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Oklahoma City guard Jalen Williams will not play in Saturday’s winner-take-all Game 7 because of a lingering left hamstring injury, ESPN reported Friday. Coach Mark Daigneault said Williams tried to contribute despite not being fully healthy.

Eight people were left dangling on the Iron Shark roller coaster at Pleasure Pier in Galveston for more than three hours before rescue efforts concluded, officials said.

Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt says he prefers support from local residents over celebrities, despite claiming private endorsements from stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx.

A 12-year-old boy died after a raft capsized during a school trip in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, authorities said. The incident remains under investigation.

At an offseason practice, Kyler Murray described a collaborative relationship with J.J. McCarthy, while McCarthy compared their interaction to ‘two guys in a classroom,’ raising questions about Minnesota’s QB competition.

The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee filed suit Thursday to intervene in Democratic challenges to Missouri’s new congressional map, the RNC said.

Claude Lemieux died by suicide at his family’s furniture store in Lake Park, Florida, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said. He was 60 and won four Stanley Cups during a 20-year NHL career.