NPR erroneously reports Samuel Alito is retiring, minutes after Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

WASHINGTON — NPR retracted a story Tuesday announcing the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. The public radio outlet posted the conservative justice’s retirement shortly after the Supreme Court finished its term, announcing a key birthright citizenship ruling. However, the story was incorrect, and Alito did not make any such announcement. Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis The associate justice joined the high court in 2005 as an appointee of former President George W. Bush to fill a vacancy left by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Trump nominated three…

LeBron James leaving Lakers in free agency

LeBron James’ time in Tinseltown has come to an end. James has informed the Lakers that he will finish out his NBA career elsewhere and that the Lakers are free to move on without him. LeBron James is leaving the Los Angeles Lakers and will be an unrestricted free agent…

Supreme Court upholds state bans on trans athletes in girls’ sports

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld state-level bans on transgender competitors playing girls’ sports in Idaho and West Virginia in a landmark decision with major implications for more than half the country where similar policies are in place. In a 6-3 opinion, in which the liberal justices concurred and dissented in part, the…

Scientists figured out how to shrink huge ultrafast lasers so they fit on a tiny chip ‪‪—‬ the ‘holy grail’ of the field

A breakthrough in photonic chips could make large, costly, ultrafast lasers dramatically smaller, leading to portable and affordable imaging, diagnostic and information-processing devices, researchers say.By using a decades-old overlooked laser architecture, scientists managed to fit an ultrafast laser onto a tiny photonic chip — a chip that uses light, rather…

Ford to recall over 741,000 US vehicles due to park system issue, NHTSA says

Ford is recalling 741,195 vehicles in the US ​over a transmission defect that can ‌damage the park system, which in turn could result in vehicles rolling away, the US ​National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said ​on Tuesday. The recall affects certain 2018-2021 ⁠Navigator, Expedition, 2020-2021 Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, ​and 2021 F-150…

Knicks have shot to repeat feat 37 years in making — sweeping rival 76ers

PHILADELPHIA — Before social media and brand marketing and everything else that’s snatched away most genuine reactions from team sports, Charles Oakley, the enforcer and spokesman of the Knicks, told a ballboy, “Go get that broom.”  The Knicks were in Philadelphia and just completed a first-round sweep of the Sixers.…

Blake Snell returns in Dodgers’ loss to Atlanta Braves

If the game was viewed as an extension of spring training, which is basically what it was for Blake Snell, the Dodgers’ 7-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night could be charitably classified as a success. After missing the first six weeks of the season, Snell was throwing…

Steve Kerr signs two-year deal to remain as Warriors head coach

Steve Kerr will be remaining in The Bay for the near future. Kerr agreed to a two-year deal to remain as head coach of the Warriors, ESPN reported Saturday. The exact amount of the contract has yet to be disclosed, with league officials telling ESPN that the deal will keep…

Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman remembers late Braves manager Bobby Cox

If the sun is blocked at some point Sunday by clouds passing over Dodger Stadium, Freddie Freeman won’t move his sunglasses to the brim of his cap. He doesn’t want his shades to obscure the Dodgers’ logo. “It will be on the back of my hat,” Freeman said. “That’s Bobby.…

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