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• Headlines: Tuesday, April 23, 11:00 AM

• Philippine market regulators said Tuesday they had ordered Apple and Google to remove the apps of the virtual cryptocurrency exchange operator Binance from their app stores to protect investors from the threat to their financial security posed by the digital assets. The country's Securities and Exchange Commission made the request in a letter dated Friday saying Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was operating an as unregistered broker selling or offering unregistered securities in breach of the law, the watchdog said in a news release. "The SEC has identified [Binance] and concluded that the public's continued access to these websites/apps poses a threat to the security of the funds of investing Filipinos," SEC Chairperson Emilio B. Aquino wrote in the letter. Removing and blocking applications of Binance would, he said, "prevent the further proliferation of its illegal activities in the country and protect the investing public from its detrimental effects on our economy." The move follows prosecutions by regulatory authorities in the United States, citing similar complaints. The Philippine financial watchdog accused Binance of using promotional campaigns on social media to encourage Filipinos to sign up to invest and trade on its platforms without first securing an SEC authorization to solicit investments from the public, or operate an exchange buying and selling securities. "The SEC urges Filipino investors with investments in Binance to immediately close their positions and/or transfer their cryptocurrency holdings to their own crypto wallets or in accounts with cryptocurrency service providers that are duly registered in the Philippines," the announcement states. The SEC said it had already asked the National Telecommunications Commission to block Binance's websites to thwart its "unauthorized investment solicitation activities" in the Philippines. It said it had first warned the public against using Binance's platform to invest in November and had been looking into blocking the platform ever since. The step by Manila adds to a slew of legal and business headaches buffeting the Malta-headquartered firm and recently appointed replacement CEO Richard Teng, a former United Arab Emirates regulator of prudential markets and virtual assets for Abu Dhabi's Global Market financial center. Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to U.S. Bank Secrecy Act violations in a settlement with the Department of Justice in November in which he also agreed to step aside, is due to be sentenced on April 30. Binance has separately been sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for misappropriating the assets of its users. The SEC's June 5 complaint alleged Binance and Zhao failed to keep customers' accounts separate, merging together billions of dollars of their individual funds and transferring them to a European company controlled by Zhao. In December, Binance agreed to pay a $1.35 billion fine to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to settle a suit brought by the derivatives market regular for operating an illegal unregistered exchange in the United States.
• Younger star Nico Tortorella is going to be a dad of two. The 35-year-old actor is expecting his second child with his wife, Bethany C. Meyers. Tortorella shared the news Tuesday on Instagram alongside photos with Meyers and their 13-month-old daughter, Kilmer Dove. The photos were taken by his brother, Rocco Tortorella. "We've got some big news. We're having another baby!" Tortorella captioned the post. "Bethany, thank you for creating the space to continue to grow our family. We are nothing without you. I am constantly in awe of your strength and willingness to expand," he added. "And Kilmer Dove, get ready girl -- it's big sister energy from here on out. I love you both. I love all of you. All of it is you." Meyers confirmed in a post on her own account that, "Things are expanding in the Meyers-Tortorella household -- our hearts, our family, and my belly." The news follows Totorella and Meyers' recent move to Florida. "It took years to conceive our first, and this baby made its way into our lives as soon as we touched down at the ocean, which still feels completely surreal," Meyers said. "To @nicotortorella, I can't wait to go down this path again -- one that is both familiar and completely unknown," she added. Tortorella and Meyers married in March 2018. As an actor, Tortorella is known for playing Josh on Younger and Felix on The Walking Dead: World Beyond. He released his first children's book, Olivette is You, on Tuesday, and will release his debut album, Born, on Friday.
• Kim Kardashian says her Skims nipple bra was modeled off of her own chest. The 43-year-old television personality and businesswoman discussed the controversial bra during Monday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kardashian's Skims shapewear brand launched the Nipple Push-Up Bra, a push-up bra featuring molded faux nipples, with a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign in October 2023. Skims touted the bra as creating "perfect fullness with a built-in, faux nipple for shock factor." Some criticized the bra as inappropriate, while others, including breast cancer survivors, praised the design. "It is our nipple bra and honestly, I wasn't expecting all of the amazing feedback that we got from a lot of breast cancer survivors," Kardashian told host Jimmy Kimmel. The Kardashians star confirmed that the bra was her idea. "Yes, and that is actually molded after my own boobs," she said. "The whole thing. It's a pad with a nipple on it, so if you wanted to feel nippy." Kardashian laughingly said she would recognize if someone else was wearing the bra and shared a story about her sister Khloe Kardashian sporting the bra around Scott Disick, the ex-partner of their sister Kourtney Kardashian. "I think so, 'cause Khloe was wearing it and Scott made a comment. He was saying it's inappropriate and then she was like, 'Oh no, they're not mine. They're Kim's.' And he was like, 'What?'" she said. Kardashian also confirmed or denied online rumors about herself on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, confirming that she celebrated her 14th birthday at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch and denying that she has six toes.
• President Joe Biden will travel to Florida on Tuesday afternoon to discuss abortion rights in the state. Biden will speak at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa during an invitation-only event where he is expected to highlight Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a six-week abortion ban into place this month and a ballot initiative enshrining Floridians to an abortion. He will also aim to tie President Donald Trump to abortion bans with the Biden campaign noting he approved three conservative justices who went on to vote in favor of overturning federal abortion protections established by Roe vs. Wade. "Trump will do everything he can to ban abortion nationwide," Biden's spokesperson Michael Tyler said on a call with reporters. "Whenever Trump has power, he's used it to take away rights from women." The law, set to take effect on May 1, bans abortion after the gestational age of the fetus reaches more than six weeks, a period before most women even know they are pregnant. It includes exceptions for cases in which a pregnancy resulted from rape, incest or human trafficking but requires a physician to report the crime to the central abuse hotline. While in Florida, Biden will instead aim to promote a state referendum to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Trump and Republicans have dominated statewide Florida politics for the past two presidential cycles, with the former president winning the Sunshine State twice. Republicans also control the governor's office, secretary of state, attorney general and both chambers of the state legislature as well as both U.S. Senate seats and 20 of the states 28 seats in the U.S. House. Tyler said, though, that the Democrats are convinced the abortion issue could swing the state back toward the Democrats. "The idea that Donald Trump has the state in the bag could not be further from the truth," said. "He owns not only the state of abortion rights across the country but he owns the restrictions that we're seeing play out in Florida. "And so, yes, that means that there's an opportunity for us, and we're taking it very seriously."
• Sebastian Aho and Jordan Martinook each beat goalie Semyon Varlamov for third-period scores within a nine-second span, helping the Carolina Hurricanes rally past the New York Islanders in Game 2 of their playoff series. The Hurricanes, who outshot the Islanders 39-12, trailed 3-0 in the second period of the 5-3 victory Monday at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. They then scored five unanswered to steal back momentum in the best-of-seven game series. "The momentum of us tying the game and the energy it sent, I don't really know how to describe it," Martinook told reporters. "You get juice that hits you." Seth Jarvis registered a goal and two assists. Fellow Hurricanes forward Jake Guentzel and Aho each logged one goal and one assist in the comeback win. Forward Teuvo Teravainen also scored for the Hurricanes. "It was just wave after wave," Martinook said. "We were coming at them. We didn't give them anything, which was key. If you push that hard, you are going to hopefully get a couple, and we did." Kyle Palmieri and Bo Horvat lit the lamp for the Islanders in the second half of the first period. Fellow forward Andres Lee pushed the lead to three with a power-play score 3:54 into the second. The Hurricanes started their rally a little more than 9 minutes later, with Teravainen scoring off a power play. They trailed 3-1 to start the final period. Neither team scored through the first half of the third period. Defenseman Brady Skjei and forward Jordan Staal then found Jarvis, who skated into the left circle before roping a wrist shot over Varlamov's right shoulder with 9:17 remaining. Aho leveled the score about 7 minutes later. That sequence started with a face-off inside the right circle. Jarvis followed by firing in a pass from the right corner, back to forward Andrei Svechnikov, who ripped a one-timer. Aho then used his stick to tip in the flying puck, slipping it just inside the right post with 2:15 remaining. Martinook netted the go-ahead score 9 seconds later. Forward Jack Drury skated up the right flank at the start of that play. He then fired the puck deep behind the right side of the net. Martinook raced into the area and gained control of the puck. He then wrapped his stick around the right post, beating Varlamov from behind with 2:06 remaining. Aho and Svechnikov assisted Guentzel for the final goal of the night with 56 seconds remaining, sealing the Game 2 triumph. "It was an unreal comeback," Aho said. "I don't think we started that bad, but obviously they did a really good job using their chances and kinda kept us from getting scoring chances. "That's how it goes sometimes. That's hockey. But the way we responded and came back shows a lot of our character and tells a lot about this team." The Islanders (0-2) will host the Hurricanes (2-0) in Game 3 at 7:30 p.m. EDT Thursday at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. The winner of the series will face the New York Rangers or Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Rangers beat the Capitals in Game 1 of that first-round series on Sunday in New York. Game 2 will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday in New York.
• Prosecutors on Tuesday will try to convince the judge in Donald Trump's hush-money trial that the former president should be held in contempt for multiple alleged breaches of a gag order imposed on him in the case. Lawyers for the State of New York claim Trump has "wilfully" breached the gag order barring him from making public statements attacking witnesses, jurors and additional parties related to the case, 10 times and want him fined $1,000 on each count. "We think that it is important for the court to remind Mr. Trump that he is a criminal defendant, and like all criminal defendants, he is subject to court supervision and, in particular, this court's obligation to preserve the integrity of the Criminal Justice System," said prosecutor Christopher Conroy. Judge Juan Merchan's options, should he find Trump has violated the March 26 order, range from a stern rebuke to banning him from social media for the rest of the trial to a fine or up to 30 days behind bars. Merchan issued his four-page gag order on grounds Trump had used his high-profile position to make "threatening, inflammatory, denigrating," statements directed at "local and federal officials, court staff, prosecutors and staff assigned to the cases, and private individuals including grand jurors performing their civic duty." "Given that the eve of trial is upon us, it is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is now paramount," read the order that lead prosecutor Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had been pushing for since February. Merchan subsequently clarified that it extended to family members, including his own, after Trump launched attacks on Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg whom he had called "an animal" -- but significantly Merchan and Bragg are not themselves included. The hearing will take place away from the jury before testimony resumes in the hush-money trial. Trump's trial on 34 counts of falsifying business records, allegedly to disguise a $130,000 hush-money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up an affair that might negatively impact his prospects in the 2016 presidential election, kicked off Monday. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is due to retake the stand with further details about an alleged "catch and kill" deal under which he was to buy off people with potentially negative stories about Trump to prevent the information becoming public.
• Reigning MVP Joel Embiid buried his head in his hand before guaranteeing that his Philadelphia 76ers will overcome an 0-2 series deficit and beat the New York Knicks in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Embiid, who missed a game-tying 3-point attempt at the buzzer, scored 34 points in the 76ers' 104-101 Game 2 loss Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The 76ers outshot their foes 42.9% to 40.7% and led by as many as 10 points, but could not hold on to tie the series. They led by five with 47 seconds remaining. The Knicks then scored eight unanswered to end the game. The best-of-seven series will now head to Philadelphia for Game 3 and Game 4, on Thursday and Sunday, respectively. "We're good," Embiid told reporters. "We're going to win this series. We are going to win this. We know what we gotta fix. We did a better job [Monday], so we are going to fix it. "We are the better team and we are going to keep fighting." Embiid scored 12 points over the first 12 minutes to help the 76ers take a 25-18 lead into the second quarter. Knicks forward Josh Hart answered with a dozen points over the next 12 minutes. The Knicks outscored the 76ers 31-28 in the second, but still trailed 53-49 at the break. Embiid scored 13 in the third, but the Knicks outscored the 76ers 30-21 in the quarter to take a 79-74 lead into the fourth. They ended the quarter on a 9-2 run and kept momentum until the 76ers used a 12-2 run to take a 101-96 lead with 46 seconds remaining in regulation. Knicks guard Jalen Brunson hit the rim and got a friendly bounce on a pull-up 3-pointer on the next possession, cutting the deficit to two points. Hart then stole the ball from 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey. Knicks guard Donte DiVencenzo drained another 3-pointer at the top of the arc about four seconds later for a 102-101 lead with 13 seconds remaining. Maxey missed on a go-ahead layup attempt on the next possession. Knicks big man OG Anunoby then made two free throws to push the lead to three. Maxey passed off to Embiid on the right side on the game's final possession. The star center launched his long 3-pointer at the buzzer, but the shot hit the back of the rim, resulting in a Game 2 loss and 0-2 series deficit. "There have been some pretty wild finishes, but that was right up there with the best of them," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. "That shows you what the playoffs are all about. Oftentimes, it's a hustle play here, a hustle play there, just finding a way to win." Embiid made 12 of 29 shots and collected 10 rebounds and six assists for the 76ers. Maxey totaled a game-high 35 points, with 10 assists and nine rebounds. Brunson totaled 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Knicks. Hart logged 21 points and 15 rebounds in the victory. "We played really well, did a lot of great things and did better in a bunch of areas," 76ers coach Nick Nurse said. "It's obviously difficult when it's so close and you kind of give it away at the end. It's obviously difficult in these circumstances. "This makes the series a little longer." The No. 2 Knicks will face the No. 7 76ers in Game 3 at 7:30 p.m. EDT Thursday in Philadelphia. The winner of the Knicks-76ers series will meet No. 3 Milwaukee Bucks or No. 6 Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Bucks beat the Pacers 109-94 on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the series. They will host Game 2 at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Milwaukee.
• Pennsylvanians are voting in Republican and Democratic primaries on Tuesday with 17 House seats up for election in November. The nominees for the presidential race are already set but there are several more races to watch in the state. Seventeen U.S. House seats will be on the ballot in November and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat, is running for re-election against Republican David McCormick. Casey and McCormick are running unopposed in their respective primaries. Polls opened at 7 a.m. EDT and will remain open until 8 p.m. EDT. Nominees for state offices will be determined by Tuesday's primaries, including nominees for what will be an open attorney general's office. Current Attorney General Michelle Henry, a Democrat, is not running for re-election. There are five candidates running for the Democratic nomination and two for the Republican nomination. Henry was appointed to office in 2023 after former attorney general Josh Shapiro was elected governor. Two Democrats are running for the nomination to challenge Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Ryan Bizzarro, a former state legislator, and Erin McClelland, a government consultant and behavioral health worker. According to the Pennsylvania Department of State voter registration records from September, there are more than 8.7 million registered voters in Pennsylvania. Democrats represent a small majority of registered voters with more than 3.8 million. There are more than 3.4 million registered Republicans and about 1.2 million unaffiliated or "other" voters. The Senate and House races across the country will be critical as Republicans and Democrats vie for control in Congress. Democrats currently hold a narrow majority in the Senate. Likewise, Republicans have a slim majority in the House which has created challenges for passing legislation in the past year. The Keystone State was one of the crucial swing states won by President Joe Biden in 2020. Biden was born in Scranton, Pa.
• German authorities on Tuesday said they arrested an employee of a European Parliament member on suspicion of spying for China. German prosecutors said the man -- identified as Jian G., a German national -- was arrested by the State Criminal Police Office of Saxony in Dresden and accused of acting as an agent for a foreign secret service. "Since 2019 he has been working for a German member of the European Parliament," German prosecutors said in a statement. "In January 2024, the accused repeatedly passed on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to its intelligence client." He was also accused of spying on Chinese opposition members in Germany. Prosecutors said his apartment was searched and he would appear before a judge who would decide on whether he would face pre-trial detention. Maximilian Krah a member of European Parliament from the far-right Alternative for Germany Party identified the suspect as his aide Jian Guo, adding that he learned of the arrest from the press and did not have prior knowledge of the alleged spying. "Spying for a foreign state is a serious accusation," said Krah. "If the allegations prove true, this would result in the immediate termination of his employment." An AfP spokesperson said the allegations against Jian G. were "very worrying" but the party will wait for additional information to come out from the investigation. German prosecutors arrested three people on Monday for sharing "innovative technologies" with Chinese intelligence. In that case, authorities accused German nationals Herwig F., Ina F. and Thomas R. with working for Chinese intelligence at the time. The information in question dealt with machine parts important to operating strong combat ship engines. Prosecutors said the three were in negotiations on projects that could benefit China's maritime fighting fleet at the time of their arrests.
• Jamal Murray stepped back, flicked up a shot and fell to the ground as he watched the ball slip down the net at the buzzer, leading the Denver Nuggets over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of their playoff series. The Nuggets guard, who missed 13 of his first 16 shots, scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter of the 101-99 triumph Monday at Ball Arena in Denver. His buzzer-beating jumper resulted in a 2-0 series lead for the defending champions. "I told my teammates when I was struggling, 'I'm gonna look for y'all,' and every single one of them told me to keep shooting," Murray told reporters. The Nuggets trailed by as many as 20 points in the second half before Murray spearheaded their dramatic rally. "I don't have a 20-point play," Nuggets coach Mike Malone said of the comeback victory. "You've got to just keep chipping away." The Nuggets took the lead twice through the first two minutes of Game 2. The Lakers then went on a 10-2 first-quarter run and held the lead until their were just 75 seconds remaining in the game. Murray went on to score the Nuggets' final six points, including his 16-foot fadeaway jumper for the win. "Twenty-point leads in this league are not safe, especially against a defending champion," Lakers forward LeBron James said. "We've gotta do better with that. But we had our chances." The Lakers outshot the Nuggets 48.7% to 44.3%. They also outshot the Nuggets 43.3% to 23.5% from 3-point range. The Nuggets held a 45-38 edge in rebounding and 54-38 advantage in points in the paint. Star star center Nikola Jokic registered 10 points and 10 rebounds through the first 12 minutes of the game, but the Nuggets still trailed 28-24 to start the second quarter. Lakers center Anthony Davis poured in 14 points over the next 12 minutes to give his team a 59-44 lead at halftime. The Nuggets outscored the Lakers 25-20 in the third to cut into the deficit, but still trailed 79-69 to start the fourth. Murray, who was 3 of 16 through the first three quarters, then caught fire late, making six of his final eight shots. The Nuggets used a 10-1 run to cut the deficit to 83-81 midway through the fourth quarter. James answered with two consecutive 3-pointers to snatch back momentum for the Lakers. Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. then capped off an 8-1 run with a game-tying 3-pointer with 1:15 remaining. Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell answered with a go-ahead layup. Murray then sank two free throws. James hit another go-ahead layup 10 seconds later, but Murray responded with a jumper to tie the game for the final time with 30 seconds remaining. James calmly took a go-ahead 3-point attempt on the next possession, but the shot clanked off the back of the rim. Murray proceeded to dribble up the left flank toward half court. He then used a series of screens to get away from James and drew Davis as a defender on the right side. Murray initially used a hesitation move to get Davis off balance. He then flew toward the rim, before stepping back and releasing his game-winning shot. Jokic recorded a 27-point, 20-rebound, 10-assist triple-double for the Nuggets. Porter chipped in 22 points and nine rebounds in the victory. James logged 26 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds for the Lakers. Davis totaled 32 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. The No. 7 Lakers (0-2) will host the No. 2 Nuggets (2-0) in Game 3 of the best-of-seven series at 10 p.m. EDT Thursday in Los Angeles. Game 4 will be Saturday in Los Angeles. The winner of the series will meet the No. 3 Minnesota Timberwolves or No. 6 Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference semifinals. The Timberwolves beat the Suns 120-95 in Game 1 of their first-round series Saturday in Minneapolis. Game 2 will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Minneapolis.