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A hunting party shoots him — the first hint that this version of The Creature is not merely hard to kill but possibly incapable of dying at all.

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Part of the shooting slump could be Reaves’ early struggles from three-point range.

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The shooting appears to be a case of domestic violence, officials said.

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The 49-year-old libertarian MP, who has been compared to Argentina's Javier Milei for his plans to radically downsize the state, campaigned as an outsider who shoots from the hip on crime, communism and family values.

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Milwaukee made 11 of their 15 three-pointers in the second half, but even as the Bucks' shooting improved the Lakers had an answer for every run they made.

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