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The Oklahoma City Thunder leaned on depth and defense to secure a 104-95 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night at Paycom Center, halting a brief skid and maintaining the NBA’s best record. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 29 points as the conference leaders improved to 38-10, despite playing without four rotation players due […] The post Thunder withstand injuries, edge Pelicans behind Gilgeous-Alexander appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

FLORIDA FREEZE: Cold weather alerts are in effect from Jacksonville to Tampa as Florida braces for an arctic freeze. FOX13 Chief Meteorologist Paul Dellegatto joins FOX Weather to discuss the freezing cold air that will impact the state. FLORIDA – While millions of Americans have been feeling the bitter arctic air this winter fueled by the Polar Vortex, Floridians will get their taste this week as a rare deep freeze is underway in the Sunshine State. According to the FOX Forecast Center, the cold weather is only going to intensify into the weekend as major cities in Florida like Miami…

2025 Holiday Tipping GuidePhoto by https://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/news/holiday-tipping-survey/ In Canada, Boxing Day occurs on December 26, a holiday that many Canadians use to tip those who make their lives easier.In Mexico, Aguinaldo (Ah-gee-nahl-doh), represents an annual Christmas bonus equivalent to at least 15 days’ wages that companies are required to pay their employees before December 20, just in time for the holidays. The Aguinaldo may be prorated if the employee has been with the company for less than a full year.In addition to Mexico, a number of other Latin American nations including Costa Rica, also require employers to pay Aguinaldo to their employees.…

Despite video evidence that Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti was holding his phone before immigration officers shot and killed him, an image spreading on social media appears to show him wielding a handgun. The Department of Homeland Security said Border Patrol officers shot the 37 year old in self-defense after Pretti approached them with “a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.” Retired U.S. Gen. Raymond A. “Tony” Thomas III, shared the purported image of Pretti holding a gun on X. The image shows Pretti holding something resembling a handgun in his right hand. The account shared the photo without a caption in response…

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There have been reports Palmer is unhappy in London. Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior insisted Cole Palmer is happy at the club and made it clear he considers the England international ‘untouchable’ amid recent links with a move to Manchester United. Palmer has endured a difficult 2025-26 season for the Blues, with his campaign hindered by injury issues. The former Manchester City forward has five goals in 13 appearances in all competitions this season and has yet to register an assist. Last season, he scored 15 goals and contributed 11 assists and then played a starring role in Chelsea’s victorious Club…

a After the massive winter storm, arctic air will linger across much of the country into the start of the week. Temperatures will remain about 10 to 20 degrees below average for more than 220 million people throughout the week, primarily across areas east of the Rocky Mountains. Extreme Cold Warnings have extended into the South, where nearly 40 record low morning temperatures are likely to be broken on Tuesday morning.In the wake of the historic winter storm that blasted 40 states this weekend, a dome of Arctic air associated with the Polar Vortex is bringing days of life-threatening temperatures…

The drama over how far U.S. President Donald Trump would go to acquire Greenland seems to have come and gone. But it’s still worth discussing a longer-term issue: What is the ideal Arctic policy for the United States, and how serious is the challenge posed by China and Russia? On the latest episode of FP Live, I spoke with a leading Arctic expert, Heather Conley, who served as a deputy assistant secretary of state under President George W. Bush and led the German Marshall Fund for nearly three years. Subscribers can watch the full discussion on the video box atop…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently caused something of an uproar when he contrasted the “the frigidity of rugged individualism” with the “warmth of collectivism.” This framing echoes the familiar criticism that capitalism forces people to go it alone as “atomistic individuals.” The thought goes like this: markets do real damage to the social fabric and our relationships because they organize our economic lives around competition and self-interest. Organizing our lives around competition encourages people to see each other as rivals rather than partners. In brief, capitalism pits us against each other, while socialism brings us together. Setting aside…

Premier League8:00 PMJanuary 26, 2026Regular Season – 23Hill Dickinson StadiumReferee: Simon Hooper, England Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Everton World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Leeds World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.60Expected goals (xG)1.16Passing445 (83%)Accurate passes300 (76%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 1 G Jordan Pickford 7.0 16 D Vitaliy Mykolenko 6.9 15 D Jake O’Brien 7.0 6 D James Tarkowski (C) 7.3 2 D Nathan Patterson 6.9 37 M James Garner 7.5…