Day: December 18, 2024

The Mavericks franchise’s search for a new CEO has produced a remarkable hire. A Hall of Fame hire, no less. Legendary NBA executive and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Welts has agreed to become the Mavericks’ president and CEO, replacing the retiring Cynt Marshall, he told The Dallas Morning News. Welts, who turns 72 on Jan. 21, most recently was the Golden State Warriors’ …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether a controversial ban on the social media app TikTok violates the First Amendment, adding a major case to its docket this term just before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Ukraine’s forces are steadily losing ground on the battlefield. The assassination of a top general in Moscow won’t improve their war effort, analysts and Western officials say.

Krewe of Gemini members also donated canned and dry foods to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said the answers Congress has received from the FBI, Defense and Homeland on drone sightings “are not forthcoming.”