SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Orrin G. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history who was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88. His death was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify a cause. A staunch conservative on most economic and social issues, he also teamed with Democrats several times during his long career on issues ranging from stem cell research to rights for people with disabilities to expanding… Source link

This version of Tyson Fury, the guy who knocked out Deontay Wilder twice and put Dillian Whyte to sleep Saturday with one of the best uppercuts you’ll ever see, would be a difficult out for any fighter in boxing history. Yes, that includes Muhammad Ali. And George Foreman. And Larry Holmes and Lennox Lewis and Rocky Marciano and Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis and Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe and Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko and Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson and… Source link

Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert sometimes eat lunch together, and they sometimes save the Utah Jazz‘s season together. After a season marked by whispers of discord between the Jazz’s two stars, the pair connected for a game-winning alley-oop in a 100-99 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of their first-round series. The series is now tied 2-2. The Jazz appeared on the verge of a 3-1 series hole in the final minute of the game when Mavericks star Luka Doncic, making a return from a calf… Source link

If Tyson Fury follows through on his intention to retire, the final punch of his career may wind up being his best. Fury hit an oncoming Dillian Whyte with a stiff jab and immediately followed it with a blazing right uppercut. The right landed on the point of the chin and Whyte was immediately out cold, doing a dead fall backward. He managed to get up but staggered into the corner and referee Mark Lyson waved it off at 2:59 of the sixth round in front of a deliriously happy crowd of 94,000… Source link

Kyiv prepared on Saturday for its first wartime visit from two top U.S. officials, as Ukraine accused Russia of killing six people in a strike on Odessa that all but buried hopes of a truce for Orthodox Easter.  The Sunday visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will come at a symbolic moment — on the day the war enters its third month — and with fierce battles continuing in the country’s east. It… Source link

Pier 57 in Chelsea. (Google) The search (and wait) is over. Google’s new campus atop a pier that juts out into the Hudson River officially opened to workers and the public earlier this week. According to the New York Post, the 630,000-square-foot space on Pier 57 in Chelsea features three buildings for 450 employees — as well as a two-acre publicly accessible rooftop park along with a food hall and an outdoor screening area for movies during the Tribeca Film Festival. The campus was… Source link

Pier 57 in Chelsea. (Google) The search (and wait) is over. Google’s new campus atop a pier that juts out into the Hudson River officially opened to workers and the public earlier this week. According to the New York Post, the 630,000-square-foot space on Pier 57 in Chelsea features three buildings for 450 employees — as well as a two-acre publicly accessible rooftop park along with a food hall and an outdoor screening area for movies during the Tribeca Film Festival. The campus was… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Dreary headlines wash over investors every day — war in Ukraine, inflation, the unending spread of Covid-19, supply-chain troubles. All the gloom has market analysts downgrading prospects for U.S. growth and predicting a recession. Most Read from Bloomberg But what if their projections are overblown? Sylvia Jablonski, the chief executive officer, chief investment officer and co-founder of Defiance ETFs, joined the “What Goes Up” podcast to talk about why she’s optimistic… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the latest year-end reports. Global spending across iOS, Google Play and third-party Android app stores in China grew 19% in 2021 to reach $170 billion. Downloads of apps… Source link

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James would rather be playing basketball right now. Instead, James is sitting at home watching other teams try and win it all. James made it clear Friday he’s not a fan of that arrangement. James, 37, vowed to never again miss the postseason, saying, “This s*** HURT.” James has appeared in an astounding 266 playoff games in his career. He’s only missed the postseason four times over his 19-year career. Two of those seasons have come since James joined the… Source link