PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At 41 years old and still playing at an elite level, some might say LeBron James is aging like a fine wine.
Well, maybe having some wine during Monday's contest helped his game, too.
After coming up empty on a fastbreak, James crashed into a Philadelphia 76ers fan behind the basket and took a a sip of the fan's wine during Philadelphia’s 126-107 win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.
“I crashed into him, spilled some of his wine,” James said after posting 15 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds. “So I wanted to see if it was worth it on my arm and how good it was. It was alright.”
There were laughs all around at the end of the answer, a sign of how things have been going for James since he decided to join the 76ers in July. He and the 76ers are having a lot of fun right now. And why not? They won their fourth straight game on Monday to improve their Eastern Conference-leading record to 7-1.
James started alongside the star-studded 76ers lineup with Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, and Jaylen Brown. All scored in double-figurers on Monday night, with Maxey leading the way with 26 points.
It seemed like some, um, celebrating was in order — even if in-game. A toast to a good decision? To another win? To having fun? Maybe to all of it?
“It’s a long marathon, and if you don’t find ways to have fun throughout — even though you’re working, even though you’re locked in — it can wear on you,” James said.
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Philadelphia 76ers' LeBron James, second from right, goes up for a shot as Chicago Bulls players watch during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia 76ers' LeBron James, right, celebrates with Tyrese Maxey, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Detentions, resignations, switching of sides, attempts to destroy evidence of wrongdoing.
News has been coming in at such a pace in the wake of former Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic's electoral defeat on Oct. 25 that a website dubbed “system breakdown” has been set up anonymously, with AI feeding information in real time.
From high school students accusing their principal of throwing away documentation to the closure of a bank linked by local media to Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party, the public has been gripped by the fast-moving developments in the postelection week.
Somewhat chaotic reports are seen by many in Serbia as a sign that Vucic's carefully crafted power system is collapsing swiftly following the stunning victory of a student movement at the early parliamentary ballot.
The Students' List winners are yet to formally take over power in the government administration, security agencies and the army. But the seismic shift in the balance of power is pushing events to unfold before the actual takeover takes place.
Despite the electoral defeat, a defiant Vucic — now described as the leader of the opposition — has continued with his daily appearances on loyal media, accusing the student-led movement of “revolutionary terror” and vowing to fight back.
On Sunday evening, Vucic told Pink TV that “naturally, this is hard for my family and those who love me, but I am ready for everything and I will persist through anything.” Denying crime links, Vucic said he is not afraid of possible arrest because there will be no evidence against him.
“I don’t sign anything … and nothing will be found,” he said. “They don’t have anything.”
Officials jailed so far include Vucic’s chief of criminal police, Marko Kricak, and another senior police official, both suspected of abuse of office in connection with a high-profile murder investigation.
Kricak was notorious over accusations that he personally threatened a female student with rape during anti-government protests, but he was not jailed over those allegations.
On Monday, authorities also detained Davor Macura, the owner of private Alta Bank, whose license has been revoked. Macura is suspected of trying to take millions of dollars out of the bank's vault and faces charges of abuse of office, according to prosecutors.
While waiting to form the new government, the election winners have called on prosecutors and judges to start doing their jobs or step down.
Scores of investigations into alleged top-level corruption cases remained incomplete under the previous government, including one into a Nov. 1, 2024, train station tragedy that triggered two years of student-led anti-graft protests.
Now, the Serbian public is waiting to hear what will come out of a review into some of the longstanding probes after the student movement promised there will no longer be untouchable officials.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade complained of “an atmosphere of persecution and lynching,” after the election, along with “open political pressure by some social and political actors.”
The statement said the alleged pressure was designed to force resignations and that the European Union mission in Belgrade and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have been informed.
Prosecutors have been swamped with new complaints over incidents that vary from suspected election fraud to threats and violence against protesters, journalists and activists. Organized crime prosecutors also initiated procedures to determine whether some of them had been placed under illegal surveillance.
On Monday, lawyer Ivan Ninic alleged a “criminal conspiracy” involving a justice ministry official and over three dozen prison wardens across Serbia, saying they pressured or bribed inmates to vote for Vucic during last week's ballot.
Ninic presented what he said were screenshots of online chats, with officials exchanging information about how many votes they managed to gather — Vucic's SNS won overwhelmingly in Serbia's prisons.
In Mali Zvornik, on the border with Bosnia, police detained six people accused of granting false residence papers to Bosnian citizens so they could vote for Vucic's party at the election.
Some of the mainstream media in Serbia that were at the forefront of Vucic's propaganda machinery have been the first to regroup.
Previously staunchly pro-Vucic media outlets quickly adopted a more neutral position, while some television channels canceled chunks of their programs altogether and owners reportedly fled the country. State RTS television overhauled its leadership and apologized to its viewers for unprofessional reporting.
But some of Vucic's main mouthpieces, like broadcasters Informer and Pink, remain loyal, hosting the former leader daily in their programs.
The election was for Serbia's 250-member parliament and did not include local governments across the country. Now, calls are mounting for early municipal elections.
Vucic's SNS lost in the capital, Belgrade, and most other towns, after it previously controlled the country down to every village, with the exception of one urban municipality in the southern city of Nis.
Throughout Serbia, employees in theaters, museums, culture associations, schools and hospitals are demanding that SNS-appointed managers immediately step down.
In Belgrade, Fifth High School principal Ognjen Mrvaljevic denied that he was throwing away relevant school documentation, N1 television reported. He said in comments carried by local media that he was just getting rid of unnecessary papers.
Vucic's party's “expiration date has passed,” analyst Slobodan Stupar said. “It will all fall like dominoes.”
A defaced poster of Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), lies on the pavement outside the National Assembly, after he conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
People celebrate the night after the student-led opposition movement won the parliamentary election and defeated Aleksandar Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), in Belgrade, Serbia, late Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
People celebrate after Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A client reads a posted sign in front of closed Alta Bank, after Serbia's Central Bank revoked Alta Bank's operating license and launched bankruptcy proceedings to protect the bank's depositors in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leaves after casting his vote in a parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
