NBA playoffs takeaways: Nuggets top Thunder in final seconds, Knicks down Celtics in OT
The two road teams of Monday’s conference semifinal games executed well in the fourth quarter and stole Game 1 victories.
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UPS and FedEx Once Handled a Deluge of Packages From China. That’s Changing.
President Trump has ended a tariff loophole that generated lots of business for delivery companies shipping inexpensive goods from China to the U.S.
Buy American? No Thanks, Europe Says, as Tariff Backlash Grows.
A shifting perception of the United States amid President Trump’s trade war is prompting Europeans to pivot decisively away from U.S. goods and services.
Why tennis players and the ball sometimes disappear on TV — and what the sport can do
The Madrid Open produced outstanding tennis, but for much of the tournament, it was impossible to see what was going on.
Rwanda in Early Talks With U.S. to Take Expelled Migrants
Discussions with the Central African country come as the Trump administration looks for more countries willing to accept deportees as part of a sweeping crackdown.
I Brake for Robins
It’s full-on springtime now. My blackberries are sending out new canes, and the passion vines have broken ground. The nestlings in the bluebird box are old enough for their cries to be heard across the yard. The front-stoop skinks are awake, the …
Is This Late-Night TV’s Last Gasp?
John Mulaney describes his weekly Netflix talk show as “a throwback in some ways.” Indeed, it seems to draw inspiration from numerous 20th-century late-night hosts, from Dick Cavett to David Letterman to Conan O’Brien. “It’s almost like the way you …
At This Humble Used Car Lot, Tariffs Are Beginning to Sting
Antonio Austin spotted the car from 100 yards away — red dirt caked onto tinted windows, the front bumper gone, smoke billowing out from under the hood. “Damn, I hate this car,” he said. He had sold the 2012 Dodge Avenger almost a year earlier for a …
Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League
There it was for all to see, President Trump’s tangled relationship with the Ivy League, delivered in a burst at his rally in Michigan on Tuesday night. “He’s the top,” the president said of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity doctor he chose to oversee …
Where Would Hollywood Find Its Guillotines or Pay Phones Without Them?
When the Netflix series “Wednesday” needed a guillotine recently, it did not have to venture far. A North Hollywood prop house called History for Hire had one available, standing more than eight feet high with a suitably menacing blade. (The business …