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Nearly 87 million Americans across the Midwest and Northeast are under extreme heat warnings this week, with the National Weather Service warning of “extremely dangerous” temperatures and triple-digit heat indexes in many areas.Major cities along the I-95 corridor, including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City, could face 100-degree temperatures.Extreme heat like this can be lethal, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heat-related deaths in the U.S. have been increasing over the past few years, with about 1,600 in 2021, over 1,700 in 2022, and over 2,300 in 2023, according to a recent study published in the…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — With mounds of dirt, construction vehicles and the exact location where home plate will be at the new Athletics ballpark serving as the backdrop Monday morning, team owner John Fisher stood in front of a large gathering with one message: “We are Vegas’ team.”MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, state and local government dignitaries, former Athletics greats such as Rollie Fingers and Dave Stewart, Little Leaguers and many others looked on as the team celebrated the groundbreaking of a $1.75 billion, 33,000-person capacity ballpark that is expected to be finished in time for the 2028 season.Nevada and Clark…

Novo Nordisk is pulling the plug on its partnership with Hims & Hers Health over claims that the telehealth company sold fake versions of the pharmaceutical firm’s weight-loss drug, Wegovy.The Danish drugmaker said Monday that Wegovy will no longer be available on Hims & Hers and that it is ending the collaboration because the San Francisco-based online health company sold “illegitimate, knockoff versions of Wegovy that put patient safety at risk.”Novo Nordisk’s move to dissolve the partnership came less than two months after the companies said they were entering a “long-term collaboration” to make obesity treatment more accessible.Shares of Hims & Hers plunged…

There is no shortage of workflow collaboration tools, like Slack or Google Docs, in addition to industry-specific ones like GitHub for software developers. Now, a startup called AllSpice has found success with its bet that electrical hardware engineering teams need their own collaboration platform, too. AllSpice’s platform sits between existing workflow software. It allows hardware teams to collaborate on the types of documents they traditionally work in — that don’t easily translate over Slack and email — like PCB files and electronic CAD files, both of which are used to design circuit boards. Engineers can single out and comment on…

Riders in Tesla’s newly launched robotaxi service might have done a double-take when prompted to leave a tip for their driverless ride.Turns out, it’s just a joke.A Sunday post on X, formerly known as Twitter, shows a video of the service’s app on a user’s smartphone screen after a Tesla robotaxi ride. Besides an option to rate the ride and leave feedback, there’s also an option to leave a tip, with a couple of preset amounts similar to what riders might be used to seeing on the apps of Uber and Lyft.When the user tries to leave a tip, though,…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton has no regrets about trying to lead the Indiana Pacers to the franchise’s first NBA title, even though his decision to play hurt ended in agony when he tore his right Achilles tendon early in Game 7.Monday’s announcement of the injury — confirmed by Haliburton in a social media post — casts a pall on Haliburton’s historic postseason run, which included a litany of incredible plays, buzzer-beating winners and occasionally unprecedented stat lines.“Honestly, right now, torn Achilles and all, I don’t regret it,” Haliburton, who played Games 6 and 7 of the finals with a…

UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente and other major U.S. health insurers say they want to make it faster and easier for patients to obtain care.Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association that represents the health insurance industry, announced Monday that some of its biggest members are taking steps to streamline “prior authorization” — industry jargon for the process by which health care providers obtain approval from patients’ insurance carriers to deliver care.Prior authorization requests can be time-consuming for doctors, resulting in frustrating delays for patients in obtaining essential medical care. According to a survey from the American Medical Association, physicians’ offices spend…

Kevin Durant already has been traded to Houston. The New York Knicks are looking for a coach. Cooper Flagg is about to become the No. 1 pick in the draft. Expansion plans likely will take a big step forward in a few weeks. The Los Angeles Lakers just got sold.The NBA offseason officially has started. In reality, it’s been going for a few weeks already.There’s a parade in Oklahoma City on Tuesday to celebrate the newly crowned champion Thunder, and in every other NBA city there’s going a parade of movement — some of which already has started — over…

WIGAN, England (AP) — Paul Mullin, the poster boy of a Wrexham team soaring through England’s soccer leagues following its takeover by Hollywood celebrities, has left the club to join third-tier Wigan on a season-long loan deal.“I’m excited for the next part of my story,” Mullin told Wigan’s official website on Monday. “I’ve scored a lot of goals over the last few years, but more than anything, I give my absolute all for the club that I’m playing for, and I’m going to do that again with Wigan.”Wigan said the loan deal was subject to the approval of the English…

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican prosecutors requested on Monday that suspended Tampa Bay Rays player Wander Franco, who faces charges of sexual abuse involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes, be sentenced to five years in prison.The prosecutors said in court there is sufficient evidence to prove Franco had a relationship with the minor for four months and that he transferred large sums of money to the minor’s mother to consent to the illegal relationship.During raids on the house of the minor’s mother, prosecutors say they found $68,500 and $35,000…