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Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Sports Author of the article: Publishing date: May 20, 2022  •  26 minutes ago  •  5 minute read  •  Join the conversation Article content Trevor Story went 4-for-4 with three home runs, seven RBIs and five runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the visiting Seattle Mariners 12-6 on Thursday night. The Mariners led 4-0 through 1 1/2 innings, but Story’s homers in the second and third innings helped the hosts tie the score. Boston added two runs in the sixth and three in…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Sports Author of the article: Article content TULSA — Rory McIlroy got the dream start that has eluded him at recent majors to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Championship on Thursday, outshining the two other members of his ‘super group’ Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth. While Woods (74) and Spieth (72) labored, McIlroy made it look all too easy at Southern Hills Country Club by carding a five-under 65, his best opening round at a major since the 2011 U.S. Open. That was…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Sports Author of the article: Publishing date: May 19, 2022  •  14 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation Article content Rory McIlroy used four straight birdies early in his round Thursday to shoot a 5-under-par 65 and take the first-round lead at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. The four-time major winner from Northern Ireland also birdied his final hole to move ahead of Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge, who shot 66…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Sports Author of the article: Publishing date: May 19, 2022  •  14 minutes ago  •  4 minute read  •  Join the conversation Article content Game 1 hero Jimmy Butler isn’t much for rating his performance or basking in the achievement, even when topping the 40-point mark. However, Butler will be out to match a stellar all-around effort in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals Thursday night when his Miami Heat host the Boston Celtics. The Heat opened as 5.5-point…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Ontario Election NP Comment Sinking back into its historic third-place spot would be a major loss for Horwath’s NDP and should spell the end of her leadership Publishing date: May 19, 2022  •  23 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath speaks during the Ontario party leaders' debate in Toronto on Monday. Photo by Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Article content This Ontario election is Progressive Conservative…

Developing new treatments for ailments can be a tedious and frustrating process for scientists. Oftentimes, newly developed drugs just don’t work the way they were intended, falling short of expectations and leading to a dead end. But other times, a drug developed for one purpose turns out to be even more effective at treating something completely different. In the past, this has happened with drugs such as prednisone, which was originally meant for inflammatory diseases but actually helps treat Parkinson’s disease…

Capistrano Volkswagen/Mazda, a car dealership in San Juan Capistrano, California, has partnered with San Diego-based solar and battery installation company Stellar Solar to offer EV customers solar, battery storage, and EV connectivity to power their cars with clean energy. Car dealership + solar Stellar Solar says the partnership is the first of its kind between an auto dealer and solar company in Orange County. (We at Electrek are wondering whether it’s the first of its kind in the United Stsates – let us know…

China’s Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns have led to a shortage of a dye widely used in medical scans, prompting U.S. hospitals including the Mayo Clinic to ration supplies, postpone procedures or switch to less optimal imaging.The shortage arose in recent weeks for iodinated contrast media products including Omnipaque, made by General Electric Co. ’s GE Healthcare unit at a plant in Shanghai. Omnipaque is given by intravenous injection to patients before imaging procedures to make internal…

According to Doctor Nando de Freitas, a lead researcher at Google’s DeepMind, humanity is apparently on the verge of solving artificial general intelligence (AGI) within our lifetimes. In response to an opinion piece penned by yours truly, the scientist posted a thread on Twitter that began with what’s perhaps the boldest statement we’ve seen from anyone at DeepMind concerning its current progress toward AGI: My opinion: It’s all about scale now! The Game is Over! Someone’s opinion article.…