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High school principal dies after making a bone marrow donation to save a stranger

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Derrick Nelson, principal of Westfield High School in New Jersey, has died after going to the hospital to donate bone marrow to try to save the life of a 14-year-old in France.

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Dwyane Wade's family, friends and celebrity pals were on hand to watch him play his last home game for the Miami Heat on Tuesday night.

But it was two very famous spectators - Chrissy Teigen and John Legend - who got a lot more involved in the action than they probably expected.

The couple was sitting courtside next to Wade's wife, actress Gabrielle Union, when Wade flew off the court and crashed right into them, dousing them in their drinks.

The hilarious moment was captured by Miami Herald staff photographer Charles Trainor Jr. and it went viral on Twitter.

Teigen described the photo as "a renaissance painting." In another tweet, she also joked that the moment was an "honor."

Legend also joined in on the fun, sharing a video on Twitter after the fall in which he said, "Still got my drink."

The Miami Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers 122-99 with Wade taking home the win on his special night.

Another highlight of the night was former U.S. President Barack Obama's personal message to Wade about his retirement and impact both on and off the court.

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Dwyane Wade crashes into Chrissy Teigen, John Legend in epic courtside photo

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Dwyane Wade's family, friends and celebrity pals were on hand to watch him play his last home game for the Miami Heat on Tuesday night. But it was two very famous spectators - Chrissy Teigen and John Legend - who got a lot more involved in the action than they probably expected.

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A Florida man who showed up at a junior high school with a loaded gun after his son contacted him to say a teacher had pushed him has been sentenced to nearly a year of house arrest

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A Florida man who went to a junior high school with a loaded gun after his son contacted him to say a teacher pushed him has been sentenced to nearly a year of house arrest.

The Palm Beach Post reports 27-year-old Christopher Freeman pleaded guilty last month as part of a deal with prosecutors to possessing a weapon on school property.

Palm Beach County School District police say Freeman's son video-called him in tears earlier last month, saying a teacher at Bear Lakes Middle School "slammed him." Freeman told police he then saw an adult grab the boy before the call ended.

A police officer met with Freeman, who uses a wheelchair, when he arrived at the school. The officer reported seeing what appeared to be a gun sticking out of Freeman's pants. Police found a loaded AK-47 pistol during a search.

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A Florida man who went to a junior high school with a loaded gun after his son contacted him to say a teacher pushed him has been sentenced to nearly a year of house arrest. The Palm Beach Post reports 27-year-old Christopher Freeman pleaded guilty last month as part of a deal with prosecutors to possessing a weapon on school property.

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Tiny bees found in woman's eye, feeding off tears

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Doctors treating a Taiwanese woman for a swollen eye were shocked to find four tiny bees living under her left eyelid.

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this is the first photo of a black hole - cnn

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In April 2017, scientists used a global network of telescopes to see and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole, according to an announcement by researchers at the National Science Foundation Wednesday morning. This is the first direct visual evidence that black holes exist.

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AB has been talking to JUJU Smith Schuster on twitter saying things like "Boy fumbled the whole post season in the biggest game of the year". JUJU responded by saying that all he ever did was show AB love and repsect the moment he got to the league and now he's disrespecting me. He said "Crazy how big that ego got to be to take shots at people who show you love.

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Antonio Brown burns a few more bridges in Pittsburgh, Dwayne Haskins could be the draft's biggest steal and Sen. Cory Booker has some concerns about the sport that helped shape his life. All that and more in the latest 10-Point Stance. 1. Hard feelings
Just like you, and me and many others, there are parts of the football world looking at Antonio Brown and wondering: What the hell is he doing?

More than a few teams have been taken aback by the social media exchanges Brown has engaged in with his former Steelers teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster. And this week, Brown took the simmering beef to a new low point when he posted a Twitter direct message that an 18-year-old Smith-Schuster had sent him while looking for advice.

"This is record-level petty," an AFC South team executive said. "Has anyone told AB how awful he looks?"

Brown must know to some degree. He later deleted that post. Unfortunately, though, the damage to Brown's reputation was already done. He then attempted to blame the media Tuesday, tweeting it was us who started it all. It wasn't. It was Brown himself.

Some teams look at the pettiness and see a larger picture-that Brown's behavior with his former teammate portends a possible problem for the Raiders, who traded for Brown in the offseason and signed him to a three-year, $50.1 million deal.

Now, to be clear, I don't necessarily believe a Twitter fight is any type of future indicator. Yet there are teams that believe Brown's behavior toward Smith-Schuster demonstrates he's learned little from his dustups with teammates and coaches in Pittsburgh (especially Ben Roethlisberger) and is bringing some of that toxicity to Oakland.

They also think Raiders coach Jon Gruden is making the same mistake Steelers coach Mike Tomlin did in giving Brown so much leeway to express himself. Tomlin did the same early in Brown's career, and Brown took advantage of the coach.

(To be fair, that could be a bit too much psychoanalysis from those teams. Also, how is Gruden supposed to control what Brown tweets?)

No matter the future implications, for now, Brown's social media attacks are a pretty bad look for a guy who's already had more than his fair share of bad publicity, even if much of it was unwarranted. Smith-Schuster is seen as one of the league's good guys, and Brown attacked him for no clear reason.

It looks like everyone hasn't quite moved on just yet.
2. Brown's new town
Despite the worries of some around the league, most people I speak to in those circles believe Brown will be highly successful with the Raiders. They don't seem to be as alarmed as I am that Derek Carr will be the one throwing the football to Brown.

They think Brown is so good he can make any quarterback look special.
3. Manziel's NFL future
Has Johnny (who now prefers John) Manziel's football adventure come to an end? He's gone from the NFL to the Spring League to the CFL to the AAF (that's a lot of acronyms) to unemployed.

Still, the sense I get from people in the NFL is that Manziel may well get another chance to play on football's main stage.

It's true that Manziel has demonstrated little reason for teams to take a chance on him, but he plays at a position of such extreme need that, if he can show even a modicum of skill, someone will have him in for a tryout or on a training camp roster. Doesn't matter who you are; if you can play, you'll get a look.

Well, almost.
4. Another intriguing idea from the minds of...the XFL
The XFL is a year away from actually playing games, but in the time before that, it seems to be trying its best to create something interesting that football fans might appreciate. Already, a handful of football veterans have joined the league, and, according to Commissioner Oliver Luck, who spoke to Pro Football Talk, the XFL will try to update the concept of the extra point, allowing for one-, two- and three-point conversions.

It will be one point for a successful scrimmage play from the 2-yard line, two points from the 5 and three from the 10. In the XFL, the traditional extra point will be dead.

This is a good idea. The NFL has a kicking tee up its rear end and wouldn't consider something like this (at least not now), but it should. It would add another layer of excitement to the game that would likely make the NFL's already huge ratings even bigger.
5. Is Dwayne Haskins' stock tumbling?
Heading into NFL draft season, Ohio State's Dwayne Haskins had been pegged as a top-10 pick by most experts. B/R's own Matt Miller had him at sixth overall in his latest mock draft. Lately, though, it appears as though Haskins' stock is tumbling. NBC Sports' Peter King believes Haskins could be the fourth quarterback off the board later this month. If that happens, whoever picks Haskins would get one of the steals of the draft. I think he's that good, and I know I'm not alone.

There are usually any number of reasons a player of Haskins' potential starts sliding, and often they're not good ones. This looks, to me, to be one of those cases, which should make some team that didn't expect to get a starting-level QB very happy for the next decade.
6. Waiting game
I keep hearing there are teams interested in signing Colin Kaepernick, but no one has yet. The optimist in me says it will happen. The pessimist, however, believes the Dominion will attack at any moment, wonders if I'm being bamboozled and hoodwinked, or perhaps, run amok.

In all honesty, it's hard to say where this goes. I still think there are one or two brave teams like the Panthers (who signed fellow protester Eric Reid) who will take a chance on Kaepernick, but here we are, weeks after Kaepernick's collusion case has been settled, and he is still unemployed by a league in which he is well qualified to play.
7. He's worth it
The new contract defensive end Demarcus Lawrence signed with the Cowboys is massive, totaling five years and $105 million. ESPN Stats & Info notes the $65 million in guaranteed cash is the fourth-highest for a current defensive player behind Khalil Mack, Aaron Donald and Von Miller.

Lawrence's 25 sacks are the fourth-highest since 2017. That's perfect symmetry.

Eye-popping as the numbers may seem, some people in the league consider Lawrence one of the most underrated players in the entire sport on either side of the ball. The Cowboys were smart to lock him up.
8. Let it go, Robert Kraft
Someone as wealthy as Patriots owner Robert Kraft has any number of people advising him as to how to handle his two counts of solicitation following a police sting that was part of a human-trafficking probe into multiple Florida massage parlors and day spas. He might be wise to ditch the advisers and read the argument from NBC Sports' Tom E. Curran about why Kraft should just be as transparent as he can regarding a story that has become a bit of a PR disaster for him. It's worth a look.
9. Winston redemption tour begins
After a series of transgressions and allegations, Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston is trying to rebuild trust between himself and the team. Part of that effort could be seen in his decision to speak about his faith, among other things, with Jason Romano on the Sports Spectrum podcast, a conversation that was transcribed by Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.

We'll let you decide about Winston's sincerity. He's been accused of some awful things, and not in the distant past, either. It will take a lot for Winston to rebuild his reputation, and this is a first step. But, hey, everyone has to start somewhere.
10. Sen. Cory Booker has something to say about football
Football changed presidential candidate Cory Booker's life for the better. He says it taught him how to be disciplined, how to be tough, how to be a good person. It helped him become a Rhodes Scholar, get into Stanford and become a United States senator.

To Booker, football was life, and life was football. In many ways, for him, it still is.

"So much of my life was shaped by football," he said in an interview with Bleacher Report. "It helped me learn how to endure pain and pass limitations. What happened on the field also bled into the classroom. It helped my discipline because there was nothing in academia that was tougher than the game."

Yet, as much as Booker loves football, including the NFL, he has the same concerns that many parents, kids and others do.

When asked if he would let a potential son or daughter play football, Booker said: "It would be hard to say 'no' knowing how much the sport did for me. But I would definitely worry.

"I feel like the benefits of football outweigh some of the issues. So much of my view about the world comes from that 60-70 hours a week playing the game."

Booker, once the mayor of Newark and now one of New Jersey's two senators, is one of the highest-profile politicians to delve into the safety of football and concerns about CTE, the brain disease that has been linked to repeated hits to the head.

President Barack Obama said in 2014 he would not allow his son to play professional football.

Booker is a unique voice on the subject, however, since he's one of only a handful of politicians who played the sport at a high level.

Booker went to Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan in New Jersey. He played wide receiver, tight end and defensive back. He was the team captain, wearing No. 21, and jokes that what got him into Stanford was 4.0 and 1,600-as a senior in 1986, he had 4.0 yards per carry and 1,600 total yards.

He was the Gatorade New Jersey Football Player of the Year and made the USA Today All-USA high school team as a defensive back, as SBNation.com reported. Also on that USA Toda y team was Emmitt Smith, now in the Hall of Fame.

Booker says he was recruited by a plethora of all-time star head coaches, including Steve Spurrier before he started at Florida and Lou Holtz at Notre Dame. He was also recruited to Michigan by former President Gerald Ford, who won two national championships as a Wolverine.

Booker picked Stanford because of the academics, and while he didn't become the star there that he was in high school, the sport continued to have a positive impact on his life.

Even when he was playing, though, his family had questions about the safety of the sport. "I'm two years behind my brother," Booker said, "and I remember the fight my parents had on whether or not to let my brother play football."

Now, Booker is the one sorting through his feelings about the sport.

"I see how college players aren't treated fairly," he said. "They generate the wealth and have a lifetime of injuries." Booker also feels the NFL needs to relax some of its stringent policies on marijuana, which mandates the league suspend players four games after a fourth positive test, 10 games after a fifth one and calls for potential banishment after another failed test.

But he isn't out to demonize the game. He sees the positives, the same positives that shaped him, and he's proud of the players who are using their power to bring attention to some of the social justice issues facing the country.

"In the end," Booker said, "the sport is about people. It has to be."
Mike Freeman covers the NFL for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter: @mikefreemanNFL.

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Antonio Brown burns a few more bridges in Pittsburgh, Dwayne Haskins could be the draft's biggest steal and Sen. Cory Booker has some concerns about the sport that helped shape his life. All that and more in the latest 10-Point Stance. 1.

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Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Tuesday they believe they've found the bodies of an American couple who disappeared late last month after checking out of their hotel — and officials think the two died in a car crash on their way to the airport.

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Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Tuesday they believe they've found the bodies of an American couple who disappeared late last month after checking out of their hotel - and officials think the two died in a car crash on their way to the airport.

Orlando Moore, 40, and girlfriend Portia Ravenelle, 52, both of Mount Vernon, N.Y., were supposed to return home on March 27, but they never boarded their flight back to Newark Liberty International Airport.

National Police spokesman Frank Felix Duran said on Tuesday a man's body - believed to be Moore's - was found in the waters of Sans Souci on March 31, while a woman's body was found where authorities believe a car crash occurred days earlier.
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El Diario Libre reported the woman was found unconscious and taken by ambulance March 27 to Dario Contreras hospital with multiple trauma injuries. She reportedly died there on April 4.

Duran said the man's body was found decomposing about 12 to 18 miles away from where they believe the rental vehicle he was in became submerged in the ocean. He said treacherous water conditions have kept divers from getting to the submerged vehicle, but they expect it to be the same vehicle the couple rented to drive to the airport.

He said they believe the man's body is that of Moore because of a tattoo on his right arm that says "Milano," similar to one that the 40-year-old man had.
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Police said they believe the couple was in a car crash on Las Americas highway, which leads to a nearby international airport. Duran said local fishermen reported seeing a car in the bottom of the ocean in Sans Souci.

Moore and Ravenelle were reported missing by their families in the U.S. after they did not board their flight home.

Investigators said they confirmed the couple had checked out of the Grand Bahia Principe Cayacoa hotel in Samana on March 27.
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Authorities are awaiting fingerprint and other tests to confirm the identities.

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Bodies of American couple missing in Dominican Republic believed found

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Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Tuesday they believe to have found the bodies of an American couple who disappeared late last month after checking out of their hotel, theorizing that they were in a car crash on their way to the airport.

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A gas explosion that partially collapsed a North Carolina building and set it ablaze Wednesday morning killed one person and injured more than a dozen others, police said.

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Emergency officials responded Wednesday morning to a gas explosion and fire at a building in downtown Durham, North Carolina, authorities said.

The city of Durham tweeted that people should avoid the area of Duke and Morgan streets. The city said police and fire officials as well as those from PSNC Energy were responding.

There was no immediate word on any injuries.

Television station video showed flames jumping from windows along with heavy smoke and piles of rubble. The video showed a building with the name "Prescient" on it. The company's website says its headquarters are in Durham and that its focus is affordable housing.

Police cars blocked the streets in several directions of the explosion and a thick acrid smoked hung over a shopping district near downtown Durham. Helicopters circled overhead.

Witness Donna Hester told WRAL-TV the explosion sounded like a bomb. She said she and others went outside, where a police officer told them it was a gas explosion. The officer advised them to go back inside, she said.

"It did frighten me," she said. "I was all shook up because no one at the time knew what was going on."

Another witness, Kelly Andrus, told the TV station she first thought the shaking was an earthquake. She said she looked outside her workplace and saw deep, black smoke billowing from the site. "I'd never seen anything like that."

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Emergency officials responded Wednesday morning to a gas explosion and fire at a building in downtown Durham, North Carolina, authorities said. The city of Durham tweeted that people should avoid the area of Duke and Morgan streets. The city said police and fire officials as well as those from PSNC Energy were responding.

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Emergency officials responded Wednesday morning to a gas explosion and fire at a building in downtown Durham, North Carolina, authorities said.

The city of Durham tweeted that people should avoid the area of Duke and Morgan streets. The city said police and fire officials as well as those from PSNC Energy were responding.

There was no immediate word on any injuries.

Television station video showed flames jumping from windows along with heavy smoke and piles of rubble. The video showed a building with the name "Prescient" on it. The company's website says its headquarters are in Durham and that its focus is affordable housing.

Police cars blocked the streets in several directions of the explosion and a thick acrid smoked hung over a shopping district near downtown Durham. Helicopters circled overhead.

Witness Donna Hester told WRAL-TV the explosion sounded like a bomb. She said she and others went outside, where a police officer told them it was a gas explosion. The officer advised them to go back inside, she said.

"It did frighten me," she said. "I was all shook up because no one at the time knew what was going on."

Another witness, Kelly Andrus, told the TV station she first thought the shaking was an earthquake. She said she looked outside her workplace and saw deep, black smoke billowing from the site. "I'd never seen anything like that."

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Emergency officials responded Wednesday morning to a gas explosion and fire at a building in downtown Durham, North Carolina, authorities said. The city of Durham tweeted that people should avoid the area of Duke and Morgan streets. The city said police and fire officials as well as those from PSNC Energy were responding.

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Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers' president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing his desire to return to the simpler life he enjoyed as a wealthy businessman and beloved former player before taking charge of this tempestuous franchise just over two years ago.

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Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers' president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing his desire to return to the simpler life he enjoyed as a wealthy businessman and beloved former player before taking charge of this tempestuous franchise just over two years ago.

Johnson didn't tell owner Jeanie Buss or general manager Rob Pelinka about his shocking decision before he announced it in front of reporters about 90 minutes before the final game of the Lakers' sixth consecutive losing season. Los Angeles was 37-44 heading into its game against Portland, missing the playoffs yet again despite the offseason addition of LeBron James.

"I want to go back to having fun," Johnson said before fighting off tears. "I want to go back to being who I was before taking on this job. We're halfway there with LeBron coming (last summer). I think this summer, with that other star coming in, whoever is going to bring him in, I think this team is really going to be in position to contend for a championship with the growth of the young players."

Johnson didn't directly tie his decision to the future of Luke Walton, but the third-year coach was widely expected to be fired by Johnson. Without using names, Johnson repeatedly mentioned Buss' affinity for Walton, who was in place before Johnson got the job in February 2017, and Johnson's desire not to cause upheaval between the owner and her chosen coach.

"(On Wednesday) I would have to affect somebody's livelihood and their life," Johnson said. "And I thought about it and I said, 'That's not fun for me. That's not who I am.' And then I don't want to put her in the middle of us, even though she said, 'Hey, you can do what you want to do.' I know she has great love for him and great love for me."

Johnson and Buss had a three-hour meeting Monday about the direction of the 16-time NBA champion Lakers, who haven't made the postseason since 2013. Magic claimed he didn't finalize his decision until Tuesday morning.

"Somebody is going to have to tell my boss, because I know she's going to be sick," Johnson said. "But I knew I couldn't face her face-to-face and tell her."

Buss didn't attend the Lakers' season finale, although Johnson waited by the executive parking area at Staples Center in hopes of seeing her. Buss tweeted her reaction at halftime.

"Earvin, I loved working side by side with you," Buss wrote. "You've brought us a long way. We will continue the journey. We love you."

Clearly blindsided by Johnson's announcement, the Lakers also issued a team statement at halftime.

"There is no greater Los Angeles Laker than Earvin Johnson," it said. "We are deeply grateful to Magic for all that he has done for our franchise as a player, an ambassador and an executive. We thank him for his work these past two years as our President of Basketball Operations and wish him, (wife) Cookie, (children) Andre, EJ and Elisa all the best with their next steps. He will always be not only a Lakers icon, but our family. As we begin the process of moving forward, we will work in a measured and methodical fashion to make the right moves for the future of our organization."

Johnson's desire for his old life wasn't the only reason for his departure. He also said he is tired of being investigated or fined by the NBA for tampering when he comments on basketball on Twitter or even speaks to another organization's player.

Johnson, a longtime broadcaster and respected basketball figure before moving into the front office, has been investigated four times for tampering after everything from a joking comment about Paul George on Jimmy Kimmel's talk show to his response to an email sent to him by Philadelphia's Ben Simmons.

"I thought about Dwyane Wade retiring (Wednesday), and I can't even tweet that out or be there," Johnson said. "Serena Williams called me a week ago and said, 'Will you mentor me and be on my advisory board?' And I said, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' So when Ben Simmons called and we went through the proper channels and they made me look like the bad guy out of that situation, but I didn't do anything wrong ... I was thinking about all those times, all those guys who want me to mentor them or be a part of their lives, and I can't even do that. I had more fun on the other side."

Johnson, who will turn 60 in August, has many thriving business interests along with ownership stakes in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles FC.

Johnson's sudden decision ends another chapter in the remarkable life of the star point guard from Lansing, Michigan, who won an NCAA championship at Michigan State before claiming five NBA titles and three league MVP awards during his 12-year playing career as the leader of the Showtime Lakers.

Johnson retired in 1991 after he tested positive for HIV, but later returned briefly to the Lakers as a player and a coach. Johnson says his current health is ideal, and he insists no health concerns were part of his decision to quit the job that seemed to be his ultimate destiny.

Johnson was hired along with Pelinka when Buss dismissed her brother, Jim, and GM Mitch Kupchak just 26 months ago. The Buss children's father, Jerry, had long envisioned Johnson in a powerful role in the Lakers' front office, and Jeanie put Magic in charge of shaking up her storied franchise in the midst of its lengthy decline.

Immediately after taking the job, Johnson stated his plan to land at least two free-agent superstars to return the Lakers to immediate title contention. That plan rankled feelings around the league and got him in trouble when he publicly acknowledged the Lakers' interest in George, which led to an investigation that eventually stuck the Lakers with a $500,000 fine for Pelinka making improper contact with George's agent.

Johnson made several personnel moves to clear salary cap space for his ultimate goal, notably trading guard D'Angelo Russell to Brooklyn largely to rid the Lakers of Timofey Mozgov's onerous contract in 2017.

Johnson also criticized Russell for his maturity and playing style on the way out the door, but Russell has blossomed into an All-Star leader for the playoff-bound Nets. Some of Johnson's other moves have worked out much better, including the Lakers' drafting of Lonzo Ball, the acquisition of Kyle Kuzma and the bargain signing of center JaVale McGee.

And though James was in charge of his decision to join the Lakers last summer, LeBron credited Magic with closing the deal in a meeting before he agreed to a four-year contract.

But after James strained his groin at Christmas and subsequently sat out for the longest injury absence of his 16-year NBA career, the Lakers were unable to compile enough midseason wins to stay in playoff contention. The Lakers slumped before the trade deadline when Johnson aggressively pursued disgruntled New Orleans superstar Anthony Davis in a trade that would have required the Lakers to give up much of their talented young core.

James was shut down for the season late last month, and he watched the Lakers' season finale in street clothes on the bench.

The Lakers have missed the postseason in each of their three springs since Johnson and Pelinka took over, and Magic didn't stick around long enough to see whether his plan would yield another free-agent star this summer - when the likes of Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant should be in play - or next, when Davis should be available.

The Lakers are finishing this season with their best record in six years, but they were eliminated from playoff contention back on March 22. They had never missed the playoffs in more than two consecutive seasons before this six-year drought.

Johnson remained publicly supportive of Walton, but Magic also was widely thought to agree with Walton's detractors who aren't impressed by the former Lakers forward's offensive game planning and rotations. Johnson's decision to step down likely means the Lakers won't make a decision on Walton's future until a new front office is in place.

Johnson and Pelinka, Kobe Bryant's former agent, didn't know each other before they were paired by Buss, but Johnson said he worked well with Pelinka. Johnson also pointedly refused to say whether Pelinka should remain as the Lakers' general manager, saying the decision rested solely with Buss, whom he repeatedly called "my sister."

"She doesn't know I'm standing here," Johnson said. "Because I knew I would be crying like a baby in front of her."

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A Florida man who went to a junior high school with a loaded gun after his son contacted him to say a teacher pushed him has been sentenced to nearly a year of house arrest.

The Palm Beach Post reports 27-year-old Christopher Freeman pleaded guilty last month as part of a deal with prosecutors to possessing a weapon on school property.

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A Florida man who went to a junior high school with a loaded gun after his son contacted him to say a teacher pushed him has been sentenced to nearly a year of house arrest.

The Palm Beach Post reports 27-year-old Christopher Freeman pleaded guilty last month as part of a deal with prosecutors to possessing a weapon on school property.

Palm Beach County School District police say Freeman's son video-called him in tears earlier last month, saying a teacher at Bear Lakes Middle School "slammed him." Freeman told police he then saw an adult grab the boy before the call ended.

A police officer met with Freeman, who uses a wheelchair, when he arrived at the school. The officer reported seeing what appeared to be a gun sticking out of Freeman's pants. Police found a loaded AK-47 pistol during a search.

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A Florida man who went to a junior high school with a loaded gun after his son contacted him to say a teacher pushed him has been sentenced to nearly a year of house arrest. The Palm Beach Post reports 27-year-old Christopher Freeman pleaded guilty last month as part of a deal with prosecutors to possessing a weapon on school property.

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A man found the body of his mother in his backyard when renovating his house. His mother, Bonnie Haim, went missing in 1993 after her and her husband had an altercation. The husband has now been arrested and is in custody.

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He found a body at his childhood home's backyard during renovations. It was his mom

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When Aaron Fraser began excavating behind his childhood home in Jacksonville, Florida, as part of a renovation in 2014, he made a gruesome discovery: human remains.

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scientists used a global network of telescopes to see and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole, according to an announcement by researchers at the National Science Foundation Wednesday morning.

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In April 2017, scientists used a global network of telescopes to see and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole, according to an announcement by researchers at the National Science Foundation Wednesday morning. This is the first direct visual evidence that black holes exist.

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Jennifer Harughty filed a suit against the Houston Astro's because she said a shirt fired into the stands and injured her left index finger.she is asking for 1 million dollars in damage.

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Beware of the T-shirt cannon, according to a Houston Astros fan.

Jennifer Harughty, a Montgomery County, Texas, resident, filed suit against the Astros on Monday claiming that a T-shirt fired into the crowd at a game last July irreparably injured her left index finger. The woman is asking for $1 million in damages.

Harughty was sitting in the third-base stands, about halfway up the first deck, at a game against the White Sox on July 8, when the team's mascot, Orbit, launched a T-shirt from close range that smashed into her hand and fractured her finger.

"At first I was like, 'Oh gosh, that really hurt,'" Harughty told Houston ABC station KTRK in an interview. "But it was a T-shirt, surely it didn't do any damage. I'm sure it's jammed.

"As the rest of the game went on, I told my husband, 'I think something's really wrong with it,'" she continued.

(Evan Vucci/AP) In this March 17, 2013, file photo, Orbit, the Houston Astros' mascot, fires a T-shirt gun during the sixth inning of the team's spring training baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Kissimmee, Fla.

She went to the emergency room after the game where she was told her finger "was severely fractured and would require surgery to reconstruct it," according to the lawsuit. Four days after the incident, she had surgery to place two screws in the finger. But even after months of physical therapy she continued to "suffer pain, swelling and loss of range of motion."

The woman underwent a second surgery in October "to increase the possibility of Harughty regaining some use of her finger," the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit outlines eight different areas in which the Astros were allegedly negligent, including failure to use "reasonable care" in firing the T-shirt cannon, failure to provide warnings about the possible harm from the cannon, failure to properly supervise staff and failing to minimize or eliminate the danger from the T-shirt cannon.

"It was a life-changing event that I think if it happened to anybody else ... they would feel the same way," Harughty said. "It has nothing to do with the Astros."

(KTRK) Jennifer Harughty was at a Houston Astros game with her family in July 2018 when she severely injured her left index finger after it was hit by a T-shirt fired from a cannon. She filed suit against the Astros on Monday, April 8, 2019.

The Astros responded that they "do not agree" with the allegations, and even went one step further to say they won't be stopping the promotion.

"The Astros are aware of the lawsuit with allegations regarding Orbit's t-shirt launcher. We do not agree with the allegations," the organization said in a statement. "The Astros will continue to use fan popular t-shirt launchers during games. As this is an ongoing legal matter, we will have no further comment on this matter."

Harughty said the two surgeries have cost her over $15,000 in medical bills. She initially went to the Astros asking for compensation, but her lawyer said the team refused to provide any help.

"I have a quiet life. It was an unfortunate incident, and we were just asking for some compensation for medical bills," a tearful Harughty said. "I've never sued anybody in my life."

In addition to the medical costs, the lawsuit also says she deserves compensation for mental anguish, loss of opportunity and loss of enjoyment of life.

"The damages that she has suffered are in excess of $1 million," her lawyer, Jason Gibson, said. "And so the fact that we were forced to file this lawsuit, you have to put what you think the case is worth."

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Houston woman sues Astros for $1 million after being injured by T-shirt cannon

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Beware of the T-shirt cannon, according to a Houston Astros fan. Jennifer Harughty, a Montgomery County, Texas, resident, filed suit against the Astros on Monday claiming that a T-shirt fired into the crowd at a game last July irreparably injured her left index finger. The woman is asking for $1 million in damages.

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Blizzard warnings in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota and Minnesota on Wednesday.

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A major storm system is moving out of the Rockies and strengthening as it moves into the Plains on Wednesday. The potentially historic storm could dump a 1 to 2 feet of snow in South Dakota, northern Nebraska and western Minnesota before it moves out of the area by the end of the week.

As the storm strengthens and moves east, winds will become an issue in the Plains. Eleven states from California to Iowa are under high wind alerts Wednesday morning as winds could gust from 50 to 70 mph.

There are 13 states under snow alerts, as blizzard warnings mean not only snow, but snow and wind.

The snow will begin in Denver and Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon as the storm system moves into the Central Plains.

Ahead of the storm, severe weather is expected in the eastern Plains from Kansas to Nebraska and Iowa. Large hail and damaging winds are the biggest threats, but an isolated tornado is also possible.

The storm will move into the Northern Plains on Thursday. The snow will end in Denver, but the blizzard will continue in Nebraska, the Dakotas and western Minnesota.

The Twin Cities will go through rain, snow and sleet, so the actual city will see only about 6 inches of snow. Higher snowfall totals are forecast west and north of the Twin Cities!

Severe storms will continue ahead of the storm in Indiana and Illinois, with huge hail, damaging winds and possibly tornadoes.

Some areas from Colorado to western Minnesota, including most of South Dakota, will see 1 to 2 feet of snow.

Minneapolis will probably only see about 6 inches, with heavier amounts north and west of the city.

Denver will receive about 4 to 6 inches, with heaviest amounts east of the city.

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Minnesota, South Dakota prepare for rare April blizzard

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A major storm system is moving out of the Rockies and strengthening as it moves into the Plains on Wednesday. The potentially historic storm could dump a 1 to 2 feet of snow in South Dakota, northern Nebraska and western Minnesota before it moves out of the area by the end of the week.

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Report: LeBron James 'Stunned' by Magic Johnson's Resignation from Lakers9

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Los Angeles Lakers Timothy Rapp Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press @@TRappaRT Featured Columnist "League sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that Johnson and Pelinka visited with James and his agent, Rich Paul, on Saturday. [Luke] Walton also participated in the meeting, a source told Shelburne. Johnson offered no indication that he was on the brink of leaving the team, sources said. Johnson said he did not tell James about his decision to leave before making his announcement, either." This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available. Get the best sports content from the web and social in the . Get the app and get the game.
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was reportedly "stunned" to learn that Magic Johnson stepped down as the organization's president of basketball operations on Tuesday night, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.

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Report: LeBron James 'Stunned' by Magic Johnson's Resignation from Lakers

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Los Angeles Lakers Timothy Rapp Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press @@TRappaRT Twitter Logo Featured Columnist "League sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that Johnson and Pelinka visited with James and his agent, Rich Paul, on Saturday. [Luke] Walton also participated in the meeting, a source told Shelburne.

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"When plants take in too much energy, they don't get fat — they lighten up. They absorb more sunlight than they need to power photosynthesis" -NASA

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NASA's OCO-3 Measures How Plants Grow - and Glow

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OCO-3's measurements of a dim glow from plants during photosynthesis may shine some new light on this critical process.

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The fossilized remains of a 430 million-year-old sea creature that had tentacles longer than its body have been found in Herefordshire, Britain.

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The fossilized remains of a 430 million-year-old sea creature that had tentacles longer than its body have been found in Herefordshire, Britain.

Given the name Sollasina cthulhu, due to its resemblance to the fictional Cthulhu sea beast thought of by American author H.P. Lovecraft, the creature was significantly smaller than the fictional monster, but perhaps just as scary to other sea creatures alive at the time.

"Although the fossil is just 3 [centimers] wide, its many long tentacles would have made it appear quite monstrous to other small sea creatures alive at the time," a press release describing the find reads. "It is thought that these tentacles, or 'tube feet', were used to capture food and crawl over the seafloor."
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Sollasina cthulhu was a type of sea cucumber and its 45 tentacles likely helped it walk along the seafloor, researchers noted. They were also able to look at it in 3-D, which gave researchers a deeper look into the creature's soft tissue.

"Using physical-optical tomography and computer reconstruction, we visualize the internal anatomy of S. cthulhu in three dimensions, revealing inner soft tissues that we interpret as the ring canal, a key part of the water vascular system that was previously unknown in fossil echinozoans," researchers wrote in the study's abstract.

The study's co-author, Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, was surprised it was a sea cucumber, originally thinking it might be a closer relative to sea urchins.

"We carried out a number of analyses to work out whether Sollasina was more closely related to sea cucumbers or sea urchins," Dr. Thompson said in the release. "To our surprise, the results suggest it was an ancient sea cucumber. This helps us understand the changes that occurred during the early evolution of the group, which ultimately gave rise to the slug-like forms we see today."
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The research was published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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Fossilized remains of 430 million-year-old 'sea monster' found

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The fossilized remains of a 430 million-year-old sea creature that had tentacles longer than its body have been found in Herefordshire, Britain. Given the name Sollasina cthulhu, due to its resemblance to the fictional Cthulhu sea beast thought of by American author H.P.