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Oklahoma City Thunder (44-28, fifth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Houston Rockets (44-28, fourth in the Western Conference during the regular season) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Saturday, 6:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Rockets -5;...

NEW YORK (AP) — "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman, whose death from colon cancer shocked fans, was honored at the MTV Video Music Awards as a hero in real life, not just on the big screen. Host Keke Palmer said the Sunday night awards show was d...

Cleveland Indians (21-13, second in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (13-21, fifth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Kansas; Monday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cleveland: Shane Bieber (6-0, 1.35 ERA) Kansas City: Brad Keller (3-1, 2.08...

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government's top infectious disease expert, says Labor Day weekend will be key in determining whether the U.S. gets a "running start" at containing the coronavirus this fall. Fauci said Monday he has a "...

Katy Perry has given birth to a baby girl named Daisy Dove Bloom. The pop superstar and her partner, actor Orlando Bloom, got UNICEF to announce the news on its Instagram account. Both Perry and Bloom are goodwill ambassadors for the United Nations...

More gains for stocks Friday gave the S&P 500 its fifth straight winning week. That's the longest weekly winning streak for the benchmark index since December, before the coronavirus pandemic swept the world and sent economies tumbling into...

The Latest on Hurricane Laura (all times local): BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said the state is closing Interstate 10 from around the Atchafalaya Bridge outside of Lafayette all the way into part of Texas, because several s...

Oklahoma City Thunder (44-28, fifth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Houston Rockets (44-28, fourth in the Western Conference during the regular season) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EDT LINE: EVEN;...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia's hard-hit Victoria state is reporting its lowest tally of new coronavirus cases in more than six weeks, following two weeks of unprecedented lockdown of the state capital, Melbourne. Victoria's Health Department r...

The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high Tuesday as Wall Street clawed back the last of the historic, frenzied losses unleashed by the coronavirus. The benchmark index's milestone caps a furious 51.5% rally that began in late March. Tremendous amounts...

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Nine Oklahoma football players tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a break in preseason camp. Coach Lincoln Riley made the announcement during a Zoom...

Oklahoma City Thunder (44-28, fifth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Houston Rockets (44-28, fourth in the Western Conference during the regular season) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Thunder -1.5;...

Miami Heat (44-27, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (43-27, fifth in the Western Conference) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat play Chris Paul and the Oklahoma...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors from as far away as New York and Florida are helping the U.S. attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma, deal with what he described Tuesday as a "tidal wave" of new cases resulting from a recent U.S. Supreme Court d...

Washington Wizards (24-45, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (42-26, sixth in the Western Conference) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Sunday, 12:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Washington heads into the matchup with Oklahoma City as...

Minnesota Twins (10-4, first in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (5-10, fifth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Kansas; Saturday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Jake Odorizzi (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 0 strikeouts) Royals: Danny Duffy...

Oklahoma City Thunder (43-26, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (31-39, 11th in the Western Conference) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Monday, 2:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Suns -5; over/under is 224 BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix is looking to keep its...

Chicago White Sox (3-4, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (3-5, fifth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Kansas; Saturday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Gio Gonzalez (0-0, 14.73 ERA, 2.18 WHIP, 3 strikeouts) Royals: Ronald...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation have approved a massive spending bill to respond to the coronavirus pandemic that includes money for water projects, power lines, broadband and casino employees who have been laid off. The N...

Denver Nuggets (43-23, third in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (41-24, fifth in the Western Conference) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Monday, 4 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Denver Nuggets take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in a matchup of...

Chicago White Sox (4-4, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (3-6, fifth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Kansas; Sunday, 2:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Dylan Cease (0-1, 15.43 ERA, 3.00 WHIP, 1 strikeouts) Royals: Jakob...

Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES —"American Pickle": Seth Rogen plays dual roles in this film about a man from the 1...

Former wrestling star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said he has acquired the XFL. The 48-year-old Johnson made the announcement Monday on Twitter. The price reportedly is $15 million. The XFL had eight franchises and played five games out of a planned...