Ex-NBA player Desmond Mason arrested on felony theft warrant

Ex-NBA player Desmond Mason was arrested in Oklahoma City on a felony warrant out of Texas late last week.  Police in Oklahoma City arrested Mason on Thursday on a felony warrant for theft of property that stemmed from an incident that started back in spring 2025, according to multiple reports.  Oklahoma City police arrested Mason in a downtown section of OKC known as Bricktown and he was taken to the Oklahoma County Detention Center, but before he was booked, he was transported to a local hospital to treat a medical issue, News9 in Oklahoma City reported.  Mason was booked and…

The key factor keeping Mohamed Diawara in Knicks’ rotation

As a second-round pick with only overseas experience on his résumé, Mohamed Diawara was considered, at best, a project. On draft night, he was only a couple of months removed from his 20th birthday, just coming off averaging 5.8 points in the French league.  Those are hardly the signals of…

Newsom’s Germany jaunt funded by little-known nonprofit run by aides

Gavin Newsom’s whirlwind weekend in Germany will cost a pretty penny, paid for by a secretive nonprofit that’s run by his longtime aides and receives money from special interests, The California Post has learned. The invite-only Munich Security Conference is being held across two luxury hotels in Old Town Munich…

AOC won’t say whether US should defend Taiwan if China invades

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stumbled over her words at the Munich Security Conference on Friday and wouldn’t commit to defending Taiwan if China ever invades. “Um, you know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this is, this is of course a very longstanding policy…

Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s climate deregulation ‘death sentence’ for US automakers — as Californians reap ,400 savings

Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed the Trump administration’s sweeping environmental deregulations are a “death sentence” for the US auto industry, slamming the rollback that’s estimated to save California drivers $2,400 — while also trying to take credit for boosting “manufacturing innovation” in the country. In remarks at the Munich Security Conference…

Trump says Zelensky must ‘get moving’ with Ukraine peace talks

President Trump jabbed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday — blaming him for a lack of progress in peace talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion. “Zelensky is going to have to get moving,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for North Carolina. “Russia wants to…

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