made “Godzilla Minus One,” which grippingly returned to Godzilla’s post-WWII origins and in the process won the 70-year-old lizard its first Oscar. No costume dramas for him, unless you count the robotic fist that Kong gets outfitted with midway through the movie.

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  • SportAustralian Associated Press

    Van Aert has surgery and could miss Giro d'Italia

    Wout van Aert has undergone surgery after suffering multiple fractures in a crash in his native Belgium.

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  • SportAssociated Press

    Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert confident All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell will sign long-term extension

    Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is confident All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell will sign a long-term contract to chase an NBA championship with Cleveland. "He loves the situation in Cleveland because our players are very young and we’re just kind of putting the core together that he’s clearly the biggest part of.” Mitchell signed a five-year, $163 million contract in 2020 with Utah and is under contract through the 2026 season.

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  • LifestyleThe Independent

    Glastonbury outside the festival: The best places to stay year-round

    From treetop hideaways to stately country homes, here are the spots to hunker down in the medieval music town

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  • BusinessAssociated Press

    A timeline of the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried and the colossal failure of FTX

    Sam Bankman-Fried went from cryptocurrency golden boy to the face of the industry's collapse. The founder and former CEO of the massive cryptocurrency exchange FTX was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday after being convicted of fraud for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors. Nov. 2: Coindesk reports Alameda Reseach, Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency trading firm, holds a large amount of FTT, a token issued by FTX, suggesting the finances of the two are intertwined and

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Watch live: Donald Trump to attend wake of slain New York police officer Jonathan Diller

    Watch live as Donald Trump attends the wake of a New York City police officer killed during a traffic stop on Monday 28 March. The former president was invited by the family of New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Jonathan Diller to attend the wake in Massapequa on Long Island, east of New York City. The 31-year-old officer was shot in the New York borough of Queens on Monday and two suspects have been taken into custody.

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Angela Rayner challenges Tory critics over her tax affairs: ‘If you show me yours, I’ll show you mine’

    The Labour deputy leader has been under increased scrutiny recently over the 2015 sale of her council house in Stockport, Greater Manchester

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