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76ers president Daryl Morey has big plans to build NBA title team around Embiid and Maxey 05/06/2024 03:12pm • CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) ��� Say goodbye to the 76ers. No, not Joel Embiid. Tyrese Maxey is sticking around, too. Nick Nurse seems like a perfect long-term fit as coach. But for the rest of the Sixers? It's time to pretty much wish them well, with just about the entire team ��� players such as Kelly Oubre Janet Jackson to play 2024 Essence Fest instead of the Smoothie King Center this summer 05/06/2024 03:07pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Janet Jackson will make her fourth appearance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture this summer in New Orleans. Jackson was originally scheduled to headline the Smoothie King Center on July 23 as part of her Together Again Summer 2024 tour, but her plans have changed. The appe NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 Results 05/06/2024 02:40pm • Sunday At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (4) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 268 laps, 57 points. 2. (12) Chris Buescher, Ford, 268, 51. 3. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 268, 35. 4. (13) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 268, 43. 5. (14) Denny Hamlin, Toyo With college football drama behind him, Devontez Walker eager to show his talent with Baltimore 05/06/2024 02:37pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ��� There was a point last season when Devontez Walker, sidelined amid a contentious dispute with the NCAA, was weighing some unpleasant options. ���I thought my season was done, honestly. I was on the scout team, I was thinking, I was just trying to work on my craft. The w John Swinney expected to lead Scotland after taking the helm of the Scottish National Party 05/06/2024 02:16pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Scotland's former deputy first minister was poised to become its third leader in just over a year after taking the helm of the troubled Scottish National Party on Monday. John Swinney, who led the SNP two decades ago, was the only candidate to replace First Minister Humza Yousaf as t Children are dying of fentanyl by the dozens in Missouri. A panel is calling for changes 05/06/2024 01:09pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials struggled to adequately investigate the cases, a state panel found in a newly released report. Forty-three youth died ��� 20 of them under the age of 4 ��� in 2022 alone from the in Former Starbucks CEO Schultz says company needs to refocus on coffee as sales struggle 05/06/2024 01:04pm • Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says the company���s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales. In a LinkedIn post published over the weekend, Schultz said many people had reached out to him after Starbucks reported weaker-than As China and Iran hunt for dissidents in the US, the FBI is racing to counter the threat 05/06/2024 12:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate's bid, pr Spring brings back more DC farmers markets; many farmers depend on them 05/06/2024 12:40pm • The D.C. region has several year-round farmers markets, but spring is here and that is bringing even more seasonal markets back. Nonprofit FRESHFARM operates about two-dozen markets in the D.C. area, the largest network of farmers markets in the mid-Atlantic and third-largest in the country. Last Trump Media fires auditing firm that US regulators have charged with 'massive fraud' 05/06/2024 12:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with ���massive fraud.��� The former president's media company dismissed BF Borgers as its independent public accounting firm on Friday, Milwaukee election leader ousted 6 months before election in presidential swing state 05/06/2024 12:10pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Milwaukee's election leader has been ousted by the mayor in a surprise move that comes just six months before Wisconsin's largest city will be in the spotlight in the presidential swing state. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced Monday that he would be replacing Milwauk Can yogurt reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes? 05/06/2024 12:06pm • Sharp-eyed grocery shoppers may notice new labels in the dairy aisle touting yogurt as way to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. That���s because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently said it���s OK for producers of yogurt to make that claim ��� even though the agency acknowledged that it� Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US Capitol 05/06/2024 12:03pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� When Arkansas lawmakers decided five years ago to replace the statues representing the state at the U.S. Capitol, there was little objection to getting rid of the existing sculptures. The statues that had stood there for more than 100 years were obscure figures in the stat Sports betting roundup: Betting the under works in hockey Game 7s while basketball goes over 05/06/2024 11:31am • With the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing, betting the under in hockey paid off this weekend at BetMGM Sportsbook while most of the money in basketball was on the over in the final game of the first round. Both sports are now headed to the second round with eight teams remaining in each. In the NB Hospital operator Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy protection 05/06/2024 11:28am • BOSTON (AP) ��� Hospital operator Steward Health Care filed for bankruptcy protection early Monday morning, but pledged to maintain the eight hospitals it operates in Massachusetts. In a press release, company officials said Steward took the step as a necessary measure to allow the company to contin