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Bratislava – The continuation of consolidation in Slovakia in the coming years will take a different form than in 2024 and 2025. This was announced on Sunday by the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico (Smer-SD), who also commented on the exclusion of his party Smer-SD from the Party of European Socialists (PES), which occurred on Friday (October 17), TASR reports. The Prime Minister, in a video he published on social media on Sunday, commented on the consolidation that Slovakia is expected to face in the coming years, reminding that the vote on the state budget for next year should…

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I estimated three models, 2021-2025M08, resulting in adjusted R2 of between 0.54 (based on ADP data) to 0.71 (based on ADP data). Here’s what I got for forecasts of September and October private NFP as reported by BLS: For the ARIMA(1,1,1) in the preliminary benchmark BLS series. For an ECM in the ADP ratio of total private NFP to employment in firms 20-49: For an ECM of private NFP to firms 1-499: A comparison: Obviously, without much difference between adjusted R2‘s, there’s not a lot of basis to choose one over the other, although the adjusted R2…

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Real Madrid left it late but eventually broke down nine-man Getafe in a chaotic LaLiga encounter at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez thanks to Kylian Mbappe’s late strike. For much of the evening, it looked as though Xabi Alonso’s side might endure another frustrating night in front of goal. Despite dominating possession, Los Blancos found Getafe stubborn and resilient, their low block holding firm under increasing pressure from Mbappe and Jude Bellingham. The French superstar was lively from the outset, forcing David Soria into an early save and remaining Madrid’s most consistent threat throughout the first half. Bellingham and Rodrygo both…

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The Oklahoma City Thunder have picked up the 2026-27 rookie scale team options for guard Nikola Topic and Cason Wallace. This is the third-year option for Topic and the fourth-year option for Wallace. Topic will now be under contract for next season for $5.4 million. Topic missed his rookie season while recovering from a torn ACL. He’s currently recovering a testicular surgery and is expected to make his NBA debut later this regular season. Wallace will now be under contract for next season for $7.4 million. Wallace has become a key rotation player for Oklahoma City. He’s equally comfortable starting…

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Montana State Earth Sciences Prof. Eric Sproles joins FOX Weather to talk about the arrival of La Nina and its expected impacts on winter. SILVER SPRINGS, Md. – A new battle is shaping up between the long-range winter outlooks for this upcoming season. NOAA released its annual winter outlook on Thursday, predicting a colder winter for the northern U.S. while the southern tier will experience a warmer-than-average winter. NOAA’s winter temperature outlook for 2025-26. (FOX Weather)This comes weeks after the Old Farmer’s Almanac, established in 1792, and The Farmers’ Almanac, created in 1818, revealed their own winter forecasts. How do…

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Trump administration health officials plan to remove a vaccine ingredient that’s been safely in use for decades, aluminum. The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services has reduced some vaccine access. The agency scaled back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, approved COVID-19 vaccines for fewer people and aimed to remove the preservative thimerosal from U.S. vaccines. Experts told PolitiFact scientific research did not support its removal. During a Sept. 22 press conference in which President Donald Trump told people not to take Tylenol during pregnancyhe also mentioned another objective: “We want no aluminum in the vaccine,” he said. The administration was…

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Serie A10:30 AMOctober 19, 2025Regular Season – 7Giuseppe Sinigaglia StadiumReferee: Giovanni Ayroldi, Italy Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. As World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Juventus World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics1.47Expected goals (xG)0.88Passing290 (81%)Accurate passes372 (83%) Turn off spoiler to view match events Coach Francesc Fabregas and Soler 16 G Michele Di Gregorio 6.5 27 D Andrea Cambiaso 6.3 6 D Lloyd Kelly 10′ Holding 6.6 24 D Daniele Rugani 6.2 15 D Pierre…

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Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets have reached an agreement on a two-year, $90 million contract extension. In doing so, Durant accepted roughly $30 million less than the maximum amount he was eligible for under extension rules with Houston. The Rockets acquired Durant earlier in the offseason in a major trade that sent Jalen Green, […] The post Kevin Durant signs discounted extension with Rockets appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

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FOX Weather is your Hurricane HQ. (FOX Weather)Updated at 9:45 a.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025The National Hurricane Center has bumped up the odds that at least a tropical depression will form in the Caribbean this week. They now have chances in the high-medium range, which is in line with the consensus of the computer forecasts.The tropical disturbance we’ve been following on its trek from Africa will cross the southeastern Caribbean islands – the Windward Islands – today and into tomorrow. The outer bands of the developing system extend about as far north as Guadeloupe and south through the…

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One week into the start of a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, important elements of the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan remain unfinished. Hamas has not been able to return the remains of all of the deceased Israeli hostages; aid into Gaza has increased from before, but the United Nations says its teams were unable to get inside on Monday and Tuesday; and it is still unclear whether Hamas will disarm or forswear involvement in the future of Gaza, two elements crucial for the deal to proceed to its second phase. What happens next for Palestinians? How…

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