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The waiting game continues in Portland and nationally as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs legal arguments over whether President Donald Trump can legally send National Guard troops to the city. There’s no deadline on the court’s ruling, though judges expressed skepticism of Oregon Judge Karin J. Immergut’s earlier decision to block the troop deployment during oral arguments …

Michael Page is known for having a tricky, difficult-to-deal-with style, but even he has to tip his cap to UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis. This Saturday’s UFC 319 headliner sees du Plessis defend his middleweight title against the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev. Du Plessis is yet to lose inside the octagon, having compiled a 9-0 UFC record, with wins over …

Burmese pythons can grow up to 19 feet (almost six metres) in length. Such a big body requires big meals. They eat prey as large as cattle – and they eat them whole. No tearing into bite-size chunks, no chewing. Everything goes down all at once, bones and all. Snakes that are fed a boneless diet suffer from calcium deficiency, so digesting skeletons is important for their health. But how they avoid absorbing …