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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yong Sin Kim, an 85-year-old Korean immigrant living in a senior apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles, says he rarely leaves home these days. When he does, he carries a whistle with him; at least he…

Stephen Curry hit 10 3-pointers and scored 49 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 107-96 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Curry’s 3 that tied the game at 86-all gave him 11 straight games with 30-plus games, topping Kobe Bryant for the most by any player 33 or older. Joel Embiid had 28 points, 13 rebounds and was 11 of 14 from the free throw line for the 76ers. They played without Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris.

Rapper Black Rob, known for his hit “Whoa!” and key contributions to Diddy’s dominant Bad Boy Records in the 1990s and early 2000s, has died. He was 52. Longtime friend and former labelmate Mark Curry said Black Rob died Saturday in Atlanta. Curry said he was holding the hip-hop performer’s hand at the end. He’d been hospitalized and suffered multiple health problems in recent years, and died of cardiac arrest, Curry said. Born Robert Ross and raised in Harlem, New York City, he started rapping even before he became a teenager.

The Houston Rockets say that guard Sterling Brown was assaulted by unknown individuals after the team arrived in Miami late Sunday night, suffering cuts to his face. Brown was not playing Monday against the Heat, though the team said that was because of a recent knee injury that has kept him out for a total of five games and not the altercation. Brown sued officials in Milwaukee after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter surrounding a parking violation with police in 2018, contending in that lawsuit that police used excessive force and targeted him because he is Black.

Hornets guard LaMelo Ball has been cleared to return to individual basketball activity after having a cast removed from his right wrist. It's unclear at this point when he will be ready to play in a game. Ball sustained a fractured right wrist during the Hornets’ March 20 game against the Los Angeles Clippers and has not played since. Ball underwent further evaluation on his right wrist Monday by Dr. Michelle Carlson of The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. The cast was removed and a CT scan confirmed the wrist has healed. 

Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans with a test of how to handle a new breed of Trump-era, social media-savvy firebrands. Both have attracted more public attention lately than most junior lawmakers, and much of it hasn’t been positive. That’s confronting House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy with questions about whether the two hard-right provocateurs might hurt the GOP’s goal of capturing House control in next year’s elections. Party leaders have to reckon what to do about the two, if anything, and what impact any action would have on their supporters. 

One of the biggest casino projects on the Las Vegas Strip has announced a June 24 opening date. Resorts World Las Vegas said Monday it will debut more than 3,500 rooms at its three Hilton-branded hotels. The $4.3 billion development by Malaysia-based Genting Group has been under construction since May 2015, but experienced delays and redesigns. The project will open during a pandemic that has upended the Las Vegas economy with business restrictions intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has set a June 1 goal for 100% reopening of businesses after March 2020 closures.

Defense Department and National Guard officials are denying some requests for troops to protect Washington, D.C., just three months after more than 25,000 National Guard troops poured into the nation’s capital to secure President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Defense officials say the Army is approving only about a quarter of the Guard troops requested by city officials to provide security in case of unrest after the upcoming verdict in the the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. The D.C. National Guard says acting Army Secretary John Whitley has approved the deployment of 250 troops. Officials say the city’s initial request was for as many as 1,000.

After years of dithering, a dozen top European clubs announced plans to form a breakaway Super League. It's no coincidence the proposal finally went public as a growing number of U.S. ownership groups have staked out positions at many of the continent's most legendary teams. And it's no coincidence, either, that the proposal envisions the “closed-league” model employed by the major North American pro sports. It's basically a cash grab that would gut Europe's domestic leagues, destroy fan loyalties built over generations and put an end to soccer's most enduring myth — that teams rise or fall solely on merit.

Vice President Kamala Harris took a detour while visiting North Carolina to sit at the same lunch counter where four Black college students known as the Greensboro Four conducted a peaceful sit-in 61 years ago that became a defining moment in the civil rights movement. Harris was in North Carolina on Monday to plug President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan and made an unscheduled visit to the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro. The nation's first female Black vice president sat down at a “whites only” Woolworth’s counter where the Black students staged their historic sit-in.

Mario Andretti is not unlike so many others around the world touched by the coronavirus pandemic. One of the greatest racers of all time has battled loneliness and his own personal loss. His twin brother, Aldo, died of complications from COVID-19 in December and nothing prepared Andretti for the loss. He's 81 and lives alone in his sprawling Pennsylvania mansion, where he keeps company with his 34-year-old yellow Amazon parrot. Andretti was back at the racetrack for the IndyCar season opener in Alabama because his son found a sponsor to continue the two-seater program that Andretti pilots at each event.

New research shows ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves. Paleontologists developed the theory while studying a mass tyrannosaur death site found seven years ago in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. Research unveiled Monday showed a team of researchers determined that the dinosaurs died and were buried in the same place. A biology professor at Macalester College says she agreed with the group’s assessment that the tyrannosaurs died at the same time but more evidence would be needed before determining that they were living in a social group.

A judge has upheld a 20-year prison sentence for a white former police officer in the killing of an unarmed Black man in South Carolina. Federal judge Richard Gergel ruled Monday that ex-North Charleston officer Michael Slager's lawyer did not do a poor job. Slager had appealed his sentence, saying his lawyer never told him about a plea offer from prosecutors that could have cut years off his eventual prison term. Gergel ruled he didn't believe Slager's claim that he didn't know about the offer. Slager pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge for shooting Walter Scott in the back five times in 2015 as he ran away from a traffic stop.

The role drugs played in George Floyd’s life and death has been a focus of testimony during the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin and remained a key thread as attorneys delivered closing arguments Monday. Chauvin’s defense attorney has repeatedly argued that Floyd’s death was caused by his use of illegal drugs and existing health conditions, while prosecutors worked to convince jurors that Chauvin caused it by pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck. Chauvin, 45, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. 

The nation’s largest coal miners’ union says it would accept President Joe Biden’s plan to move away from coal and other fossil fuels in exchange for a “true energy transition” that includes thousands of jobs in renewable energy and spending on technology to make coal cleaner. The president of the United Mine Workers of America, Cecil Roberts, says ensuring jobs for displaced coal workers is crucial to any infrastructure bill taken up by Congress. At least 7,000 coal workers lost their jobs last year amid continued declines in the industry.

Alex Smith is retiring from the NFL after making an improbable comeback from a broken leg. Smith announced his retirement Monday on Instagram, saying he still has plenty of snaps left him just shy of his 37th birthday but is calling it quits to enjoy time with his family. Smith earned AP Comeback Player of the Year honors for getting back on the field last season, two years removed from his gruesome injury that required 17 surgeries. Washington released Smith in March and signed veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick in free agency. Smith was the No. 1 overall pick in 2005 and played 14 seasons for San Francisco, Kansas City and Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center can now begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine, a senior defense official told The Associated Press on Monday, months after a plan to inoculate them was scuttled over outrage that many…