Day: April 18, 2023

Warriors’ broadcast cuts Draymond Green slack for stomp: ‘Don’t think he had a choice’

8:04 pm April 18, 2023

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is awaiting discipline from the NBA after stomping on Sacramento Kings All-Star Domantas Sabonis during a playoff game Monday night. Green was ejected with 7:03 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 2 after getting tangled up with Sabonis following a Warriors rebound. Sabonis grabbed Green’s leg before the […]

No charges in police killing of pallbearer during his father’s funeral

8:03 pm April 18, 2023

Charges won’t be brought against members of a West Virginia task force who fatally shot a pallbearer at his father’s funeral after an investigation found the fugitive was reaching for a concealed weapon, a special prosecutor said Tuesday. Grant County Prosecutor John Ours said in a telephone interview that he reviewed the State Police investigation […]

Mexican president accused of wiretapping activists, violating pledge

7:12 pm April 18, 2023

Press freedom groups said Tuesday the Mexican government apparently continued to use Pegasus spyware to infect telephones of human rights activists as recently as late 2022, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to stop such spying. The activists targeted by the spyware work for the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez human rights center. […]

AEW star Britt Baker talks balance of being wrestler and dentist, why she’s a big believer in Tony Khan

7:11 pm April 18, 2023

Britt Baker has emerged as one of the top stars in women’s professional wrestlers since she joined All Elite Wrestling in 2019 but stepping into the squared circle wasn’t always the dream. The Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, native enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in the same year she began to train to […]

Supreme Court signals it will make it easier for workers to claim religious accommodations

7:04 pm April 18, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready on Tuesday to make it harder for employers deny a worker’s religious accommodation request, a high-stakes civil rights dispute over balancing an individual’s faith demands with a business’ economic bottom line. But in nearly two hours of tense oral arguments, a majority of justices also raised questions over the […]