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San Francisco hosts New Orleans after Johnson’s 24-point game

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

New Orleans Privateers (4-5) at San Francisco Dons (6-3)San Francisco; Monday, 10 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: New Orleans visits the San Francisco Dons after Jordan Johnson scored 24 points in New Orleans’ 87-82 loss to the San Jose State Spartans.The Dons have gone 3-0 in home games. San Francisco is 6-1 in games decided by at least 10 points.The Privateers have gone 1-4 away from home. New Orleans has a 0-2 record in games decided by less than 4 points.San Francisco’s average of 8.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.9 more made shots on average than the 7.2 per game New Orleans allows. New Orleans averages 18.1 more points per game (79.7) than San Francisco gives up to opponents (61.6).TOP PERFORMERS: Marcus Williams is scoring 15.2 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Dons. Jonathan Mogbo is averaging 15.2 points and 10.3 rebounds while shooting 72.8% for San Francisco.Johnson is averaging 23.3 points, 4.6 assists and 1.7 steals for the Privateers....

Stonehill plays New Hampshire on 8-game road slide

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

Stonehill Skyhawks (1-10) at New Hampshire Wildcats (6-4)Durham, New Hampshire; Monday, 7 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Stonehill travels to New Hampshire looking to end its eight-game road slide.The Wildcats are 4-0 in home games. New Hampshire is sixth in the America East in team defense, giving up 73.0 points while holding opponents to 41.0% shooting.The Skyhawks are 0-8 on the road. Stonehill is seventh in the NEC with 10.9 assists per game led by Tony Felder averaging 3.4.New Hampshire is shooting 41.9% from the field this season, 5.0 percentage points lower than the 46.9% Stonehill allows to opponents. Stonehill’s 38.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.1 percentage points lower than New Hampshire has allowed to its opponents (41.0%).TOP PERFORMERS: Clarence O. Daniels II is scoring 19.1 points per game and averaging 8.7 rebounds for the Wildcats. Ahmad Robinson is averaging 16.6 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 43.7% for New Hampshire.Jackson Benigni is a...

EU environment chief warns against ‘legitimizing’ the far right’s Green Deal attack

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The “biggest danger” to the European Union and its climate efforts is the mainstream parties normalizing the far right’s anti-green assault, the EU’s environment commissioner warned.Virginijus Sinkevičius told POLITICO that he’s concerned to see moderate politicians adopting far-right talking points on green legislation ahead of next year’s European Parliament election. “I see some traditional parties might be inclined to legitimize those attacks on the Green Deal. … That’s the biggest danger I see,” he said in an interview on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit taking place in Dubai. Sinkevičius — who is considered to be close to the European Greens — would not be drawn on whether he was referring to center-right parties in particular. But he spoke of parties using arguments “that maybe deserve to be memes on the internet, rather than to be seriously discussed.” The center-right European People’s Party this yea...

Dombrovskis signals Brussels will push ahead on Mercosur despite French opposition

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

Brussels is pushing for an agreement on a free-trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries despite French dissent, with the EU trade chief saying Paris “should have a look at what is actually in that final agreement.” Negotiations on the EU’s planned trade deal with Mercosur have stalled as Brazil signalled that the new Argentinian government would need to approve it. France, a long-time opponent of the deal, has derided the environmental aspects of the proposed accord. Despite those objections, EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told the Financial Times that the majority of EU countries support the EU-Mercosur deal and that Brussels is committed to try to “finalize this agreement.” “I think the French side should have a look at what is actually in that final agreement, which we are still negotiating, and how far it addresses the concerns the president has stated,” said Dombrovskis. French President Emmanuel Macron last weekend criticized ...

US prosecutors reveal sweeping scope of bid to debunk Trump election machine claims

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

Special counsel Jack Smith on Saturday sharply rejected Donald Trump’s contention that foreign governments may have changed votes in the 2020 election, laying bare new details about his team’s extensive probe of the matter and its access to a vast array of senior intelligence officials in Trump’s administration.In a 45-page filing, Smith’s team describes interviewing more than a dozen of the top intelligence officials in Trump’s administration — from his director of national intelligence to the administrator of the NSA to Trump’s personal intelligence briefer — about any evidence that foreign governments had penetrated systems that counted votes in 2020.“The answer from every single official was no,” senior assistant special counsel Thomas Windom writes in the filing.The filing was part of the special counsel’s opposition to a bid by Trump to access a broad swath of classified intelligence as part of his defense against charges that he conspired to subvert the 2020 election and dise...

Patriots mailbag: What’s Bailey Zappe’s future with organization?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

The Patriots’ 2023 season certainly took a turn when the offense suddenly looked competent with Bailey Zappe as the starting quarterback in Week 14.So, is this sustainable? And what does Zappe’s future with the organization look like after Thursday’s start?That’s what fans want to know in this week’s mailbag.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots lose veteran LB again to Dolphins New England Patriots | Source: Patriots lose offensive coach with 4 games left New England Patriots | Patriots release hybrid RB/WR to make room for ex-Eagles linebacker New England Patriots | Bill Belichick opens up about what Army-Navy Game at Gillette Stadium means to him New England Patriots | Bailey Zappe’s impressive win still not enough for Bill Belichick to name him Patriots future starting QB @Birdy_BetsWhy go to Zappe now? They were in a position to be able to address their QB sit...

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy heads to Argentina in bid to win support from developing nations

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading to Buenos Aires to witness the swearing-in on Sunday of Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, Zelenskyy’s office said.It is the Ukrainian leader’s first-ever trip to Latin America as Kyiv continues to court support among developing nations for its 21-month-old fight against Russia’s invading forces. A political outsider who has railed against what he calls entrenched official corruption in Argentina and promised to uproot the political establishment, Milei ran on a pro-Western foreign policy platform, repeatedly expressing distrust of Moscow and Beijing.Zelenskyy phoned Milei shortly after the Argentinian’s electoral victory, thanking him for his “clear support for Ukraine” which he described in social media posts as “well-noticed and appreciated by Ukrainians.”In its readout of the call published shortly later, Milei’s office said he had offered to host a summit between Ukraine and Latin American state...

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads, and is the latest divisive public personality to get back their banned account.Musk posted a poll on Saturday asking if Jones should be reinstated, with the results showing 70% of those who responded in favor. Early Sunday, Musk tweeted, “The people have spoken and so it shall be.”A few hours later, Jones’ posts were visible again — the last one from 2018, when the company permanently banned him and his Infowars show for abusive behavior.Musk, who has described himself as a free speech absolutist, said the move was about protecting those rights. In response to a user who posted that “permanent account bans a...

The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It’s irked some other nations at COP28

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The European Union’s plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, as poorer countries argue that the tax will harm livelihoods and economic growth.Known as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the tax wants to set a price on the carbon emitted to make energy-intensive products like iron, steel, cement, fertilizers and aluminum in non-EU countries. The EU says this creates a level-playing field for domestically-manufactured goods that have to adhere to stricter green standards and also reduces emissions from imports. But other nations, particularly developing countries, are worried this would harm their economies and make it too expensive to trade with the bloc.“CBAM’s sole aim is to prevent carbon leakage” elsewhere in the supply chain, European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said at a press conference at COP28....

Tyler Cowen: The YIMBY movement needs to go commercial

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:33:43 GMT

The YIMBY movement has so far focused on the deregulation of the residential housing market. In California, for instance, a variety of legal changes have made it easier to build more densely. In the commercial market, there is no real YIMBY movement — and not just because offices tend not to have backyards. What would “Yes in My Backyard” even mean in the context of commercial real estate?A new economic research paper offers a hint of an answer: Most likely, there would be taller buildings, more mixed-use neighborhoods and considerably more wealth.One way to approach this question is to look at less regulated cities. According to one widely used index, the least regulated metro area in the U.S. is Midland, Texas. Midland isn’t particularly large or well-known, with a population of about 132,000, yet one of its nicknames is the “Tall City” because of its downtown skyline. When there is freedom to build, going vertical often is most cost-effective.F...