So it was a surprise when Kidd made a power play only two years into the position and bolted for the Milwaukee Bucks when he didn’t get his way. Similarly, it was a surprise that he broke the code among coaches and discussed a position filled by another coach. Kidd, who had a relation with the Bucks’ new ownership, decided he would take the position. For Former Bucks coach Larry Drew, this meant unexpected unemployment....
In his opinion piece published Saturday in USA Today, Hogan, a Republican, slammed lawmakers in Washington D.C. who “have pulled every trick in the book to avoid just giving the bill the up-or-down vote it deserves.” “Only in Washington do politicians work this hard to find excuses to not do anything,” he wrote. “At this point, they can’t even pass the things they agree on.” He wrote that it is “obvious” that the United States’ infrastructure is “crumbling and in desperate need of federal investment,” and he believes the bill should and will pass....
The horror unfolded in the early hours of Sunday morning at a car lot outside a liquor store. Metro Police said two men pulled into the parking lot next to a woman who was in her car and taking up two parking spots at around 1:15 a.m. Police said the driver of that car began arguing with the woman. However, a second car containing two men then pulled into the parking lot and began to argue with the man who had confronted the woman and passenger....
Diagnosis Related to LASIK Eye Surgery Your cornea is a clear, dome-shaped tissue that covers the front of your eye. It is mainly responsible for bending (“refracting”) light rays as they enter the eye. This refraction allows light rays to focus precisely on your retina (located at the back of your eye), so that you can see clearly and sharply. A refractive error is caused by an abnormally shaped cornea, an eyeball that is too long or short, or an aging lens....
He died April 6, 2004, in the Anbar province by hostile fire.
Fort Ord is just one of the 121 U.S. military bases to get the ax since 1988. Dozens more have been partially closed or reduced. Almost 40 percent of U.S. military installations overseas will be shut by 1995. The savings from closures currently amount to $3 billion annually. Doug Hansen, director of Pentagon base closures, calls it “one of the few growth industries in defense.” It’s never easy to close unneeded bases....
FLYNN VENCAT: You recently pledged $3 billion to fight global warming. But at the same time, your airline business is expanding. Do you really think we can save the planet while increasingly becoming jet-setters? BRANSON: I don’t think we can save the planet on our own. We need the leaders of the world to treat this as seriously as World War II looming. For our part, we’re doing a lot of things....
Hughie Robinson, 52, was a patient at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was dying of stage 4 renal failure. In April 2021, he spent four days in the hospital, being drugged and prepared for a possible kidney transplant that never came. In a weakened and disoriented state, Robinson was sent home, according to the lawsuit filed in St. Louis Circuit Court. After he left, the hospital called to say that he had forgotten his wallet....
This week, the NCAA released month-by-month data that confirms Adams’ assessment. Scoring for the 2013-14 season (71.68) is at the highest level since the 1995-96 campaign. That’s up from the 67.5 points scored a season ago, which was the lowest mark since 1952. But the number of fouls per game has dropped by one per game since early December (from 20.01 to 18.92), which indicates that players are either adjusting to the new rules or officials are reverting back to old form....
The uprising started when in mid-September a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, was apprehended by the morality police and accused of wearing loose head covering. According to eyewitnesses, she was physically assaulted, and later fell into a coma. Her tragic death three days later provided the initial spark for widespread protests. Since then, the Iranian people, tired of a rock-bottom economy and decades of brutal repression, have targeted the entire regime and are calling for “an end to the Islamic republic....
The result, announced on Friday, is a 113-lap race that features two 50-lap segments, each requiring a green-flag pit stop to change a minimum of two tires, and a closing 13-lap shootout that counts only green-flag laps. MORE: Kansas starting lineup | Favorites | 2016 race winners A drawing before the final segment will determine whether the top nine, 10 or 11 cars will be required to come to pit road and change tires for the last run....
Latino Victory Project’s “Vote Like a Madre” campaign, shared first with Newsweek, aims to bring together mothers and mother figures, such as tías, abuelas, hermanas, and madrinas, to make a “pinky promise” to vote and harness Latina voting power during the high-stakes midterm elections. Nathalie Rayes, the Latino Victory Project president and CEO, calls Latinas the CEO’s of every household. She said nearly 60% of Hispanic women back candidates “that support initiatives to combat climate change, so we have a key opportunity to mobilize this powerful electorate to vote for climate change action in November....
On the same day she sent that text, Ingraham appeared on Fox News and promoted suggestions that members of Antifa were involved in the storming of the Capitol building, citing a now corrected article from The Washington Times. Ingraham’s text to Meadows was revealed by Republican Representative Liz Cheney, vice chair of the House Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, at a hearing on Monday. According to Cheney, Ingraham wrote to Meadows: “Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home....
Kurt Bardella, who serves as a strategist for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic National Committee, made the suggestion while speaking to MSNBC’s Joy Reid. OnlyFans is an internet content subscription service primarily used by sex workers who produce erotic pictures or pornography. Reid and Bardella were discussing how close the race is between Boebert and her Democratic opponent, Adam Frisch. It is being intensely watched because the two candidates can barely be separated....
The Colorado Republican posted a tweet on Thursday complaining that her speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference had been taken off the platform. Clips of Boebert’s CPAC speech in February are still available on the video site and it is not clear whether the congresswoman is referring to footage posted on her own YouTube channel or on another page. “YouTube’s censorship has become completely out of hand,” Boebert wrote on Twitter....
The outlet, which closed in July, dubbed itself the “safest restaurant in America” due to its armed waiting staff. Founded by Boebert and her husband Jayson in 2013, Shooters Grill served a number of dishes named after firearms, such as the ‘M16 burrito.’ On July 14 Boebert announced the restaurant had “closed its doors,” after the building’s owner said he “would not be renewing our lease.” She added: “This decision was his to make and was purely a business decision with no political motivation....
Sign, an Alabama TV anchor and ex-University of Alabama footage player, was found dead at age 45 in his Scout Trace home on Saturday morning, according to the Hoover Police Department. Lt. Keith Czeskleba confirmed that his passing is currently being investigated as a suicide. Boebert appeared to blame the “Clinton Crime Syndicate” in a tweet. “Why is it that so many who cross the Clinton Crime Syndicate end up dead?...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation increased in August by 8.3 percent over 12 months, worse than analyst predictions of an 8.1 percent rise, sparking a negative reaction across the markets and fueling yet more criticism of President Joe Biden’s economic record. However, the CPI, which measures the cost of a wide-ranging basket of goods and services, increased by only 0.1 percent in August, after having not moved at all in July....
