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April 28, 2025

No doubt remains: Thunder answer all questions, all critics with dominating win to advance to NBA Finals
We do this thing as sports fans where we say a team or player can’t win it all, until they do. Some fans wanted to break up Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown in Boston until the organization’s patience paid off with a banner No. 18. It’s not new — there was a time when it…
FDA commissioner defends CDC’s new Covid vaccine recommendation
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Harvard agrees to relinquish early images of enslaved people, ending a long legal battle
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Trump admin’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil is likely unconstitutional, judge rules
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China hosts Pacific island countries’ envoys as Taiwan issue looms
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Trump commutes sentence of Chicago gang founder after lobbying by Ye
Many Americans may not know Larry Hoover Sr. beyond a passing reference to him in Rick Ross’ 2010 hit single “B.M.F (Blowin’ Money Fast),” in which Ross sings, “I think I’m Big Meech (Woo), Larry Hoover …” But on Wednesday, President Donald Trump commuted the six life sentences that Hoover, a Chicago gang founder, was…
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The European Commission has unveiled ambitious plans to cut red tape and make the EU a more attractive place for tech businesses to scale. Launched today, the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy comes as the bloc scrambles to attract and retain tech startups amid stiff competition from the US and Asia. Under the new initiative,…
Singapore deputy PM Gan calls for ‘new alliances’ amid U.S. tariffs
TOKYO — Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong urged countries across Asia to “forge new alliances” in a bid to combat common trade policy issues amid a restructuring in the global trade system following sweeping U.S. tariffs. Gan, who as the city-state’s trade and industry minister leads tariff negotiations with Washington, was speaking at…
Oklahoma City Thunder advance to NBA Finals
Just three years after finishing with one of the worst records in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder are now best in the West. The Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, 124-94, to win their conference finals in five games and advance to the team’s first NBA Finals since 2012. Oklahoma City will…