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Mexico’s Baja California, with police suspecting they inhaled gas, reports say. Police told The Associated Press that they received a report Tuesday that the Americans were unconscious in their room in El Pescadero, a village north of Cabo San Lucas. When paramedics arrived, they reportedly were pronounced dead. "We are truly heartbroken by this terrible tragedy. Our hearts are with the impacted families and loved ones during this unimaginable loss," Henar Gil, the general manager of Rancho Pescadero – a Hyatt property where the deaths happened – told Fox News Digital in a statement.

NEW YORK - The NBA’s championship trophy has a new look, and the league will hand out some new trophies for the first time during these playoffs.The league unveiled a slightly redesigned Larry O’Brien Trophy on Thursday, plus announced changes to the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP trophy and changes to the design of the conference championship trophies.And four of the game's legends now have their names on NBA hardware.The Eastern Conference championship trophy has been renamed for Bob Cousy, the Western Conference championship trophy for Oscar Robertson. And for the first time, there will be MVP’s of the conference finals — the East finals MVP will receive the Larry Bird Trophy, the West finals MVP will receive the Magic Johnson Trophy.Lakers six NBA Championship trophies (Photo by Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) "The NBA Conference Finals represent the last hurdle a team must face for an opportunity to make it to the big stage, the NBA Finals," Johnson said.

In an aerial view, shorebirds feed amid oil contaminating Huntington State Beach after a 126,000-gallon oil spill from an offshore oil platform on October 4, 2021 in Huntington Beach, California. The spill forced the closure of the popular Great Paci A no-swimming sign stands in Huntington Beach after closure from a huge oil spill off the coast.

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA JULY 21, 2014-USC center Max Tuerk watches game film at the USC campus. Turek came to the univeristyas an offensive tackle but has switched positions.