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Quick five-minute assessment may unveil your type 2 diabetes risk | UK | News

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Quick five-minute assessment may unveil your type 2 diabetes risk | UK | News


Have you ever thought about your personal risk of developing type 2 diabetes? A straightforward test may just help you grasp this – and  it’s recommended by the NHS.

Although it cannot provide a definitive diagnosis, the health service previously stated that completing this check ‘could be the most important thing you do today.’

In an X post earlier this year, the NHS said: “Type 2 diabetes can lead to serious health complications if left untreated. Finding out your risk only takes a few minutes using the @DiabetesUK risk tool – it could be the most important thing you do today.”

Type 2 diabetes is a common condition in which the body either doesn’t produce enough insulin or the insulin it produces is ineffective. Insulin, produced in the pancreas, is crucial for regulating blood sugar levels, and when it fails to function properly, blood glucose levels can become dangerously high.

While type 1 diabetes, which results from immune system dysfunction, cannot be prevented, type 2 diabetes is avoidable. “You can manage type 2 diabetes with diet and exercise, or medicines,” NHS guidance reads, according to the Express.

“Having high blood glucose levels can cause complications such as heart disease, kidney disease, stroke or nerve problems. It may be possible to prevent type 2 diabetes or stop it (remission) by losing weight and improving your diet.”

Those looking to evaluate their risk can visit the Diabetes UK website, which offers a brief assessment, taking no longer than five minutes. Participants should have a tape measure and scales prepared beforehand, likely because being overweight and having a waist circumference over 35 to 40 inches are known risk factors for the condition.

Providing specific data on health and ethnicity is also crucial for more precise results. Diabetes UK states that people of Black African, African Caribbean, and South Asian backgrounds have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes earlier in life.

“Know Your Risk is our trusted online tool that will help you understand your risk of developing type 2 diabetes,” Diabetes UK explains. “There are an estimated 6.3 million people in the UK at an increased risk of type 2 diabetes based on blood sugar levels. And we know that the sooner type 2 diabetes is diagnosed, the sooner it can be treated and the better the impact on health.

“We’ve helped over 3 million people to understand their risk – help us to help you understand yours and begin to take steps to manage it.”

Only people aged 18 and over should complete the assessment. The test is also unsuitable for pregnant women, whose results may not be accurate. For more information, visit Diabetes UK.

Possible warning signs of type 2 diabetes

The NHS explains that the primary signs of type 2 diabetes are:

  • Feeling constantly thirsty
  • Unexplained weight loss
  • Overtiredness
  • More frequent urination

However, other red flags can be:

  • Itching around the penis or vagina
  • Reoccurring thrush
  • Wounds taking a long time to heal
  • Blurred vision

Anyone concerned about their symptoms should seek medical advice.



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Demi Moore’s Landman Season 2 Premiere Speech

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Demi Moore’s Landman Season 2 Premiere Speech

TVLINE | I’m glad you brought that up, because there’s that scene at the end of Season 1 where Tommy says, “You could sell this now, still have more money than God, and start a foundation and do great things,” and she says, “No, I want to see this through.” Do you think that’s because of the legacy aspect?
I think for Cami, it’s not about the money. It’s about loss, loss of him. And so the way to hold onto him, to keep him alive, is to make sure that she doesn’t step in and lose everything that they’ve built.

TVLINE | There’s that moment in the premiere where Cami tells Tommy that she’s not going to learn if she keeps deferring to him, and he tells her he’ll handle the hard stuff for now. I watched that and I was like, “That’s a little bit patronizing,” even though he means well.
 My first knee-jerk was exactly that: She’s looking weak. And the truth is, he’s actually protecting her. In a way, he’s actually educating her in that moment by saying, “Trust me, they’re going to go to you thinking that they can pull it over, so just let me in there.” In a way, both things are existing. It might be patronizing to a degree, but it’s also protective.

TVLINE | After she gives the speech at the luncheon, I’m #TeamCami, let’s do this, we go at dawn!
[Laughs] I know! When I read that in the script, that last line was just, oh yeah. [Moore’s dog, Pilaf, suddenly pops up on her lap and barks.] Oh, thank you, mouse. And there’s still a lot of room for what Cami brings, of who she is in that speech, to still unfold.

TVLINE | How many takes did you do for that speech?
 We did quite a few, because we also had a lot of different angles. But the main, we probably did seven, eight all in. It was a lot. Literally that was my first day of shooting back. And I needed to know it and in my mind I had so much I was wrestling with, which is I want to get the accent right and I want to represent these women authentically. The women — Taylor and his wife, Nic[ole Muirbrook], set it up for me to meet quite a few of these women, one in particular that experienced the loss of her husband. These are fierce women who embody a lot of femininity, unapologetically. So when Cami says “I’m meaner,” I think it’s because there’s a fierceness to these women. And so, I hope I’ve made them proud.

TVLINE | How did that feel in your body when you knew you had the speech the way you wanted it?
 First of all, I was relieved. But it was so fun, so juicy. His writing is really — I was talking to a friend who’s an actress this morning, and we were talking about what a gift it is to work with such great material. Really smart writing, and just the difference of what that is. It just makes it so much easier.

What did you think of Cami’s speech in the premiere? Hit the comments, and let us know!



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Mediterranean cafe Motek expanding to Bleecker Street

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Mediterranean cafe Motek expanding to Bleecker Street


Motek, the fast-expanding mini-empire of Mediterranean cafes, just claimed its fourth Manhattan location.

Parent company Happy Corner Hospitality will open the next Motek at 184 Bleecker St. in the West Village, former home to Cafe Figaro.

The tenant was repped by KSR, a brokerage led by Carolina Azia and Samuel Chera.

A rendering of the new Motek location to open at 184 Bleecker St. in New York. Motek

The 3,900 square-foot venue will open at the corner of Bleecker and Macdougal streets in January.

Happy Corner founder Charlie Levy said, “In the 1990s, this was my go-to spot when I was younger, and bringing Motek here feels like closing the circle.”


The current location of Figaro at 184 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, which will be the location of a new Motek restaurant.
184 Bleecker Street is the former home of Cafe Figaro Google Maps

As we reported, Motek previously signed a lease to replace Serafina at 2178 Broadway uptown and another to replace Rue 57 at 60 W. 57th St.

It’s already opened at 928 Broadway in Flatiron where crowds come for hummus, mezze, shawarma, kebabs and steakhouse cuts.



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Albany Republicans’ $20B shame: spending madness is their fault, too

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Albany Republicans’ B shame: spending madness is their fault, too

Albany Republicans, the minority in the state Senate and Assembly for the last seven years, face a long hike back to political relevance.

They can start by answering the $20 billion question.

That’s the difference between what New York state expects to spend this fiscal year — $148 billion, excluding federal aid and borrowing — and what it would be spending if the last budget enacted with GOP support, in 2018, had kept growing only at the rate of inflation.

That amount is $128 billion.

Republicans correctly note state spending is higher than ever — and, given Albany’s reliance on a small subset of high earners, rising unsustainably.

But they can’t put the blame on the Democrats alone.

The $20 billion question isn’t about what Republicans would cut if voters again entrusted them to steer the state.

It’s a deeper challenge: It asks them to explain, to themselves especially, how they can credibly claim to be the taxpayers’ champions when they not only supported much of this fiscal bulge, but pushed to make it worse.

Most of the budget growth since 2018 has been in just two programs: Medicaid and school aid.

Republicans supposedly concerned about the state’s fiscal picture have repeatedly agitated for higher spending on both.

New York spends $4,942 per resident (enrolled or not) on Medicaid, per Empire Center’s Bill Hammond. That’s 23% more than the next-highest state, Kentucky, and double what New Jersey spends.

A credible opposition party would be hammering Gov. Kathy Hochul on this, arguing that the program is pushing up taxes, crowding out essential services and often failing the vulnerable people it’s meant to help.

But the tiny group of upstate fiscal hawks making these points are undercut by their own Republican team: Sen. Pat Gallivan, ostensibly his conference’s health care point man, last year joined 1199 SEIU, the state’s largest health care union, to demand  “Medicaid equity,” a budget-busting increase in what the state pays hospitals and other providers.

New York’s GOP can’t even credibly levy its evergreen complaint about “waste, fraud and abuse” in Medicaid.

The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, a once-tiny initiative meant to help a small group of people live outside nursing homes, mushroomed into a $9 billion boondoggle that pays more than 400,000 people to care for 250,000 New Yorkers.

Republicans should have been first to sound the alarm on CDPAP — yet when Hochul proposed modest reforms by eliminating middlemen, they called her suggestion a “full-blown catastrophe” and all but ignored the fiscal hemorrhaging.

Josh Jensen, the top Republican on the Assembly’s Health Committee, even objected to those who called CDPAP a “racket” — which parts of it had absolutely become.

The GOP has done no better on New York’s costliest-in-the-nation public schools.

Expenditures statewide have zoomed past $30,000 per student, and top $40,000 in many districts.

Yet when Hochul last year tried tapping the brakes on these runaway costs, Doug Smith, the top Republican on the Assembly Education Committee, and other GOP lawmakers stood literally shoulder-to-shoulder with the teachers’ unions at a Long Island rally to oppose her.

Together they preserved automatic aid hikes for wealthy but shrinking districts, filling empty classrooms with state cash without demanding better outcomes.

New York’s most egregious practices — giving public workers automatic pay raises after their contracts expire, and making tenured teachers nearly unfireable — continue without GOP scrutiny.

The most effective mechanism for education accountability would be allowing more charter schools, giving parents better options.

But explain that to Republican Assembly members like Jodi Giglio and Jarrett Gandolfo, who in 2023 posed in anti-charter videos at the teachers’ union’s request.

That’s the Republicans’ problem in a nutshell: If a public employee union, or a trial lawyer, or the building trades might wrinkle a brow, criticism about virtually any state law, program or practice is off the table.

Republicans follow this rule as they use the MTA as a pinata-on-rails.

Fare hikes? Bad. Congestion pricing? A sin.

But try getting the median GOP lawmaker to say something about bloated union contracts, or liability rules, or “prevailing wage” determinations pushing MTA costs to the moon.

Republican cravenness was never on greater display than in March 2024, when the Senate minority, including Sens. Alexis Weik and Dean Murray,  pushed to retroactively sweeten public employee pensions at a future taxpayer cost of billions of dollars.

Albany Republicans don’t even uniformly oppose the state’s handouts to film, television and theater producers, which cost taxpayers upward of $1 billion annually.

It’s time for some serious introspection — about why state spending has gotten so far out of control, and about why Republicans have so little credibility to do something about it.

New York needs, and voters have historically rewarded, honest critics of fiscal profligacy.

Can their GOP lawmakers be honest with themselves first?

Ken Girardin is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.



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Inside Jordan warehouse where Gaza aid held ‘after being refused entry by Israel’ | World News

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Inside Jordan warehouse where Gaza aid held ‘after being refused entry by Israel’ | World News


Sky News has seen multiple warehouses in the Jordanian capital Amman, packed full of critical aid earmarked for the Gaza Strip.

There are three other similar locations in the country and run by the Jordanian authorities holding aid intended for Gaza.

There are also large amounts of aid being stored separately by the United Nations in Jordan.

Both the Jordanian authorities and the UN say the majority of aid collected has been sitting in Jordan since March, with only a negligible amount of aid being allowed into Gaza because of Israeli restrictions on aid going into the Strip.

The news comes as tens of thousands of families living in tents in Gaza have been affected by flooding following heavy rains across the region.

The stored aid is equivalent to thousands of trucks’ worth of aid – in Jordan alone.

And the United Nations says there’s even more aid being held back in Egypt too – in total, enough aid to provide food for the entire Gaza population for about three months, according to the deputy commissioner general for UNRWA, Natalie Boucly, who was interviewed by The Guardian.

Sky’s special correspondent Alex Crawford, who is in Amman, said: “The aid in Jordan alone includes critical supplies such as tents and tarpaulins as well as blankets, mattresses, medicines like paracetamol as well as baby formula ….. all being stored here and held back, according to the UN here in Jordan and the Jordanian authorities, all being refused entry by the Israelis.”

What has UNICEF said?

The UN aid agency for children has called on Israel to allow all of its supplies into Gaza.

Writing on X, UNICEF said it had already distributed more than 5,000 tents, 220,000 tarps and 29,000 winter clothes kits.

The Israeli defence body in charge of humanitarian aid in Gaza, COGAT, has said it is allowing in winter materials including blankets and tarps, which are water-resistant sheets made of canvas or plastic used for protection from the elements.

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But aid organisations have warned the efforts are completely inadequate and vastly outnumbered by those in need – an estimated 1.4 million people are classified as vulnerable by aid agencies.

In contrast, on X, COGAT said it had “facilitated close to 140,000 tarpaulins directly to the residents of the Gaza Strip” and had spent the past few months coordinating with the international community.

It went on: “We call on international organisations to coordinate more tents and tarpaulins and other winter humanitarian responses.”

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But the United Nations insists Israel is in breach of international humanitarian law and has the responsibility as the occupying force to ensure the safe distribution and coordination of life-saving aid.

What does the Israeli military say?

An Israeli military official told Sky News that aid was stopped from Jordan after the main border crossing with Israel was closed following an attack there in September, which saw a Jordanian truck driver kill two Israeli soldiers.

They said the crossing will not be opened until an investigation is concluded into the incident. They pointed out that there are other routes for aid to enter Gaza along the Egypt border, and hundreds of trucks enter the strip every day under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement.

Meanwhile, in the sprawling Muwasi tent camp in Gaza, winter’s first strong rainfall sent water cascading through the flimsy tents, which are now homes to tens of thousands of displaced families.

Residents tried to dig trenches to keep the water from flooding their tents, as intermittent rains that began on Friday poured through tears in tarpaulins and makeshift shelters.

A Palestinian child walks through the rain in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. Pic: AP
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A Palestinian child walks through the rain in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. Pic: AP

‘Water puddles are inches high’

Assil Naggar said he “spent all (Friday) pushing water out of my tent”, adding his neighbours’ tents and belongings were wrecked.

“Water puddles are inches high, and there is no proper drainage,” he continued.

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Tents used by displaced Palestinians, on a rainy day in the central Gaza Strip. Pic: Reuters

The UN said Muwasi was sheltering up to 425,000 displaced Palestinians earlier this year, the vast majority in makeshift temporary tents, after Israel’s war with Hamas displaced most of Gaza’s population of more than two million people.

The bulk of Gaza’s infrastructure is estimated to have been destroyed or badly damaged during the Israeli bombardment.

What’s the latest with the ceasefire?

The first stage of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which took effect on 10 October, is now nearing its end with Israeli forces pulling back to a ‘yellow line’ and Hamas releasing all living Israeli captives who were held in Gaza.

Hamas has yet to return the remains of three more hostages, which Israel is demanding before progressing to the second stage, which includes an international stabilisation force to oversee security in Gaza.

On Monday, the UN Security Council is expected to vote on a US proposal for a UN mandate for such a force despite opposition from Russia, China and some Arab countries.

The Israeli bombardment of Gaza has gone on for more than two years, killing nearly 70,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

The Israeli military campaign came in response to attacks inside southern Israel by Hamas militants on October 7 2023, which saw 1,200 people killed and 251 taken hostage.



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MTG says Trump policies are ‘not America first’ in fight over MAGA : NPR

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MTG says Trump policies are ‘not America first’ in fight over MAGA : NPR


President Trump arrives after being greeted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to address a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on March 4.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., once one of President Trump’s strongest supporters in Congress, called his foreign policies “not America first positions” and said his recent attacks against her can “put my life in danger.” Greene and Trump have traded barbs in last few days over the future of the Make America Great Again movement, raising new questions about the president’s firm grip on the Republican Party.

On Friday, Trump withdrew his endorsement of the Georgia lawmaker calling her “Wacky” and claiming Greene’s recent criticism of him was all about his refusal to support her future political ambitions. On Saturday, Trump called her a “traitor” in a social media post.

“He called me a traitor and that is so extremely wrong,” Greene said during an interview on CNN’s State of The Union with Dana Bash on Sunday. “And those were the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger.”

A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 12, 2025.

When asked about her previous attacks against political opponents — such as in 2020 when she posted an image of a gun alongside a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen — Greene apologized.

“I think that’s fair criticism,” Greene said. “And I would like to say humbly I’m sorry for taking part and the toxic politics. It’s very bad for our country.”

During the extensive interview, Greene also criticized Trump’s recent defense of the H-1B visa program — which lets companies sponsor foreign-born workers for skilled labor. During a Tuesday Fox News interview, Trump said the U.S. has “to bring this talent” and he said the country doesn’t have enough of it.

“Those are not America first positions,” Greene said on Sunday before voicing displeasure at his frequent foreign trips. “And continuing to really travel all over the world doesn’t help Americans back at home. I really — and I said this to him and I will say it out loud — I would love to see Air Force One be parked and stay home.”

President Trump speaks to members of the press after exiting Air Force One on Nov. 9 at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Despite her break with Trump, local GOP leadership in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District are standing with Greene.

“Recent national criticism directed at Congresswoman Greene does not change the fundamental truth that she serves at the direction of the people of this district,” Chairman Jim Tully posted of Facebook Saturday. “While the President of the United States represents the nation as a whole, Congresswoman Greene represents the people of Northwest Georgia, and she has done so with clarity, resolve, and integrity.”

This public rift between Greene and Trump marks a brewing fissure in the GOP. When asked what caused the break, Greene pointed to the battle over releasing documents tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Unfortunately, it has all come down to the Epstein files, and that is shocking,” Greene said.

The Georgia lawmaker said she doesn’t believe Trump is implicated in these files.

The House of Representatives is set to vote on the release of documents related to investigations of Epstein this week after enough members signed a discharge petition brought by Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

On ABC News Sunday, Massie warned his fellow Republicans that voting against the release of the files would stain their long-term political futures — even if Trump attacks them in the short-term.

“In 2030, he’s not going to be the president, and you will have voted to protect pedophiles,” Massie said. “The record of this vote will last longer than Donald Trump’s presidency.”



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Madison Beer’s Slinky Dress Photos Has Fans ‘Obsessed

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Madison Beer’s Slinky Dress Photos Has Fans ‘Obsessed


Madison Beer’s photos in a slinky black dress with a high slit have got fans “obsessed,” with many calling her the “prettiest.” The singer-songwriter wore the dress at GQ’s Men of the Year 2025 event at  Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. Later, she shared an Instagram post, flaunting her Georges Hobeika halter dress, sending the internet into a frenzy.

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Beer turned up the heat as she stepped onto the red carpet at GQ’s Men of the Year 2025 event in Los Angeles in a black slinky dress. The halter dress, from Georges Hobeika’s Fall 2025 ready-to-wear collection, featured a high slit and a bold neckline, oozing major glam vibes.

The “Home To Another One” hitmaker styled the outfit with dangling earrings, statement rings, and a bracelet. Her jewelry pieces from Melinda Maria elevated her look, making her stand out. The 26-year-old then completed the look with glossy black pointed-toe heels.

She recently posted an Instagram carousel, posing as she took mirror selfies, making everyone’s jaws drop. Fans were truly “obsessed” with her look, with many calling her a “diva” as well as a “stunning queen.”



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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Laying Waste To Donald Trump

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Laying Waste To Donald Trump


There has always been a disconnect between the conservatives who support Donald Trump and what Donald Trump is.

Conservatives elevated a person who was born rich and has never expressed an ounce of understanding or concern for the problems of the non-rich to lead a right-wing populist movement.

Well, Trump’s supporters thought it was a movement. Donald Trump always thought that he was building a following that would worship him.

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It is also difficult to square the circle that social conservatives thought a man who had dozens of sexual abuse allegations against him, and was found liable for one case in civil court, would be the person to choose to protect those who were abused.

Donald Trump was close friends with Jeffrey Epstein for a decade plus, yet his supporters believed him when he promised to release the Epstein files if he was returned to the White House.

As long as Trump pursues their agenda, conservatives were fine with the complete hypocrisy of supporting a man who violates so many of their beliefs.

Trump decided that his return to the White House would be all about him, so he blew off the agenda of his supporters. The first crack came on tariffs, which Republicans have traditionally despised.

Trump’s reversal on releasing the Epstein files blew everything wide open.

Five years ago, the idea that red hat-wearing loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene would be one of Trump’s most significant problems would have been laughable, but on Sunday morning, Greene showed that she is mounting a serious attack against Trump from the right.

Rep. Greene (R-GA) was on CNN’s State of the Union where she was asked why Trump was attacking her.

Greene first talked about how she supported Trump:

I stood with President Trump when virtually no one else did. Campaigned all over the country, spent millions of my own dollars helping him get elected, and I think that’s incredibly important and I do support him and his administration, and I support them in delivering on the campaign promises we made to the American people.

His remarks of course, have been hurtful. However, I have something in my heart that I think is incredibly important for our country, and that is to end the toxic fighting in politics. And this has been going on for years and it has divided our country split up friends and families, and neighbors and it’s not solving our problems. The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a traitor. And that is so extremely wrong. And those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger.

Read and watch what Greene said below.



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Keep holiday lights shining with Bluetti's new Elite 400 & B500K home battery backup & save up to 65% for Black Friday

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Keep holiday lights shining with Bluetti's new Elite 400 & B500K home battery backup & save up to 65% for Black Friday



Bluetti is rolling out two powerful additions to its lineup for winter storm preparedness this Black Friday: the Elite 400 portable power station and the B500K expansion battery (and they’re up to 56% off).

Bluetti has great offers for Black Friday through December 3. Image source: Bluetti

Known for dependable portable power stations that keep everything from your MacBook Pro to your iPhone running during outages, Bluetti’s latest systems bring even greater output, capacity, and flexibility — and they’re launching with some great holiday-season discounts.

Alongside these discounted new products, Bluetti is offering sitewide Black Friday deals with savings up to 65% off. Apple users will especially appreciate Bluetti’s reliability, fast charging, and UPS capability, ensuring your essential devices stay powered without interruption.

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What we learned from the Lakers’ five-game road trip

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What we learned from the Lakers’ five-game road trip


The Lakers finished an uneven road trip on a high note with consecutive wins at New Orleans and Milwaukee, salvaging a 3-2 record on the trip after a 119-95 win over the Bucks on Saturday. The only thing that seemed to excite the players more than the victory was what waited for them after the nine-day journey.

“Let’s go homeee,” forward Jake LaRavia posted on his Instagram story.

Here are five takeaways after the five-game road trip:

Lakers recapture their magic

Laker Deandre Ayton fouls Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo on Saturday in Milwaukee.

(Morry Gash / Associated Press)

Deandre Ayton took credit for the postgame locker room’s Frank Sinatra soundtrack, but JJ Redick had Jay-Z on his mind. After wrapping up a grueling trip, one of Redick’s first thoughts was Jay-Z’s track “A Week Ago,” which begins with the lyric: “It was all good just a week ago.”

A week ago, the Lakers were 7-2. They were riding the high of a five-game winning streak heading into practice in Atlanta.

Then things turned sour.

The Lakers (10-4) were blown out against Atlanta and Oklahoma City on this trip. They played about one good half of basketball in their first three games. But during the most demanding part of the stretch, the Lakers rallied to find themselves again with critical wins against the Pelicans and Bucks.

“This is the NBA,” Redick told reporters. “And you gotta find moments to recapture what makes you a good basketball team. And I think over the last 24 hours we’ve done that.”

Redick credited Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves for continuing to lead the team through choppy waters Saturday. Despite the team arriving in Milwaukee at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning and Doncic playing 40 minutes the night before in New Orleans, the superstar guard was still diving on the floor for a loose ball in the second quarter. He pushed the ball ahead to Reaves, who found Ayton for a layup.

As Doncic becomes more comfortable with his teammates, his leadership has shown through not only his play but his sarcastic personality, which has helped develop a strong bond.

“It’s great chemistry,” Doncic told reporters. “When I came, I was probably a little more quiet, trying to get to know people. But right now, I’m just being myself, just joking around a lot, trash-talking. So I think one of the biggest things for the team to win is have a great chemistry, and I think we have that.”

Doncic’s MVP campaign rolls along

The Lakers' Luka Doncic drives past the Bucks' Gary Harris on Saturday in Milwaukee.

The Lakers’ Luka Doncic drives past the Bucks’ Gary Harris on Saturday in Milwaukee.

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With 41 points, nine rebounds and six assists against Milwaukee, Doncic collected his fourth 40-point games this season, equaling his total for such games all of last year.

He leads the league with 34.4 points per game and officially became eligible for the leaderboard after playing in his 10th game Saturday. His points and 8.9 rebounds per game are close to his production in 2023-24 when he led the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA Finals and finished third in most valuable player voting with 33.9 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. He is doing it despite shooting a 32.7% from three-point range, his worst mark since his second season.

Reinforcements are on the way

Lebron James wears a backwards cap and holds his left hand to his chin as sits on the Lakers bench.

Lakers forward Lebron James is expected to return to the lineup soon.

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LeBron James is expected to return to the practice court with the Lakers on Monday after a productive test stint with the South Bay Lakers. He could make his season debut as soon as Tuesday against the Utah Jazz at Crypto.com Arena in the Lakers’ only game this week.

James is the only standard contract player still awaiting to make his debut after the Lakers got forwards Maxi Kleber and Adou Thiero back on the court during the trip. Kleber, who was sidelined with an abdominal strain, has played in three games. He made his first shot of the season in the win over Milwaukee while playing 25 minutes with three points and three assists.

The rookie Thiero also made his debut against the Bucks, scoring four points and punctuating his first NBA appearance with an emphatic two-handed dunk in the final minute. It showed the type of athleticism and activity the Lakers were looking for when they drafted him in the second round. He also grabbed one offensive rebound during the first half that led to Kleber’s three-pointer.

Guard Gabe Vincent (ankle) is still out and is approaching three weeks since he turned his ankle against the Sacramento Kings. The original timetable for his return was two to four weeks.

Shooting slumps

Lakers guard Gabe Vincent throws a lob pass to center Deandre Ayton for an alley-oop dunk against the Kings on Oct. 26.

Lakers guard Gabe Vincent throws a lob pass to center Deandre Ayton for an alley-oop dunk against the Kings on Oct. 26.

(Sara Nevis / Associated Press)

Vincent’s eventual return could help the Lakers with one of their most glaring offensive deficiencies: three-point shooting.

The Lakers rank 25th in three-point shooting at just 33.8%. Their 32.4 three-point attempts per game rank 26th in the league. It’s a far cry from the 40.4 threes they attempted in the games after Doncic joined the team last year.

Part of the shooting slump could be Reaves’ early struggles from three-point range. Outside of his six for 10 night that led to a career-high 51 points against Sacramento, Reaves, who missed three games with a groin injury, was shooting 26.4% from three this season.

He then caught fire in the second half against the Bucks, making five threes. While finishing with 25 points and eight assists, he made three consecutive three-pointers to open the fourth quarter that Doncic called some of the most important shots of the game.

“It was good to get something to go down,” Reaves told reporters. “… Hopefully we continue to shoot the ball well.”

Pick up the pace

The Bucks' Bobby Portis and the Lakers' Luka Doncic battle for a loose ball on Saturday in Milwaukee.

The Bucks’ Bobby Portis and the Lakers’ Luka Doncic battle for a loose ball on Saturday in Milwaukee.

(Morry Gash / Associated Press)

The Lakers are second-to-last in transition possessions per game and transition possession percentage. Redick was puzzled as to why the team played so slowly when asked about its pace before the Charlotte game. He said the pace was “literally the first thing we emphasize in every film session.”

But on the second night of a back-to-back, Redick acknowledged the team, considering its personnel, was simply not going to be a fast team. However, he still identified markers of success. Before Saturday’s game, Redick told the players the team was 9-1 when it scored 12 or more transition points and 8-0 with 24 or more assists.

“I think there’s a formula here for throwing the ball ahead and sharing the basketball,” Redick said. “And they were good again with that tonight.”

The Lakers had 12 fast break points and 23 assists against the Bucks.



This story originally appeared on LA Times

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