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CNN  —  The original cast of “Hamilton” reunited on Sunday for a lively performance on stage at the Tony Awards. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ariana DeBose, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff and many more members of the flagship Broadway cast appeared during the performance, which honored the beloved production’s 10th anniversary. Miranda and Odom Jr. opened the performance with “Non-Stop” and “My Shot” before the rest of ensemble joined in to perform selections from songs like “The Schuyler Sisters,” “Guns and Ships” and “You’ll be Back.” The cast also performed “Yorktown,” “The Room Where it Happens” and…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For the Indiana Pacers, a chance at being perfect in Games 1 and 2 of these playoffs went awry.They’ll have to settle for a mere split of the opening two games in the NBA Finals instead.The Pacers’ bid to become the fifth team in NBA history to go 8-0 to open the four playoff rounds — sweeping Games 1 and 2 in all four series — was stopped on Sunday night by the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder took control early and won Game 2 123-107, tying the championship matchup at a game apiece.“Any time you’re…

Multiple people were injured after a small plane carrying 20 people crashed in Tullahoma, Tennessee, authorities said.No one died in the crash.Six people had to be transported to hospitals for injuries that couldn’t be tended to at the scene, Lyle Russell, a spokesperson for the city, said.Of those six, two were taken by medical helicopter and four by ambulance, Russell said. After arrival, doctors determined someone who had been taken by ground needed care at a different facility, so that person was then helicoptered to a new location.Russell said the conditions of those people are currently unknown, and said he…

Meta is discussing a multi-billion dollar investment in Scale AI, according to Bloomberg. In fact, the deal value could reportedly exceed $10 billion, making it the largest external AI investment for the Facebook parent company and one of the largest funding events ever for a private company. Scale AI (whose CEO Alexandr Wang is pictured above) provides data labeling services to companies such as Microsoft and OpenAI to help them train their AI models. Much of that labeling work is done by contractors — in fact, the Department of Labor recently dropped its investigation into whether the company was misclassifying…

CALEDON, Ontario (AP) — Ryan Fox of New Zealand won for the second time in five weeks on the PGA Tour with another memorable shot in a playoff, this time a 3-wood to 7 feet on the fourth extra hole Sunday to beat Sam Burns in the RBC Canadian Open.Fox won the Myrtle Beach Classic last month by chipping in for birdie to win a three-man playoff. This one on the TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley took a little longer.What turned out to be the winning shot might be more memorable. Fox smoked a 3-wood that landed softly just left…

The CEO of the Swedish payments company Klarna says that the rise of artificial intelligence could lead to a recession as the technology replaces white-collar jobs.Speaking on The Times Tech podcast, Sebastian Siemiatkowski said there would be “an implication for white-collar jobs,” which he said “usually leads to at least a recession in the short term.””Unfortunately, I don’t see how we could avoid that, with what’s happening from a technology perspective,” he continued.Siemiatkowski, who has long been candid about his belief that AI will come for human jobs, added that AI had played a key role in “efficiency gains” at…

The tech industry, much like everything else in the world, abides by certain rules.With the boom in personal computing came USB, a standard for transferring data between devices. With the rise of the internet came IP addresses, numerical labels that identify every device online. With the advent of email came SMTP, a framework for routing email across the internet.These are protocols — the invisible scaffolding of the digital realm — and with every technological shift, new ones emerge to govern how things communicate, interact, and operate.As the world enters an era shaped by AI, it will need to draw up…

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — After going the distance in the Stanley Cup Final last year with the Florida Panthers beating the Edmonton Oilers by a goal in Game 7 and being one win apart during the regular season, not much is separating these two NHL powerhouses so far in their championship series rematch.This final is just about as close as can be through two games, with each team winning once in overtime and knowing full well one puck off the post or into the net could have dramatically changed the situation. That remains the case going into Game 3 on…

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Players began arriving at Oakmont on Sunday with umbrellas and expectations for a U.S. Open to live up to its reputation as golf’s toughest test.Jordan Spieth was among the early arrivals, playing the front nine on Saturday and 11 holes on Sunday in a light, but steady rain. Turns out the USGA had a policy that no one could start on No. 10. Spieth went down the first, back up the ninth and headed to No. 10.It was long. And it was wet. The area got pounded with rain on Friday, and heavy rain was expected…

Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety. You have likely felt anxiety inside your chest or stomach, and your brain usually doesn’t hurt when you’re scared. Many cultures tie cowardice and bravery more to the heart or the guts than to the brain.But science has traditionally seen the brain as the birthplace and processing site of fear and anxiety. Then why and how do you feel these emotions in other parts of your body?I am a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who researches and treats fear…