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Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi has shared a clip of himself watching budding “ballers” score goals as part of a new “global tournament” launched by the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner. 2022 World Cup winner Messi held a crown bearing his name while announcing a skills competition that will take place in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, with a final in Miami in September. Starting in Los Angeles, the project will feature four heats before the finalists perform in front of Messi in the decider. Messi is the reigning MLS MVP, with no player in the league outscoring his 18…
The New York Knicks have received permission to speak with Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach Pablo Prigioni about potentially joining new head coach Mike Brown’s staff, according to Ian Begley of SNY. Prigioni, a former NBA point guard, played for the Knicks from 2012 to 2015. He began his coaching career in 2017 and had a […] The post Knicks eye Pablo Prigioni appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
Flood Watches have been issued across Kansas City and the Plains as rounds of thunderstorms could lead to flooding.KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Forecasters are monitoring part of a three-state region across the Plains for the threat of flooding over the next 48 hours.Counties in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri are all under Flood Watches as a slow-moving frontal boundary sets the stage for rounds of showers and thunderstorms into early Saturday.Forecast models indicate that rainfall totals of 2-4 inches are possible across the Kansas City metro, with isolated communities potentially seeing more than 6 inches.A three-hour radar loop showing where showers…
by AI | 24.Jul 2025 | Europe in brief AI The community executive gave Portugal two months to communicate the full alignment of national legislation with EU rules. Fruit and vegetable stable. Photo: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa The European Commission today opened two infringement proceedings against Portugal for failures in the transposition of European Union (EU) legislation on new varieties of fruits and vegetables and also on the marketing of seeds.Regarding the incomplete transposition of Directive (EU) 2024/2963 of the Commission, the community executive, in a notification letter, gives Portugal two months to report the full alignment of national legislation with EU…
Recently, co-bloggers Scott Sumner and Kevin Corcoran had a series of excellent posts on causation, coincidence, and identities (Scott’s post is here and Kevin’s are here, here, and here). I want to add my two cents to the conversation with some readings and thoughts for interested readers. A theme that runs through both their posts is the idea of coincidence: that two events happen together without any apparent causation. Coincidence happens quite frequently. Two silly examples: July 14 I bowled the best two games of my life: 161 and 157. Even the third game, at 118, was better than average. …
John Stones has married his long-time partner Olivia Naylor in a low-key, private ceremony in Ibiza.The Manchester City and England defender, 31, tied the knot with Olivia, 36, at Hacienda Na Xamena, an exclusive clifftop venue on the island. The event was kept small and personal, with just 40 guests made up of close friends and family. The Sun state the celebrations stretched over several days. It kicked off with a pre-wedding party where all guests wore white – except the couple and their three children, who opted for black. The ceremony itself was followed by a champagne pool party…
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FOX Weather is your Hurricane HQ. (FOX Weather)Updated at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday, July 24, 2025The weak disturbance moving across the northern Gulf is being stretched by hostile upper-level winds. The National Hurricane Center is giving it a slight chance of developing a circulation and becoming a tropical depression. Computer forecasts indicate that the system’s best chance of organizing might come tomorrow when it’s approaching Texas. For a short time, the upper winds might let up a bit. This graphic shows an area to watch for possible tropical development in the Gulf. (FOX Weather)Even in the unlikely event the…
Is Florida the worst state in the nation in mental health care, elder fraud, homeowner insurance rates and rent increases?That’s what California Gov. Gavin Newsom said.The Democratic governor has been highlighting Republican-governed states’ shortcomings in recent X posts and comments. In June, amid Los Angeles protests about ICE operations in the city, Newsom sparred with Republican governors over their states’ homicide rates. In July, he compared California’s federal contributions to those Texas makes. Now he’s on to Florida, where he says directives from the Trump administration and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to remove street markings that commemorate LGBTQ+ rights reflect…
On June 7, President Trump federalized the California National Guard and deployed troops to LA. This followed instances of aggressively conducted ICE raids against various establishments. Economic activity declined in both LA and rural areas engaged in agriculture. Here are some aggregate indicators for California. Figure 1: California private nonfarm payroll employment (blue), manufacturing (green), and coincident index (tan), all in logs, 2025M05=0. Source: BLS via FRED, BLS, Philadelphia Fed, and author’s calculations. Private NFP declined in June. The coincident index (released today) exhibits a sharp break in June. Finally, manufacturing employment shrinkage accelerated in June. One might not think…