With the Milwaukee Bucks in danger of a quarterfinal loss in the NBA Cup, their All-Star guard declared the final two minutes were Dame Time. Lillard had 11 points in the final 2:01 of Milwaukee’s 114-109 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night. He hit six free throws, made a go-ahead dunk with 32 seconds to go and hit a game-tying three-pointer when Orlando was threatening to pull away late. The Bucks improved their NBA Cup record to 5-0 and advanced to face the winner of Wednesday’s game between the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks. Last year,…
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“Shark Tank” star and real estate pioneer Barbara Corcoran knows that being open to new things, whether adopting the latest technology for your business or even just buying a new coat, can be a big part of growing a business.That’s why she says the one thing entrepreneurs need to be successful is having the ability to pivot.Related: Barbara Corcoran Needed to Make Job Cuts. Here’s Why She Fired Her Mom First. “I’ve learned that the entrepreneurs I’ve invested in are exceptional at one thing, embracing change,” Corcoran says in a new episode of “Behind the Biz with Barbara Corcoran,” a…
Last year, the ocean surface was much hotter than usual, as seen in July 2023Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF The ocean may have removed much less carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than expected in 2023, mainly due to high ocean temperatures. If climate change continues to rapidly weaken the planet’s ocean and land carbon sinks, it will be even more difficult to avoid dangerous levels of warming. The ocean currently absorbs a quarter of the world’s CO2 emissions from the atmosphere each year. However, warming temperatures are expected to weaken this natural carbon sink and observations from 2023… Source link
A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by The Onion’s parent company to buy Alex Jones’ far-right media empire, including the website Infowars, ruling that the auction process was unfair. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said after a two-day hearing that The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, had not submitted the best bid and was wrongly named the winner of an auction last month by a court-appointed trustee. “I don’t think it’s enough money,” Lopez said in a late-night ruling from the bench in a Houston court. “I’m going to not approve the sale.” It was not immediately clear whether there would…
General Motors has announced that it will stop funding the development of the Cruise self-driving taxi.The company says it will now “refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles”.GM also pointed to the increasingly competitive robotaxi market as a reason for the move.In October, Tesla boss Elon Musk unveiled the electric car giant’s long-awaited robotaxi, the Cybercab, at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California.GM attributed the change of strategy to “the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business”.The company did not say how many Cruise employees could be moved over to GM.GM, which owns about…
COMMENT: When I ask someone about your theories, they claim you are unconventional. They said the same thing about Einstein and even Kynes in the early 1920s. It seems that anyone who thinks outside the box is labeled unconventional, but in the end, they adopt the very theories and become conventional. They seem to make history repeat, for they always defend their position, which is obviously wrong. I just wanted to say that historical recurrence is not something new. It has played an important role in developing Western historiography since antiquity. I am sure you are well versed. The view…
Luigi Mangione mugshot (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections) Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is taking a defiant stand. His defense attorney, Tom Dickey, has confirmed that Mangione intends to plead not guilty to the charges against him, including murder, and will resist extradition to New York. Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland family, was apprehended at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona after an employee recognized him from images released by the New York Police Department. At the time of his arrest, Mangione was found carrying a 3D-printed pistol, a silencer, multiple…
Jamie Foxx recently joked that he has been “cured” of dating white women after a six-year romance with actress Katie Holmes and others after his health scare.The comedian, during his Netflix special, opened up about the medical emergency he suffered last year, revealing that it was caused by bleeding in his brain that “led to a stroke.”Jamie Foxx also joked about embattled rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs while addressing rumors that the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper caused his hospitalization.Article continues below advertisementJamie Foxx Says He’s ‘Cured’ Of Dating ‘White Girls’MEGAFoxx is seemingly done with dating white women as he sang…
STRIKES While Syrians were celebrating Assad’s ouster, the Israeli military said it had conducted hundreds of strikes on Syria over the past two days. Pedersen, the UN special envoy, called on Israel to stop. “We are continuing to see Israeli movements and bombardments into Syrian territory. This needs to stop,” he said. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Syria’s new rulers that he would respond “forcefully” if they allow “Iran to re-establish itself in Syria, or permits the transfer of Iranian weapons or any other weapons to Hezbollah”. Lebanon’s Hezbollah meanwhile said it hoped that Syria’s new rulers would…
The US military says it has intercepted a barrage of missiles and drones fired by the Yemen-based group.The United States military has said its forces successfully fended off an attack by the Houthis, a Yemen-based armed group, while escorting a group of three commercial vessels through the Gulf of Aden. The US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees US military activities in the Middle East, said on Tuesday that two destroyers intercepted a barrage of cruise missiles and drones launched from Yemen. “The destroyers were escorting three US owned, operated, and flagged merchant vessels. The reckless attacks resulted in no injuries…