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Leonard has season-high 36 to send Clippers past Spurs

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January 21, 2023

Leonard has season-high 36 to send Clippers past Spurs

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored a season-high 36 factors towards his former staff, and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a two-game skid by beating the San Antonio Spurs 131-126 on Friday night time.

The Clippers had misplaced 9 of 11, however coach Tyronn Lue believed this recreation may mark the beginning of a turnaround for his staff.

“I felt it this morning,” Lue mentioned. “I feel having our guys again and everybody going again to their pure roles helps us out rather a lot. With Kawhi and PG (Paul George) on the ground, we play at a excessive degree.”

The Clippers had seven gamers rating in double figures, together with Norman Powell with 26 factors and George had 16 factors and 12 assists.

Los Angeles shot 63% from the sector, 54% on 3-pointers and had 31 assists.

Keldon Johnson had 23 factors for San Antonio, which has misplaced 9 of 11. Josh Richardson added 17 factors, Zach Collins had a season-high 17 and Jeremy Sochan had 16.

Leonard and George performed collectively for simply the third time in January. Leonard placed on a present on the courtroom the place he received NBA Finals MVP in 2014 with the Spurs.

After dropping 15 kilos, Leonard appeared spry and had three thunderous dunks.

“I’m feeling rather a lot lighter, shifting rather a lot bit higher on the market,” Leonard mentioned. “I’m feeling fairly good. Performed just a few video games in a row.”

The 6-foot-7 ahead was 13 for 18 from the sector and 4 for five on 3-pointers whereas including seven assists, 4 rebounds and two steals.

“He was nice,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich mentioned. “He’s one of many most interesting gamers within the league. We’re speaking in regards to the very high of the record – he’s with these guys.”

Leonard scored 13 factors in slightly below 3 1/2 minutes beginning halfway via the third quarter to offer the Clippers a 93-90 lead. Leonard had three 3-pointers and a vicious left-handed dunk within the run.

San Antonio didn’t have a person reply for Leonard however responded by taking pictures 57% from the sector and 54% on 3-pointers to associate with 34 assists.

“We received this recreation tonight as a result of we made photographs,” Leonard mentioned. “They shot 57% and we shot 63. We positively must get higher. We’re not going to shoot 63% each night time. We’ve received to ensure their percentages are rather a lot decrease than that. We nonetheless want to enhance. We’ve received rather a lot to enhance on if we need to be an important staff.”

The Clippers set an opponent excessive with 41 factors within the opening quarter, besting the mark they shared with 40 factors towards the Spurs within the opening quarter on Nov. 19. San Antonio responded by holding Los Angeles to 24 factors within the second quarter.

“The staff, I assumed, was spectacular,” Popovich mentioned. “They by no means give in. They’re enjoying extra bodily than they’ve all yr. They’re aiding, enjoying the best method. These guys made photographs down the stretch, and oftentimes, that’s the distinction. However I used to be actually pleased with our guys. They did an important job.”

TIP-INS

Clippers: PG John Wall sat out with an stomach pressure and G Luke Kennard missed the sport with a sore proper calf. … F Marcus Morris obtained a technical foul with 47 seconds remaining within the first half after frequently speaking to Sochan as the 2 stood throughout from one another on the free throw line. Morris’ twin brother, Markieff, received right into a skirmish with Sochan on Tuesday. Sochan tumbled to the courtroom and took Morris with him after the Nets ahead set a tough display screen shortly after Sochan put three fingers in his face following a 3-pointer.

Spurs: San Antonio assistant coach Brett Brown missed the sport resulting from “private enterprise,” based on the staff. … The Spurs completed a four-game homestand at 1-3. … San Antonio signed veteran heart Gorgui Dieng to a second 10-day contract.

WELCOME BACK

Leonard was cheered by the Spurs followers for the primary time since demanding a commerce and leaving San Antonio in 2018.

Leonard was honored earlier than the sport with a video highlighting his seven seasons in San Antonio. There was a smattering of boos, however nothing to the extent of jeers he obtained in earlier appearances in San Antonio.

“It’s been a protracted journey,” Leonard mentioned. “The followers are very aggressive right here. After I’m on the video games you would possibly hear boos, but when I’m strolling on the road or going to eating places, individuals come as much as me and nonetheless inform me how a lot they love my recreation and like me as an individual. So, I do know it’s only a competitors as soon as I’m right here. I perceive.”

UP NEXT

Clippers: At Dallas on Sunday.

Spurs: At Portland on Monday.

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Israel defence chief to discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. trip

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June 23, 2024

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Israel defence chief to discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. trip

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday to discuss the next phase of the Gaza war and escalating hostilities on the border with Lebanon, where exchanges of fire with Hezbollah have stoked fears of wider conflict.

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Newly found Assyrian camp supports epic biblical account, expert says

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June 23, 2024

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Newly found Assyrian camp supports epic biblical account, expert says

A recent discovery in Israel may corroborate an epic biblical account of an angel of the Lord wiping out 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, an independent scholar claims.

Stephen Compton, an independent scholar specializing in Near Eastern archaeology, utilized a modern mapping technique to find the discovery of, what he believes, are ancient Assyrian military camps, from circa 700 B.C.

The discovery, which is also detailed in Assyrian texts, Greek histories and the Hebrew Bible, could verify the biblical account of 2 Kings 19:35; Isaiah 37: 36-38 and 2 Chronicles, 32:21.

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And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
— 2 Kings 19:35
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Stone panels from the walls of the Assyrian Emperor Sennacherib’s palace show his military camp. The 24 guard towers along the camp’s perimeter wall, each with three windows visible, indicate a substantial fortification. (Steve Compton)

The scholar detailed his finds in the journal Near Eastern Archaeology and shared with Fox News Digital the historical significance.

“One of the important cities that he conquered, which is mentioned in the Bible as well as in Assyrian documents, is Lachish,” he said. “And on the wall of Sennacherib’s palace he had a relief depicting, in stone carving, the conquest of the city of Lachish, and then after one side his military camp. And his military camp was a large oval. This image from the wall of his palace is now on the wall of the British Museum. But it’s never been found.”

Matching the landscape to the relief in Assyrian King Sennacherib’s palace and using early aerial photographs of Lachish prior to modern development, Compton created a virtual map to pinpoint the site of the military camp.

Bottom: The entire scene from Sennacherib’s palace wall as drawn by its excavator, Austen Henry Layard, in 1849. Top: The same landscape as photographed from a plane in 1945, prior to modern alterations to the landscape. Correlating the two indicated a likely location for the ruins of Sennacherib’s camp. (Steve Compton)

The earliest aerial photograph of Jerusalem, lower left, with an oval fortification visible on a hill in the upper right. From the collection of the Library of Congress. (Steve Compton)

The oval shape of Assyrian King Sennacherib’s military camp helped narrow down Compton’s research.

“We knew it was an oval. What I did was I took the image of the relief and match it up with recognizable features in the landscape with the actual landscape and overlayed the two,” he said. “I used earlier photographs of the landscape from World War II, right before major changes were made.”

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“And it was a match,” he said.

Compton said the military camp’s location, position, dates and name fit into the historical context of Sennacherib’s invasion camp.

The site of Sennacherib’s Jerusalem camp, now known as Ammunition Hill. (Steve Compton)

Ruined walls are visible today at the site of Sennacherib’s Lachish camp. (Steve Compton)

Compton shared that he hopes an archaeological excavation team will investigate the site to provide additional information.

“I think it’s exciting to have found the spot, and I hope that we’ll soon see archaeological excavations there that can give us more information about the site,” he said.

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.

She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.

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Over 10,000 Poles participate in Pride parade in Warsaw

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June 23, 2024

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Over 10,000 Poles participate in Pride parade in Warsaw

Last weekend a parade in Warsaw drew over 20,000 people, including two government ministers for the first time.

Parades have been taking place in Poland during Pride month as organisers call for LGBTQ rights to be expanded in the largely conservative and mostly Catholic country.

Pride parades in Poland have traditionally been more of a protest event than an opportunity to party, as they are in some of Europe’s more LGBTQ-friendly cities.

But last week, a march in Warsaw drew over 20,000 people including two government ministers for the first time – deputy prime minister Krzysztof Gawkowski and Equality minister Katarzyna Kotula, who are both from The Left party.

According to Brussels-based NGO ran Rainbow Map, Poland this year was ranked as the worst country in the European Union for the LGBTQ community for the fifth consecutive year. The index takes into account the legal, political and social environment for LGBTQ people in each country in Europe.

Under the slogan “Equality is Now” the parade organisers say that Poland should recognise same-sex marriage, introduce an anti-hate speech law to protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination and exclusion.

Currently, Poland doesn’t recognise same-sex marriage and same-sex couples are banned from adopting children as many other European countries do.

Equality minister Katarzyna Kotula from the Left party of the government’s current coalition has said that progress towards introducing same-sex civil partnerships for the first time in Poland had been made, however it has to be approved by other members of the coalition, including the centre-right Polish People’s Party.

The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party was adamantly against what it called “LGBTQ ideology” when it was the ruling party and before it was voted out of power last year. But Poland’s new government led by Donald Tusk has promised to improve LGBTQ rights, although it has yet to pass any legislation.