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Nuggets beat Lakers for the ninth straight time, win 114-103 04/20/2024 11:25pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Nikola Jokic had 32 points and 12 rebounds, and the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets powered past LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 114-103 in their Western Conference playoff opener Saturday night. Two other Nuggets players posted double-double ��� Jamal Murray (22 points 76ers' Joel Embiid returns for 2nd half after appearing to reinjure knee in Game 1 vs Knicks 04/20/2024 10:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� When the Philadelphia 76ers arrived in the locker room at halftime after a miserable second quarter, there was good news waiting. Joel Embiid was planning to come back on the court. Shortly after appearing to reinjure his surgically repaired left knee after a powerful dunk, Embiid Knicks beat 76ers 111-104 in Game 1 of playoffs. Brunson and Hart score 22 points and backups star 04/20/2024 10:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The familiar chants of ���MVP! MVP!��� for Jalen Brunson were replaced by a much different sound inside a raucous Madison Square Garden. ���Deuuuuuce!��� Deuce McBride, Brunson's backup, led a huge effort by New York's reserves in a 111-104 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on S Oregon lodge famously featured in 'The Shining' will reopen to guests after fire forced evacuations 04/20/2024 07:25pm • GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) ��� Oregon's historic Timberline Lodge, which featured in Stanley Kubrick���s 1980 film ���The Shining,��� will reopen to guests Sunday after a fire that prompted evacuations but caused only minimal damage. The lodge said Saturday in a Facebook post that it will support g After Congress finally does pass new funding, this is how the US can rush weapons to Ukraine 04/20/2024 05:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days once Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill. That's because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe that already hold the ammunition and air defense components that Kyiv desperately needs. Moving fast Clippers facing prospect of no Kawhi Leonard in playoff opener against Luka Doncic and Mavericks 04/20/2024 04:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� It's playoff time in the NBA, and the Los Angeles Clippers have four potential Hall of Famers on their roster. But only three of them are healthy going into a first-round matchup with Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. Kawhi Leonard has been dealing with what the team says is Mexico's president is getting a little sloppy in the rush to finish projects before his term ends 04/19/2024 07:32pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s president is in a rush to finish the big legislative and building projects he promised before his term ends in September, and experts say officials are getting a bit sloppy amid all the haste. This week, legislators from the governing Morena party mistakenly submitte Tesla recalling nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks because accelerator pedal can get stuck 04/19/2024 05:47pm • Tesla is recalling 3,878 of its 2024 Cybertrucks after it discovered that the accelerator pedal can become stuck, potentially causing the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally and increase the risk of a crash. The accelerator pedal pad may dislodge and become trapped by the interior trim, according Finding an apartment may be easier for California pet owners under new legislation 04/19/2024 03:41pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California pet owners struggling to find a rental that accepts their furry, four-legged family members could have an easier time leasing new housing under proposed state legislation that would ban blanket no-pets policies and prohibit landlords from charging additional fe Coalition to submit 900,000 signatures to put tough-on-crime initiative on California ballot 04/18/2024 08:06pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� A coalition backed by retailers like Walmart and Target announced Thursday it has collected enough signatures to put a ballot measure before California voters this November to enhance criminal penalties for shoplifting and drug dealing. Californians for Safer Communities, Kawhi Leonard fighting 'stubborn inflammation' and is questionable for Game 1 of playoffs 04/18/2024 06:51pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Kawhi Leonard has been fighting ���very, very stubborn inflammation��� in his surgically repaired right knee for nearly three weeks and he'll be listed as questionable for the Los Angeles Clippers' playoff opener against the Dallas Mavericks. The fourth-seeded Clippers host Luka Browns pleased with QB Deshaun Watson's progress after shoulder surgery 04/18/2024 12:50pm • BEREA, Ohio (AP) ��� While Deshaun Watson's rehab from right shoulder surgery is on a conservative track, the Cleveland Browns are expecting the quarterback to be ready for their season opener. ���We feel really good about it,��� general manager Andrew Berry said Thursday at his annual pre-draft new Beltway in the dark: More than 300 streetlights out along the busy highway 04/18/2024 08:15am • In early April, a WTOP staffer noticed an unusual number of streetlights were out along the Capital Beltway in Maryland, with more than 60 spotted between Interstate 95 and the exit to Connecticut Avenue. This left large sections of the interstate where streetlights exist, in the dark. Was it Joel Embiid scores 23 points, has the big assist as 76ers beat Heat in play-in to earn No. 7 seed 04/18/2024 12:20am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� The 76ers needed all the improbable tricks they could summon to even have a chance at winning their first play-in game in team history. Nicolas Batum hit game-shifting 3-pointers. Buddy Hield was in the mix. Even the promise of free chicken nuggets was enough to revive an offe Clippers preparing to have Kawhi Leonard for Game 1 against Mavericks 04/17/2024 03:51pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Kawhi Leonard has yet to practice five-on-five with the Los Angeles Clippers as they prepare to face the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs. Leonard hasn't played in a game since March 31 because of inflammation in his surgically repaired right knee. The best-of