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Mitchell scores 26 and the Cavaliers rout the Pistons 125-94 in Game 7 to reach the East finals
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (405+ words) The fourth-seeded Cavaliers ousted the East's top seed and will face the third-seeded New York Knicks. Game 1 of that series tips off Tuesday in New York. Evan Mobley had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who advanced to the conference…...
Gunnar Henderson hits 10th HR for 1st of 4 hits in Orioles' 7-3 win over Nationals
8+ hour, 55+ min ago (343+ words) Henderson homered into the third deck in right field off opener Richard Lovelady (2-2) for a 1-0 lead two batters into the game. The 24-year-old shortstop hit his ninth double to drive in an insurance run in the ninth, capping his fifth…...
Clinton police seek owner of ball python found near road
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (12+ words) Stamford Advocate...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder becomes the 14th player to win back-to-back NBA MVPs
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (804+ words) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Sunday for the second consecutive year. He became the 18th player to win at least two MVP awards and the 14th to win them in…...
Power line failure sparks brush fire, outages in Naugatuck, fire crew says
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (14+ words) Stamford Advocate...
Peru's electoral board confirms June 7 presidential runoff with Fujimori and S'nchez
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (199+ words) The final vote count was released Friday, but it had to be confirmed by Peru's National Elections Board to set the second round as none of the candidates received more than half the valid votes. The 50-year-old congresswoman Fujimori, the…...
PHOTO ESSAY: A symbolic marriage ritual and beauty pageant brings India's trans community together
just now (456+ words) Held each year in Koovagam village in southern India's Tamil Nadu, the annual Koovagam festival brings faith and beauty together. By day, transgender women gather at a temple to honor a Hindu deity through rituals rooted in mythology and grief....
Canton apartment fire leaves one person with burns, crew says
9+ hour, 25+ min ago (132+ words) Canton firefighters quickly extinguished a kitchen fire at an apartment complex Sunday afternoon." CANTON " A person suffered burns that were not life-threatening and was treated at the scene of a kitchen fire Sunday at the Dowd apartment complex on Dowd…...
Gavin Sheets and Lucas Giolito lead the Padres past the Mariners 8-3 for season sweep
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (305+ words) Giolito, who signed a one-year contract with San Diego in April, was called up from Double-A San Antonio before the game to make his first start of the year. The veteran right-hander allowed only one hit, but was lifted after…...
Serious injuries reported in Route 72 rollover crash, police say
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (12+ words) Stamford Advocate...