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Knicks in the NBA Finals won't change Mike Breen's approach to his call on ABC 06/02/2026 07:44pm • If there were any doubts that Mike Breen can be a neutral announcer during the NBA Finals with the New York Knicks facing the San Antonio Spurs, Joe Davis can put those at ease. The Fox Sports baseball announcer — who also calls Los Angeles Dodgers games locally — received a thoughtful critique Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts 06/02/2026 07:37pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month when scientists board a research vessel and motor off the Oregon coast to pull a research buoy from deep out of the Pacific. The buoy 80 meters (260 feet) below the water's surface wi Mariners' Josh Naylor gets a day off to rest after having back spasms 06/02/2026 07:07pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor, who exited Monday night’s victory over the New York Mets with back spasms, was out of the lineup Tuesday. Naylor hit a tying home run off reliever Brooks Raley in the seventh inning Monday, but by the time he returned to the dugout, his back had NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says on his 74th birthday retiring is not imminent 06/02/2026 07:01pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hours after a report surfaced that he was discussing a succession plan with members of the Board of Governors executive committee, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman reiterated that he is not expecting to retire any time soon from the job he has held for more than three decades. Be MV Realty preyed on Maryland homeowners, attorney general says 06/02/2026 06:59pm • The Maryland Office of the Attorney General has charged a Florida-based real estate firm with deceptive trade practices and other consumer protection-related counts, accusing MV Realty of misleading Maryland homeowners into predatory loan agreements with intentionally obscure terms. The charges cen San Francisco Giants hire Gary Pettis as their third base coach 06/02/2026 06:58pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have hired Gary Pettis as their third base coach, less than a week after reassigning Hector Borg to a different role in player development. The Giants announced before Tuesday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers that Pettis will join the team Wednes Man who killed his girlfriend’s baby and threw the body in a pond is executed in Florida 06/02/2026 06:56pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who confessed to killing his girlfriend’s infant daughter and throwing her body in a pond three decades ago was executed Tuesday evening. Andrew Richard Lukehart, 53, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison Jakub Mensik goes from cramps and wheelchair to a spot in the French Open semifinals 06/02/2026 06:56pm • PARIS (AP) — Less than a week ago, Jakub Mensik was pushed away from the court in a wheelchair after collapsing to the clay with cramps. Now the 20-year-old Czech player is in the French Open semifinals. The 6-foot-5 Mensik used his attacking game to end the run of Brazil’s Joao Fonseca with a 6 Trump signs an executive order that invites vetting of top AI models for national security risks 06/02/2026 06:52pm • President Donald Trump signed an executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence Tuesday, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s technological edge. The order establishes a framework for the federal governmen Trump administration proposes 25% tariffs on Brazil despite extensive US trade surplus 06/02/2026 06:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict U.S. commerce.’’ Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said US still talking with countries to resettle Afghans as Rubio defends entry to white South Africans 06/02/2026 06:35pm • Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday that the U.S. is still in discussions with several countries to resettle more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort, while he defended the Trump administration's decision to green-light refugee admissions for tens of thousands of Bettors split as Knicks open NBA Finals versus Spurs as slight underdogs 06/02/2026 06:33pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The New York Knicks, outside of the five boroughs and surrounding suburbs, weren't considered legitimate favorites to win the NBA Finals for most of the season and even into the playoffs. And now they're here, one of the two teams remaining. New York remains an underdog, but only A man who confessed to killing his girlfriend’s baby and throwing the body in a pond has been executed in Florida 06/02/2026 06:32pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man who confessed to killing his girlfriend’s baby and throwing the body in a pond has been executed in Florida. 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