On his first day on the job as Nets head coach, Jordi Fernandez predicted Nic Claxton would win Defensive Player of the Year. General manager Sean Marks called keeping the unrestricted free agent their single biggest offseason task. It sounds like the Nets are in the Nic Claxton business. “Nic is a quote-unquote big that has defensive versatility. I believe he’ll be Defensive Player of the Year. For us, he’s a priority in this summer,” Fernandez said at his introductory press conference at HSS Training Center. Of course, there is a subtlety there. It’s unclear whether Fernandez’s comment “for us”…

A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said.The leaflet that was posted on the campus in Boston on Oct. 22 read, “Stand with Chinese People,” along with other statements such as “We Want Freedom” and “We Want Democracy,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston said.CHINESE BERKLEE MUSIC STUDENT CHARGED WITH STALKING INDIVIDUAL WHO POSTED FLYER SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY IN CHINAIn response, Xiaolei Wu, 26, threatened to chop off the person’s hands, reported…

Kate Beckinsale’s recent health troubles are not keeping her off the big screen. Beckinsale, 50, will star alongside Scott Eastwood in the kidnapping drama Stolen Girl, which is now in pre-production. The film will tell the true story of Maureen Dabbagh, a woman who spent years searching for her daughter after she was abducted by the child’s father. Most of Stolen Girl will be shot in Italy and is expected to begin principal photography soon, with a reported budget around $25 million. James Kent will direct the movie, with Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham writing the screenplay. The news of…

Jimmy Butler may not have been on the court for Game 2, but he made his presence felt before the game. Tyler Herro, whose 24 points led the Heat to a win over the Celtics, revealed that Butler had reached out to him to rally the team before the Heat and Boston tipped off for their first-round series.  “Before the series [Jimmy Butler] texted me to take the team and lead these guys,” said Herro after the Heat’s 111-101 victory to even the series at one game apiece. “Just make every right play. It’s not all about scoring, in the…

An Arizona grand jury on Wednesday returned an indictment against Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and several others for their alleged roles in a plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Eleven Arizona Republicans, including former state GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward and state Sens. Jacob Hoffman and Anthony Kern, were hit with felony charges related to the so-called “fake electors” plot, state Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Wednesday.  Seven other names were redacted in the indictment because they hadn’t been served yet.  Those individuals have been identified by…

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An Oklahoma man, alongside his girlfriend, “bludgeoned” his girlfriend’s relative with a brick, before dumping the victim’s remains in a wildlife refuge, federal authorities said.According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Oklahoma, Tevin Terrell Semien, 29, and co-defendant Nicole Leigh Logsdon, 24, were indicted for the May 2023 murder of 68-year-old Karon “Dinkers” Conneywerdy Smith.Semien admitted to officers that he “agreed” to kill Smith and went to her home and “bludgeoned” Smith to death “with a brick, put her body in the trunk of her vehicle, and disposed of her body in the Wichita Mountains…

Gwyneth Paltrow is just like Us: Sometimes she needs her kids to translate internet memes and pop culture in-jokes. In an interview with Cultured, the Oscar-winner and lifestyle guru, 51, admitted that her son Moses, 18, and daughter Apple, 19, who she shares with ex-husband Chris Martin, act as her own personal meme translators. “This one meme, ‘I’m baby,’” the GOOP founder said. “I’m like, What the f—? What does that mean? And then everyone tries to explain what ‘I’m baby’ means. I finally got it.” The “I’m baby” meme has been around since 2017 and stems from an unfortunate…

Caitlin Clark’s ascension to the WNBA isn’t the only major milestone the basketball superstar celebrated this month.  Clark and her boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, celebrated their one-year anniversary Wednesday with a pair of heartwarming social media posts.  “One year of the best mems w my fav person,” Clark wrote in an Instagram post that featured a black and white photo of the couple cozied up together. “You make everyday better and I can’t wait for many more adventures together… love you.”  McCaffery — a former member of Iowa’s men’s basketball team and the son of Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery —…

“Squad” Rep. Jamaal Bowman claimed a pro-Israeli group backing his Democratic primary opponent is racist. “That is why AIPAC’s [ American Israel Public Affairs Committee] is coming after us, coming after us with hate, coming after us with bullying, intimidation, and fear. You should see what they’re doing in my district,” Bowman said during a virtual town hall meeting on Monday. After he claimed AIPAC members are lying about his record and calling him antisemitic, Bowman said, “They don’t like my style, I’m a little too radical, I’m a member of the ‘Squad.’ They want to call me the N-word, but…