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National Flag Day, Freedom 250 UFC Event, and President Trump’s 80th Birthday Converge on June 14   By The Media Line Staff   President Donald Trump has designated June 14 as Flag Day and the start of National Flag Week, while a special military-themed presentation is scheduled to take place during the Freedom 250 UFC event at the White House.   According to a presidential proclamation issued by the White House, June 14 will be observed as […]

IDF Col. Netanel Lasri, Former Golan Brigade Commander, Dies at 40   By The Media Line Staff   Col. Netanel (Nati) Lasri, head of the Planning Department in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Ground Forces Command and former commander of the Golan Brigade, has died at the age of 40 following a three-year battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife and three children.   Lasri was widely regarded as one of […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Mike Brown didn’t seem to be the New York Knicks’ first choice to take over as coach last spring, when the team fired Tom Thibodeau and was linked to at least a half-dozen other candidates who held various jobs around the NBA. In the end, he clearly was the right choice. Brown is now a five-time NBA champion coach — four of those rings won as […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” billed as his first popcorn movie in years, launched with $44 million in domestic theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Disclosure Day” opened largely as expected, collecting $92.9 million worldwide over its first weekend. That was good enough to give the 79-year-old Spielberg, who conceived the film’s story, his best opening weekend for an original movie, not accounting to inflation. Of course, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tanker disabled by the American military while trying to run the U.S. blockade of Iran had dismissed nearly 60 verbal warnings as well as other shows of force before being fired upon, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. The ship’s crew also ignored eight shows of force by military aircraft that included fired flares and flyovers, as well as two final warnings before being fired […]

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Yosemite National Park ranger who was fired after flying a giant transgender pride flag from a rock wall that looms over the California park’s main thoroughfare. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston found on Friday that Shannon “SJ” Joslin, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronoun they, must follow the process set out by the Civil Service Reform Act. […]

And just like that, it’s next season in the NBA. The New York Knicks will be feted with a championship parade through the streets of Manhattan on Thursday after a postseason in which they successfully rallied from six double-digit deficits to win games in the playoffs, including all four of their victories in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. It continued the unprecedented run of NBA parity, with […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had to watch the visiting team become champions, again. The Wemby era of the NBA is fully underway, with the 7-foot-4 French star unanimously winning the Defensive Player of the Year award this season, finishing third in the Most Valuable Player balloting and making first-team All-NBA for the first of what could be many, many times if all goes according to his plan. But […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Knowing New York had waited 53 years to see the Knicks hoist the NBA championship trophy, owner James Dolan didn’t even wait to be handed the 30-pound gold-plated prize. He grabbed it and lifted it skyward with a yell. “I want to say something to New York,” Dolan shouted. “Hey New York! I’m sorry it took so long! But here we are, and hopefully it won’t […]