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Barnes records 4th triple-double as hungry Raptors tip Pacers 130-122
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Toronto Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic promised his players a tasty reward when they finally strung together a three-game winning streak. Now it’s time to pay up. With All-Star Scottie Barnes logging his fourth triple-double of the season and RJ Barrett scoring 24 points in Monday night’s 130-122 victory, players responded to their ... Read More »
Music producer latest to accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual misconduct
NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “Diddy” Combs was sued Monday by a music producer who accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have sex with prostitutes. The suit, filed in federal court in New York, accuses Combs of repeated instances of unsolicited groping and sexual touching. It also says the ... Read More »
Hendrix Lapierre scores twice as the Capitals beat the Senators 6-3
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hendrix Lapierre has only been back with Washington for a couple of days, one of several injury call-ups from the minors, but he senses a little something different about the Capitals this time around. Winning, mostly. Lapierre scored twice Monday night as the Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 in a good, ... Read More »
Barnes records 4th triple-double as Raptors trip Pacers 130-122
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – All-Star Scottie Barnes logged his fourth triple-double of the season and RJ Barrett had 24 points on Monday night to lead the Toronto Raptors to their second win this season over the Indiana Pacers, 130-122. Barnes had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists on a night seven Raptors scored in double ... Read More »
Lapierre scores twice as Capitals sink Senators 6-3
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hendrix Lapierre scored twice, and the Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 in a good, old-fashioned goalfest Monday night, inching closer to a playoff position. John Carlson, Max Pacioretty, Aliaksei Protas and Beck Malenstyn each had a goal in pacing Washington to a fourth win in five games. The Capitals have ... Read More »
A shooting claimed multiple lives in a tiny Alaska whaling village. Here’s what to know.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A shooting at a home in a remote Inupiat whaling village on Alaska’s northwest coast has resulted in multiple deaths and injuries, but officials on Monday declined to offer more specifics, including the number of victims. “Last night, incidents occurred in Point Hope that resulted in the loss of lives and ... Read More »
Don Henley tells court he never gave away drafts of ‘Hotel California’ lyrics
NEW YORK (AP) – Don Henley never gave away handwritten pages of draft lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits, he said Monday, calling them “very personal” in testimony that also delved into an ugly but unrelated episode: his 1980 arrest. Henley, the Grammy-winning co-founder of one of the most successful bands in rock ... Read More »
Montana Supreme Court rules in favor of major copper mine
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Stalled work on a major copper mine proposed in central Montana can proceed after the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that officials had adequately reviewed the project’s environmental effects. The court’s 5-2 decision overturns a 2022 lower court ruling that effectively blocked work on the Black Butte mine north of White ... Read More »
B.C. workers on minimum wage will see an increase of 65 cents per hour June 1
VICTORIA – Minimum-wage workers in British Columbia will get a pay hike of 65 cents an hour to $17.40 starting June 1, a move the government says will help lift more people out of poverty. The Ministry of Labour says in a statement the 3.9-per-cent increase is consistent with the province’s average inflation rate last ... Read More »
Mothers of teens who died by suicide after being targeted online urge passage of bill
The mothers of two Canadian teens who died by suicide after they were targeted by online tormentors urged parliamentarians to pass new legislation introduced Monday to protect kids on the internet. “Sometimes you have to wait for something good,” Carol Todd said in an interview on Monday, just before the federal Liberals finally introduced their ... Read More »
Some bundled wireless plans not as cheap as before Rogers-Shaw merger: watchdog
Certain cellphone plans in Western Canada are not as cheap as they were prior to the Rogers-Shaw merger, Canada’s competition watchdog says. Jeanne Pratt, the Competition Bureau’s senior deputy commissioner of mergers and monopolistic practices, told MPs on Monday that before Shaw was purchased by Rogers Communications last April, the company was “a particularly growing ... Read More »
