The NBA announced in January that the league has expansion plans, in partnership with FIBA, to introduce a new league in Europe as early as 2027. It has already began to draw interest from investors who want in on the new league. An investment group backed by Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic and basketball Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki ...
San Antonio Spurs All-Star center Victor Wembanyama went off against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles. Wembanyama dropped a Spurs-record 37 points in the first half of a 136-108 blowout against the Lakers, who were without five starters — Luka Doncic (hamstring), Austin Reaves (left calf), LeBron James (foot), Marcus Smart ...
NHL players are back at the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014, and Canada and its loaded roster of hockey stars are the gold medal frontrunners. Team USA also has a strong roster and could compete with Canada if things go right. It’s led by captain Auston Matthews and assuredly wants another shot at the Canadians after losing ...
Maddy Schaffrick, 31, has returned to professional snowboarding after a decade-long hiatus that included coaching and plumbing. She is now teammates with several athletes she previously coached, including Chloe Kim and Maddie Mastro. Schaffrick overcame numerous injuries and a period of burnout to make the U.S. Ski and Snowboard team. Her teammates and coaches praise her positive energy and inspiring ...
MILAN, Italy — The women’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics ended nine days early. Well, for all intents and purposes it did. The gold medals will end up around the necks of the players on the US women’s hockey team, unless something catastrophic happens. That became clear when the Americans throttled Canada, 5-0, Tuesday, Feb. 10 in the ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine using mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday, a decision that could delay the introduction of a shot designed to offer stronger protection for older adults. Moderna said it received what’s known as a ‘refusal-to-file’ (RTF) letter from the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation ...
The House of Representatives is readying to vote on a bill that would mandate photo identification for voters across the United States in the coming 2026 midterm elections. The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper before most bills see a chamber-wide vote, advanced the SAVE America Act on Tuesday as conservatives continue to pressure the Senate to take up the ...
The Justice Department has installed a Missouri-based U.S. prosecutor to head the Trump administration’s election probe in Fulton County, Georgia, according to recent court records, marking the latest instance in which an out-of-state prosecutor has been tasked with a leading role in a politically charged case. The involvement of Thomas Albus, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, was ...
Senate Democrats aren’t ready to concede in their push for stringent reforms to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and are ready to buck Senate Republicans’ plans to avert a partial shutdown. Their resistance comes as Senate Republicans and the White House have floated a counteroffer to Democrats’ proposed DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reforms. But the two ...
The Justice Department is signaling a broader use of federal civil rights law against protesters accused of disrupting religious worship, with officials pointing to synagogue cases as a model for future enforcement. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said the department has applied the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act — ...