Tyler Herro scored 30 points while sinking two 3-pointers in overtime and the Miami Heat regrouped after losing an early lead to beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-114 on Friday night and make NBA Play-In Tournament history. Miami will play at Cleveland on Sunday night in the opening game of the first round of the Eastern…
A federal judge on Friday ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana to be brought to Vermont by 1 May for a hearing over what her lawyers say was apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper. US district judge William Sessions said he would…
Shohei Ohtani is away from the Los Angeles Dodgers for the birth of the two-way superstar’s first child. Manager Dave Roberts said before the Dodgers’ series opener Friday night in Texas that Ohtani was with his wife and going on MLB’s paternity list. “He and Mamiko are expecting at some point. That’s all I know,”…
The American Civil Liberties Union asked the US supreme court to block what the group called the imminent deportation of a new group of Venezuelan men detained in Texas without the judicial review previously ordered by the court. In an emergency Friday court filing, ACLU lawyers said dozens of Venezuelan men held in Immigration and…
The Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks combined for the highest-scoring single inning this season during Friday’s matinée game. The 16-run eighth inning turned a low-scoring blowout into an offensively-potent and entertaining ball game. Cubs hit three home runs in eighth inning, propelling Chicago to a 13-11 win over Diamondbacks The Cubs were dominating the Diamondbacks,…
Ukraine started today with, for once, the diplomatic wind in its sails. It had finally agreed a mineral deal “framework” with Washington. An agreement that would see the US invest in Ukraine’s recovery, in return for a share of the country’s future profits from its natural resources, energy infrastructure and its oil and gas. There…
New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball on Friday following his ejection during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays and violation of MLB’s social media policy. MLB senior vice president of on-field operations Michael Hill announced the decision. Chisholm is appealing the…
The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said on Friday. About 500 passengers were on board the wooden boat when it capsized on Tuesday after catching fire on the Congo River in…
San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is doing well at home after needing medical attention earlier this week following an incident at a restaurant, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on Friday. The 76-year-old Popovich, who missed most of this season while recovering from what the Spurs called a mild stroke,…
It’s very easy for me to feel overwhelmed when I’m shopping for food-related gifts online — and even easier to distract myself with side quests. The simple task of finding a Mother’s Day gift, for example, can turn into an hours-long debate between an increasingly complex amount of options, including plenty of DIY baked goods…
