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The NBA approved sweeping changes to the draft lottery on Thursday that will strip the teams with the worst records from receiving the best odds of winning the No. 1 pick, something the league hopes will prevent tanking. A vote by the league’s Board of Governors made the plan official for the next three seasons. The “3-2-1 Lottery” proposal expands the event to 16 teams, flattens odds of winning the […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — While most of the Kansas City Chiefs participated in voluntary workouts this week, wide receiver Rashee Rice was back in Texas, serving his 30-day jail sentence after violating the terms of his probation for his role in a car crash that left multiple people injured. The 26-year-old Rice was booked into the Dallas County jail May 19 after testing positive for THC. He is due […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” naming outsider Nick Bilton, a longtime technology journalist and documentarian, as the show’s new leader. Executive producer Tanya Simon will be leaving about a year after being named to the job following 30 years at the venerable Sunday evening program. In […]

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Thursday denied the existence of an agreement with the United States to conduct anti-drug trafficking operations on Guatemalan soil. The comments come after The New York Times reported that the Central American nation agreed to carry out joint strikes. The case is the latest in ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Latin American governments that seek to strike a balance […]

An architect of the Senate bill that proposes to solve problems engulfing college sports says he heard the criticism right away, along with conversations of breakaway conferences and collective bargaining as ways to combat the industry’s ever-spiraling spending. Cody Campbell’s response to that talk: You broke it, we’re trying to fix it. “My take is, it’s pretty rich for these people who created the problem in the first place to […]

DALLAS (AP) — Firefighters battled a large fire that erupted Thursday at an apartment complex in Dallas, where debris from one collapsed building lay heaped on the ground while flames and black smoke billowed into the sky. News video showed dozens of firefighters at the scene. Some had hoses trained on piles of smoking debris while others lifted and moved lumber and other burned wreckage as if searching for people […]

Does Mojtaba Khamenei’s Leadership Have a Future?  Verified information within Iran suggests that Mojtaba Khamenei effectively has no role in the leadership structure of the Islamic Republic  By Omid Habibinia / The Media Line  With each passing day, doubts and speculation surrounding the existence of a leadership under Mojtaba Khamenei continue to intensify. While earlier information published by The Media Line indicated that he had been severely injured and hospitalized in the intensive care […]

Campus Israel Launched as Alternative for Jewish Students Facing Antisemitism  Fleur Hassan-Nahoum says the new platform connects students abroad with English-language degree programs, application support, internships, and community life in Israel  By Felice Friedson / The Media Line  Fleur Hassan-Nahoum speaks with the urgency of someone who sees several crises at once: hostile campuses, regional realignment, war with Iran, the future of Gaza, the stubborn persistence of antisemitism, and the […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes is still targeting Week 1 for his return to the field with the Kansas City Chiefs, and the two-time MVP has taken an important step in his recovery from torn ligaments in his left knee by participating in voluntary workouts this week. Mahomes did individual work and participated in 7-on-7 drills on Thursday, the third day of organized team activities but the first […]