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LeBron James' injured hand leaves 2018 NBA Finals loss to Warriors with big what-if factor
USA TODAY CLEVELAND — It all happened so fast. One minute these NBA Finals were a drama-free sweep, with Golden State simply superior to LeBron James' undermanned Cleveland team that had just fallen in Game 4 at Quicken Loans Arena on Friday night. Photos: Sweep night in Cleveland Warriors remain an unbeatable NBA champion for one reason You may hate it, but Kevin Durant explains why he doesn't care you think he ruined the NBA |
With a little help from the Google News Lab, take a peek at a few of this week’s most-searched trends:
Just in time for summer, the U.S. Postal Service announced their first-ever scratch-n-sniff stamps, and they’re popsicle-scented. “Scratch and sniff stickers” and “scratch and sniff books” stunk up the top searched scratch and sniff items this week. Alaska was pretty interested in the U.S. Postal Service, while Iowa was more concerned with getting their scratch and sniff on.
The International House of Pancakes, better known as IHOP, shocked breakfast lovers everywhere by revealing their plans to change their name to IHOb. But on search and elsewhere, the question remains: “what does IHOb stand for?” Folks across Maryland, Texas, Georgia and Kansas were particularly interested in IHOP, which hit a Grand Slam everywhere except for North Dakota, where search interest between Denny’s and IHOP was split 50/50. What was the top searched pancake flavor this week? Banana pancakes stacked up higher than the rest.
The World Cup kicks off on June 14 and fans around the globe are warming up to cheer on their favorite teams. Some of the top trending questions include “how to watch World Cup online?” and “who will win the World Cup 2018?” Newcomers and superfans can use this cool data visualization toolto see how the world is searching for the World Cup. And if you find yourself asking “what is offsides in soccer” or want to know “how to become a soccer referee,” Google Trends has you covered throughout the entire journey to victory.
More than 2 million people are expected to attend the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, taking place this weekend in New York City. Search interest in Puerto Rican actress (and Parade Queen!) Zuleyka Rivera spiked by nearly 4,000 percent this week in the U.S. As participants get ready to walk and float down Fifth Avenue, people are asking “how long is the Puerto Rican Day parade?” Don’t forget your flags, high energy and comfortable shoes.
On a much sadder note, we lost icons this week when handbag designer Kate Spade and food idol Anthony Bourdain passed away in tragic suicides. Known for her bright colors and encouraging words, people searched for quotes by the designer: “Kate Spade she’s a dreamer, doer, thinker quote” and “Kate Spade she is quick, curious, playful and strong.” And remembered for his taste for the unknown, people looked for: “Anthony Bourdain quotes on life” and “Anthony Bourdain quotes food.”
We’ve also seen a large increase in searches related to suicide prevention, like “how to help someone who is depressed.” On Search, we have systems in place to help people find information from trusted organizations, such as national hotlines, that can provide help and support for those who may need it.
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Trump removes US from G-7 joint statement over escalating feud with Canada's Trudeau
Washington Post QUEBEC CITY — President Trump feuded with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and threatened to impose penalties on foreign automobile imports Saturday, capping an acrimonious meeting of the Group of Seven industrial nations that further frayed ... Trump Refuses to Sign G-7 Statement and Calls Trudeau 'Weak' Trump stuns allies, won't sign G-7 joint agreement Trump says US won't endorse G-7 joint statement with world leaders, accuses Trudeau of 'false statements' |
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Anthony Bourdain was 'regularly suicidal' after end of first marriage
Page Six On TV shows such as “No Reservations” and “Parts Unknown,” chef Anthony Bourdain presented the image of an alpha male of the world. Beneath the swagger and mischievous grin, however, loomed a history of lethally destructive behavior. Soon after his ... Sorrow and Questions in a French Village After Anthony Bourdain's Suicide Inside Anthony Bourdain's Final Days Before His Death Padma Lakshmi Reveals 'Guys' Guy' Anthony Bourdain Got 'Tender and Sweet' Over Their Daughters |
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E3 2018: Anthem Is An Exciting New Direction For BioWare
GameSpot While trying out Anthem, I had to keep reminding myself that I was playing a BioWare game. It's the first new IP from the veteran RPG developer in a decade, and although it falls into that particular style of role-playing and shooter hybrid the studio ... EA E3 2018: The Seven Biggest Announcements The 5 biggest announcements from EA's E3 2018 keynote E3 2018: EA Is Surprisingly Frank on Battlefront 2 and Anthem Loot Boxes |
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China's Xi calls out 'selfish, short-sighted' trade policies
Reuters QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose country is locked in a high-stakes trade dispute with the United States, on Sunday said China rejects “selfish, shortsighted” trade policies, and called for building an open global economy. Xi extolls free trade at Asia meet as G-7 ends in disarray |
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Man detained by ICE after delivering pizza to Army base granted stay of removal
NBCNews.com Lawyers say they've won an emergency stay blocking the deportation of an Ecuadorean man who was turned over to immigration officials after making a pizza delivery to an Army base in New York. Pizza delivery man granted emergency stay against deportation A Judge Just Stopped A New York Pizza Delivery Man From Getting Deported Pizza delivery man detained by ICE wins stay of deportation |
New York Times |
Body of Woman Attacked by an Alligator Is Found in Florida
New York Times Police divers at Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park on Friday, in Davie, Fla., after a woman went missing while walking her dogs. Human remains were later found inside an alligator there.CreditWilfredo Lee/Associated Press. By Christina Caron. June 9, 2018. Search teams find body of woman missing in suspected alligator attack Two days before alligator killed woman, her community was urged to be on guard Florida officials find 'evidence' of missing woman after capturing, killing 12-foot alligator |
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Hugh Hewitt to Jeff Sessions: Why Is It Necessary To Separate Parents From Children When Detained At Border?
RealClearPolitics Attorney General Jeff Sessions tells syndicated radio host Hugh Hewitt why parents and children are separated when they are detained or arrested at the border. "The law requires us to keep children in a different facility than we do for adults," the ... |
Washington Post |
Trump removes US from G-7 joint statement over escalating feud with Canada's Trudeau
Washington Post QUEBEC CITY — President Trump feuded with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and threatened to impose penalties on foreign automobile imports Saturday, capping an acrimonious meeting of the Group of Seven industrial nations that further frayed ... Trump Refuses to Sign G-7 Statement and Calls Trudeau 'Weak' Trump stuns allies, won't sign G-7 joint agreement Trump says US won't endorse G-7 joint statement with world leaders, accuses Trudeau of 'false statements' |
Yahoo Sports |
How Justify went from unknown to immortal in 112 days
Yahoo Sports ELMONT, N.Y. — Twenty-two years ago, when Bob Baffert was a naïve newcomer to this Triple Crown thing, his horse Cavonnier lost the Kentucky Derby in a photo finish. An hour after finishing second in the biggest race of his life by mere inches ... Justify's Triple Crown shouldn't be diminished because of American Pharoah At 52, Mike Smith Has the Ride of His Life The shadow of American Pharoah lingers over Justify's Triple Crown |
Page Six |
Anthony Bourdain was 'regularly suicidal' after end of first marriage
Page Six On TV shows such as “No Reservations” and “Parts Unknown,” chef Anthony Bourdain presented the image of an alpha male of the world. Beneath the swagger and mischievous grin, however, loomed a history of lethally destructive behavior. Soon after his ... Sorrow and Questions in a French Village After Anthony Bourdain's Suicide Inside Anthony Bourdain's Final Days Before His Death Padma Lakshmi Reveals 'Guys' Guy' Anthony Bourdain Got 'Tender and Sweet' Over Their Daughters |
GameSpot |
E3 2018: Anthem Is An Exciting New Direction For BioWare
GameSpot While trying out Anthem, I had to keep reminding myself that I was playing a BioWare game. It's the first new IP from the veteran RPG developer in a decade, and although it falls into that particular style of role-playing and shooter hybrid the studio ... EA E3 2018: The Seven Biggest Announcements The 5 biggest announcements from EA's E3 2018 keynote E3 2018: EA Is Surprisingly Frank on Battlefront 2 and Anthem Loot Boxes |
CNN |
NYC pizza delivery man given emergency stay after immigration detention
CNN (CNN) A federal court temporarily blocked a pizza delivery man's deportation one week after he was turned over to immigration officials while trying to drop off food at a military base in New York. Pablo Villavicencio, 35, remains in Immigration and ... Man detained by ICE after delivering pizza to Army base granted stay of removal Pizza delivery man granted emergency stay against deportation A Judge Just Stopped A New York Pizza Delivery Man From Getting Deported |
New York Times |
Body of Woman Attacked by an Alligator Is Found in Florida
New York Times Police divers at Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park on Friday, in Davie, Fla., after a woman went missing while walking her dogs. Human remains were later found inside an alligator there.CreditWilfredo Lee/Associated Press. By Christina Caron. June 9, 2018. Search teams find body of woman missing in suspected alligator attack Two days before alligator killed woman, her community was urged to be on guard Florida officials find 'evidence' of missing woman after capturing, killing 12-foot alligator |
Reuters |
China's Xi calls out 'selfish, short-sighted' trade policies
Reuters QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose country is locked in a high-stakes trade dispute with the United States, on Sunday said China rejects “selfish, shortsighted” trade policies, and called for building an open global economy. Xi extolls free trade at Asia meet as G-7 ends in disarray |
RealClearPolitics |
Hugh Hewitt to Jeff Sessions: Why Is It Necessary To Separate Parents From Children When Detained At Border?
RealClearPolitics Attorney General Jeff Sessions tells syndicated radio host Hugh Hewitt why parents and children are separated when they are detained or arrested at the border. "The law requires us to keep children in a different facility than we do for adults," the ... |
Good afternoon, downtown L.A.! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the giant banners with gun toting cyborgs have been unveiled.
That can only mean one thing: it’s time for E3! Electronic Arts kicked the show off this morning with the first official press conference, and the big news was, as anticipated, Battlefield V.
Battlefield V
The World War II title will likely get a little more love at the Xbox press conference tomorrow morning, but we did get a look at some compelling gameplay. Notably, the title is getting a Fortnite-style multiplayer, battle royale mode.
Anthem
Bioware’s next title isn’t due out until next February, but Anthem still managed to get a lot of love today at E3. The multiplayer shooter finds players assuming the role of mech suit wearing “Freelancers.”
FIFA 19
Due out September 28, EA’s big soccer (or football or whatever) title is adding UEFA Champions League gameplay, after picking up the license from Konami. That’s big news for European soccer fans, bringing the annual tournament to the title. The company also announced a free trial for Xbox, Playstation and PC players.
Madden NFL 19
The popular football title (the other football) is destined for the PC for the first time in more than 10 years. It will bring with it new, more lifelike player animation when it debuts August 10.
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
It wouldn’t be an EA E3 event without some Star Wars love. Due out during the 2019 holiday season, the title will offer a dark take on the familiar universe, allowing users to play as a Jedi. That’s all we know so far, and sadly, there’s no trailer yet to speak of.
Unravel 2
No waiting on this one, however. The yarn of a puzzle platformer sequel just dropped today for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Uber is reportedly looking into buying Motivate, the company that makes Ford GoBike’s in the San Francisco Bay Area and Citi Bike over on the East Coast. This comes following reports of Lyft getting close to purchasing Motivate in a $250 million deal.
Uber bought bike-share startup JUMP, a dockless, electric bike-share service, earlier this year, for about $250 million. In April, Motivate deployed electric bikes in San Francisco. Once JUMP’s 18-month pilot program with the city is up next June, we can expect to see companies like Motivate, Lime and others apply to deploy their own dockless bikes in the city.
I’ve reached out to Uber and will update this story if I hear back.
Just this week, both Uber and Lyft applied to deploy electric scooters in San Francisco. You can read more about that here.
Sure, E3 doesn’t actually officially start until Tuesday, but the big news kicks off this weekend. Here’s a quick overview of some of the biggest new titles we expect to be shown off at press conferences from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, but there’s a lot more to the show than just the big three.
EA started several days of big announcements with a press conference in downtown L.A. this morning, focused on Battlefield V, Fifa 2019 and a bunch more. Microsoft, meanwhile, will be the first of the big hardware companies to hold court with an early afternoon event on Sunday, followed by Bethesda that night.
Monday is the most packed day of the week with events from Square Enix, Ubisoft and Sony. Nintendo, meanwhile, has Tuesday morning to itself, opting to again return to its pre-recorded streaming format in lieu of renting out a larger hall.
Here’s the full break down.
SUNDAY, JUNE 10
Microsoft: 1PM PT, 4PM ET
What to expect: Crackdown 3, Gears of War, Forza and (maybe?) a new Halo.
Bethesda 6:30PM PT, 9:30PM ET
What to expect: Rage 2, Fallout 76.
MONDAY, JUNE 11
Square Enix 10AM PT, 1 PM ET
Watch live video from Square Enix on www.twitch.tv
What to expect: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Kingsom Hearts 3, Final Fantasy VII.
Ubisoft 12:30PM PT, 3:30PM ET
What to expect: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, new Splinter Cell.
Sony 6PM PT, 9PM ET
What to expect: Death Stranding, Last of Us Part II, Marvel’s Spider-Man
TUESDAY, JUNE 12
Nintendo 9AM PT, 12PM ET
What to expect: Super Smash Bros, Pokemon and (maybe) Fortnite