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During a recent episode of herpodcast with NBA star Myles Turner, Stewart provided an update about the current state of negotiations with the league. Stewart revealed that the players are "in a new place."

"I'm feeling better. I'm feeling like the owners are finally really acknowledging and being receptive of what we want and the players as well,"Stewart said.

"We all kind of had to put our business hats on and get into that mindset. I'm hoping we can get this thing done quickly so then we're not late [to start the2026 season]. That's the thing. It's like I've been telling them, is ― now that we're a part of a revenue-shared model, you miss games, it's less money. Not to say that we should submit and just say yes to any proposal that we don't like, but this is a business now. This is how businesses go."

In the league's latest proposal, the WNBA conceded team-provided housing, a person with knowledge of the matter told USA TODAY Sports. In the revised agreement, one-bedroom apartments will be available for players making the minimum salary. The two developmental players on each roster would be provided with studio apartments. The players' union also voiced setting a standard for team facilities that would be codified in the new CBA, the person with knowledge of the situation said.

Still, nothing has changed in terms of revenue sharing or player salaries. The WNBA is offering more than 70% of league and team net revenue. The players' union has asked for 30% of gross revenue. The salary cap would be $5.65 million per year, rising with league revenues.

Game 1: Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray (12) celebrates with teammates after the Aces defeated the Phoenix Mercury, 89-86, at Michelob Ultra Arena.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Game 1: Dana Evans of the Las Vegas Aces, shoots the ball between Monique Akoa Makani and Natasha Mack of the Phoenix Mercury.

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"We're now going to be a part of a revenue-sharing model, which is historic for the WNBA and really for the future to come, and now, it's kind of understanding that," Stewart said on her podcast.

"While it istiring and taxing, you want to be a part of it to make sure that it's for the better of the players, and also the league is going to continue and grow and thrive at such an important point. So you know what? We're not done. Hopefully, eventually, I'll be able to be like, 'Oh, my God, Myles. It's finished. It's over.' It's going to be incredible, but until then, we just keep trucking along."

Stewart's NBA co-host seemed to sympathise with the work that WNBA players are doing in the ongoing negotiations. Turner admitted that many NBA players are in the dark on the work that's been completed.

"I just think that you're fighting the good fight, and I don't think the guys on the NBA side truly see what's really going on the WNBA side," Turner said.

"We only hear headlines. We don't realize that you're on Zoom calls for four hours the day that you have games. We don't realize that you're spearheading these conversations as one of the faces of the league. If the shoe was on the other foot, I think it'd be a lot tougher. I think you're handling it really well."

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Chris Paul officially ended his 21-season career as one of the NBA's greatest point guards, announcing his retirement on Friday onInstagram.

"This is it! After 21 years I'm stepping away from basketball," Paul wrote in the social-media post. "As I write this, it's hard to really know what to feel, but for once — most people would be surprised — I don't have the answer lol! But, mostly I'm filled with so much joy and gratitude!

"While this chapter of being an 'NBA player' is done, the game of basketball will forever be engrained in the DNA of my life."

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The fourth overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft out of Wake Forest, Paul ranks second on the NBA's all-time assist list — his 12,552 assists trail only John Stockton's 15,806. He is also second behind Stockton in steals. He leaves as a 12-time All-Star, 11-time All-NBA point guard, five-time single-season assists leader, nine-time All-Defense selection and a member of the NBA's 75th anniversary team.

For his career, Paul averaged 16.8 points, 9.2 assists and 4.4 rebounds. He was also a two-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. men's national team. His next stop will be the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Paul and the Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James are the only players with at least 20,000 points and 10,000 assists in their careers.

"Playing basketball for a living has been an unbelievable blessing that came with lots of responsibility," Paul also said in his Instagram post. "I embraced it all. The good and the bad. As a lifelong learner, leadership is hard and is not for the weak. Some will like you and many people won't. But the goal was always the goal, and my intentions were always sincere (Damn, I love competing!!)"

Paul had previously announced this would be his final season, a farewell tour of sorts, after he signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in the offseason. The Clippers struggled to a 5-16 start and then sent him home from a roadtrip on Dec. 3, saying they planned to part ways with him after he reportedly clashedClippers head coach Tyronn Lue and president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank.

The Clippers kept Paul on the roster until trading him to the Toronto Raptors at the trade deadline earlier this month. There was never an expectation Paul would play for the Raptors, and the team waived him on Friday shortly before his retirement announcement.

The final game of Paul's career was a 140-123 loss to the Miami Heat on Dec. 1 in which he had eight points and three assists in 14 minutes. He averaged a career-low 2.9 points, 3.3 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 16 games with the Clippers this season.

This was Paul's second stint with the Clippers. He also played for the San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns, Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets after beginning his career with the New Orleans Hornets.

Last season with the Spurs, Paul was the oldest player in NBA history to start all 82 games. It was only the second time in his career Paul played all 82. He finished his career having played in 1,370 regular-season games and 149 playoff games.

Despite Paul's success and longevity, he never won an NBA championship. Untimely injuries sometimes limited his advancement in the playoffs, including in 2018 when he missed the last two games of the Western Conference finals as the Warriors beat his Rockets. He reached the NBA Finals for the first time in 2021 with the Suns and took a 2-0 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks only to lose the next four games.

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• The college baseball player killed in Wednesday's bus crash in Iowa has been identified as 19-year-old Carter Johnson from South Dakota

• The bus carrying more than two dozen athletes and staff members from Iowa Lakes Community College crashed while it was en route to Arkansas

• Teammates performed CPR on Johnson but he died at the scene, police said

An Iowa college baseball team is "heartbroken" this week as it mourns a 19-year-old freshman who died afterthe team's bus crashedon the way to a series of games this weekend in Arkansas.

Iowa Lakes Community College announced Carter Johnson died in the crash Wednesday morning, according to local affiliatesKCRGandKHAK.

"Carter was a great teammate, a friend, and a valued member of our athletic community," Iowa Lakes Community College's athletic director Troy Larson said in a statement, according to KCRG. "We're heartbroken for this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with Carter's family, we cannot imagine the depth of their loss, and we are holding them close in our hearts."

Johnson was a freshman from South Dakota, according to the outlet.

The crash, which also injured the other 32 passengers aboard the team's bus, happened on Highway 4 near Twin Lakes just after 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, the Iowa State Patrol (ISP) confirmed in apress release.

Citing police, KCRG reported that the team's 74-year-old bus driver veered off the road and crashed when he overcorrected while trying to get back in the lane, rolling the bus over into a ditch along the highway. Two of the passengers were reportedly ejected from the bus and trapped under the bus when it came to a stop. A van carrying other student-athletes that was traveling behind the team's bus stopped, and the classmates attempted to perform CPR on Johnson, who died at the scene, according to the outlet.

Images from the scene showed the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team's bus overturned on its side with visible damage to the front as it lay in a ditch before eventually being towed away.

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At the time of the deadly crash, the baseball team was on their way to play North Arkansas College in Harrison, Ark., the Northark Pioneers confirmed in aFacebook post.

"Our hearts are heavy as we grieve alongside the Iowa Lakes College community," Dr. Rick Massengale, North Arkansas College president, said in a statement. "The loss of a life is a tragedy that reaches far beyond one campus."

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Somehow,Denise RichardsandAaron Phypersare still entangled in a messy legal battle with their landlord. It all stems back to the home they shared in Calabasas—the one Denise moved out of in 2023.

According to the formerReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar, Aaron stayed at the house, along with his parents and brother. They were on the hook for the rent while Denise's name remained on the lease. However, their landlord said that the rent payments stopped rolling in, and now, he's ready to move on from these headline-grabbing tenants.

Denise Richards and Aaron Phypers have been hit with an eviction order

Denise and Aaron first rented the property in 2020, dropping $23,000 for a security deposit and agreeing to pay $12,000 a month for rent. When Aaron and Denise's divorce went public in July 2025, the property became a central figure in the chaos.

In August 2025, cops showed up at the house when Denise arrived unannounced, hoping to retrieve some belongings that were left behind. Because of Denise's restraining order against Aaron, it took a court orderto arrange the pickup.

A few months later, Aaron accused Denise of leaving the six-bedroom, five-bathroom home in astate of disarray. He took Inside Edition on a tour of the house. It felt like watching an episode of Hoarders. Meanwhile, Denise went to a judge asking for help getting Aaron and his family out of the house.

At that point, Aaron probably could have just found a modest one-bedroom apartment and been done with it. Instead, he pointed his finger at Denise and accused her of abandoning the house, all while she rented a separate townhouse away from him.

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According to court documentsreviewed by Radar Online, their landlord, John Karan, said that Aaron abruptly stopped paying rent. He claimed that contacting Aaron became nearly impossible and filed a lawsuit demanding$84,000 in back rent.

The estranged couple didn't respond to the lawsuit, so John was able to move forward with eviction proceedings. A Los Angeles Superior Court clerk signed off on the eviction request in December 2025. They determined that Denise and Aaron forfeited their lease.

John finally has control of his house, but it's unclear if anyone has made any payments towards that massive debt. Based on what we know aboutAaron's current financial situation, it's unlikely.

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Reuters earlier quotedan unidentified U.S. law enforcement official who said the sheriff's insistence on sending evidence to a crime lab in Florida instead of the FBI's facility is impeding progress.

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Door-cam images emerged of an armed masked person with gloves at Nancy Guthrie's Tucson-area home, and authorities have recently discovered gloves in the area that they hope are tied to the alleged abduction.

Nanos told the station that he spoke with the FBI early Thursday about submitting the gloves to the bureau's lab, but talked the agency out of it.

"Actually the FBI just wanted to send the one or two they found by the crime scene, closest to it – mile, mile and a half," he told KVOA. "... I said, 'No, why do that? Let's just send them all to where all the DNA exist, all the profiles and the markers exist.' They agreed, makes sense."

The anonymous official in the Reuters article, however, sang an entirely different tune.

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"It's clear the fastest path to answers is leveraging federal resources and technology," the person said. "Anything less only prolongs the Guthrie family's grief and the community's wait for justice."

Ina separate interview with 13News, Nanos said authorities had some "good leads" in the case but still had no sign of Guthrie.

Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, has not been seen since the night of Jan. 31.

HuffPost has reached out to the FBI for comment.

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• Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry is updating followers on her recovery, nearly three months after her fall from the Miss Universe pageant stage shocked the world

• Following the accident, the Miss Universe Organization announced that Henry had suffered a fracture and an intracranial hemorrhage among other injuries

• The beauty queen has given sparse updates on her health since returning to her home country following the accident

Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henryis on the road to recovery.Following hershocking fall from the pageant stage at the global beauty pageant Miss Universein November 2025 — where she was hospitalized after sustaining a fracture and intracranial hemorrhage among other injuries — the beauty queen has returned to social media to provide an update on her recovery.Alongside photos of Henry in the hospital, resting in her bed, as well as another photo of her pedaling on a stationary bike, the Jamaican beauty queen wrote in anInstagrampost shared on Friday, Feb. 13 that this latest season of life had "redefined restoration and renewal for me.""At a time when I wanted only to represent Jamaica at my fullest, I faced the most unexpected injury of my life," she continued, before going on to note that the fall and its ensuing injury "shifted everything."Despite the injury and her hospitalization, Henry went on to emphasize that she had learned that a fall could "uncover a depth of strength you did not know you possessed. My greatest strength has been in choosing to rise, even while I am still on the journey."

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Henry then expressed gratitude to the medical teams that had continued to "guide [her] forward.""From neurosurgeons and neurologists to nurses and physiotherapists, in Thailand and in Jamaica, each has played a vital role," she wrote. "It takes intention to stand beside someone at their lowest point and help them move, step by step, toward their highest."Henry concluded by sharing that her recovery had given her space to "reflect," before going on to say that "what happened was not an ending," but rather "marked the beginning of building a stronger legacy, creating impact and leaving a meaningful mark.""May this chapter, and the work still being done within it, stand as a testament to resilience and resolve," she added.

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On Nov. 19, Henry was taken away on a stretcher after taking a shocking fall from the stage while competing during the Miss Universe preliminary evening gown round in Thailand. At the time, Miss Universe co-owner shared that Henry was being treated at a local hospital in Bangkok.Barely a day after her fall, Henry wasnotably absent from the pageant's official competition, and three days later, it was confirmed in an Instagram Stories post to the official Miss Universe Jamaica Organization account that Henry was still in the hospital.On Nov. 24, the Miss Universe Organization shared another update on Henry's health. "The Miss Universe Organization wishes to address recent speculation by providing a clear and respectful update regarding Dr. Gabrielle Henry Miss Universe Jamaica 2025," the organization's president, Raúl Rocha, wrote in a statement shared onInstagramby the official Miss Jamaica team.

"Out of respect for Dr. Henry and her family, the Organization maintains strict discretion regarding specific details of her medical status," Rocha continued. "We believe that matters concerning her health should be communicated only at the appropriate time and solely at the family's discretion, or by Dr. Henry herself should she choose to do so."

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On Dec. 8, the Miss Universe Organizationreleased a press releaseon behalf of itself and the Henry family to further clarify the circumstances of her situation.Inprevious updates, the MUO, theMiss Universe Jamaica Organizationand Henry's sister disclosed that she was hospitalized in the intensive care unit for several days after the fall.

Friday's update comes months after Henry last shared a messageon Dec. 19, explaining that more information will be shared at a later time. Next to photos of herself onInstagram, Henry wrote, "In a time that calls for stillness and healing, I am grateful to be in Jamaica and to feel the familiar strength of Jamaica surrounding me 💚🖤💛."

"While I continue to recover, I am inspired by the way Jamaicans rise, undeterred, after adversity. In time, more will be shared. For now, my focus remains healing, purpose, and service. Light persists. ✨️," she added later.

In a statement regarding her current condition at the time, legal representatives for Henry also told PEOPLE, "Gabrielle remains hospitalised in Jamaica. The incident has exacted a profound toll. An extraordinary woman and ophthalmology resident, she represented Jamaica and women around the world with energy, dignity, and grace. This should never have happened."

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Lemon, now a freelance journalist, followed protesters who entered a St. Paul church on Jan. 18. He live streamed the demonstration against a pastor there who protesters said works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Lemon, 59,was arrested on Jan. 30, in a federal prosecution that's drawn criticism from news media and free speech advocates. A federal grand jury returned theindictmentagainst him and eight co-defendants connected to that church protest.

Attorney General Pam Bondicalled the church protesta "coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."

Lemon was charged with conspiracy against the rights of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of the right of religious freedom at a place of worship.

The National Association of Black Journalists said the arrest of Lemon and fellow freelancer Georgia Fort are part of "the government's escalating effort and actions to criminalize and threaten press freedom under the guise of law enforcement."

"A government that responds to scrutiny by targeting the messenger is not protecting the public, it is attempting to intimidate it, and considering recent incidents regarding federal agents, it is attempting to distract it,"according to an NABJ statement.

Harmeet Dhillon, the Trump administration's top civil rights official in the Justice Department, said that there's no precedent for using statutes to protect worshippers against journalists covering an event.

"In all these years up until I was the assistant attorney general for civil rights, nobody ever used that houses of worship part to prosecute protesters or criminals blocking access to a house of worship, so we've started to do that,"Dhillon has said.

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Border Patrol and ICE agents have carried out raids in and around Minneapolis, leading to mass protests around the region.Border "czar" Tom Homansaid Thursday that the immigration enfrocement operation there would end.

Federal authorities fatally shotMinneapolis residentsAlex Pretti, 37,andRenee Good, 37,during these clashes.

Good appeared to be drivingaway from federal agents on Jan. 7 when she was fatally shot, while Pretti, a nurse who worked with veterans,was helping a womanwho'd been shoved to the ground when he was killed on Jan. 24.

TheTrump administrationlabeled both U.S. citizens as"domestic terrorists"with no immediate evidence the shooting victims had sought to harm federal agents when they were shot at close range.

Before taking office, Trump had complained about what he described as the weaponization of federal authority against political enemies.

Trump's Department of Justice created a "Weaponization Working Group"meant to root out "abuses of the criminal justice process" by federal law enforcement.

The Trump administration has been scrambling to issue a report when the working group's leader Ed Martin,who took over inMay,was removed from his earlier this monthwith no public explanation.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Selina Guevara reported from St. Paul, Minnesota, and David K. Li from Los Angeles.