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The film follows Batman during his second year of fighting crime as he pursues the Riddler, a serial killer who attacks Gotham City’s wealthy citizens. Since The Batman reboots the franchise without going over Bruce Wayne’s origin story, Pattinson leaned on his research to understand the masked vigilante’s motivations for donning the iconic suit. RELATED: Matt Reeves Confirms There Will Be No R-Rated Cut of The Batman To find his way into the character, the actor looked into 1989’s Batman: Shaman and, to a lesser extent, The Man Who Falls....

Throughout rural America, patients are discovering that the big-city medical center is just a mouseclick away. Once dismissed as gimmickry, “telemedicine” networks like the one tying Eastman to Augusta could soon link “every medical center and physician’s office in the country,” according to a recent report by the American Hospital Association. Since 1990, the number of U.S. networks has jumped from three to at least 30, and virtually every state is now developing one....

Houston center Dwight Howard is set to miss at least four weeks, the team announced on Wednesday. Dr. Walt Lowe of the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute performed a bone marrow aspirate injection on Howard’s right knee, and says he will re-evaluate him in four weeks. MORE: Trade candidates | Recreating Stephen Curry’s workouts The eight-time All-Star has averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds through 31 games this season. 

Russell Westbrook, Paul George and Carmelo Anthony each contributed at least 20 points in Oklahoma City’s 112-107 at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Westbrook poured in a game-high 31 points to go with 11 assists and six rebounds as the Thunder pushed their winning streak to five games. MORE: Rockets vs. Thunder box score | Full NBA scoreboard James Harden finished two rebounds shy of a triple-double (29 points, 14 assists and eight rebounds) in the loss, and the Rockets have now dropped three in a row following defeats at the hands of the Lakers and Clippers....

The reigning NBA Finals MVP suffered a right calf strain in the second half of Game 5, and after an MRI was ruled out for the rest of the Warriors-Rockets series. Durant has been a dominant force for Golden State throughout the playoffs, averaging 34.2 points per game. The Warriors won Game 5 in spite of Durant going down late in the third quarter with Klay Thompson and Steph Curry stepping up to score 52 points combined to pull out the 104-99 victory....

Game 1 line: Warriors -10, Total: 219.5 (check our odds page for the latest numbers)Series price: (Warriors -1100, Rockets +700) No. 1 and No. 2 are the seeds remaining in the West, but it also ranks their stars, Steph Curry and James Harden. The voting for the league’s MVP ended up in Curry’s favor with Harden behind him in second place. Now, each stands in the other’s way of an NBA title, with the Warriors opening up as the massive favorite....

The problem with League of Legends’ success and its highly competitive natureis that getting into the title five years on is a mighty challenge for newcomers because unfortunately, there’s no friendly handbook doled out to players as they go through the door. Players can practically stumble into League of Legends’ ranks and bust their hips (or at least bruise their egos) trying to figure out what the hell ‘csing’ is....

Plants, animals, fungi and other organisms are described as “invasive” when they are not native to a specific location. They spread around the globe with the help of human activities, such as global trade and transportation, and can be introduced either intentionally, through the pet and horticultural trade for example, or unintentionally, as stowaways in cargo or in the ballast water tanks of large ships, among other pathways. The impact of invasive species on their new environments can be significant in some cases....

In the nine innings so far, Kohli has scored 593 runs in nine innings at an average of nearly 69 with the help of two centuries and made up for the failure in 2014. Unlike the other Indian batsmen, Kohli was at complete ease throughout the series as he batted with caution and aggression. In 2014, he was troubled a lot by England’s premier bowler James Anderson as he got out edging the ball often....

The 22-year-old, who had clinched the Polish International and reached the finals of Belgian International this year, defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chiang Ying Li 21-13 21-7 to set up a clash with Chinese fifth seed Han Yue. It was curtains for others such as former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusaidutt and youngsters such as Mithun Manjunath and Shreyansh Jaiswal. While Gurusaidutt went down fighting 21-13 14-21 16-21 to Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, Indonesia’s Firman Abdul Kholik ended Mithun’s campaign with a 21-12 21-15 thrashing....

The match, which was suspended twice in November, was finally played in Madrid on Sunday, and River ran out 3-1 winners, clinching a 5-3 aggregate success. Boca went ahead in the first half thanks to a brilliant Dario Benedetto goal, but Lucas Pratto levelled for an improved River in the second period, ultimately forcing extra time. After Wilmar Barrios was sent off for a second booking early in the additional period, Juan Quintero’s stunning strike put River ahead and Martinez wrapped things up right at the end....

The King Power Stadium outfit fought back from a goal deficit to grab maximum points in the five-goal thriller at St. James’ Park. Mahrez drew the Foxes levelled sixteen minutes after Joselu had fired Rafael Benitez’s men ahead in the fourth minute. The Algeria international was set up by Ndidi for his long-range strike to increase his tally to four goals in 16 league games this campaign. Demarai Gray’s effort in the 60th minute and an own goal from Ayoze Pérez in the 86th minute was enough for Claude Puel’s men to extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to four games as Dwight Gayle’s 73rd-minute goal could not rescue Newcastle United from their fourth defeat in five league games....

Given their dominance in the first phase of the ISL, it was more or less guaranteed that Bengaluru, coached by Carles Cuadrat, would be involved in the semifinals again. The ISL 2017-18 runners-up have impressed in all departments of the game this season. Their attack, especially, has shown resilience and Bengaluru are no strangers to scoring last-minute goals and staging second-half comebacks. Bengaluru would have ideally wanted to qualify on their terms instead of relying on other results....

In a meeting with the Associated Press Sports Editors on Thursday at MLB headquarters, Manfred cautioned that before looking at expansion, baseball needs to ensure that its current franchises are going to stay in the cities where they currently play. “I have said publicly that I think baseball’s a growth sport, a growth business, that sooner or later growth businesses expand,” Manfred said. “I do see expansion as a longer-term proposition....

On Monday, Horry told the Boomer & Carton Show on WFAN it was just too soon for Fisher to take over a team. The two played together for seven years with the Lakers, winning three championships as role players on the Shaquille O’Neal-Kobe Bryant teams of the early 2000s. MORE: Must-see NBA Finals photos | Barkley dismisses Dellavedova effort vs. Curry “If I played basketball and you played with me, and all of a sudden you become my head coach, there isn’t anything you can tell me, dude,” Horry said....

That was perhaps the only similarity in the questioning strategy of Robert Mueller by Republicans and Democrats of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning. Democrats sought to highlight, what they believed, were the most damning portions of the former special counsel’s 448-page report, including questions pertaining to the various potential obstruction of justice incidences and why Mueller was unable to indict President Donald Trump. Republicans, on the other hand, sought to question Mueller’s credibility, authority, the origins of the investigation, have him confirm the lack of criminal conspiracy between Trump and Russia and to rehash old personnel choices....

But in this era of unprecedented concentration of wealth and political power at the top, I can’t help wondering what it means to be “left.” A half-century ago, when America had a large and growing middle class, those on the “left” sought stronger social safety nets and more public investment in schools, roads and research. Those on the “right” sought greater reliance on the free market. Yet as wealth and power have concentrated at the top, everyone else – whether on the old right or the old left – has become disempowered and less secure....

Robert Shook was reportedly shot six times but managed to call his supervisor at GSM Services, his employer, who then made the initial 911 call. According to a statement by GSM Services, Shook died on Saturday as a result of the injuries he sustained in the York County mass shooting, as legally defined, on Wednesday. In a statement on the fundraiser website GoFundMe, a spokesperson for the company said: “Update 4/10/2021 It is with much sadness that we announce that late this afternoon our other beloved coworker, Robert Shook, succumbed to his injuries and passed from this earthly world....

Life Weitbrecht was born in 1920 and died in 1983. Born deaf, he had difficulty learning to talk and was teased for his disability. He grew up to become an astronomer, physicist, and a licensed ham radio operator. Many people don’t know that he also worked on the Manhattan project and invented the Geiger counter to measure radioactivity. However, it was his experience as a ham radio operator that led to the development of the TTY....