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Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has been killed in a car crash in Spain.The Portugal international, who was 28, was in a Lamborghini that came off the road in the north-western province of Zamora overnight.He was travelling with his brother Andre Silva, a 25-year-old Penafiel player who was also killed.Zamora News reported the emergency services were called at 1240am local time after being alerted to an accident on the motorway heading in the direction of Benavente.The fire service extinguished the fire but the medical crew were unable to save the two occupants of the car.Tyre blowout to blame for crashA statement…
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Explore America’s national treasures with adventurer Abby Hornacek as she tours the best sites across the country. BAR HARBOR, Maine – Officials are warning visitors to take extra precautions this Fourth of July holiday in light of recent accidents in national parks. The Acadia National Park rangers have responded to a string of incidents that have led to deaths in just over a week in Maine.”Any fatality in the park is devastating, but having three major incidents in the park this close together is hard to fathom,” said Superintendent Kevin Schneider. “I’m proud of our park rangers who responded to…
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts federal spending on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplaces by about $1 trillion over a decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, threatening the physical and financial health of tens of millions of Americans. The billwhich the Senate passed Tuesday, would reverse many of the health coverage gains of the Biden and Obama administrations, whose policies made it easier for millions of people to access health care and reduced the U.S. uninsured rate to record lows. The Senate plan to slash Medicaid and ACA marketplace funding could lead to nearly 12…
Every few years, I post on an excellent article on the American revolution by economic historian Jeff Hummel. It’s on Econlib. I asked Jeff to write it in 2018 and it has been a perennial hit. Indeed, in a newsletter a few years ago, Liberty Fund stated: Our most popular Article ever is from Jeffrey Rogers Hummel in 2018, turning the Revolution into an externality story. He writes, “In fact, the American Revolution, despite all its obvious costs and excesses, brought about enormous net benefits not just for citizens of the newly independent United States but also, over the long…
Liverpool FC forward Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother Andre have died in a tragic car crash in Spain. The devastating accident happened in the early hours of Thursday, 3 July 2025, near Zamora in northwestern Spain. The crash occurred at around 00:30 local time (23:30 BST) on the Rias Bajas Highway (A-52). Police said the car, a Lamborghini, left the road after a tyre burst whilst it was overtaking another vehicle. The vehicle then caught fire, killing both brothers instantly. Liverpool Football Club are “devastated” by the news of Jota’s “tragic passing”. The club confirmed the death of the…
Jared Dudley has agreed to become the top assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets under David Adelman. Dudley has been on the coaching staff of the Dallas Mavericks under Jason Kidd since his retirement as a player in 2021. Adelman is in his first full season as head coach of the Nuggets after the dismissal of Michael Malone. The Nuggets didn’t retain the majority of Malone’s other assistants. The Nuggets also had interest in James Borrego for the top assistant coach job, but they were denied permission by the New Orleans Pelicans.
Some thunderstorms with the possibility of becoming severe will ramp up Thursday afternoon and evening in the Northeast. Damaging wind gusts and large hail are the primary threats. NEW YORK – Thursday evening’s commute for any last-minute Fourth of July travelers along the Interstate 95 corridor could be dampened by a budding threat of severe thunderstorms.The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) placed much of the Northeast under a Level 2 out of 5 risk for severe weather.Northeast severe storm threat on Thursday, July 3, 2025.(FOX Weather) Severe storms were already erupting by late Thursday morning across New England…
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The United States and India try to clinch a major trade deala high-level phone call provides a window into the U.S.-Bangladesh relationship, and the number of Afghans deported from Iran and Pakistan surges in the wake of the Israel-Iran conflict. Sign up to receive South Asia Brief in your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up to receive South Asia Brief in your inbox every Wednesday. Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and to receive email correspondence from us. You may…
ADP private NFP change came in at -33K, vs. +99K Bloomberg consensus. It’s well known that the ADP series is not particularly helpful for nowcasting the BLS series (coming out tomorrow). But using the relationship between the two series 2022M01-2025M05, what can we expect? Figure 1: First log difference of private NFP employment from BLS (blue), from ADP (tan), both s.a. Source: BLS, ADP via FRED. I estimate the relationship over this period. While the growth rate of private NFP as measured by the BLS is correlated with that of NFP measured by ADP (at nearly one-to-one), it’s not particularly…