The National Weather Service issued a flood warning at 7:22 p.m. on Tuesday in effect until Wednesday at 7 a.m. for Jackson, Madison and Marshall counties. The weather service says, “Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast for Paint Rock River near Woodville.” The weather service comments, “Turn around, don’t drown when encountering…
In a revealing survey by the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs (JCFA), some 64% of the Israeli public stands against establishing a Palestinian state as part of the normalization process with Saudi Arabia. The full report will be unveiled at the 13th Annual Jerusalem Post Conference in New York next week. In collaboration with the…
MLB umpire Ángel Hernández is retiring effective immediately, ending a controversial three-decade-long career that in recent years turned Hernández into a source of consternation with players and a punching bag among fans on social media. The 62-year-old Hernández, who in a statement confirmed earlier reports he would be retiring, reached a settlement to leave Major…
Images have been circulating online claiming to show Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition cooler and as you’d expect, they show an enormous cooler with huge heatsink and a pair of massive fans. The massive four-slot cooler images surfaced recently ahead of an expected announcement for Nvidia’s RTX 5000-series later this, but they’re not what…
Celia, Katrina and Harvey — these names are well known for people along the Gulf Coast. Before 1953, tropical storms and hurricanes were tracked by year and the order in which they occurred during that year, not by names. At first, the United States only used female names for storms. It wasn’t until 1978 when…
Israeli forces are pushing deeper into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, despite an order last week from the top U.N. court to halt its operation against Hamas there. One witness told NPR that Israeli tanks had been spotted in western Rafah, on the opposite side of the city from where the offensive began on…
The Timberwolves have been an NBA franchise for 35 seasons and have made it beyond the first round of the playoffs in exactly two of them. You might have heard this before. This is not a team that has enjoyed much success over its existence, so fans have understandably been over the moon with this…
I’ve alluded to it many times, but for those unaware: I am in Germany right now. Since March 1, all my Boston Celtics watching, writing, and writhing in pain has come from Germany while I study at a university here until August. It’s been an incredible experience but has the awkward drawback of being…
The amazing thing about Bill Walton is that he led multiple lives. Most of us lead only one. Walton was an American original, the rare figure worthy of a documentary. He was, in no particular order, a legendary college basketball player for UCLA, an activist arrested for protesting the Vietnam War, an NBA champion for…