Amen Thompson scored 23 points, Tari Eason added 20 and the Houston Rockets, playing without Kevin Durant, avoided elimination with a 115-96 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference playoff series Sunday night at Toyota Center.

    Here's what has stood out from the latest playoff games of the Western Conference's first round.

    Ryan Poehling scored 2:29 into overtime -- a goal that required a lengthy review -- and the Anaheim Ducks pushed Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers to the brink of first-round elimination with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 on Sunday night at Honda Center.

    LeBron James shouldered the blame for the Lakers' 115-96 loss in Game 4 of their first-round series against the Rockets on Sunday after he racked up nearly as many turnovers (eight), as he did points (10) in the blowout.

    West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude prices rose after Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were told not to travel to Pakistan for negotiations

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    Semiannual earnings reporting tries to “fix” a problem that the market’s success stories have already solved.

    Earnings per share topped expectations, while revenue came up short.

    A safer and more effective formulation of the most popular hair-loss treatment led to robust hair growth in a clinical trial.

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    Earnings, capex and AI adoption are developing momentum and reducing opportunities for investors to buy into geopolitically-driven weakness

    Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

    Researchers found telehealth visits can improve care for cats with feline arthritis.

    Using a newly devised, three-dimensional model to study the regeneration of nerve tissue in the nose, researchers have discovered that one type of stem cell thought to be dormant may play a more significant role in preserving the sense of smell than originally believed.

    New research demonstrates that with collaboration between stakeholders, Australia can fully decarbonize its domestic and energy export economies by 2060 -- a feat requiring $6.2 trillion USD and around 110,000 square kilomters of land -- while avoiding harm to important areas for biodiversity outcomes, safeguarding agricultural activities, and respecting Indigenous land rights.

    A new study challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites -- not a shared site -- to achieve different types of plasticity.

    110 wins? How much WAR for Shohei Ohtani? We use L.A.'s hot start to play over/under for the rest of 2026.

    Manchester United have settled on two candidates for the permanent manager's job at Old Trafford: Michael Carrick or a unicorn.

    The teams that lost first-round players will be looking for the next man up. Here's who should take over for those 32 picks.

    Where does every first-round series in the 2026 NBA playoffs rank so far? Plus, key questions and stock watch for upcoming free agents.

    Zach Kram studied years of NBA film to determine whether it works and its impact on basketball.

    Congress today is grilling the chief executives of several big tech companies, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about potential harms from their products on teens.

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    Bringing the second day of this year's Coachella to a close, K-Pop girl group Blackpink made history Saturday night when they became the first Asian act to ever headline the festival. To a crowd of, reportedly, over 125,000 people, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé used the ground-breaking moment to pay homage to Korean heritage by arriving onstage in hanboks: a traditional type of dress.