St. John’s Bryce Hopkins feels prepared for NBA leap, hopeful about draft chances

Bryce Hopkins’ college career started with John Calipari. It also included Ed Cooley and Kim English. But nobody got him ready for the last few months better than Rick Pitino. “Coach P definitely prepared me the most to be where I am today and to go through these NBA workouts, all the traveling and all the work you’re putting in behind the scenes,” the former Red Storm star said ahead of this week’s NBA draft. “How Coach P ran his system and the culture he has at St. John’s, it translates so easily to what these NBA teams are doing.…

Kristi Noem’s cross-dressing hubby Bryon allegedly continued messaging dominatrix after bombshell report: ‘I’ve been a really bad boy’

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s cross-dressing husband, Bryon, allegedly sent a pathetic, sexually charged text message to a sex worker more than a month after his bizarre “bimbofication” fetish was exposed in a bombshell report.  Shy Sotomayor, a dominatrix who allegedly had a secret, years-long online tryst with Bryon,…

Exclusive | DOJ sues New York over law barring federal agents from wearing masks

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is suing New York over a law set to take effect this week that would bar federal agents from wearing masks, opening them up to “harassment, tracking, intimidation, and assaults.” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate and other DOJ attorneys…

Lakers must prove Luka Doncic is priority by drafting a center

Luka Dončić will be closely watching how this unfolds.  Ever since he was traded to the Lakers in February 2025, they’ve vowed to build a contender around him.  Well, summer 2026 has arrived and the sand is now streaming through the hourglass. The Lakers could have up to nine free agents. And…

High hantavirus levels found in rodents in parts of US — suggesting greater exposure risk: study

Researchers found unusually high hantavirus levels in rodents in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting greater exposure risk in the surrounding agricultural communities. The area with the biggest prevalence is the Palouse region, which includes parts of eastern Washington and north-central Idaho in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary…

Angels’ Mike Trout gives blunt response to deafening trade rumors

He’s one of the best players of his generation. 3-time MVP. 11-time All-Star. 9-time Silver Slugger winner. And yet, Mike Trout is faced with one of the most painful decisions most elite athletes must make. Does Trout, arguably the greatest player in the history of the Los Angeles Angels —…

Can AI really simulate human thinking? Research casts doubt on an influential study, suggesting an advanced model was just really good at memorizing patterns.

Researchers have cast doubt on an influential 2025 study that claimed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model could accurately simulate human thought.That study, published in the journal Nature, concluded that a large language model (LLM) called Centaur could “predict and simulate human behavior” with up to 64% accuracy across a…

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