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Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion

By Jack Queen, Brendan Pierson and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) -A lawyer for Donald Trump sought on Thursday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion,

Republican-led US states sue to block expanded gun background checks

By Joseph Ax and Nate Raymond (Reuters) - More than two dozen Republican state attorneys general sued the Biden administration on Wednesday to stop a new rule that would require gun dealers to obtain

Comcast pulls Bally Sports channels, imperiling US broadcaster's restructuring

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable provider Comcast stopped broadcasting Bally Sports channels on Wednesday, taking some MLB games off the air and imperiling the bankruptcy restructuring of

Suns owner Mat Ishbia says franchise is doing 'excellent.' He's quiet on coach Frank Vogel's future

Mat Ishbia knows the offseason chatter around the Phoenix Suns is it’s a team with a top-heavy roster, salary cap issues and precious little room to maneuver after a disappointing season

Illinois governor's office says Bears' plan for stadium remains 'non-starter' after meeting

Illinois Gov_ J_B_ Pritzker’s office says the Chicago Bears' proposal to fund a new lakefront stadium remains a “non-starter."

A visit from 'Papa Yaz' and a home run makes for a memorable day for Giants OF Mike Yastrzemski

A visit from “Papa Yaz” before the game and a home run during it made for a memorable afternoon for Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski

Anthony Edwards and the T-wolves take a stronger dose of maturity into playoff rematch with Denver

The brilliance of Anthony Edwards will likely be the reason if the Minnesota Timberwolves knock down the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets in their second-round playoff matchup

Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat

A federal judge has sentenced a California scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019

Tottenham's Champions League hopes hit further by 2-0 loss at Chelsea in Premier League

Tottenham’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League are getting thinner by the day

Bayer Leverkusen's record unbeaten march continues with a 2-0 win at Roma in Europa League

Bayer Leverkusen silenced the Stadio Olimpico with a 2-0 win at Roma in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals to extend its record unbeaten streak to 47 matches across all competitions

Mouncastle and Mateo propel Orioles to 7-2 win over Yankees in series clincher

Ryan Mountcastle and Jorge Mateo each homered and drove in two runs to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a series-deciding 7-2 victory over the New York Yankees

Average game time drops 1 minute to 2:36 in second season of MLB pitch clock

The average time of a nine-inning game is 2 hours, 36 minutes through the first full month of the major league season, down 1 minute from 2023 in the second year of the pitch clock

Swiatek returns to Madrid Open final by beating Keys. Medvedev retires in quarterfinal with injury

Iga Swiatek has cruised to a straight-set win over Madison Keys to reach the Madrid Open final for the second consecutive year

The first wrongful-death trial in Travis Scott concert deaths has been delayed

The start of the first civil trial stemming from the deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival in Texas has been delayed

Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked

Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked

Promoter stands by Ryan Garcia after a report he tested positive for a banned substance

Golden Boy Promotions said in a statement Thursday that it stands by Ryan Garcia after a report that he had tested positive for a banned substance before his dominant victory over Devin Haney in New York

Factbox-Stormy Daniels and other key witnesses at the Trump hush money trial

By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial in New York is set to feature a colorful cast of witnesses.

Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleads no contest to misdemeanor domestic battery charge

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías has pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor domestic battery

Apple close to finalizing deal with FIFA over TV rights for new tournament, NYT reports

(Reuters) -Soccer's global governing body FIFA is close to an agreement with Apple to give the tech company worldwide television rights for a new, month-long club tournament, the New York Times

UAW moving quickly after VW organizing win, union president says

By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) - United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain is moving quickly in the union's sweeping organizing push at U.S. plants across more than a dozen automakers after

Biden, after meeting with families of officers killed in NC, says the nation is grieving with them

President Joe Biden has met privately with the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job in Charlotte, North Carolina

Tiger Woods gets special exemption to US Open at Pinehurst

Tiger Woods is headed to the U.S. Open after receiving the first of what likely will be many special exemptions

Pennsylvania primary flashes warning signs for Trump and Biden

By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Voting in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday highlighted weaknesses for U.S.

Peloton cutting about 400 jobs worldwide; CEO McCarthy stepping down

Peloton is cutting about 400 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring effort and its CEO Barry McCarthy is stepping down after two years as the company continues to work on turning around its business

Tim Howard, last in line of top American goalkeepers, enters U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

Tim Howard will join Tony Meola, Kasey Keller and Brad Friedel on Saturday as modern-era American goalkeepers in the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

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