By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Candace Parker always said she’d know when it would be time to retire. That day came Sunday. The three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist announced on social media that her career was over after 16 seasons. “The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time,”
Continue ReadingBy GERALD HERBERT Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gerald Herbert insists on making sure he provides the best coverage possible when photographing New Orleans’ NBA team. That means laboriously hanging remote cameras in the Pelicans’ arena hours before every home game. For their game against the Lakers on April 17, Herbert got a sweet
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Candace Parker always said she’d know when it would be time to retire. That day came Sunday. The three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist announced on social media that her career was over after 16 seasons. “The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time,”
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The White House on Sunday said President Joe Biden had again spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a cease-fire in
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard has been ruled out of Sunday’s Game 4 of a first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks, with no timetable for his return from right knee inflammation. Leonard played in the second and third games of the series after missing the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The summer movie season may kick off next weekend, but the release calendar is still a work in progress. The latest movie to shift spots is Sony’s comic book film “Kraven the Hunter,” which will now open in December instead of on Labor Day weekend. The studio announced the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The summer movie season may kick off next weekend, but the release calendar is still a work in progress. The latest movie to shift spots is Sony’s comic book film “Kraven the Hunter,” which will now open in December instead of on Labor Day weekend. The studio announced the
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Three people are dead in Oklahoma after tornadoes swept through the state, leveling buildings and knocking out power for tens of thousands of residents. Hughes County Emergency Medical Services says one of the deceased was a child and that four other people were injured. Dozens of
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and MARGERY BECK Associated Press Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as schools with graduation ceremonies next month face demands they cut financial ties to Israel because of the Israel-Hamas war. Many campuses were largely quiet over the weekend but protesters on both sides of the issue shouted and shoved each other
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and MARGERY BECK Associated Press Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as schools with graduation ceremonies next month face demands they cut financial ties to Israel because of the Israel-Hamas war. Many campuses were largely quiet over the weekend but protesters on both sides of the issue shouted and shoved each other
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Candace Parker, a 3-time WNBA champion and 2-time league MVP, announces retirement.
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Sam Fossum and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday primarily discussed the release of hostages in Gaza, a source familiar with their phone call said. A White House readout of the call earlier Sunday said Biden had reiterated his “clear position” on
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say they have identified a man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies after he sped toward them in a vehicle as the officers were serving a search warrant in a Memphis neighborhood. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the man who died Friday was 30-year-old James Q. Hampton. Shelby
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s troops have been forced to make a tactical retreat from three villages in the embattled east, the country’s army chief said Sunday, warning of a worsening battlefield situation as Ukrainian forces wait for much-needed arms from a huge U.S. aid package to reach combat zones.
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — There’s been a notion in the NBA for years, one that says the game changes when the postseason rolls around. Joe Mazzulla disagrees. In the eyes of the Boston coach, nothing really changes from the regular season to the playoffs. It’s a game. Show up and
Continue ReadingBy Tareq Alhelou, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Zeena Saifi, CNN Rafah (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinian students and children staged a display of solidarity at a demonstration in southern Gaza on Sunday to express gratitude for the support seen on US college campuses in recent weeks. Video from the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — There’s a tendency in this heated political climate to simply reject people who are saying false things and to write off conspiracy theorists writ large. But as the US approaches the third straight election in which misinformation — and the fight against it — is expected
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Carey and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin’s forces have made further gains in at least three locations along the eastern front in Ukraine – including for the first time in several months an advance in the northern Kharkiv region – highlighting again Kyiv’s need for ammunition and weapons from the
Continue ReadingSANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say 10 people were wounded by gunfire when an argument turned violent at a venue for parties and other private events. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday no life-threatening injuries resulted from the shooting shortly after midnight Sunday. A statement from the sheriff’s office says a 16-year-old
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