For the first time since 1983-84, a regular season, professional NBA game will be played in Las Vegas this week. The In-Season Tournament’s semifinals and finals will be played at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday and Saturday night, and the sport’s biggest star in LeBron James is in town. James is …

Some Jews residing in Los Angeles, California, are struggling to decide how they want to celebrate Hanukkah this year, expressing concern that decorations on their homes may invite reaction from antisemites during the Israel-Hamas war. Adam Kulbersh, who lives in Studio City, told the LA Times he did not know …

A lawsuit was filed against Alan Ruck on Thursday stemming from a vehicle collision involving the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” actor in October. Horacio Vela suffered “severe injuries and damages” after Ruck’s vehicle allegedly struck his own while he was waiting at a red light at approximately 9:01 p.m. on …

As Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines focus on preparations for next month’s College Football Playoff semifinal against Alabama, the University of Michigan is reportedly focused on keeping its head coach. Harbaugh has been linked to the NFL for the second season in a row as several teams could look to …

A Baptist church in South Carolina baptized 141 new believers last Sunday, a feat that its pastor remarked was “unimaginable.” First Baptist Church of Simpsonville, a multisite church in Simpsonville, South Carolina, welcomed the influx of believers following a month-long evangelistic series on “church ordinances,” the Baptist Press reported this …

Legislation that grants nature similar rights to humans is becoming more popular across the globe, with multiple countries and localities approving nature rights laws and several more considering similar legislation. Panama, Ecuador and Bolivia have all moved to recognize the rights of nature with national legislation, a movement that has …

Over 100 animals – both living and dead – have been taken from a roadside zoo in western Virginia, according to court documents, as part of what state authorities are calling a criminal investigation. One search warrant executed Wednesday at the Natural Bridge Zoo in Rockbridge County shows that 89 …

Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez was deported to Venezuela earlier this month more than two years after he was convicted of statutory sexual assault, sexual abuse of children, and child pornography and other charges in Pennsylvania, officials said Wednesday. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia removed Vazquez on …

Commissioners in a Montana county are expected to vote Tuesday on whether to remove election oversight duties from a clerk and recorder who expressed doubts about the integrity of the election process when she ran for office last year. The Cascade County commission meeting was moved to the fairgrounds in …

Comedic actor Will Ferrell speculated during a speech at the Women in Entertainment Gala that the world would do better with exclusively female leadership. Ferrell gave opening remarks for the Women in Entertainment breakfast gala hosted by The Hollywood Reporter. “This is such a wonderful event where we honor and …