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PORTLAND, Ore. The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-97 on Friday night as Deni Avdija scored 35 points and Donovan Clingan added 18 points and 13 rebounds, giving Portland the inside track for the…
Philadelphia — The Phillies opened a series at Citizens Bank Park on Friday by assembling a left-heavy batting order and scoring four runs in the first inning, but they surrendered the lead and lost 5-4 to the Arizona Di…
Los Angeles — Shohei Ohtani extended his regular-season on-base streak to 44 consecutive games on Friday at Dodger Stadium, singling in the fourth inning off Kumar Rocker of the Texas Rangers. The single was his 13th gam…
Washington. Former Vice President Kamala Harris told attendees at the National Action Network convention on Friday that she is 'thinking about' running for president again in 2028, saying 'I might' when asked by Rev. Al …
Los Angeles: Netflix shelved the Olympic gymnastics drama Perfect this week after actress Millie Bobby Brown exited the project on April 11 due to reported creative differences. Brown had been set to portray Kerri Strug …
LOS ANGELES — The Atlanta Hawks secured an NBA playoff berth with a 124-102 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, April 11, 2026, as CJ McCollum led Atlanta with 29 points and Dyson Daniels recorded a triple-do…
Jorge Soler's eighth-inning grand slam capped a five-run frame and helped the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-2 on Friday night at Great American Ball Park. Zach Neto and Josh Lowe also homered for the Ang…
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 144-118 on Friday night, with Sam Hauser scoring 24 points including eight three-pointers and the team tying the franchise and NBA mark by making 29 total 3s.…
San Antonio — Victor Wembanyama scored 40 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Friday as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Dallas Mavericks 139-120 in what was reported as his 65th game, meeting the NBA's minimum games requir…
Seattle - The Seattle Mariners unveiled a bronze statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki outside T-Mobile Park on Friday, but the statue's bat snapped near the handle during the curtain-pull reveal, causing the barrel to v…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled a 12-page plan proposing a 250-foot triumphal arch to be sited between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, featuring a gilded winged figure, two ea…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta National presented a firm, fast test through the opening round of the 2026 Masters, and with cut day looming the 91-player field will be trimmed to the top 50 and ties by nightfall. Reigning champi…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Jacksonville Jaguars will make their first selection of the 2026 NFL Draft at No. 56 and enter the event with 11 total picks this month. The team traded its 2026 first-round pick to the Cleveland B…
The Philadelphia 76ers lost 113-102 to the Houston Rockets on Thursday after star center Joel Embiid was ruled out on the afternoon of the game to undergo surgery for appendicitis. Embiid had been left off the injury rep…
Washington — On April 10, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran via Truth Social and in remarks to reporters that Tehran should not impose transit fees on commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, reiter…
Los Angeles: Steven Spielberg told Empire magazine this week that Christopher Nolan was the better choice to direct the 2014 film Interstellar, saying he had been attached to the project for about a year and worked with …
Las Vegas — Wisconsin and Denver advanced to the NCAA men's hockey championship game Saturday at T-Mobile Arena after semifinal victories Thursday, with Wisconsin defeating North Dakota 2-1 and Denver beating Michigan 4-…
Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns 101-73 Friday night at Crypto.com Arena, clinching home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs; earlier this week the Lakers also beat the Golden …
Washington — The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday proposed raising first-class stamp prices from 78 cents to 82 cents, a 4.8 percent increase set to take effect July 12 pending Postal Regulatory Commission approval. The a…
WOODLAND, Calif. — A Yolo County grand jury this week returned indictments and authorities arrested multiple people tied to a July 1 fireworks warehouse explosion near Esparto that killed seven and injured two. Prosecuto…
San Francisco — The Los Angeles Lakers, led by LeBron James and coached by JJ Redick, defeated the Golden State Warriors 119-103 on Thursday in San Francisco while the team remained shorthanded following earlier April bl…
CHICAGO — Seiya Suzuki was activated from the 10-day injured list before Friday's game against Pittsburgh at Wrigley Field and inserted into the Chicago Cubs' starting lineup in right field, batting fifth after missing t…
Denver. The Colorado Rockies announced Friday that Greg and Carrie Penner of Penner Sports Group purchased a minority stake, becoming the largest minority partners after Major League Baseball approved the transaction; th…
The JQJO article reports that the Al-Aqsa Mosque has reopened and that the reopening drew more than 100,000 worshippers, presenting the attendance figure as the primary fact in its headline. The published content does no…
Washington — Vice President JD Vance departed Friday for Islamabad to lead U.S. mediated talks aimed at ending a six-week war with Iran, saying the United States is open to negotiations if Tehran engages in good faith an…