Breaking down the NBA’s playoff blowout problem
Blowouts were a problem during the 2022 NBA Playoffs. But how bad was it? Stacker used Stathead to unearth the data behind playoff blowouts.
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We ranked 20 former group members by their solo career success—here’s who’s #1
Stacker determined 20 of the most successful solo artists who were also a member of a band, using data from the Recording Industry Association of America and Billboard.
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States with the most UFO sightings
Stacker compiled a ranking of the states with the most reported UFO sightings Using data from NUFORC’s 24/7 hotline.
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5 casino companies that rake in more than $1B per year
OLBG collected revenue data for the largest casino companies in the U.S. to compile this list of casino companies that make over $1 billion annually.
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15 great films shot on location in rural and wide-open landscapes
Giggster assembled a list of 15 films shot in rural landscapes, from the creepy farm backdrop in “Night of the Living Dead” to the Japanese village in “Seven Samurai.”
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15 iconic director-screenwriter partnerships
Partnerships often create movie magic. Giggster took a look at the most significant director-screenwriter duos who stand out across film history.
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Iconic one-hit wonders over the past 50-plus years
In this list of the most famous one-hit wonders, Stacker has rounded up iconic single-hit musicians over the past 50-plus years including Carl Douglas, Devo, Right Said Fred, Aqua, and others.
Continue ReadingWoman sues Houston Texans over former QB Deshaun Watson’s alleged behavior
By Jennifer Henderson, Wayne Sterling and Travis Caldwell, CNN With NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson facing a possible suspension from the league for his alleged conduct, a civil lawsuit has been filed against the Houston Texans for allegedly enabling his “egregious behavior” and shielding Watson to protect him and the Texans organization. Watson — who played
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North Korea on alert for downpour damages amid COVID crisis
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it is making all-out efforts to prevent potential damages caused by heavy rains this week that could aggravate the country’s economic hardships amid its COVID-19 outbreak. North Korea’s weather authorities issued alerts for torrential downpours in most of its regions from Monday
Continue Reading NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, who replaced Cuomo, faces Democrats
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Voters were casting ballots in a governor’s race Tuesday that for the first time in more than a decade did not include the name “Cuomo” at the top of the ticket. Instead, the most prominent name for Democrats is Kathy Hochul, who was propelled into
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in Epstein sex abuse case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, is set to be sentenced Tuesday for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. The 11 a.m. sentencing in New York is the culmination of a prosecution
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: NATO holds summit with gaze on Russia — and China
By JOSEPH WILSON and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid this week with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western democracies. U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders of the world’s most powerful military alliance want to show strength
Continue ReadingBiden officials privately doubt that Ukraine can win back all of its territory
CNN By Natasha Bertrand, CNN White House officials are losing confidence that Ukraine will ever be able to take back all of the land it has lost to Russia over the past four months of war, US officials told CNN, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to
Continue Reading Democrats Bruce, Matthews vie to face South Carolina’s Scott
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two women are in a Democratic primary runoff to challenge U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, who said this will be his last term if he is reelected. Author and preservationist Catherine Fleming Bruce and state Rep. Krystle Matthews finished first and second in a June 14 Democratic
Continue Reading 46 migrants found dead in abandoned trailer in San Antonio
By ERIC GAY and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in what marked the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people were
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Hong Kong burnishes China ties as luster as global hub fades
By ZEN SOO and JOE McDONALD Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As it marks the 25th anniversary of its return to China, the former British colony of Hong Kong is transforming itself from a global business hub to nurture its ties with the communist-ruled mainland. The semi-autonomous territory of 7.5 million people is reeling
Continue Reading Hong Kong burnishes China ties as luster as global hub fades
By ZEN SOO and JOE McDONALD Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As it marks the 25th anniversary of its return to China, the former British colony of Hong Kong is transforming itself from a global business hub to nurture its ties with the communist-ruled mainland. The semi-autonomous territory of 7.5 million people is reeling
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Abortion clinics in the Deep South are dealing with the realities of a post-Roe v. Wade world
CNN By Amir Vera and Randi Kaye, CNN Jenny and Lisa had two very different experiences when they each decided to visit the Alabama Women’s Center in Huntsville, nearly two weeks apart. Lisa, 18, was able to undergo an abortion procedure on June 10, she told CNN Monday. Jenny, 18, came in Monday unaware that
Continue Reading Abortion clinics in the Deep South are dealing with the realities of a post-Roe v. Wade world
By Amir Vera and Randi Kaye, CNN Jenny and Lisa had two very different experiences when they each decided to visit the Alabama Women’s Center in Huntsville, nearly two weeks apart. Lisa, 18, was able to undergo an abortion procedure on June 10, she told CNN Monday. Jenny, 18, came in Monday unaware that the
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