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Stern, 77, was hospitalized and underwent emergency surgery Thursday. He was transported from a New York City restaurant following a 911 call for cardiac arrest around 2 p.m. ET. PHOTOS: David Stern through the years The NBA released the following statement on Stern’s health status: Serious condition means vital signs “may be unstable and not within normal limits,” according to American Hospital Association guidelines, and a patient is “acutely ill” with questionable indicators....

New York Police arrested Telfair and 18-year-old Jami Thomas when officers found four loaded weapons — one of them a semiautomatic rifle — ammunition and a bullet-resistant vest. Police allegedly also found two bags of marijuana in their 2017 Ford F-150 pickup. MORE: Disgraced players: Where they went wrong Telfair was charged with unlawful possession of a ballistic vest, unlawful possession of ammunition magazine, possession of a controlled substance, aggravated unlicensed operator of a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle equipment violation, according to Fox Sports....

The Franklin County Grand Jury indicted 28-year-old Roberta I. Bowers and Makiah Chane’I Halsell, 22, for one count of patient abuse, according to a statement released on Monday. The pair were presumed to have been caring for the patient at The Inn at Winchester Trail assisted living facility in Canal Winchester, Ohio, on June 3 2019 when Bowers took a canister of hairspray and used it on the 94-year-old....

Rice appeared on the late-night talk show to discuss her newly published book, Tough Love, but also criticized Trump on a range of foreign policy decisions. Trump appeared to have watched the interview, setting off an exchange of fiery tweets between the two. “What Trump has done in Iraq and now Syria is in effect cede a portion of northern Syria—the Kurdish homeland—to the Turks,” Rice said on Real Time....

Holmgren, in a statement issued through the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris presidential campaign, lambasted Trump for his response, saying, “It didn’t have to be this bad.” Holmgren is a public ally of the candidates. “Today’s announcement makes one thing very clear — President Trump’s failure to mount a forceful response to the coronavirus pandemic has had profound consequences for Green Bay’s economy,” Holmgren said in the statement. “Small businesses in the community are paying dearly....

On Wednesday, Mullins was charged with one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the police union that he presided over for nearly two decades. “As alleged, Edward Mullins, the former President of the SBA, abused his position of trust and authority to fund a lavish lifestyle that was paid for by the monthly dues of the thousands of hard-working Sergeants of the NYPD,” U....

On Thursday, Bill Acorn, 83, was charged with four counts of sexual assault and six other sex-related offenses as well as one count of uttering a death threat and one count of unlawful storage of a firearm. Crown attorney John Diamond says that the plaintiff was 14 in 2009 when the first offense took place, and that more charges remain possible. According to Charlottetown Deputy Chief Sean Coombs the complaint, which was investigated by the Major Crimes Unit, was filed “several months ago....

Steve Hortz, 42, of San Dimas, California, allegedly stole three cards from a home in the city of Yorba Linda, where he had been sent to perform a welfare check in August 2020. The woman he had been sent to find was dead on his arrival. After allegedly taking the credit cards, Hortz, a 12-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, reportedly tried using them to make thousands of dollars of online purchases....

Lattimore will make his acting debut in the Christian film “Faiths Song”. The film, set to hit screens this fall, was shot in various locations in South Carolina, according to The State. He’ll play himself as a pastor. MORE: Top 16 programs since 2000 | Ranking college football states “It’s about a young girl. Her faith is tested when her parents are killed in a car crash,” Lattimore told WACH-Fox in an interview....

But a couple of key differences distinguish the upcoming trial from what House Democrats were challenged with back in 2019. “You have a trial occurring where both the jurors and the prosecutors were actually victims of the crime, and the courthouse is the scene of the crime,” Colorado Representative Jason Crow told Newsweek. “We’ve never been in this position before.” Crow served as an impeachment manager in the first trial, alongside Representatives Sylvia Garcia, Adam Schiff, Zoe Lofgren, Jerry Nadler, Hakeem Jeffries and Val Demings....

The 84-year-old is “resting comfortably” at a Las Vegas area hospital after being treated for low blood pressure and an infection, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. MORE: At home with Mick Cronin, couch coach | Saban vs. Calipari: Who’s better? Tarkanian was admitted to the hospital on Monday after being unresponsive as doctors tried to raise his blood pressure. “It was very scary,” Lois Tarkanian told the R-J. “The doctors don’t know what happened....

Alonso had stated his desire to drive in the race, but has now revealed he has been given the green light by a doctor. "Happy to have the "ok" from doctors and race this weekend. Last day to recover and do my best to help the team!!" he posted on Twitter. A back injury had already ruled out Ferrari-bound Kimi Raikkonen, who will be replaced by fellow Finn Heikki Kovalainen in the Lotus for the final two races of the season....

Apache is technically a COP, but a big one, with a battalion of Iraqi troops in the palace next door, and a large number of American troops in a separately guarded, hardened compound of their own along the Tigris River. There’s no accident about the patrol base’s name, says American military adviser Major Peter Zike, head of Apache’s Military Transition Team (MiTT), as the advisers are called. “On any given day you’ll get five attacks from three directions here,” he says....

Fortnite cars were something that was teased at the very beginning of Chapter 2, Season 3, but they took quite a while to actually arrive. Epic Games has now told us they’re getting ready to put driveable cars into the game starting Wednesday, August 5th. The event is being teased at the Fortnite Joy Ride update, and features a number of selection of cars. One of the teasers for the Joy Ride Update features a semi-truck, hinting that we could be able to drive the large automobile....

With a controversial opener decided by VAR and a winner which took a huge deflection off Socceroos defender Aziz Behich, Didier Deschamps’ side got more than their display arguably deserved against a belligerent Aussie side. The introduction of the Video Assistant Referee into football has been far from smooth sailing, and the moment FIFA insisted on its use at the World Cup there was a fear that confusion would reign in Russia....

A’s outfielder Billy Burns is suffering from that unfortunate condition after he fouled a ball off his . . . privates Friday night in San Francisco. MORE: All-time dumbest sports injuries | Hall of Fame cases for 15 active players Burns tried to tough it out, but he eventually left the game, no doubt to sympathetic nods.

Calipari is working hard to assure it is a happy accident, but he did not plan it this way. He wound up with 12 legitimate high-major players, nine of them McDonald’s All-Americans, at least eight of them potential first-round draft picks, because “one-and-done” might be a goal for a lot of young basketball prospects but it never is a guarantee and sometimes is not the best course to follow....

Safety Tray Matthews, wide receiver Uriah LeMay and defensive linemen Jonathan Taylor and James DeLoach were arrested on Monday. LeMay faces four charges of theft by deception; Matthews, at least three, and Taylor and DeLoach both face two. MORE: Top 25 players for 2014 | 10 non-conference games we need The four players allegedly deposited their monthly stipend checks on a mobile device and then attempted to cash the actual checks at a convenience store, UGA police chief Jimmy Williamson told UGASports....

The Mad one himself, Les Miles, pulled off another gutsy, show your stones moment in a big top 10 win over Florida. The victory solidified LSU’s spot in Four In/Four Out, and made us wonder what’s ahead in a season already full of the strange and unthinkable (hello, Michigan). MORE: Best images from Week 7 | Is Corey Coleman the best WR ever? A look at this week’s Four In/Four Out:...