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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball made a layup with 4.7 seconds left in overtime, Miles Bridges blocked Davion Mitchell’s attempt at a winning layup at the buzzer, and the Charlotte Hornets beat Miami 127-126 in a wild start to the NBA’s play-in games, eliminating the Heat from the playoffs on Tuesday night. Ball finished …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran directed an obscene gesture toward a fan at Target Field as he returned to the dugout after a fifth-inning groundout in Boston’s 6-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night. Duran, who has spoken about his past struggles with mental health, said a fan made a …
By Andrew Mills, Nazih Osseiran and Sarah El Safty DOHA, April 15 (Reuters) – Until the Iran war, shipments of Austrian spruce timber to Qatar, where the wood is used to support concrete and make basic frames on construction sites, were a matter of routine. The standard 2×4, as it is known in the building trade, …
April 14 (Reuters) – Federal agencies and government officials are quietly sidestepping U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on working with Anthropic, Politico reported on Tuesday. The Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation is actively testing Anthropic’s frontier AI model Mythos’ hacking prowess, the report said. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. (Reporting …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Clay Fuller of Georgia was sworn into office Tuesday after winning a special election to take the congressional seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene. Fuller represents a deep red district in northwest Georgia and has sought to align himself with President Donald Trump as much as possible. Fuller will …
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – A U.S. destroyer interdicted two oil tankers attempting to leave Iran on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s blockade went into effect, and instructed them to turn around, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The ships had left Chabahar …
MEXICO CITY, April 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a well-known human rights activist in Mexico who has for years levied charges of human rights abuses against the country’s Armed Forces, alleging he worked on behalf of a powerful drug cartel. The U.S. Treasury Department accused Raymundo Ramos, president of the …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past few days. The operation is the latest in a series of strikes on vessels that the Trump administration says were …
Police in the Salt Lake City suburbs of Draper City and West Jordan have been investigating claims of domestic violence from Paul’s ex-partner Dakota Mortensen, the father of her 2-year-old son. Paul has also made allegations against Mortensen, but those were not addressed in the documents. EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of domestic violence. …
April 14 (Reuters) – The White House is considering selecting Erica Schwartz as the new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing three people who spoke on condition of anonymity about the planned selection. Schwartz served as deputy U.S. surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first …