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#SportsReport: Boston Leads AL East By Four Games

MLB:The New York Yankees are looking even smaller in the Boston Red Sox's rearview mirror right now.The Bosox lead the AL East by four games over the…

#SportsReport: Villanova Wins NCAA Championship

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALLThe Alamodome became Donte's Inferno as Villanova captured the NCAA men's basketball championship for the second time in three…

Denver Nuggets guard Julian Strawther gestures after hitting a 3-point basket against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second half of Game 6 in the Western Conference semifinals of the NBA basketball playoffs Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

WAMC Sports Report 5/16/25: Nuggets force Game 7 against Thunder

Now this was finally a role Julian Strawther could sink his teeth into, even if it cost him one. Playing meaningful extended minutes for first time in the series, the Denver Nuggets guard provided a spark off the bench as he scored all 15 of his points in the second half Thursday night. It helped propel Denver to a 119-107 win over the Thunder and force a decisive Game 7, which is set for 3:30 Sunday afternoon in Oklahoma City.

The overprescription of opioid pain medications such as these oxycodone pills has been blamed for an addiction epidemic in the U.S. — and has spurred a flurry of activity in American courts.

Your Guide To The Massive (And Massively Complex) Opioid Litigation

The largest-ever federal action concerning the U.S. opioid crisis has only gotten more complicated amid a slew of recent settlements. So here's a brief(ish) explainer breaking it down.

Sports Report: Florida State No. 1 For The Sixth Time

NCAA – Football:Defending national-champion Florida State is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll for the sixth time after…

China's Ministry of Commerce is pursuing legal remedy against the U.S. over new tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. Here, a container ship is unloaded at the Port of Oakland in California last week after completing a voyage from China.

China Files WTO Complaint Over U.S. Tariffs On $200 Billion Of Imports

The complaint comes less than a week after the Trump administration published a preliminary list of more than 6,000 Chinese products that it wants to hit with new tariffs.

A plane drops retardant over a property threatened by a wildfire, on Monday in Lakeport, Calif.

Firefighters Making Tentative Progress Against Deadly California Wildfires

The largest Carr Fire, which has engulfed more than 100,000 acres and killed 6 people, is now 23 percent contained. Meanwhile, the Ferguson Fire west of Yosemite National Park is 30 percent contained.

A 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt coupe sits on display at General Motors headquarters in Detroit in 2009.

GM Recalls More Cars Over Possible Faulty Ignition Switches

The recall covers 971,000 cars worldwide and includes all model years of the Chevy Cobalt, HHR, Pontiac G5, Solstice, Saturn Ion and Sky. It follows a recall of 1.6 million cars last month.

A swimmer jumps from a jetty in an effort to cool off in Adelaide, Australia, as the country experiences record temperatures.

Australia Just Had Its Hottest Day On Record

The scorching temperatures are happening during a destructive wildfire season and a brutal drought. The average maximum temperature across the country on Tuesday was 105.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak.

The U.S. will offer nearly 300,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine in the coming weeks

The Department of Health and Human Services will make 296,000 doses available in the coming weeks, and expects a total of 1.6 million doses to be available in the U.S. by the end of the year.

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