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Check out the first half of the 2020-21 NBA season schedule here. Match Details Fixture: Orlando Magic vs Houston Rockets - NBA Season 2020-21 Date & Time: Friday, January 8, 2021, 8 PM ET Venue: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas Orlando Magic Preview The Orlando Magic tallied another win on Thursday night to go to 6-2 on the year. Orlando’s play has been the surprise of the season thus far. If the season were to end today, the Magic would be the second seed in the Eastern Conference....

Sunyei was raised by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) in Kenya after being orphaned as a baby. As with many elephants at the conservation center, she was rehabilitated into one of the ex-orphan wild herds once fully grown in 2009. Ex-orphan herds with calfs tend to stay in close proximity to the units, whereas ones with male elephants will often roam further afar. In 2017, Sunyei became a mother herself and returned to the trust on the very same day to “say hello” to her beloved head keeper Benjamin, who hand-raised her....

Ortiz, who threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park on Monday, sat down with the Boston Globe for his first public comments since the shooting. In the interview, he talked about the incident and the investigation. “I felt a burning sensation,” Ortiz said. “I felt weird, like not myself, as I went down.” Ortiz, 43, was at a Santo Domingo bar in his native Dominican Republic on June 9 when a suspect shot him at close range....

Speaking to the media during the team principal’s press conference, Alpine’s team principal said: Szafnauer revealed that Oscar Piastri did not inform him that he would not race for Alpine next year. When asked how he found out about the young driver’s decision not to drive for the team next year, Szafnauer replied: Delving deeper into the contract details, the Alpine boss revealed that the term of the contract continued through the 2024 F1 season....

But the song was not snubbed by the Academy, it was not even submitted for consideration. Disney decided to submit Encanto’s ballad “Dos Oruguitas” instead. While Encanto debuted in theaters Thanksgiving weekend, it did not hit streaming until a month later. Once on Disney+, “Bruno” took off. The song has nearly 125 million streams on Spotify and is currently sitting at the top of the Billboard Top 100. It has surpassed Aladdin’s “A Whole New World” as Disney’s longest-running No....

However, Sony’s true plans are finally coming into perspective. Not only is it edging into the PC market, but Sony has also announced a new line of Director’s Cut games. These new releases, currently consisting of Death Stranding: Director’s Cut and Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut, will not only bring enhancements to the PS5 versions but, at least in Ghost of Tsushima’s case, will act as an expansion to the PS4 version....

The third-year Wizards wing made “Not Top 10” lists everywhere last week when he got caught sleeping on defense against the Bulls. On Thursday, Porter looked to redeem himself with a strong alley-oop finish The only problem? He got rejected by the rim.

It’s not clear exactly what the White House will do. But it’s obvious that the $300 million USAir/British Airways deal is a lightning rod for mounting anxiety in the industry. Airline woes are nothing new. But U.S. carriers seem to see their skies darkening, even as the economy brightens. Some critics say the industry simply needs a new attitude, maybe modeled on some of the successful upstarts like Southwest Airlines....

The first time Smith saw the Palacio, there was nothing inside but a light bulb hanging down and a VW Beetle sitting in an empty lobby. He put both building and Beetle in his new thriller, “Havana Bay” (Random House). As you stand there beside him, you think, well sure, anyone could see the possibilities here. All Smith did was find it first and then lead you right to it....

Sharing her shocking story with Mumsnet’s AIBU (Am I Being Unreasonable?) forum on June 20, LMCOA explained that she was trying to return a pair of jeans at her local supermarket when the situation occurred. In her post, she wrote: “I smiled, handed them over to the cashier and said ‘Could I please have a refund on these, unfortunately they don’t fit.’ “She took them, laughed and said ‘You should lose weight then....

Players that are missing Legendary weapon mods may find this trick helpful to grab a few Legendaries they may not already own, or get a head start on Legendary mods for their other characters. Players will need at least two people to make this trick work. One player will need to have already completed the Outriders campaign, they will be the host and will load up three missions that drop guaranteed Legendaries on their first character completion....

The Wanderer is an enigmatic character in Outriders, and he tends to speak in riddles whenever players have interactions with him. Regardless, when players first meet him, he talks about how he needs help dealing with beasts because his powers are starting to fail him. Accepting the Wanderer’s request begins a quest revolving around the monoliths found in the woods and ancient ruins. The Wanderer doesn’t reveal his name, his identity, his powers, nor the purpose of the mission he bestows on the players, and nothing of this is discovered up until the end of the quest chain....

Two million players have downloaded the Outriders demo and have been experiencing the gameplay and build mechanics available to them. From creating their first character and choosing their first class to unleashing the power of an Altered on their enemies, players have been expressing their joy of the demo across social media. RELATED: Outriders Dev Update Details Demo, Full Launch Changes Outriders currently features four classes that players can choose from: The Technomancer, Pyromancer, Trickster, and Devastator, each offering unique powers and abilities for players to unleash....

The office told the New York Times that of those, 914 worked for the Department of Education and 101 for the city’s Housing Authority. The terminations came despite several other U.S. cities moving to reduce COVID-19 regulations. The mandate, introduced by Adams’ predecessor Bill de Blasio in October, required the employees to get vaccinated by February 11, according to New York’s WCBS-TV. The Times reported at the time of their termination, all but two of the employees had already been put on unpaid leave....

Israeli police said they will continue to apprehend those suspected of “riots” and “bring them to justice.” They added that “the campaign is a direct continuation of police activity in the past two weeks and more than 1,550 suspects have been arrested while about 150 indictments have been filed,” the Daily Sabah said. The Arab territories in Israel were the site of numerous protests against Israel’s military attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem....

The Taliban rapidly regained control of Afghanistan this month, retaking the capital Kabul last week—two weeks before the scheduled end of the U.S. withdrawal. Biden has faced substantial criticism for the chaotic end to the two-decade-long war, the longest in U.S. history. But the president has doubled-down in defense of the withdrawal, arguing that the U.S. had fully achieved its objectives in Afghanistan. “We the undersigned are resolute in our support of President Biden’s decision to end the war in Afghanistan,” the thousands of veterans said in an open letter, which was published Friday by the political action committee VoteVets....

With The Witch Queen DLC for Destiny 2 featuring plenty of new features to toy around with, fearsome foes to vanquish, and loot to farm (or craft, as it were), the excitement surrounding this particular release seems to be particularly energetic in the various Destiny online communities. The number of pre-orders that have been made so far takes this idea a step further still. RELATED: Destiny 2 Player Single-handedly Melts Grasp of Avarice Boss in One Phase on Master...

In a new poll released by Axios/Ispos on Tuesday, 36 percent of respondents said they either recently tested positive or believe they had COVID after being fully vaccinated. That compares to just 22 percent of respondents in mid-December, and only six percent from last summer, according to the poll. The new numbers show how the Omicron variant, which was first detected in South Africa in November, has quickly ramped up infections across the nation....

Cricket is perhaps the only sport that catches a virus so fast that the immune system doesn’t get enough time to react. Only after it has suffered from the virus for quite some time, that pundits of the game realize the importance of the matter and try to curb it down or maintain it below a specific limit since eradicating a virus is an absolute impossible task, such is the game!...

Overclockers UK Titan Bayonet review: Price You can buy the Titan Bayonet from Overclockers UK. When that web page opens you’ll see a base price of £920. This comes with a GTX 1050 graphics card, a 1TB hard drive and no operating system. As reviewed here with a GTX 1070, Windows 10, a 2TB hard drive and a 500GB SSD, you’ll pay £1558.93, but prices do fluctuate constantly due to changing exchange rates which alters the price of components....