Celtics take down Pistons for eighth straight win, Lakers claw past 76ers
The league-leading Boston Celtics, fueled by 33 points from Jaylen Brown, beat the depleted Detroit Pistons 129-102 to push their NBA winning streak to eight games on Friday.
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Christie's Poirot farewell unveiled at 'dark' crime exhibition
Agatha Christie's 1930s typewriter and the manuscript of her final Hercule Poirot novel, which was kept for decades in a bank vault, go on display Saturday in a new exhibition delving into the "dark stuff" at the heart of crime fiction.
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Local knowledge boosts LPGA Los Angeles leader Nam
Malia Nam, making her second career LPGA tour start on a course she knows like the back of her hand, carded a two-under par 69 on Friday to take a one-shot lead in the Seri Pak Championship.
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UN chief to visit Gaza border as Israel vows to go ahead with Rafah attack
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to visit Egypt's border with Gaza on Saturday, after Israel said it would send in troops to fight Hamas in the nearby city of Rafah, even without US support.
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Divided over Ukraine war, Slovakia votes for president
Slovakia will on Saturday hold the first round of a presidential election that is a battle between the Central European country's Russia-leaning ruling camp and a pro-Ukraine opposition-backed candidate.
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, praised for frank cancer admission
Catherine, Princess of Wales, won plaudits Saturday for a highly personal video announcing her shock cancer diagnosis, which came just weeks after King Charles III revealed he too is battling the disease.
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Leclerc tops final Melbourne practice ahead of Verstappen
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc edged Red Bull's three-time world champion Max Verstappen in the third and final practice for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, with a revived Lewis Hamilton storming to fourth.
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Japan's Sakamoto wins third straight figure skating women's world title
Kaori Sakamoto delivered a bravura free skate on Friday to become the first woman in more than 50 years to win three straight titles at the Figure Skating World Championships, vaulting from fourth after the short programme.
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Gun attack at Moscow concert leaves more than 60 dead
Gunmen opened fire at a Moscow concert hall on Friday killing more than 60 people, wounding more than 100 and sparking an inferno, authorities said, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility.
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Trial begins for US rancher accused of killing migrant
The trial of a rancher accused of killing a Mexican migrant on his property in Arizona began Friday, as tensions mount in the United States over an inflow of migrants across the southern border.
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