James Harden with a first basket of the game vs the Boston Celtics
James Harden (Philadelphia 76ers) with a first basket of the game vs the Boston Celtics, 05/14/2023
James Harden (Philadelphia 76ers) with a first basket of the game vs the Boston Celtics, 05/14/2023
Papua New Guinea will recruit Australian police officers for key positions in its national police force under a wide-ranging security deal to be signed this week that also covers defence and biosecurity, Papua New Guinea's minister of state said. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape will travel to Canberra to sign the security agreement on Thursday, Minister of State Justin Tkatchenko told Reuters, after having also won commitments from Australia on biosecurity that would boost his nation's agricultural exports.
To Kurt Kenworthy and Jackie Sanelli, it still doesn't seem real. Both are diehard Florida State Seminole fans, and both are currently devastated. Their team went undefeated — and won the ACC championship on Saturday night — but was left out of the 4-team college football playoffs when the playoff committee made its selections Sunday.
The U.S. dollar regained some ground on Tuesday and hovered near a one-week high against a basket of currencies, while the Australian dollar fell after its central bank left interest rates unchanged. The Aussie was last down 0.66% to $0.6576 after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept rates at a 12-year high of 4.35% on Tuesday, as expected, and noted that economic data received since November had been broadly in line with expectations.
Charles Melton was honored at the Critics Choice Celebration of Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements and broke accepting his award. Melton took his mother, Sukyong Melton, to the celebration, and during his acceptance speech for the Breakthrough Performance accolade for his work in May December, couldn’t hold back his emotions. “I stand today in front …
Thursday will be cooler with highs in the 50s. Clouds return late day with a chance for a Triad shower overnight to early Wednesday.
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined in cautious trading Tuesday ahead of some key reports this week on the U.S. job market that might provide insight into the Federal Reserve’s thinking about interest rates. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices were little changed. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 1.4% in morning trading to 32,782.14. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dipped nearly 1.0% to 7,056.00. South Korea's Kospi shed 0.3% to 2,506.32. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 1.9% to 16,335.42, while the Sha
Japan's economy likely shrank slightly less than initially estimated in July-September, reflecting an expected upward revision in private sector capital investment, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday. An upward revision in a capital expenditure forecast to a 0.5% decrease from the provisional estimate for a 0.6% fall, would contribute to the modest change, analysts said. Ministry of Finance data last week showed Japanese firms increased capital expenditure in the third quarter from the same period the previous year, but it was smaller than an increase in the second quarter.
Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found more bodies among the climbers caught by a surprise eruption two days ago, raising the number of confirmed and presumed dead to 23. More than 50 climbers were rescued after the initial eruption Sunday, and 11 others were initially confirmed dead. Another eruption Monday spewed a new burst of hot ash as high as 800 meters (2,620 feet) into the air and temporarily halted search operations.
Meteorologist Devon Lucie walks us through the drop in temperatures over the next few days and highlights when and where the next freeze is possible and how cold you'll be at that time, then turns the attention to tracking our next strong cold front that could bring another bout of strong to potentially severe storms.
Marion County officials still on the hunt for suspect who shot, killed 19-year-old man
A doorbell camera captured a thief swiping a package off the doorstep of a Tampa home. Kristin Berry arrived home on Friday afternoon after taking her cat to the vet's office. She saw a package left on her doorstep but went inside to drop off her cat.
‘Leaders of a number of countries have basically sent a message out that women need to get out of the workforce and they need to be home and make more babies,’ says former Democratic presidential nominee
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Monday at 8:09 p.m. in Fullerton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Parents arrested following child abuse allegations
Team Gwen singer BIAS' fiery performance of a Johnny Cash tune on "The Voice" made Reba McEntire envious during the first round of live shows.
India is currently building a renewable energy project in a salt desert near its border with Pakistan that will likely be the world’s largest. (Dec. 4) (AP Video by Dheeraj Aithal. Produced by Joshua A. Bickel)
Statehouse Christmas Tree donor inspired by "Vermont Strong" resiliency
Carillon Tower Advisers, an investment management company, released its “Carillon Eagle Mid Cap Growth Fund” third quarter 2023 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. After a robust first half of the year, the S&P 500 Index declined 3.3% in the third quarter, leaving the market up 13.1% through the first nine […]
Indigenous Maori politicians broke with protocol at the opening of New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday, pledging allegiance first to their descendants and the country's founding document before swearing an oath to Britain’s King Charles III. New Zealand’s parliament was sitting for the first time since the Oct. 14 election. Parliamentarians must all swear an oath to King Charles III, who is the country's head of state.
"I saw gum for $6.49 at the gas station yesterday. Gum."