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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, September 8, 2022 - Alaska Public ... (Alaska Public Media News)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and ...

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Lakers News: Former Dwight Howard Teammate Thinks Center Was ... (Sports Illustrated)

When he was initially passed over for the "NBA 75" anniversary team, 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers reserve center Dwight Howard voiced his own disappointment.

He led the Magic, Lakers and Houston Rockets to a variety of deep postseason runs, won three Defensive Player of the Year titles, and was generally the best center in the NBA for nearly a decade before transitioning into a role player for the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, and Washington Wizards. The point guard played for 14 NBA seasons, and spent eight of them with Howard in Orlando before the three-time Defensive Player of the Year was shipped out to the Lakers in the summer of 2012. in the 2019-20 season and won a title as a valuable role player. He was the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year multiple times so the stats pretty much speak for themselves and I’m sure that he WILL be a Hall of Famer but, I definitely think that he should’ve been in that Top 75." Nelson was selected out of Saint Joseph's in the first round of the 2004 NBA draft by Orlando along with Howard, who was the top pick. When the topic of discussion turned to Howard's missing out on the NBA 75 team this past February, Nelson advocated for the 6'10" big man's inclusion.

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How to have a healthy relationship with the news (Medical News Today)

And no wonder, with all that has happened in the world over the past few years. But might this habit be harming our health? Medical News Today assessed the ...

His suggestion was “that people consume news that is of relevance to who and how they are in the world, that is relevant to [their] values and how [they] want to be, to take the time to take the perspective of others that are in the stories and to feel what they feel.” The most important thing is for people to become more aware of how consuming the news is making them feel, and the impact it is having on their day-to-day lives.” Even though this may be difficult to believe, he noted that “[t]here’s less violence in the world now than there’s ever been, there’s less poverty, there’s less starvation.” Hayes agreed: “Some of the dangers are that you will become numb to the pain of others, or you will become cynical or depressed about what’s happening in the world. I guess the difficulty is that it is in the news channels’ interests to keep people watching.” “Because we tend to get more traumatized by events where we cannot take any action, it might help to do one small thing that could make a difference — e.g. “Consider staying off all news channels or outlets for 3 or 4 days and see how this changes your mood and thinking. “Problematic news consumption may be particularly harmful because the news consistently focuses on negative and threatening issues and events. Sensationalist news content is designed to elicit an emotional response from audiences, and thereby increase viewing or reading figures. Medical News Today assessed the evidence and spoke to experts to find out what we can do to prevent becoming overwhelmed by the news. And for 16.5%, severely problematic news consumption was impacting other aspects of their lives. We all do it — reach for the phone first thing in the morning to check the news.

NOT REAL NEWS: A Look at What Didn't Happen This Week (U.S. News & World Report)

CLAIM: A federal court order in the legal dispute over government documents held by former President Donald Trump shows President Joe Biden ordered the FBI ...

Clicking the entry for ivermectin leads to a page that says: “The Panel recommends against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in clinical trials.” The entry for ivermectin is also not new. “The sun is a trigger for, mechanistically, causing damage to skin cells of various types that lead to different types of skin cancer,” he said. National Institutes of Health, similarly advises that “exposure to UV radiation causes early aging of the skin and damage that can lead to skin cancer.” Dr. Clifford Lane, clinical director at the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, confirmed to the AP that the panel that oversees the COVID-19 treatment guidelines does not recommend ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, except in clinical trials. THE FACTS: The NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines website says the agency recommends against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in clinical trials. “And when former President Trump attempted to assert executive privilege to block the FBI from assessing the document, President Biden deferred to the National Archives and the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel on the issue.” The specific ivermectin page at the time said: “There are insufficient data for the COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) to recommend either for or against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19.” The page was updated on April 29, 2022, to add the current language recommending against treating COVID with ivermectin. Let that sink in.” But the phrase in question is only a partial quote from the May 10 letter from the National Archives to Trump’s lawyer. The phrase comes from a May letter from the National Archives denying Trump’s request to delay turning over documents to the FBI. “It shows that DOJ made a request for access to an older set of documents independently and the White House affirmed it, which is standard,” she said at an Aug. “Accordingly, NARA will provide the FBI access to the records in question, as requested by the incumbent President, beginning as early as Thursday, May 12, 2022,” Wall’s letter concludes. Her 24-page order notes that the National Archives and Records Administration informed Trump on May 10 that it would proceed with “provid(ing) the FBI access to the records in question, as requested by the incumbent President, beginning as early as Thursday, May 12, 2022.” Conservative outlets and social media users quickly seized on that phrasing as evidence that Biden had been aware of the FBI’s plans to raid Trump’s Palm Beach resort, and in fact had ordered it — something he and his administration have steadfastly denied.

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