 Angeles 104-101 to send the Lakers to their fourth consecutive loss.
A statement released on by Bryant's attorneys said only that the matter had been resolved "to the satisfaction of both parties."
"The parties and their attorneys have agreed that no further comments about the matter can or will be made," the statement said. A motion for dismissal stipulating that the case can never be refiled was filed simultaneously in Denver federal court.
Asked about the settlement after the game, Bryant asked, "Anybody with basketball questions, gentlemen?"
Pressed a few minutes later, he again declined to comment and Lakers spokeswoman Allison Bogli said, "Basketball questions only."
The agreement probably spells out financial penalties for revealing any details, said Steve Cron, a Los Angeles attorney familiar with celebrity cases.
"It's in both parties' interests to have this remain confidential," he said. "That's one of the incentives for them to settle: He didn't have to do a deposition, the lurid details wouldn't be posted on some Web site. She didn't have to face the rigors of having a deposition by his lawyers and she'll gain some privacy as well."
The lawsuit, filed three weeks before the criminal case against the NBA star collapsed last summer, sought unspecified damages for mental injuries, public scorn and humiliation the woman said she has suffered since their June 2003 encounter at the Vail-area hotel where she worked. The woman, now pregnant and married, has not commented publicly on the case.
In Wednesday's Lakers-Celtics game, Paul Pierce had 29 points and nine rebounds, Ricky Davis scored 29 points and Antoine Walker had 16 with 13 rebounds in his first game in Boston since being reacquired at the trading deadline. The rejuvenated Celtics have won three straight since then and six straight at home overall.
"This is the great thing about this team, that I love," Walker said. "I don't necessarily have to score 25 points for us to win."
Chucky Atkins had 29 points, scoring 14 in the final 5:26 to keep the Lakers in the game and Bryant finished with 26, making nine of 24 shots -- 0-for-6 in the fourth, when he complained of a sore right ankle.
"If it was bothering him a lot, I am sure he would have asked out. But he is a tough guy. He is not going to ask out in many situations," Lakers coach Frank Hamblen said.
Nets 99, 76ers 93
In Philadelphia, Vince Carter scored 26 of his 32 points in the second half, and Clifford Robinson added 18 points to lead New Jersey over Philadelphia.
Allen Iverson scored 37 points for Philadelphia, and Chris Webber had only 10 in his worst performance in three games for the 76ers. Philadelphia has lost three of four since acquiring Webber from Sacramento last week.
SuperSonics 103, Cavaliers 86
In Cleveland, Ray Allen scored 31 points, Vladimir Radmanovic hit five 3-pointers and Seattle spoiled Dan Gilbert's first game as the Cavaliers' owner.
Allen made three 3s and the surprising Sonics, one of the NBA's best outside shooting teams, went 10-of-17 from behind the arc to win their 40th game this season and improve to 5-1 -- 4-1 on the road -- since the All-Star break.London has come out tops in an index of cities best-suited to vegetarians, with Dublin landing a very creditable 26th in the list of world cities that cater to those on a plant-based diet.
- London is the highest ranking city in the index, scoring strongly for the affordability of fruits and vegetables and its number of vegetarian-friendly restaurants. Berlin and Munich rank second and third.
- Edinburgh has the most vegetarian-friendly restaurants per population, followed by Munich and Ubud.
- Taipei tops the list for the average rating of its top 10 vegetarian restaurants, beating Detroit and Tokyo.
- London ranks #1 for vegetarian festivals and events, ahead of New York and Chicago.
- Dublin ranks 26 out of 75.
According a survey by housing platform Nestpick, London topped a list of 200 global cities considering factors such as the price of fruits, vegetables and plant-based protein products, as well as the number and quality of restaurants catering for vegetarian choices.
The study began by considering over 200 cities that are popular for relocation and have a good reputation with vegetarians. Cities were removed where comparable data could not be obtained, resulting in an index of 75 of the most vegetarian-friendly cities. Nestpick then considered which factors are most important for vegetarians to live a happy and healthy life.
These factors included the affordability of maintaining a plant-based diet; the availability and quality of vegetarian restaurants; and the number of vegetarian events and festivals in each location.
Dublin’s overall score of 94.55 put it just behind Miami (94.65) but ahead of Cape Town, Madrid and the US capital, Washington, DC. Check out the complete survey here.
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How cute, I love itMIAMI (AP) – The Pan American Health Organization has held talks with the governments of developed countries and has asked them to donate their surplus coronavirus vaccines to Latin America and the Caribbean.
“We have emphasized the great needs of our region and its commitment,” PAHO Director Carissa Etienne said in a virtual conference. “We urge other countries to make similar commitments,” he said, referring to two recent donation announcements made by Spain and the United States.
Etienne’s statements come as infections and deaths increase in the region. In the last week, more than 1.4 million people contracted COVID-19 in the Americas and more than 36,000 died. This means that one in four deaths worldwide has been in the region, according to PAHO.
In addition, most countries have had difficulty obtaining vaccines, which have been monopolized by developed nations.
Spain recently announced that it will donate Latin America at least 7.5 million doses starting in July, when it expects to have at least half of its population immunized.
Etienne said that these doses will be distributed through the COVAX mechanism, created by the United Nations and other international organizations so that all countries have equitable access to the doses, but has been criticized for not having achieved its objective.
PAHO, through the Vaccine Revolving Fund, will supervise the distribution, but so far no specific country has been designated to receive them.
PAHO “will propose a strategy that is focused on equity, with special consideration for countries that have