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Lanier, NBA force who left big shoes to fill, dies at 73 Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 73.
May 2022
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Schauffele welcomes new scenery
Xander Schauffele has to get used to his surroundings in a hurry. The world No.
What is Biden doing about protests at justices’ homes?
WASHINGTON -- Protesters outside Brett Kavanaugh's house warned the Supreme Court justice this weekend, "If you take away our choices, we will riot." They marched on Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s home chanting "Abort the court!" and stood outside the home of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. (who apparently did not vote to overturn Roe v. Wade) yelling "The whole world is watching!"
Uncle Mort and prayers for rain
My old Uncle Mort is nothing if not analytical, even when he’s not even looking for ways to make easy bucks. He called recently to provide his analysis of members of the Thicket Community Church whose pastor called for a special midweek prayer session appealing for rain. It would be at high noon on the church lawn.
New tech lets Google get more multilingual
LIMA, Peru – About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas was long all but impossible.
Island embraces greener future
TILOS, Greece – When deciding where to test green tech, Greek policymakers picked the remotest point on the map: tiny Tilos. Providing electricity and basic services, and even access by ferry, are all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants.
Workers at Target in Va. file for union vote
NEW YORK – Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, filed paperwork Tuesday with federal labor regulators to hold a union election, joining a wave of union organizing at other retailers around the country.
Bigger travelers often face poor fits and rude behavior
I’m a fat woman. Like most fat people, I face myriad challenges traveling and adventuring the way that I want to. Being fat extends to every single part of traveling from flights, to buses, hotels and restaurants. Even where we do “fit,” the treatment we face from other people around us and sometimes the staff – it’s indescribable.
Report: ACL Fest had $369M impact
After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Austin City Limit Music Festival’s return to Zilker Park in 2021 had a $369 million impact on the local economy, according to a report released Tuesday by the event’s organizers.
What will the pandemic look like this summer?
The past two pandemic summers saw a spike in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and death, but this season may be different. Though health experts expect cases to rise, they said the wave won’t be as devastating as the previous two summers or the surge of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.