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Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. EDT today (2 a.m. to 4 a.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Cancer into Leo. Happy Birthday for Monday, May 13, 2024: You’re charming, charismatic and playful. You make everything look easy. You also have an impulsive, wild side.

MINNEAPOLIS – Nikola Jokic has knocked out so many teams it is easier for him to identify them by the soles of their sneakers than their names. Anthony Edwards is the next big thing. Sunday he kept the Timberwolves tethered to hope. Jokic is one of the more recognizable silhouettes in the Mile High skyline.

The Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 115-107 victory in game 4 of their second-round NBA playoff series Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, May 12, 2024. The win secured a 2-2 tie in the series.

A blast from the sun has created a massive geomagnetic storm that is creating an incredible visual spectacle for the US. Many Americans across the country were able to see the Northern Lights. For people in many places, the most visible part of the storm will be the northern lights, known also as auroras.

Vladimir Putin replaced his long-serving defense minister with a trained economist in an unexpected change of guard that signals the focus on growing the Russian war economy more than two years after the invasion of Ukraine. Putin put forward his former economy aide and First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov, 65, to take over from Sergei Shoigu, 68, who was given a gentle demotion and put in charge of the security council.

Paul Manafort, convicted felon pardoned by Trump, has backed away from his role advising the Republican National Convention. Paul Manafort, convicted and pardoned felon, has quit his again-unpaid role as advisor to the Republican National Convention. “As a longtime, staunch supporter of President Trump and given my nearly 50 years experience in managing presidential conventions, I was offering my advice and suggestions to the Trump campaign on the upcoming convention in a volunteer capacity,” Mr.