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By PAT GRAHAM and DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writers DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets remain hopeful that center Nikola Jokic receives no additional punishment by the league after he made contact in the stands with Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia. Ishbia feels the same way. On his Twitter account Monday, Ishbia praised his team’s

By PAT GRAHAM and DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writers DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets remain in a holding pattern as they await the league’s decision on possible disciplinary action after center Nikola Jokic made contact in the stands with Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia. A fine could be in line Monday for the two-time

By COLLEEN LONG and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press

By REBECCA SANTANA and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Under a set of white tents at the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, dozens of Venezuelan men waited. Some sat on curbs and others leaned on metal barricades. When the gates eventually opened, the long line of men filed slowly up the pedestrian

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Denver Nuggets — understandably — were putting a huge share of their defensive pressure and attention on Phoenix’s high-scoring duo of Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in the fourth quarter of Game 4 on Sunday night. “We were trying to make other guys beat us

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Denver Nuggets All-Star center Nikola Jokic was assessed a technical foul in the second quarter of Game 4 on Sunday after an altercation with Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia. Late in the second quarter, Suns guard Josh Okogie crashed into the seats while trying to save

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Washington Nationals rallied in the ninth inning to take the lead for the second straight game. This one ended in elation instead of heartbreak. Joey Meneses hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Miguel Castro and had four RBIs, lifting the Washington Nationals

PHOENIX (AP) — Five inmates at a Maricopa County jail have been treated and released from hospitals after overdosing, according to authorities. County Sheriff’s officials said the overdoses occurred Saturday at the Towers Jail in Phoenix. The 720-bed facility houses medium security general population inmates, and most are un-sentenced, pre-trial detainees. A sheriff’s spokesman said

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Aljamain Sterling landed enough stiff knees and elbows in a split-decision victory against a battered Henry Cejudo that the punishment may push the former UFC two-division champion back into retirement. Moments after winning his ninth straight bout and surviving his latest 135-pound championship title defense

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had four hits, including a tying homer in the ninth, and pinch-hitter Pavin Smith walked with the bases loaded to force in the winning run as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Washington Nationals 8-7 on Saturday night. Gurriel hit his third homer of the

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden showed in Game 1 he could still be as great once as he ever was in his prime. The Beard just overall these days isn’t as great as he once was in his halcyon days with Houston. Harden’s occasional big postseason games for the

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Eight people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Chandler on Saturday that shut down part of a state highway on the outskirts of Phoenix. Multiple children were among the eight people hospitalized after a sedan and a small truck collided sometime before 6 a.m. near the intersection of State

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts released veteran quarterback Nick Foles on Friday, saving about $2 million in salary cap space while creating room for the 12 rookies it added last week in the draft. Foles lost both of his starts in 2022, his only season with the Colts. He left the second game with

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican lawmaker Liz Harris who was previously expelled will not be sent back to the Arizona House of Representatives, Maricopa County officials announced Friday. The county’s Board of Supervisors instead selected Republican Julie Willoughby to replace her, despite Republican precinct committee members in her legislative district giving Harris the most votes. “In

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Native Americans whose relatives have gone missing or been killed wore red on Friday, a color synonymous with raising awareness about the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who have been victims of violence. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day is held on May 5

By MARGARET STAFFORD, TARA COPP and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of eight military bases, under a proposed rule change that follows a Chinese firm’s attempt to build a plant near an Air Force base in