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It is the 10th time the Timberwolves have won this season when trailing at halftime, which is second in the NBA. They recognize that and set the tone at the start of the second half.”The Timberwolves trailed 53-49 at halftime, but seized control in the third quarter, outscoring the Clippers 40-19. Minnesota started the second half with eight straight points, but it wasn't until midway through the third quarter that it was able to pull away. The Timberwolves had a 12-2 spurt to close the quarter as Towns scored eight straight points and Edwards had a reverse layup to give them an 89-72 advantage going into the fourth quarter. Edwards and Towns were both 6 of 6 at the line as the Timberwolves made all 13 of their foul shots in the period.

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☆ A company has to pay a woman $105,000 in back pay and damages after firing her when she refused to retire at 65
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA former employee will receive $105,000 in back pay and damages after her company of nearly 20 years fired her when she refused to retire at 65, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said last week. According to a discrimination lawsuit filed by the federal agency, J&M Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company in Louisiana, violated federal age discrimination laws by firing the employee. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or ADEA, prohibits discrimination against individuals aged 40 or older based on age. Advertisement"It provides relief for the former employee and will help protect others from age discrimination," he added.

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The leading Democrat in the primary is George Whitesides, a former NASA chief of staff supported by the campaign arm of House Democrats. A STRONGLY DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT THAT VOTES REPUBLICANThe Central Valley farm belt is a political conundrum. Gray, who is backed by the campaign arm of House Democrats, argues that his party can’t reclaim the House majority without winning his district. Rollins, who is backed by the campaign arm of House Democrats, says it's time for new leadership and has depicted Calvert as an extremist. “House Democrats are ready to find common ground and a bipartisan path forward.”

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☆ Self-navigating ships could change the shipping industry. Here are the companies poised to benefit
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Worldwide, the autonomous ships market reached $4.13 billion in 2022, and is forecasted to grow to $10.1 billion in 2032, according to Emergen Research . Avikus said this journey marked the first time autonomous navigation successfully enabled a large vessel to complete a trip over 10,000 kilometers. HiNAS 2.0 deployed a level-three autonomous navigation system, meaning that human intervention is only deployed in an emergency situation. The success of the HiNAS 2.0 and Prism Courage journey marked a foray into greater commercialization and implementation of autonomous ship navigation technology. The company is aiming for its fully autonomous ship technology to reach full-scale commercialization by 2025.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Kawhi Leonard and Paul George of the Los Angeles Clippers were chosen as All-Star reserves Thursday, while the Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks also had two players selected. Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Western Conference-leading Timberwolves will be going to the Feb. 18 game in Indianapolis. Stephen Curry is an All-Star for the 10th time, while the Lakers' Anthony Davis and Devin Booker of Phoenix rounded out the West reserves. Jalen Brunson was selected for the first time and was joined by teammate Julius Randle from the Knicks, who went 14-2 in January. They had to choose three frontcourt players, two guards and two other players, regardless of position.

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☆ Trump PACs spent an estimated $50 million of donor money on attorney fees and related expenses in 2023: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In 2023 alone, former President Donald Trump was staring down 91 felony charges. A recent NYT report said two pro-Trump PACs spent $50 million funding his legal battles in 2023. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The report noted the embattled former president's legal fees were primarily paid not from his own account, but instead from the coffers of Save America, a Trump-supporting political action committee, and the Make America Great Again PAC. As of August 2023, he'd only publicly received $340,000 in reimbursement from a Trump PAC.

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☆ Trump set to return to the city he loves to hate and hates to love
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

No modern president has been as visceral about Washington as Trump – and his contempt offers insight into his politics and his character. Washington’s marbled monuments have also been the been the backdrop for some of the most notorious moments of Trump’s political career and have highlighted his autocratic leanings. In 2020, he tweeted that people protesting the death of Floyd would be met by “vicious dogs” if they breached the White House fence. Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush were always keen to swap the White House for their Texas ranches. Presidents have also often ventured out of the White House for refreshment.

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In December, a jury ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million for defaming election workers. AdvertisementThese extraordinary judgments are the result of a combination of factors, but social media plays a major role, legal experts said. While in the past, high-profile figures may have been less willing to make defamatory statements, social media can actually provide an incentive for them to do so. Jones also stood to gain from spreading conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook shooting, according to Mattei. Lieb added it's not that any statement made on social media will automatically carry major consequences, but that the size of the person's audience makes a huge difference.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 27 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 107-101 on Monday in a matchup of teams that entered the night tied for the lead in the Western Conference standings. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points and Jalen Williams added 20 for the Thunder, who lost their second straight after a five-game win streak. The Thunder led 97-96 with 2:43 remaining before Minnesota took control. A two-handed dunk by Edwards down the middle of the lane in traffic put the Timberwolves up 101-97, and Minnesota led by at least four the rest of the way. Minnesota led 49-47 at halftime behind 13 points apiece from Edwards and Towns.

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☆ Trump claimed his E. Jean Carroll defamations were the best thing that ever happened to her. Here's how the grotesque tactic met its end.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementE. Jean Carroll surrounded by her defense team after winning an $83 million defamation verdict against Donald Trump. That's because "such benefits are irrelevant as a matter of law," Carroll attorney Joshua Matz wrote to Judge Kaplan. Donald Trump attends the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York with attorney Alina Habba. Carroll attorney Joshua Matz thought not. In her closing arguments, Habba, Trump's lead attorney, argued that Carroll "is a woman who was exuberant and enjoying newfound attention."

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Will Trump keep that up, now that he's been hit with a $83.3 million defamation judgment? A jury on Friday found that Trump had maliciously damaged Carroll's reputation in 2019 after she went public with her accusations. If both judgments stand, Trump would owe her a total of $88.3 million. THE FIRST TRIALCarroll sued Trump for defamation in 2019, saying his statements about her were false and damaged her reputation. The $88.3 million in judgments against Trump are actually less than what some of his supporters have faced in recent defamation cases.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani has claimed that Donald Trump could owe him 'unpaid legal fees' in a new filing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewDonald Trump's former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has suggested the former president has not paid some of his legal fees in a new bankruptcy filing. He listed a "possible claim for unpaid legal fees against Donald J. Trump" in response to a question about any potential outstanding claims but did not specify how much he might be owed. AdvertisementThe New York Times previously reported that Giuliani had repeatedly unsuccessfully appealed to Trump to pay his overdue legal fees. His recent efforts to raise money for legal fees resulted in him netting just $1 million from 13 donors. On Friday, a federal jury saddled Trump with $83.3 million in damages in the E. Jean Carroll's defamation trial against him.

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“This has to do with following state funds,” said Republican Sen Matt Brass of Newnan. But the committee can't directly sanction Willis, and Democrats denounced it as a partisan attempt to try to play to Trump and his supporters. People can already be prosecuted for making false statements to Georgia lawmakers. Those are among the criminal charges that Rudy Giuliani and some others face for the false claims they made to Georgia lawmakers in late 2020. Most of the top supporters are Republican lawmakers who also publicly backed Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results, including Republican Lt. Gov.

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☆ Draymond Green left off Olympics list due to suspensions this season, Team USA director says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Draymond Green was left off Team USA’s provisional 41-man list for this summer’s Olympic Games due to the suspensions he’s received this season, USA Basketball executive director Grant Hill said Wednesday. Green was reinstated in the first week of January after serving a 12-game suspension. “But I think just in lieu of sort of what’s transpired this year, we made a decision to not have [Green] on this list with this particular point in time with the process. According to the NBA, Green had meetings with a counselor and has also on multiple occasions met with representatives from the league, the Warriors and the Players Association, and he will continue to do so throughout the season. Green is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, finishing atop the podium with Team USA at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

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A court filing shows that Giuliani owes more than $1.3 million to the law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron. The lawyer Robert Costello sued Giuliani in September for $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees dating to 2019. Giuliani had planned to raise some of his legal defense money at two of Trump's properties, Andrew Giuliani previously said. "Yes, I gave Rudy $100,000 for his legal defense PAC and I was happy to do so," Elizabeth Ailes told CNBC. And the real estate investment firm Probity International, which is run by Trump donor Robert Zarnegin, gave $35,000 to the Giuliani PAC.

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But it was Green's recent history — two suspensions for on-court conduct this season — that Hill and USA Basketball couldn't ignore. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesGreen is one of four current NBA players with more than one Olympic gold medal. There are a slew of players in line to potentially make their first Olympic team, including reigning MVP Joel Embiid and four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry. All 41 players on the current list have expressed interest in playing; 24 have been All-Stars, with a combined 131 selections. That means, at minimum, 12 past All-Stars won't graduate from the pool to the actual Olympic team this summer.

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☆ Trump plans to testify in E. Jean Carroll's trial. His only move would be to apologize and beg for forgiveness, experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

On Monday, Trump's attorney Alina Habba said he intends to take the witness stand in his defense. Trump's two driving impulses — to fight the system and to take the witness stand — will create the judicial equivalent of a car wreck, experts told Business Insider. Alternatively, Trump can get on the witness stand and "try to testify in a narrative fashion," Jones said. Carroll's trial does have a jury, making it harder to "unring that bell" of forbidden testimony, Jones said. Or wager that he'll inflict wounds on himself by taking the witness stand?

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☆ In blow to Fox Corp., judge rules Smartmatic case over 2020 election lies can proceed
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Cohen already let the case proceed against Fox News — and on Wednesday, he rejected a request by Fox Corporation to throw out the claims against the parent company. The parent corporation had argued that it shouldn’t be involved in the defamation case because it only had general oversight of Fox News itself. The case is still in the discovery phase, with some major depositions taking place in the past month, including former Fox Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch. The decision boosts Smartmatic’s case against the right-wing media behemoth. A similar 2020-related lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems was also allowed to proceed against Fox and its parent company.

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☆ DeSantis might be the worst presidential candidate in recent memory
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ron DeSantis ended his presidential campaign on Sunday, succumbing to the final realization of defeat in a candidacy that once held such promise. And yes, it was then-President Donald Trump whose endorsement powered DeSantis to that very general election in the first place. After pundits point out this a bold strategy for a historic swing state, DeSantis pulls off a historic reelection rout. Just like DeSantis, Walker ended up being doomed by the sheer rate at which his campaign burned through contributions. But in this reality, a week ago DeSantis lashed out at "worthless" Republicans who back Trump.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani creditors come together for the embattled former mayor's first bankruptcy hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Jake Offenhartz | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A group of people who say Rudy Giuliani owes them money gathered for his first bankruptcy hearing. Some of Giuliani's creditors have expressed concern he is taking advantage of the bankruptcy process. During Friday's hearing, Giuliani's attorney tried to convince the bankruptcy judge, Sean Lane, to temporarily lift a stay to allow him to appeal the judgment. AdvertisementSome of Giuliani's creditors have expressed concerns that he is taking advantage of the bankruptcy process to avoid paying his debts. Advertisement"It's an interesting group in its own right: you have a ShopRite worker, election workers, an alleged sex worker," he added.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, —, Giuliani, Gary Fischoff, patting, Hunter Biden, Biden, Ruby Freeman, Moss, Sean Lane, Lane, Abid Qureshi, cautioning, Ron Kuby, Daniel Gill Organizations: Trump, Service, New, IRS Locations: Georgia, New York City

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of people and businesses who say they are owed money by Rudy Giuliani gathered virtually Friday for the first court hearing since he declared bankruptcy last month after losing a defamation suit to two Georgia election workers. Biden is suing Giuliani, saying he wrongly shared his personal data after obtaining it from the owner of a computer repair shop. The Chapter 11 declaration halted the judgment but also prevented Giuliani from challenging the verdict. During Friday's hearing, Giuliani's attorney tried to convince the bankruptcy judge, Sean Lane, to temporarily lift a stay to allow him to appeal the judgment. “This guy stiffed a lot of workers.”The next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 31.

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"When you see the news of a Wall Street employee or any highly paid professional dying this way, it obviously wakes you up." Wall Street is all about relationships, which often means spending big money to show people a good time. "That's been the Wall Street playbook for many, many years, and I don't think it has changed." On the other side of the coin is Wall Street, where a history of drug use can haunt working professionals for years. AdvertisementLaird thinks Wall Street firms could learn a thing or two from other industries when it comes to their response to addiction.

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☆ Georgia election workers accuse Rudy Giuliani of taking advantage of bankruptcy system
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —The two Georgia election workers who won a nearly $150 million judgment against Rudy Giuliani accused the former Trump lawyer and New York mayor in a court filing Thursday of unfairly taking advantage of the bankruptcy system. However, filing for bankruptcy gave Giuliani an immediate pause from having to pay debts he owes. He is also looking to appeal the jury verdict in proceedings outside of bankruptcy court, which would require permission from the bankruptcy judge. After hearing testimony from Freeman, Moss and experts, a DC jury awarded the extraordinary sum for the harm he did to them. Moss and Freeman noted in their filing Thursday that Giuliani continued to defame them, even this month, by repeating the falsehood that they counted fraudulent votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss, Giuliani, ” Freeman, Moss, ”, Freeman Organizations: Washington CNN, Trump, New York, Litigation Locations: Georgia, New York, Florida, Washington

☆ E. Jean Carroll is taking Trump to trial over defamation and sexual abuse. Again. Wait, what?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump will once again go to trial over his sexual abuse of E. Jean Carroll. Here's what to expect from the second Carroll trial:AdvertisementWhy is Trump going to trial again for Carroll's allegations, anyway? He ruled that Trump doesn't get a re-do on Carroll's sexual abuse claims. Kaplan also ruled that it was fine for Carroll's lawyers to say that Trump "raped" Carroll. At a press conference following closing arguments in a different Trump trial, the former president told journalists he would attend the Carroll trial.

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☆ Opinion | The Greatest Threat Posed by Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In December, I wrote about the moral devolution of Rudy Giuliani and of the other MAGA men and women who have populated the highest echelons of the Trump movement. I live in the heart of MAGA country, and Donald Trump is the single most culturally influential person here. It is common for those outside the Trump movement to describe their aunts or uncles or parents or grandparents as “lost.” They mean their relatives’ lives are utterly dominated by Trump, Trump’s media and Trump’s grievances. But never before have I seen extremism penetrate a vast American community so deeply, so completely and so comprehensively. They went from least likely to most likely to excuse the immoral behavior of politicians.

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