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CHICAGO (AP) — The league’s worst team this season is getting the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. The Washington Wizards won the draft lottery on Sunday and are poised to pick first overall for the first time since choosing John Wall in that spot in 2010. Wall was the Wizards’ on-stage representative for the lottery. Washington had a 14% chance of winning No. 1, tied with Brooklyn and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Abraham H. Foxman, who was a forceful advocate for American Jews as national director of the Anti-Defamation League for nearly three decades, has died, the ADL said Sunday. He was 86. The ADL said in a statement that it “deeply mourns the loss of our longtime national director,” without providing details about where and when Foxman died. Over 28 years as head of the ADL before […]

May 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday posted on social media that three Polish and two Moldovan prisoners had been released from Belarusian and Russian detention. In a post on Truth Social, Trump credited special envoy John Coale for the release, and thanked Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko for his “cooperation and friendship.” Trump also referred to the release of Polish-Belarusian journalist and activist Andrzej Poczobut from a […]

Spain’s World Cup roster appeared to take another blow when midfielder Nico Williams departed Sunday’s La Liga game for Athletic Club with an apparent left leg injury. Williams was replaced in the 36th minute against Valencia with a distraught look on his face. He was later on the bench with a pad on his left hamstring as Valencia finished off a 1-0 victory. Williams, 23, has scored six goals in […]

The Washington Wizards traded for injured veterans Anthony Davis and Trae Young over the winter as part of a plan to turn around one of the league’s worst teams. Another crucial piece of the Wizards’ plan fell into place during Sunday’s NBA draft lottery when they won the first pick in a year when the draft features multiple potential stars. It marks the first time Washington owns the No. 1 […]

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, May 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. was disappointed in a move by Taiwan’s opposition-controlled parliament to approve defense spending short of what Washington believes is needed, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday. “Our position on Taiwan’s defense budget … is that it was disappointing in that there was some stuff left on the cutting room floor that we believe still needs to be funded,” the official said on condition […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers adjusted their pitching staff for the third consecutive day, recalling right-hander Wyatt Mills from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday while returning right-hander Paul Gervase to Triple-A. Mills, 31, is set to make his Dodgers debut after he signed as a free agent with the club in August upon his release by the Boston Red Sox. Mills was 3-2 with a 3.26 ERA in 14 relief appearances […]

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — The remains of a U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco a week ago have been recovered in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. military said Sunday. Military teams are still searching for a second missing soldier. The remains found are those of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 14A Air Defense Artillery officer, who was one of two U.S. soldiers who […]

CHICAGO, May 10 (Reuters) – A search team recovered the body of a U.S. soldier who went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the U.S. Army said on Sunday. • Moroccan searchers found the remains on Saturday in the water within a mile (1.6 km) of where the soldier went missing on May 2, the U.S. Army said in a statement. • The Army […]