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Darius Garland has undergone surgery to repair a great toe injury and will be out approximately four to five months. Garland played through the injury during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ playoff run where they were eliminated by the Indiana Pacers in five games. Garland averaged 20.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists in 75 games this past season for the Cavaliers. Garland also had a career high PER of 19.6 while he made his second career All-Star Game.

Hurricane Barbara formed south of Mexico in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday morning, making it the first hurricane of the 2025 season.Hurricane Barbara formed southwest of Mexico in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday morning, making it the first hurricane of the 2025 season.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that Barbara’s maximum sustained winds reached 75 mph, officially designating it as a hurricane.This graphic shows information on Hurricane Barbara.(FOX Weather) Once a tropical storm’s winds reach 74 mph, it’s called a hurricane and maintains the same name it had when it was a tropical storm.Hurricane Barbara is currently located…

The following is excerpted from a press release issued by the City of Vancouver.The City of Vancouver Public Art Program is unveiling four Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing projects this month. The first two to be presented are Coming Home To by Robin Roberts and Eagle Woman by Shain Niniwem Selapem Jackson.Shain Niniwem Selapem Jackson’s Eagle Woman is a digital drawing of an eagle matriarch dancing beneath a full copper moon. The work was inspired by the many women in the artist’s life who have lifted him up and provided love, guidance and support. The artist intends for viewers to feel…

In his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has taken aim at higher education. His administration has made or threatened draconian cuts to federal university funding, proposed hostile takeovers of campus operations at Columbia University and Harvard Universityand sought to halt the flow of international students. Though Trump’s crackdown is shocking, it is not unprecedented. Indeed, railing against higher education has been a centerpiece of conservatism for more than half a century. Although many conservatives went after administrators, professors, and students during the Cold War, it was former President Ronald Reagan who perfected the craft while serving as governor of…

ICE raids are concentrated in blue states, including CA, NY. These states account for about 22% of national GDP, at nominal prices (CA 14%, NY 8%; slightly larger if using real GDP): Figure 1: US GDP growth (black line), contribution from California (green bar), from NY (tan bar), rest-of-US (blue bar), ppts SAAR. We don’t have Q1 GDP for CA or NY, and in any case Q1 national GDP is distorted by import tariff front-running. We do have Q1 growth deviation from national trend from the Baumeister, Leon-Leiva and Sims weekly state level economic conditions index: Figure 2: Weekly Economic…

The Barcelona star may have played his last game for the national team.

Don Nelson didn’t hold back when asked about the Dallas Mavericks’ decision to trade Luka Doncic. The Hall of Fame coach accepted the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunday and made a pointed statement — both in words and attire. Continue reading Don Nelson on Luka Doncic trade: “Tremendous mistake” at TalkBasket.net.

Straight-line damaging winds, hail, and flooding are all possible on the East Coast.WASHINGTON – Millions of people along the Interstate 95 corridor on the East Coast are bracing for the threat of severe weather, with cities like Washington and Baltimore facing the risk of some tornadoes.NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has placed a large majority of the eastern U.S. from Georgia in the Southeast to the nation’s capital in the mid-Atlantic in a Level 2 risk on its 5-point severe thunderstorm risk scale.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHERThis includes cities like Savannah in Georgia, Columbia in South Carolina, Wilmington and Raleigh in…

This week, we’d like to announce a new collaboration between the BC Alliance for Arts + Culture and The Bandish Network. The Bandish Network provides industry support, engagement, representation and advocacy for the pan-Indus Valley community of presenters, artists, cultural workers and organizations.Our collaboration with the Traditional Indian Arts Initiative will aim to meet the growing needs of the Indian arts & culture communities in BC.  With this initiative, we hope to inspire intergenerational and intercultural connectivity and support live performing arts.Through ongoing engagement and mentorship initiatives we will shine a spotlight on cultural presenters, projects, educators, and practicing and touring artists of Indian Traditional disciplines.We look forward to working with the Bandish Network to…

Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud and abuse. During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Russell Vought, the administration’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, framed Medicaid as sagging under the weight of improper payments. An “improper” payment refers to payments made erroneously to beneficiaries and their providers or without sufficient documentation. Pressed June 1 by CNN host Dana Bash about concerns that poorer Americans would suffer if the bill becomes law,…