The Dallas Mavericks waived McGee on Tuesday, 13 months after signing him to a three-year, $17.2 million deal. In Sacramento, he’ll compete to back up three-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, who averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season as the Kings made their first postseason appearance since 2006. McGee, 35, […]

A Wagner Group flag was spotted flying Friday at the plane crash site that killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.  In an image taken by Reuters, the flag – attached to a tree branch – is seen next to a pile of rocks and flowers near the village of Kuzhenkino, […]

The Keystone State is ending its funding to pro-life counseling centers after supporting them for almost three decades. Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced this week that the bipartisan contract with pro-life nonprofit Real Alternatives is ending under his leadership after almost 30 years. Real Alternatives was contracted in the […]

Eighteen suspects were killed in a shootout with South African police in a rural northern region on Friday. Police said their top officials, including the national commissioner of police, the deputy commissioner and the head of the elite Hawks unit were on their way to the scene of the shootout […]

Imagine that you ordered something online and found out later that it was recalled or even banned. How would you react? Would you ever buy from that online retailer again? Probably not. That is the scenario that the House Energy and Commerce Committee wants to prevent. The committee is worried […]

Blink-182 announced the cancellation of multiple performances after drummer, Travis Barker, immediately rushed home due to a family emergency. “Due to an urgent family matter, Travis has had to return home to the States,” the popular ‘90s rock band shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday.  The band […]

The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths. While such regulation has been sought for decades by allies of older adults and those with disabilities, the proposed threshold is far […]

More than 40 people died and dozens were injured while protesters from a religious sect gathered in the Congolese city of Goma, national authorities said. Congo’s communications ministry said violence related to planned protests led to 43 deaths and 56 injuries, raising the preliminary death toll of seven announced by […]

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is asking the panel’s chairman to subpoena Jared Kushner’s investment firm over its ties to the governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., raised concerns over Kushner starting Affinity Partners soon after leaving his […]

The British government has ordered more than 100 schools to keep some or all of their buildings closed when the new academic year begins next week because of concern crumbling concrete threatens the safety of children and staff. The announcement, which came late on Thursday, sent school administrators scrambling to […]