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Closers Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have Mavs on verge of sweeping Wolves in West finals 05/27/2024 05:35pm • DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving screamed at the crowd, then turned and grabbed Luka Doncic in a bear hug after the play that clinched a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals for Dallas. The co-stars — and fourth-quarter closers — for the Mavericks have been at it all series against the Minnesot Sue Bird understands Caitlin Clark’s frustrations with losing, expects brighter days in the WNBA 05/27/2024 04:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sue Bird can relate to Caitlin Clark’s early frustrations about losing in the WNBA. But Bird knows from experience how things could change for the much-talked about rookie. Now 43, Bird played at UConn, where she won two NCAA titles and lost only four games. Clark led her Iowa te Rafael Nadal's possible French Open farewell draws fans from all over the world 05/27/2024 02:00pm • PARIS (AP) — They traveled from all over — from Europe and Oceania, from North America and South America — to be at Roland Garros on Monday, intent on watching Rafael Nadal play what turned out to be his only French Open match this year. And might be his last ever. Nadal, who has won 14 of his A woman could be Mexico's next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers 05/27/2024 01:57pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Concepción Alejo is used to being invisible. Alejo, 43, touches her face up with makeup on a Tuesday morning, and steps out of her tiny apartment on the fringes of Mexico City. She walks until the cracked gravel outside her home turns into cobblestones, and the campaign posters Kyle Larson's bid to run The Double ends in disappointment after bad weather intervenes 05/27/2024 12:18pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Larson spent a year preparing to run the double. Instead, he got to run only a single, leaving the NASCAR star beyond disappointed. Larson’s quest was to complete — if not win — the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, joining Tony Stewart as the only drive Sports betting roundup: Bettors winning big with Over bets on NBA conference finals 05/27/2024 12:03pm • The NBA’s Eastern and Western Conference finals could soon be over. Going into Monday, the Boston Celtics lead the Indiana Pacers 3-0 in the East while the Dallas Mavericks are up 3-0 over the Minnesota Timberwolves in the West. The games have been relatively close. Two of Boston’s three wins ha UK Labour leader Keir Starmer woos undecided voters with a vow to safeguard national security 05/27/2024 11:23am • LONDON (AP) — British opposition leader Keir Starmer made his first major speech of the U.K. election campaign Monday, telling undecided voters that they can trust his Labour Party to safeguard the country’s economy, borders and security. Starmer is the favorite to win the July 4 election, with As Atlantic hurricane season begins, Florida community foundations prepare permanent disaster funds 05/27/2024 08:24am • After the collapse of a condominium tower in North Miami in June 2021, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey realized her organization needed to overhaul how it responded to disasters. As CEO of the Miami Foundation, the city’s primary community foundation, Fishman Lipsey got to work coalescing support for vict Hungary's five-time Prime Minister Orbán is facing a new serious contender in upcoming EU elections 05/27/2024 03:14am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — About three months ago, a scandal rocked five-time nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party which prides itself on upholding family values and Christian conservatism. As party leaders attempted damage control after close Orbán allies, President Katalin Novà In one North Carolina county, it's 'growth, growth, growth.' But will Biden reap the benefit? 05/27/2024 03:08am • SILER CITY, N.C. (AP) — At the epicenter of President Joe Biden’s promised economic boom, a slow tractor can still halt traffic. Just 81,000 people live in rural Chatham County, North Carolina. There are 1,076 farms. The old mill now houses a dance studio, a grocer and a steakhouse. For work, ma A Thai court sentences an opposition lawmaker to 2 years in prison for defaming the monarchy 05/27/2024 01:52am • BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Monday sentenced a lawmaker from a progressive opposition party to two years in prison after finding her guilty of defaming the monarchy in a speech she made during a protest rally three years ago. Chonthicha Jangrew of the Move Forward Party was greeted by several s Report: Japanese carmaker Toyota set to end massive Olympic sponsorship deal 05/27/2024 01:23am • TOKYO (AP) — Vehicle manufacturer Toyota is set to end its massive sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee after this year's Paris Olympics, according to reports in Japan. Toyota has a contract through the 2024 Paris Games, which was reported to be valued at $835 million when it Southampton back in the Premier League after winning playoff final, the richest game in world soccer 05/26/2024 12:33pm • LONDON (AP) — Southampton secured an immediate return to the Premier League on Sunday by beating Leeds 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in the Championship playoff final, the richest one-off match in world soccer. An uplift of 140 million pounds ($180 million) in future earnings from broadcast revenue and p A Missouri fifth grader raised enough money to pay off his entire school’s meal debt 05/26/2024 12:10pm • (CNN) — Kids can now eat without breaking the piggy bank – at least, at Thomas Ultican Elementary School – thanks to fifth grader Daken Kramer. Daken paid off the entire meal debt and then some, for his elementary school in Blue Springs, Missouri, after turning in a check for more than $7,3 EU foreign chief says Israel must respect UN court, control settler violence in the West Bank 05/26/2024 11:41am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's foreign policy chief insisted Sunday that Israel must abide by the U.N. top court's rulings and end its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and, at the same time, questioned the possible involvement of authorities in the settler violence against Palest