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MIAMI (AP) — Victor Wembanyama finished with 26 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots, and the San Antonio Spurs rolled past the sliding Miami Heat 136-111 on Monday night for their sixth consecutive victory. Keldon Johnson and Dylan Harper each scored 21 off the bench for the Spurs, who are an NBA-best 22-2 since …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 37 points and blocked Paolo Banchero’s attempted layup in the final seconds Monday night to help the Indiana Pacers end their franchise-record 16-game losing streak with a 128-126 win over the Orlando Magic. Banchero scored 39 points for the Magic, who have lost five straight. Banchero drove to …
By Kanishka Singh and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) – The detention by federal officers of a crying woman at the San Francisco International Airport on Sunday drew condemnation from local officials in California after the clips went viral. One video posted by an NBC affiliate on Monday showed the woman in tears and screaming …
HOUSTON, March 23 (Reuters) – About 300 protesters chanted “we need clean air, not another billionaire!” on Monday outside the Houston hotel where many of the world’s top energy industry executives have gathered this week for the largest annual industry conference. CERAWeek draws oil, gas and power company executives from around the world, in addition …
(Corrects to add dropped word “least” in headline) BOGOTA, March 23 (Reuters) – At least thirty-four people were killed on Monday when a Colombian Air Force plane carrying 125 people crashed just after takeoff, the governor of Colombia’s Putumayo department said. (Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta and Brendan O’Boyle; Editing by Daina Beth Solomon) Copyright …
By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert and Dan Catchpole NEW YORK/MONTREAL, March 23 (Reuters) – Investigators probing the deadly collision of an Air Canada Express jet with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport said on Monday they wanted to interview an air traffic controller who was juggling another emergency in the run-up to the …
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Azzi Fudd’s final home game after five years with the UConn women’s basketball program was one for the ages. Fudd matched her career high with 34 points and eight 3-pointers to lead UConn to a 98-45 victory over Syracuse in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament to send the …
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to irreversibly cement his country’s status as a nuclear power while maintaining a hard-line stance toward South Korea, which he called the “most hostile” state, state media said Tuesday. In a speech Monday to Pyongyang’s rubber-stamp parliament, Kim accused the United States …
MEMPHIS, March 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has met royalty throughout the world, but in Memphis, Tennessee on Monday, he was wistful about one he never got to know: Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll. “I knew Frank Sinatra, I knew most of them,” Trump said while touring Presley’s estate, Graceland. “Unfortunately, …
A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee was arrested and charged with murder in Maryland, authorities said. Dayton James Webber, 27, was located in Virginia after a man had been found shot to death in Charles County, Maryland, on Sunday, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said. Bradrick Michael Wells, 27, of Waldorf, was found dead …