• Associated Press

    Luka Doncic scores 35 points, leads Mavericks to 123-93 victory and 3-2 series lead over Clippers

    Luka Doncic scored 20 of his 35 points in the second half and added 10 assists and seven rebounds, propelling the Dallas Mavericks to a 123-93 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 on Wednesday night and a 3-2 lead in their first-round series. Maxi Kleber hit five 3-pointers and Kyrie Irving added 14 points for the Mavericks, who clamped down on the Clippers defensively and won decisively in Los Angeles for the second time in the series.

  • Reuters

    Morning Bid: Intervene, rinse, repeat

    Sudden yen rallies and a 5.5 trillion yen ripple in Japan's money markets seem to put us in the midst of another round of intervention. Only this time, it did not follow any wild drop in the yen and came instead as markets drifted in the wake of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's post-meeting news conference. The Fed held rates and Powell noted that fighting inflation was taking longer than expected.

  • Associated Press

    Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operations

    The video is unsettling, with haunting images of faceless people, fire and soldiers. Hints of its origin are tucked into frames as they flash by: PSYWAR. The Army’s psychological warfare soldiers are using their brand of mental combat to bring in what the service needs: recruits.