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Tatum: Celtics need Brown to be 'best version of ourselves'
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have operated at their best when All-Stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are both being playing their best basketball at the same time. Whether that partnership can endure long enough for them to lead the franchise to an 18th NBA title has been the...
Jimmy Butler scores 35, Heat hold off Knicks 127-120
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler stepped back onto the court in his usual time slot, midway through the fourth quarter, with the Miami Heat clinging to a one-point lead. Not even three minutes later, the lead was 12 — and the Heat were on their way to a needed win. Butler...
Quick spring refreshes: Making the old place feel like new
Maybe you had hoped to be in a new home this year but were deterred by high housing prices. Maybe it's just the arrival of spring that's got you looking around your rooms and wanting something fresh. To make the old place feel like a new place, or just an updated place, designers and...
St. Francis, Brooklyn, to drop NCAA D-I athletics program
NEW YORK (AP) — St. Francis College, one of the smallest NCAA Division I schools, announced Monday that its board of trustees has approved a plan to eliminate its athletic program at the end of the spring semester. St. Francis sponsors 21 NCAA teams, including men’s and women’s...
Brunson returns with 24 points, Knicks beat Nuggets 116-110
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson felt good enough to blow by the Denver Nuggets early and hang around to make some big plays at the end. The New York Knicks needed their point guard to get by the best in the West and Brunson was glad his sore left foot was healthy enough to deliver. ...
NY bank's demise: Contagion or a problem with the business?
Signature Bank's collapse came stunningly fast, leaving behind the question of whether there was a fundamental flaw in the way it did business — or if it was just a victim of the panic that spread after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. There were few outward signs that Signature...
NYC man freed after wrong photo led to murder conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — A photo of another person with the same name led to the wrongful arrest of a New York City man who was exonerated and freed Thursday after spending more than 18 years behind bars for murder. The prosecution of Sheldon Thomas, now 35, “was compromised from the very...
Ex-Goldman banker gets 10-year sentence in 1MDB looting plot
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs banker was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund of billions of dollars used to finance lavish parties, a superyacht, premium real estate and even the 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street.” ...
Booker, Ross help Suns rout Thunder after Durant injured
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant's expected home debut was over before it started after a pregame mishap. Devin Booker was more than willing — and able — to pick up the scoring load. Booker scored 44 points, Terrence Ross added 24 and the Phoenix Suns beat the...
82-year-old charged with sale of fake Michael Jordan cards
NEW YORK (AP) — An 82-year-old Colorado man was charged Wednesday with selling and trading fake Michael Jordan basketball cards in a scheme that prosecutors said resulted in him making more than $800,000 over four years. Mayo Gilbert McNeil was arrested in Denver, where he lives,...
