By The Associated Press Timeline of the National Basketball Association’s scoring record progression, focusing on LeBron James and his pursuit of the record Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has held for the past 39 years.
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By Heather Chen, CNN Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have captured a pilot from New Zealand and are holding him hostage after setting fire to his plane, the group said in a statement. The pilot, identified by local police as Philip Merthens, was captured after landing a commercial charter flight at Paro Airport
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN China is planning to offer free fertility treatment to citizens under its national insurance scheme in a bid to reverse its plummeting birth rate. The National Healthcare Security Administration said on Friday it would extend its coverage to help shoulder the costs for families trying to conceive. It said the new
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — John Isner has advanced to the second round at his hometown Dallas Open. The American won a pair of tiebreakers in a match without any service breaks for a straight-sets victory over Chun-Hsin Tseng. The fifth-seeded Isner served 22 aces. He now has 498 career victories in tiebreakers. He is joined in
Continue Reading FRESNO, Calif. — Led by Isaiah Hill’s 17 points, the Fresno State Bulldogs defeated the San Jose State Spartans 70-62 on Tuesday. The Bulldogs moved to 9-14 with the win and the Spartans fell to 14-10.
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James stepped over to his dad’s locker and played the phone video he had taken of Tuesday night’s biggest moment. The NBA’s new scoring king tipped his head back in a rich, full-throated laugh when the audio revealed Bronny had anticipated that the historic
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By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — Thinly-stretched rescue teams worked through the night into Wednesday, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings downed in Turkey and Syria by a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 7,700, their grim task occasionally punctuated by the joy
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By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The Los Angeles Lakers honored superstar LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in a pregame ceremony on Thursday. With his family and Abdul-Jabbar in attendance, a tribute video was shown on the video board, before former Lakers star James Worthy spoke briefly and
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By Jason Hanna and David Close, CNN King James is now the king of NBA scoring. LeBron James became the association’s all-time leading scorer in the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, surpassing the record that six-time NBA MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had held for 39 years. With 10.9 seconds
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By DAVID SMALE Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Markquis Nowell scored 18 points and No. 12 Kansas State finished strong, snapping a two-game skid by beating No. 17 TCU 82-61. The Wildcats outscored TCU 17-2 to end the game. Kansas State improved to 19-5 and moved within a game of first-place Texas in a
Continue Reading By DAVID SMALE Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Markquis Nowell scored 18 points and No. 12 Kansas State finished strong, snapping a two-game skid by beating No. 17 TCU 82-61. The Wildcats outscored TCU 17-2 to end the game. Kansas State improved to 19-5 and moved within a game of first-place Texas in a
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders painted a dystopian portrait of the country in the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. The former spokeswoman for President Donald Trump leaned heavily into Republican culture war issues and accused Biden of pursuing what
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Reaction from social media and elsewhere, regarding LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s leading scorer.
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By Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN Republicans repeatedly heckled President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, ignoring the occasional shushes from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In moments throughout the address, Republicans in the House chamber shouted at Biden, protesting his approach to a wide range of issues such
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LeBron James is the NBA’s new career scoring leader. With a stepback jump shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, James pushed his career total to 38,388 points and broke the record that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar held for nearly four
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say in a new report that North Korean hackers working for the government stole record-breaking virtual assets last year estimated to be worth between $630 million and more than $1 billion. The panel of experts said in the wide-ranging report seen Tuesday by
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he is axing or delaying many of his government’s more contentious policy plans as he looks to refocus on priorities like the rising cost of living. Hipkins, who was sworn-in two weeks ago after the shock resignation
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By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN CSX Transportation announced Tuesday that it had reached a deal with two railroad unions regarding paid sick leave. The agreement reached between CSX and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, which represents engineers, and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, which represents mechanical workers, will provide 5,000 union members employed
Continue Reading By JOHN FLESHER and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration plans changes in federal regulations to encourage voluntary conservation projects on private land, partly by shielding owners from punishment if their actions kill or harm small numbers of imperiled species. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal released Wednesday
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS — Gibson Jimerson led the Saint Louis Billikens with 24 points and sealed the victory with a 3-pointer with 32 seconds remaining as the Billikens defeated the Rhode Island Rams 76-71. The Billikens moved to 16-8 with the win and the Rams fell to 8-15.
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