• Devin Booker, Suns pull away from Clippers

    Devin Booker scored 16 of his 37 points in the first quarter, Bradley Beal added 26 points and the visiting Phoenix Suns ended a two-game skid with a 124-108 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. Kevin Durant scored 24 points and added nine rebounds and Royce O'Neale chipped in 15 points as the Suns (47-33) avenged a home loss to the Clippers on Tuesday when they trailed by as many as 31 points in the first quarter. Phoenix moved a half-game behind the New Orleans...

  • Alabama Football Pulling Hard for Alabama Basketball in Final Four

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— When the Alabama men's basketball team takes the floor

  • Pacers stay hot, pull away in second half to top Raptors

    Tyrese Haliburton scored 30 points and the visiting Indiana Pacers defeated the Toronto Raptors 140-123 Tuesday night to solidify their spot in sixth place of the Eastern Conference standings. Obi Toppin added 23 points off the bench and former Raptor standout Pascal Siakam scored 16 points with nine rebounds for the Pacers (46-34), who have won three in a row and five of six. T.J. McConnell scored 17 points for the Pacers, Myles Turner added 16 points and Ben Sheppard scored 11. RJ Barrett...

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    No. 2 Hawaii water polo pulls away from No. 8 UC Irvine

    Hawaii remained unbeaten in Big West Conference play prior to Sunday’s showdown.

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    Hear Trump explain away Melania’s absence from the campaign trail

    CNN’s Randi Kaye reports on former first lady Melania Trump’s whereabouts while her husband has been on the campaign trail.

  • Women’s lacrosse: No. 20 CU Buffs pull away from Arizona State

    In terms of both the Pac-12 Conference race and the NCAA Tournament picture, it was a must-win for the Colorado women’s lacrosse team.

  • Russian military trainers arrive in Niger as African country pulls away from US

    West African state turned to Russia to help in fight against insurgents throwing into doubt future of operations with USRussian military trainers have arrived to reinforce Niger’s air defenses as the west African country pulls away from close cooperation with the US in counterterrorism efforts, turning instead to Moscow for help as it fights Islamist insurgents.State television in the country broadcast footage of Russian military trainers arriving in the country aboard a plane equipped with...

  • Many eclipse visitors to northern New England pulled an all-nighter trying to leave

    Thousands of visitors to northern New England communities in the path of the total solar eclipse were told to pack their patience for the trip. In some areas, they needed it for up to 12 hours after the event started, inching their way back home on packed interstates and secondary roads.

  • An old rail track in Northern California could become a 300-mile hiking trail

    More than a century ago, a railroad was constructed to shuttle passengers and redwood logs between San Francisco and Humboldt Bay. Now the since-abandoned train track could be transformed into a 307-mile pathway through remote, wild country along California's North Coast, a move advocates hope will create a world-class outdoors destination and jump-start the economy. The Great Redwood Trail moved closer to realization this week with the release of a document mapping out the planning,...

  • Belarus to pull away from Europe conventional forces treaty already abandoned by Russia

    The authoritarian president of Belarus on Friday said the country would suspend participation in the troubled Conventional Forces in Europe treaty that once was a key security doctrine for the continent. President Alexander Lukashenko introduced a bill calling for the suspension to the parliament, which is fully under his control.

  • Lakers use 19-0 run to pull away from Cavs, win 4th straight

    D'Angelo Russell poured in a game-high 28 points and the host Los Angeles Lakers used a 19-0, third-quarter run to pull away for a 116-97 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon. Cleveland (46-32) crept out to a 73-69 lead following a pair of Evan Mobley free throws with 5:42 left in the third. But it was all Los Angeles from there (45-33), with Anthony Davis supplying nine points during the decisive run that provided the Lakers with an 88-73 cushion. Georges Niang stopped...

  • Lauren Boebert ‘refused alcohol and pulled away from Trump’ at rowdy GOP Christmas gala

    ‘Congresswoman Boebert was in NYC for a good time not a long time,’ New York Young Republican Club tells The Independent