The Los Angeles Lakers saw their season come to a much earlier end than anyone around the organization would have hoped. For the second straight season, Los Angeles fell at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, this time in the first round of the postseason. Following the loss, Los Angeles has now fired their head coach, Darvin Ham, and are entering the offseason with more questions than answers.This includes the fate of superstar forward LeBron James. James can opt out of his current contract with...
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently made a public gesture intended to punish Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for his inability to achieve the Kremlin's military goals in Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).The ISW, a U.S.-based think tank, wrote in a Thursday assessment of the war in Ukraine that Putin held a publicized meeting with a known rival of Shoigu as a way of possibly "seeking to reduce" the defense minister's power.The report from the ISW follows...
Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green seems to be enjoying his offseason.First, he took great pleasure in the Phoenix Suns getting swept out of the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves due to his ongoing feud with big man Jusuf Nurkić. Now, less than a week later, he was back on his podcast talking about the Suns. But this time, he is taking some shots at their general manager, James Jones.In Jones' exit interview following the Suns' disappointing first-round loss, he said the team would...
An Oklahoma used a lawnmower accident as a teaching opportunity for his daughters when he discovered he accidentally ran over a rattlesnake.Josh Pray was mowing the lawn on his family's 3.5 acres of country fields when the mower hit a bump. Over a phone interview, Pray told Newsweek that it isn't uncommon for the mower to hit objects. This time, he discovered he hit a rattlesnake."I never heard it over the lawn mower," Pray said. "I do assume it was trying to rattle to warn me to stay away."Pray...
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Star Wars actor Mark Hamill praised President Joe Biden as "Joe-bi Wan Kenobi" during a surprise appearance at the White House.Hamill, best known for portraying Luke Skywalker in the iconic sci-fi franchise, praised the president during a brief and seemingly impromptu visit to a regular media briefing, alongside White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday.The actor arrived to the press conference wearing Biden-supplied sunglasses and hailed the president's legislative track record...
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One of the biggest storylines occurred on April 20 when Ryan Garcia gave undefeated boxing champion Devin Haney his first professional loss. The weeks leading up to the fight had everyone guessing, especially with Garcia's wild behavior on social media. He was shown slurring his words and making conspiracy claims that he knows who murdered rapper Tupac Shakur.Garcia showcased some alarming behavior, which worried many people and left the impression the fight was going to be called off. The fight...
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Hope Hicks, a former aide to Donald Trump, crying in court is "brutally damaging" for the ex-President in his Manhattan trial, lawyer George Conway says.Following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, Trump, who is the presumed GOP presidential nominee, was indicted in March 2023 on 34 charges of allegedly falsifying business records relating to hush money payments that were made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign.Daniels...
A senior Ukrainian intelligence official warned about the threat Moscow poses on other nations in Europe, saying "the Russians will take the Baltics in seven days" if allies don't stand up to Russia now.The comment was made by Major-General Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence directorate (GUR), during an interview with The Economist published on Thursday.The alarm has been sounded before about the potential of Russian President Vladimir Putin looking to start...