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When Bronny James takes to the court for the Los Angeles Lakers this season, LeBron James will become the fourth father to play on the same team as his son at the top level of American professional sports.The Lakers selected Bronny with the 55th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft on Thursday, a move that had been rumored for months. Bronny declared for the draft after a tough freshman season at USC. He missed the start of the season with heart issues and averaged fewer than five points in 25 games.With LeBron in the final year of his contract…
Climate change poses major challenges for agriculture, with Italian government officials growing increasingly concerned about declining food production. what’s happening? As Reuters explained earlier this month, Italy’s National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) said agricultural production contracted in 2023 as “wine, fruit and olive oil production were all affected by extreme weather events linked to climate change.” To make matters worse, the scorching heat across Europe shows no signs of letting up anytime soon. Last year was reported to be Europe’s hottest summer in the past 2,000 years, with Reuters reporting that temperatures in parts of the continent already reached 40 degrees…
Sacramento — The California Senate on Thursday passed a bill aimed at helping the news industry by imposing new taxes on some of the world’s largest technology companies.Senate Bill 1327 would tax Amazon, Meta and Google on the data they collect from users, and funnel money from this “data extraction mitigation fee” to news organizations by giving them tax credits to hire full-time journalists.”Just as we fund the film tax credit with no state input into the content, the same should be true for this journalism tax credit,” said Sen. Steve Glaser (D-Orinda), who introduced the bill on the Senate…
The Louisiana Tech basketball team has another player in the NBA.Bulldogs guard Isaiah Crawford signed with the Sacramento Kings as an undrafted free agent after the NBA draft.Crawford leaves Ruston as one of the most decorated players in recent franchise history and could be a valuable contributor to the Kings if he can stay healthy.What Isaiah Crawford brings to the 2024 NBA DraftCrawford has been known for his defensive prowess throughout his career, which peaked in his final season in 2023-24 when he averaged 2.1 steals and 1.7 blocks per game and was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the…
Looking at the Copa America schedule for the U.S. men’s national team, Uruguay The upcoming games may be the most anticipated matchups of the group stage, with Thursday’s game against Panama being the most important. When the U.S. qualified for the 2022 World Cup, they did not handle themselves well against Panama. Wales And they spend too much energy IranThe team lost energy in the round of 16. NetherlandsIf the USMNT can beat Panama and get an early lead, coach Gregg Berhalter could not only make early substitutions but also rotate his players against Uruguay, who have already secured a…
The U.S. men’s gymnastics Olympic trials begin tonight at the Target Center in Minneapolis, and while Brodie Malone, Frederick Richard and Koi Young are the favorites to lock down Olympic berths, at least two spots are up for grabs: Simone Biles and the women begin competition on Friday night. Tune in to USA TODAY Sports’ Nancy Armour and Tom Shad will be there throughout the trials bringing you live updates, results and analysis. Brody Malone’s group tightens up, but Koy Young makes a mistake.MINNEAPOLIS – Coming into rotation 4, Brody Malone still holds the lead in the overall standings, but…
Johnsonville, Wisconsin Jamie Schmeltzer is not a mental health professional; he is a marketing executive for the meat processing giant Johnsonville. US Political Situation This has led his company to shift its messaging slightly.”We’re not pretending that we have the power to save America,” Schmelzer told CBS News. “We know that there are a lot of serious problems in the world that can’t be solved with sausage.” The company’s new national advertising campaign urges Americans to find common ground by “turning down the temperature.” Click here to see related media. Click to enlarge “We believe that most people are fundamentally…
Renton, Washington CNN — The investigation into the January blown door plug on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max jet was hampered for months by missing documents, making it difficult to pinpoint who made the mistake that nearly led to the tragedy. Boeing said this week that the paperwork may have caused the problem in the first place. It is already well known that a door plug came loose after the plane reached an altitude of about 16,000 feet, causing uncontrolled decompression, injuring several passengers and causing ripped shirts, but no documentation has ever been found to show who worked on…
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied he was behind the attempted coup, said the generals believed to have led the coup “acted alone” and slammed accusations that he called for the uprising to bolster his own popularity.Speaking at his first press conference since the attempted coup, President Arce called the allegation that he had staged a coup a “lie” and added, “I am not a politician who seeks to gain popularity by shedding the blood of the people.”Arce said hours later that the government had announced that a total of 17 people had been…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in the Shirur Lok Sabha (LS) constituency have demanded the end of the coalition with Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the upcoming state assembly elections. In the video, Chaudhary’s speech can be seen receiving rapturous applause from party workers. (HT PHOTO) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The BJP held a review meeting with party workers from Shirur LS constituency on Thursday, which was attended by Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Rahul Kuru and party OBC (Other Backward Classes) leader Yogesh Tillekar. Get ready to watch the final stage of the World Cup only on…