NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler has been fined $25,000 for violating league rules regarding media interview access and for his noncompliance with the resulting NBA investigation. The NBA says the fine stems from Butler’s failure to comply with his media availability obligations during the NBA All-Star weekend, including following the game
Continue ReadingSINSHEIM, Germany (AP) — Stuttgart has conceded two late goals and lost at Hoffenheim 2-1 in the Bundesliga. American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team has edged closer to relegation as its winless run in the league stretched to nine games. Christoph Baumgartner equalized in the 85th minute and grabbed the winner in the last. Hoffenheim moved
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album and companion book by Dolly Parton, the comedy-thriller “Fresh” starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Roger Allam playing a French crime-buster in “Murder in Provence.” Parton adds to her big week by performing and hosting at the ACM Awards, as well as being the recipient
Continue ReadingBy RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington’s March 21 date to lift the statewide mask mandate remains in place for now as state officials review new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says people in most places can safely take a break from wearing facial coverings. The
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by two Portland police officers who shot and killed a 30-year-old man in North Portland last August. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports officers Joshua Howery and Jake Ramsey both fired at Alexander Tadros on Aug. 27 after agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Relief flowed through Wall Street on Friday, even as deadly attacks continued to rage in Ukraine. Stocks rose sharply, oil prices fell and investors turned away from gold and other traditional havens they favor when fear is high. Stocks have made big swings as Russia’s invasion raised the prospect of even higher
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: KAR, Farfetch rise; Foot Locker, Beyond Meat fall.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a Virginia school system illegally discriminated against Asian Americans when it overhauled the admissions policies at an elite public school. Friday’s ruling from U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton found that impermissible “racial balancing” was at the core of the plan
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes. While Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the elite educational background
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Former Auburn and San Diego Chargers running back Lionel James has died after a lengthy illness. He was 59. Auburn says James, a 5-foot-6 player nicknamed “Little Train,” died Friday. James played five seasons with the Chargers, who have since moved to Los Angeles, after being drafted in the fifth round
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Two top-10 Russian tennis stars, including world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, have addressed their country’s invasion of Ukraine this week. Speaking on Thursday, Medvedev, who won the US Open last year, addressed the situation in his home country after winning his match in Mexico, saying he is “all for peace.” “In
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The gradual buildup of Major League Soccer’s academy system over the past decade has led to an increasingly young talent pool. There will be plenty of young players to watch when the MLS season kicks off Saturday. Real Salt Lake’s Axel Kei is the youngest newcomer to the
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN Volodymyr Zelensky approached a lectern under bright lights, preparing to deliver a message to the Ukrainian people. “Today I will start with long-awaited words, which I wish to announce with pride,” he said. “Finally,” he continued. “Ukraine is United … This is our victory.” The speech was fiction. It is from
Continue ReadingCNN By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Volodymyr Zelensky approached a lectern under bright lights, preparing to deliver a message to the Ukrainian people. “Today I will start with long-awaited words, which I wish to announce with pride,” he said. “Finally,” he continued. “Ukraine is United … This is our victory.” The speech was fiction. It is
Continue ReadingVANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off from California to put 50 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink internet constellation. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:12 a.m. and its upper stage deployed the satellites about an hour later. The first stage
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Organizers say the Arnold Sports Festival is returning to Ohio’s capital city as one of the country’s biggest sporting festivals. The return of the event comes two years after the festival became one of the first economic victims of the coronavirus pandemic. The annual festival has
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Organizers say the Arnold Sports Festival is returning to Ohio’s capital city as one of the country’s biggest sporting festivals. The return of the event comes two years after the festival became one of the first economic victims of the coronavirus pandemic. The annual festival has
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press U.S. officials say most Americans live in places where healthy people can safely take a break from wearing masks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday outlined a new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip. They focus less on
Continue ReadingBy JEFF McMILLAN and MARC LEVY Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Political observers say Republican candidates are using transgender people as a classic “wedge issue” as 2022 campaigns heat up. An attack ad in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania seeks to cast Mehmet Oz as a Hollywood liberal because he featured transgender children
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