BUENOS AIRES, April 30 (Reuters) – Argentina’s Casa Rosada, where government press conferences are held, will allow accredited journalists back on Monday after blocking access last week, a spokesperson for the president told Reuters on Thursday. The government of President Javier Milei blocked the entry of accredited journalists to the government house on April 23, …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — An investment group has come forward to buy the Vancouver Whitecaps and relocate the Major League Soccer club to Las Vegas. The group is led by Grant Gustavson, grandson of B. Wayne Hughes, the founder of Public Storage. The Whitecaps were put up for sale 16 months ago, but no …
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Quinn Hughes led Minnesota to its first playoff series victory in 11 years, scoring twice in the Wild’s 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 on Thursday night. Minnesota will face Presidents Trophy winner Colorado in the second round. The Avalanche have not played since sweeping Los Angeles …
Shares gained in Asia on Friday, though many markets in the region were closed for May Day holidays. Brent crude’s price held steady at $111.66 per barrel while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 46 cents to $105.53 a barrel. Prospects for a deal to cement a three-week ceasefire in the Iran wa r remained clouded …
April 30 (Reuters) – Six transgender residents of Idaho have filed suit challenging a new state law making it a crime for them to use sex-designated public restrooms and changing areas that do not match their birth-assigned gender, civil liberties advocates said on Thursday. The class-action case, filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in …
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police in Tacoma responded to a report of a possible stabbing at a high school to find four students and an adult security guard injured, authorities said Thursday. The suspect, a student, was in custody and also injured, said Shelbie Boyd, a spokesperson for the Tacoma Police Department. All those injured …
The biggest halftime lead in NBA playoff history. The most points and most lopsided win in New York Knicks postseason history, too. By any measure, what the Knicks did to the Atlanta Hawks was a historic blowout. The final score: Knicks 140, Hawks 89 on Thursday night in Game 6 of the teams’ Eastern Conference …
Two employees were shot and killed Thursday in a bank robbery in Kentucky, and a search was underway for the suspect, authorities said. Kentucky State Police said a man wearing a light-colored hoodie, a mask and gloves went to a U.S. Bank in Brea, about 36 miles south of Lexington, and shot and killed a …
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels and New York’s Mitchell Robinson were ejected from Game 6 of the Hawks-Knicks playoff series Thursday night after a fight that prompted offsetting technical fouls. OG Anunoby extended the Knicks’ lead to 50 points with a pair of free throws and 4:39 remaining in the first half of the …
Instead, she gave the Indiana Fever and fans a scare Thursday night. Clark crumpled to the ground early in the third quarter when Dallas forward Alanna Smith collided with her leg on a shot attempt, and then limped toward the bench as she walked off the injury during a replay review that resulted in a …