Blake Griffin and the Detroit Pistons have agreed to a buyout, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 31-year-old former All-Star will now become an unrestricted free agent.
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Sources: Griffin free agent as Pistons OK buyout
Blake Griffin and the Detroit Pistons have agreed to a buyout, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 31-year-old former All-Star will now become an unrestricted free agent.
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Sources: Griffin free agent as Pistons OK buyout
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — The number of children sickened by measles in 2019 was the highest in 23 years, according to new data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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870K measles cases in 2019, highest number in 23 years — UN
SPALDING, Clarendon — Five people are now in custody as the police investigate the murder of their colleague, Constable Kirkland Plummer, and the fatal shooting of one of his alleged attackers in the deep rural community of Harwood, in northern Clarendon, on Saturday night.
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Five arrested after cop killed at illegal party
Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX), the island’s premier tourism trade show, is scheduled to open today and the organisers are reporting that it will be the “the largest ever based on a record number of registrations”.
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Virtual JAPEX 2020 starts today with record participation
Jamaica and the World Bank have highlighted the importance of understanding disaster risks and the need to have a robust financial plan to manage them.The issue was the subject of discussion at a public forum, titled ‘Facing the Fiscal Risk of Natural Disasters’, held last week at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
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MONTEGO BAY, St James — Montego Bay-based health and wellness distribution company Zimmer and Co recently closed a US$1-M investment round from local and international investors. The capital will be used to finance Zimmer’s expansion in Jamaica and accelerate its plans to distribute quality health and wellness products in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean, as well into Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and throughout Europe.
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MoBay’s Zimmer and Co raises US$1 million
“I started really making the connection to blues and R&B , and the progression of black music throughout the years,” Fields said. “Blues is at the root of …
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Apprenticeship shines light on history of blues and black gospel
Jessie Reyez recently delivered her new single “Apple Juice,” and the Toronto R&B artist is now treating that track to its very own music video. The clip …
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Watch Jessie Reyez Get Nostalgic in Her New "Apple Juice" Video
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, is making it clear that he’s willing to cooperate with the special counsel’s investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. Paula Reid reports.
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Trump denies knowledge of 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer
Browns coach Hue Jackson says first-round pick Baker Mayfield isn’t ready right now to start but said if Mayfield “supersedes” the plan, then that will show and the Browns will adjust.
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Mayfield not thinking about being backup
As long as R&B has been apart of hip-hop it feels weird saying the genre is making a comeback. Yet, here we are, and the past couple of years with …
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Who is Ari Lennox? Dreamville's first lady bringing real R&B vibes back
Tuesday’s winning numbers are 1, 2, 4, 19 and 29 and the Mega Ball number is 20
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Parts of the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic have seen nearly 10 inches of rain and more is expected. In areas like Baltimore, the severe weather prompted flooding. CBS News correspondent DeMarco Morgan is in Pennsylvania with the latest.
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Heavy rains prompt East Coast flooding
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Old school R&B and the reincarnation of Led Zeppelin top this week's Also Playing with the O'Jays and Greta Van Fleet, …
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O'Jays and Greta Van Fleet bring R&B and 'nu-classic rock' to Also Playing
The extreme weather goes beyond the U.S. The temperature in Kumagaya, Japan, hit 106 degrees Monday, and the heat wave is blamed for at least 44 deaths.
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Extreme worldwide heatwave blamed for deaths