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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade extended its winning streak to six games with a 99–92 road victory over Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv on Thursday. The Serbian side improved to 6-2 under coach Sasa Obradovic despite missing key players, including Jordan Nwora. Zvezda led 58–48 at halftime but saw Maccabi fight back, seizing an 81–78 lead early […] The post Crvena Zvezda secures sixth straight EuroLeague win with victory over Maccabi appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
As Florida’s Republican leaders consider overhauling the state’s property tax system, Gov. Ron DeSantis recently zeroed in on tax changes for primary homes, or homestead properties.During an Oct.15 event in West Palm Beach, a high school student asked DeSantis if there are alternative revenue sources that could replace property tax funding. Lawmakers have offered competing proposalsbut appear to be focused on changing how primary residences are taxed. DeSantis said governments could spend less money, and that primary residences are not local governments’ main source of property tax revenue.”The vast, vast majority of property tax revenue is not from homestead Floridians’…
Data from Pewfor average marketplace benchmark plans, per month: Figure 1: Average benchmark ACA premium (Silver plan, 40yr old), $/mo (blue). Note there is wide dispersion in plan premia given different states, demographics, income. Source: KFFaccessed 10/30/2025. As noted in the CBO letter, in 2026 (2027), 2 (3.5) million more people would be covered by permanently extending the expanded premium tax credit, relative to not. Source: CBO, 18 Sep 2025. The cost of making the expanded tax credit permanent would cost about $350 bn over ten years. For comparison, making permanent the provisions of the TCJA cost…
Team news for Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United Nottingham Forest’s Ola Aina (hamstring) and Dilane Bakwa (unspecified) remain sidelined with injuries, while Chris Wood (knee) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (groin) will both be assessed ahead of kickoff. Ruben Amorim hopes to have Harry Maguire available after the defender missed the Brighton win with a minor issue, though Lisandro Martínez remains sidelined with a knee injury. If Maguire returns, Leny Yoro could drop out, joining Matthijs de Ligt and Luke Shaw in a back three. Amad Diallo and Diogo Dalot are expected to keep their places as wing-backs, with Patrick Dorgu on…
NBA teams are deploying full-court pressure defense at unprecedented levels this season, pressing on 4.8% of possessions through the first week. The dramatic increase nearly quintuples the 1% rate from a decade ago and nearly doubles the 2.5% from two seasons ago, according to Yahoo Sports. The trend follows the aggressive defensive approach utilized by the Indiana Pacers during their NBA Finals run against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder responded by pressing the Pacers at higher rates than usual, prompting teams league-wide to adopt similar tactics. The Portland Trail Blazers lead the NBA with a 24.5% press rate and…
Parts of New York City flooded on Thursday afternoon as heavy rain blasted the Northeast. Flash flood alerts were in effect across the boroughs and down into New Jersey. NEW YORK – A line of heavy rain triggered by a potent low pressure system sprawling across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast dumped torrential rains across the New York City area Thursday afternoon, triggering widespread flash flooding.Videos from witnesses around the New York City area have shown flooded streets with water halfway up passing vehicles’ tires as those walking on the sidewalks struggled to keep dry. Heavy rains and coastal flooding are…
Europe’s security architecture is being remade in real time. Russia’s war against Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to office has challenged the basic premises on which European security rests. Europe is under threat from Russia and has lost the United States as its ultimate security guarantor. Trump’s hostility toward NATO and ambiguity in relation to Article 5 means that Europe can no longer rely on the United States to come to its defense if Russia attacks. Despite Trump’s occasional feel-good rhetoric about NATO, his unpredictability and unreliability fundamentally undermine the credibility of U.S. commitments to Europe, which are…
by Calculated Risk on 10/30/2025 11:47:00 AM From the Las Vegas Visitor Authority: September 2025 Las Vegas Visitor StatisticsDriven largely by slower midweek volumes, the destination saw a ‐8.8% YoY decrease in visitation, hosting approximately 3.1M visitors. Las Vegas convention attendance reached roughly 428k in September, down ‐18.7% YoYreflecting in part the absence of the quadrennial MINExpo (45k attendees) that was held last September, and the calendar shift for Oracle CloudWorld (30k attendees) which took place in October this year vs. September last year.Hotel occupancy of 78.7% (down ‐5.2 pts) and ADR of $191 (‐2.9% YoY) translated to monthly RevPAR…
League Cup8:00 PMOctober 29, 2025Round 4Referee: Chris Kavanagh, England Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Newcastle World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Tottenham World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.00Expected goals (xG)0.00Passing325 (85%)Accurate passes367 (83%) Turn off spoiler to view match events Coach Edward John Frank Howe 31 G Antonín Kinsky 6.2 24 D Djed Spence 6.6 4 D Kevin Danso 6.6 6 D João Palhinha 33′ Unsportsmanlike conduct 6.6 23 D Pedro Porro (C) 7.0 29…
The New Orleans Pelicans are reportedly holding internal discussions about head coach Willie Green’s future, league sources told Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints on Thursday. New Orleans has stumbled out of the gate in the 2025–26 season, dropping its first four games, including home losses to San Antonio and Boston. The team has yet to win […] The post Pelicans’ Willie Green on hot seat after 0-4 start appeared first on TalkBasket.net.