Butler, Timberwolves Put Away Pesky Mavericks 97-92

Calvin Booth’s draft day comments felt like an omen for an inevitable loss. Whether inevitable or not, it became reality Sunday. The Nuggets have lost their championship team’s fifth starter in free agency, as Kentavious Caldwell-Pope agreed to a three-year, $66 million contract with the Orlando Magic, according to reports from USA TODAY’s Jeff Zillgitt and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Caldwell-Pope declined his $15.4 million player option with Denver earlier this week to enter unrestricted free agency, a marketplace where the Nuggets didn’t retain him despite having his full Bird rights.

A masterpiece it wasn’t. Finger painting is more like it. But give the Rockies credit for hanging tough and delivering a slew of excellent defensive plays in a 5-4, 14-inning win over the White Sox on Sunday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field. Colorado manufactured the winning run in the 14th when Sam Hilliard’s sacrifice bunt moved Ryan McMahon from second to third, and then McMahon scored on Michael Toglia’s sacrifice fly. Lefty reliever Jalen Beeks kept the White Sox from scoring in the bottom of the frame to help the Rockies end their five-game losing streak.

For the past 25 years, Chico Basin Ranch has been managed by Ranchlands, a ranching company owned and operated by the Phillips Family. The family has lost the lease and this was their final cattle branding before they have to leave the ranch in December. They are currently looking for new land to lease so they can keep their herd of Beefmaster cattle that have been carefully developed over the past 25 years on the ranch.

By DAVID KOENIG The U. S. Justice Department plans to propose that Boeing plead guilty to fraud in connection with two deadly plane crashes involving its 737 Max jetliners, according to two people who heard federal prosecutors detail the offer Sunday. Boeing will have until the end of the coming week to accept or reject the offer, which includes the giant aerospace company agreeing to an independent monitor who would oversee its compliance with anti-fraud laws, they said. The Justice Department told relatives of some of the 346 people who died in the 2018 and 2019 crashes about the plea offer during a video meeting, according to Mark Lindquist, one of the lawyers representing families who are suing Boeing, and another person who heard the call with prosecutors. During the meeting, family members expressed anger that prosecutors wanted to offer Boeing a chance to plead guilty to a 3-year-old charge instead of pursuing additional charges and a trial.

By OHAD ZWIGENBERG JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting for military service. The landmark decision last week ordering the government to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel wages war in Gaza. Tens of thousands of men rallied in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood to protest the order.

8212; French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections, pollsters say.