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Jonquel Jones scores 14 as Sun beat Sparks

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Brionna Jones had 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and the WNBA-leading Connecticut Sun won their eight straight game and 20th of the season, beating the Los Angeles Sparks 76-61 on Saturday night.

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PLP using Trump’s playbook

It is quite depressing to reflect on the journey that the Republican Party has taken since the days of the American Civil War. It was once the party of Abraham Lincoln that ended slavery in the United States. Today it is the party of Donald Trump and uses anger, fear, conspiracy theories and fake news to whip up the emotions of a section of society that is shrinking and getting more desperate by the day.

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MLB.com ranks Reckley No.9 on international prospects list

ANOTHER major publication has projected Ryan Reckley as one of the elite sought after targets for Major League Baseball franchises for the upcoming international signing period.

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STATESIDE: The changing faces of today’s America

THE government has announced that preparations are well underway for the next Bahamian national census. An estimated 119,000 households are due to be surveyed over the first three months of 2022. Ho-hum?

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Bannister hails housing community as a sign of growing confidence

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday hailed the development of an upscale housing community in western New Providence as a sign of the growing investor-confidence in the Bahamian economy.

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Jones and Sun clinch playoff spot

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun clinched a playoff spot in the 2021 WNBA playoffs and took sole possession of the league’s No.1 seed with their sixth consecutive win.

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Munnings signs with Sporting Lisboa Benfica in Portugal

TRAVIS Munnings will return to Portugal for a second season but will make the move to a new club in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB).

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Team Bahamas: ‘We are all safe’

By now the Bahamas’ nine-member team should have returned home from the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, but they had to take a slight detour in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Jones ‘Player of the Week’

For the 10th time in her five-year career, Grand Bahamian Jonquel Jones has been one of the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Players of the Week.

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Eight COVID-19 deaths confirmed

DEATHS from COVID- 19 increased by eight over the weekend, pushing the nation’s toll to 338 since the start of the pandemic.

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Bahamas top finalists in IDB “Superhero of Development” contest

THE Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has named The Bahamas as one of eight finalists in its “Superhero of Development” contest for the country’s digitisation initiatives.

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Jones, Munnings shine bright in NBA Summer League

BOTH Bahamian participants concluded their respective runs in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League and while Kai Jones prepares for the preseason, Travis Munnings hopes to have made an impact on an organisation for the next step in his pro career.

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Another career milestone for our WNBA star

JONQUEL Jones reached another career milestone this season and added another résumé builder to an MVP calibre 2021 season.

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‘Pay up for breaking AC’

A CONTRACTOR who damaged his ex-girlfriend’s AC unit was yesterday ordered to attend anger management classes and pay for the repairs.

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Jones has 19 points, 14 rebounds, Sun top the Wings 80-59

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonquel Jones had a double double - 19 points and 15 rebounds - to help the Connecticut Sun beat the Dallas Wings 80-59 on Sunday.

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WORLD VIEW: Are people in the Caribbean becoming architects of their own destruction?

THE question has to be asked. Are some people in Caribbean countries becoming the architects of their own and the region’s destruction?

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Hopes that 60,000 can be fully vaccinated over the next six weeks

THE National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee is seeking to fully vaccinate 60,000 Bahamians and residents over the next six weeks, with the addition of the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

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BPL | SKYGuard Tropical Depress Fred Update & Invest 95L Long Range Projected Track

Tropical Depression Fred Discussion NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL

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Bahamas’ ‘first class fills before economy’

The Bahamas’ tourism rebound is seeing “first class fill up before economy class”, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, estimating that as much as 80 percent of the industry’s economic impact has returned.