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The NBA continues to tout its resurgent TV ratings two rounds into the playoffs. The first two rounds of the playoffs have averaged 4.5 million viewers per game, NBA PR said Tuesday, with games across ABC, ESPN and new broadcast partners NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video. According to the league, it’s the highest average since 1997, 29 years ago. In a separate announcement, Prime Video said Game 7 of the […]

May 19 (Reuters) – Ed Gallrein, boosted by the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, ousted incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie, a prominent Trump critic, on Tuesday to become the Republican Party’s nominee to represent Kentucky’s 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, NBC News projected. Tuesday’s primary vote was seen as a test of Trump’s powers to persuade Republican voters to punish his critics. Massie has represented parts […]

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) – A group representing major U.S. airlines opposes a White House proposal to require smaller airports to use private security screeners instead of the Transportation Security Administration, according to written testimony seen by Reuters. Airlines for America CEO Chris Sununu will tell a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday that ensuring that private security “remains an option for airports and does not become a mandatory […]

By Nate Raymond May 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Minnesota from enforcing a newly enacted law that made the state the first nationally to outright ban prediction markets like those run by Kalshi and Polymarket. The federal regulator filed the lawsuit a day after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a Democrat, signed into law a measure that starting on […]

Chiefs’ Rashee Rice ordered to jail after testing positive for marijuana in violation of probation DALLAS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice has been sentenced to serve 30 days in jail after testing positive for marijuana in violation of the terms of his probation for his role in a crash that left multiple people injured on a Dallas highway two years ago. The Texas State Attorney’s Office said […]

May 19 (Reuters) – Republican voters in Kentucky nominated Andy Barr on Tuesday as their candidate in November’s election for the U.S. Senate seat held by Senator Mitch McConnell for four decades, according to projections from NBC News and the Associated Press. McConnell, 84, is one of the most powerful members of the Republican Party and served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2021. Barr is the representative for […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is cooperating with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier after being issued a subpoena. Uthmeier sent the subpoena to the NFL on May 13 as his office investigates whether the league has committed potential civil rights violations related to the Rooney Rule and the league’s other employment practices, policies and programs. “I think we have been very clear about our […]

Jell-O — long known for its bright rainbow of artificially colored gelatins — is getting a line of products made without synthetic colors or artificial sweeteners to meet increasing consumer demand for natural ingredients. Kraft Heinz Co. on Tuesday unveiled Jell-O Simply, a line of pre-made gelatin that the company said is made with fruit juice and has at least 25% less sugar than the regular version. The ready-to-eat range […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom is facing growing opposition from Republicans ahead of an expected vote this week, even as President Donald Trump and the U.S. Secret Service push for the money. Republicans are revising the proposal after the Senate parliamentarian said Saturday that it did not meet the requirements to be included […]