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In May, Bitcoin (BTC) completed its second-worst monthly close in history.

Its currently trading inside a neutral short-term pattern and has reached a confluence of resistance levels.

The month of May was bearish for BTC, recording a loss of 35.59%. This was the second-highest monthly decrease ever recorded, only trailing that of November 2018, when the price decreased by 37%.

Technical indicators provide mixed readings.

In the two previous bull cycles, the RSI made two tops in the overbought territory prior to the end of the bull run. In the current phase, it has only made one top.

However, an RSI cross below 70 marked an end to the bull cycle in both 2013 and 2017 (red icons). Currently, the monthly RSI has just crossed below 70.

Therefore, a look at lower time-frames is required in order to examine the direction of the future trend.

The daily time frame provides a bullish outlook.

The RSI has completed a failure swing bottom. Furthermore, it has generated a triple bullish divergence. The divergence trendline is still intact (blue line). Moreover, the MACD is increasing after giving a bullish reversal signal. Finally, the Stochastic oscillator is very close to making a bullish cross.

Therefore, readings in the daily time-frame are bullish.

The two-hour chart shows that BTC is trading inside a symmetrical triangle. This is normally considered a neutral pattern.

If the movement is part of wave four, then its likely that the price has reached a top near $38,000. This is the 0.618 Fib retracement resistance level, an expected level for wave E (black) to come to an end.

Instead, a breakout from the triangle would go a long way in suggesting that BTC has completed its correction instead of the movement being part of wave four.

For a more detailed look at wave counts, click here.

For BeInCryptos previous bitcoin (BTC) analysis, click here.

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LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 2-1 series lead on the Phoenix Suns in the opening-round of these playoffs, and their dominance over the last two games is becoming awfully familiar to the postseason run they displayed in the bubble.

Anthony Davis was the catalyst for the second straight game, producing a game-high 34 points and 11 rebounds to usher a 109-95 win at Staples Center on Thursday night. LeBron James recorded 21 points, six rebounds and nine assists.

Viewed as a vulnerable opponent entering the playoffs due to lengthy injuries to James (ankle) and Davis (calf) and Dennis Schrder enduring a late-season bout in the leagues health and safety protocols, things now appear to be turning to normal on and off the court at the right time for the defending champs.

With the Lakers having reached the 85% COVID-19 vaccine threshold on Monday which allows for lesser restrictions they were finally able to utilize their film room for the first time this season on Wednesday and they didnt have to wear face masks, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

The Lakers reached the 85% vaccine threshold this week, which allowed them to open up the film room and have a team meal on their plane. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Prior to attaining the threshold, film studies were conducted on the practice court with masked-up players and coaches spread out across the facility and doors were left open for ventilation.

Multiple Lakers players told Yahoo Sports that Wednesdays session felt normal again.

You dont realize how important and productive it is to have film sessions in an intimate setting until you lose it, one Lakers player told Yahoo Sports. When guys are together in close proximity, youre much more engaged, and especially when you dont have to wear a mask.

Their first taste of normalcy actually began after the Game 2 win in Phoenix on Tuesday.

On short flights, teams were not allowed to bring food on the plane from outside restaurant vendors if the team hadnt reached the 85% vaccine threshold.

After tying the series, Lakers veteran forward Jared Dudley told Yahoo Sports that the team celebrated on the plane with a winners feast prepared by Flemings Steakhouse.

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It was by far the best postgame meal of the season, Dudley told Yahoo Sports. It had us all in a good mood.

This series has been compelling and the reintroduction of fans into the arenas has intensified the atmospheres.

Basketball fans fill Staples Center for the Los Angeles Lakers' first home playoff game this season on May 27, 2021. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

The Minnesota Timberwolves are using this series as educational experience.

The Timberwolves, who finished 23-49 on the season, brought star guard D'Angelo Russell and Jaylen Nowell to Game 1 of the Lakers-Suns series to show them what its like to play among a hectic playoff domain, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

The plan is to continue sending its players to big playoff games to gain perspective on what it takes to play at this high of a level, sources say.

As for the Lakers, they hope to continue playing at a high level to become only the 11 seventh- or eighth-seed to take down a No. 1 or No. 2 seed since the NBA structured an eight-team-per-conference playoff format in 1984.

Were finding our groove, Davis said during his postgame Zoom session. Were finding it at the right time.

Game 4 is Sunday in Los Angeles.

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NEW YORK, N.Y., June 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SCWorx Corp. (Nasdaq: WORX), a provider of data management services to healthcare providers, announced today that it has regained compliance with The Nasdaq Stock Markets (Nasdaq) continued listing requirements regarding annual stockholder meetings and periodic reporting.

In a letter dated May 25, 2021, Nasdaq indicated that SCWorx has regained compliance with its continued listing requirements for periodic reporting as a result of the filing of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In addition, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq on May 27, 2021 indicating that it has regained compliance with the annual meeting requirement as a result of having completed its Special Meeting in lieu of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 24, 2021. At this time, all deficiencies of which the Company has been notified have been rectified, and Nasdaq considers these matters closed. As such, SCWorxs common stock continues to be listed and trading on Nasdaq under the symbol WORX.

In addition, the Board of Directors of SCWorx announced that Tim Hannibal, the Companys President and COO, has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of the Company Mr. Hannibal originally joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer in late 2016. Prior to SCWorx Mr. Hannibal was Founder, President and CEO of a Software-as-a-Service company, VaultLogix, for 13 years.

We are pleased to have regained compliance with the Nasdaqs listing requirements, said Tim Hannibal, President and CEO of SCWorx. With this behind us, we can focus on executing our 2021 growth strategy.

Mr. Hannibal added, Over the last 10-15 years technology within the healthcare industry has evolved both in cost and complexity. Unfortunately, the technology which was implemented within different hospital departments and with disparate objectives has failed to provide the promised advancements. SCWorx delivers a powerful solution which assists hospitals in benefiting from their technology and realizing the originally designated efficiency, accuracy and cost savings. I am excited for the future and look forward to assisting both the company and our customers in achieving their objectives.

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Tim is clearly the leader for the next evolution of SCWorx and he has the unanimous support of the Board of Directors, said Mark Shefts, SCWorxs Chairman of the Board of Directors. The SCWorx Board of Directors has had a strong focus on bringing in the right person to lead the company and we believe that Tim has demonstrated that he is the best leader for our employees, customers and shareholders. The SCWorx board is confident that the Company has the leadership necessary to drive its success for the next chapter.

About SCWorx Corp.SCWorx has created an advanced attributed virtualized item data warehouse utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence to offer a suite of software-as-a-service-based solutions for healthcare providers. The value proposition for customers revolves around the full integration of all solution modules with the companys data platform. The solution modules include Virtual Item Master, data cleanse and normalization, contract management and request for pricing (RFP) module, automated rebate management module, data interoperability (EMR, MMIS, finance) module, Automated Item Add Portal, Virtual General Ledger, and the data analytics module. SCWorx creates a single source for information for the healthcare providers data governance and analytics requirements.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties for purposes of the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding strategy, future operations, future contract renewals and terminations, future financial position, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. You can identify many (but not all) such forward-looking statements by looking for words such as assumes, approximates, believes, expects, anticipates, estimates, projects, seeks, intends, plans, could, would, may or other similar expressions. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on managements current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and performance could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including, without limitation, , securing future contracts and orders, future product sourcing, supply disruptions, containing costs, the ability to project future cash utilization and reserves needed for contingent future liabilities and business operations, the availability of sufficient resources of the company to meet its business objectives and operational requirements and other important factors that are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by SCWorx, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Matters described in forward-looking statements may also be affected by other known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties and factors, many of which are beyond the companys ability to control or predict. SCWorx undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Welcome to The Monday 9, our weekly lineup of Things You Need to Know in baseball. The MLB season is a marathon, so get caught up each Monday morning right here at Yahoo Sports.

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We all know why were here, Pirates first baseman Will Craig said to start his Zoom session with reporters last Friday. I have been on a lot of Zooms with baseball players these past 14 months and I have yet to hear another one start so ominously.

(If you somehow dont know why we were all there, here's what he was talking about.)

Heres how Craig described the play that was, unfortunately, his introduction to the broader baseball world: As soon as I released the ball I was like, 'Oh my gosh what am I doing?' Like, I know better than that. It's simple Baseball 101. But I guess, in my mind, when I saw him running back, I just kind of lost my mind for a second. I saw [Michael] Prez looking at me and just released the ball and, yeah, the rest is history.

There wasnt much more he could say to make a mistake seem more explicable in retrospect. He tried to stay off social media that evening, reviewed the play in his mind at least 100 times, heard from friends who knew hed be feeling down, heard from his manager who wanted to make sure he didnt dwell, slept OK all things considered, and was feeling fine if resigned to his future as a fixture of blooper reels by the time he talked to the media almost 24 hours later.

There is an understandable temptation in sports and its media coverage to make sense of every shortcoming as something that can be ironed out. When a team is losing, we search for any explanation other than the fallible nature of human effort and the fact that the other guys are trying too. Craigs boner was a particularly egregious and unsympathetic one he didnt come up just short on an otherwise athletic attempt, he was just kind of stupid for a second there.

The overall effect was an undeniable reminder that imperfection is eminently entertaining.

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Almost immediately after the play went viral on Twitter came a debate as to whether it was an example of Javier Baezs impressive baseball IQ or a complete defensive failure by the Pittsburgh Pirates, especially Craig, the rookie first baseman. And the point is: It was both! Baezs savviness, the heads up baserunning of Cubs catcher Willson Contreras (who scored from second), and the viewers delight were not in spite of the Pirates historic collective brain freeze. They were because of it.

Getting the better of a mistake is the best kind of baseball to watch, its reactionary which means its narrative. The more moving parts in a particular play, the more possible permutations and the greater chance of seeing something unique. Not to trot out too many buzzwords or anything, but part of what is so boring about modern baseball is that its been optimized to the point of predictability. Or if not predictability per se, at least routine. Ending up on second with a run scored on a routine grounder to third is not better baseball than putting a 99 mph fastball in the seats, for example. But it sure is fun. And a hell of a lot more memorable. Hannah Keyser

I guess we can call this making up for lost time. In 11 games and 50 plate appearances since returning from a COVID-19 IL stint, Padres supernova Fernando Tatis Jr. is batting .447/.520/1.053 with six homers and five steals.

Two of those homers, on consecutive nights this weekend, were the very obvious difference between Padres losses and Padres wins, tying up games with the Astros in the late innings.

First an eighth-inning solo shot that led to an extra-innings victory.

And then a dramatic, demolished, three-run blast in the ninth.

The most immediate results were more chances to gawk at the 22-year-olds off-the-charts cool factor a well-known but still growing legend. As the dust settled and the impact of his heroics coalesced, it became clear Tatis is still a frontrunner in the NL MVP race, IL time be damned. BetMGM has him at +375 right now, on the heels of Braves star Ronald Acua Jr. (+300), and the Padres are tied for the best record in baseball.

After the first two seasons of his career were abbreviated by injury and then the pandemic, there were still prickly concerns about whether Tatis could sustain his thousand-tweets-a-minute pace of jaw-dropping greatness. And though 2021 has already been interrupted by a scary shoulder situation and COVID-19 protocols, Tatis is making incredible performances part of his routine, and making so much positive noise that hes drowning out the doubts. Zach Crizer

At the seasons first natural checkpoint, nothing is decided and very few things are clear, but we can take stock of the contenders using FanGraphs handy playoff odds.

Sitting pretty: New York Mets, Chicago White Sox

Its been far from smooth sailing for the winners of the offseason, but nonetheless they have their divisions under control. These are the only teams with a 75 percent chance or better of capturing division crowns and thus avoiding the wild-card game. In fact, they are the only teams with better than 51 percent division odds entering Monday.

Dueling on top of a mountain: San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers

Look, both of these titans are making the playoffs. The question is who will do so via an automatic pass to the Division Series and who will face that one-game, wild-card challenge. Right now FanGraphs assesses that as a 49.7 percent (Dodgers) to 47.9 percent proposition. Brace yourselves for a high-quality, high-stakes battle.

Dont look down: San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals

These three teams have resided atop their divisions for much of the season, but are not estimated to have the best chances of winning them or even making the playoffs as more talented teams rise across bigger samples. Still, the Giants in particular are changing opinions of observers and projection systems alike. After a strong weekend against the Dodgers, they are a favorite for a wild-card spot.

In the scrum: New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs

The AL East and NL Central races are in total chaos. There are no real favorites at this point, but the AL East still stands a good chance of stealing both wild-card spots.

Clawing for relevance: Cleveland, Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies

Its getting late early for teams decimated by injury or, uh, lackluster depth. Seriously, have you seen who Cleveland and the Phillies are rolling out, respectively, at first base and center field?

If your team wasnt listed? Well, their chances at October are below the 10 percent line, but its a long summer. Keep dreaming and check back on July 4. Zach Crizer

I dont entirely understand what or why the so-called Nike MLB City Connect Series is, but Im not one to begrudge an opportunity to opine on fashion as it intersects with baseball. So lets talk about the moody, gothic, and essentially universally applauded new White Sox unis.

The inverse black-and-white pinstripe is extremely cool and makes sense as an edgier alternate. Putting Chi on the hat and using the iconic S on the jersey but at the start of Southside instead of Sox is all very clever. The overall vibe fits with the teams aesthetic link to hip-hop culture. Plus, people love em, apparently. Tim Andersons jersey reportedly sold out in two hours and the rest soon followed.

In other words, Im comfortable with the knowledge that my quibbles wont matter, and yet I have them anyway:

South Side is two words. Like New York or San Francisco or Kansas City all of which are presented as two distinct words when they appear on baseball jerseys! Are there no copy editors at Nike?! Are there no pedants on the South Side to make a fuss about this on social media?!

It is the burden of all baseball uniforms to fight against their inherent inclination to look like silky pajama sets. Monochrome makes that all the more difficult, but is often worth it. Pinstripes certainly dont help, but theyre classic. So ultimately its the shininess of the White Sox new uniforms that really make it seem like they should put spikes on smoking slippers and send the guys out there in full loungewear. Hannah Keyser

Stop me if youve heard this one before: A starter strikes out 14, but the team squanders the effort and loses the game. Classic Jacob deGrom outing (April 10 against the Miami Marlins). But Im talking about the one most recently executed by his former teammate, Zack Wheeler, against the Tampa Bay Rays last week.

Wheelers career-high 14 strikeouts are the second-most (tied twice with deGrom, second to deGroms 15) for a pitcher this season. Its not a fluke, either. His most recent start was indicative of his new and improved ability to convert two-strike counts to Ks, which has helped boost his overall K/9 rate to double digits this year.

When the Philadelphia Phillies signed Wheeler to a five-year, $118 million contract ahead of the 2020 season, it was to be a top-of-the-rotation guy. After five full seasons with the Mets that ate up his twenties, he had an even 100 ERA+. In limited samples since then, he has lived up to the potential the Phillies bet on. Since the start of 2020, hes sixth for all pitchers in FanGraphs WAR and third in overall innings pitched.

Wheeler hasnt ever really been part of the ace debate and his 12th place finish last year was the only time hes shown up in the Cy Young voting. But hes quietly become a worthy competitor for those titles. Even if these are all ultimately races to be second to deGrom. Hannah Keyser

Its checkpoint time on the fantasy side too. Dalton Del Don broke down which players have changed minds for better or worse in the first two months.

As baseball confronts the increasingly urgent reality of dwindling offense, most of the conversations still center on big, naked-eye type trends and potential fixes. The shift, for one. This week at Baseball Prospectus, Rob Arthur showed that a more subtle, more gradual sort of shift may be siphoning away hits.

Third basemen and center fielders while still playing in their recognizable places on the field have simply moved back. By having their fielders stand further from the plate, Arthur showed, defenses have whacked a jaw-dropping number of points off of the batting average for balls hit toward those positions.

This is the nuance that has to be factored into tweaks intended to rebalance the game. And weve probably spotted only a fraction of these little changes. Zach Crizer

Its hard to keep up with everything two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani is doing in 2021, so we are rounding up his unprecedented exploits every week. Heres a sample from this weeks edition.

After getting his start pushed to Friday by ... traffic, Shohei Ohtani took the mound to square off with the Oakland A's (he got the night off on offense).

Ohtani looked good early, showing off his signature filth:

Then, something magical occurred. Mark Canha was at bat, and Ohtani fired a pitch that ended up too high. Canha didn't like that.

A story in four parts. First, the pitch and ensuing commotion:

Canha was very upset. Ohtani, on the other hand

Lol. It gets better too look at Ohtani while the benches cleared:

And this is how the at-bat ended (shout out to @PitchingNinja for the hilarious edit):

Yes, Ohtani ultimately took the loss as his trouble with walks hurt him in the seventh and the Angels provided little support en route to a 3-1 defeat, but that entire sequence was just chef's kiss. Mo Castillo

The aforementioned AL East chaos takes center stage at Yankee Stadium this week as the Rays visit for a four-game set before the Red Sox roll in for the weekend.

Meanwhile, the Cubs get a big test against San Diego. After trading Yu Darvish and Victor Caratini to the unabashedly ambitious Padres, the Cubs are still competing in a mediocre NL Central, but will have decisions to make ahead of the trade deadline. How they are against top competition may help clarify that call. Zach Crizer

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At least 34 candidates have been murdered since campaigning began in April, with the assassination clear-up rate close to zero Friends and family mourn during the wake of mayoral candidate Alma Barragan.She was killed while campaigning for the mayorship of the city of Moroleon, in violence-plagued Guanajuato state. Photograph: Armando Solis/AP Tuesday started off like any other day on the campaign trail for Jos Alberto Alonso, a union leader running for mayor in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco: he kissed his family goodbye, boarded his Nissan Extreme SUV and headed off to start knocking on doors. But barely 200m from his home, a motorcycle closed in and the pillion passenger pulled a handgun, peppering the car with bullets. Alonsos bodyguard returned fire, and the attackers fled. The candidate had escaped injury, but was later sent to hospital suffering from stress. When you get into politics, you know there could be repercussions, but never to this degree said Alonso, 36, from his sickbed. The Fuerza por Mexico candidate for mayor of Acapulco, Jose Alberto Alonso Gutierrez, speaks from the hospital where he is recovering from the attack. Photograph: David Guzmn/EPA Mexico has suffered an especially bloody and violent campaign season ahead of midterm elections on 6 June when the country will renew its 500-seat lower house of congress, pick governors in 15 of its 32 states and elect hundreds of mayors and local legislators. At least 34 candidates have been murdered since campaigning started on 6 April, while dozens more have been targeted and attacked. Mexican authorities have logged 398 threats or attacks on candidates. Much of the violence occurs in states like Guerrero, south of Mexico City, where numerous crime factions battle over the opium poppy trade and run extortion rackets and kidnapping rings in Acapulco. Few cases are ever solved, though the federal government has been providing protection to candidates in rough corners of the country. Forensic investigators work at a scene where assailants left a package and a threat message taped to the gate of the house of Leticia Castillo, a candidate of the Social Encounter party (PES) in Ciudad Jurez earlier this month. Photograph: Jos Luis Gonzlez/Reuters Criminal groups have learned their lesson over the past few years that no matter what they do including killing candidates or attacking public institutions there are no consequences, said Falko Ernst, senior Mexico analyst for the International Crisis Group. If we look at the performance of Mexican judicial institutions in actually solving the murders of politicians, its pretty much zero. That creates huge incentives to kill candidates and get away with it. Many of the attacks target candidates for local government as criminal groups seek to increase their territorial control. The point of gaining control over the next mayor is to assure that this mayor guarantees access to two prize resources: public money and the police, said Gema Kloppe-Santamara, a Mexican crime investigator at Loyola University Chicago. Campaigning has been suspended in dozens of municipalities around the country due to violence. The ruling Morena party stopped campaigning in the southern part of the state of Mexico the countrys most populous region, which wraps around Mexico City after an ambush in March killed 13 state and federal police officers. Morenas party president Mario Delgado tweeted on Friday that he and two other politicians were intercepted by gunmen with assault weapons in the state of Tamaulipas, a hotbed of organised crime, but released unharmed. There are some municipalities where you campaign, but cant talk about municipal matters, others where you can bring in a campaign team, but cant hold rallies, said Isaac Monroy, the Morena delegate in state of Mexico. The attacks have been brazen. Earlier in May, a former state prosecutor was gunned down on a street while campaigning for mayor in northern Sonora. On Tuesday, Alma Barragn was killed while holding a rally in the conflict-riven state of Guanajuato. President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador says his government is providing protection for candidates. But he also accused the media of sensationalising the murders to make his government look bad. Criminal groups often offer public servants the choice of silver or lead take their bribes or face death. Theres a lot of blackmail, and those who say no end up like this, said Ramn Bernal Garca, a former detective running with the small Fuerza por Mxico party near Mexico City. Some violence and intimidation is also down to rival political parties, Bernal said. A bodyguard for Institutional Revolutionary Party mayoral candidate Guillermo Valencia takes his assault rifle from the back of the armoured SUV they travel in, during one of Valencias campaign stops in Morelia, Michoacan state. Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP Alonso never received any threats, although he says in retrospect there were signs of trouble. Campaign signs bearing his boyish face were stolen and vandalised. Some campaign staff received veiled warnings to stop their work. He was still unable to say what motivated the assassination attempt especially as Fuerza por Mxico, the party he helped found, is contesting its first election and polling in the low single digits nationally. But he said he was determined to stay in the race. Ive received a lot of kind messages from people who are fed up with crime, he said. It hit me today because Im a candidate, but Ill be a spokesman for all those suffering violence here in Acapulco.

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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has convened a special grand jury to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump or executives at his company, the Washington Post reported Tuesday afternoon. Vance has been investigating Trumps business practices before he was president for more than two years. And the impaneling of a grand jury suggests the wide-ranging probe is entering its final stages and that New York prosecutors believe they have found evidence of a crime. Yahoo News explains what we know about the case so far.

- Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance, has convened a new special grand jury that is reported to be considering evidence of possible criminal activity by former President Donald Trump and his business. This hints that after more than two years of investigation, New York prosecutors believe they have enough evidence to indict. But it's unclear who, if anyone, could be brought up on criminal charges.

This is just the next step in a long process that likely won't be done any time soon. So what exactly is a grand jury? When a grand jury is called, It's not like the standard jury duty where you sit in front of a judge, hear arguments from both sides, and are sequestered from the public until you reach a verdict.

Instead, a grand jury meets in private with prosecutors to review evidence and hear witness testimony in order to determine whether or not there's anything there. One of the reasons they do this in private is so that witnesses can speak freely without potential harm to their reputations if prosecutors don't move forward with an indictment.

Grand juries are usually only called for a set period of time and don't meet every day. In this case, they'll meet three days a week for about six months and are reported to be hearing evidence in other cases as well.

So what does this mean for Trump? The short answer is we don't know. The criminal probe into the former president and his business is believed to be wide ranging, from alleged tax fraud to hush money payments made to women on his behalf. And it's not clear exactly what this grand jury will be focusing on specifically.

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Fraud cases are especially hard to prosecute because they need to prove direct knowledge and intent. Here's how former federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman put it on CNN.

- It's a difficult case against Trump. Fraud cases are hard. He has what would be perceived as an advice of counsel defense to some of the fraud charges, and he doesn't email. So we know that there isn't going to be a lot of documentary evidence that demonstrates Donald Trump's knowledge of any misrepresentations to insurance companies, to banks to tax authorities.

- One last thing to note here is that Cyrus Vance is leaving office at the end of the year. So if the grand jury does decide that there's enough evidence to indict, it'll be up to the next district attorney to prosecute.

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Run differential is a good starting point to figure out which teams are probably better or worse than their record. It works across practically all sports.

There is one team in all of Major League Baseball that has a positive run differential and a losing record: the Miami Marlins. That means the Marlins have been running bad this season and should be better than .500. (For those curious about the inverse, the teams with a winning record and negative run differential: Cleveland Indians, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers.)

Because the Marlins are 24-28 and weren't considered to be a contender before the season, they are often underrated in the betting market. That could be the case again Tuesday. The Marlins are +125 underdogs at BetMGM vs. the Toronto Blue Jays.

One reason the Marlins are playing under their expected record, based on run differential, is they have a 4-10 record in one-run games. That's the second-worst record in MLB; the Arizona Diamondbacks are worst at 1-11. While there are logical reasons why a team is better or worse than .500 in one-run games, most notably bullpen strength, that record usually regresses back to .500. The Marlins have been a bit unlucky.

The reason the Marlins are probably better than the market thinks is their pitching. They have legitimate starting pitching depth, and one of their talented starters is Tuesday's starter Sandy Alcantara. Alcantara, with his heavy ground-ball tilt, has a solid 3.46 ERA. His xERA a Fangraphs metric for expected ERA that measures contact while eliminating outside factors after contact is made is 2.87, 12th best in MLB. Robbie Ray, Toronto's starter on Tuesday, has the seventh worst xERA among MLB starters.

Toronto is a very good team, which is why it is favored. It also has no home-field advantage (10-11 at home, 17-14 on the road) because they don't really have a home until they're allowed to play again in Canada. The Blue Jays are also on a 4-8 streak.

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If we're being honest, the Lakers +5 are the best underdog of the day, but we discussed them at length in The Daily Sweat on Tuesday morning. The Marlins, a team that still gets value on the betting line because they've been a bit unlucky, is another good looking underdog.

First baseman Jesus Aguilar and the Miami Marlins take on the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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SEGUIN, Texas, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alamo Group Inc. (NYSE: ALG) today announced that it has expanded the membership of its Board of Directors from seven to eight members and has appointed Jeffery A. Leonard as a new member of the Board, effective June 1, 2021. As previously announced, Mr. Leonard succeeded Ronald A. Robinson as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective May 31, 2021.

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Alamo Group is a leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and service of high quality equipment for infrastructure maintenance, agriculture and other applications. Our products include truck and tractor mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, street sweepers, snow removal equipment, excavators, vacuum trucks, other industrial equipment, agricultural implements, forestry equipment and related after-market parts and services. The Company, founded in 1969, has approximately 4,075 employees and operates 27 plants in North America, Europe, Australia and Brazil as of March 31, 2021. The corporate offices of Alamo Group Inc. are located in Seguin, Texas.

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Move over, Bennifer 2.0: the throwback romance we're all obsessing over now is the unrequited love story between Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer. During the long-awaited Friends reunion special that's streaming now on HBO Max, the real-life Ross and Rachel casually dropped a bomb by confirming the longstanding rumors that life almost imitated art. "The first season, I had a major crush on Jen," Schwimmer reveals. "We were both crushing hard on each other." Aniston quickly backs up his version of events, saying that those feelings couldn't be any more mutual.

Unlike their characters, though, the actors never acted on their romantic longing. "It was two ships passing, because one of us was always in a relationship," Schwimmer explains. "We never crossed that boundary we respected it." At least one cast member seemed to remember otherwise, though: after Schwimmer insisted that he and Aniston never went beyond the pining stage, Matt LeBlanc semi-jokingly piped up with a "bulls**t!"

From left to right: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc share memories during 'Friends: The Reunion' (Photo: Terence Patrick/HBO Max)

And the rest of their co-stars including Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry made it clear they were aware that sparks were flying. "We knew for sure," Cox says, adding that she's retroactively glad the two never acted on their feelings. "If you had, and didn't work out, [the show] probably wouldn't have been as great."

As Aniston points out, the feelings she and Schwimmer had for each other provided the dramatic fuel that turned them into one of the defining TV couples of the 1990s. "We channeled all of that passion and love for each other into Ross and Rachel," she says, adding that things came to a head when their alter egos had their first kiss in the Season 2 episode, "The One Where Ross Finds Out." Recalls Aniston: "I remember saying to David, 'Its going to be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is going to be on national television.' Sure enough, the first time we kissed was in that coffee shop."

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In reality, both actors moved past their mutual crush and fell for other people. Schwimmer dated singer Natalie Imbruglia in the '90s and later married artist Zo Buckman in 2007. (They divorced in 2017). And Aniston, of course, has had high-profile marriages and splits from Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux. But there's still a definite spark between them in the Friends reunion. Re-enacting the pivotal coffee shop kiss (sans the actual smooch) in a table read of that script, Aniston and Scwhimmer both regard each other with obvious affection. And Twitter's heart was swooning at the revelation of their secret romance.

But let's take a break from the Ross and Rachel drama here are the other big moments from Friends: The Reunion.

Talk about a power ballad: when Lisa Kudrow picked up Phoebe's guitar to strum her way through the immortal "Smelly Cat," she seemed a little uncertain that the ol' musical magic would come back to her. "I should be Phoebe for this," the actress said. Luckily, none other than Lady Gaga promptly popped onto the rebuilt Central Perk set to play back-up. "I was just walking down the street, and I happened to have my guitar," remarked the rock icon. "You mind if I take 'Smelly Cat' for a spin?'"

Naturally, it was a request that Kudrow couldn't (and wouldn't) refuse. After Gaga sang a portion of the song solo, they teamed up for a download-ready duet that smelled like... money in the bank. And the stage got even more crowded when a choir arrived to add some additional musical firepower. That spirited "Smelly Cat' performance sent us all off the deep end.

Here's why maintaining traditions can be important: prior to filming every episode, the Friends cast would assemble for a pre-tape huddle. But the actors skipped that crucial part of the process for the Season 3 episode, "The One Where No One's Ready," due to production delays that held up the start of the shoot. "We were like, 'We're taking too long, and the audience has been waiting let's just go,'" remembers Kudrow about that fateful decision.

At first, the episode which took place almost entirely in Monica's apartment proceeded without any hiccups. But then the cast went for an extra take on a scene where Joey made a flying leap for the couch he and Chandler had been fighting over in a running gag. Never-before-seen behind the scenes footage reveals what happened next: LeBlanc lands badly, and dislocates his shoulder. As he wanders off-stage, his arm visibly drooping down, the on-set paramedics are seen entering the frame and Schwimmer calls, "Cut!" on filming. The cast had to reassemble a few days later to film the remainder of the episode, and shoot a new scene that explained why Joey's arm is in a sling for the next run of episodes.

Years later, LeBlanc blames the lack of a pre-show huddle for his on-set accident. "After that, we were like, 'Do we need to do the huddle?' And he'd say, 'Yeah, because I don't want anything else falling off me,'" Kudrow says, laughing. "After that, we always did it!"

While he was pining for Aniston during the show's first season, Schwimmer also had to endure a contentious working relationship with another co-star: Marcel the Monkey. Introduced in the 10th episode, "The One With the Monkey," the simian actor made recurring appearances throughout the show's freshman year, but eventually went on to bigger and better things... like starring in a fake Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. And Schwimmer was more than happy to see him go. "It was time for Marcel to f*** off," the actor says in the reunion special.

To be clear, Schwimmer isn't some kind of monkey-hater. "I love animals, and I love primates," he insists, chalking up the animosity to a difference in work habits. "Here was my problem: the monkey was obviously trained, and had to hit its mark. What inevitably began to happen is that we would all have choreographed bits timed out, and it would get messed up because the monkey didn't do its job right. We were about to do something really funny, but the monkey didn't hit its mark, so we'd have to start again."

And then there was the fact that Marcel had literal grubby hands. "When the monkey was resting and waiting for us to roll, it would sit on my shoulder," Schwimmer recalls. "The trainer would come up and give the monkey live grubs to eat. So the monkey would be sitting on my shoulder, take some grubs, break them in half, eat it and then [touch my head]. I had monkey grubby hands all over!"

The cast of 'Friends' gets ready for a round of trivia in the HBO Max reunion special (Photo: Terence Patrick/HBO Max)

Casting Friends was no easy matter, and getting the right Rachel proved particularly challenging for the show's creators, Marta Kaufman and David Crane. "Rachel was the hardest part to cast, and it was the last part we cast" confirms Kaufman. Adds Crane: "She can be a really unlikable character ... in the wrong hands, you don't like Rachel." After auditioning hundreds of actresses, the duo thought they'd found the perfect person when Aniston walked into the room. There was just one problem she was already on a sitcom, the little-remembered summertime CBS series Muddling Through.

In fact, Aniston had already filmed six episodes of Muddling Through in which she played the eldest daughter of a small-town diner owner (Stephanie Hodge) before she shot a single episode of Friends. "We took this big risk to cast her," Kaufman remembers. "We shared her with this other show, and we'll see who wins." During the summer of 1994, Aniston filmed the pilot, plus two additional episodes of Friends, while Muddling Through aired weekly on CBS. And had the network decided to pick the series up for the fall, Kaufman and Crane would have been forced to reshoot all of their episodes with a new Rachel.

While the network weighed its decision on Muddling Through, Aniston herself seemed to recognize where her future lay, and it wasn't on CBS. "I went to the producer of the show I was on, and said, 'Please release me from this show,'" she remembers. "'I love this show that I'm doing right now.' He said, 'I saw that show. I'm going to tell you something that show is not going to make you a star. This show is going to make you a star.'" It's safe to say that his thinking was a little... muddled.

Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) weds Mike (Paul Rudd) while Joey (Matt LeBlanc) officiates in a Season 10 episode of 'Friends' (Photo: Warner Bros. / Courtesy: Everett Collection)

Even though these old Friends got back together for a reunion special, don't expect to ever see fresh episodes with the gang. Speaking with Yahoo Entertainment for the show's 25th anniversary in 2019, Kaufman and Crane made it clear that there will never be new episodes. And Kudrow speaks for the entire cast when she applauds that decision at the end of the reunion. "I completely agree that they ended the show very nicely. Everyone's lives are very nice, and they would have to unravel all of those good things in order for there to be stories. And I don't want anyone's happy ending unraveled!"

That said, Kudrow is definitely willing to entertain ideas about where Phoebe is now. And, in her mind, she's traded "Smelly Cat" for the sunny Connecticut suburbs with her husband, Mike, played by Paul Rudd. (To the internet's consternation, Rudd is one of the few guest stars who didn't return for the reunion.) "They had kids, and she's the advocate for kids who are a little different," the actress says. Meanwhile, Aniston says that Ross and Rachel are also raising kids, and Cox speculates that Monica is still running elementary school bake sales even though twins Jack and Erica Bing are off in college.

But there's one person that's staying resolutely child-free. According to LeBlanc, Joey's fledgling Hollywood career (as seen in the failed spin-off, Joey) didn't exactly pan out, but he decided to remain West Coast-based anyway. "He probably opened a sandwich shop in Venice Beach," the actor says, laughing. "Why not?" Here's hoping that one of his specialty sandwiches is called the "Joey's Apple."

Friends: The Reunion is currently streaming on HBO Max.

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Derrick Rose clapped his hands, almost rhythmically, as the Madison Square Garden faithful stood in approval, roaring and exhaling at once, finally able to bathe in their basketball cathedral.

As long as its been for the New York Knicks, its almost seemed like a longer wait for Rose to return to this stage and to have a moment that he can appreciate after so many winds, so many turns and so many questions.

The Knicks tying their first-round playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks was spurred on by Rose and Taj Gibson starting the second half, with Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau leaning on his old horses to get his team through more quarters of playoff nerves. You might as well call them the KnickerBulls.

Im fortunate, very fortunate, Rose said.

Those words didnt come in the aftermath of this 26-point performance, but to ESPNs Lisa Salters in the aftermath of the last time he sent an arena into delirium Game 3 of the 2015 playoffs when he gave his hometown Chicago Bulls a 2-1 lead of LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers with a banked triple that looked like a missile, on a mission to deliver one final playoff moment.

He showed more emotion with his handclap than he did on that Friday night in May, jumping into the arms of teammates with a nonplussed reaction, moments after Thibodeau clenched his fist in satisfaction.

Rose is older now, no longer the 26-year-old trying to negotiate his excellence against gravity and science, but the 32-year-old counted on for so much more than just a veteran presence to help steer a young group through its first playoff experience.

I'm very fortunate to be in this position. Not only am I in the league, I'm on a great team, Rose said.

That was in the aftermath of saving his teams season Wednesday night, which could pale in comparison to reviving his career after all the knee surgeries and doubts about his ability to adapt and willingness to persevere.

But still grateful.

Helping keep Julius Randles head in it after a subpar six quarters and keeping his even-keel composure in the face of Atlanta possibly taking a 2-0 lead seemed like childs play. Starting point guard Elfrid Payton was struggling, getting pulled sooner and sooner by Thibodeau in the first and third quarters, so the change seemed inevitable.

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We just felt we were flat and we needed a jolt of energy. So we wanted to change it up, Thibodeau said. And we got going. And it started with the defense.

Derrick Rose scored 26 points off the bench for the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Thibodeaus head coaching career can largely be defined by two terms: Defense and Derrick Rose, and hes not delusional about either. Hes been among Roses biggest advocates during his brightest and bleakest hours, and also knows his own strengths sit in his teams playing harder than you, longer than you, largely on the back of defense.

But letting Rose be the best version of himself relies on Thibodeau giving Rose the freedom to make decisions, to trust his eyes and his voice in critical moments, whether hes an MVP or sixth-man candidate.

Both he and Taj have been in a number of playoff games so I think they understand that we have some guys that haven't been in playoff games, Thibodeau said. There's only one way to get experience in that you got to get it.

As exhilarating as Madison Square Garden can be, it can also be intimidating even as a home team. All those years of disappointments, not being able to participate in a pretty fruitful era of basketball can make the air thick for the players wearing Knicks across their chest. Cheap chants at Trae Young are comical compared to the massive expectations placed on Julius Randle, winner of the 2020-21 Most Improved Player award.

He had only two points at the half and didnt look comfortable. If Rose hadnt come in to energize things, if Gibson hadnt added his brand of toughness, the Knicks could be in a 2-0 hole.

But the disparate group found its way, turning the game on its head in the third quarter, and giving a thirsty crowd hope for its first playoff win since 2013. The comeback was familiar, and finding a way with unlikely sources was the usual story to the Knicks climbing to fourth in the East.

Reggie Bullock gave Young some issues defensively, and even though he still managed to score a game-high 30 points with seven assists, he didnt have the control that he exerted in Game 1. It was just enough to pull away, even though the Hawks got the split they truly came to New York for.

Rose played 39 minutes, his highest output since a 40-minute outing in October 2018, when he scored a career-high 50 points against the Utah Jazz as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

His coach that day? Tom Thibodeau.

Roses career had already taken so many turns by that point, and every season he returns for more almost feels like gravy.

My appreciation is on an all-time high, Rose said. Its a lot of guys my age that still feel like they can hoop. Its a lot of guys younger than me thats out the league and they want another opportunity.

Rose put out an Instagram post recently, disputing the notion of being vintage considering how his game has changed. No longer an innocent high flyer, hes got wounds and scars, both seen and unseen, yet hes persevered to this point.

Gibson, though, bristled at Roses apparent humility and acceptance of no longer being able to hang with the elite.

Yall be letting him gas you, he joked, an indication Roses success isnt a surprise because of his quiet confidence.

In 2011, Rose and Thibodeau were the inexperienced ones, MVP and Coach of the Year, eliminated by the dynastic Miami Heat on this very day 10 years ago. In 2015, they were fighting against the tide Thibodeaus battle with Bulls management, Roses battle with his body gamely giving James his toughest battle in the East playoffs and coming within a bounce or two of making an improbable run.

Now, as Thibodeau turns to Rose yet again, for more minutes than usual, more effort, more production, theyve remade themselves on the fly, gearing up for one more run and maybe more to come.

God doesn't make any mistakes man, follow your path, Gibson said. You just got to believe in yourself. And truly believe, because this is some magical stuff right now.

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