The NBA’s new play-in tournament begins on Tuesday night, and it took until the 146th and final day of this compressed season to determine who is going where for the playoffs.

The Eastern Conference matchups are set: No. 7 Boston will play host to No. 8 Washington, and No. 9 Indiana will play host to No.

10 Charlotte in the NBA’s first elimination game this season. Both of those games are Tuesday. The Boston-Washington winner goes straight to the playoffs as the East’s No.

7 seed; the loser of that game will play host to the Indiana-Charlotte winner on Thursday to determine the East’s No. 8 seed and who will face top-seeded Philadelphia in Round 1.

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Bethesda chocolate shop selling chocolate covered cicada treats

BETHESDA, Md. - A Bethesda chocolate shop is using the talk of the town – the arrival of Brood X – for a special marketing effort.READ MORE: DC area restaurant and hospitality industry begins to bounce back but struggles with hiring helpChouquette is not only selling Brood X themed treats – the shop is now offering chocolate covered cicadas.READ MORE: People are now eating cicadas found in their backyard - and you can tooThe new item is "not a joke," according to the shop’s website, noting that the cicadas were gathered locally from Silver Spring, Gaithersburg, and Potomac.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe shop is asking customers to order three to five days ahead of time for the chocolate covered

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Biden gets hurricane season briefing at FEMA, doubles funding for extreme weather

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters on Monday to receive a briefing on the 2021 hurricane season and announced plans to increase funding to better prepare for extreme weather events.Biden received a briefing on FEMA’s preparedness efforts during his visit.

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COVID-19 Scan for May 24, 2021

Increased age and underlying medical conditions were associated with a greater likelihood for more severe COVID-19 infections in pregnant women, according to a study late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases.The researchers used the Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mother

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‘A good sign’: Nova Scotia reports 49 new COVID-19 cases, lowest number in a month

‘These losses touch us all’: Nova Scotia reports five COVID-19-related deaths in last three days “The number of positive cases being reported today is lower,” said Strang in a release.“While that is a good sign, our testing numbers are also down today. Our testing centres are open, and I encourage those that are out to stop in and get tested.”Nova Scotia Health labs completed 4,364 tests on Sunday, the lowest number of new daily tests since April 19.A further 98 people have recovered from COVID-19 and the number of active cases in the province has fallen to 894.

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Bystanders save man from drowning off Daytona Beach

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bystanders at a Central Florida beach saved a man from drowning, authorities said Sunday.

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EU mulls response to Belarus diverting plane to nab reporter

BRUSSELS – Angry European Union leaders were set to consider a joint response Monday to Belarus' diversion of a plane traveling between EU member nations in order to arrest a prominent Belarusian opposition journalist.

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One more thrill: Phil Mickelson wins at 50 in raucous PGA

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – Standing on the 18th tee with a two-shot lead in a championship he refused to imagine himself winning, Phil Mickelson took one last violent swing with a driver — the club that betrayed him 15 years earlier in the U.S. Open.

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Japan opens mass vaccination centers 2 months before Games

TOKYO – Japan mobilized military doctors and nurses to give shots to elderly people in Tokyo and Osaka on Monday as the government desperately tries to accelerate its vaccination rollout and curb coronavirus infections just two months before hosting the Olympics.

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No one's safe anymore: Japan's Osaka city crumples under Covid onslaught

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Bergeron, Pastrnak and Bruins finish off Capitals in 5 games

WASHINGTON – Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak dazzled on offense, Tuukka Rask was rock solid in net and the Boston Bruins are moving on to the second round of the playoffs.

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50 thumbs up! Celebrities react on Twitter to Phil Mickelson making history by winning PGA Championship

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Avalanche complete 4-game sweep of Blues with 5-2 win

ST. LOUIS – Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves and Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Colorado Avalanche completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 5-2 win Sunday in Game 4 of the West Division series.

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Tatis slam, 6 RBIs, Padres beat M's, sweep 9-game homestand

SAN DIEGO – Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice, including a 447-foot grand slam, and drove in six runs for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Seattle Mariners 9-2 Sunday to sweep a nine-game homestand.

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Suns' Paul dealing with shoulder injury vs. Lakers

PHOENIX – Phoenix Suns All-Star point guard Chris Paul is dealing with a right shoulder injury during his team's playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

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National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol

WASHINGTON – Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. 6 insurrection, National Guard troops were set to leave and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police.

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Poll: Over 1 billion people worldwide unwilling to get COVID-19 vaccine, global herd immunity at risk

WASHINGTON - A recent Gallup poll estimated that more than 1 billion people across the globe were unwilling to get the COVID-19 vaccine during the first year of the pandemic, making it harder for the world to reach herd immunity.Researchers surveyed 116 countries and calculated only 68% of adults were willing to get inoculated, still below the 70-90% scientists believe is needed to reach herd immunity.The survey also revealed that 32% of adults, or 1.3 billion people, said they would not take the vaccine.When broken down by individual countries, Myanmar had the highest percentage of adults willing to get the vaccine at 96%. Kazakhstan had the lowest at 25%.

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Dixon knocks two budding young stars from Indy 500 pole

INDIANAPOLIS – Scott Dixon slammed the brakes on IndyCar's current youth movement by winning his fourth Indianapolis 500 pole by a mere 0.03 seconds on Sunday.

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Teen saves toddler from drowning at pool party

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. - On Mother's Day weekend, Randy Brown's years of swimming lessons saved a toddler's life.The 13-year-old saved a 2-year-old boy, whose body was spotted by the child's mother at the bottom of a pool. "She was screaming at the side of the pool and was like, ‘There’s my son,'" Brown said.Brown said he swam to the bottom of the pool and pulled the boy up to the surface. People performed CPR and revived the boy. The toddler survived the ordeal.

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DeLand man, 95, drowns in his swimming pool, deputies say

DELAND, Fla. – A 95-year-old DeLand man drowned in the pool at his home Friday, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc out of Monaco GP after taking pole

Charles Leclerc’s chances of winning his home race from pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix are over after he pulled out shortly before the start Sunday because of a gearbox problem.

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India trying to save vaccines by delaying shots for Covid patients: Report

NEW DELHI: India is trying to save scarce Covid-19 vaccines by delaying shots for those who have recovered from the disease, the head of a government panel said, adding the campaign should not have been opened to all adults before covering the most vulnerable.Under fire for his handling of the world's worst rise in coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made all adults eligible for vaccination from May 1.Vaccine shortages have now forced many regions, including the capital New Delhi, to again prioritise those aged above 45.The federal government on Wednesday said patients should go for their vaccination three months after recovery, compared with the earlier recommendation of about one month.

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Drop in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy helps Canada play catch up

Canada’s slow and bumpy COVID-19 vaccine rollout hasn’t deterred people from getting their jab. As Jamie Maraucher reports, the country has administered more first doses than the U.S., suggesting vaccine hesitancy is declining.

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Suns draw defending champ Lakers in return to NBA playoffs

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns plowed through the regular season in impressive fashion, breaking an 11-year playoff drought by finishing with the second-most wins in the entire league.

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NASCAR's Elliott still chasing 1st win of season in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas – NASCAR is set to race the Circuit of the Americas for the first time and all eyes are on both Chase Elliott and an unsettling weather forecast of rain that could make the inaugural Texas Grand Prix a wild one.

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76ers trust playoff process leads to 1st NBA title since '83

PHILADELPHIA – Daryl Morey posed for a photo in a bookstore wearing a T-shirt of the Liberty Bell emblazoned with a “Come To Philly For The Crack” slogan and held a copy of “Basketball for Dummies.”

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NBA tells head coaches they can go without masks in games

Just in time for the playoffs, the NBA told its head coaches Saturday they may work without masks during games if they have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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Majority of Canadians support COVID-19 vaccine passports for concerts, travel: Ipsos poll

A poll conducted exclusively for Global News by Ipsos found that a majority of Canadians supported using COVID-19 vaccine passports in order to travel, attend university or go to a concert.

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Ferrari's Leclerc takes pole for Monaco GP, Verstappen 2nd

Charles Leclerc won the first pole for Ferrari since 2019 despite crashing with 18 seconds remaining to end Saturday qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix.

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Subtropical storm Ana becomes first named storm of 2021 hurricane season

ORLANDO, Fla. – For the seventh straight year, a system has developed in the Atlantic basin prior to the official start of hurricane season.

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Cardinal Pell eyes a Vatican scandal he suspected long ago

ROME – Cardinal George Pell is enjoying his first Roman spring since being exonerated of sex abuse charges in his native Australia: He receives visitors to his Vatican flat, sips midday Aperol Spritz’s at the outdoor cafe downstairs and keeps up religiously with news of a Holy See financial scandal that he suspected years ago.

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Snowbirds prepare for flying season some thought would never happen

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are finalizing preparations for their coming show season in Comox on Vancouver Island. The world-famous team plans 19 stops in 2021. But the ongoing pandemic means the schedule is in near-constant flux.

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Avalanche's Nazem Kadri suspended 8 games for hit to head

NEW YORK – Colorado Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri was suspended for eight games by the NHL on Friday night for a head shot on St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Faulk in Game 2 of a first-round playoff series.

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NOAA predicts active hurricane season as forecasters eye 2 Atlantic disturbances

LOS ANGELES - Coming off a record hurricane season in 2020, the United States should brace for another busy year, according to the NOAA — and forecasters are already tracking two disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center announced the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season outlook this week and predicted it will be another above-normal season. "Forecasters predict a 60% chance of an above-normal season, a 30% chance of a near-normal season, and a 10% chance of a below-normal season," NOAA wrote in its outlook released Thursday.But experts do not anticipate the historic level of storm activity seen in 2020.

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Phil being Phil: Mickelson takes lead in PGA Championship

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – The image has become familiar over the years. Phil Mickelson holes a birdie putt and drops that left fist in tempered celebration as he makes his run up the leaderboard in a major.

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News Scan for May 21, 2021

While one in four Washington, DC, child care facilities reported at least one COVID-19 case from July to December 2020, only 5.8% had COVID-19 facility-associated outbreaks, according to yesterday's Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report. A facility-associated outbreak was defined as two or more lab-confirmed cases at a child care site within 14 days.Out of 469 child care facilities in DC, 112 (23.9%) submitted 2

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Tim Tebow has the top 5 best-selling items in NFL online shop

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One day back in the NFL and Tim Tebow has the best-selling jersey in the NFL, News 6 partner WJXT-TV reported.

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Gator mating season can cause reptiles to look for love in odd places

It you pay attention to local news in Florida -- and we hope you do -- then you’ve likely noticed an increase in alligator-related news.

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Double take: Teen twins 1st to sign in pro hoops prep league

Teenage twins from Florida are skipping college basketball to become the first to sign with a new basketball league created for standout high school players.

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A new reason to swipe right? Dating apps adding vax badges

WASHINGTON – The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who've gotten their coronavirus shots.

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AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.

A year after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority of Americans say racism and police violence are serious problems facing the nation. Yet relatively few believe attention in the past year to the issues has led to positive change.

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South Korea’s fix for Covid-19 vaccine shortages: Ask U.S. for a swap

SEOUL: South Korea has a wealthy-country solution to alleviate its delayed rollout of Covid-19 vaccines: propose a swap with the U.S., which has one of the world’s biggest supplies.With its president visiting the White House on Friday, South Korea is expected to suggest an exchange of millions of doses on a one-for-one basis: The U.S. provides vaccinations now from its growing pile of unused shots.

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Embiid a finalist for NBA's MVP, Simmons in running for Defensive Player of the Year

PHILADELPHIA, PA - FEBRUARY 27: Ben Simmons #25 and Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers look on against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Wells Fargo Center on February 27, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges PHILADELPHIA - Denver’s Nikola Jokic finished ninth in the MVP voting last season.

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Macron, in swipe at Turkey, says NATO must commit to values

BRUSSELS – French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that NATO leaders must make a clear, unequivocal commitment to the military organization’s values and rules at a summit next month — a thinly veiled swipe at Turkey’s conduct within the alliance.

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Eyes now on 2 systems as hurricane season approaches

ORLANDO, Fla. – There are two areas of low pressure that are a concern in the tropics.

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Piers Morgan slammed for 'shameful' mental health swipe at Prince Harry documentary

Piers Morgan has faced an online backlash after lashing out again at Prince Harry over his latest interview with Oprah - calling him a "little berk".The former Good Morning Britain host, 56, ruffled feathers when he shared his view on Harry's new TV documentary which aired this morning (21 May) on Apple TV+ and focuses on mental health issues - called The Me You Can't See.In the documentary series, the Duke of Sussex opens up to Oprah Winfrey about his personal mental health battle and life in the royal family - and has revealed that he suffered from panic attacks after his mother Princess Diana's death.In the first episode of the series, entitled Say It Out Loud, Harry shared that he was "just all over the place mentally" whilst speaking

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Fiancé arrested in homicide of popular tattoo shop employee

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – An arrest has been made in the homicide of Alicia Campitelli, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

As regular season ends, NBA's play-in games take shape

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