Author: DailyWestern
It all started with a simple yet striking realization. Parks across Memphis had backboards plastered with soda ads but lacked basic game lines. For Project Backboard co-founder Dan Peterson, that disconnect sparked a vision that has since evolved into a decade-long mission of restoring basketball courts as vibrant, artful community spaces. “In 2015, I was walking through parks in Memphis and noticing the lack of court lines,” Peterson recalls. “Meanwhile, I was also seeing photos of the Pigalle court in Paris with those caricatures of celebrities. That contrast made me think about how much a space can influence whether people…
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Thursday, July 31, 2025. Start your day with everything you need to know about today’s weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast.Flash flood, severe weather threats build along I-95 corridor in mid-Atlantic, Northeast on ThursdayMillions of people along the Interstate 95 corridor in the…
President Donald Trump’s friendship with financier and late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is well documented. But its rupture? Not so much. It ended in 2004. Or 2007. Or maybe some other time. The timeline of the relationship’s end is hard to parse — and varies depending on when Trump and his inner circle were asked. Before Trump’s presidency and Epstein’s conviction as a sex offender, the two socialized at evenings with Victoria’s Secret models, parties in Palm BeachFlorida, and trips between New York and Florida on Epstein’s private jet. Trump told New York Magazine in 2002 that the pair also…
At the end of my last post, I said I’d be following up by describing both some of Musa al-Gharbi’s modes of analysis and assumptions in his book We Have Never Been Woke, and outline who is the “we” he describes, and what he means by “woke.” First, the ground rules. Musa al-Gharbi sets out his examination of the woke, and of the elites, using a method of analysis he calls “analytic egalitarianism.” What he means by this is that all social groups will be considered according to the same rules: The behaviors of white and racial and ethnicity minorities,…
Ajax have revealed their new third kit for the 2025/26 season – a clean and considered design that pays tribute to the club’s home city and its long-standing history.Produced by adidas, the kit arrives in a beige tone inspired by the oldest known reference to Amsterdam – a toll privilege granted in 1275 by Count Floris V of Holland to residents living “near the Amsteldam”. It’s a nod to where it all began, tying the club and city’s shared heritage into a single design.Ajax’s 2025/26 home kit is a thing of beauty. / adidasBlue and dark red detailing adds a…
The New Orleans Pelicans have signed Jaden Springer. Springer, 6-4, 204, has appeared in 110 career games (six starts) with Philadelphia, Boston and Utah, averaging 2.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists. During the 2024-25 season, Springer appeared in 43 games (two starts), averaging 2.5 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 8.5 minutes per contest. Springer was traded by the Celtics to the Rockets at the trade deadline and was subsequently waived. Springer signed with the Jazz to finish the season and was waived last week.
The Coast Guard Northwest District responded to a medevac request for a patient on a cruise ship off the coast of Washington during the threat of a tsunami. Amid a Tsunami Advisory spawned by a massive earthquake off Russia, U.S. Coast Guard teams responded to a call for help off the coast of Washington state. According to the U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District Command Center, the team received a medevac request from the Carnival Legend cruise ship located about 120 miles west of Grays Harbor, Washington, on Tuesday night when a 71-year-old woman experienced a cardiac event onboard. Around the…
As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis escalates to famine-level warnings and foreign powers announce their intention to recognize a Palestinian state, U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling to balance preserving the close U.S.-Israel relationship with mounting public pressure to end the Israel-Hamas war. “The fastest way to end the Humanitarian Crises in Gaza is for Hamas to SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday, reiterating his administration’s past position. His post came shortly after White House envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel to push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to salvage cease-fire talks. As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis escalates…
Though not quite to February rates: Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation for core CPI (blue), core PCE deflator (brown), core PCE deflator (market) (green) per Eeckhout (2023)T=12, a=4. Source: BLS, BEA, via FRED, and author’s calculations. How has inflation evolved for people changed, as compared to the CPI. I plot the CPI inflation for the 2nd quintile of households by income, and AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) inflation below in Figure 2. Figure 2: Instantaneous inflation for CPI (blue), for CPI for 2nd quintile by household income (brown), for AIER’s Everyday Price Index (green), per Eeckhout (2023)T=12, a=4. Source: BLSBLS, via…
Birmingham City co-owner Tom Brady has openly questioned the commitment of former manager Wayne Rooney and labelled some players from the 2023-24 squad as “lazy and entitled” in a new documentary. The NFL legend, who became a minority stakeholder in the club in August 2023 following Knighthead Capital Management and Tom Wagner’s takeover, made the comments in an Amazon Prime series released Friday, which charts Birmingham’s immediate return to the Championship. “I’m a little worried about our head coach’s [Rooney’s] work ethic,” Brady said in the film. “I mean, I don’t know, I don’t have great instincts on that.” Rooney…