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MIAMI (AP) — The play-in tournament field is set, and just like that the postseason has arrived in the NBA. First up: an elimination game in Charlotte. The ninth-place Hornets will take on the 10th-place Miami Heat on Tuesday night (7:30 p.m. Eastern) in a win-or-go-home game to open the play-in tournament. The rest of …
DALLAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg’s standout rookie season ended slightly prematurely after the No. 1 pick of the Dallas Mavericks limped to the locker room in the finale against Chicago and was ruled out with an ankle sprain Sunday night. Flagg winced as he left the court favoring his left ankle in the second quarter, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor, as the Trump administration pursues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while preparing a naval blockade of Iranian ports. The …
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian voters will have to wait until at least Monday to learn the outcome of Sunday’s presidential election after the process was mired with logistical issues that even left thousands of people in the country and abroad unable to cast ballots. The problems prompted electoral authorities to allow more than 52,000 …
LIMA, April 12 (Reuters) – Right-leaning candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is leading Peru’s presidential race with 23.4% of the votes, early results of the official vote count showed Sunday. Center-left candidate Jorge Nieto trailed with 16.4% of votes, with 5% of ballots counted. A third candidate, right-wing Keiko Fujimori, had 16.1% of the votes. If …
WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) – U.S. Democrats celebrated the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-election-2026-live-viktor-orbans-fidesz-faces-challenge-opposition-peter-2026-04-12/ on Sunday, while President Donald Trump’s https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump/ allies and Republican peers offered a more mixed response to the loss nL1N40V01B of the leader that Trump had endorsed. Trump had backed Orban leading up to the vote, even speaking …
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo said it was “disrespectful” for Milwaukee to bench him over the final weeks of the season while he said he was healthy enough to play, a stinging rebuke of the franchise as he enters a stay-or-leave offseason. Antetokounmpo was the subject of trade speculation as the deadline approached, but he …
MANILA, April 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Australia joined the Philippines for their second joint maritime exercises in the South China Sea this year, amid tensions with China in the disputed waterway. The four-day drills from April 9 to 12 brought together warships, fighter jets and surveillance aircraft in a series of coordinated operations …
By Bo Erickson and Hatem Maher WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it will begin a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas on Monday after weekend talks failed to reach a deal to end the war with Iran https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/, jeopardizing a fragile two-week ceasefire. The …
A man running for Florida governor has been arrested on charges he battered two older people in a home. Kevin Cichowski, 46, was charged with multiple counts of aggravated battery, tampering with a witness and robbery, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Cichowski is listed as a Democratic candidate for governor with the Florida …