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Adam Silver says gambling probe of Toronto's Jontay Porter could lead to banishment from league

Adam Silver says gambling probe of Toronto's Jontay Porter could lead to banishment from league

NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto's Jontay Porter could face expulsion from the league if the gambling-related accusations against him are found to be true, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday.
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Vermont's Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles

Vermont's Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles

PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees announced.
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Trump says Arizona's abortion ban goes too far and defends the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Trump says Arizona's abortion ban goes too far and defends the overturning of Roe v. Wade

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defending the overturning of Roe v.
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6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Already sentenced to federal prison, six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced Wednesday in state court.
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Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000

Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000

Monaco — Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris.
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Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day

Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one d
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Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s liberal opposition parties were expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election , initial exit polls suggested, a result that if confirmed would make conservative President Yoon Suk Ye
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Fire in large Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures 34

Fire in large Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures 34

HONG KONG (AP) — A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 34 injured.
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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will soon join 14 other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy, a change triggered by a state Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that found officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except whe
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Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006

Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharmed.
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