The nearly century-old East Tennessee Children’s Hospital will now be known as the Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital. The institution is an independent, not-for-profit pediatric healthcare provider, certified as a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center and is state-certified.
“Being fortunate to have grown up in the mountains of East Tennessee, I learned early on what it means to take care of one another,” Parton said in a statement. “Every child deserves world-class care, wrapped in kindness and love. I’m so honored to stand alongside this hospital and do my part to help bring more hope, more comfort and more healing to children and families.”
The hospital opened in Knoxville in 1937 and serves as the region’s primary provider for pediatric services, according to a fact sheet a rep provided. The institution, which has had nonprofit status since 1952, treats infants, children, and teens “regardless of their race, religion, or ability to pay.” It employs more than 400 physicians and nearly 2,200 employees total, accounting for one of the largest employers in its region, and it reports an average of 435,000 patient encounters each year. It’s one of a few healthcare systems not tied to a hospital that also treats adults.
“This is more than a name change,” Matt Schaefer, President and CEO of Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital since 2020, said in a statement. “With Dolly’s support, we are strengthening our mission to deliver world-class pediatric care to families, ensuring every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.”
In a video announcing why she chose to put her name on the hospital, Parton encouraged people to visit the hospital’s website, which has a link for donations, to support it. “I hope that you’ll join me in supporting this work,” she said. “I can’t do it all myself, I’m going to need you, so when we come together for our children, there’s no limit to what we can do.”
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The amount of Parton’s investment in the hospital for the naming rights was not disclosed at the time of publication. When asked, Adam Cook, chief development and public affairs officer, told Rolling Stone: “This collaboration with Dolly will transform pediatric care for patients and families in this region for generations to come. That’s invaluable. We are so excited to be Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital.”
Parton, who is 80 and does not have children of her own, has long committed herself to children’s wellbeing and happiness. In 1988, she launched the Dollywood Foundation “to inspire the children in her home county to achieve educational success,” according to its website. In 1995, she founded the Imagination Library, which provides children in East Tennessee with books. In 2016, she wrote a children’s book, Coat of Many Colors, and the next year, she released a children’s album, I Believe in You.
The Lakers center scored 21 points on just 11 field goal attempts and snatched a game-high 13 rebounds, giving L.A. a live, active big to combat Orlando’s rugged front line of Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero and Jonathan Isaac.
Asked if the effort he played with was recognized by his teammates, leading to more opportunities, Ayton gave a diplomatic answer.
“The ball finds energy,” Ayton told reporters. “They believe in me when I’m down there and sealing and they see me running hard to the rim and crashing, they reward me.”
It was Ayton’s first 20-10 game in nearly a month and, to him, proof of the role he should occupy for the Lakers more often.
When he was finished speaking to the group, Ayton made his way back toward the showers and said what he really felt — loud enough for anyone still in the locker room to hear.
“They’re trying to make me Clint Capela,” Ayton said, referring to the Houston Rockets‘ now backup center, who a decade ago made his impact as a lob-catching, rim-running big on a team that made it to two conference finals.
“I’m not no Clint Capela!”
Though the glaring storyline coming out of the loss was how Luka Doncic passed up an open shot in the final seconds and instead dumped the ball off to LeBron James for a desperation heave, there was little attention paid to how Doncic got that open look to begin with.
Coming out of the timeout, Ayton executed his part in Lakers coach JJ Redick’s play with precision, running from the backcourt to the left wing and squaring his shoulders to set a hard pick on the Magic’s Anthony Black to free up Doncic for a clean catch beyond the arc.
Being a screen setter in clutch time is not what is supposed to be asked of a player who was the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft — two spots ahead of his now teammate Doncic, three ahead of Jaren Jackson Jr., four ahead of Trae Young, 10 ahead of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and 32 before Jalen Brunson. Ayton, however, has never developed the reputation as a go-to star. Instead, his reputation has become one of a talented but unserious player, the kind who jokingly executes cartwheels in the locker room and disappears on the court for large stretches at a time.
Marcus Smart, who also signed with L.A. as a free agent last summer and whose locker is situated next to Ayton’s, acknowledged the room for growth.
“I think he’s done OK,” Smart said this week. “He definitely could be better, we all could. But the thing I love about it is he understands it and he’s working. We all are trying to figure it out; this is new to everybody. He’s doing his best, but he understands it’s another notch that we need him to go to, and we’re going to try to get him there and help with that. But he knows he’s got to do his part as well.”
Or perhaps most importantly, if he can accept the part the Lakers want him to play.
THERE WAS LESS than an hour before tipoff against the Atlanta Hawks on Jan. 13 when Ayton entered the Lakers’ locker room.
Just inside the door, Ayton’s breezy walk slowed down and his gait suddenly stiffened for a few awkward steps before the big man hurtled toward the floor.
What would have been one of the more bizarre pregame injuries in NBA history morphed into something else completely: Ayton caught his fall by placing both hands over his head and gracefully executed a cartwheel, followed by a somersault, to land safely on two feet.
“I hope that made y’all day!” Ayton bellowed to the room after sticking the landing. “That was a 7-footer, 260 [pounds], that just did a cartwheel!”
The Willy Wonka-esque entrance was nearly as extraordinary as the circumstances that led to the former No. 1 pick falling into the Lakers’ lap last summer.
The intentional fall provided a glimpse of the raw, athletic talent that made Ayton the Phoenix Suns‘ top selection — and an example of a questionable reputation that has followed him for years across the NBA.
Early on in his career, he would sometimes take on a different persona when answering questions to the media — “Alejandro,” who spoke with an accent, was a favorite of his; “Josh,” whose mood would swing at the drop of a hat, was another — sources told ESPN. And he would sometimes stay in character when interacting with players and coaches. With the Portland Trail Blazers, where he played from 2023 to 2025, he infamously missed a home game against the Brooklyn Nets because he didn’t prepare to make the commute to the arena with the frigid forecast and was reportedly stuck in his neighborhood because of snow and icy conditions.
But when a player has a standing reach of 9-foot-3, a wingspan of 7-foot-5 and a 43-inch vertical leap, certain behaviors can be tolerated as peccadilloes, rather than shunned as unprofessional.
AUSTIN REAVES, SLOWLY ramping up from a left calf strain, took a break from his individual skill work and plopped himself down in a courtside seat at Ball Arena. As he filled his lungs with the thin Denver air, his eyes fixed on a teammate working himself into a full lather before the game.
It was a week after the Hawks game — the night that started with Ayton’s flips and finished with him scoring 17 points on 7-for-9 shooting and 18 rebounds — and the big man was connecting on midrange shot after midrange shot as the Lakers readied to play the team that ended their seasons in 2023 and 2024.
“That guy right there is the X factor,” Reaves told ESPN, gesturing to Ayton. “He changes our ceiling.”
Ayton’s performance so far this season has been a success by many measures.
The Lakers are 16-3 when Ayton has at least 10 field goal attempts, but that stat comes with a major caveat: Only three of those games came when James, Doncic and Reaves were also in the lineup. There were more touches to go around.
He’s averaging 13.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game. He has appeared in 49 games, making him the second-most available player on the team, trailing only Jake LaRavia.
While he’s averaging a career-low 9.0 field goal attempts, he’s shooting a career-best 66.7% from the field. That’s the second-best mark in the NBA, behind the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ Rudy Gobert, and, if it holds, would be the best by any Laker for a season since Wilt Chamberlain in 1972-73.
But his impact is judged relative to expectation, much like his team is.
Consider a hypothetical: Team A is 11 games over .500 in the most competitive conference in the most competitive basketball league in the world after its best three players were on the court together for only 13 of the first 57 games. A success story, no doubt.
But when the Lakers label is applied and the star power of James, Doncic and Reaves is added to the equation, it’s just not as impressive, context be damned.
The same goes for Ayton, whose draft status and early postseason exploits in Phoenix — helping the Suns to their first NBA Finals appearance in nearly three decades at age 22 — set the standard he must build on to be seen as reaching his potential.
“As a first pick,” a Western Conference scout told ESPN, “he’s mostly underachieved.”
THE 2025-26 SEASON began with promise for Ayton. He put up 20 and 10 in six of the Lakers’ first 15 games, including in wins against teams featuring elite big men in San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama and the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo.
But then the Lakers went 4-7 from Dec. 20 through Jan. 12, and Ayton’s momentum halted, too.
After scoring just four points on 2-for-4 shooting on Jan. 2 against the Memphis Grizzlies, Ayton aired a rare grievance.
Redick — who has remained an advocate behind the scenes, sources close to Ayton told ESPN — took the feedback in stride. In a rematch with Memphis two nights later, Redick called the first play for Ayton and the early score spurred him to 15 points, eight rebounds and three blocks for the game.
“It’s a tale as old as time for a big guy,” Redick said. “That’s the reality of being a big: Someone has to pass you the ball. You’re not initiating the offense.”
There’s also an ego that is needed to thrive on the NBA stage. Similar to James’ “CHOSEN 1” tattoo that spans from shoulder to shoulder, Ayton has “DOMINAYTON” inked in jagged capital letters across his upper back.
The Lakers have stoked that ego, too: Rob Pelinka, team president of basketball operations and general manager, commissioned a black T-shirt with a gold screen print depicting half of a lion’s face and half of Ayton’s face that he presented to the 27-year-old. Members of the training staff wrap Ayton’s water bottle in athletic tape and write “DA’s Crunk Juice — Drink this to unleash the beast” in black marker on it before games.
The task for the Lakers is getting Ayton to care as much for the grind and the role as he does for putting points on the board.
“When he’s at his best, and we’ve seen it, we’ve seen glimpses of it, he’s playing with force,” a team source told ESPN. “And that’s playing with great force on both ends of the floor when it comes to screening. Then rolling and putting pressure on the rim; [when the] shot goes up, crashing the glass; sprinting back in transition; loading to the basketball; calling out your communication; being in the right positioning; contesting shots; boxing out. Those things for a big are just really thankless when you’re a skilled big. But on this team, that’s what his role is.
“He has to be a dirt worker.”
Of all the dirty work Ayton has been tasked with, he has excelled as a screener. He has set 15.7 on-ball screens per game for Doncic — the third most among duos to run 200 or more plays together this season, according to ESPN Research. He has also averaged 3.7 screen assists — a pick that directly leads to a player making a field goal — this season, the fourth most in the league.
“He does a great job creating contact and knocking defenders off to allow our playmakers to make plays,” a team source told ESPN. “And it’s something that, frankly, he’s been pretty committed to.”
Team sources told ESPN that when Ayton brings energy to these duties, the big man earns more minutes and, in turn, gets fed by his teammates more often.
When he doesn’t, it’s easy to spot the difference.
“He picks and chooses when he wants to lock in and play,” the West scout added. “Which is not what most dominant centers do.”
AYTON SPENT THE All-Star break in his native Bahamas, rehabbing the right knee soreness that caused him to miss two games.
On his way back to L.A., he was detained at Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau for “a very small amount of marijuana [that] wasn’t in Deandre’s bag,” his lawyer, Devard Francis, told Reuters.
Ayton was quickly released, according to Francis, and sources told ESPN he made it back to L.A. without missing any team activities. The Lakers consider the situation a misunderstanding and have moved forward from it, a source familiar with the organization’s thinking said.
In his first practice back with the team, he did everything the coaching staff was looking for.
“He was in pretty good shape,” a team source said. “He was spirited. He had good disposition.”
It carried over to the Lakers’ first game after the break, a 125-122 win over the LA Clippers, when Ayton was responsible for the highlight of the night by sprinting the floor and skying through the air to throw down an alley-oop from James. He closed the game, too. He played 10 out of 12 minutes in the fourth and was the only Lakers starter with a positive plus-minus in the final frame, finishing the game with 13 points, seven rebounds and a block.
“DA was great,” Redick said. “Very engaged, and just was able to execute our defensive game plan at a really high level.”
But in the Lakers’ next game — a 111-89 loss to the rival Boston Celtics with purple and gold royalty such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and James Worthy in attendance for Pat Riley’s statue ceremony — Ayton finished with as many fouls as points (four) and played just three minutes in the fourth quarter.
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Tim MacMahon reacts to the Lakers’ final play vs. the Magic on Tuesday night.
This is the Lakers’ Ayton conundrum, one the Suns and Blazers experienced and divested from — engaged and effective one night, disengaged and absent the next.
During the team’s film session Monday to review the Boston loss, Redick lauded Ayton for his defensive presence, particularly for his execution when the team switched 1-through-5, but he also highlighted where Ayton’s effort was lacking.
“There was a clip,” Redick said, “Jaylen Brown goes to the floor. We’ve got a 5-on-4 and [Ayton] goes at about 20% speed, where it’s clearly a man-down situation. So in terms of him running and putting pressure on the rim and offensive rebounding, particularly against switches and smaller players, he could be better there.”
Ayton was hardly solely responsible for the loss on a day when James, Doncic and Reaves combined to shoot 22-for-53 (41.5%). And Redick, justifiably, was just trying to get something to click when he tried out different personnel late.
“I have his back,” Redick said of Ayton. “These guys, we try to make them understand my job is to help the Lakers try to win basketball games. And so nothing is ever personal.”
Now, as the sixth-place Lakers are hitting the most crucial stretch of the season with 25 games to go, Ayton is too.
If the Lakers make a run and Ayton fulfills his role, his gamble to forfeit $10 million of his $35.6 million salary with the Blazers for 2025-26 to become a free agent could pay off with a new, multiyear contract this summer in L.A. or elsewhere. But if they stumble, Ayton’s contributions, or lack thereof, will be seen by everyone around the league.
Which makes this a tenuous time. For the Lakers to win, every player will have to play their role. But if the Lakers aren’t winning, every player playing for their next contract — like Ayton — will naturally feel the pull to play for themselves.
It’s what Ayton said he wanted, at his introductory news conference in July. And now that desire will truly be tested.
“It’s a platform that I cannot run from,” Ayton said. “I can show what I really am … [There] is a lot of fuel in me to prove to the whole world.”
Geneva — Russia signaled Thursday that it was in no rush to make a deal to end its war on Ukraine, hours after it attacked the neighboring country with hundreds of drones and missiles and as U.S. and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva to discuss efforts to end the war.
President Trump has been pushing for an end to Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II, but has so far failed to broker any agreement between Moscow and Kyiv. Previous rounds of U.S.-led negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Geneva and Abu Dhabi failed to yield a compromise, with Moscow’s demand to take formal ownership of a vast portion of Ukraine proving a key sticking point.
Russia, which has for years refused to budge on its demand for full control of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, said Thursday it was too early to make forecasts about when a deal would take place.
“Have you heard anything from us about deadlines? We have no deadlines, we have tasks. We are getting them done,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told state media in Moscow, two days into the fifth year of his country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
A rose is seen at a freshly dug grave at the 18 Cemetery, Feb. 24, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, as the country marked four years since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said it was too early to make “forecasts” or say at what stage the peace process was at, telling state media “it would be a big mistake to try right now to define some kind of stage or make some kind of forecasts. I don’t want to make those mistakes.”
Kyiv has called for a leaders’ meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to break the deadlock, and Ukraine hoped to lay the ground for such a summit during the talks on Thursday with U.S. officials.
“Today in Geneva we continue our work within the framework of the negotiation process. A bilateral meeting with the American delegation has begun — with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner,” Ukraine’s lead negotiator Rustem Umerov said, adding that Ukraine was aiming to “synchronize positions” with Washington ahead of fresh trilateral talks in March.
Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev was planning to be in Geneva on Thursday, though there was no indication he planned to meet the Ukrainian side, according to Russian state media.
“Dmitriev plans to arrive in Geneva on Thursday to pursue negotiations with the Americans on economic issues,” Russia’s TASS news agency cited an unnamed source as saying.
Talks between Moscow and Kyiv remain deadlocked over the fate of the Donbas — the industrial region in eastern Ukraine that has been the epicenter of the fighting. Russia is pushing for full control of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, which forms a significant portion of the Donbas, and has threatened to take it by force if Kyiv does not cave at the negotiating table.
But Ukraine has rejected the demand and signaled it would not sign a deal without security guarantees that deter Russia from invading again.
“The aggressor must not receive any reward for the war,” Zelenskyy reiterated in a social media post on Thursday. “So that peace can truly last, everyone must understand — these are not just words.”
Another night of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine
Hours before the meeting, Russian forces launched some 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine, wounding more than two dozen people in at least six different regions, according to authorities.
AFP journalists heard several explosions in central Kyiv shortly after authorities warned Russia had launched its attack.
A resident of a building damaged by a Russian attack drone looks out of a shattered window in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2026.
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The strikes hit an electricity substation in the southern Odesa region, as well as a school building in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, according to officials.
“Destruction has been recorded in eight regions, with many private homes and apartment buildings damaged,” Zelenskyy said.
Zelenskyy spoke with President Trump on Wednesday ahead of the talks, with U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner part of the 30-minute call.
“We expect this meeting (in Geneva) to create an opportunity to move talks to the leaders’ level. President Trump supports this sequence of steps,” Zelenskyy said.
After first refusing to negotiate with Russia, Zelenskyy has repeatedly said that the only way of resolving difficult issues, including territory, is through a meeting with Putin.
Lunar eclipse in early March could be visible in New Mexico
Mark your calendars in New Mexico. We have *** total lunar eclipse that won’t happen again for more than 3 years, and it’s happening on Tuesday, March 3rd, right here in New Mexico. You’ll want to check it out. Weather permitting, you’ll be able to see it, and I’m hoping the weather is going to be favorable. Right now, it does look good. You’ll want to check your KUT app and of course KUT.com and KUT7 for the latest weather. Updates, but what I can tell you is that that lunar eclipse will peak at 4:33 in the morning on Tuesday, March 3rd, so very early in the morning. You have to be up early. It begins at 4:04 and it ends at 5:02, and it won’t happen again until June of 2029. So something that you want to check out. You don’t want to miss it. Let’s talk about what an eclipse is. *** lunar eclipse is when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, and the Earth’s shadow is cast on the moon, creating that eclipse of the moon. Now, sometimes the moon will appear *** bloodish red tint, so it can look really cool during that peak lunar eclipse, but you’ll want to check it out. And of course the partial eclipse will begin way. For the total eclipse. So if you want to watch the whole thing, it begins after midnight and continues until the moon sets just after 6:30 in the morning. But again, we have *** total lunar eclipse that won’t happen again for more than 3 years here in New Mexico on Tuesday, March 3rd. Get your full weather forecast at KUT.com and on your KOET app. I’ll see you on KOAT 7.
Lunar eclipse in early March could be visible in New Mexico
Much of the U.S., including New Mexico, is expected to have the opportunity to see a lunar eclipse happening in early March.When can I see the eclipse in New Mexico?The eclipse begins Thursday evening in New Mexico and will conclude very early on Friday morning.Penumbral eclipse begins at 1:44 am MT.Partial eclipse begins at 2:50 am MT.Full eclipse begins at 4:04 am MT.Full eclipse ends at 5:02 am MT.Partial eclipse ends at 6:17 am MT.Penumbral eclipse ends at 7:23 am MT (may not be seen as the moon is below the horizon)The next lunar eclipse expected to be visible in the Land of Enchantment will be in late June 2029. The first stage of the shadow eclipse will start at 1:44 a.m., with the partial eclipse ending at 6:17 a.m.A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth is positioned between the sun and moon. Our planet casts a shadow onto the moon, which causes a red shadow.It’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest weather conditions in your area ahead of the lunar eclipse.Check Live, Interactive RadarLive Weather ConditionsSevere weather alerts for your areaDownload the KOAT App on iPhoneDownload the KOAT App on Android
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —
Much of the U.S., including New Mexico, is expected to have the opportunity to see a lunar eclipse happening in early March.
When can I see the eclipse in New Mexico?
The eclipse begins Thursday evening in New Mexico and will conclude very early on Friday morning.
Penumbral eclipse begins at 1:44 am MT.
Partial eclipse begins at 2:50 am MT.
Full eclipse begins at 4:04 am MT.
Full eclipse ends at 5:02 am MT.
Partial eclipse ends at 6:17 am MT.
Penumbral eclipse ends at 7:23 am MT (may not be seen as the moon is below the horizon)
The next lunar eclipse expected to be visible in the Land of Enchantment will be in late June 2029. The first stage of the shadow eclipse will start at 1:44 a.m., with the partial eclipse ending at 6:17 a.m.
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth is positioned between the sun and moon. Our planet casts a shadow onto the moon, which causes a red shadow.
It’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest weather conditions in your area ahead of the lunar eclipse.
The Claypool Lennon Delirium are back with their most ambitious project yet: The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy, set for release May 1 via ATO Records. Reuniting after years of solo adventures, Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon have crafted a sprawling 14-song concept album exploring morality, mortality, and the perils of artificial intelligence – all wrapped in their signature psychedelic-prog theatrics.
The album’s narrative follows young artist Hippard O. Campus Jr. as he battles the sentient A.I. Cliptron, whose obsession with efficiency threatens to turn the world into a paperclip dystopia. Guided by the mystical Ministry of Manatees and aided by the Great Parrot-Ox, Hipp seeks the titular Golden Egg of Empathy – the key to restoring humanity’s emotional core
Lennon explains: “It is a tale of a technocracy eclipsed by paperclips; a young man destined to unravel the fabric of his father’s folly, and a sacred feathered Goddess (played by WILLOW), who holds the egg-shaped key to their future.”
The album’s physical edition expands the story into a 2-LP gatefold with a 24-page comic, each song mapped to its own illustrated chapter. The animated video for lead single “The Golden Egg of Empathy (feat. WILLOW)” brings the comic’s vibrant world to life, blending Claypool and Lennon’s surreal humor with moments of unexpected tenderness.
Claypool, speaking on the effort, adds: “The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy was over three years in the making and was the most labor intensive recording I have ever been involved in… a relevant concept piece accompanied by a colorful, phantasmic comic book.”
Meanwhile, Lennon highlights longtime collaborator Rich Ragsdale‘s work on the comic: “Initially Les and I were imagining a feature length animated film… so we asked Rich if he could distill the story into a comic book for us. He did an incredible job.”
Recorded at Claypool‘s Rancho Relaxo in Sonoma County and Lennon‘s The Farm in New York, the album fuses elaborate storytelling, classic psychedelia, and conceptual invention. It follows the January release of first single “WAP (What a Predicament),” further teasing the duo’s AI-driven, morality-laced universe.
Following the release, Claypool will tour with the immersive Claypool Gold show, combining Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, and the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade for full-length sets in one genre-defying night.
The tour kicks off May 20 in Reno, NV and will stretch coast to coast with more than 25 dates across North America. Stops include Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Austin, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, before concluding with a July 4 hometown-style celebration in Napa, CA. Get your tickets here.
5/20 Reno, NV Reno Events Center 5/22 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater 5/23 Redmond, WA Marymoor Live 5/25 Bonner, MT KettleHouse Amphitheater 5/26 Salt Lake City, UT The Lot at the Complex 5/28 Kansas City, MO Starlight Amphitheatre 5/30 St. Louis, MO The Factory 5/31 Rochester Hills, MI Meadow Brook Amphitheatre 6/2 Cleveland, OH Jacobs Pavilion 6/3 Chicago, IL Salt Shed 6/5 Pelham, TN The Caverns Outdoor Amphitheater 6/6 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live! Outdoor 6/9 Portland, ME Thompson’s Point 6/10 Boston, MA Leader Bank Pavilion 6/12 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center 6/13 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage 6/14 Columbia, MD All Good Now Festival 6/16 Charlotte, NC The AMP Ballantyne 6/17 North Charleston, SC Firefly Distillery 6/19 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre 6/20 Atlanta, GA Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park 6/22 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP 6/23 Austin, TX ACL Live at Moody Theatre 6/25 Irving, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 6/27 Dillon, CO Dillon Amphitheater 6/28 Dillon, CO Dillon Amphitheater 6/30 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre 7/1 San Diego, CA Gallagher Square 7/3 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Amphitheater 7/4 Napa, CA Meritage Resort & Spa
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Krispy Kreme said margins improved during the fourth quarter as the chain’s turnaround gained momentum, though revenue fell after it exited underperforming locations.
Michigan managed to stay in the top 10 of the CBS Sports women’s basketball power rankings with an 88-86 overtime win in a thriller against Ohio State on Wednesday night. That was a good way for the No. 9 Wolverines to bounce back from a 62-44 loss to Iowa last weekend.
Ohio State lost to Maryland and Minnesota in the past two weeks, but keeping the game against Michigan so competitive helped the Buckeyes take the No. 13 spot. Meanwhile, Iowa re-entered the top 10 at No. 8. TCU moved up one spot to No. 10 as the Horned Frogs celebrated their second consecutive Big 12 regular season title with an 83-70 win over Cincinnati.
Duke and Louisville fell out of the top 10 after getting upset by Clemson and Virginia, respectively. Neither the Tigers nor the Cavaliers are ranked, but they have a good chance at making the NCAA Tournament, according to CBS Sports bracketologist Connor Groel.
USC was starting to make a good argument to potentially return to our power rankings with some good performances in the past month, including a win over Iowa. They even gave Ohio State an upset scare in Columbus, but the Trojans took a few steps back with an 85-82 loss to Penn State on Wednesday, which currently counts as a Quad 3 loss.
We have been talking about Minnesota a lot in the past few weeks, but the Golden Gophers lost momentum when their nine-game winning streak snapped in a 75-61 loss to Michigan State. This moved them down to No. 22 while the Spartans went up to No. 18.
Per usual, we have some drama in the SEC. It is a tough conference for everyone, but Tennessee is having a particularly rough time. The Lady Vols have officially fallen off the power rankings with four consecutive losses. The ones to Texas, Ole Miss and Oklahoma might have been more easily forgiven, but a shocking 82-74 loss at home to Texas A&M was concerning. Kim Caldwell’s team can’t lose focus now as they still have No. 6 LSU and No. 5 Vanderbilt on their schedule.
Here are the latest CBS Sports women’s college basketball Power Rankings.
Women’s college basketball Power Rankings
First five out: Tennessee, Columbia, Colorado, USC, Iowa State
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced Thursday that the Scandinavian country will hold a parliamentary election on March 24, giving voters a say several months early as the country digests a standoff with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland.
Voters will determine who sits in the Folketing, or parliament. It has 179 seats — 175 of which go to lawmakers representing Denmark and two apiece to lawmakers from the kingdom’s two semiautonomous territories, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
“It is now up to you, the voters, to decide what direction Denmark will take over the next four years. And I am looking forward to it,” Frederiksen said as she made her announcement in parliament.
A general election must be held at least every four years but the prime minister of the NATO and European Union member country can call one at any time. The last election was held on Nov. 1, 2022, and resulted in a three-party coalition that crosses the left-right divide.
Frederiksen, a center-left Social Democrat, has led Denmark since mid-2019. She currently leads a government with the Liberal Party of Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and the centrist Moderate party of Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, a former prime minister.
A major challenge for the government over the past year was Trump’s push for U.S. control of Greenland, which culminated in his short-lived threat last month to impose new tariffs on Denmark and several other European countries. After that escalation, the U.S., Denmark and Greenland started technical talks on an Arctic security deal.
Frederiksen and other Danish and Greenlandic officials have said that they can’t negotiate on sovereignty.
Frederiksen made clear earlier this month that she remains wary, although the crisis has cooled. Asked at the Munich Security Conference whether the crisis had passed, she replied: “No, unfortunately not. I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same. He is very serious about this theme.”
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Mild morning temperatures are once present with partly to mostly clear skies, occasional gusts of winds more from the north, & dry air. Air temperatures in the north are starting off mostly from around the high 10s to the 40s, while elsewhere to the south, air temperatures are mostly ranging from the […]
