BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Celtics cruised to their 17th NBA championship Tuesday night, overwhelming Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 in Game 6 of the NBA finals. Using strong performances from their new Big Three and a suffocating defensive effort, the Celtics opened a 58-35 halftime lead and never looked back.
Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.
Jorge Gomez, 25, who was armed, was shot and killed by police in Las Vegas on June 1, 2020, while protesting the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man.
Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent for the state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.
A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people, authorities said.
The meeting this week comes after a Clark County advisory board recently denied the application, and after Clark County firefighters responded Saturday to a report that jet fuel was spilling over the top of a tank at Reid International.
Nevada Senate Democrats propose a $136 million emergency plan to restore SNAP food aid for nearly 500,000 residents after federal benefits are paused during the shutdown.
Biden’s press secretary says he was betrayed. Her act of loyalty? She left the Democratic Party and became an independent, “Outside the Party Lines.”
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted Tuesday that there could be chaos in the skies next week if the government shutdown drags on and air traffic controllers miss a second paycheck.
After the rare rebuke from the grand jury, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office charged Sean Charles Dunn instead with a misdemeanor.
Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
“It has never quite met the promise of what it has been stated to give,” Georgia lawmaker Marvin Lim said in a Monday afternoon webinar.
