Thunder, Lakers Open West Semifinals Amid Key Absences

 

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Los Angeles Lakers at the Paycom Center on Tuesday, May 5, to open the Western Conference semifinals, after league injury reports filed Monday ruled Lakers guard Luka Doncic and Thunder guard-forward Jalen Williams out of Game 1. The starters were...

GameStop Offers $125 Per Share to Acquire eBay

 

Texas, US. On May 4, 2026, GameStop Corp. submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire 100 percent of eBay Inc., offering $125.00 per share composed of 50 percent cash and 50 percent GameStop common stock; the company said it began accumulating an economic stake in eBay on February 4 and now...

Rubio Visits Rome To Stabilize US-Vatican Italy Ties

 

Rome. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit the Vatican and Rome from May 6 to May 8 to advance relations with Italy and the Holy See amid diplomatic friction following President Donald Trump's public criticisms of Pope Leo and recent U.S. troop redeployment announcements, the State Department said...

Ten Injured in Shooting Near Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma

 

Oklahoma City. Police say at least ten people were taken to hospitals after shots were fired at a gathering near Arcadia Lake in Edmond at about 9 p.m.; officials reported victims in "various conditions" and noted that additional injured people may have driven themselves to medical facilities. Authorities established a family...

Tennessee special session raises redistricting concerns in Memphis

 

Memphis, Tenn. leaders and state lawmakers are confronting a proposed redrawing of congressional boundaries this week as Tennessee’s legislature returns to Nashville on Tuesday to consider maps that could eliminate the state's only reliably Democratic 9th District; the session follows a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the use...

Elliott holds off Hamlin, wins Würth 400 at Texas

 

FORT WORTH, Texas. On Sunday, Chase Elliott won the Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway, taking the lead on Lap 152 following Corey Heim's off-cycle pit and maintaining control through pit stops and restarts; Elliott led a race-high 87 laps to claim his second victory of the 2026 season and...

Rudy Giuliani Hospitalised In Florida, Spokesman Says Critical

 

Florida — Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized in Florida on Sunday, his spokesman Ted Goodman said, describing him as in 'critical but stable condition' while declining to disclose the illness, hospital location, or the time of admission; The New York Times and several outlets reported the...

Multiple U.S. Structure Fires Cause Damage, Deaths, Displacements

 

Rochester, Minnesota; Bangor, Michigan; New York City; Charlottesville, Virginia — Fire departments responded to separate structure fires between Sunday and early Monday. In Rochester crews extinguished flames at an apartment on 3rd Avenue Southeast Sunday afternoon and found the building empty; Bangor crews battled a rear-porch blaze late Sunday night...

NCAA announces 2026 lacrosse fields, seeds and schedules

 

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Subcommittee selected the 29 teams that will compete in the 2026 tournament, naming Northwestern the overall No. 1 seed after a 15-3 season and its sixth Big Ten Conference title. Northwestern entered with the nation's best RPI and strength of schedule...

Judge raises concerns over detention of WHCD suspect

 

WASHINGTON — A federal magistrate on Monday expressed 'grave concerns' about how Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old suspect accused of firing a shotgun near the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, was held in the D.C. jail, noting seemingly unprompted placement on suicide watch and prolonged isolation that limited...