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Tim BontempsJan 14, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseTim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast.NBA All-Star voting will close at 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, with the five starters from each conference announced Monday and reserves selected by the league’s coaches Feb. 1.As fans submit their last-minute ballots, which players should get in? Which contenders are on the bubble? Which stars could…

Former OpenAI exec Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is saying goodbye to two of its co-founders, both of whom are headed back to OpenAI. Another former OpenAI staffer who went to work for Murati’s startup is also headed back to the company. On social media on Wednesday, Murati announced the departure of Barret Zoph, the company’s co-founder and CTO. “We have parted ways with Barret,” Murati said in a post on X. “Soumith Chintala will be the new CTO of Thinking Machines. He is a brilliant and seasoned leader who has made important contributions to the AI field for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The housing official appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lead New York City’s newly revived Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants previously said, “White, middle-class homeowners are a huge problem for a renter justice movement” and argued organizers must “undermine the institution of homeownership,” during a 2021 podcast appearance.Cea Weaver, who was named director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants on Jan. 1 through an executive order signed by Mamdani, made the remarks during a September 2021 episode of the “Bad Faith podcast” while discussing eviction policy and renter organizing strategies.The comments…

In this Nov. 30, 2021, photo, syringes and vials of Naloxone are shown during the media tour of the supervised drug injection site OnPoint, in New York. Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images A Trump administration official has confirmed to NPR that sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. Letters terminating funding went out late Tuesday night, sending shockwaves through the country’s public health system. Letters will be sent soon restoring that funding. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the Department of Health and Human…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysHundreds of thousands of Verizon customers are currently experiencing a data outage.This prevents users from making phone calls and browsing on cellular networks.An SOS icon will appear on select iPhone models due to the outage.If you’re suddenly finding yourself with no Verizon signal, you’re not alone. The Big Red cellular network is currently experiencing a major service outage in the US, with over 2 million reports over the past 24 hours across major cities, including New York City, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Houston.Also: Is Verizon down? How to check your local…

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VICTORIA, British Columbia — Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia is ending its three-year experiment in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs. British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne announced Wednesday the province is not seeking an extension of its agreement with Canada’s federal health agency that allowed the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession.Osborne said the goal of the three-year pilot project slated to end Jan. 31 was to make it easier for people to come forward and seek help, but it “hasn’t delivered the results” officials hoped for.Oregon’s first-in-the-United States experiment with drug decriminalization…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A private business jet carrying three people onboard was violently thrown off a Colorado runway Tuesday after a sudden, brutal gust of wind slammed the side of the plane as it landed, officials announced.The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office said the plane, which had two pilots and one passenger onboard, skidded roughly “300 yards off the runway” and sustained substantial damage in multiple areas of the aircraft.The jet lost directional control around 12:15 p.m. at Telluride Regional Airport in western Colorado, the sheriff’s office announced later in the afternoon.”The pilot told deputies that just…

Zoe Saldaña is celebrating becoming the highest-grossing actor of all time, following the box office success of Avatar: Fire and Ash. The Oscar winner took to her Instagram on Tuesday to share her appreciation for those who helped her achieve this rare milestone. “I just want to express my sincerest gratitude for the extraordinary journey that has led me to become the highest-grossing film actor of all time today,” she said in a video. “An achievement made possible entirely, entirely by the incredible franchises and the collaborators that I have been fortunate enough to be a part of, to every…

Updated on Jan. 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET: Eight hours after the mobile outage began, Verizon still hasn’t made any statements on the cause of the problem, and customers are still reporting a lack of service. The problem is serious enough that the Federal Communications Commission has now weighed in: This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. Updated on Jan. 14 at 5:57 p.m. ET: The platform Downdetector has now received more than 1.7 million user error reports for Verizon. By Wednesday evening, some Verizon customers reported restored service; however, many social media users…