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Kevin Durant, LeBron James meet in playoffs for 4th time when Rockets visit short-handed Lakers 04/17/2026 06:09pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James and Kevin Durant first faced each other in the playoffs way back in 2012, when the Miami Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder to win James' first NBA championship. The superstars met again in 2017 and 2018, and Durant's Golden State Warriors beat James' Cleveland Cav $13 train fare spikes to $150 for World Cup fans attending matches in New Jersey 04/17/2026 06:00pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring. Fans trying to get to MetLife Stadium from New York City can expect to shell out $150 for a round-trip train fare for each match, tr Patients of Dr. Cerina Fairfax mourn her killing 04/17/2026 05:59pm • At the end of a quiet office park in Fairfax County, Virginia, flowers line the entrance to a dental clinic where patients are remembering Dr. Cerina Fairfax. Fairfax, a dentist and the wife of former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, died early Thursday after police say he shot her and then kil Turning Point USA’s high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns 04/17/2026 05:57pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Republican leaders across the U.S. are encouraging chapters of the conservative political group Turning Point USA in all public high schools in the wake last year’s assassination of co-founder Charlie Kirk, an effort they describe as countering the oppression of conservative v Ballesteros, Hoerner and Happ homer as Cubs hand Mets their 9th straight loss in 12-4 romp 04/17/2026 05:53pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Moisés Ballesteros, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ homered, and the Chicago Cubs handed the Mets their ninth straight loss, pounding New York 12-4 on Friday. The Mets' skid is their worst since the 2004 team dropped 11 straight. They’ve been outscored 56-16 during the streak. Chicago Inter Milan eases past Cagliari and moves one step closer to Serie A title 04/17/2026 05:48pm • REGGIO EMILIA, Italy (AP) — Marcus Thuram scored his fourth goal in three games as Inter Milan beat Cagliari 3-0 and extended its lead in Serie A to 12 points on Friday. After a poor first half in which Inter failed to turn its pressure into goals, Cristian Chivu’s men took control during a four Crosby most likely to become head coach, Nylander most fashionable according to NHLPA poll 04/17/2026 05:46pm • TORONTO (AP) — Sidney Crosby is seen by his peers as the NHL player most likely to become a head coach, according to the National Hockey League Players’ Association’s annual player poll released Friday. The 38-year-old Pittsburgh Penguins captain topped the category with 10.3% of the vote, fol Pilot says Hawaii tour helicopter vibrated and spun before crash killed 3 04/17/2026 05:44pm • The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a sightseeing flight off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last month, killing three passengers, told investigators that the aircraft vibrated and spun before plunging into the water, according to report released Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board's St Pauli concedes late penalty to tie at home with Cologne 04/17/2026 05:44pm • HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Karol Mets scored his first Bundesliga goal and conceded a penalty with seven minutes left as St. Pauli drew with visiting Cologne 1-1 and missed the chance to snap a six-game winless streak on Friday. St. Pauli had the best of the chances but was beset again by a familiar Canucks fire GM Patrik Allvin. Head of hockey ops Jim Rutherford keeps his job 04/17/2026 05:41pm • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Canucks fired general manager Patrik Allvin on Friday after missing the playoffs for a third time in four seasons with him in the position. President of hockey operations Jim Rutherford is keeping his job. Rutherford acknowledged he has to shoulder Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quickly 04/17/2026 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — After U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz was fully open to commercial vessels after almost seven weeks of war, oil prices plunged 10% and the stock market rallied Friday. 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