Cavaliers, Bulls push for East playoffs after droughts | NBA

By NOAH TRISTER – AP sportswriter The Cleveland Cavaliers haven’t made the playoffs without LeBron James since 1998. This season, after an impressive turnaround, they are guaranteed at least a place in the play-in tournament. The 10 Eastern Conference teams that will progress past the 82-game regular season have already been determined. The only tension … Read more

Amazon’s first-ever union clears hurdles, faces new | nation

By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO – AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) – When a rowdy group of former and current warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York, ran against Amazon in a union election, many compared it to a David versus Goliath fight. David won. And Friday’s startling excitement brought to light the … Read more

Stock tied to Trump Social Firm falls on reports of turmoil | nation

By BERNARD CONDON and TALI ARBEL – Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of a company planning to buy Donald Trump’s new social media business plunged Monday after a news report that two key employees have left, deepening last week’s losses when it said it would miss a deadline for filing its annual financial … Read more

Men’s NCAA Championship: Watch Basketball Action Live | Live broadcast

Follow the game with live tweets and comments: A Twitter List by MadDotComWeb These are the Associated Press 2022 men’s All-America basketball teams Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky 6-9, 255, Junior, Lubumbashi, Congo, 17.0 points, 15.1 rebounds (59 of 60 first place votes, 298 points) Joe Buglewicz Johnny Davis, Wisconsin Sophomore, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 19.7 points, … Read more

Russia faces global outrage over dead bodies on Ukraine’s streets | national politics

By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA – Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) – Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes on Monday after Russia’s withdrawal from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets littered with the bodies of what appeared to be civilians, some of whom appeared to have been killed at close range … Read more

Atlanta’s G-League team thrives with women in key roles | NBA

By TIM REYNOLDS – AP Basketball Author Tori Miller didn’t play college basketball because she thought standing 5-foot-2 would be a disadvantage. Kelly German’s only college gaming experience was a brief career within college. Janice Koon grew up on a farm in northern Canada and didn’t know much about the game. Without them, the College … Read more

Workers at Two Other St. Louis-area Starbucks File Union Elections | local business

ST. LOUIS — A wave of union efforts that is sweeping Starbucks cafes across the country has reached South City. Workers at two stores in the Northhampton and Clayton-Tamm boroughs announced Monday they would file papers with the federal government calling for union elections, joining colleagues in Ladue and Bridgeton who filed last week. The … Read more