PHOENIX (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Chet Holmgren added 24 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 131-122 on Monday night, capping a four-game sweep in the first-round series. The Thunder — who have a 12-0 record in the first round over the last three seasons — will face the winner …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Those 60 wins in the regular season and that No. 1 seed don’t mean much for the Detroit Pistons right now. They’re one loss away from a rare elimination. Only six No. 8 seeds have defeated a No. 1 in a playoff series in NBA history. It’s happened only four times …
MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, causing a fire, authorities said on Tuesday. It was the latest of repeated drone attacks in the past few weeks on the Rosneft-owned refinery and the port of Tuapse that led to an oil spill at sea and a …
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A college dropout facing murder charges in the killings of two University of South Florida students has a hearing scheduled for Tuesday morning, just days after a SWAT team descended on his parents’ house to arrest him. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, faces two counts of first-degree premeditated murder with a weapon as …
By Nandita Bose and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles will address the U.S. Congress on Tuesday with a message of unity between the United Kingdom and the United States, promoting the “special relationship” at a time of differences between the British government and President Donald Trump over the war on …
NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones is set to plead guilty Tuesday to charges he cashed in on rigged poker games and gave sports bettors nonpublic injury information about stars, including his one-time teammate LeBron James. Barring a last-minute change, Jones will become the first person to plead guilty …
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier is due in federal court in New York on Tuesday on charges that he used classified information about the mission to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to win more than $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, has been charged with …
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma could be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the end of the week, as a massive legal settlement resolving thousands of lawsuits is set to take effect. A federal judge on Tuesday is expected to deliver a criminal sentence to the company to resolve a …
VIENNA, April 28 (Reuters) – The trial of a 21-year-old accused of plotting an Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in 2024 that was foiled at the 11th hour opens on Tuesday, with his lawyer saying he would plead guilty to the main charges. The defendant, an Austrian identified as Beran A, was arrested …
WASHINGTON (AP) — King Charles III will embrace some of Washington’s most formal ceremonial trappings on Tuesday as he tries to emphasize a bond between the United Kingdom and the United States that is so strong it can withstand the political turmoil of the moment. He will become the first British monarch to address the …