By Maria Tsvetkova and Ed Ou NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) - A World Cup bus was set alight and a teenager suffered a gunshot wound during chaotic scenes in Midtown Manhattan as thousands of basketball fans poured into the streets late on Saturday to cel...

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit the first pitch of the game for a home run, Ben Brown beefed up his All-Star credentials with five solid innings and the visiting Chicago Cubs thumped the San ​Francisco Giants 6-1 on Saturday night for a second straight ‌win in...

By Pearl Josephine Nazare VANCOUVER, June 13 (Reuters) - Australia spoiled Turkey's return to the World Cup stage after 24 years by securing a 2-0 victory in their Group D opener on Saturday, courtesy of goals from Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe...

The Detroit Tigers placed right-hander Jack Flaherty on the 15-day injured list on Saturday because of a strain of the peroneal tendons along the outside of his left ankle and foot. The Tigers lost the starting pitcher's services ​just as ace Tarik Sk...

By Nicole Fernandes June 13 (Reuters) - The New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 on Saturday to claim their first NBA championship since 1973, putting the long-suffering franchise back on top and unleashing mass celebrations across the ...

By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Pun-spouting movie critic Gene Shalit, a fixture on NBC's "Today" show for 40 years in his bow ties and extravagantly bushy hair and mustache, died on Friday at the age of 100, NBC News reported, citing a ​family statement sha...

June 12 (Reuters) - The United States ​Justice ‌Department said on Friday its ‌antitrust ​division ⁠had completed ⁠a review of Paramount's proposed ​acquisition of ⁠Warner ⁠Bros and ​determined it ​was not likely ‌to result in ⁠harm to competition or A...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - Blake Lively won a partial victory in her contentious litigation against fellow actor Justin Baldoni, as a federal judge on Friday awarded her legal fees but denied additional damages in defending again...

June 12 (Reuters) - The British painter, who died on Thursday, was celebrated as an "endlessly inventive artist" with "a unique vision of the world". KING CHARLES "My wife and I were greatly saddened to learn of the death of David Hockney O.M., a giant...

By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, June 12 (Reuters) - As mixed martial arts fighters gather on Sunday on the South Lawn of the White House in a cage match to celebrate President Donald Trump's 80th birthday - a spectacle kicking off a series of events c...