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FILE - Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) passes the ball from under the basket while being defended by Seattle Storm guard Jordan Horston (23) and center Mercedes Russell (21) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, May 30, 2024, in Indianapolis. Not even a WNBA basketball game is an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)

Caitlin Clark has the US talking, but not really about basketball

Young WNBA star sparks debate on race, gender and who gets the spotlight

FILE - Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) passes the ball from under the basket while being defended by Seattle Storm guard Jordan Horston (23) and center Mercedes Russell (21) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, May 30, 2024, in Indianapolis. Not even a WNBA basketball game is an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)
FILE - New York Giants’ Willie Mays poses for a photo during baseball spring training in 1972. Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night, June 18, 2024, he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. (AP Photo, File)

Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93

Outfielder batted .301, hit 660 home runs, totalled 3,293 hits

FILE - New York Giants’ Willie Mays poses for a photo during baseball spring training in 1972. Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night, June 18, 2024, he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. (AP Photo, File)
This image released by Focus Features shows Jodie Comer, left, and Austin Butler in a scene from “The Bikeriders.” (Focus Features via AP)

Director Jeff Nichols captures 1960s rebel cool in ‘The Bikeriders’

Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer star in film offering cool cred, pathos and wistfulness

This image released by Focus Features shows Jodie Comer, left, and Austin Butler in a scene from “The Bikeriders.” (Focus Features via AP)
FILE - Justin Timberlake arrives at the premiere of “Trolls Band Together” on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Singer Justin Timberlake has been arrested and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Singer Justin Timberlake arrested and accused of driving while intoxicated

Authorities say pop star is expected to arraigned after arrest on New York’s Long Island

FILE - Justin Timberlake arrives at the premiere of “Trolls Band Together” on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Singer Justin Timberlake has been arrested and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Jillian Climie, a compensation expert and co-founder of Vancouver-based consulting company Thoughtful Co., says employees should take time to research and read up on what the company has to offer in perks and benefits before seeing HR. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sophie Warwick, *MAN

Vacation, health benefits, pension: your compensation is more than your pay

Pay attention to what else your employer is offering so you don’t leave money on the table

Jillian Climie, a compensation expert and co-founder of Vancouver-based consulting company Thoughtful Co., says employees should take time to research and read up on what the company has to offer in perks and benefits before seeing HR. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sophie Warwick, *MAN
Dallas Mavericks forward Derrick Jones Jr. (55) shoots in front of Mavericks centre Dereck Lively II (2) as Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, left, defends during the first half of Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals, Monday, June 17, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Celtics win 18th NBA championship with 106-88 Game 5 victory over Mavericks

Jaylen Brown nets 21 points and was voted the NBA Finals MVP

Dallas Mavericks forward Derrick Jones Jr. (55) shoots in front of Mavericks centre Dereck Lively II (2) as Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, left, defends during the first half of Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals, Monday, June 17, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
In this June 2023 photo taken by an undercover agent and provided by the U.S. Attorney’s office, an undercover agent posing as a hitman, left, holds money received as a partial advance payment for murder during a transaction in New York. U.S. officials became aware in the spring of a plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, an American citizen who advocates for the creation of a sovereign Sikh state. Under the indictment, Nikhil Gupta, 52, an Indian national, faces charges including murder for hire. Gupta, was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek said on Monday, June 17, 2024. (U.S. Attorney’s Office via AP, file)

Suspect sent to U.S. for trial, accused in plot to murder Sikh nationalist

Indian national charged with plotting the murder for hire of a Sikh activist is extradited to the US

In this June 2023 photo taken by an undercover agent and provided by the U.S. Attorney’s office, an undercover agent posing as a hitman, left, holds money received as a partial advance payment for murder during a transaction in New York. U.S. officials became aware in the spring of a plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, an American citizen who advocates for the creation of a sovereign Sikh state. Under the indictment, Nikhil Gupta, 52, an Indian national, faces charges including murder for hire. Gupta, was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek said on Monday, June 17, 2024. (U.S. Attorney’s Office via AP, file)
FILE - The U.S. Surgeon General’s Warning appears on a pack of Camel cigarettes purchased at a Chicago area news stand on Nov. 30, 2012. In a Monday, June 17, 2024, opinion piece for The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Social media access should come with health warning: US surgeon-general

America’s top doctor wants product labeled in similar fashion to cigarette packages

FILE - The U.S. Surgeon General’s Warning appears on a pack of Camel cigarettes purchased at a Chicago area news stand on Nov. 30, 2012. In a Monday, June 17, 2024, opinion piece for The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Host Ariana DeBose performs “This Party’s for You” during the 77th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

‘The Outsiders’ best musical, ‘Stereophonic’ best play at Tony Awards

Women make strides in annual theatre awards gala

Host Ariana DeBose performs “This Party’s for You” during the 77th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of Justice Benjamin Limbach speaks, during a press conference on the record cocaine find worth billions in a cross-state raid, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, June 17, 2024 . German investigators said Monday they seized 35.5 metric tons of cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion) on different container ships and made seven arrests in connection with what they called the largest cocaine find in the country so far. (Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)

Gemany makes record $2.78B, 35.5-tonne cocaine seizure

Suspect accused of organizing transport of 10 sea containers full of drugs from Latin America

North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of Justice Benjamin Limbach speaks, during a press conference on the record cocaine find worth billions in a cross-state raid, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, June 17, 2024 . German investigators said Monday they seized 35.5 metric tons of cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion) on different container ships and made seven arrests in connection with what they called the largest cocaine find in the country so far. (Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)
Muslim pilgrims gather at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Pilgrims commence the final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha

Attendees took part in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Sunday

Muslim pilgrims gather at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
FILE - A bundle of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip with the logo of World Central Kitchen (WCK) is on a truck at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Israel, on May 30, 2024. The amount of aid reaching the U.N. and other groups inside Gaza plunged last month, hundreds of crates packed with food, medicines and other supplies piled up in a parking lot in southeast Gaza. The cargo idling at the Kerem Shalom crossing crystallized a problem that arose after Israel invaded the southern city of Rafah in early May: Sending more aid to Gaza does no good if it cannot be distributed. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Israel’s army says it will pause daytime fighting along Gaza aid route

Pause will apply to 12 kilometre strip of road until further notice

FILE - A bundle of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip with the logo of World Central Kitchen (WCK) is on a truck at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Israel, on May 30, 2024. The amount of aid reaching the U.N. and other groups inside Gaza plunged last month, hundreds of crates packed with food, medicines and other supplies piled up in a parking lot in southeast Gaza. The cargo idling at the Kerem Shalom crossing crystallized a problem that arose after Israel invaded the southern city of Rafah in early May: Sending more aid to Gaza does no good if it cannot be distributed. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
Maya Hawke, a cast member in “Inside Out 2,” poses at the premiere of the film at the El Capitan Theatre, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

‘Inside Out 2’ scores massive $155 million opening

Debute marks the 2nd-biggest animated opening ever, behind only the 2018 launch of “Incredibles 2”

Maya Hawke, a cast member in “Inside Out 2,” poses at the premiere of the film at the El Capitan Theatre, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A man eats a chicken wing, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at a barbecue restaurant in Cincinnati. Psychologists have known for years now that men tend to eat more meat than women, but a study of people around the world now reveals that that’s true across cultures. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Men really do eat more meat, and that increases with wealth and freedom

As climate change pressure mounts, research supports the stereotype as true across cultures

A man eats a chicken wing, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at a barbecue restaurant in Cincinnati. Psychologists have known for years now that men tend to eat more meat than women, but a study of people around the world now reveals that that’s true across cultures. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
A security agent walks alongside a barrier surrounding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, July 5, 2023, in Parkland, Fla. Demolition of the building where 17 people died in the 2018 Parkland school shooting is set to begin, as crews will begin tearing down the three-story building at the high school on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Demolition of the Parkland classroom building where 17 died in 2018 shooting is set to begin

A crew is scheduled Friday to begin tearing down the three-story classroom…

A security agent walks alongside a barrier surrounding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, July 5, 2023, in Parkland, Fla. Demolition of the building where 17 people died in the 2018 Parkland school shooting is set to begin, as crews will begin tearing down the three-story building at the high school on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
R.E.M. band members, from left, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry attend the Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

R.E.M. reunion highlights Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony

Timbaland and Steely Dan also honoured for their creation of memorable music

R.E.M. band members, from left, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry attend the Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
FILE - Honoree Nicole Kidman speaks during the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to her, Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The tribute will air on TNT on Monday. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Nicole Kidman gets gushes on night of her AFI Life Achievement Award

Miles Teller, Zac Efron among those singing the praises of legendary actor

FILE - Honoree Nicole Kidman speaks during the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to her, Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The tribute will air on TNT on Monday. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Celine Dion says she “did not take the time” to figure out her rare neurological disorder and that the burden of lying about her condition became “too much.” Dion presents the award for album of the year during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Pizzello

Celine Dion opens up about illness, took near-fatal doses of Valium

Quebec singer details some of her battle with stiff person syndrome

Celine Dion says she “did not take the time” to figure out her rare neurological disorder and that the burden of lying about her condition became “too much.” Dion presents the award for album of the year during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Pizzello
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple event in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Key new features coming to Apple’s iOS 18 this fall

Apple announced a slew of new features for iOS 18 at Monday’s…

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple event in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Billy Ray Cyrus arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020. Cyrus filed for divorce from his wife, singer Firerose, whose real name is Johanna Rose Hodges, in a Tennessee court on May 22, 2024, after seven months of marriage. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Billy Ray Cyrus files for divorce from Firerose after 7 months of marriage

Billy Ray Cyrus has filed for divorce from singer Firerose after seven…

Billy Ray Cyrus arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020. Cyrus filed for divorce from his wife, singer Firerose, whose real name is Johanna Rose Hodges, in a Tennessee court on May 22, 2024, after seven months of marriage. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)