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Here are some of the biggest contracts of this free-agency period along with the income tax rates for the states where those teams are located. We’ve also calculated the approximate state tax those players could end up paying based on the tax rates of the states where their teams are located, assuming they’ve made that

With the mind-boggling money being doled out in NBA contracts, players don’t seem to be overly concerned about state taxes — or the lack of them. Stephen Curry signed a $201 million deal with Golden State and Blake Griffin got a $175 million from the Los Angeles Clippers. The rub: In California, the top tax

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A former Connecticut university student accused of lying about being raped by two university football players is seeking to have the charges against her dismissed. The Connecticut Post reports former Sacred Heart University student Nikki Yovino filed an application in court Friday saying she’s suffering from a psychiatric disability. The 19-year-old New

CHICAGO — Jose Quintana is the first July goodbye for the Chicago White Sox. There could be several more. The rebuilding White Sox are moving on after trading Quintana to the crosstown Cubs on Thursday. Third baseman Todd Frazier and closer David Robertson also could be shipped out before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.

U.S. stocks closed modestly higher Friday, notching record highs for several major U.S. indexes. Gains for big technology and health care companies drove the market higher. Big-dividend stocks like utilities and real estate companies rose as bond yields fell. Banks lagged the rest of the market. On Friday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose

WASHINGTON — The White House said Friday that worsening tax revenues will cause the budget deficit to jump to $702 billion this year. That’s a $99 billion spike from what was predicted less than two months ago. The report from the Office of Management and Budget comes on the heels of a rival Congressional Budget

Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman completed his offseason to-do list by signing “model player” Ondrej Palat to a $26.5 million, five-year deal. The Lightning and Palat avoided arbitration and settled on the contract Friday. The Czech left winger will count $5.3 million against the salary cap through the 2021-22 season. The 26-year-old Palat

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Latest on an antitrust lawsuit by ex-Ohio State football player Chris Spielman against the university (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Nike Inc. is declining to comment on an antitrust lawsuit brought by an ex-Ohio State football player. Linebacker Chris Spielman filed the class-action lawsuit Friday on behalf of current and former

SILVERSTONE, England — Force India is set for a rebrand that strips the Formula One team of its association with the South Asian nation. The decision comes just as team co-owner Vijay Mallya is fighting extradition from Britain to his native India on charges of money laundering, and bank demands that he pay back more

CINCINNATI — The Washington Nationals put right-hander Joe Ross on the 10-day disabled list with a sprained elbow on Friday and revamped their bullpen for a series against the Reds. Ross went 2-1 with a 2.36 ERA in his last four starts before the injury. He’s 5-3 overall with a 5.01 ERA in 13 starts.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southwestern Athletic Conference is all-in when it comes to the Celebration Bowl, banking on it to put the league on better financial footing. The SWAC is dropping its championship game in a money-saving move. The league won’t have a title contest starting in 2018 after ending up in the red because

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Relatives of a missing Chinese woman studying at the University of Illinois say they won’t leave the country without her as the reward in the case rose to $50,000. Family members of 26-year-old Yingying Zhang spoke Friday, pleading with the public for any information that might help find her. A Champaign man

NEW YORK — Half a century after Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was convicted and hanged in Israel for engineering the deaths of millions of Jews, the bulletproof-glass booth where he sat facing justice has come to New York for a multimedia, you-are-there recreation of the courtroom. It’s part of an exhibit at Manhattan’s Museum

SULLIVAN, Ind. — Authorities say a man jailed in western Indiana has waived extradition to face murder charges in North Carolina stemming from the 1989 deaths of an elderly couple in their home. Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom said Friday that 42-year-old Eric Robert Begley of Shelburn, Indiana, had been in jail since May 27

BOGOTA, Colombia — A new United Nations report shows that coca production in Colombia has surged to levels not seen in two decades, complicating the South American country’s efforts to make its vast, lawless countryside more secure following a peace deal with leftist rebels. The report Friday confirms U.S. government findings from March that production

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Trevor Siemian took a break from his private workouts Friday to lead 15 kids from the Jeffco Midget Football Association on a surprise shopping spree. The Denver Broncos quarterback — who will be competing with Paxton Lynch in the biggest position battle in the NFL this summer — was joined by rookies

DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons have signed free agent Anthony Tolliver and have re-signed Reggie Bullock. Terms of the deals weren’t disclosed. Tolliver, 32, played in 65 games and made nine starts for the Sacramento Kings last season. The 6-foot-8 forward averaged 7.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 22.7 minutes. He also shot 39.1 percent from

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers have acquired guard Cory Joseph from the Toronto Raptors in exchange for the draft rights of forward Emir Preldzic. Joseph, who is 6-foot-3, averaged 9.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 25 minutes last season. He made 22 starts. Joseph, who turns 26 next month, played in Toronto for two

MOSCOW — Russian news agencies say the head of a company that operates a joint venture to produce gas turbines with Germany’s Siemens was questioned by the Federal Security Service on suspicion of disclosing state secrets. The reports come days after Siemens filed suit against another Russian company for allegedly sending two of the turbines

Hootie Johnson, the South Carolina banker and Augusta National chairman who stubbornly stood his ground amid pressure for the club to invite female members, died Friday morning. He was 86. Augusta National announced his death and celebrated the sweeping changes to the Masters during his eight years as chairman. But it was his battle with

MOSUL, Iraq — For centuries, Mosul’s Old City stood as neighborhood of densely built alleyways, homes facing each other across narrow and winding lanes. Now holes have been punched in that historic fabric with houses reduced to rubble. In only three weeks from June 16 to July 8 bombardment damaged or destroyed nearly a third

DENVER — Every day, tens of thousands of U.S. airline passengers settle into their seats, lower the window shades and reach up to twist the air vents without the benefit of something that might do even more to keep them cool: a rule setting temperature limits inside the cabin. Airlines have their own guidelines —

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Legal sales of marijuana for recreational purposes are set to begin next week in Uruguay at a limited number of pharmacies to nearly 5,000 people who have registered as consumers. The South American nation’s Cannabis Regulation and Control Institute said Friday in a statement that pot will be available starting July

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut ethics lawyers say the University of Connecticut violated the state’s ban on nepotism by hiring football coach Randy Edsall’s son as an assistant coach, but say Corey Edsall can serve out his contract. In a draft recommendation to the State Office Of Ethics enforcement board, the lawyers recommend no action be

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Kings re-signed Kevin Gravel to a one-year, $650,000 contract extension Friday, avoiding arbitration with the restricted free agent defenseman. The Kings also signed restricted free agents Justin Auger, Andrew Crescenzi, Zachary Leslie, Kurtis MacDermid and Michael Mersch. Gravel broke through as an NHL regular last season, scoring seven