OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic will miss Sunday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a bruised right knee. Mavericks coach Jason Kidd would not say how long Doncic would be out. Doncic is averaging 28.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.8 assists. He played a season-low 28 minutes on…… MORE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Urkainian official says a Russian strike on a nine-story building in the city of Sumy killed eight people and wounded dozens, as Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack described by officials as the largest in recent months. Among the eight killed in Sumy, 40 kilometers (24 miles) from…… MORE
BEIRUT (AP) — A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut has killed the chief spokesman for the Hezbollah militant group. It was the latest in targeted killings of senior Hezbollah officials. Another strike hit central Beirut on Sunday night, and Lebanon’s Health Ministry says two people were killed. The strikes occurred as Lebanese officials considered…… MORE
Firefighters in New York say a voluntary evacuation has helped them protect about 165 homes from a wildfire as officials in much of the Northeast cope with hundreds of brush fires in tinder-dry and windy conditions. New York City’s fire department said Sunday it has created a task force to respond to what officials are…… MORE
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — President Joe Biden has for the first time authorized the use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia. That’s according according to one U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter. The decision is a major U.S. policy shift and comes as Biden is about to leave…… MORE