The Brooklyn Nets waltzed into 123 points in a Game 5 they didn’t take seriously until seven minutes remained on Tuesday night. Their offense is ludicrous. It’s their defense that could cost them the title. The Nets cannot treat the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals the same way they did the undermanned Boston
Month: June 2021
Warning: This video contains some upsetting scenes. On a Saturday night in a small Texas town, three white men offered James Byrd Jr a ride home. The next morning, a little boy found Byrd’s body. He’d been beaten, chained to the back of a truck and dragged alive until he was decapitated – all because
Getty Images The world’s largest meat processing company has been targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack. Computer networks at JBS were hacked, causing some operations in Australia, Canada and the US to temporarily shut down, affecting thousands of workers. The company believes the ransomware attack originated from a criminal group likely based in Russia, the White
Across England, there have been efforts to tame traffic in our towns and cities. Many communities are also seeing new restrictions on cars to create low traffic neighbourhoods, and the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt reports, some residents are going to great lengths to step in when the equipment for blocking the traffic doesn’t work.
EPA Ambulance workers in England will be given body-worn cameras, after assaults against them went up by almost a third in five years. More than 3,500 attacks on emergency care staff were recorded last year. The move was welcomed by staff trialling the cameras, some of whom had experienced violence on the job. The NHS
It’s ten years since mass protests in Syria turned into a violent conflict that has torn the country apart, leaving a trail of death, destruction and displacement. BBC correspondent Caroline Hawley has been following the lives of two children and their families, forced to flee to neighbouring Jordan and who have come to symbolise for
Getty Images US President Joe Biden’s administration will suspend oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pending an environmental review. The move reverses former President Donald Trump’s decision to sell oil leases in the refuge to expand fossil fuel and mineral development. The giant Alaskan wilderness is home to many important species,
Getty Images Joe Biden has become the first sitting president to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Massacre – one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. Mr Biden flew to Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the attack, which claimed some 300 African-American lives. The two days of violence,
PA Media The UK has announced zero daily Covid deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the first time since March 2020. The latest figures also reported another 3,165 new cases, compared with 3,383 on Monday and 2,493 one week ago. It comes amid concern over a recent small rise in cases linked
Table of Contents Max Euwe Introduction Max Euwe was one of the best chess players in history, he began to play from a very young age since his parents were great fans of the game itself. When he was 6 years old he had already mastered the game very well and, at the age of
Reuters Sicilian Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca, whose grisly crimes include having a child’s body dissolved in acid, has been released from prison. Dubbed the “people slayer”, Brusca has confessed to his role in over 100 killings, including the assassination of Italy’s top anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone. But Brusca became an informant, helping prosecutors hunt down
A Brazilian town has seen a 95% drop in Covid-19 deaths after almost all adults were vaccinated as part of an experiment, researchers say. Serrana, with 45,000 inhabitants, saw cases plunge after a mass vaccination with the Chinese-developed CoronaVac. The team said those who had not been vaccinated were also protected by the reduction in
When Naomi Osaka won the US Open in 2018, she pulled down her visor to hide her tears. It was her maiden Grand Slam title, she had beaten the great Serena Williams to win it, and she had a bright future ahead. Except that the victory had come in unusual and traumatic fashion, with boos
Getty Images A dedicated terminal for passengers arriving in the UK from countries with a high risk of Covid has opened at Heathrow Airport. Travellers arriving on direct flights from red list nations will now transit through Terminal Three. Heathrow said its top priority was protecting the public and helping reduce the risk of new
Host: Brazil Dates: 13 June-11 July Coverage: Every match live on BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. The 2021 Copa America will be hosted by Brazil, after Argentina was stripped of the tournament just two weeks before it starts. The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said Argentina was removed