• KIFI

    The NBA's East play-in field is set: Miami goes to Philadelphia while Atlanta goes to Chicago

    By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Orlando blew out Milwaukee, Indiana blew out Atlanta, Philadelphia blew out Brooklyn and Miami blew out Toronto. And all that meant nothing on the bottom half of the Eastern Conference’s playoff chase changed on the final day of the regular season. It’ll be eighth-seeded Miami visiting seventh-seeded Philadelphia in

  • The NBA's East play-in field is set: Miami goes to Philadelphia while Atlanta goes to Chicago

    Orlando blew out Milwaukee, Indiana blew out Atlanta, Philadelphia blew out Brooklyn and Miami blew out Toronto

  • How OJ's defense team played the race card and won: Defense team weaponized Rodney King riots to help get him acquitted and honed in on racist cops at heart of investigation

    The trial took place just a few years after a backlash against LAPD brutality. A detective who handled evidence in the case had also boasted of his racism. Simpson's defense realized that leaning into these tensions was their best hope

    • ESPN

    Stephen Curry, Draymond Green out for finale ahead of play-in

    The Warriors have a chance to move into the 8-seed for the play-in tournament, but with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green sitting out against the Utah Jazz to rest, it appears Golden State is preparing to move forward as the 9- or 10-seed.

  • Iran Defends 'Right to Self-Defense' Over Israel Attack

    After Iran conducted an unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel in response to a deadly strike against its embassy complex in Syria, the Islamic Republic's top diplomat in the United States issued a strongly worded letter outlining the legal basis behind the operation and a warning against further escalation.The letter, obtained by Newsweek, was written by Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saied Iravani and addressed to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and U.N....

  • Warren man reports he was attacked while using weed wacker

    A man told police that he was punched by an unknown attacker while doing yard work at his Warren home.

  • Google Goes On Defensive On Its Search Quality & Forum Results Statements

    Recently, we covered some of Google's rationale for ranking forums like Reddit and Quora so well in the Discussion and Forums box for many queries. Just a few days ago, we covered how I was sad to see Google ranking some dangerous and potentially harmful forum threads for health-related queries. Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liason, posted comments on a LinkedIn post from Lily Ray defending the statement he made on this topic. I'll share them all here, because I am sure many of you did not...

    • SFGate

    Breaking down the Warriors' play-in scenarios ahead of regular season finale

    The Golden State Warriors entered Friday night’s matchup against the Pelicans red-hot and aspirational. But thanks to one awful quarter, the Dubs’ path to the playoffs is basically set — and it’s going to be daunting. The Warriors lost to the Pelicans 114-109 on Friday night, with New Orleans using a 45-22 second quarter to pull ahead of Golden State and keep ahead for the rest of the penultimate game of the regular season. Entering Friday night, the Warriors had gone 9-1 in the last 10 games...

  • New play gives unflinching look at horrific Hamas attack

    Phelim McAleer was thumbing his nose at Hollywood long before the phrase “parallel economy” hit the zeitgeist. The muckraker, alongside creative partner and spouse Ann McElhinney, fought tooth and nail to get the 2018 film “Gosnell” to the public against all odds. He didn’t stop there. McAleer next came at the progressive narrative with the one-two punch of his plays “Ferguson,” about the death of Michael Brown, and “FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers," which mocked the anti-Trump agents at the...

  • Mustafizur's club vs country debate ahead of T20 World Cup

    T20 cricket rarely brings good news in Bangladesh. So, when a Bangladesh bowler, considered to be past his prime, lights up the biggest T20 league in the world with his variations, it's great news, especially with the T20 World Cup around the corner.Mustafizur Rahman is currently the joint-highest wicket-taker among seamers in the IPL - level with Jasprit Bumrah on 10 strikes. Half of his wickets have come in the death (overs 17-20) and his overall strike rate of 12 is the best among bowlers who...

  • Video: Ukraine Destroys Russian Air Defense System With Attack Drone

    Ukrainian forces took out one of Russia's "Strela-10" Arrow air defense systems in a drone attack on Sunday, according to Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR).Video of the attack was shared to Telegram on Tuesday by HUR, which said that fighters of Kyiv's special operations unit detected the defense system along the front lines. The roughly 30-second footage shows the moment that Ukraine's first-person-view (FPV) drones struck the system, which went up in smoke after getting struck."On...

  • Trump ratchets up attacks on judge and prosecutor ahead of hush-money trial

    Ex-president calls New York criminal case due go to court on Monday a ‘communist show trial’A defiant Donald Trump continued to attack the prosecutor, judge and a key witness in the New York hush-money criminal trial against him, a signal that the former president will continue to embrace bombast as jury selection in the case begins on Monday.Trump described what will be the first criminal trial against a former US president as a “communist show trial”, during a rally in Schnecksville,...