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Brunson returns from injury for second half, sparks Knicks to win, lead Pacers 2-0
Game 2 between the Knicks and Pacers can be summed up with this stat:. Jalen Brunson off the court: -17 There’s more to it — Donte DiVincenzo’s timely 3s, Isaiah Hartenstein’s eight assists and fantastic playmaking out of the high post, offensive rebounds when it mattered — but the Knicks are lost without their emotional and scoring leader. When he had to leave in the first quarter with a foot injury and was out the rest of the half, the Knicks came apart.
Trump knocks gag order, saying ‘sleazeballs, lowlifes, and grifters’ can speak out
Former President Trump complained Wednesday about the gag order limiting him from attacking witnesses, jurors and court staff in his New York hush money case, calling it unfair that others could speak out while he could not. “It is a really bad feeling to have your Constitutional Right to Free Speech, such a big part…
Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says
MIAMI (AP) — Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday.
Flight attendants use security privileges to smuggle millions in drug money out of US: federal prosecutors
A group of New York-based flight attendants has been accused of using employees-only TSA access to smuggle over $8 million in drug money out of the country.
Biden trolls Trump by unveiling new facility on site of ex-president’s failed FoxConn plant
Nearly six years after then-president Donald Trump promised Racine, Wisconsin residents that the “eighth wonder of the world” would rise there in the form of a chip factory operated by Taiwanese semiconductor giant Foxconn, President Joe Biden delivered on his own, competing promise. Biden announced the construction of a $3.3bn artificial intelligence data center on the site where the planned Foxconn plant never materialized on Wednesday. The data center, which will be owned and operated by Microsoft, is set to employ 2,300 unionized workers during the construction phase of the project, and will eventually need 2,000 permanent workers at...
Billionaire real estate investor Barry Sternlicht says he expects at least one bank failure per week due to real estate loans: ‘That’s a fragile animal right now’
Barry Sternlicht, chief executive officer of Starwood Capital, pictured in March 2023. Barry Sternlicht, cofounder, chairman, and CEO of the $115 billion real estate giant Starwood Capital Group, is worried about the more than 4,000 regional and community banks in the U.S. With the real estate industry struggling against higher interest rates, vacancies, and inflation, its lenders of choice may be in for some pain, according to the billionaire investor.
No hate crime charges filed against man who yelled racist slurs at Utah women’s basketball team
A northern Idaho prosecutor won’t bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist slur at members of the Utah women’s basketball team during the NCAA Tournament. The deputy attorney for the city of Coeur d’Alene made the announcement on Monday, writing in a charging...
Dreamers legalization on hold as GOP demands action on southern border
Lawmakers in Washington are divided over the urgency of providing legal protections for Dreamers, with GOP senators insisting on addressing what they call the Biden immigration crisis before considering legalization.
U.S. to empower asylum officials to reject more migrants earlier in process
The Biden administration is planning to announce a new regulation as early as Thursday that is designed to allow immigration officials to deport migrants who are ineligible for U.S. asylum earlier in the process, three sources familiar with the internal plans told CBS News.The regulation by the Department of Homeland Security would apply to migrants who ask for asylum after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, according to the sources, who requested anonymity to talk about the rule before its formal announcement.It would instruct government asylum officers to apply certain barriers to asylum that are already part of U.S. law during...
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