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NEW YORK (AP) — Boston’s Marcus Smart is the first guard in over a quarter-century to win the NBA defensive player of the year award. NBA officials announced the award Monday. The last guard to win this honor was Seattle’s Gary Payton in 1995-96. Smart helped the Celtics lead the NBA in defensive rating and
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By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The bankruptcy filing in Texas puts civil litigation on
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By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has surged in recent weeks as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers. Immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border in
Continue Reading By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has surged in recent weeks as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers. Immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border in
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has failed to get enough votes to pass a constitutional reform limiting private and foreign firms in the electrical power industry. The reforms would have undone much of the market opening in power generation carried out by his predecessor in 2013. The lower house of
Continue Reading STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old girl has been stabbed to death on a high school campus in an apparently random attack. Police and school district officials say the girl was stabbed several times at about 11 a.m. Monday at Stagg High School in Stockton in California’s Central Valley. She died at a
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los fans de Marvel por fin tienen lo que tanto esperaban: el estudio acaba de publicar el primer avance de su esperada película de verano, “Thor: Love and Thunder”. Protagonizada por Chris Hemsworth como Thor, Chris Pratt como Peter Quill de “Guardians of the Galaxy” y Tessa Thompson como la heroica
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some ordinary people got to let the Kardashians hear exactly how they feel about them in a Los Angeles courtroom. Kim Kardashian and three other members of the famous family sat in on jury selection Monday in a lawsuit brought against them by Blac Chyna,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jonny Hallam, Brad Lendon, Uliana Pavlova and Ivana Kottasová, CNN New photos and a short video clip emerged early Monday on social media showing Russia’s guided-missile cruiser, the Moskva, badly damaged and on fire in the hours before the ship sunk in the Black Sea on Thursday. The sinking of the Black Sea
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic is out again for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Utah Jazz. Mavs coach Jason Kidd said before Monday night’s game that the young superstar is continuing to make progress in his recovery from a strained left calf.
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — The silver lining to the back injury that sidelined Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez for most of the season is that it made him fresher for the playoffs. The 7-footer is healthy now and eager to help the Bucks defend their title. He’s already shown he
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN Three sailors from the USS George Washington aircraft carrier were found dead in less than one week, the Navy said, as the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and local authorities investigate the deaths. One sailor was found unresponsive on board the carrier last Friday, while two other sailors were
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN Despite pleas from members of Congress, advocacy groups and some members of the public, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke will not face federal charges for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke was sentenced in 2019 to nearly seven years in prison for killing McDonald and was
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke big man Mark Williams is entering the NBA draft. The 7-foot-1, 242-pound sophomore announced his decision in a social media video Monday evening. Williams is ranked as the No. 18 draft prospect by ESPN. He was a finalist for national defensive player of the year. Williams averaged 11.2
Continue Reading SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed defensive lineman Kemoko Turay to a one-year deal. Turay was originally drafted by Indianapolis in the second round in 2018 and spent the past four seasons with the Colts. Turay played 13 games last season and finished with nine tackles, a career-high 5 1/2
Continue Reading SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed defensive lineman Kemoko Turay to a one-year deal. Turay was originally drafted by Indianapolis in the second round in 2018 and spent the past four seasons with the Colts. Turay played 13 games last season and finished with nine tackles, a career-high 5 1/2
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is flush with cash but weeks into an impasse at the Legislature over the coming year’s state budget. As a result, Republican leaders are looking at unusual solutions to try to break the logjam. Republicans hold just one-vote majorities in both the Senate and House and
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By Rachel Ramirez The Colorado River — which provides drinking water, irrigation and electricity for more than 40 million people in the West — is the most endangered river in the United States this year, according to the nonprofit conservation group American Rivers. From the Pacific Northwest to Alabama, American Rivers ranked the top 10
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter has indicated that it’s not interested in being bought by the world’s richest man without a fight. The social network’s board made a defensive maneuver that could thwart Elon Musk’s takeover bid, but he still has a range of options that suggest this Silicon Valley showdown is likely
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter has indicated that it’s not interested in being bought by the world’s richest man without a fight. The social network’s board made a defensive maneuver that could thwart Elon Musk’s takeover bid, but he still has a range of options that suggest this Silicon Valley showdown is likely far
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