NEW YORK (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 32 points and the Atlanta Hawks rallied to stun the New York Knicks 107-106 on Monday night, tying their first-round playoff series at one game apiece. McCollum led a late surge that was almost for naught when he missed two free throws with 5.6 seconds remaining. The Knicks …
By Sam Nussey and Anton Bridge TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) – Activist investors are planning to invest in Japan over the long-term, emboldened by their recent successes in a market where they once got a frosty reception. U.S.-based Elliott Investment Management scored a milestone win against Toyota last month through vocal opposition before striking a …
Shares were mixed Tuesday in Asia and oil prices slipped following the latest rise of U.S.-Iran tensions. The lackluster start to trading Tuesday followed a modest retreat on Wall Street. But U.S. futures edged higher. With the fate of talks between Iran and the U.S. on ending the war unclear, the price for a barrel …
Rideshare giant Uber is liable for the behavior of a driver who grabbed the inner thigh of a passenger as she was leaving the front seat of his car and asked if he could “keep her” with him, a jury in North Carolina found Monday. The federal jury in Charlotte awarded the plaintiff $5,000 in …
DENVER (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz will undergo surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow and is expected to miss about three months, the team announced Monday. The procedure will be performed Wednesday at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles, and Díaz is not expected back until the second half …
Teacher Angela Hall always starts the day gathering her preschool students in a circle in their Shreveport, Louisiana, classroom. The kids giggle. They share. And they look for who’s missing. “Braylon, he’s not here,” she recalled one of her students saying Monday. Braylon Snow, who just turned 5, was one of seven siblings who were …
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Tuesday endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners. The move comes as the country accelerates its military buildup in the face of growing security challenges …
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, James Harden added 28 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 115-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Evan Mobley had 25 points and eight rebounds for the Cavaliers, who had at least three …
By Ruma Paul and Sam Jahan COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, April 21 (Reuters) – Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her overcrowded boat capsized, one of the few survivors of a disaster that left 250 missing and feared dead. She was among …
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Monday filed a complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (D.C. Water) after the collapse of a major sewer pipe caused overflow of wastewater into the Potomac River. • A section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line was ruptured in January and led …