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Cade Cunningham scored 27 points and had 11 assists and Tobias Harris added 16 points and 11 rebounds on Wednesday night as the Detroit Pistons bounced back to even their Eastern Conference playoff series with a 98-83 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic.

Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson each had 11 points for the Pistons, who snapped an 11-game home playoff game losing streak, the longest in NBA history. Duncan Robinson and Isaiah Stewart also scored 10 apiece for Detroit, which last won a home playoff game in 2008.

Jalen Suggs scored 19 points and Paolo Banchero added 18 for the eighth-seeded Magic. Franz Wagner and Desmond Bane also had 12 points for Orlando which connected on only 26 of 80 field goal attempts, including just eight of 32 3-pointers.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Saturday in Orlando.

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After a defensive struggle in the first half for both teams, Detroit broke the game open in the third quarter, starting with a 30-3 run. The Pistons, who scored the first 11 points before Bane nailed a 3-pointer, outscored the Magic 38-16 in the quarter. Orlando hit only five shots, committed six turnovers and trailed by as much as 27 points.

The Pistons maintained a comfortable cushion through the final quarter, allowing the Magic to get no closer than 97-83 with less than a minute remaining.

The first quarter was a defensive battle with the Pistons holding on for a 25-21 lead. Detroit, which led by as much as seven points, held Orlando to 26.9 percent shooting from the field while the Magic forced eight Pistons turnovers and briefly went in front 21-20.

The two teams continued the defensive intensity in the second quarter which featured four ties and two lead changes. Detroit took an eight-point lead early in the quarter, but Orlando scored four of the last five points to tie the game at 46 at halftime.

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Changes to one’s food handling process can help create a “lowplastic”diet, effective in significantly reducing exposure totoxic polymer compoundsfrom our surroundings, a new study finds.

The daily use of plastic products has been associated with severalhealth risks, includinghormone fluctuations,reproductive conditions, andseveral types of cancer.

Recent studies estimate that over16,000 chemicalsare used in plastic products, with many of these, including phthalates and bisphenols, well established as hazardous to human health.

While several countries have implementedmeasures to limit exposureto hazardous plastic chemicals, regulation of these individual compounds has been challenging.

To address this, researchers in Australia have conducted a comprehensive clinical trial to assess health benefits of minimising all plastic “touchpoints” during the production, handling, processing, packaging, preparation and storage of food products and personal care items.

They found that by minimising these touchpoints, the levels of these chemicals in the human body could be reduced just within seven days.

“This trial has delivered a message of hope that we can actively reduce plastic chemical levels in our bodies but is linked to significant changes in the way we produce and package our food,” said Michaela Lucas, an author of the study published inNature Medicine.

“Our results showed strictly adhering to a diet of food which has not touched plastic, whether that is during production or packaging, can reduce plastic chemicals in our body in as little as a week,” said Dr Lucas, a biologist from the University of Western Australia.

In the study, an interdisciplinary team of researchers, including dieticians, doctors, nurses, statisticians and biologists analysed urine, blood and nasal samples, as well as behavioural questionnaires and socio-demographic data from 211 healthy adults.

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All the participants showed high levels of plastic chemicals in their bodies, with each found to have at least six different chemical types on any given day.

Eating highly processed, packaged and canned foods and beverages were significant contributors to the levels of plastic chemicals found in these participants, researchers say.

Sixty of these participants were selected to be part of a trial involving a low plastic diet and lifestyle intervention.

They were divided into five groups to test the effectiveness of replacing food and beverages, kitchenware and personal care products with low plastic alternatives.

Other plastic chemical sources like silicones and cans were also removed from the participants’ food supply chain.

“Our dieticians worked with over 100 farmers and food producers to educate and transform their food handling processes and packaging to reduce plastic exposure from paddock to plate,” said Amelia Harray, another author of the study from the University of Western Australia.

After the seven-day intervention, all trial groups showed a significant decrease in plastic chemical levels in their urine, compared to the control group.

By changing to low plastic kitchenware personal care products, the levels of phthalates decreased by more than 44 per cent in their urine, and bisphenols by more than 50 per cent, the study found.

“Participants had access to any type of food they would usually consume – pasta, salads, meats, butter, chocolate, fruit and snacks – which allowed energy intake to remain the same,” Dr Harray said.

“By delivering participants low plastic food and providing them with plastic-free kitchenware, such as stainless-steel pots, pans, kettles, toasters and wooden chopping boards, we showed changing what you eat and how you prepare food could reduce plastic chemicals in the body,” she said.

The first round of the 2026 NFL Draft has come and gone.If you’re looking for grades for first-round prospects, look no further.But we’re onto Day 2 and there are still plenty of notable prospects for redraft and dynasty fantasy football. Yahoo analyst Joel Smyth is grading the fantasy football fit for every relevant prospect drafted on Friday.

Round 2

WR De’Zhaun Stribling, Ole Miss

• Pick - Round 2, Pick 33

• Team: San Francisco 49ers

• Fantasy Fit: A-

If you include the draft capital leap, it’s an A+ landing spot for Stribling. After Jauan Jennings and the 49ers failed to reach a long term agreement, San Francisco takes a WR who is a YAC monster who gets to enjoy the Shanahan system.

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Rankings, projections and takeaways for 1st round fantasy prospects

WR Denzel Boston, Washington

• Pick - Round 2, Pick 39

• Team: Cleveland Browns

• Fantasy Fit: D

Boston to Cleveland means he becomes more of a dynasty rebuild option only. An outside WR that’s a red-zone threat rather than a YAC creator requires stability at quarterback and a good scoring offense,  which Cleveland does not have. KC Concepcion being drafted in front of him does not help either.

This story will continue to be updated throughout Day 2

By Phil Stewart

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Navy Secretary John Phelan has been fired, a U.S. official and a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in another wartime shakeup at the Pentagon ‌coming just weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted the Army's top general.

The Pentagon announced his departure ‌in a brief statement, saying he was leaving the administration "effective immediately." But it did not provide a reason or say whether it was his ​decision to go.

His firing was first reported by Reuters.

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Phelan was dismissed in part because he was moving too slow to implement reforms to speed shipbuilding and because he had fallen out with key Pentagon leadership.

One source cited bad relationships with Hegseth, Hegseth's deputy, Steve Feinberg, as well as the Navy's No. 2 ‌civilian, Hung Cao, who the Pentagon said ⁠will now take over as acting Navy secretary.

The source also cited an ethics investigation into Phelan's office.

A billionaire seen as having close ties to President Donald Trump, Phelan is the ⁠first administration-picked service secretary to be fired since Trump came back into office last year.

His departure fits within a broader context of upheaval at all levels of leadership at the Pentagon under Hegseth's watch, including the firing last year of the chairman ​of the ​Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, as ​well as the chief of naval operations and ‌Air Force vice chief of staff.

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On April 2, Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff Randy George without citing a reason. Two U.S. officials said the decision was tied to tensions between Hegseth and Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll.

Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called Phelan's dismissal "troubling."

"I am concerned it is yet another example of the instability and dysfunction that have come to define the Department of Defense under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth," Reed ‌said.

The latest departure comes during a tense ceasefire with Iran, as ​the U.S. flows more naval assets into the Middle East.

The U.S. ​military is relying on naval assets to carry ​out a blockade of Iran, which President Donald Trump is hoping will pressure Tehran to negotiate ‌an end to the conflict on his terms.

The ​Navy is under intense pressure ​to expand its fleet. China's shipbuilding industry now dwarfs the U.S., which was once a global powerhouse.

Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal year 2027 includes over $65 billion to procure 18 warships and 16 support ships ​made by General Dynamics and Huntington ‌Ingalls Industries.

It is part of what the Pentagon is calling the "Golden Fleet" initiative, which officials say is ​the largest shipbuilding request since 1962.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart; additional reporting by Steve Holland and Jasper ​Ward; Editing by Michelle Nichols, Bill Berkrot and Chris Reese)

As many Americans plan their summer vacations, airfares are taking off.

Airline ticket prices have jumped because of higher oil and jet fuel costs stemming from theIran war. With prices likely to stay elevated, aviation experts urged consumers to move quickly to lock in their travel plans.

"If you haven't booked for this summer, get busy," Henry Harteveldt, an airline industry analyst with Atmosphere Research Group, told CBS News.

"Don't wait, hoping that the fares are going to go down," he added. "They're not."

Travelers eager to save money should consider leaving later in the summer, when demand is typically lower and jet fuel prices are potentially more certain, Harteveldt said.

Jet fuel prices, which account for roughly 25% to 30% airlines' costs, were up more than$2 a gallonas of earlier this month and remain elevated. With operational costs sharply higher than before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, airlines are passing along some of those expenses to travelers.

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As of April 13, the average domestic round-trip flight cost $358, up 18%, or about $55, from the same period a year ago, according to Kayak. International flights have also gotten pricier. Data from the travel booking website shows that the cost of a round-trip economy flight from the U.S. to foreign destinations has increased by an average of $115 over the last year to $1,064.

Overall, airfares were up nearly 15% in March compared to the same time last year, according to government data. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told CBS News in aninterview last monththat the carrier has raised its fares by 15% to 20%.

In addition to raising ticket prices, carriers including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines and United haveincreased their bag feesto help offset rising fuel prices, while other airlines have sought to cut costs byeliminating less profitable routes. That includes United, which plans to cut its flight volume by 5% this summer due to higher oil prices, Kirby said.

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