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Furphy declares for draft while retaining college eligibility – KU Sports
It has indeed been a whirlwind for Furphy, a native of Melbourne, Australia, who not that long ago hadn’t even been planning on playing college basketball during the 2023-24 season — he was going to reclassify — and only established himself as a top-notch recruit nine months ago when he was playing at the NBA Academy Games in Atlanta.
How newest NBA Jayhawks Dick and Wilson fared in their rookie year – KU Sports
Toronto Raptors rookie wing Gradey Dick mustered his best scoring performance of the season in its final days, as he went off for 24 points — including six 3-pointers — last Wednesday.
Eraser Dust
Dubai flooding hobbles major airport’s operations as “historic weather event” brings torrential rains to UAE – CBS News
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting travel through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.”
In the Historically Red Badrock Canyon, Three-Way House Race Takes Shape – Flathead Beacon
Democrat Steve Paugh and Independent Colton Little are pitching a fight to oust two-term Republican Rep. Braxton Mitchell, who has made a name for himself in Montana politics as a staunch Gen-Z conservative. Mitchell carried eight successful bills through the Legislature in 2023, including the creation of a new state veterans cemetery in Columbia Falls and the revision of education laws to mandate financial literacy education.
Michael Douglas reveals how he wanted Hank Pym to die in ‘Ant-Man’ sequel
Michael Douglas once had a big idea for how he wanted his character, Hank Pym, to have a tiny little death in Marvel’s latest Ant-Man sequel.
Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency after alleged 2015 gun incident – The Washington Post
The new documents, which provide additional detail about an incident first reported by The Washington Post this month, include a detailed written statement from Sheehy to a law enforcement officer regarding Sheehy having accidentally shot himself on Oct. 18, 2015 — an account that he now says was a lie.
Star Wars Will Never Move Beyond George Lucas’ Biggest Prequel Trilogy Mistake
George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels introduced the concept of attachments. In essence, Jedi view deep relationships and “attachments” to others as an inherent vulnerability – though the Jedi are encouraged to feel general love and compassion for all people and living things, they are discouraged from forming deep, dependent friendships and, above all, passionate and lasting romantic relationships. This is because these relationships can potentially become “possessive,” forcing Jedi to tap into negative emotions such as jealousy, anger, fear, and grief, all of which can lead to the dark side.
Circus elephant gets loose, goes for stroll through Butte
An elephant was caught on camera Tuesday roaming the streets in Butte.
The Jordan World Circus is in town and the elephant apparently escaped from their show. The elephant is now safe with its handlers.
Impatience over stalled tax deal grows in Senate | The Hill
Supporters of a bipartisan tax deal that sailed through the House in January are growing impatient as the measure stalls in the Senate amid Republican opposition to the bill’s expansion of a credit for working families.
Community members are cleaning up trash around Kalispell
“We’re here to establish community bonds and help community members. handle a need. We saw a need. We heard about a need everybody was in an uproar about the need and we’re out here fixing it,” said cleanup organizer Rebecca Couture.
We Asked 3 Chefs to Name the Best Frozen Pizza, and They All Picked the Same One
The instant favorite amongst the chefs I interviewed is none other than “Stouffer’s French Bread Pizza, 100%” says Chef Jeff Strauss of OyBar in Los Angeles. “As a child, as a stoned teenager, in college [I’d eat it] frozen, like not even cooked, eating it like pizza ice cream.”
Salary a single person needs to live comfortably in every state
A single person will need to earn over six figures to live comfortably in the most expensive U.S. states, a SmartAsset analysis reveals.