3 takeaways from Daryl Morey’s press conference after Doc Rivers firing originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Daryl Morey did not always speak in direct language Wednesday about the work ahead. But in describing the process that led to Doc Rivers being fired as the team’s head coach, Morey was clear. “It’s my job to … Read more
Novak Djokovic of Serbia talks to referee Mohamed Lahyani during the match between Djokovic vs Rune of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia 2023 – Day Ten at Foro Italico on May 17, 2023 in Rome, Italy – Getty Images/Matteo Ciambelli Novak Djokovic’s fractious week in Rome continued with another on-court showdown. Having received a time-violation warning … Read more
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) – As Japan’s stock market roars to multi-decade highs, large investors with long memories say they are staying out, wary of sagging momentum and the prospect the central bank will unwind its massive monetary stimulus. Riding a wave of buybacks and strong corporate earnings, and pumped up by a … Read more
Al-Bouzayad village in Iraq has experienced worsening droughts over the past four years Conflict-plagued countries in the Middle East are among the most vulnerable to climate change but are almost entirely excluded from meaningful financing to mitigate its effects, aid groups warned Thursday. In a joint report focusing on Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the International … Read more
A little boy in math class is overwhelmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Getty Images) The “educational harm” caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been “devastating,” according to a recent survey of 26 million K-8 students by researchers at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth and Harvard. The researchers also found that the pandemic “exacerbated economic and racial … Read more
Protesters gather outside the North Carolina Senate gallery as legislators debate on whether to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that would ban abortions 12 weeks of pregnancy. May 16, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) North Carolina lawmakers voted late Tuesday to override a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, … Read more
Officers from the US Marshals and the Ashland Police Department lead an arrested person into custody Tuesday. ASHLAND − Four men were arrested at a home in the 200 block of East Ninth Street, one of them a federal fugitive with weapons charges who was hiding in the attic. The primary suspect was federal fugitive … Read more
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) tried to explain away his recent slurs of Mexican people and Fox News host Neil Cavuto wasn’t having it. Kennedy earlier this week said: “Without the people of America, Mexico, figuratively speaking, would be eating cat food out of a can and living in a tent behind an Outback.” Esteban Moctezuma, … Read more
U.S. officials are planning for the growing possibility that the Russia-Ukraine war will turn into a frozen conflict that lasts many years — perhaps decades — and joins the ranks of similar lengthy face-offs in the Korean peninsula, South Asia and beyond. The options discussed within the Biden administration for a long-term “freeze” include where … Read more
One of the world’s biggest carmakers has warned it may have to close UK factories if the government does not renegotiate the Brexit deal. Stellantis, which owns Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat, had committed to making electric cars in the UK, but says that is under threat. It warned it could face tariffs of 10% … Read more