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NBA mock draft: Wembanyama to Spurs 1st, then Brandon Miller to Hornets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

There’s no doubt who the San Antonio Spurs are going to select with the first pick in this year’s NBA draft. Victor Wembanyama could have started packing for Texas once the Spurs learned they had won the NBA draft lottery.But once the 7-foot-3 French phenom is off the board minutes after the draft begins on June 22, that’s when the intrigue will begin.Scoot Henderson or Brandon Miller to the Charlotte Hornets at No. 2?The first edition of the AP’s 2023 mock draft says it’ll be Miller.1. SAN ANTONIO SPURS: VICTOR WEMBANYAMA, FORWARD, FRANCEHis combination of a center’s size and a guard’s shooting and dribbling make the 19-year-old a prospect perhaps unlike any other the NBA has seen. The Spurs won five NBA titles after taking Tim Duncan in 1997 the last time they had the No. 1 pick and dream of a similar impact from Wembanyama. 2. CHARLOTTE HORNETS: BRANDON MILLER, FORWARD, ALABAMAAt 6-9, Miller has the size, versatility and 3-point stroke to make him an...

US and South African firefighters to battle wildfires in Canada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — More than 300 firefighters from the United States and South Africa are heading to Canada in the coming days to help the country battle an unprecedented wildfire season.Federal officials said Thursday at least 100 U.S. firefighters will be arriving in Nova Scotia over the weekend to help knock down out-of-control wildfires that have forced about 21,000 people from their homes since Sunday.Another 200 firefighters arriving from South Africa will likely end up in Alberta, though officials say the wildfire situation in the country is fluid.In Nova Scotia, two major fires that remain out of control — one in suburban Halifax, the other in the southwestern corner of the province — have already destroyed at least 200 homes and cottages.Still, fire officials announced Friday that the fire near Halifax had been 50% contained, and it did not grow on Wednesday.The latest contingent of arriving international firefighters will be joining hundreds of their colleagues fr...

“Algo andaba mal durante mucho tiempo”: Tallulah Willis habla sobre el diagnóstico de demencia de su padre, Bruce Willis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

(CNN) — La hija de Bruce Willis, Tallulah, reveló sus dificultades para aceptar el diagnóstico de demencia frontotemporal (FTD) de su padre y compartió detalles sobre su impacto en la vida de su familia.“Sigo dando vueltas entre el presente y el pasado cuando hablo de Bruce: él es, él era, él es, él era. Eso es porque tengo esperanzas en mi padre que me resisto a dejar ir”, escribió la hija de 29 años de la estrella de “Die Hard” y su exesposa Demi Moore, en un largo ensayo en primera persona para la revista Vogue, publicado este miércoles.Tallulah recordó los primeros signos de la enfermedad de su padre, que inicialmente la familia anunció como afasia, una condición que puede dificultar la comunicación. Desde entonces, su familia compartió que el actor vive con FTD, que afecta áreas del cerebro generalmente asociadas con la personalidad, el comportamiento y el lenguaje, según la Clínica Mayo.Bruce Willis sufre demencia frontotemporal: ¿en qué consiste la enfermedad?Bruce y Ta...

Shelter-in-place issued in Arvada near 54th and Cody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A shelter-in-place was issued in Arvada Thursday morning.A tweet from Arvada Police Department asked locals to avoid the area of 54th Avenue and Cody Street.They said that officers were negotiating with a suspect in a parked stolen vehicle. The suspect was possibly armed, according to APD.SkyFOX was overhead as one person exited the vehicle and was taken away from the immediate area by police.This is a breaking news story. FOX31 has a photographer at the scene and will provide updates as we learn more.

History says the NBA Finals will end in 6 games, the most common of all outcomes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The NBA Finals will end in six games. At least, that’s what history says.Out of the first 76 editions of the NBA Finals — the 77th title series starts Thursday night in Denver when the Nuggets play host to the Miami Heat — the series has ended in six games 30 times.That’s by far the most common outcome.The title series has gone to Game 7 on 19 occasions, ended in five games on 18 occasions and wound up as a four-game sweep only nine times. ‘You’re on’: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock accepts NBA Finals wager from Miami’s mayor Each of the last four years has seen the finals end in exactly six games — Toronto over Golden State in 2019, the Los Angeles Lakers over the Heat in 2020, Milwaukee over Phoenix in 2021 and Golden State over Boston last season.DENVER AT HOMEThe Nuggets will tie a franchise record by playing their 50th home game of the season on Thursday night, when they host Game 1 of the NBA Finals. (And that, of course, means they’ll break the team record in Ga...

Netherlands to probe Chinese chips takeover

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

The Dutch government has decided to review a Chinese-owned firm’s takeover of a Delft-based microchips startup.Nowi, which develops chips that harvest energy, was acquired in November last year by Nexperia, a firm headquartered in the Netherlands but owned by Chinese tech firm Wingtech. That acquisition will now be reviewed under a new investment-screening law that entered into force Thursday, Harald Hanemaaijer, spokesperson at the Dutch economy ministry, confirmed to POLITICO. The news was first reported by Dutch media. The law gives the Dutch government new powers to scrutinize investments or full takeovers when critical infrastructure or sensitive technology is in play. “Certain states want to exercise power by influence over companies, technologies and critical infrastructure. This can affect the national security of the Netherlands,” Micky Adriaansens, the Dutch economy minister, said at the final parliamentary debate on the bill in mid-April. An initial revi...

Tallulah Willis opens up about father Bruce Willis’ dementia diagnosis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

(CNN) — Bruce Willis’ daughter, Tallulah, has revealed her difficulties coming to terms with her father’s frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis and shared details about its impact on her family’s life.“I keep flipping between the present and the past when I talk about Bruce: he is, he was, he is, he was. That’s because I have hopes for my father that I’m so reluctant to let go of,” the 29-year-old daughter of the “Die Hard” star and his ex-wife Demi Moore wrote in a lengthy first-person essay for Vogue, published Wednesday.She recalled the first signs of her father’s illness, which the family initially announced was aphasia, a condition that can hinder communication. His family has since shared that the actor is living with FTD, which affects areas of the brain generally associated with personality, behavior and language, according to the Mayo Clinic.“I’ve known that something was wrong for a long time,” she wrote. “It started out with a kind of vague...

Derailment of train carrying hazardous materials in Minnesota closes highway, but there are no signs of leakage, officials say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

(CNN) — A train carrying hazardous materials derailed in northwestern Minnesota just south of the Canadian border Wednesday, leaving no immediate signs of leaks but forcing a highway closure, officials said.The Canadian Pacific train of 25 cars, including some tank cars carrying an unspecified flammable liquid, derailed in Lancaster while on its way to Canada, Kittson County Emergency Management Director Scot Olson told CNN.No leaks or injuries were reported, said Olson, who added precautionary measures were being taken in case leaks did happen.Details about what caused the derailment weren’t immediately available.US 59, which runs through Lancaster, was closed south of the city Wednesday to allow emergency responders, inspectors and cleanup crews to work at the derailment site, the Minnesota Department of Transportation tweeted. The department didn’t address when the highway could reopen, but said the site work could take two to three days.The closure covered a roughly 7-...

Whitman mother jailed for failing to get medical help for 2-year-old daughter who died

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and reckless endangerment in connection with the 2019 death of her 2-year-old daughter, prosecutors said.Shaniqua Leonard was sentenced Wednesday to up to four years in prison. Prosecutors had sought up to 10 years behind bars for the Whitman woman.Leonard was not charged with causing the child’s injuries, but prosecutors said the mother failed to seek medical attention for her obviously distressed daughter in a timely manner.Her attorney previously said there was no evidence his client caused the girl’s injuries and said Leonard did not seek medical help sooner because she had six other children to care for.After Wednesday’s hearing, attorney Michael Tumposky said that his client had sought help from the state Department of Children and Families.“She’s someone who asked for help around the the care of her child many, many times from DCF and she didn’t receive the assistance that she needed,...

Debt limit bill gives Republicans IRS cuts, but Democrats say they expect little near-term impact

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:29 GMT

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEVIN FREKING (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are seeking to make good on their campaign promise to rein in the IRS with cutbacks built into the debt ceiling and budget cuts package moving through Congress.The bill rescinds $1.4 billion given to the federal tax collector in the Democrats’ health and energy package that was approved last year on party line votes. The White House says the debt deal also includes a separate agreement to take $20 billion from the IRS over the next two years and divert those funds to other nondefense programs.Democrats expended a lot of political capital to get the IRS more money last year. They faced an onslaught of campaign ads, many of them misleading, about the expected hiring of 87,000 “new agents” to target low- and middle-class Americans.Now, Biden administration officials are offering assurances that the spending cuts secured by Republican negotiators will have minimal impact on the agency’s operations ...