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CNN  —  Andrew Do was afraid to play sports his last two years of high school. “I didn’t want to walk home alone after practices and be harassed, and beat up, and strangled,” he said in an interview with CNN. After law school, while out running for exercise, he said motorists would throw bottles and batteries at him. His constant fear: violent racism, “extreme hostility,” and physical assault. Decades later, the refugee who arrived in the United States from Vietnam in the mid-1970s, is now a Republican member of the powerful Orange County, California, Board of Supervisors, yet continues to…

Western officials have blamed Turkey for the disruption to crude shipments from the Black Sea, stressing there was no reason to block traffic through the Turkish Straits.At least 22 crude tankers have been stopped from crossing Turkish waters over fears in Ankara that the shipments might be uninsured due to rules that bar tankers transporting Russian crude from accessing European maritime insurance unless the oil is sold for $60 a barrel or less.But two western officials said the vessels, most of which are loaded with oil from Kazakhstan not Russia, should be allowed to pass. “It appears that all but…

CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump does not plan to appeal to the Supreme Court a lower court order that put an end to the special master review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that a lower court judge had erred when she ordered the appointment of a third party, or special master, to review about 100 classified documents that investigators found when they searched his Florida home in August. The former president’s legal team previously argued that they needed an outside expert to…

Borna Sosa will face Brazil on Friday, but Alex Sandro misses out with a hip injury.Croatia defender Borna Sosa is fit to face Brazil in Friday’s World Cup quarter-final match in Qatar. The 24-year-old left back was to take part in the final training session ahead of the game at Education City Stadium, coach Zlatko Dalic said on Thursday. The Stuttgart player had missed the round-of-16 match against Japan because he was ill. “We won’t make many changes because the last 16 went great for us and our team,” Dalic said. His team beat Japan on penalties after a tight…

The RCMP is suspending a radio communications contract with an Ontario-based company that has ties to China amid concerns of foreign interference, according to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s parliamentary secretary. Pam Damoff said during question period in the House of Commons Thursday that the RCMP has suspended an Oct. 2021 contract with Sinclair Technologies, which designs and manufactures communications products for radio frequency equipment.“The RCMP have confirmed that the contract with Sinclair Technologies has been suspended and that they’re conducting further reviews to ensure that the integrity of our infrastructure is in place,” Damoff said.Global News reached out to…

For the first time, a new study explored vitamin D levels in the human brain and the potential effect on cognitive outcomes.Researchers found that higher levels of vitamin D are associated with a lower risk of dementia in older adults.Despite the findings, the exact role of vitamin D in cognitive function is not yet fully understood.An estimated 6 million people live with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the United States.That number is set to grow to 13 million by 2050 due to the country’s aging population. Alzheimer’s disease is also the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.Every 65 seconds,…

The US Federal Trade Commission will sue to block Microsoft’s $75bn acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard over concerns the deal would harm competitors to its Xbox consoles and cloud-gaming business.The antitrust watchdog voted 3-1 to issue the complaint, it said on Thursday. It is the latest in a number of hurdles for the transaction, which is also being scrutinised by the UK Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission.“Today we seek to stop Microsoft from gaining control over a leading independent game studio and using it to harm competition in multiple dynamic and fast-growing gaming markets,” Holly…

A doctor in Michigan is being hit with additional charges after being accused of sexually assaulting multiple patients.Dr. Zvi Levran, 66, was hit with additional charges on Wednesday in relation to an alleged January 2018 assault of a 14-year-old boy and an additional alleged assault in December 2020 of a 30-year-old man, according to FOX 2.In relation to the alleged assault of the 14-year-old boy, Levran was recently charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in relation to the alleged assault of a 30-year-old man.Third-degree criminal sexual conduct charges and three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual…

An exterior view of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe Securities and Exchange Commission released new guidance Thursday, requiring companies that issue securities to disclose to investors their exposure and risk to the cryptocurrency market.The guidance comes about a month after FTX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, filed for bankruptcy after loan customer funds to a risky trading company that was founded by FTX’s former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Over 100,000 customers were affected by the exchange’s failure.On Wednesday, SEC Chair Gary Gensler fended off accusations that the agency has failed to…

Commercial Content 21+ A wild night in the NBA saw us cash just one of our three picks against the spread, though it was a big one with the Celtics humiliating the Suns in a matchup of arguably the two best teams through the first seven weeks of the season. We’ve got a much lighter betting menu ahead of us on Thursday, with just three games on tap ahead of a busy weekend slate. Here are a pair of our favorite plays to target at BetMGM on a quiet night of hoops: Risk Free First Bet up to $1,000 with…