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It wasn't meant to go like this.

LeBron James missed a buzzer-beater to tie the game as the Los Angeles Lakers lost 106-104 to the Portland Trail Blazers, taking the LA team's season record to 0-3.

ESG investing — evaluating companies using environmental, social and governance factors — was one of the most-cited phrases in earnings calls during the first half of the year. But a looming recession, tanking stock markets and the race to US midterm elections have put those sustainability efforts on the chopping block.

Pennsylvania has two statewide, open seat races, with US Sen. Pat Toomey retiring and Gov. Tom Wolf finishing the second of his two terms. It is a highly unusual occurrence in the commonwealth.

Matthew Perry is continuing to share candid moments from his long journey to sobriety and the struggles he endured during his run on NBC's "Friends" while yoyo-ing between addictions to Vicodin and alcohol.

Simona Halep's former coach has jumped to her defense after the former world No. 1 tested positive for a banned substance at the US Open earlier this year.

Two years after his conviction on rape and sexual assault charges, disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein is again set to go on trial on similar charges in Los Angeles.

It's been a year of airport chaos and problems with baggage handling have left many travelers struggling to reunite with their luggage.

"Doctor Who" fans were drenched in nostalgia after David Tennant reprised his role as the Time Lord in the dramatic conclusion to the show's BBC centenary special.

"Evin's on fire! It's going up in flames, and they're shooting at the prisoners inside!" This was one of the flurry of messages I received late October 15 from Iranian activists and fellow survivors of the country's most notorious prison.

Straight away, Nora McInerny noticed core differences in how people responded to the coronavirus pandemic.

There seems to be no end in sight of the political turmoil that Britain has endured since the country voted to leave the European Union back in 2016. CNN's Anna Stewart reports.

Los Angeles officials are condemning the display of banners from a freeway overpass this weekend by a group of demonstrators seen in bystander photos showing support for antisemitic comments recently made by rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye.

• Billionaire dumps Australia netball team in dispute over father's racist comments • Former Japanese international and MLS soccer player Masato Kudo dies aged 32

The two giant fantasy series that premiered within weeks of each other shared massive scope and scale. In terms of pacing, though, "House of the Dragon" moved at leaps and bounds -- sometimes literally in its multi-year time jumps -- while "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" loped along at a relative crawl.

When Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart threw a financial lifeline to Netball Australia, she triggered a debate about sponsorships and the role of social and political issues in the sporting sphere. Then she walked away.

Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak emerged Sunday as the clear front-runner to be the country's next prime minister, after Boris Johnson dramatically dropped out of the race to be Conservative Party leader.