AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT (2024)

BOSTON – Here are five thoughts from the Dallas Mavericks’ 105-98 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the NBA Finals.

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The Seattle Storm desperately wanted payback against the Minnesota Lynx.

Former President Donald Trump agrees with Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s goal of opening up more federal lands for housing in Nevada.

Former president Donald Trump has endorsed retired Army Capt. Sam Brown for U.S. Senate in Nevada over a crowded GOP primary field. Trump chose Brown over several other candidates with close ties to the former president including Jeff Gunter, Trump’s former ambassador to Iceland, and Jim Marchant, who ran for Nevada Secretary of State in 2022 on a platform of election denialism spurred by Trump’s false claims of widespread election fraud. Brown, a Purple Heart recipient, was heavily recruited by Republicans in Washington before announcing his run last year. Trump's endorsem*nt further lifts Brown above his opponents in terms of national backing.

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Trump backs front-runner Sam Brown for U.S. Senate from Nevada, widening his endorsem*nt gap above GOP field.

LONDON — New York Mets owner and CEO Steve Cohen isn’t ready to talk trades.

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Jrue Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Jayson Tatum made up for a rough shooting night with 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 on Sunday night to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals. Luka Doncic, who was listed as questionable to play less than two hours before the opening tipoff, scored 32 points with 11 rebounds and 11 assists — the first NBA Finals triple-double in Mavericks franchise history. But he missed a one-footed, running floater from 3-point range with 28 seconds left, ending Dallas’ last chance at a comeback. Game 3 is Wednesday night in Dallas.

NEW YORK— This weekend’s results might not matter much in the grand scheme of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ season.

Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 to take 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.

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A Republican U.S. House candidate who served prison time for taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot that mobbed the U.S. Capitol stormed off the stage Sunday minutes into an Atlanta Press Club debate.

Christian Moore and Dalton Bargo both hit two of Tennessee’s seven home runs, powering the top-seeded Volunteers to a 12-1 victory over Evansville in the championship game of the Knoxville Super Regional. Tennessee (55-12) advances to the College World Series for the second straight season and seventh time overall after a rain delay postponed the start for an hour. The Volunteers have never won the event, losing 3-2 to Oklahoma for the title in 1951 — the fifth CWS. Brent Widder drove in an unearned run with a two-out single in the top of the first inning to give Evansville (39-26) the lead.

LONDON (AP) — Catcher Luis Torrens turned Nick Castellanos’ bases-loaded roller in front of the plate into a game-ending double play, and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Sunday for a split of their two-game London Series.

CHICAGO — Veteran players were free to begin their summer break Thursday afternoon after the Chicago Bears wrapped up minicamp at Halas Hall, setting them loose until they have to report for training camp July 19.

California doesn’t lack for an excess of bureaucracies and government agencies. At the state level, we have more than 200 agencies, which have wide-ranging regulatory authority. The state has more than 220,000 active, full-time employees, with hundreds of thousands of government employees at…

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WASHINGTON – In December, Debbie Waldrep was diagnosed with breast cancer. Soon after that, she began treatment.

Donald Trump said he’d scrap taxes on tipped earnings for hospitality workers if he wins the White House, calibrating his message for swing-state voters in Nevada as he fights back after his felony conviction.

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WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Hurston Waldrep tried to play stopper. He started well, then lost control in the fourth inning.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi cost his team an out by bolting from the dugout and colliding with an opponent on a bizarre play in the 10th inning of Sunday’s game against Oakland. With the Blue Jays leading 6-3 in the top of the 10th, Davis Schneider lofted a popup into foul territory near Toronto’s dugout on the first-base side at the Coliseum. Blue Jays players watching from in front of the bench scattered as Athletics first baseman Tyler Soderstrom pursued the ball. Kikuchi, attempting to get out of the way quickly, ran toward the field and crashed into Soderstrom. Both players were knocked down as the ball fell to the ground. The umpires got together and ruled Schneider out due to obstruction on an embarrassed Kikuchi.

Rudy Tomjanovich was moved to tears by his latest award, only because he had no idea it was coming or that he was even under consideration. The Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and two-time NBA champion coach with the Houston Rockets was announced Sunday as this year’s recipient of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association.

OAKLAND, Calif. — A blast and a bloop gave the Oakland A’s a lead in the seventh inning, but it wasn’t enough as the Toronto Blue Jays broke loose for three runs in the 10th inning for a 6-4 win Sunday at the Coliseum before a crowd of 11,276.

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