- Yahoo Sports
Atlanta Hawks 2024 NBA offseason preview: There's nothing left to do but compete
The Hawks have no lottery balls to play for, which has given them every incentive to field a competitive team, regardless of what they do with Trae Young and Clint Capela.
- Associated Press
Gunmen abduct 9 students in Nigeria's north in the latest attack targeting schools
At least nine students have been abducted by gunmen during a late-night raid on their school in northern Nigeria’s Kogi state, authorities said Friday, the third such abduction amid rampant kidnappings targeting schools in the conflict-hit region this year. The assailants invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Kogi state, which neighbors the nation’s capital, Abuja, and whisked away the students from their classrooms before security forces could arrive, according to Kogi Commissioner for Information Kingsley Femi Fanwo. The state has “activated the security architecture to track the kidnappers and ensure the abducted students are rescued and the abductors apprehended,” Fanwo added.
- Associated Press Finance
Police prevent environmental activists from storming Tesla factory in Germany
German police said Friday they had prevented hundreds of demonstrators from storming Tesla’s factory near Berlin during protests against the pioneering electric carmaker over its environmental footprint. In March, a suspected arson attack on an electricity pylon claimed by a far-left group knocked out power supplies to the factory for nearly a week, interrupting production. During Friday's protest march at a nearby train station, “hundreds of participants ran into the forest and tried to get onto the Tesla site,” police spokesman Mario Heinemann said on ntv television.
