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China's Xi promotes building initiative amid debt worries
BEIJING - President Xi Jinping promised Friday to promote high financial standards for China's infrastructure-building initiative as Beijing tries to dispel complaints the multibillion-dollar program ...
Apr 25, 2019
Lillard has 50 and Blazers oust Thunder in 5 games
PORTLAND, Ore. - After Damian Lillard hit his walk-off 3-pointer to send the Trail Blazers along in the playoffs, he waved goodbye to the Thunder bench. "That was the last word," he afterward. "That w...
Apr 25, 2019
Jokic, Murray lead Nuggets' 108-90 romp of Spurs
DENVER - After a sputtering start to their post-season, the Denver Nuggets are starting to look like the team that ended a six-year playoff drought in such dramatic fashion. Nikola Jokic has a lot to ...
Apr 25, 2019
Japan apologizes to forcibly sterilized people, vows redress
TOKYO - Japan's government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of people who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law which was designed to "prevent the birth of poor...
Apr 25, 2019
UN: Pro-government forces kill more Afghans than insurgents
KABUL - Afghan and international forces were responsible for more civilian deaths in the first three months of 2019 than the Taliban and other militants, a new U.N. report said Wednesday. It marks the...
Apr 25, 2019
Simmons, Embiid usher 76ers past Nets and into 2nd round
PHILADELPHIA - Joel Embiid showed no mercy. He buried a 3-pointer that gave the 76ers a 24-point lead and waved his arms like a boss, exhorting an already jacked crowd to get louder. Philly obeyed its...
Apr 25, 2019
Spurs force Game 7 with 120-103 win over Nuggets
SAN ANTONIO - LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points and DeMar DeRozan added 25 to help the San Antonio Spurs overcome Nikola Jokic's 43 points and beat the Denver Nuggets 120-103 on Thursday night, forci...
Apr 25, 2019
Coyle scores 2, leads Bruins to 3-2 OT win over Columbus
BOSTON - Charlie Coyle tied it in the final five minutes of regulation and scored again with 5:15 gone in overtime on Thursday night to lead the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue J...
Apr 25, 2019
Murray taken 1st in NFL draft, followed by Bosa and Williams
NASHVILLE - Defying NFL custom and at least temporarily creating a quarterback quandary, the Arizona Cardinals led off the NFL draft Thursday night by selecting Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, the ...
Apr 25, 2019
Bruins victory over Leafs ensures an American team will hoist the Stanley Cup
TORONTO - Many NHL players were either not yet born or too young to remember the last time a Canadian team hoisted the Stanley Cup. That trend will continue for a 25th NHL season after all three Canad...
Apr 25, 2019
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