Bucks and 76ers, who had high expectations this season, face early elimination Tuesday in Game 5s
NEW YORK — Perhaps neither Milwaukee nor Philadelphia would’ve been good enough to beat a Boston team that ran away to the NBA’s best record.
Chiefs sign star tight end Travis Kelce to new 2-year, $34.25 million deal, AP source says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs signed Travis Kelce to a new two-year, $34.25 million contract on Monday, wrapping up their star tight end as they attempt to win an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl, a person familiar with the terms told The Associated Press.
At Trump’s trial, a window into the golden era of tabloids
NEW YORK — Inside a staid Manhattan courtroom last week, flashes from a bygone era appeared, recollections of a celebrity-studded world of leveraged secrets and traded favors, and one in which publications sold at supermarket checkout counters wielded real cultural and political power.
Derrick White scores 38, Celtics top Heat 102-88 to take a 3-1 East playoff series lead
MIAMI — The good news for the Miami Heat is that the Boston Celtics might not be back in South Florida for a few months.
Murray overcomes calf injury to score 32 and hit game-winner in Nuggets’ 108-106 win over Lakers
DENVER — Jamal Murray scored 32 points despite a strained calf and sank the game-winner with 3.6 seconds left as the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets bounced LeBron James from the playoffs again with a 108-106 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 Monday night.
Williams, Gilgeous-Alexander, lead OKC to a 97-89 Game 4 victory — and sweep of the Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS — For all the scoring Shai Gilgeous-Alexander does for Oklahoma City, his hustle back on defense after having a shot blocked was a pivotal part of a playoff series-clinching victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliott reuniting after agreeing to deal, AP source says
DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys are reuniting with running back Ezekiel Elliott after agreeing to terms on a contract with the former two-time rushing champion, a person with knowledge of the deal said Monday.
Yagong, county settle lawsuit over legal fees: Ex-council chairman sought more than $300K
A former Hawaii County Council chairman’s lawsuit against the county has been settled.
HVO: Increased seismic activity at Kilauea
Increased seismic activity beneath Kilauea has prompted closures at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Waiakea sweeps tennis BIIF championships
Waiakea High’s boys and girls tennis squads took home the Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) team titles Saturday morning at the Warriors’ home court — officially capping off an island season of dominance.
Legislation would fund programs to help control the feral chickens
A Hawaii County program to fight feral chickens on the island could be coming later this year.
Hawaii is known for its macadamia nuts. Lawmakers want to keep it that way
HONOLULU — For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown.
Your Views for April 30
Health care should be free in the U.S.
Only dictators have immunity from criminal acts while in power
It seems unlikely that the Supreme Court will embrace Donald Trump’s outrageous claim that as a former president he enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions that he allegedly took to overturn the 2020 election and cling to power. This is a relief. To do otherwise would allow the office to become, as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson put it, “the seat of criminal activity in this country.”
Florida abortion ban to take effect, cutting off major access point
MIAMI — Florida has long played a significant role in the American abortion landscape, with dozens of clinics providing the procedure to tens of thousands of residents a year while also taking in patients from across the Southeast.
Hope rises for new talks on Gaza Strip cease-fire as Israel scales back demands
JERUSALEM — Israeli negotiators, offering a hint of hope for negotiations over a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, have reduced the number of hostages they want Hamas to release during the first phase of a truce, three Israeli officials said Monday.
Let’s Talk Food: Hawai‘i’s Reef Fish reference and cookbook
Did you go fishing along the coastline, caught fish but didn’t know the name of the fish, or how to clean or cook the fish?
USC’s ‘security risk’ rationale to thwart peaceful protest is not justified
During Vietnam War protests, the Nixon administration called them “outside agitators.” Now my university’s provost prefers “participants — many of whom do not appear to be affiliated with USC.” Beyond Andrew Guzman’s misdemeanor of wordiness, the playbook is the same: Blame outsiders, as part of the justification for police action against students exercising their rights to question a heinous U.S. foreign policy that is killing tens of thousands of men, women and children half a world away.
Congress has a lot to say about Boeing’s troubles. But what will it do?
Dueling Senate hearings earlier this month focused on Boeing’s safety culture, with whistleblower testimony that lawmakers called troubling as they pledged to further address the company’s problems.
Tesla reaches deals in China on self-driving cars
BEIJING — Tesla has concluded a series of arrangements with regulators and a Chinese artificial intelligence company during a quick trip to Beijing on Sunday and Monday by Elon Musk, the carmaker’s CEO, potentially clearing the way for the company to offer its most advanced self-driving software on cars in China.
