Porziņģis is still consulting with doctors and expects to undergo surgery soon.
June 2024
NBA Draft 2024: Live updates, picks, grades, time, channel as Atlanta takes Zaccharie Risacher with the top pick
For the first time, the NBA Draft will be spread over two days with the first round Wednesday and the second round Thursday, June 27 at 4 p.m. ET.
NBA Draft live updates: Follow first round; Risacher goes No. 1
In a draft with no surefire stars, the Hawks took French teenager Zaccharie Risacher with the top selection. Get pick-by-pick analysis here.
‘DockDoor’ Lets You Preview Windows on the Mac Dock
Windows lets you preview a window by hovering your mouse over the icon in the taskbar. The Mac can’t do that, unless you install DockDoor. This free and open-source application adds previews to the dock and also gives you a proper Ctrl-Tab keyboard shortcut for switching windows.
DockDoor is simple to install: just download it, drag it to the applications folder, and launch it. You will need to provide both accessibility and screen recording permission to the application in order for it to function. After that, the application will run in the background—you can configure it by clicking the menu bar icon.
Hover over any dock icon and you will see a real-time preview of what’s happening in that application. If there are two windows open in that app you will see both windows, and you can click on it to open it. These are all features Windows has had for over a decade that haven’t yet made their way to macOS.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Tab to cycle through all windows open on the current space. This is a great way to jump to a particular window without having to hunt it down with the mouse.
Credit: Justin Pot
DockDoor isn’t perfect. It can’t preview hidden windows, or windows on another space, due to limitations in how macOS operates. If you’re a single-space-full-of-windows kind of person, and you miss the window preview from Windows, DockDoor just might be perfect for you.
Shohei Ohtani interested in home run derby but Dodgers sound reluctant
The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani said after Tuesday’s game he’s interested in participating in the home run derby, but would need clearance from the team.
Here’s how fans can donate to White Sox Charities and receive exclusive gifts
A list of the limited-edition items available for fans who pledge donations in Wednesday’s White Sox Charities Day telethon fundraiser
Knicks’ OG Anunoby to return on five-year, $212.5 million deal: Report
The New York Knicks are having a very good week.
Knicks’ OG Anunoby to return on five-year, $212.5 million deal: Report
The New York Knicks are having a very good week.
What’s New on Paramount+ With Showtime in July 2024
New seasons of reality TV are hitting Paramount+ in July, including season 26 (!) of Big Brother, which launches with a two-night premiere on July 17 and 18 and continues with live streaming episodes on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The most recent seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, which wrapped up in April, are coming to the platform at the end of the month (July 24).
Following last month’s Cindy Lauper documentary, viewers can stream Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken (July 9), which explores themes of addiction and grief through the artist’s process of composing and performing “Burning Woman” inside a prison in Kansas, as well as the premiere of Mafia Spies (July 16), a docuseries about a CIA and mob plot to assassinate Castro.
Here’s everything else coming to the service in July, including films from the Die Hard and Star Trek franchises. Note that titles with an asterisk are exclusive to Paramount+ With Showtime; everything else is also available to subscribers on the ad-supported plan. Those with two asterisks are available to Paramount+ With Showtime users streaming live on CBS and to all subscribers the following day.
Paramount+ Originals and premieres coming in July 2024
Arriving July 1
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Memory*
Arriving July 9
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Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken, premiere
Arriving July 10
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Kamp Koral: Spongebob’s Under Years, season two premiere
Arriving July 16
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Mafia Spies, premiere
TV shows coming to Paramount+ in July 2024
Arriving July 3
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The National Parks
Arriving July 4
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CBS Reports: America Unfiltered: The Voices Behind the Polls
Arriving July 10
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Beavis and Butt-Head Classic (Seasons 2, 4-6)
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Ice Airport Alaska (Season 4)
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Ridiculousness (Seasons 11-12)
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SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 13)
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The Patrick Star Show (Season 2)
Arriving July 17
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Basketball Wives (Season 11)
Arriving July 18
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Big Brother (Season 26)**
Arriving July 22
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PD True (Season 1)
Arriving July 24
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RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 16)
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RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (Seasons 14-15)
Arriving July 31
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Help! I’m in a Secret Relationship (Season 2)
Movies coming to Paramount+ in July 2024
Arriving July 1
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A Good Day to Die Hard*
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A Perfect Day*
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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
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American History X
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Apache Junction*
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Big Top Pee-Wee
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Biker Boyz*
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Blades of Glory
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Blue Chips
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Boyz N’ The Hood*
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Caddyshack
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Catch the Bullet*
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Charlie’s Angels
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Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle
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Charlotte’s Web
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Copycat
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Defiance
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star*
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Die Hard*
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Die Hard 2*
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Die Hard with a Vengeance*
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Drag Me to Hell
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El Dorado
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Enemy at the Gates*
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Fear
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Freedom Writers*
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Funny Face
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Gone Baby Gone*
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Good Mourning*
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Grease
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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Hamburger Hill
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Heat*
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Heist*
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Identity
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Imagine That
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John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
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Legends of the Fall*
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Live Free or Die Hard*
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Love The Coopers*
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Martha Marcy May Marlene
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Miss Sloane*
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My Left Foot
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Necessary Roughness
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New Jack City
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Outlaw Posse*
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Paid in Full*
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Pawn Sacrifice*
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Private Parts
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Rounders
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Rudy*
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Rules of Engagement
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Rushmore
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RV*
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Sahara
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Set It Off: Director’s Cut
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Sexy Beast
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
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Star Trek: First Contact
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Star Trek: Generations
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Star Trek: Insurrection
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Star Trek: Nemesis
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition
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Stephen King’s Thinner
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Stop-Loss
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Summer Rental
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Summer School*
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Sunset Boulevard
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Superstar
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Swingers
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Terms of Endearment
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The Baby-Sitters Club
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The Babysitter
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The East
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The Love Letter
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The Mechanic
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The Running Man
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The Saint*
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The Silence of the Lambs*
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
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The Truman Show
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The Yards
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Timeline
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Tom & Jerry
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Top Secret!*
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Total Recall
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Trainspotting
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Uncommon Valor
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Universal Soldier*
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What Men Want*
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Without a Paddle
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World Trade Center
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Yours, Mine & Ours
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Zero Dark Thirty
Arriving July 8
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Anesthesia*
Arriving July 13
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Arthur and the Invisibles*
Arriving July 15
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Fifty Shades of Black*
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The Current War*
Arriving July 24
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Weiner*
Arriving July 27
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Hannibal Rising*
What You Should Do If Space Junk Lands on Your House
What should you do if an errant piece of space junk lands in your yard or crushes your two-car garage? And who is legally on the hook for damages to your property or person?
It’s an astronomically unlikely occurrence, but it happened at least once. In March, a piece of the International Space Station tore through the roof of a home in Naples, Florida, and narrowly missed homeowner Alejandro Otero’s 19-year-old son.
“We weren’t sure if there had been an earthquake or what,” Otero reported. “When [my son] saw the hole coming through the house, he realized something fell through.” After some sleuthing, experts determined the mystery object, about the size of a soda can, was a battery pallet from the International Space Station.
Who’s responsible for falling space junk?
The aftermath of the incident raises some interesting questions, the most immediate being: How dangerous is it? Determining this should be the first thing you do in the astonishingly unlikely event that some space junk hits your house. The Oteros followed sensible space-junk protocol and contacted their local sheriff after the incident. Eventually, NASA determined that this piece of space junk wasn’t toxic or radioactive, but you never know, so exercise extreme caution. Don’t put your lips on it.
The second question is more complex: who is responsible for the estimated $15,000 in damage to the Oteros’ property, and any emotional and mental anguish the Oteros suffered as a result of the incident?
The first payee is likely to be their insurance company, so if this happens to you, give them a call. Homeowner’s insurance policies generally cover property damage from anything that falls from outer space, manmade or natural. Responsibility for damages above what your insurance covers, and for non-property claims like emotional distress, has a more complicated answer—you’ll need to hire a lawyer to sort that out.
According to the United Nations’ Office of Outer Space Affairs’ 1967 Outer Space Treaty and the 1972 Liability Convention, the government of the country where a launch took place is responsible for the financial compensation for any space junk damage from that launch, no matter what other country it might land in, even if a private company launched the satellite.
If the debris had landed in another country, the liability would be clear under the UN rules, but this was NASA junk that landed domestically, so international law no longer applies, according to space law expert Mark Sundahl.
“It becomes a domestic legal issue,” Sundahl told NPR. “A homeowner would have to bring a tort action against the federal government.”
According to the family’s lawyer, the Oteros have filed a claim with NASA. A spokesperson for the space agency said NASA won’t comment on a pending claim, so stay tuned as this unique case works its way through the legal system.
Who owns the space debris that lands on your property?
You might think that the Oteros would get to keep the space junk that fell into their home—what a conversation piece, right?—but the rule of “finders keepers” doesn’t apply here. The debris belongs to NASA and it has already retrieved it.
If a meteorite or asteroid lands on your house, it’s a different story. In that case, the law is clear in the U.S.: you own it in all ways. You (well, you and your insurance company) are responsible for any damages, and you get to keep your space rock. Just be careful the meteor isn’t full of invasive alien plant matter so you don’t end up like Stephen King in Creepshow.
Who is responsible for damages if a flying saucer crashes into your house?
If a flying saucer or other interstellar alien spacecraft crashes through your roof, you would probably have a valid claim with your insurance company. Policies cover damage from falling “spacecraft,” which presumably includes flying saucers.
It’s unlikely you would be able to collect anything above whatever homeowner’s insurance coverage you carry though; suing Gleepzorp from Romula V would probably be impossible: “As far as I know, only human beings, and those specifically granted personhood status by state legislatures or other laws, are subject to being parties to a lawsuit,” Chicago-based attorney Wesley Johnson told me. (Full disclosure: Wesley is my brother—I’m embarrassed to contact an attorney I’m not related to with this question.)
“Space aliens would probably be judgment-proof anyway, as they don’t have any money, at least money that could be exchanged for U.S. money,” Johnson added, displaying impressive patience.