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An area of low pressure is setting up just off the coast of Southern California and will bring another round of unseasonable rain and potential flooding to the region, as well as parts of Arizona and the lower Colorado River Basin. While more rain is expected across the region beginning Monday, the highest potential for flash flooding in parts of Southern California will occur Tuesday and Wednesday.San Diego – An area of low pressure is setting up just off the coast of Southern California and will bring another round of unseasonable rain and potential flooding to the region, as well…
by AI | 22.Sep 2025 | Europe in brief AI The safety of air traffic and air traffic control has not been compromised by the cyberattack on Collins Aerospace, which also affected Brussels Airport. This was stated by a spokesperson for the European Commission on Monday. Airplane at Brussels Airport, photo: Jonas Roosens/Belga Due to the cyberattack with ransomware on the American Collins Aerospace, an external service provider of the check-in and boarding systems, there have been disruptions at various airports in Europe since Friday evening. At Brussels Airport and the airports in Berlin, Dublin, and London, passengers must be…
0:37Intro. [Recording date: September 2, 2025.]Russ Roberts: Today is September 2nd, 2025, and my guest is cognitive psychologist and author Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. His latest book and the subject of today’s conversation is When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life. Steven, welcome to EconTalk.Steven Pinker: Thank you.1:02Russ Roberts: At the heart of the book is this idea of common knowledge, which has an everyday meaning, but you also mean it in a more technical way. What do you mean by ‘common knowledge’?Steven…
Rio Ave boss Sotiris Silaidopoulos is relishing the opportunity to take part in Jose Mourinho’s first home game back as Benfica coach tomorrow night and claims his touchline rival is “touched by the gods”. Mourinho was appointed by the Lisbon giants on Thursday, 25 years after an 11-game stint in charge in 2000, and led his new charges to a comfortable 3-0 victory at AVS at the weekend. He returns to the Estadio da Luz to face Rio Ave in front of what should be an enthusiastic crowd and Greek Silaidopoulos failed to hide his admiration for the 62-year-old. “It’s…
Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg has taken an early lead in the Rookie of the Year race, according to a poll of NBA executives and coaches conducted by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Flagg, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, received 19 of 20 votes in the survey. The only other player to earn […] The post Cooper Flagg emerges as clear Rookie of the Year favorite in ESPN poll appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
FOX Weather is your Hurricane HQ (FOX Weather)Updated at 9:45 a.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025Hurricane Gabrielle will make its closest approach to Bermuda later today. The center is forecast to track more than 150 miles offshore, but the storm will cause large, dangerous swells to impact the island. Winds are not expected to be dangerously strong. This graphic shows information on Hurricane Gabrielle. (FOX Weather)Some swells are reaching the U.S. East Coast. The ocean will begin to calm down tomorrow as Gabrielle accelerates into the open ocean. The Azores Islands off Portugal will have to keep an eye…
With federal government funding set to run out Oct. 1 unless Congress passes an extension, Democrats are seeking to leverage government shutdown fears to persuade Republicans to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that would otherwise expire at the end of the year. Most Republicans want to pass a “clean” resolution to extend the federal spending deadline; this type of bill would keep the government running at current spending levels and allow added time for more debate about proposed federal spending changes. Some Republicans also oppose the ACA subsidies as too expensive for taxpayers and say they were intended as a…
Referring to Dr. Antoni’s definition of recessions using quarterly data, here are the GDP data series for the US I am aware of. Figure 1: Real GDP according to BEA (blue), Ramey series (tan), BEA annual (light blue), Measuring Worth annual (pink), all in logs 1990Q1=0. NBER defined peak to trough recession dates shaded gray. Source: BEA, Valerie Ramey, Measuring WorthNBER< and author’s calculations. As can clearly be seen, quarterly GDP data to make the assertion that the two-quarter equals recession rule only goes back 75 year’s prior to Dr. Antoni’s claim. (To be fair, Dr. Antoni…
Jamie Vardy’s storied Leicester City chapter came to an end last season, but the 38-year-old cult hero is already making headlines in Italy after joining Serie A side Cremonese.Vardy signed an initial one-year deal with the newly promoted club – which includes an option for a further 12 months – and so far, the move is going smoothly. Cremonese are unbeaten and sitting third in the table, Vardy has made his debut, and reports suggest he and wife Rebekah are settling nicely into The Dolce Vita with their two children.The couple have bought a £2m villa in Salò – historically…
Aziz Olajuwon, the son of Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon, announced his commitment to Stanford over the weekend. “I chose Stanford because the coaching staff made it clear they are about me not just as an athlete, but as a person,” Olajuwon said to ESPN. “That meant a lot in the process.” Olajuwon is currently ranked No. 40 in ESPN’s 100 for the 2026 class. The 6-foot-7 small forward is the first ESPN top 100 recruit for Stanford since Kyle Smith became head coach in 2024. Olajuwon is the second recruit for Stanford in the class of 2026, joining four-star…