LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA’s Board of Governors approved the league’s next media rights deals with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video at its meeting Tuesday, moving the league one giant step closer to finalizing the 11-year agreements that will be worth about $76 billion. Now comes the next, and possibly final, step: seeing
MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Relatives of passengers killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine gathered with officials at Australia’s Parliament House on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 298 lives. One of those relatives, Paul Guard, mostly blames the conflict raging in eastern Ukraine a decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. women’s soccer team played to a 0-0 draw with Costa Rica in sweltering temperatures on Tuesday night in its final exhibition tune-up game before the Paris Olympics . It was 98 degrees Fahrenheit (37 Celsius) at kickoff after Washington tied the hottest day on record in the nation’s capital at
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving broke his left hand during an offseason workout and had surgery, and the Dallas Mavericks didn’t provide a timeline for his recovery in an announcement of the injury Tuesday night. Irving and Luka Doncic led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals in their first full season together. Boston won the
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Tuesday released video they said showed their attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, a claim which could not be verified idependently. The rebels targeted two ships in the Red Sea on Monday, according to British and American authorities. Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Tuesday released video they said showed
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Paul Skenes became the fifth rookie to start an All-Star Game, retiring Steven Kwan, Gunnar Henderson and Aaron Judge for the National League in a hitless first inning on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old right-hander, who has just 11 big league appearances, started Kwan with a 98.2 mph four-seamer and retired the
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding two knives near the convention, Milwaukee’s police chief said Tuesday. Five members of the Columbus, Ohio, police department fired on the man, who had a knife in each hand, refused police commands and charged
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s Barcelona de Guayaquil said its 20-year-old substitute goalkeeper Justin Cornejo died on Tuesday. The team, which is scheduled to play a Copa Sudamericana match at home on Wednesday, did not give more details. “No word or sentence will remove the pain we feel at this moment. The memories you leave
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears locked in their top two rookies on Tuesday, agreeing to four-year contracts with No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams and No. 9 selection Rome Odunze and avoiding any training camp drama with their prized quarterback and receiver. A person familiar with the deal confirmed the agreement with Williams
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years. The decision marked a major turning point in a bitter custody battle that
