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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won over his teammates — and then some. The Thunder guard dominated in a 33-point effort to lift the Thunder to a dominant 124-92 win on home court to take a 2-0 series lead over the Pelicans on Wednesday night. After the game, while being interviewed by TNT’s Allie LaForce, Gilgeous-Alexander’s teammate Chet Holmgren not only said how much the star means to the team but that he should win the NBA’s MVP this season. Holmgren literally grabbed the TNT microphone and delivered a soliloquy that lauded Gilgeous-Alexander’s performance. “I got one more thing to say, he’s…

An 18-year-old student is dead after being shot five to six times by another student outside Bowie High School in Texas.In a press conference, Arlington Police Chief Al Jones and Arlington ISD Superintendent Dr. Matt Smith said that the shooting happened at the local public school around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday near a portable building outside.The school was placed on lockdown just as students were about to be let out for the day.When School Resource Officers arrived at the scene, they found the 18-year-old male student lying unresponsive on the ground with apparent gunshot wounds.OKLAHOMA MAN ‘BLUDGEONED’ GIRLFRIEND’S RELATIVE WITH BRICK…

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On his first day on the job as Nets head coach, Jordi Fernandez predicted Nic Claxton would win Defensive Player of the Year. General manager Sean Marks called keeping the unrestricted free agent their single biggest offseason task. It sounds like the Nets are in the Nic Claxton business. “Nic is a quote-unquote big that has defensive versatility. I believe he’ll be Defensive Player of the Year. For us, he’s a priority in this summer,” Fernandez said at his introductory press conference at HSS Training Center. Of course, there is a subtlety there. It’s unclear whether Fernandez’s comment “for us”…

President Biden made the sign of the cross, a gesture Catholics often make before and after prayer, while listening to pro-abortion comments by a fellow Democrat in Florida. The president’s actions came Tuesday as Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried, the state’s former Democratic gubernatorial nominee, blasted an upcoming law restricting abortion to within six weeks of gestation. Biden was heavily criticized in response to the move, which several Catholic groups and commentators described as sacrilegious given the Catholic Church’s strict teaching condemning abortion. “And then we come back here to the state of Florida where [Gov.] Ron DeSantis felt like he needed…

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has been a lifeline for some people and families exposed to toxins linked to decades-old nuclear weapons tests, but advocates say more people deserve compensation. The law, first enacted in 1990 and set to expire this year, has provided payments for anyone who may have contracted certain cancers and illnesses as a result of the effort to build the first atomic bomb.”This goes back to the Manhattan Project and all of the Cold War era, when the government’s nuclear program was really made possible by working people who went to the mines, who processed uranium. They’d…

A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said.The leaflet that was posted on the campus in Boston on Oct. 22 read, “Stand with Chinese People,” along with other statements such as “We Want Freedom” and “We Want Democracy,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston said.CHINESE BERKLEE MUSIC STUDENT CHARGED WITH STALKING INDIVIDUAL WHO POSTED FLYER SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY IN CHINAIn response, Xiaolei Wu, 26, threatened to chop off the person’s hands, reported…

Kate Beckinsale’s recent health troubles are not keeping her off the big screen. Beckinsale, 50, will star alongside Scott Eastwood in the kidnapping drama Stolen Girl, which is now in pre-production. The film will tell the true story of Maureen Dabbagh, a woman who spent years searching for her daughter after she was abducted by the child’s father. Most of Stolen Girl will be shot in Italy and is expected to begin principal photography soon, with a reported budget around $25 million. James Kent will direct the movie, with Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham writing the screenplay. The news of…

Jimmy Butler may not have been on the court for Game 2, but he made his presence felt before the game. Tyler Herro, whose 24 points led the Heat to a win over the Celtics, revealed that Butler had reached out to him to rally the team before the Heat and Boston tipped off for their first-round series.  “Before the series [Jimmy Butler] texted me to take the team and lead these guys,” said Herro after the Heat’s 111-101 victory to even the series at one game apiece. “Just make every right play. It’s not all about scoring, in the…

An Arizona grand jury on Wednesday returned an indictment against Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and several others for their alleged roles in a plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Eleven Arizona Republicans, including former state GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward and state Sens. Jacob Hoffman and Anthony Kern, were hit with felony charges related to the so-called “fake electors” plot, state Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Wednesday.  Seven other names were redacted in the indictment because they hadn’t been served yet.  Those individuals have been identified by…