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Sports News Roundup: Celtics set team record with 27 treys; Houston Astros beat Phillies 4-1 to clinch World Series and more | Sports-Games
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NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin nets NHL-record 787th purpose with one crew
Nick Ritchie capped a two-goal efficiency by scoring with 35.4 seconds remaining within the third interval on Saturday, because the Arizona Coyotes overcame Alex Ovechkin’s NHL-record 787th purpose with one franchise to publish a 3-2 victory over the host Washington Capitals. Ovechkin’s power-play purpose at 8:55 of the second interval got here in his 1,287th recreation with Washington, snapping a tie with Hockey Corridor of Famer Gordie Howe. “Mr. Hockey” scored 786 of his 801 profession objectives whereas taking part in in 1,687 video games with the Detroit Crimson Wings from 1946-71.
Soccer-Late Danilo header earns PSG victory at Lorient
Danilo’s late header helped unbeaten Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain beat a full of life Lorient aspect 2-1 on the Stade du Moustoir on Sunday, after Terem Moffi’s sensible second-half purpose had cancelled out Neymar’s early opener for the guests. PSG, with out Lionel Messi as a consequence of an Achilles harm, took the lead within the ninth minute when Neymar seized on a poor clearance from Yvon Mvogo earlier than taking the ball across the goalkeeper and slotting residence his eleventh league purpose of the season.
Soccer-Ten-man Espanyol maintain misfiring Atletico to 1-1 draw
Ten-man Espanyol battled to a 1-1 LaLiga draw at Atletico Madrid on Sunday, one other disappointing end result for Diego Simeone’s crew days after they have been eradicated from European competitors. Atletico, who’ve received solely one among their final six video games in all competitions, are third within the standings on 24 factors, eight behind Actual Madrid who play Rayo Vallecano on Monday and 10 adrift of leaders Barcelona.
NBA roundup: Celtics set crew document with 27 treys
Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum every hit six 3-pointers in a record-setting efficiency because the Boston Celtics pulled away from the host New York Knicks for a 133-118 victory Saturday night time. Each Celtics participant who took the court docket Saturday hit not less than one 3-pointer, and so they went 27-for-51 on treys. The 27 3-pointers have been two greater than the earlier crew document, set towards the Philadelphia 76ers on Feb. 15, and two shy of the NBA document, set by the Milwaukee Bucks towards the Miami Warmth on Dec. 29, 2020.
Athletics-Kenya sweeps New York Metropolis Marathon in punishing warmth
Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi survived brutal warmth and humidity to win the New York Metropolis Marathons on Sunday after Brazilian Daniel Do Nascimento collapsed through the race. Do Nascimento set an aggressive tempo and had a two-minute lead on the midway mark of the lads’s race however he collapsed after mile 20, gorgeous onlookers as New York Metropolis Police Division officers ran to help him. Organisers didn’t instantly reply to request for touch upon his situation.
Sri Lanka’s Gunathilaka arrested in Australia on sexual assault allegations
Sri Lankan cricket authorities mentioned on Sunday that Danushka Gunathilaka, a member of their crew for the T20 World Cup match in Australia, had been arrested in Sydney over an alleged sexual assault. Gunathilaka is because of face expenses in court docket on Monday, Sri Lankan Cricket mentioned. It mentioned in an announcement it might intently monitor court docket proceedings and, in session with the Worldwide Cricket Council, launch an inquiry into the matter.
Soccer-Gabriel purpose at Chelsea sends Arsenal again to the highest
A 63rd-minute toe-poke on the purpose line by Brazilian defender Gabriel earned Arsenal a 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and lifted them again to the highest of the Premier League. Gabriel, lurking on the far publish, acquired on the tip of a Bukayo Saka nook that flew previous a line of Chelsea defenders.
Baseball-Houston Astros beat Phillies 4-1 to clinch World Sequence
Yordan Alvarez crushed a three-run homer to energy the Houston Astros previous the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Saturday, claiming their second World Sequence title in six years and first since a sign-stealing scandal in 2017 tarnished their crown. After falling behind 2-1 within the best-of-seven collection the Astros roared again with three straight wins, together with simply the second no-hitter in World Sequence historical past in Sport 4.
Motorcycling-Bagnaia wins maiden MotoGP title as Ducati finish 15-year drought
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia received his maiden MotoGP world championship on the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday after Fabio Quartararo did not overhaul him within the standings. Defending champion Quartararo was 23 factors behind Bagnaia going into the ultimate race. The Yamaha rider wanted nothing lower than a victory to leapfrog the Italian however completed fourth in a race received by Suzuki’s Alex Rins.
Soccer-Emery enjoys successful begin as Villa finish Man United’s unbeaten run
Aston Villa supervisor Unai Emery tasted victory in his first recreation in cost as his aspect beat Manchester United 3-1 within the Premier League on Sunday, the guests’ first defeat in 10 matches in all competitions. Former Arsenal boss Emery was given a heat welcome by residence supporters forward of the match, and he couldn’t have wished for a greater begin to life again within the Premier League as Villa raced right into a two-goal lead inside 11 minutes.
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Italian authorities issued a freezing order against group of farmers alleging EU farming subsidies were claimed for gardeners.
Three people connected to Italian businesses allegedly made bogus claims more than €375,000 in EU agricultural funds between 2020 and 2023, of which €65,000 has already been drawn from Italy’s payment agency.
The 368 hectares of farmland they claimed to own in order to receive the subsidies were not actually theirs, however, according to the authorities, belonging instead to the naval air station of Sigonella, for which the three suspects used to simply cut the grass.
“That is why they were not allowed to use it for agricultural activities, but only to carry out the grass mowing service,” said a press officer at the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) which requested the seizure issued by the judge for preliminary investigations of the Court of Catania today (22 May).
The suspects are two brothers and another partner who took an active part in the alleged scam at a later stage. The brothers are familiar with farming, however, as one of the two actually owns an agriculture business while the other was employed by Italy’s Agricultural Assistance Centre.
This is the third large case involving freezing orders requested by EPPO – which investigates, prosecutes, and brings to judgment perpetrators of criminal offences harming the EU budget – involving Italy this year, leading to more than €3.7m assets being frozen in the past three months.
In 2023, a third of the open investigations related to fraud in the EU farming budget involved Italy, according to EPPO figures.
For Andrea Venegoni, European prosecutor for Italy, there are many reasons for the large number of agricultural fraud investigations in the country.
“First of all, there are many rural areas in Italy where EU funds are distributed to promote agriculture and rural development,” he told Euronews.
“It is also natural that where there is money, there is a potential for fraud. Hence, criminal organisations target EU funding programmes,” he added.
The prosecutor also highlighted the “extraordinary investigative skills” of the Italian financial and judicial police leading to fraud detection, combined with the activity of the European delegated prosecutors who worked effectively with the law enforcement agencies.
Fraud is not within the remit of the Commission’s action as the EU executive can only address administrative errors that may occur and correct the spending with audits – while the EU anti-fraud office (OLAF) is the body responsible for dealing with fraud cases, which may then be prosecuted by EPPO.
“The Commission has zero tolerance for fraud. We trust EPPO, and OLAF, to always investigate, follow up and prosecute fraud cases,” Commission spokesperson Olof Gill told Euronews.
“Since the assets of the alleged perpetrators have been seized with a judicial order, the EU financial interest is fully protected,” he added.
The Commission will be following developments of the case closely to see if the alleged crimes highlight weaknesses in the administrative control systems, the spokesperson continued.
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How ‘The Good Doctor’ Series Finale Handled the Death of [SPOILER] — and Took Shape After a ‘Downsized’ Season 7
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Spoiler Alert: The following interview discusses events from “The Good Doctor” series finale “Goodbye,” streaming on Hulu as of May 22.
If you’re looking for the right prescription for a solid series finale consisting of high emotional stakes, happy and sad tearful moments followed by a big dose of hope, then “The Good Doctor” delivered on all of those elements in Tuesday’s series finale, which wrapped up seven seasons on ABC.
The drama, which premiered on September 20, 2017, followed the journey of autistic surgeon Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) as he grew from surgical resident not only to being a successful doctor at San Jose’s St. Bonaventure Hospital, but also a husband, father and friend to the colleagues he worked with over the years. In the series, created by David Shore and developed from the 2013 South Korean drama “Good Doctor,” Shaun’s autism often saw him face conflicts in which he was torn between logic and emotion with the show’s finale digging deep once again into that arena.
In the episode, Shaun is faced with two of his closest friends – mentor and father figure Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) and returning friend Dr. Claire Browne (Antonia Thomas, who left the series as a regular after its fourth season) – facing life or death situations that Shaun felt the utmost responsibility to solve. This dramatic situation for Shaun drove the show’s final hour, as the last few episodes efficiently locked down happy endings for several cast members like colleagues Dr. Morgan Reznick (Fiona Gubelmann) and Dr. Alex Park (Will Yun Lee) finally being wed in last week’s episode.
Shore and executive producer Liz Friedman helped us dissect the show’s last episode, including how the shortened 10-episode final season impacted its conclusion, why Claire was the past cast member they chose to bring back and how they handled the death of Glassman in the episode — while keeping an upbeat end.
Once you found out the show would be ending after Season 7, did it change the end point you had been thinking about, or did you know this was coming so had time to plan?
Liz Friedman: I had planned for a season ender that either was in the ballpark of something that could wrap it up, or there were certain ideas I had of that if you included this little thread, it could launch into next season. I knew [the show ending] was a possibility. I was trying to keep everyone’s options open for as long as possible. I’m sad the show is ending, but I’m glad that we had enough notice. We were able to adjust, and do a true finale. I’m very happy with how we wrapped up the show.
Were there any adjustments you needed to do just because of the writers strike, with fewer episodes for the season?
Friedman: No, that was not in the planning. I mean, part of going through the writers strike was a repeated calculation of how many episodes we could do if it ended next week. And it was hard, honestly, because even when we came back, we had the ability to do 15 [episodes]. ABC initially said, no, we only want 13 and then that number got reduced to 10. But we figured it out, and downsized our story to make it work for that many episodes.
Did either of you go back and watch the pilot in preparation for this final episode?
David Shore: Yeah, we did. Liz watched right away, and told me I should watch it, too. I was going to watch it anyways, but she just said, “Yeah, it’s really good.”
Friedman: We had also watched it for when we did “The Good Lawyer” spinoff [last year]. There are definitely moments that refer back to [the pilot]. Honestly, it was a bit of an accident, but we came up with the story, and then I took a look at the Season 1 finale, which was really about Shaun learning that Glassman had cancer. And those two stories speak to each other quite a bit in a way that really pleases me. It really gives a very good measure of Shaun’s progress over the course of these seven years.
How much did Freddie Highmore weigh in on the finale and how things wrapped up? Was he involved with a lot of the choices?
Friedman: Freddie’s great in that. Over the past few years, I talked to him as I get the next section of stories and I talk him through what’s coming, and he’s a writer’s dream audience. He says, “Oh, that sounds good,” and then he throws in a, “Oh, that sort of reminds me of this…” He’s such a dream to work with. We would go through every script with him, and he asks us about any things he wants to change. And almost every change he wants to make makes the script better.
As a viewer, the show’s true love story is Shaun and Glassman, especially with how that relationship has unfolded and where it ends up in at the end of Season 7. Has that always been in the forefront of your minds, as well?
Shore: Certainly that relationship has been absolutely essential to the show from day one, and it was the one constant to the show throughout, adding to the sadness at the end. But it’s very much a father-son relationship, and we were aware of that right from the beginning and we wanted to play that out to the end. The role of a father and handing that off, and getting your child ready for the world.
Let’s talk about the finale with this conundrum that Shaun is in with the lives of both Glassman and Claire at precarious points. Can you talk about crafting that story?
Friedman: We found this medical story about microphages, and that seemed like a very interesting one to tell. From there, we had been thinking about the idea of having Claire return, and that we’ll have her come back for a relatively mundane medical procedure in [the May 14 episode] and then it will fan into this great mystery in the second [episode]. That worked very well to have Claire at the center of both a dramatic medical story, but also have her comment on all the change that’s happened in these people she’s known.
The Glassman story that we were going to have his cancer come back had been brewing for a while. What ended up working out really nicely was to be able to have the finale and have the two patients be characters that were a key part of our cast. That really allowed us to just keep the focus on what the audience wants, rather than trying to introduce an outside patient.
There are a lot of people from the show’s past that you could have brought back. Did you consider bringing some other people back, and how did you settle on Claire?
Friedman: There had been talk about bringing another character back that wasn’t possible, and that really sort of set up that it should be clear and we should really focus on Claire. Although, Perez [Brandon Larracuente] does make an appearance at the end.
Shore: But we didn’t want it to just be somebody coming in for a cameo and saying goodbye. We wanted to bring them back and utilize them properly.
It was a nice twist that Glassman steps in to do this unapproved procedure to save Claire so Shaun wouldn’t have to jeopardize his career. But would you say he’s saving Shaun one more time, or is he thanking Shaun for everything he’s done for him? I kept going back and forth on that.
Friedman: How did you see it, David?
Shore: He’s doing one last gesture for Shaun. Shaun cannot give up being a doctor. Shaun deserves to be a doctor. We wanted Shaun to be ready to fully sacrifice himself and we wanted Glassman to recognize, ‘no, I have to sacrifice myself for Shaun.’
How about you, Liz?
Friedman: Yeah, much the same. I think it’s definitely a mitzvah because what Shaun has accomplished is quite amazing and Glassman has been a key part of that. So this was really a sacrifice that allows Shaun to keep utilizing a pretty miraculous gift that he has in terms of his ability as a doctor.
Shore: I should add that, speaking of thanks, there was more dialogue in that scene at one point and it all worked very nicely, but in editing it all just got boiled down to the thank you. Shaun has so much to thank Glassman for, and they’ve reached a point that they had trouble reaching where Shaun is no longer fighting against Glassman. He’s just accepting Glassman.
Friedman: You can tell that David has moved into director mode, because he’s advocating for less words, but I totally agree. In fact, I was the one who said, “I think we should just make it that — that’s all we have to say.”
Was there ever a scenario when you thought you might have more episodes or more time and would actually see Glassman die and you could do the funeral? Or was that never something you wanted to touch?
Friedman: In a different scenario where there are more seasons of the show? Yeah, I would say that’s distinctly a possibility.
Shore: I remember thinking on the day when we were doing that carousel and that moment where Shaun’s alone on the carousel. It was about Glassman dying but the larger thing was about the end of the relationship and that Shaun is going to be OK. We shot at that carousel many seasons ago.
Shaun in the future giving a TED Talk was a great way to start seeing where he and everyone else end up. How did that scenario come to the episode?
Shore: I don’t know where it started from, but I know it wasn’t me. I just heard about it. That’s a good idea.
Friedman: I actually think it came out of when Freddie and I were talking at one point. It was before they had decided that it was going to end at 10 [episodes], but it had started to form in our minds of what would the ending be? And Freddie talked about Shaun standing up and giving a speech and he talked about it in the context of it being a nod to the pilot, that there’s that whole great section in in the boardroom. Glassman gives this great speech, and ultimately Shaun gives his great speech.
From that, I was thinking about speeches and trying to think about a context that suggested where Shaun had landed [in the future] and then I said, “Oh, OK, it’s a TED talk.” What I think is interesting is then independently, David came up with the idea of Shaun going back to the room where he did, in fact, that speech in the pilot, so that all the roads kept connecting to the beginning.
The names that are scrolling as Shaun is giving the TED talk, were those actual patient names from the show, or was there another significance to those names?
Shore: Actual patient names from scripts past. We did 126 episodes, so there’s a theoretically 1500 names on that list.
Friedman: And the first name that comes up, Adam, that’s the boy Shaun saved in the pilot.
In the last moments, after the TED talk and the entire cast has gathered and embracing, was that the last scene you shot for the show?
Shore: I wish it had been, in some ways, but we would have never gotten through the day. So scheduling stuff prevented that, but we were well aware of it as we were shooting it, and it was a rough time in that regard anyways. But it was lovely. It was actually really nice.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
A rare tornado in northern Haiti has injured more than 50 people and destroyed more than 200 homes, the U.N. said Wednesday.
HAITI’S MAIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REOPENS NEARLY THREE MONTHS AFTER GANG VIOLENCE FORCED IT TO CLOSE
The tornado hit the community of Bassin-Bleu on Tuesday, leaving more than 300 families homeless, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
A rare tornado in northern Haiti has injured more than 50 people and destroyed more than 200 homes. (Photo by THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP via Getty Images)
The office noted that at least 10 people are seriously injured, with local media reporting they were hospitalized.
The office said Haiti’s civil protection agency and the Red Cross were the first responders and are evaluating the damage.
The civil protection agency said heavy rain is expected for most of Haiti, including the area hit by the tornado, warning of possible flooding and landslides.
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