Новости за 01.11.2018

The Portland Trail Blazers haven't forgotten being on the wrong side of a first-round playoff sweep at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans last season.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was cleared Wednesday to play and leads the 7-0 Milwaukee Bucks into their game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.

With six wins in their first seven games for the first time since the 1985-86 season, the Denver Nuggets visit the Cleveland Cavaliers Thursday night.

The Edmonton Oilers seek a split of a two-game homestand Thursday night when it faces the high-scoring Chicago Blackhawks for the second time this week.

The chemical dispersants used to clean up oil after the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 were ineffective and unneeded, a new study says.

The New York Islanders ended the quirkiest early-season schedule in the NHL by winning three straight road games in a span of four days.

The Houston Texans will be going for their sixth straight win on Sunday with a former member of the opponent on their side.

You're less likely to pick up a nasty infection during a hospital stay in the United States than you were just a few years ago, a new report finds.

Suburban women are squarely in the sights of both parties in the midterm elections, but Democrats also are focusing on a specific bloc of minority women voters.

With a 3-4 record, the Detroit Lions are still in the thick of the NFC North race, just a game out of first place. But they will go into Sunday's pivotal road game against the Minnesota Vikings (4-3-1) without their top receiver.

The youthful Sacramento Kings will be going for their fifth straight win on Thursday when they visit the even-younger Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena.

Fentanyl, a powerful and dangerous synthetic opioid, is now showing up in crack cocaine and causing life-threatening overdoses.

Flights between Greece and Macedonia resumed after 12 years as their relations improve over efforts in the latter country to rename itself North Macedonia.

Human activity is destroying the world's wildernesses, and research shows that two-thirds is found in 5 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Russia and the U.S.

France deployed 15,000 police officers to control violence during a Halloween night where teenagers threw stones at police, burned vehicles and looted a store.

Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale says there plenty of statistics that say the Pittsburgh Steelers are better without Le'Veon Bell.

An Australian snake catcher shared video from the rescue of a sneaky python that was found wrapped around the engine under the hood of a car.

The first Food and Drug Administration-approved drug containing an ingredient derived from the marijuana plant went on sale Thursday in the United States.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order levying sanctions against Venezuela's gold exports, national security adviser John Bolton announced Thursday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Two teams trending in a positive direction go head-to-head Thursday night when the Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Charlotte Hornets.

Colombia faces 273 lawsuits stemming from damages to crops, land and water caused by the spraying the herbicide glyphosate.

TORONTO -- After winning for the first time on the road Tuesday night in Montreal, the Dallas Stars will visit a team Thursday night that has struggled at home, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Shocked visitors to a supermarket parking lot in Scotland captured video of a car that somehow became wedged between safety barriers.

Anthony Tolliver deployed a big-time rejection to a Dante Exum dunk attempt during the Minnesota Timberwolves' 128-125 win against the Utah Jazz.

After earning their first road win nearly a month into the season, the New York Rangers will try to make it two in a row when they face the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night at Honda Center.