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Atlanta — The New York Knicks overwhelmed the Atlanta Hawks 140-89 in Game 6 on Thursday night at State Farm Arena, eliminating the Hawks and clinching advancement to the Eastern Conference semifinals. New York built a 4…
Macon, Georgia meteorologists forecast increased rain and cooler temperatures Friday into Saturday as an upper trough and a developing Gulf surface low move northeastward, producing widespread showers and scattered thund…
Atlanta — Matt Olson delivered a two-run, ninth-inning home run that lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Detroit Tigers Wednesday, with Ozzie Albies reaching base ahead of Olson and Reynaldo Lope…
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 106-93 on Thursday to force a decisive Game 7 in the first-round NBA playoff series. Joel Embiid returned from an appendectomy and scored 19 points, Tyres…
STARKE, Fla. A Florida man previously convicted for the July 31, 1976, killing of 13-year-old Cynthia Driggers was executed Thursday evening at Florida State Prison; James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, received a lethal three-dr…
New York: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday he would privately encourage King Charles III to return the Koh‑i‑Noor diamond if given the opportunity, making the remark ahead of a wreath‑laying at the Natio…
Washington — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is 'studying and reviewing' a possible reduction of U.S. troops stationed in Germany, posting the announcement on his Truth Social account amid a public dispute wi…
Louisville, Ky. -- Bob Baffert's California barn received a Flightline colt purchased for $10.5 million by owner Amr Zedan after a jaw‑dropping workout at an auction in Florida fewer than two weeks ago. The colt, immedia…
Nashville, Tenn. — This week Senator Marsha Blackburn called for a special session of the Tennessee legislature to redraw the state's congressional districts after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling removed a Voting Rights Act …
Indianapolis — On April 11 the Indiana Fever re-signed guard Kelsey Mitchell to a one-year supermax contract after the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement increased the salary cap to $7 million. This week the Feve…