The Hawks dumping John Collins’ pay is the most embarrassing thing to happen in the last three years. The Hawks cut both John Collins and their salary after spending weeks denying rumors that they were about to do so in order to avoid the NBA’s luxury tax or that Collins was not a good long-term fit for the team. Get the facts. There will be different levels of great spin on what happened on Monday, but at least this franchise has now acknowledged reality with its actions, and Collins can move forward trying to restore his career. Collins’ uncle and…
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Strange bedfellows: Auto adversaries embrace Tesla EV stations. Electric car experts have been delighted with Tesla’s charging infrastructure for quite some time. However, Elon Musk’s “superchargers” have just gained support from an odd source: rival automakers. Ford was the first automaker to disclose working with Musk back in late May, and GM followed suit early this month. Last week, on Tuesday, Rivian, a manufacturer of electric trucks, said it plans to “continue to find new ways to accelerate EV adoption.” Musk has promised to allow customers with cars from competing companies to use its national network as part of the…
It’s possible that Ukraine’s success is closer than we expected. The confusion and incompleteness of the bargain that ended Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenaries’ brief uprising persist as the dust from their failed march on Moscow begins to settle. In actuality, it is obvious that anyone who asserts that the situation is not confusing is not paying attention. While the immediate repercussions of Moscow’s authority being questioned are still being felt, the longer-term effects on Russia are abundantly obvious. Both President Putin and Russia have been shown to be far more vulnerable than they would like to admit. Video…
Victor Wembanyama dines in San Antonio with the Spurs aristocracy. Victor Wembanyama, who was selected by the Spurs with the first overall pick in the draft, is doing very well in his transition to his new home in San Antonio. “Wemby,” posted to his Twitter account on Saturday night, hours after a press conference was organized to present him to all of his followers, showed him dining with some of the NBA’s all-time greats. The press conference was arranged to introduce him to all of his fans. Read more: The Hershey Bears have won the Calder Cup for the year…
PwC Australia sells division for 50p after tax leak controversy. After a scandal involving the leak of sensitive government tax plans, PwC Australia has announced that it will sell its government business for A$1 (50p). The accounting firm also revealed the arrival of a new CEO for the region. PwC Australia said in a statement that the change will allow the company to “move forward with predictability and focus.” A former partner at PwC Australia was responsible for the leak, which came to light in January. The former partner, who was assisting the Australian government, had given his former colleagues…
A tropical storm Cindy goes bad in the middle of the Atlantic. Tropical Depression Before dissipating as an open wave, Cindy continued to lose strength over the course of Sunday as a result of storm-shredding upper-level wind shear and dry air that were prevalent over the Atlantic. During a forecast discussion held earlier on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center stated, “After Cindy dissipates as a tropical cyclone, there remains support… that Cindy could regenerate farther to the north in several days when the shear begins to abate.” This was expressed in reference to the potential for Cindy to become a…
James Cameron says he knew about the sinking of the submarine days before any of us did. In an interview published on Thursday, Titanic filmmaker James Cameron revealed that he had correctly predicted what had happened to the Titan submersible less than 24 hours after it disappeared on Sunday but had watched the “futile” search unfold “hoping against hope that I was wrong.” In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Cameron, a prolific deep-sea explorer in his own right, said that he had missed the first news of OceanGate Expeditions losing touch with its submersible because he had been on…
There will be a walkout at 150 Starbucks locations over the Pride decorations. Workers at over 150 different Starbucks locations are planning to go on strike this Friday, stating that they were prevented from putting up Pride decorations at many of those sites, an allegation that the corporation denies. “Starbucks is scared of the power that their queer partners hold, and they should be,” said Moe Mills, a shift supervisor from Richmond Heights, Missouri. More than three thousand Starbucks employees are expected to begin a weeklong walkout on Friday, according to Starbucks Workers United. The strike will begin at the…
Violence in the West Bank could get out of hand. The U.N. high commissioner for human rights expressed concern on Friday that the latest outbreak of violence in the occupied West Bank might quickly get out of hand. Between Israeli military invasions and attacks by Palestinians and Jewish settlers, at least 18 people have been killed in the region this week. Volker Turk stated in a statement that “these most recent killings and acts of violence, along with the inflammatory rhetoric, only serve to drive Israelis and Palestinians deeper into an abyss.” Read more: Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, and son…
The Hershey Bears have won the Calder Cup for the year 2023. After a 3-2 overtime victory over the Coachella Valley Firebirds in Game Seven, the Capitals’ American Hockey League affiliate won the Calder Cup for the first time in franchise history. Connor McMichael and Hendrix Lapierre each scored two goals in regulation time. It was a thrilling conclusion when Mike Vecchione scored the game-winning goal at 16:19 of the first overtime. With 45 saves, Hunter Shepard secured his 14th postseason victory. After the game, Shep was awarded the Jack Butterfield Trophy as the postseason’s most valuable player. Read more:…