May 9, 2024

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Aces’ Parker takes a new job with Adidas after retiring from WNBA

Candace Parker takes a new job with Adidas after retiring from a 16-year WNBA career

Posted 1:14 p.m.

Candace Parker has a new job as president of women’s basketball at Adidas. The three-time WNBA champion announced her retirement as a player on April 28 after 16 seasons. On Wednesday, Adidas announced Parker will help create a platform “aimed at influencing and elevating the future of women's sports.” She'll ...

Ted Pappageorge, center, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, and union members chant in solidarity with striking workers in Detroit during a break in contract negotiations between the union and Caesars Entertainment at the Horseshoe Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. With Pappageorge, from left, Leain Vashon, a bell captain at Paris Las Vegas, Diana Valles, president of Local 226, and Maria Espino, porter at Caesars Palace and Jennifer Black, guest room attendant at Flamingo. Terry Greenwald, secretary-treasurer of Bartenders Union, Local 165, is seated at right. While workers were able to secure favorable contracts with many Las Vegas Strip casino hotels last year, members on Friday are set to strike at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, where employees have been working without a contract since the agreement expired last year.

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Ted Pappageorge, center, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, and union members chant in solidarity with striking workers in Detroit during a break in contract negotiations between the union and Caesars Entertainment at the Horseshoe Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. With Pappageorge, from left, ...

Culinary members set to strike for better conditions at Las Vegas hotel on Friday

Posted 5:35 p.m.

By Katie Ann McCarver

Hundreds of Las Vegas hospitality workers are scheduled to participate in the Culinary Union's first official strike in more than two decades, as the organization continues to negotiate with ...

Retired pro wrestler pleads not guilty in Las Vegas murder case

Retired pro wrestler who ran twice for Congress pleads not guilty in Las Vegas murder case

Posted 12:14 p.m.

A retired professional wrestler and former congressional candidate in Nevada and Texas pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a murder charge in the death of a man last year at ...

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Jokic wins NBA’s MVP award, his 3rd in 4 seasons. Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic round out top 3

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) shoots against Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Goodwin (4) in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. Jokic, Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are the three finalists for the NBA MVP Award that will be announced Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

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Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) shoots against Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Goodwin (4) in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. Jokic, Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are the three finalists for the NBA MVP Award ...

Posted 6:23 p.m.

Nikola Jokic did it all again. And the MVP trophy is his again. Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA's Most Valuable Player — his third time winning the award in the past four seasons, a feat that just six other players in ...

Vatican and Rome enter final dash to 2025 Jubilee with papal bull and around-the-clock construction

Rarely seen Rod Serling story, “First Squad, First Platoon,” draws upon his World War II service

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