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Panthers look every bit like reigning Stanley Cup champs in routing Hurricanes to open Eastern final
It didn’t matter that the Florida Panthers were playing 48 hours since having to win a Game 7 on the road to reach the ...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder beat the rested Timberwolves 114-88 in Game 1 of West finals
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 of his 31 points in the second half, and the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder beat the ...
Half of US states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools, with more to follow
Florida was the first state to pass a law regulating the use of cellphones in schools in 2023. Just two years later, half of ...
House GOP grinding ahead with Trump’s big tax cuts bill, but new report says it will add to deficit
House Republicans are pushing to vote on their multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks package as soon as Wednesday, grinding out ...
Reigning Stanley Cup champ Florida Panthers beat Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 in Eastern final opener
Carter Verhaeghe and Aaron Ekblad scored two tone-setting first-period goals while Sergei Bobrovsky remained strong in net as ...
A Texas effort to clarify abortion ban reaches a key vote, but doubts remain
Three years ago, Dr. Austin Dennard left Texas for an abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. She ...
South Africa’s leader aims to salvage relationship with Trump in White House visit
U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa’s leader at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting that might be tense ...
Tennessee prepares to execute Oscar Smith, 3 years after last-minute reprieve
Just over three years ago, Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise ...
For kids with autism, swim classes can be lifesaving
In an airy indoor pool with fish cutouts on the walls, a group of small children bobbed, floated and tentatively ...
UN warns of ‘ongoing tragedy’ as Indigenous groups in Colombia face extinction
The United Nations human rights office in Colombia warned Tuesday that five Indigenous groups in a storied mountain range ...
North Korean defectors urge the UN to hold the country’s leader accountable for rights abuses
Eunju Kim, who escaped starvation in North Korea in 1999, was sent back from China and fled a second time, told the United ...
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense plan was inspired by Israel’s multitiered defenses
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for a “Golden Dome” to protect the United States from long-range missiles was at least partly inspired by Israel’s multitiered ...