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Speaking to reporters at his annual basketball camp in Lithuania, Jonas Valanciunas made it clear that he anticipates remaining with the Sacramento Kings for the upcoming NBA season. The veteran center, who was acquired from the Washington Wizards in a mid-season trade this past February, said there have been no signs from the organization that […] The post Jonas Valanciunas focused on Kings, no trade chatter appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
Millions of people in the central U.S. are at risk of seeing severe weather on Tuesday, and the threat extends to the Chicago area on Wednesday. FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel breaks down the forecast on June 17, 2025.Wichita, right. – Millions of people in the central U.S. are bracing for another potentially dangerous day of severe weather on Tuesday, one day after tornadoes blasted across portions of Minnesota and Nebraska in the Midwest. next This image shows a massive tornado spinning near Dickens, Nebraska, on Monday, June 16, 2025. (Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook) prevnext This image shows a…
News that the June 14 shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses was politically motivated triggered a torrent of online speculation about the gunman’s political beliefs. Vance Boelter was arrested June 15 in connection with fatally shooting state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and injuring state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. Boelter faces state and federal chargesincluding second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder and stalking. As Minnesota and federal law enforcement officers launched their two-day search for Boelter, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, without evidence, made numerous X posts about the man’s ideology. “This is what…
The Wall Street Journal frog letter co-authored by Charley Hooper and me today (print version tomorrow.) I have hesitated to quote more than 2 paragraphs but I think my contract that allows full quotation only after 30 days applies to my paid work, not my free work. So I’ll take the chance and quote the whole thing. As you note in your editorial “RFK Jr. Conducts His Vaccine Purge” (June 11), HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices over a charge of conflicts of interest. He’s provided no evidence of…
Al Hilal chief executive Esteve Calzada says a move to sign Cristiano Ronaldo on a short-term deal so he could play in the Club World Cup was never a realistic proposition.Al Hilal were linked with the Portugal superstar, who will soon be out of contract at Al Nassr and was reportedly desperate to play in the summer tournament in the United States.🌅 pic.twitter.com/YITrfntC5C- Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) June 15, 2025Signing Ronaldo was “counter-intuitive”But Calzada admitted signing a player from Al Hilal’s Pro League rivals – even though they are both owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund – was always…
Most basketball fans would agree that a dunk is one of the most exciting plays in the game.There’s just something about a player jumping up and slamming a ball through the rim that immediately fires up a team and its fans.But there’s one specific type of dunk that brings a bigger reaction than all the others:The alley-oop.This article is going to take a look at just what an alley-oop is, its history in the game of basketball, the positives and potential drawbacks of an alley-oop, and even a few plays that teams can run to result in an alley-oop.What is…
Tropical Depressions, Tropical Storms, and Hurricanes all have different characteristics that are compared and contrasted in this videoTropical Depression Five-E formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, just off the shores of southern Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).A tropical depression is a tropical cyclone that has maximum sustained winds below 39 mph. Once a tropical depression forms, the NHC gives it a number based on its order of formation in the hurricane season and a suffix corresponding to the Atlantic and the Eastern and Central Pacific basins. The “E” indicates the depression’s location.HOW ABSENCE OF EL…
As the conflict between Israel and Iran enters a fourth day, there’s no clear path to an off-ramp. Israel seems set to make the most of a moment where Iran is historically weak, and Tehran, even while weakened, is looking to show the region—and its own people—that it won’t let Israel’s attacks go unpunished. On the latest episode of FP Live, I spoke with Vali Nasr, an Iranian American academic who has advised several U.S. administrations on Middle East policy. Nasr’s latest book is Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History. Subscribers can watch our discussion on the video box atop…
The recent undershooting of consensus CPI and PPI has been taken to mean that tariffs have not yet had an impact on prices (e.g., NOW). First, an interesting picture from Truflation: Source: Truflation, accessed 6/15/2025. Since the graph is in % from January 2020, then the increase in slope from April can be taken as acceleration in inflation. Can one glean more information from big data, looking at trends in different categories (domestic, imported, imported tariffed). This graph, from Horse et al. (2025). See also this interview. This entry was posted on June 15, 2025 by Menzie Kent.
FIFA Club World CupGroup Stage – 1 Who will win? ← → 0 Votes Statistics will be available after the match is finishedLineup data will be available 1 hour before the kickoff Total 1st half 2nd half 1X2 Double Chance Goals O/U Other Both Teams Score Clean Sheet – Home Clean Sheet – Away Exact Score Asian Handicap Odd/Even Corners Over Under Cards Over/Under Results/Both Teams Score Result/Total Goals No standings data available for this league Win Probability:HomeDrawAwayAnalysis:No predictions available Flamengo vs ES Tunis Video Highlights & Match Recap – 17 Jun 2025 The FIFA Club World Cup clash between…