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Sabonis has triple-double as Kings beat Lakers 120-107 for 4-game season sweep

The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Domantas Sabonis had 17 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-107 on Wednesday night. The Kings have won seven of their last eight games against the Lakers, including a four-game sweep this season. Harrison Barnes made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, De’Aaron Fox added 21 and Keegan Murray had 19 as all five starters for the Kings scored in double figures. Sabonis’ triple-double was his league-leading 23rd, with his last one coming in the Kings’ victory at the Lakers last ...

Scheffler chasing history at Players Championship

The Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods never did it. Neither did Jack Nicklaus, even before The Players Championship found its home in a former swamp now known as the TPC Sawgrass. This is the 50th edition of the PGA Tour’s premier championship, and no one has ever defended his title. Next up is Scottie Scheffler, and the odds are as much in his favor as any of the previous winners. That includes Woods, who only got one crack at it in 2002, didn’t break 70 and tied for 14th. “I just think it’s a golf course where you don’t see a lot of repeat ...

Biden, Trump clinch their nominations, setting stage for a grueling general election rematch

The Associated Press WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want. The outcome of contests across Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state was never in doubt. Neither Biden, a Democrat, nor Trump, a Republican, faced major opposition. But the magnitude of their wins gave each man the delegate majority he needed to claim his party’s nomination at the summertime national ...

Aid ship is sailing to Gaza where hundreds of thousands are facing starvation and war

The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip—An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the 5-month Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation. The push to get food in by sea—along with a recent campaign of airdrops into isolated northern Gaza—highlighted the international community’s frustration with the growing humanitarian crisis and its inability to get aid in by road. The food on the aid ship was collected by World ...

Edwards leads Wolves to comeback win over Clippers

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Anthony Edwards scored 37 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker added a season-high 28 and the Minnesota Timberwolves roared back from an early 22-point deficit for a 118-100 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. Kawhi Leonard left the game with back spasms between the first two quarters, the Clippers said. He played the entire first quarter, but he was seen leaving the Clippers’ downtown arena during the second quarter. Mike Conley scored 23 points for the Timberwolves, who avoided their first three-game losing streak of the ...

Ramadan begins in Gaza with hunger getting worse, no end to war in sight

The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip—Palestinians began fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Monday with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in sight to the war between Israel and Hamas. Prayers were held outside amid the rubble of demolished buildings. Fairy lights and decorations were hung in packed tent camps, and a video from a U.N.-school-turned-shelter showed children dancing and spraying foam in celebration as a man sang into a loudspeaker. But there was little to celebrate after five months of war that has ...