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PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray has died, a day after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, PGA Tour officials said.

No cause of death was listed. He is 30 years old.

“We are devastated – and heartbroken to share – to learn that PGA Tour player Grayson Murray passed away this morning. I am at a loss for words,” said PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. In a statement on Saturday.

Murray, a two-time PGA Tour winner, withdrew from Friday’s second round with two holes to play, citing an illness.

Earlier this year, Murray ended a six-and-a-half-year winless drought against former PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley and South Korea’s Ahn Pyeong-Hun at the Sony Open, which he admits he struggled with. Mental health and physical issues.

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Hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, Murray captured three IMG Junior World titles in 2006, ’07, and ’08 and was considered one of the best junior players in the world. At 16, he became the second-youngest man to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour, according to the PGA Tour, and at 19, he played in the 2013 US Open. He won the 2017 Barbazol Championship at the age of 23.

“Grayson was absolutely brilliant. Not only was he an incredible, thoughtful and generous boss, he was an even better friend,” his caddie Jay Green said in a statement. Brentley Romine of the Golf Channel. “He would literally do anything for anyone. He has a great family and my heart goes out to them. We will all miss him deeply.

In a statement to CNN, Murray’s agent Kevin Canning said, “We are saddened and saddened to learn of Grayson Murray’s sudden passing. Grayson has been a longtime member of the GSE family, and hearing the news this morning came as a shock to all of us.

And in an X post, former Masters winner Bubba Watson said he was “deeply saddened” to learn of Grayson’s death.

“I hugged you at the Masters and told you how proud I was of you,” he recalled. “Thank you for knowing you. My deepest sympathies to his family and friends at this difficult time. He will be missed.

Murray has been vocal about some of his struggles in his golf career, including alcohol. He spent some time in rehab Interview with PGAAnd struggled with anxiety.

“The news really hasn’t sunk in yet,” said world No. 1 Scotty Scheffler after his third round at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Saturday.

“I am thinking about his family and praying hard for all of them,” he told reporters. “I can’t imagine what a difficult time this has been. I’ve gotten to know Grayson better over the last six months, and yes, there really isn’t a way to put into words how sad and sad it is, but I’m thinking of his family.

2012 US Open winner Webb Simpson also paid tribute to Murray on Saturday, saying the two had a “long history” together.

“I think I first met Grayson at my home club when he was eight, maybe nine years old. He was the first winner of the Webb Simpson Challenge Junior tournament, which I’ve had for 14 years,” Simpson told reporters.

“So when you hear news like that on the phone, you don’t think it’s real at first, you know, you hear the emotion coming from our swing coach and you realize it’s real.

“But I know his mom was with him during the Wells Fargo Championship, and I think they hung out together, and I loved those two days we had together. So I’m very grateful to have spent some time with him before today’s bad news.

This story has been updated with additional information.

The Transportation Security Administration announced on Friday that it had screened more than 2.95 million airline passengers, setting a new single-day record.

In a post on X, Formerly known as Twitter, the agency said it screened 2,951,163 people at airport checkpoints nationwide on Saturday, beating the previous record of 2,907,378 set on the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year.

“If you flew yesterday, congratulations, you were part of a record-breaking day!” Lisa Farbstein, a spokeswoman for the TSA, said in a Separate post.

The TSA predicts Friday will be the busiest day for air travel ahead of the start of Memorial Day weekend, with nearly 3 million people expected to pass through airport checkpoints.

The TSA screened just under 2.9 million people Thursday, down about 11,000 from the previous record. Five of the 10 busiest travel days have come since May 16, the company said.

A Memorial Day weekend trip is also expected Break records on the roads.

The American Automobile Association, or AAA, warned that the roads could be more congested than ever before this weekend. More crowd than previous years. System, see Various economic factors and partners with other groups to plan travel conditions, declared An estimated 43.8 million people across the U.S. traveled at least 50 miles Thursday through Monday earlier this month. According to AAA, this would represent a 4% increase in overall travel compared to 2023.

“We haven’t seen Memorial Day weekend travel numbers like this in nearly 20 years,” Paula Twidale, AAA’s senior vice president of travel, said in a statement. “We’re expecting an extra million travelers this holiday weekend compared to 2019, which not only means we’re surpassing pre-pandemic levels, but also marks a very busy summer travel season.”

Emily Mae Czachor contributed to this report.

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After a fiery fourth-quarter performance in Game 1 as the Dallas Mavericks took a 1-0 lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Luka Doncic doubled down in Game 2 with another thrilling performance.

After trailing by 18 in the second quarter, Doncic again delayed the Mavs en route to a second-half comeback. Danczyk scored 32 points on 10-of-23 shooting from the field with five 3-pointers. Doncic finished with a triple-double in Game 2 with 13 assists and 10 boards.

Doncic capped off his performance with a game-winning shot over the Defensive Player of the Year. As the clock wound down, Doncic danced around Rudy Gobert before dunking over the big Frenchman for a deep 3-pointer. With three seconds left, Danzig barked Gobert to the floor as the target went center silent.

Following Donczyk’s shot to give the Mavs a 2-0 lead over the Timberwolves, Draymond Green reacted on Instagram. Doncic looked in the face of Jaden McDaniels before making a 3-pointer over Gobert.

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NASA has launched the first of two research satellites to measure how much heat is being lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica.

A shoebox-sized satellite Thrown away on Saturday at 7:42 p.m. local time (3:42 a.m. ET) on the Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab’s launch complex in Mahia, New Zealand. The company confirmed the successful launch of the satellite at 8:35 p.m. local time (4:35 a.m. ET).

The climate science mission, called Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment, or PREFIRE, aims to improve scientists’ understanding of how water vapor, clouds and other components of Earth’s atmosphere trap heat and prevent it from radiating into space.

The data collected will inform climate models and lead to better predictions of how a climate crisis will affect sea levels, weather, snow and ice. NASA said.

Earth absorbs more energy from the sun in tropical regions. Weather and ocean currents move that heat energy toward the poles, where the heat spreads upward into space. Much of that heat is in far-infrared wavelengths and has not been systematically measured before, NASA added.

PREFIRE is composed of two cubesats equipped with specialized miniature heat sensors. The launch date of the second satellite will be announced soon after the launch of the first satellite, NASA said.

Once they’re both launched, the two satellites will be in asynchronous polar orbits — passing over a specific location at different times and looking at the same area within hours.

Doing so should allow satellites to collect data on events that take place on shorter time scales and require more frequent measurements — such as how the amount of cloud cover affects Earth’s temperature.

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Friday Afternoon: Ugh, that’s too bad. Warner Bros.’ Anger 4 days is the lowest opening for a Memorial Day movie in 41 years $31M-$35M. How is that sacred? If the George Miller-directed prequel comes in on the low end, the last time a No. 1 movie or a Memorial Day opening title had a lower 4-day gross was in 1983. Return of the Jedi Earned $30.5M – a lot of money back then.

If Anger Hitting the high end of its current range with $35M, it was the lowest Memorial Day weekend opening since 1984. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, It made $33.9M. Gross income in those 80s was not adjusted for inflation.

Anger Looking at the rating $11M Today (including the preview) and around $27.5M 3,804 theaters for 3 days including IMAX. We gave Disney/Lucasfilm for all hell Solo: A Star Wars Story Zees, which had a $103M 4-day debut in the pre-Covid 2018 era, looks very rich in comparison. Before we pull Furiosa’s hand, we’ll let her live a little and see where the night and weekend take her before this Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth frontman becomes judge, jury and executioner.

RELATED: ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Review: Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy Take Dystopian Franchise to New Levels – Cannes Film Festival

It’s a little mind boggling how bad the pre-reception is anger, But dystopian motorcycle and truck tattooed gang movies in the desert aren’t for everyone. RelishMix shows mixed positive word of mouth on the film, despite a 37% increase in the social media universe for the sci-fi/action genre at 387M across TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube and Instagram. Hemsworth posts videos to his 97.6 million fans and 88.3 million views, as does Taylor-Joy, who has 62.7 million video views on Instagram to his 10.9 million fans.

I recently learned that Warner Bros. is all on Anger Co-funders like Village Roadshow engaged in 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road. The sequel cost $168M before P&A.

Meanwhile, Alcon/Sony’s Garfield movie is showing $8M Today (including the preview), $24M Friday-Sunday and $30M-$32M 4-day across 4,035 theaters including PLF. On a 3-day basis, that would be early 2004 Garfield: The Movie ($21.7M). That 20th Century Fox film ended its run at $75.3M. Remember when we told you that Garfield can win Anger? Well, some people don’t believe me to be true Anger There are Imax, Dolby, D-box and some PLFs.

Despite having a new children’s movie on the market, Paramount’s second weekend IF Screening in 4,068 theatres $4.5M Friday, Day 3 $16.8M-50%, 4-day $21.7Mand running totals $64.2M.

Fourth is the third weekend of 20th Century Studios Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes with $3.4M today, $12.8M 3-day, -50%, 4-day $16.3M and will run in total through Sunday $125.7M

Universal’s fourth weekend The Fall Guy Looking at 2,955 $1.55M today, $5.5M Fri-Sun, -34%, $7M 4-day and total run in fifth place $73.2M By the end of Sunday. The Ryan Gosling-Emily Blunt movie is available to buy and rent digitally.

Angel Studios vision 2,100 theaters are booking and collecting $1M today, $2.8M More than 3 days and $3.5M More than 4 days. The film stars Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen and follows the inspiring true story of Ming Wang, an impoverished Chinese prodigy who leaves Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in the United States. As he works to restore the sight of an orphan blinded by his stepfather, he must face the trauma of living through the violent upheaval of the Cultural Revolution in his youth.

Friday morning: Even though there are more films in the market, we are still feeling the after effects of the strikes. How is that? Many people still aren’t in the habit of watching movies, and while content is king, none of this weekend’s releases are expected to make a splash: one is a prequel/spinoff starring a new Oscar-winning actress, and the other is a family movie about an aging comic strip cat eating lasagna. Don’t expect a $200M+ four-day weekend like the last two Memorial Day holiday frames have delivered.

Frontispiece by George Miller of Warner Bros Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga It made $3.5M in 3,400 locations as it opened previews at 3 p.m.

of 2015 Max Max Fury Road Posting previews of $3.7M in May 2015, it opened at 7pm and took $45.4M that weekend, no. Opened at 2 p.m. The film opened with a multiple of 3.3 times. That is the belief in this film Queen’s Gambit Star Anya Taylor-Joy steps in for Charlize Theron in this desert dystopian epic about Mad Max’s sidekick (and Furiosa is arguably the last film’s bass, depending on who you ask). Anger It is expected to post $40M in its four days.

Unlike Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The big Hollywood premiere at Cannes last year was knifed by critics. Anger New in RT beat many with 89% certification. knock on wood, Anger The audience meter on Rotten Tomatoes is 96%. The Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth film is 4 1/2 stars and 70% recommended when ScreenEngine/ComScore post track exit. 68% males gave the film 87% marks while 32% females gave 81% marks. I hope all the good words will pay off during the Friday to Sunday period.

Meanwhile Alcon/Sony’s Garfield movie It posted $1.9M in shows that started at 3,243 locations at 2pm yesterday. That’s slightly higher than last Thursday’s IF previews of $1.75M. Garfield Expected to do $30M+ in four days. Garfield 37% rotten with RT critics. General audience 58%, parents 19% and children under 12 23%. General viewers gave the animated film 3 1/2 stars, while parents and children gave it 4 1/2 stars. Overall there are more women than men Garfield 55% to 45%.

Angel’s Studios vision Received 4 1/2 stars and 68% definite recommendation. Female weight is 64%. The 55+ demo came in at 47% – not surprising given the faith-based film.

Elsewhere, Paramounts IF First week ends with $42.5M, 8% behind the last PG live-action title, hop, It took $46.4M in its first week. The Universal film, mixed with CGI animation, ended its US/Canada run with $108M. No sequel is greenlit on the big screen. IF It hopes to drop -50% from its $33.7M opening. Hop -43% down. remember Hop An Easter title that played for three weeks over the holy weekend.

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Jaylen Brown tied his playoff career high with 40 points, five rebounds and two assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 126-110 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday. Brown, Derrick White (23) and Jayson Tatum (23) scored 86 of Boston’s 126 points as the Celtics now lead the series 2-0.

Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 28 points, five rebounds and two assists, and Tyrus Halliburton left in the fourth quarter with a sore left leg after 28 minutes of action. Indiana shot 52.4 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from 3-point range, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Boston, which shot 53.4 percent and 40.5 percent from 3.

The Pacers now return to Indiana without a series win, although they started the last round against the New York Knicks in a two-game hole before winning the series in seven games.

Boston has lost just two games during these playoffs, and no streak has lasted past five games.

Game 3 at Indiana is Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

Boston taps health

The Celtics are often viewed as a neat team, but their size and physicality took a toll in Game 2. They tallied 13 offensive rebounds, including 10 in the first half. They outscored the Pacers 54-34 in the paint and 18-13 in second-chance points.

Knack in Boston has long spent as much time as the team on the perimeter, sometimes at the expense of pressuring the rim, but the Celtics mostly played inside-out in this one. In this series, they should. Celtic guards are great. Their wings are large.

They have a significant muscle advantage at many positions in the series, especially on the perimeter. They capitalized on that in Game 2. Brown went down again and again. Jrue Holiday and White, protected by Indiana’s small backcourt, were both able to create big, efficient stat lines.

With Brown at the helm, the Celtics can get anywhere on the court they want. Boston ran away with Game 2 as the Pacers couldn’t get any stops.

The Pacers will need to do a better job of providing resistance against the physicality of the Celtics to make this a series in Indiana. Halliburton’s injury status is also a big factor. – Jay King, Celtics beat writer

The Celtics control the chaos

The Pacers offense was chaotic, forcing the Celtics defense to make countless reads and decisions throughout the night. It took some time for Boston to adjust, but the Celtics seemed to have control over the chaos in Game 2.

Halliburton’s injury took the wind out of Indiana’s sails, but the Celtics rarely seemed to fight back to keep the Pacers running.

Brown had electric scoring off the ball, but it was the playmaking of Holiday and White that kept Boston’s offense flowing when Brown wasn’t making smart shots. As the series continues, it’s becoming clear that Boston can rely on its guards to keep the offense going all night long.

The second unit was no slouch defensively as Oshe Brissett gave some solid minutes to the injured Luke Cornett. If Boston’s bench can hold up well, the Celtics will be in great shape heading back to Indianapolis. – Jared Weiss, Celtics beat writer

Indiana falls prey to the usual shortcomings

Going up against the league’s best team, the Pacers knew they had to be nearly perfect to somehow upset the Celtics and advance to the NBA Finals. On Thursday, the Pacers were far from perfect and made mistakes that usually don’t occur in the postseason.

In the first half, the Celtics grabbed 10 offensive rebounds and scored 12 second-chance points. In the third quarter, the Pacers failed to match up on defense several times and gave up easy conversion buckets.

In the fourth quarter, TJ McConnell rocketed a pass to Isaiah Jackson from five feet out, and the ball flew into the air for a Celtics steal. The Celtics deployed seldom-used forward Brissett as a center and he scored 15 points in nine minutes played as the Pacers struggled to find an answer to an unusual small-ball appearance.

But while all of those things were serious problems in Game 2, they paled in comparison to Halliburton’s exit from the game. If Halliburton re-aggravates the left hamstring injury that forced him to miss 10 games in mid-January, the Pacers are going to struggle to compete with the Celtics in this series. – Eric Nehm, senior NBA writer

Myles Turner threw up his hands in frustration. The Pacers center couldn’t believe he was whistled for his third foul with 4:11 left in the second quarter.

When Turner and Celtics center Al Horford collided near the baseline, Turner begged Indiana coach Rick Carlisle to challenge what appeared to be a questionable call.

When Turner finally sat on the sideline, his frustration with his teammates and assistant coaches was written all over his face.

The moment heralded a performance Turner would like to forget. After scoring 18 of his 23 points in the first half of Game 1, he went scoreless in the first half of Game 2.

Turner finally got on the board midway through the third quarter with a turnaround jumper that cut Boston’s lead to four points, but Indiana couldn’t overcome Turner’s rare off night in these playoffs.

Turner entered Thursday averaging 17.9 points. He finished Game 2 with eight points and four turnovers in 24 minutes.

Of all the players on the pacers’ list, Turner is the last to be reminded of just how great this run has been. As the team’s longest-tenured player, Turner took three years to get back to the playoffs, and he advanced past the first round until his sixth playoff appearance this season.

If the Pacers hope to avoid falling into an 0-3 hole, he’ll need to play much better in Game 3, especially since Halliburton is still concerned about the sore left foot that forced him out of Thursday’s game. — James Boyd, staff writer

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Thursday’s White House invitation list State dinner Including celebrities, politicians and associates of the President President Joe Biden And the first female doctor. Jill Biden The red carpet was rolled out for Kenyan President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Rudo.

Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, actor Lever Burton, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are among the special guests attending the official State Dinner.

The state visit is one of the most high-profile diplomatic tools the White House can use to honor a top ally, as the meticulously planned event looms as Biden seeks to emphasize the strong alliance between the two countries.

“There is a bright light in the White House tonight,” Biden told the Kenyan president during his dinner. “Jill and I are proud to have you here.”

He joked that there were “many members of the African diaspora,” including former President Barack Obama, who is “now gone” at the black-tie event on Thursday. Biden said Obama was “very gracious” and met Ruto earlier on Thursday.

The former president attended a reception in the Blue Room before the state dinner and stopped briefly inside the dinner area, his office said. Obama, who was born in Kenya, visited the country as president in 2015, left office and returned in 2018.

Biden said the United States has “strong respect” for Kenya and recalled former President Jimmy Carter hosting Kenyan leaders for the first time.

He ended with an Irish toast, “Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand – to Kenya, to our guests.”

During his toast, Ruto asked attendees to raise a glass to President Biden and the First Lady “to the continued well-being and longevity”.

Thursday night’s dinner is even Hollywood — actors Wilmer Valderrama and Sean Penn are among the invitees, and Burton told reporters it was his first state dinner.

The dinner will be held in a “transparent pavilion” on the South Lawn, decorated with more than 1,000 candles, according to the first lady’s office. Guests will be served three courses – first a chilled Heirloom Tomato Soup. White House executive chef Chris Comerford says the main course for Thursday’s dinner will be the “best of both worlds” of butter-poached lobster and smoked beef short ribs.

Sports commissioners Goodall and Silver were among the guests invited to the state dinner on Thursday night. The NFL held a talent identification camp in Kenya last year aimed at expanding its “NFL Africa” ​​program. Press release from that time. NBA Africa has a “subsidiary” in Kenya, which is set to open in November 2023to the league.

Invited guests to Thursday night’s dinner included philanthropist Melinda French Gates and former longtime META chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg.

Country star Brad Paisley and the Howard Gospel Choir will provide entertainment. Paisley wore a white cowboy hat as she entered the White House on Thursday evening.

Some members of Congress were also invited to the dinner, including Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Veronica Escobar of Texas, and GOP Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas.

The Reverend Al Sharpton was also invited to the dinner and told reporters that “Democracy is going to win in 2024” when asked if the president would win re-election.

CNN’s Bianna Golodryga was invited to Thursday’s dinner, as were Lester Holt of NBC News and Darlene Superville of the Associated Press.

President George W. This is the first time a US president has hosted an African leader on a state visit since February 2008, when Bush hosted the president of Ghana. Thursday night’s dinner was the sixth state dinner Biden has hosted since taking office.

This story has been updated with additional updates.

CNN’s Bestie Klein and Kevin Lipdock contributed to this report.

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The European Space Agency (ESA) is releasing five new images from the Euclid Space Telescope today (May 23). And if the collection of previous films is anything to go by – space fans should be in for an absolute treat.

“Five new portraits of our universe were captured during Euclid’s early observational phase, each revealing exciting new science.” ESA officials said in a statement. “Euclid’s ability to unravel the mysteries of the universe is something you won’t want to miss.”