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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — German star Dirk Nowitzki became only the sixth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points on Tuesday as the Dallas Mavericks cruised to victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Nowitzki, who needed just 20 points to reach the milestone heading into the game, reached the mark in the second quarter with a fadeaway jump shot. The 38-year-old now joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Australian center Andrew Bogut has been traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA deal sending forward Nerlens Noel to Dallas, according to multiple reports Thursday. As the league’s transfer window slammed shut ahead of the resumption of games after the NBA All-Star Game break, teams made final moves to tweak rosters for playoff runs or reduce payrolls in hopes of free agency spending next […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Mavericks’ experiment with bringing Aussie big man Andrew Bogut off the bench paid off on Tuesday with a 113-105 NBA victory over the Washington Wizards in Dallas. The strategy meant that Bogut and veteran Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki were never on the floor at the same time, and while Dallas coach Rick Carlisle wasn’t completely comfortable with the plan, there was no arguing with the result. “I don’t […]
LOS ANGELES , United States (AFP) — The Dallas Mavericks will slowly ease Dirk Nowitzki back into the fray as the veteran German star recovers from a lingering Achilles problem, a report said Monday. Nowitzki missed Sunday’s victory over the New Orleans Pelicans after complaining of soreness in his right Achilles despite showing signs of improvement recently. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle told The Dallas Morning News he would not hesitate to rest Nowitzki as the […]
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The suspect who shot three police officers dead in Baton Rouge on Sunday was a Marine veteran who served in Iraq, in a chilling parallel with the Dallas cop killings, whose perpetrator served in Afghanistan. Gavin Eugene Long, a 29-year-old African American widely identified as the shooter by US media, turned his gun on police amid a spate of race-tinged violence involving law enforcement. Louisiana State Police […]
by Mandel NGAN with Andrew Beatty in Washington DALLAS, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama implored Americans of all races to show more unity and understanding as he addressed an emotional memorial for five slain policemen in Dallas Tuesday. The president, accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, leaned heavily on scripture as he ministered to a country stunned by gun violence and torn asunder by race and politics. “I know that Americans are struggling […]
INDIANA, United States (Reuters) — Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday (July 12) the five police officers who were killed in the Dallas sniper attack were “great, great people.” “We pray for our country,” Trump said at a rally in Westfield, Indiana. “The police are just not part of our society, our police are the best of our society.” Trump, a wealthy real estate developer, has been presenting himself as “the […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama heads to Dallas on Tuesday to offer comfort to relatives of the five police officers slain in a sniper ambush — and to try to unify a nation struggling to process a raw week of deadly violence and racial tensions. For Obama, his speech at an interfaith memorial service in the sprawling Texas city — with Vice President Joe Biden and former president […]
DALLAS, United States (AFP) – by Thomas Urbain with Carlos Hamann in Washington The Dallas gunman was plotting a major bomb attack, authorities said, urging calm as hundreds of people were arrested in weekend protests in US cities over police violence against African-Americans. Demonstrators marched demanding justice for two black men shot dead by cops in Minnesota and Louisiana, their dying moments captured in video that went viral online. Peaceful marches attracted large crowds in […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — US President Barack Obama cautioned those protesting police killings of black Americans against blanket criticism Sunday, saying the majority of officers in the force do a good job. “Whenever those of us who are concerned about fairness in the criminal justice system attack police officers, you are doing a disservice to the cause,” Obama said, as protests against police brutality continued around the country. America has been rocked by the deaths […]
by Leila MACOR MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The Dallas ambush by a black gunman targeting white police is the latest spasm of fury that reflects what experts see as a rising tide of extremism and intolerance on the fringes of American society. Fueling the country’s polarization are racial tension, anger with establishment politicians and economic inequality, says the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors racist and hate groups in the United States. Micah Johnson, […]
DALLAS, United States (AFP) — Five police officers were killed in a sniper-style attack by a black army veteran during a protest in Dallas against police brutality towards African-Americans late Thursday. These are the victims. Brent Thompson, 43 Thompson was a police officer attached to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority. The first DART officer to be killed in the line of duty since the agency formed its police force in 1989, he joined the department in […]
