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Free agent center Al Horford has committed to a multi-year deal with the Golden State Warriors. It’s been expected that Horford would join the Warriors for a while now, but the sides have now agreed to a deal. Horford officially signing with Golden State will still need to wait until the Jonathan Kuminga situation is resolved. That’s the reason that the length or value of the deal weren’t in this recent report of a commitment between Horford and the Warriors. Horford is heading into his 19th NBA season. He started in 42 of the 60 games he played for the…
FOX Weather Meteorologist Ian Oliver and Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross provide the latest forecast on the newly named Tropical Storm Imelda in the Atlantic. Tropical Storm alerts are in place for Florida’s east coast.MIAMI – Tropical Depression Nine intensified into Tropical Storm Imelda near the central and northwestern Bahamas on Sunday afternoon and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane off the southeastern U.S. coast early this week. A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone that has maximum sustained winds between 39 and 73 mph – an upgrade from a tropical depression. This graphic shows information on Tropical Storm Imelda.(FOX…
President Donald Trump repeatedly exaggerated the number of vaccines recommended for small children, comparing it with vaccinating a horse. “They give — I mean, for a little baby to be injected with that much fluid?” Trump first said Sept. 21 during an Air Force One press gaggle. “Even beyond the actual ingredients, they have sometimes 80 different vaccines … It’s like you’re shooting up a horse.” He used the number four more times during a Sept. 22 press conference in which he also pushed an unproven link between autism and Tylenol. “You have a little child, little fragile child, that…
A new paper by Elliot Ash (ETH Zurich), Daniel L Chen (Toulouse School of Economics), and Suresh Naidu (Columbia University) in the Quarterly Journal of Economics discusses the impact of the Manne Economics Institute for Federal Judges on judicial rulings (“Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice“). From their abstract: We find that after attending economics training, participating judges use more economics language in their opinions, rule against regulatory agencies more often, and impose more severe criminal sentences. We argue that economics, as a rigorous social science, was especially effective in persuading judges. The Manne…
Unai Emery will be desperate to lift the gloom at Villa Park by finally delivering Aston Villa’s first Premier League win of the season at home to Fulham. Villa have endured a dismal start to the season, picking up just three points from their first five games, scoring only one goal. They do come into the game off the back of a victory in midweek but they failed to fully convince in their 1-0 home win over Bologna in the Europa League. Fulham’s season has sparked into lift with three consecutive wins in all competitions, seeing off Brentford 3-1 in…
The back-and-forth between Ergin Ataman and Dennis Schroder has continued to heat up following Germany’s EuroBasket 2025 triumph. It all began when Ataman, head coach of Panathinaikos and the Turkish national team, boldly claimed before the EuroBasket final that he has been “the best coach in Europe over the last 10 years.” Germany went on […] The post Dennis Schroder fires back at Ergin Ataman appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
A Tropical Storm Watch was issued for portions of the Florida coast as Tropical Depression Nine, which will likely become Hurricane Imelda, inches closer to the southeastern U.S. coast. FOX Weather Meteorologists Haley Meier and Nick Kosir break down the latest forecast on Sept. 28, 2025.MIAMI – Tropical storm alerts remain in effect for portions of the eastern Florida coastline and at least two states have declared pre-emptive states of emergency as a looming storm system remains on its way to becoming future Hurricane Imelda, bringing the potential threat of days of flooding rain and strong winds to parts of…
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at dwindling global support for Israel’s war in Gaza, South Korea firing warning shots at a North Korean ship, and hurdles to ongoing U.S.-China trade talks. Bibi’s No Good, Very Bad Week Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could begin his speech at the United Nations on Friday, representatives from dozens of nations walked out of the General Assembly hall in protest. Although Israel’s own delegation tried to counteract the boycott with raucous applause, the demonstration signaled growing international anger toward Israel—capping off a difficult week for Netanyahu. Welcome back to World…
Some people argue the concurrent dollar decline and Treasury yield incrase was attributable to liquidity issues as repicing occurred against a backdrop of a rising share of price sensitive Treasury holders. Others that it was a flight away from the US dollar assets spurred by tariff uncertainty (see a discussion here). Here’s the picture people know, the dollar vs. US Treasurys: Figure 1: Nominal dollar against advanced economies currencies (blue, left scale), and 10 year US Treasury yield, % (tan, right scale). Source: Federal Reserve, Treasury, via FRED. And here are two graphs from Helene Rey and Vania Stavrakeva, “Interpreting…
Kristie Mewis has shared the adorable nickname she and fiancée Sam Kerr use for their baby boy, Jagger.The USWNT midfielder, 34, welcomed Jagger in May and recently posted a photo of herself with him watching Kerr in action for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. But the moment wasn’t all about football. In the caption, Mewis revealed the couple’s affectionate nickname for their son: “Mr. Moo Moo.” She also invited followers to share their own funniest nicknames for their kids.Kerr, however, had a cheekier alternative, commenting: “Mr. sh**througheverything” – a label many new parents will relate to.Mewis and Kerr – who recently…