Report: Carmelo Anthony elected to Hall of Fame
Carmelo Anthony has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on the first ballot, ESPN reported Wednesday. An NCAA champion at Syracuse, a 10-time NBA All-Star with the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks, and a three-time Olympic ...
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PIMCO steps up private lending to emerging market governments
By Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) - Bond giant PIMCO has privately lent nearly $6 billion to emerging market borrowers, mostly governments, this year alone, securing higher returns and better lender protections, its head of emerging markets portfol...
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US FAA boosting staffing at Washington airport, may slow arrivals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it may slow flight arrivals at Reagan Washington National Airport after a January 29 collision between a helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet that killed 67 pe...
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Man to plead guilty to attempted assassination of US Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California man who showed up armed with a handgun near U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Maryland home in 2022 plans to plead guilty to attempted assassination, his lawyers said on Wednesday i...
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UC Berkeley antisemitism lawsuit can proceed, judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge said Jewish groups may pursue a lawsuit accusing the University of California, Berkeley, of tolerating an "unrelenting" stream of antisemitic harassment toward Jewish students and faculty. In a decisi...
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Russian strategic bomber crashes in Siberia, one person dead, agencies report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk of Siberia due to a technical malfunction, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday. They said the aircraft went down in a deserted area, and that four crew members eje...
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Tennis-Britain's Jones says altitude sickness led to collapse mid-serve in Colombia
(Reuters) - Briton Francesca Jones said playing in Bogota without acclimatising to the high altitude led to her collapse mid-serve at the Colsanitas Cup, where she was taken off court in a wheelchair. Jones, 24, was losing 6-2 5-7 5-3 to Argentina'...
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Bucknell sued in football player's death last summer
The parents of a Bucknell freshman football player who died following a workout last summer have filed a lawsuit against the school and members of the administration and coaching staff. The suit claims the university knew about their 18-year-old son's...
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Reports: Alex Rodriguez, Marc Lore to own Timberwolves, Lynx
Glen Taylor has agreed to transfer complete ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx to the group led by Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. Taylor agreed to part ways with the NBA and WNBA teams for $1.5 billion...
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Mexico's Inbursa sells 49.9% stake in STM Financial to Stellantis subsidiary
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican bank Grupo Financiero Inbursa said it will sell a 49.9% stake in its automotive finance unit STM Financial to Fidis, a subsidiary of car manufacturer Stellantis. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Inbursa, owned by Mexican tycoon Ca...
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