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Israel resumes bombardment of Gaza after cease-fire with Hamas ends
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Family members of the American citizens still being held hostage in Gaza are urging the Red Cross to act on its imperative to deliver life-saving care immediately.
“We are outraged knowing our loved ones, including those with grave injuries, have not yet received the critically needed medical care and humanitarian aid from the Red Cross to which they are entitled under the pause agreement with Hamas,” the families said in a statement released Friday.
The families urged the Red Cross to honor its international mandate to visit civilian detainees in times of war to monitor their treatment and conditions.
“The United States funds 25% of the Red Cross’s budget. Yet not a single American hostage has been visited to date. After 55 days of agony, we still don’t know anything about the condition of our loved ones, but we do know many of them were taken with life-threatening injuries, and they need medical attention now,” the statement continued.
“We call on the Red Cross to demand immediate, unfettered access to the nearly 150 hostages still in captivity. We urge the U.S. government and international community to use their influence and financial leverage to push the Red Cross to fulfill its role and responsibility to the hostages. And we implore donors, financial institutions, and other supporters of the Red Cross to make their voices heard on the matter and demand action to provide oversight and life-saving care to hostages immediately,” they added.
And, the families said: “We cannot wait a moment longer. While the Red Cross dithers, our family members are dying. They have lived in captivity for more than 8 weeks with grave injuries inflicted by Hamas – broken bones, limbs blown off, gunshot wounds, and more. They are malnourished and reports show they are being subjected to physical and mental torture. The Red Cross is neglecting sick, critically wounded, and disabled people at a time of greatest need. We need action now to save their lives.”
The families are also urging major donors of the Red Cross including financial institutions like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and PayPal, to leverage their influence to call for immediate action.
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Dallas, TX
Mavericks vs. Heat Preview: 4 things to know before Miami faces Dallas
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A day after facing off with Jimmy Butler himself, the Dallas Mavericks (29-26) now get to play Jimmy Butler’s former team in the Miami Heat (25-27). Both teams find themselves on the second night of a back-to-back, with Miami coming off of a 115-101 loss to our I-35 neighbors, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Miami actually led this game heading into the fourth quarter, but the Thunder outscored Miami 32-8 in the final frame. The Mavericks, meanwhile, are coming off of a shocking 111-107 win over the Golden State Warriors while having seven healthy NBA players.
The Mavericks will be playing their fourth game of a five-game homestand that will resume after the All-Star Break. Home games have been quite an experience lately, so we’ll see what is behind door number four. Speaking of, here’s four things to know before the Mavericks pack their bags and head to Cancun take on the Heat.
Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam!
With Jimmy Butler now out of the picture, the Heat can really start to invent themselves around Bam Adebayo. Adebayo is one of the top big men in the league, and while not exactly similar, he’s kind of a fully realized Dereck Lively. Bam can operate really well in the midrange, and he’ll even step out and make threes from time to time. Defensively, he’s able to switch and hold his own against guards, all the while still getting to the glass. He’s absolutely worth building around, so we’ll see what the Heat can do to make this team fit around him.
I’ll be your Herro
The player who has probably taken the biggest leap for Miami this year is Tyler Herro, who is averaging a career high 23.7 points per contest. Tyler is taking a career high 17.7 shots per game, with nearly 10 of those attempts being from deep. Even with the added volume, Herro is more efficient than he ever has been up to this point in his career. He’s nearly 56% on two’s, which is a full 6% higher than his previous career best. Herro is right there with Bam in terms of guys they can build around. If the Heat are able to turn this season around, it’s because of these two.
So.. who IS available to play?
Let’s shift our focus to the home team. Last night against the Warriors, seven of the 14 Mavericks on full time NBA contracts were out due to injury. It sure seems like at least six of them will be out for this one as well, with potentially only Dante Exum making a return. And even that’s contingent on everyone who played last night being available for the second night of a back-to-back. For guys like Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson, that’s not ideal! But if they don’t play, Dallas would be down to playing me & you. We’ll see!
A note from us
Look, these have been a disastrous couple weeks around here since Luka was traded. The basketball has been awfully difficult to focus on amid everything happening around the trade. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading so many personal anecdotes from our extraordinarily talented writers, all of whom are far better at this than I am. But, the passion from you is what makes writing so many of these pieces that much easier. We appreciate you sticking with us!
There’s no telling where this journey will go. Hell, I’m not convinced this team is all that good even when healthy. However, this team fights their asses off every night and they deserve to be supported. The front office and ownership situation is quite another conversation, but the on court players are worth setting that aside for. Let’s see what they’ve got for us.
Miami, FL
In Miami, a Young Family Sought a House to Grow Into. Would $750,000 Be Enough?
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When Leonor and Taylor Willis moved to Miami in 2021, neither of them had ever set foot in the city before. “Not except for changing planes at the airport,” Mr. Willis said.
The couple, who met at Georgetown University, had been living in a rowhouse in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore. Ms. Willis, 28, worked as a teacher and Mr. Willis, 31, was a consultant for regional airlines. They loved the city and their urban lifestyle. But when Mr. Willis was offered a new position at a Miami-based rail company, the two headed south for an unexpected new adventure.
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“When you think of Miami, you think of TV — ‘Miami Vice’ or ‘Burn Notice,’” Mr. Willis said. “Whatever you’re seeing there isn’t the real Miami, so I had very little idea of what the real Miami might be.”
They landed in a two-bedroom rental on the 47th floor of a downtown tower, to preserve the walkable lifestyle they’d enjoyed in Baltimore. They also kept their rowhouse, taking on a tenant to help offset the $5,000 rent at their new apartment, which they felt was worth it thanks to its huge windows and sweeping views.
Ms. Willis left teaching to take a work-from-home job handling business development for a software company (she also works as a freelance photographer), and used the condo’s second bedroom as an office. Even with three furry friends at home — a keeshond named Maurice and two cats, Napoleon and Charlemagne — the apartment was cozy but not overcrowded.
Then in late 2023, the couple welcomed a baby girl and squeezed her crib into their bedroom. They soon realized the baby would need her own room — not because she disturbed them, but because they disturbed her. “We were making too much noise in our sleep and waking her up,” Mr. Willis said.
The idea was to rent a new place with a primary bedroom, a home office for Ms. Willis and a room for their daughter, but it was tougher than it seemed. “It’s hard to find apartments that have three bedrooms,” Ms. Willis said. The ones they did find were asking significantly higher rents.
They wondered if it made more sense to try to buy a house — but without giving up the city lifestyle they loved. For Mr. Willis, who grew up in the far-flung suburbs of Dallas, walkability was key. So the couple started their search in neighborhoods where restaurants and shopping could still be reached by foot, as much for their daughter as themselves.
“As she gets older she’ll have the opportunity to do things a little more independently than being strapped in a car seat all the time, which is what my childhood was like,” Mr. Willis said.
They put the Baltimore house on the market to help with a down payment, and eschewed working with a broker, opting instead to comb listings on real estate sites and find their own way to showings.
Their search began casually and stretched over a year. By last summer, they had zeroed in on a couple of residential neighborhoods where Mr. Willis could have a 15-minute commute to his new job as director of commercial operations for a jet fuel company near Miami International Airport. They had sold the Baltimore house for $465,000 and set their budget for a Miami home to around $750,000.
On the couple’s wishlist: three full bedrooms and, if possible, a second bathroom for guests. Neither is keen on yardwork, so they looked at places with small yards. And both were hoping to find something with some architectural character, maybe Art Deco or Spanish revival.
Among their options:
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Atlanta, GA
Civil rights and Cybertrucks: searching for the real Atlanta – in pictures
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Chattahoochee River, Atlanta, Georgia, 2020
Although the structure of the city changed dramatically during the period in which these photographs were taken, the systems which governed it often remained immutable. ‘I watched people go about their daily lives in spite of everything that might act against them,’ says Greer. ‘There were times of resilience, activism, selflessness and joy. But there were also moments of banality, privilege and ignorance, even disdain. There is so much about Atlanta that I don’t understand, and probably never will’
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