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Boston beat Indiana 110-106 to seal 4-0 series winCeltics appear to be clicking after uneven regular seasonGordon Hayward scored 20 points and Marcus Morris started a decisive three-point flurry late in the fourth quarter on Sunday to give the Boston Celtics a…

Larry Mitchell Hopkins held on Saturday in TexasEarlier arrest involved impersonating a police officer A member of an armed civilian group that has detained migrants near the US-Mexico border who was arrested on Saturday reportedly faced similar charges in…

Politicians and police have done little to halt the persecution of religious minorities. That will change now, but it’s already too lateMy first reaction was panic. As I woke up to the horrific scenes from churches and hotels in Sri Lanka; to news of the…

Trump lawyer: ‘Nothing wrong with information from Russians’Teflon Don: how Trump the mafia boss fought the law … and wonOpinion: Moral squalor, not impeachment, will remove TrumpAs the White House mounted a furious assault on the Mueller report and…

It is ignored in the west, but Christianity is the most persecuted religion. Why is there such silence on the issue?I was up before dawn this morning, preparing for our first service of Easter. This meant that, around the same time as bombs were going off in…

The worst violence in a decade has struck the heart of a nationThe message of Easter is a message of hope – that most vital yet fragile of qualities, both an instinct and a choice. The devastating blasts that tore through multiple sites in and near Colombo…

Claiming a fifth Masters title was a remarkable triumph for Tiger Woods but the colour split at Augusta remains as stark as it was when he won his first Green Jacket 22 years agoThis time last week, we had all been reminded of “the look”. Tiger Woods, with…

Undignified exit will hurt Amir Khan almost as much as Terence Crawford’s crunching blows that left the challenger unable to finish the fightTwo instincts burn most deeply in every boxer’s soul: a will to win and self-preservation. At Madison Square Garden…

• Khan claims low punch in sixth round left him unable to move• Crawford retains title and casts doubt on Khan’s explanation Amir Khan spent nearly the entirety of Saturday night’s doomed challenge for Terence Crawford’s WBO welterweight title on the…

Elizabeth Swaney has run for governor, trained in music, and auditioned as a pro cheerleader. But it was her befuddling appearance in the Winter Olympics that made headlinesIf you happened to tune in to the Winter Games last year during the women’s halfpipe…

The institution of marriage shouldn’t look like a Victorian mental asylum, not built for modern lifeI would like to be taught how to fight. Not boxing or karate or anything you need a costume for, just lessons in common basic argument, between people who…

For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley. Last week, at a TED talk that became a global viral sensation, she told the tech billionaires they had broken democracy. What happened next?If Silicon Valley…

A moniker associated with the Confederacy is finally being eliminated after a decades-long battle over its originsThe first record of someone in San Rafael raising an eyebrow at the name of the Dixie school district – whose name is synonymous with the…

Ohio lawmaker proposes expanding child endangerment laws after clip of nine-year-old dancing appears on fringe websiteAn Ohio Republican has proposed legislation to change state child exploitation law, in response to a nine-year-old boy’s drag performance at…

After Mueller, the president is being compared to mobsters from John Gotti to Tony Soprano. And yet he remains in office“You gotta do this. You gotta call Rod...” Related: Trump tampered with witnesses. These Senate Republicans voted to oust Bill Clinton…

After being accused of endangering one of the city’s US representatives, the president visited Minneapolis. Activists were there to meet himAs she stood in a crowd of protesters, helping hold a long “Stand with Ilhan” sign outside the trucking company in…

Congress cannot rid us of this appalling man. Democrats must focus on voters who hold the keys to the White HouseDemocrats in Congress and talking heads on television will be consumed in the coming weeks by whether the evidence in the Mueller report,…

Larry Mitchell Hopkins accused of illegal weapons possession after videos apparently showed men stopping migrants in New MexicoA member of an armed rightwing militia group accused of illegally detaining migrants at the US-Mexico border has been arrested,…

Multnomah employee alleges she was harassed for asking for flag’s removal, saying it demeaned Black Lives MatterAn Oregon county has agreed to pay $100,000 to a black employee who alleged she was harassed after asking that a Blue Lives Matter flag not be…

Elizabeth Warren and Rashida Tlaib have called for action, but many lawmakers say more information is needed firstLong before a redacted version of the Mueller report was released this week, the winds of impeachment were swirling around Donald Trump’s…

Oscar-winning actor says US president has proven himself to be a ‘total loser’ with no moralsRobert De Niro has criticised Donald Trump again, calling the US president a “total loser” and “wannabe gangster”.The actor has been involved in a…

The Massachusetts senator is the most senior Democrat to call for the start of impeachment proceedings against TrumpElizabeth Warren on Friday became the most senior Democrat, and the first 2020 presidential candidate, to call for the start of impeachment…

In a statement, the senator and 2020 presidential candidate said initiating impeachment proceedings is the ‘constitutional duty’ of politiciansSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspectiveSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism and make a…

Press secretary defended past statements she made in an interview on Friday that Mueller’s team said had ‘no basis in fact’Follow the latest on the Mueller report – liveSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism and make a contributionSarah…

US judiciary committee chair Jerry Nadler has said the special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report outlines 'disturbing evidence' that Donald Trump engaged in obstruction of justice.…

The US president said on Thursday he was having a 'good day' after the release of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the now-closed Russia investigation. The US attorney general, William Barr, told a news conference before the report’s release…

The US attorney general, William Barr, has said the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not find Donald Trump or members of his campaign worked with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Addressing a news conference before the report’s…

EU threatens $20bn of tariffs in long-running battle over Boeing and Airbus subsidiesTomato ketchup, handbags and video game consoles are among the US imports facing EU tariffs, as the European bloc hit back in the latest twist in the transatlantic dispute…

Pretax profits up 15% as sportswear company presses on with expansion into USShares in JD Sports soared to a record high as the retailer unveiled a leap in profits despite the gloom on Britain’s struggling high streets.Profits jumped 15% to £340m and…

Country has $32bn surplus in March but trade war with US is serving as brake on growthFollow all today’s developments – liveFears about the strength of the global economy have been sparked by a fall in Chinese imports last month, as the trade war between…