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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Oklahoma City Thunder and reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are one game away from their first championship after beating the Indiana Pacers 120-109 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Gilgeous-Alexander put up 31 points, crossing the 30-point mark for the second consecutive game, and fourth time in this finals. But it was Jalen Williams that led the game, putting up 40 points for Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren (7) drives to the basket past Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner (33) in the first quarter during game five of the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Massachusetts financial analyst accused of killing her Boston cop boyfriend in a drunken hit-and-run is awaiting her fate after a second lengthy trial in a small courthouse in Dedham.Karen Read, 45, faces murder and other charges in the death of 46-year-old John O’Keefe, who had taken in his orphaned niece and nephew and appeared to want to end the relationship.Jurors spent just under two hours deliberating Friday and returned Monday for their first full day.”People are out there wondering why we don’t have a verdict yet,” said Grace Edwards, a…

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to ram his government’s major projects bill through the House of Commons this week represents a “new low” in contempt for Parliament. May told a press conference she hasn’t seen anything like it since the Conservative government under Stephen Harper pushed a major omnibus bill through more than a decade ago.May said she was “shocked” by Harper’s decision to bring in and fast track C-38 in 2012, a bill that was 400 pages long and “destroyed 70 environmental laws.”“This is worse,” she added.“It appears to me —…

Hundreds of e-bikes used for food delivery and share hire are cluttering footpaths in Sydney’s inner suburbs, frustrating locals and business owners.Over the June long weekend, hundreds of e-bikes lined narrow footpaths along Victoria St in Kings Cross, making it difficult for pedestrians to use walkways.More than one million e-bikes and e-scooters are used by residents in NSW and the government is now preparing regulations in response to an inquiry that examined their use across the state.The inquiry found that while shared e-bike operators claimed to have technology and staff to manage parking and pathway obstruction issues, the reality was…

The post prompted other users to share their experiences with Ratchapat. A user claimed that he refused to wear condoms as “it’s a waste of plastic”. Another user sent a screenshot of her conversation with Ratchapat and recounted a story in which he allegedly messaged her, asking for her age. After finding out that she was 16 years old at the time, he allegedly replied: “You’re so young. I’ll end up in jail.” However, the user claimed that Ratchapat proceeded to tell her to meet up with him if she was ever in Bangkok. One account claimed that her friend “had been talking”…

Billionaire Ken Griffin , founder and CEO of Citadel, said playing defense is not the best strategy during times of turmoil and volatility, and it almost always backfires on investors. “In finance, when you’re playing defense, you’re almost certainly losing,” Griffin said to Citadel’s new class of summer interns Thursday evening. “There’s no other way to put it. Every time a portfolio manager tells me ‘I’m going on defense,’ I’m waiting to watch the red because that tends to be what happens next.” Griffin, whose hedge fund oversees $66 billion in assets as of June 1, thinks cash would be…

Here’s where things stand on Monday, June 16: Fighting Multiple blasts were reported in Tehran as Israel issued new evacuation threats to the capital’s residents and attacked a military base in the west of the city. The Israeli military intensified its bombing of civilian targets, striking the building of Iran’s state broadcaster in Tehran as well as the Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah in central Iran, damaging parts of it. In response, Iran later issued warnings for Israeli news channels N12 and N14. Iran launched a waves of attacks on Israel, hitting the Tel Aviv area and Haifa in the north.…

Washington — Senate Republicans on Monday released details on the most contentious elements of the sweeping legislation to enact President Trump’s second-term agenda. The Senate Finance Committee unveiled its portion of Mr. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which makes changes to the tax and Medicaid provisions in the version that narrowly passed the House last month. Senate Republicans are aiming to make key progress this week in their effort to approve the legislation, but some of the key sticking points still appear unresolved, making it less certain they’ll get the bill to Mr. Trump’s desk by their self-imposed deadline of July 4. Medicaid and…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 16, 2025 7:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A police oversight board says it has dismissed a complaint that a southern Alberta police chief allegedly broke public health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes after a former deputy chief with the Lethbridge Police Service had claimed Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh violated a public health order by taking a chaplain out for lunch in March 2021.A disciplinary hearing by the Lethbridge Police Commission concluded Monday and dismissed the allegations. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada…

Detectives are investigating whether three burnt-out vehicles are linked to the shooting of three people at a kebab shop in Sydney’s west.