Sports

NBA playoffs second round begins

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chris Paul made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 32 points to help the Los Angeles Clippers beat Oklahoma City 122-105 on Monday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference […]

News

U.S. Supreme Court ruling favors prayer at council meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) — A narrowly divided Supreme Court upheld decidedly Christian prayers at the start of local council meetings on Monday, declaring them in line with long national traditions though the country has grown more […]

News

Mississippi police officer struck by car, Alabama man being sought

PRENTISS, Mississippi (AP) — A 38-year-old Alabama man is being sought for allegedly hitting a Prentiss police officer with a car in Jefferson Davis County. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says Andreas Shackleford of Hillsboro, […]

Business

Decoding the latest patent disputes between Apple and Samsung

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many of today’s smartphones share similar features, from responsive touchscreens that let users unlock the phone with a flick of a finger, to pop-up animations that offer a shortcut to dialing […]

Entertainment

9 circus acrobats injured in accident today performing ‘hair hang’ stunt

PROVIDENCE, R.I.  (AP) — A platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight entertainers plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below. […]