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The 2026 NBA offseason is heating up quickly. After the Bucks sent Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Heat on Monday, another blockbuster could be brewing with ESPN reporting that Charlotte Hornets All-Star LaMelo Ball could potentially be moved by this weekend.Charania noted that Ball wants to be in Charlotte and that his relationship with the team is in a “good place,” but that might not matter with the Hornets suddenly fielding “aggressive offers” that could make a deal too good to pass up.Who might these teams trying to trade for Ball be? Marc Stein and Jake Fischer are reporting the Timberwolves and Raptors.…

The singer reportedly paid the restitution in full after being accused of causing $16,000 worth of damage at a New Mexico resort Charges have been dropped against Bailey Zimmerman, the country singer who was accused of trashing his hotel room at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in May. In a statement to Rolling Stone on Wednesday, his attorney confirmed that the charges were dropped after Zimmerman “took immediate responsibility for his mistake.” His lawyer added, “We are grateful to the Pueblo of Sandia and the District Attorney’s Office for this just and swift resolution.” According to…

One midnight in September 2025, as labour pains intensified, Blessing Okon was rushed through the dark roads of Oko-Ita in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in search of help. They passed the newly commissioned Mother and Child Hospital, a modern fully built facility designed to serve women like her, and which is less than a kilometre from her home. But its gates were locked. She and her husband went to a primary healthcare centre (PHC) in Ikot Usen, about 30 minutes away. When they arrived, no health worker was on duty. They waited nearly an hour…

• Inaugurates Centre for DNA Forensics and Investigation   •Lauds Tinubu for state police, reforms • AGF: Centre a profound contribution to national security  •IGP: Holds enormous opportunity to strengthen investigations Gideon Arinze in Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State says there is no more hiding place for criminals in the state as his administration has built the capacity to pre-empt, track down, and bring them to book. Mbah sounded the warning on Wednesday during the commissioning of Centre for DNA Forensics and Criminal Investigation (CeDFoCI), a strategic partnership between Enugu State Government, Godfrey Okoye University, and Nigeria DNA Learning…

The left-wing candidate in Colombia’s presidential run-off, Iván Cepeda, has conceded defeat three days after a record number of Colombians cast their vote.Preliminary results released hours after the polls closed showed Cepeda had been beaten by less than a percentage point by his rival, right-wing businessman Abelardo de la Espriella. Cepeda originally said he would wait for the legally binding final count – which is still under way – but on Wednesday announced he had “decided to accept the result”.He criticised US President Donald Trump for his endorsement of de la Espriella.”We denounce the open and undue foreign interference in…

Nigeria’s largest container terminal, APM Terminals Apapa, has reaffirmed its position as a critical driver of the nation’s export growth, leveraging strategic investments, advanced technology and customer-focused solutions to enhance the competitiveness of Nigerian exports in the global marketplace. Speaking at an Export Management Workshop organised by Lagos Business School in Lagos, the Chief Commercial Officer of APM Terminals Apapa, Westtar Kapito, highlighted the terminal’s pivotal role in facilitating seamless trade and creating value for exporters across the country. Delivering a presentation on, “The Role of APM Terminals in Facilitating Exports in Nigeria,” Kapito said the company’s sustained investments in…

Every summer, Amazon entices sweaty consumers with steep discounts on everything from slushie machines to tower fans in a tradition appropriately known as Prime Day. But you don’t need to sit out the savings if you don’t have a Prime membership (or just prefer not to shop at Amazon).The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.To compete with Prime Day, many of Amazon’s biggest competitors now dial their own prices to the lowest of the year during the same week. From Walmart to boutique brands including Cozy Earth and…

The confrontation came over lunch. The cleanup began after dinner.Hours after President Trump angrily confronted Senate Republicans for joining Democrats to approve a war powers resolution rebuking his handling of the war in Iran, Republican leaders brought another, nearly identical measure to the floor.In a 50-to-47 vote, with one senator voting “present,” they defeated the measure in a largely symbolic move that did nothing to change the resolution the Senate had narrowly approved a day earlier. Instead, it served as an unmistakable gesture to mollify a furious president who had just berated them.Of the Republican senators who voted to adopt…

A Nigerian national, Franklin Nwadialo, has been sentenced to five years in prison in the United States for orchestrating a long-running online romance scam that defrauded victims of more than $3.5 million. The sentence was handed down on Tuesday by the US District Court in Tacoma, Washington, according to a statement shared by the US authorities and posted on the official X account of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday. Mr Nwadialo, 42, was convicted on 14 counts of wire fraud linked to a romance fraud scheme that targeted vulnerable individuals, many of them elderly, widowed or…

With the 2026 NBA Draft now in the rearview, it’s time to start the cycle all over again and begin looking forward to the 2027 class. But buyer beware, next year’s crop of players isn’t perceived to be anywhere close to the talent we had in the 2026 class. In fact, NBA executives and decision-makers have been devaluing their 2027 assets for years.But the expected and well-known talent drop in the 2027 class created a silver lining for college basketball. A number of high-level players opted to return to college basketball for the 2026-27 and cash in on big NIL…