CJ McCollum delivered a low blow to Jalen Brunson on the court at Madison Square Garden. He then delivered another one after the game. During the second quarter of the Knicks’ 113-102 Game 1 win over the Hawks on Saturday night, McCollum was given a technical for kicking Brunson right in the midsection while taking a jump shot (he was also called for a travel on the play). Brunson stayed down on the ground in pain for a few moments. McCollum accused Brunson of milking it. “I shot a jumper, and Jalen thought we were at a Broadway show,” McCollum…
Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, highlighting the sector’s rapid technical advances. The race’s inaugural edition last year was riddled with mishaps, and most robots were unable to finish. Last…
It’s all about second chances when Trevor Bauer tugs on a Long Island Ducks jersey on opening night. After years of playing in Mexico and Japan, the polarizing “outcast” 2020 Cy Young winner returns to the mound in America for the first time since his bombshell 194-game MLB suspension in…
Dylan Sprouse was involved in a scary incident after an intruder reportedly trespassed on his home he shares with wife Barbara Palvin. According to multiple reports, Sprouse, 33, confronted the intruder on the couple’s Hollywood Hills estate in Los Angeles on Friday, April 17. (TMZ was the first to report…
LOS ANGELES — Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant’s injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night.…
DENVER — The Dodgers found themselves in an unfamiliar place Saturday night. For the first time in almost a week, the other team had the lead. After entering play with not only four straight wins, but essentially four consecutive wire-to-wire victories (their only recent deficit came briefly in the top…
Charlize Theron is looking back on her difficult upbringing in South Africa. “I have memories from when I was really young, seeing really drunk people, and it scared me,” Theron, 50, told The New York Times in a profile published Saturday, April 17. “Like, people crawling on the floor drunk.…
CHICAGO — The Mets desperately need a win, and scuffling David Peterson isn’t viewed as the best starting pitching option to help deliver it. Peterson was removed from his scheduled Sunday start against the Cubs, with the team announcing Saturday night that Tobias Myers will start instead. The Mets have…
Veronica Roth is expanding her Divergent universe. Roth, 37, announced during BookCon on Saturday, April 18, that two new installments in the dystopian series are on their way. The stories will be set in a companion timeline to Divergent and will serve as a duology that asks the question, “What…
A California woman who registered her dog to vote says she did it to reform lax voting rules. As the push for voter ID to stamp out voter fraud gains momentum, Laura Yourex registered her Boxer, Maya, to vote during the 2020 election, she says, to reveal vulnerabilities in the…
Changpeng Zhao, the controversial crypto mogul better known as CZ, has published a new book called “Freedom of Money” — a narrative of his life and career that’s key for anyone who wants to understand the business of digital assets. What makes this 366-page memoir sing isn’t the riveting prose…
Heroes and zeros from the Knicks’ 113-102 Game 1 win over the Hawks on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden: Hero Jalen Brunson set the tone, scoring 19 first-quarter points en route to a somewhat comfortable Game 1 victory. Brunson finished with 28 points along with seven assists. Hawks…
Ciara Miller held her tongue about her ex West Wilson’s new romance with her onetime best friend, Amanda Batula, for weeks. When she finally spoke out, she didn’t hold back. Ciara broke her silence on the Summer House dating drama in a wide-ranging Glamour interview published April 17, 2026. “It’s…
Last Sunday night in Los Angeles, as the Lakers were closing out their regular season against the Jazz, the broadcast cameras landed on two guys courtside who looked like they didn’t belong — and somehow belonged more than anyone else in the building. Their names are Brandon Taylor and Tom…
Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom may keep things low-key but their romance has been quite the whirlwind. Rumors swirled that the pair were first linked in February 2023 and they were first spotted together a few months later. In May 2023, Theroux — ex-husband to Jennifer Aniston, after all…
Rep. Nancy Mace is calling for a reckoning in the halls of Congress following the resignation of Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. She accused the political establishment of shielding predators to protect their own power and introduced a resolution to stop it. Mace joined “Saturday in America” to discuss the resolution she put forward…
Downton Abbey star Nathalie Baye is dead after a battle with dementia. She was 77. Baye died in her home in Paris after receiving a Lewy body dementia diagnosis, the actress’ family confirmed to the Agence France-Presse on Saturday, April 18. ‘Downton Abbey’ Stars: Where Are They Now? According to…
Duke’s UConn nightmare has continued into the transfer portal. The Blue Devils’ Nikolas Khamenia announced on social media Saturday that he’s transferring to the fellow blue blood program, simply stating “committed” alongside him in a Huskies uniform. The rising sophomore averaged 5.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and one assist per game…
Patrick Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi Swayze, is sharing her thoughts on the upcoming Dirty Dancing sequel. “I actually got to read the script,” Lisa, 69, exclusively told Us Weekly while discussing the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s annual Purple Stride Walk. “I was very moved by it.” Patrick, who died in…
We want colorful. We want outspoken. We want confident. We want swagger. We want over-the-top far more than under-the-radar. And all of that is perfectly lovely. But there is always a flip side to that: You’d better deliver. You’d better be right.
Nikki Garcia is taking extra precautions before her next WWE match by wearing a walking boot. “I’m feeling great. I’m just getting some extra rest in, so I can be really ready for tomorrow,” Garcia, 42, said during a red carpet interview at the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony on…
As allegations of hospice fraud mount in California, Republican congressional candidate Jenny Rae Le Roux is calling out state leaders, accusing them of failing to act as oversight gaps allowed the issue to escalate. “Every dollar was dispersed from the State of California to these actual practice centers, and every bit…
CHICAGO — If there is a baseball hell, the Mets have found it and are threatening to establish permanent residence. The elements of underachievement change daily, but the constant is the Mets lose. And lose. And lose. Saturday their futility reached double digits. They fell 4-2 to the Cubs at…
Tesla said Wednesday it had agreed to invest about $2 billion in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, deepening ties between the companies as the automaker pitches itself as an autonomy and robotics-driven company. Tesla’s shares were up about 2% in extended trading. Musk has framed AI technology as central to…
A Stone Age person buried 12,000 years ago in a cave in Italy had a rare genetic disorder that shortened her arms and legs, a new study finds.A DNA analysis of her skeleton revealed that she was a teenage girl who had a rare form of dwarfism. The finding is…
Robert Kraft is Team Bill Belichick. Despite clashing in recent years, Kraft came out in support of his former Patriots head coach after his reported Pro Football Hall of Fame snub this week. “Whatever perceptions may exist about any personal differences between Bill and me, I strongly believe Bill Belichick’s…
Kim Kardashian has a reason for the continued distance with onetime best friend Larsa Pippen. “I love Larsa [and] I love her kids,” Kim, 45, told sister Khloé Kardashian on the Wednesday, January 28, episode of her “Khloé in Wonderland” podcast. “I think that was a transition when, I think,…
WASHINGTON — To ticket companies, he’s a devil with a cause. Donning a cowboy hat, singer Robert James Ritchie, known as Kid Rock, laced into the “greedy snakes and scoundrels” that dominate the ticketing industry and implored the Senate Commerce subcommittee to target resale scams. “This industry is full of greedy…
CBS to “Evening News” staff: Good night, and good luck. The network has begun offering buyouts to “Evening News” staffers as it looks to revamp the show under new anchor Tony Dokoupil, The Post has learned. CBS News emailed staffers Wednesday: “We are offering an extraordinary chance to leave CBS…
Employees at Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence lab reportedly demanded that management detail plans on how to keep them “physically safe” from ICE after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. An unnamed DeepMind employee made the request Monday on an internal message board, according to Wired, which obtained screenshots…
The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according to a lab experiment that opens up new pathways for the origin of life in the universe.In the presence of ionizing radiation, amino acids — the simplest units of proteins — couple together to form peptide bonds,…
The number of soccer fans formally seeking a ticket to this year’s World Cup is now approaching one billion. Ross McCall, the FIFA World Cup 2026 Executive Director of Commercial Operations, told The California Post on Wednesday they’ve now officially received over 500 million applications for seats to games at…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! It’s hard to know what’s in style at any given time, but when in doubt, we always peek at the runway. Designers showcase only the trendiest pieces, and this season,…
Lab-grown diamonds are taking over — and big gem is sweating. Brides-to-be are snapping up bigger, cheaper, jaw-dropping lab-grown rocks, and the once-untouchable natural diamond market is feeling the heat. Prices are being slashed, traditions are being challenged, and the engagement-ring game is getting a serious remix. Even De Beers,…
Amtrak will restore service between the city’s Penn Station and Albany in early March – avoiding what riders and officials would mean years of commuter chaos. Some Big Apple-to-Albany trips have been suspended since last May because of an ongoing project to rehab the Hurricane Sandy-damaged East River Tunnel, sending…
Some Costco customers are crying fowl over the big-box chain’s popular $4.99 rotisserie chickens, saying they contain preservatives in spite of the company’s claims to the contrary, according to a new lawsuit. Two California-based people say Costco “has systematically cheated” consumers “out of tens — if not hundreds — of…
The earliest signs of cognitive decline often appear not in a formal diagnosis, but in the small clues buried in health care providers’ notes.A new study published Jan. 7 in the journal npj Digital Medicine suggests artificial intelligence (AI) can help identify these early signals — such as issues with…
A powerful tool for your heart might already be hiding in the back of your pantry. New research suggests that a short-term diet centered almost exclusively on a cheap, healthy breakfast staple can significantly lower cholesterol levels in just two days. Better yet, the benefits were still there six weeks…
TORONTO — The Giannis sweepstakes have started in earnest and the Knicks will try to win it. The Bucks finally read the writing on the wall and began listening to offers for Giannis Antetokounmpo, sources confirmed, opening the floodgates ahead of next week’s trade deadline for the chance to acquire…
John Mulaney and Olivia Munn kicked their romance into high gear after his split from his wife of six years, Anna Marie Tendler, in May 2021. As news broke that Mulaney and Tendler had called it quits, Us Weekly confirmed that the comedian had moved on with Munn. Mulaney and…
The Environmental Protection Agency launched the first step of its expedited review to determine safe levels of fluoride in drinking water, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register on Wednesday, advancing a priority of the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. The agency’s final toxicity assessment will…
The chief executive of German automaker Mercedes-Benz reportedly rebuffed the Trump administration’s offer to relocate company headquarters to the United States. Ola Källenius told German-language publication The Pioneer that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made the pitch about moving Mercedes’ HQ last year. Källenius told Lutnick that while the company was…
Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t understand it? As taught to scores of incoming college freshmen, when you realize you’re spinning your wheels, it’s time to change your approach.This process, becoming aware of something not working and then…
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