NBA: Embiid on MVP requirement, says ‘If he misses out, so be it’

Associated Press 01/16/2024

PHILADELPHIA — Ime Udoka in his one year as a 76ers assistant got close enough to Joel Embiid to earn an invitation to the MVP’s wedding to Anne de Paula last July. Udoka also saw up close…

Convicted ex-Russian mayor cuts jail time, agrees to fight in Ukraine

Associated Press 01/15/2024

A disgraced former Russian mayor convicted over bribery had his prison sentence cut short after signing a contract to fight with Russia’s military in Ukraine, local media reported Sunday. Oleg Gumenyuk, who served as mayor of the…

North Korea launches suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile that can reach distant US bases

Associated Press 01/14/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, two months after the North claimed to have tested engines for a new harder-to-detect missile capable of…

Japan flight returns to airport with cockpit window crack; no injuries

Associated Press 01/14/2024

TOKYO — An All Nippon Airways domestic flight turned back to Japan’s northern airport of Sapporo after a crack was found on the cockpit window, according to the airline and media reports. ANA Flight 1182 was en…

Indonesia’s Mount Marapi erupts again, no reported casualties

Associated Press 01/14/2024

AGAM, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Mount Marapi erupted again on Sunday, spewing smoke and ash high into the air, but no casualties were reported. The Marapi Volcano Observation Post in West Sumatra province recorded an eruption with an…

Ferocious weather could see low-temperature records set in US heartland

Associated Press 01/14/2024

O’FALLON, Missouri — Icy winter weather blanketed the US on Saturday as a wave of Arctic storms threatened to break low-temperature records in the heartland, spread cold and snow from coast to coast and cast a chill over everything…

NBA: Celtics rout Udoka, Rockets in Boston

Associated Press 01/14/2024

BOSTON — If Jayson Tatum wants to argue with the referees during a 30-point blowout, that’s OK with Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla. “I’m a pretty self-aware person. I understand the time and score of the game,” Tatum…

DNA of ancient human shows link to multiple sclerosis and many north Europeans today

Associated Press 01/11/2024

WASHINGTON— Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. The findings…

Spoelstra inks contract extension deal with Miami Heat

Associated Press 01/10/2024

MIAMI  — Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat have agreed on a contract extension, ensuring that the longest-tenured coach in franchise history only keeps adding to his team records for many years to come. Spoelstra signed an…

Explosion at historic Texas hotel injures 21 

Associated Press 01/09/2024

FORT WORTH, Texas — An explosion at a historic Texas hotel in Fort Worth on Monday blew out windows, littered downtown streets with large sections of debris from the building and injured 21 people, including one who…

Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Jason Momoa

Associated Press 01/09/2024

LOS ANGELES — Lisa Bonet has filed for divorce from Jason Momoa 18 years after the two actors became a couple. The 56-year-old Bonet, whose legal name is Lilakoi Moon, filed documents to end her marriage to…

Japan earthquake: Snow hampers rescues, aid

Associated Press 01/08/2024

WAJIMA, Japan — Rescue teams worked through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets Monday, a week after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan, killing at least 161 people. Heavy snowfall in Ishikawa Prefecture over the weekend and into…

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