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NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made the go-ahead jumper from the corner with 2.6 seconds left, sending the Oklahoma City Thunder to the playoffs for the first time since 2020 with a 113-112 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday night.Josh Giddey had 16 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for Oklahoma City, which moved back into sole possession of first place in the Western Conference at 52-22 with its second straight win.“Great accomplishment for the organization,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “I couldn’t be happier for the team and for the organization. And now we’ve got to…
Kia used this week’s 2024 New York auto show to introduce the new K4 compact sedan, which will replace the Forte when it arrives in showrooms in the second half of the year as a 2025 model. During the introduction, Kia presented a video that showed a hatchback version of the K4, a body style that Kia discontinued on the Forte in 2018. The video is below and shows the hatch at the 10:15 mark, along with some comments from design chief Karim Habib. Motor1 has learned that Kia plans to sell both body styles in the U.S. Habib referred to…
Leave Gypsy alone! When a prisoner leaves the carceral system, questions related to their stability and support are paramount: Can they find steady work? Can they secure adequate housing? Can they reintegrate themselves into a positive social environment? How quickly and how well parolees and freed inmates can answer these questions plays a huge role in shaping their future. Yet very few former prisoners have ever had to face these challenges while also enduring the level of public scrutiny now affixed to Gypsy-Rose Anderson, née Blanchard. (Typically known as Gypsy Blanchard, she’s recently legally hyphenated her surname and updated the…
One crafty Lego Fortnite player combines various building parts to make a custom semi-truck they can use to carry heavy loads. One dedicated Lego Fortnite player crafted a functional semi-truck using colorful bricks. Lego Fortnite is a permanent mode within the battle royale game, which lets players build pretty wild contraptions from the ground up. It offers way more building options than some survival-crafting games, and its main focus is on exploration. The multiplayer mode features several kits players can use to construct various structures, from beach houses to burger bars. Lego Fortnite players are well advised to craft a…
A mayor was shot dead at a restaurant in Mexico on Saturday, the regional prosecutor’s office said, the latest politically related killing in the country plagued by violence and organized crime.Guillermo Torres, 39, and his 14-year-old son were attacked at a restaurant in Morelia, the capital of western Michoacan state, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. His son survived.He was elected mayor of Michoacan’s Churumuco municipality as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 2022, but recently quit the party and publically voiced sympathy for the ruling Morena, according to local media. Forensic personnel and investigators from the…
The former couple dated from 1999 to 2001 and broke up once infidelity rumors started to swirl. Image Credit: Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ dating life has come back into the spotlight amid his federal sex trafficking investigation. The father of seven isn’t publicly commenting on the March 25, 2024, home raids. However, the public is wondering about his inner circle — even ex-girlfriends, such as Jennifer Lopez, who dated Diddy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The former pair apparently had a rollercoaster of a relationship, and fans want to know the real reason why they broke up…
It may be spring Classics season, but the Itzulia Basque Country, nestled among the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, provides a home for the stage racers of the peloton in early April.The six-day race tackles some of the toughest hills – and there are a lot of them – in the Basque Country in northern Spain, and this year’s 63rd edition, which runs from Monday, April 1 to Sunday, April 8, is no exception.Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is back to defend his overall title won on the Eibar last year with Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Remco Evenepoel…
Proper clearance is important when adding chunky off-road tires, especially when the vehicle was originally designed for on-road driving. Ford has experienced what happens when the clearance is insufficient with its Transit Trail off-road van, which has been recalled due to the front tires rubbing against the body in certain conditions. The recall affects Transit Trail vans from the 2023-2024 model years, and 1,902 examples are affected in the U.S. According to the recall notice published by the NHTSA on March 22, a front tire may come into contact with the corresponding front wheel arch liner and body flange under…
There were over 100 students who helped in different parts of Chico and Paradise, including at the Chico State Compost Garden. CHICO, Calif. – Chico State students are volunteering across the community to honor Cesar Chavez Day.There were over 100 students who helped in different parts of Chico and Paradise, including at the Chico State Compost Garden.The Associated Students and Community Action Volunteers in Education hosted their annual event ‘Cats in the Community’ for students who want to help give back in honor of Cesar Chavez Day. It’s something that happens every year. By: Alejandro Meija Meija “It’s an…
Antarctica is situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and covers an area of 14.2 million km2. Described as a polar desert, the continent has an average annual precipitation of 166 millimetres and is covered by ice with a thickness up to 1.9km. Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F), but despite the harsh climate, is home to native species of mites, nematodes, penguins, seals, tardigrades, and forms of lichen or moss. When Robert Falcon Scott led the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica in 1910–1913, his men were found dead…