Private autopsy details gunshot wound to side of Renee Good's head

Preliminary results from a private autopsy commissioned by the family of Renee Good show she suffered gunshot wounds to the side of her head, her right breast and her left forearm, according to lawyers for the family.

The results, reported byThe New York Timesand several other outlets, indicate the wounds to Good's forearm and breast were not immediately life-threatening because no major organs were struck. The head wound was fatal, the lawyers said.

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The findings align with the account provided by a first responder, who said Good was "unresponsive, not breathing, with inconsistent, irregular, thready pulse activity" when they arrived at the scene of the shooting.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office is conducting the official autopsy. It has not released its findings.

Good was killed in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 after an encounter with federal agents conducting immigration raids.Video of the incidentshows Good and her partner confronting ICE officers before one of the agents told her to "get out of the car."

As officers approached, Good is seen turning the steering wheel and accelerating, with one officer positioned near the front of the vehicle. The officer is heard saying "Whoa" before firing his weapon.

The vehicle continued down the street before crashing and coming to a stop. Good was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Department of Homeland Security has defended the officer's actions, saying he acted in accordance with his training.

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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattles Evanston, Wyoming

A notable earthquake rattled southwest Wyoming on Jan. 22, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The4.7 magnitude earthquaketook place in Evanston, a small city in Uinta County near the Utah border.

The quake was reported at 8:49 a.m. local time, according to the USGS.

As of late morning, no damages or injuries had been reported.

But the USGS reported the quake was felt as far away as Salt Lake City, about 80 miles southwest of Evanston.

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Earthquake magnitudes

Here are the effects of earthquakes of various magnitudes, according toMichigan Technological University:

• Below 2.5: Generally not felt

• 2.5 to 5.4: Minor or no damage

• 5.5 to 6.0: Slight damage to buildings

• 6.1 to 6.9: Serious damage

• 7.0 to 7.9: Major earthquake, serious damage

• 8.0 or greater: Massive damage, can destroy communities

This story has been updated to add new information.

Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.

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ICE detains 4 Minnesota students, including 5-year-old, school district says

A public school district north of Minneapolis said ICE agents detained four of its students in recent weeks, including a 5-year-old.

Zena Stenvik, superintendent of Columbia Heights Public Schools, said in a Wednesday news conference that four of the district's students had been "taken" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in recent weeks. Two of the students were on their way to school, she said.

On Tuesday afternoon, 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, were taken into custody by ICE agents in their driveway, just after the child returned home from preschool that day, Stenvik said. She added that another adult who lived in the home and was present at the time of the incident "begged" the agents to let him take care of the kid, but the agents refused.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that "ICE did NOT target a child."

McLaughlin said that ICE agents were targeting the boy's father, and that during the arrest, Conejo Arias "fled on foot — abandoning his child. For the child's safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child" while agents apprehended the father.

"Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children, or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates," McLaughlin said in a statement. "This is consistent with past administration's immigration enforcement."

Marc Prokosch, an immigration attorney representing the family, said he believed both father and son are being held in Texas currently.

"I'm exploring whether we file a habeas corpus petition to get him out," he said at Wednesday's news conference. "We'd have to actually file that down in Texas now and then, also continuing to look through the family's overall immigration case, because obviously, Liam doesn't have his own individual case. It's the family as a whole."

NBC News reached out to Prokosch for further comment but he did not immediately respond.

Stenvik noted that the family involved "is following U.S. legal parameters and has an active asylum case with no order of deportation."

"Why detain a 5-year-old?" Stenvik asked Wednesday. "You can't tell me that this child is going to be classified as a violent criminal."

The Columbia Heights Public Schools released a statement saying that 20 minutes after the boy and his father were taken, "the middle school brother came home to a missing dad, a missing little brother, and a terrified mother."

Conejo Ramos' teacher Ella Sullivan said that his removal has been a shock.

"He comes into class every day, and he just brightens the room," she said. "His friends haven't asked about him yet, but I know that they'll catch on, and it's just a very unfortunate situation. It should not be happening."

Additionally, on Tuesday, Stenvik said a 17-year-old student was removed from their car and "taken by armed, masked agents alone." Stenvik said no parents were present.

Two weeks ago, a 10-year-old student was "taken by ICE agents" while she was on her way to school with her mom, Stenvik said. She called her dad during the arrest to let him know what was happening, and by the end of the school day, both the student and her mother were in a detention center in Texas, where they remain, the superintendent added.

And last week, agents "pushed their way into an apartment" and detained a 17-year-old student and her mother, Stenvik said.

NBC News has asked DHS for comment on the additional three students Stenvik said were detained by ICE but did not immediately receive a reply.

Also on Tuesday, Stenvik said an ICE vehicle drove onto school property and approached the high school loading dock. She added that school administration told those in the vehicle to leave.

"ICE agents have been roaming our neighborhoods, circling our schools, following our buses, coming into our parking lots and taking our children," Stenvik said. "The sense of safety in our community and around our schools is shaken, and our hearts are shattered."

Stenvik said attendance has been down at the district's schools, and that recently she made the call to keep recess indoors because ICE agents were patrolling near one of the schools' playgrounds.

"Our children should not be afraid to come to school or to wait at a bus stop," she said.

McLaughlin previously told NBC News that "ICE is not going to schools to make arrests of children. Criminals are no longer able to hide in America's schools to avoid arrest."

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MLB Star Jung Hoo Lee Detained by Immigration Agents at LAX Over Paperwork

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San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee was detained byimmigration agentsat Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday over a "paperwork issue," the Giants said.

The 27-year-old outfielder, who was born in Japan but is of South Korean descent, was detained for "forgetting documents in Korea," Rep. Nancy Pelosi's office said Wednesday, Jan. 21, perCBS News.

Lee was traveling from South Korea to Los Angeles for a scheduled appearance at a Giants FanFest event on Saturday when he was briefly detained byCustoms and Border Protection agents. The issue was sorted out and he was released soon after, the Giants said in a statement to theAssociated Press.

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"Earlier today, Jung Hoo Lee experienced a brief travel issue at LAX due to a paperwork issue," the Giants said. "The matter was quickly clarified with the appropriate authorities, and he has since been cleared to continue his travel. We appreciate the professionalism of all parties involved."

Lee signed a six-year, $113 million deal with the Giants ahead of the 2024 MLB season, the largest-ever deal for a Korean position player, after seven seasons in KBO League, South Korea's major baseball league.

The outfielder was limited for the first half of his first season with the Giants due to injury, but returned midway through 2024 and played all of the 2025 season. He has batted .266 with eight home runs and 55 RBIs with 10 stolen bases over 150 games.

Lee and the Giants begin spring training in Scottdale, Ariz. in February ahead of their opening day game at Oracle Park in San Francisco on March 25 against the New York Yankees.

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She's a contender to win Olympic gold. She says coming out is a big reason why.

Amber Glenn had just skated off the ice when she screamed.

Waiting in a cooldown area after a run at this month's U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Glenn reacted in disbelief after she saw her score of 83.05 flash on a monitor. The score was a U.S. championship record for the women's short program, and it would help her, two days later, become the first U.S. woman in 21 years to win a third consecutive U.S. championship.

The victory clinched Glenn a spoton her first Olympic teamand created an opportunity at next month'sMilan Cortina Winter Olympicsto become the first U.S. woman to medal in singles at an Olympics since 2006.

Earlier in her career, Glenn lost confidence that such success would ever materialize. She went so far as to step away from the sport, citing her mental health.

It is no coincidence, she believes, that the high point of her career has overlapped with her best years personally, too, since she came out publicly as bisexual and pansexual in 2019. Glennwill become the first out womanto figure skate at an Olympics, according to Outsports, a website that has tracked LGBTQ athletes since 1999.

"It was something that did set me free," Glenn said in the run-up to the Olympics. "I was able to feel like I wasn't being pressured into trying to fill someone else's shoes."

Glenn was raised in Plano, Texas, and by 2019 was training outside Dallas when the Dallas Voice, an outlet covering LGBTQ issues in Texas, wrote a story about two North Texas-based pairs skaters who had just won a national championship. One of the skaters, Timothy LeDuc, had become the first openly out athlete to win a U.S. title in pairs skating. Several hundred words into the story, Glenn was quoted supporting the pair, who were her friends. Then, Glenn acknowledged publicly for the first time that she identified as bisexual and pansexual.

In hindsight, Glenn would have created a more "professional" announcement, she said. She was not prepared for the amount of attention the story garnered.

"I thought, 'OK, this is my little baby step, and ... barely anyone's gonna see it.' It was a local newspaper," Glenn said. "Yeah, it did not stay local. The next day it was, like, international news."

She was not sure how she would be received when she competed outside the United States in countries with differing cultural views of, or laws concerning, the queer community. The reaction from sponsors that funded her career and judges who determined her place at competitions also concerned her.

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Figure skating is ruled by a subjective scoring system in which a technical element score and a program component score combine into a final score. The component score is based on a competitor's skating skills, presentation and composition — what has sometimes been referred to obliquely as "artistry." Glenn had long worried that she was "too muscular, I was too big, I didn't fit the mold."

"It's not whoever crosses the finish line first wins," Glenn said. "Part of it is up for discussion. It's up to that person's opinion. So of course I was scared that I'd be looked at as less feminine, less graceful or 'Oh, are you the man in the relationship?' Something like that ... was something that I was scared to happen.

"But I realized, well, if we're ever going to get past that worry, someone has to do it. Someone has to break that mold and break that stereotype in order for the next person who comes out not to be afraid of that because they saw that it didn't affect me."

Glenn said she did not ultimately believe that her scores had ever been affected in the six years since she came out. She said other fears around her reception from fans or sponsors also never were realized. During her first competition after she came out, she saw Pride flags in the audience, which she took as a welcoming sign. And although some out LGBTQ athletes have described a struggle to raise sponsorship money — NHRA driver Travis Shumaketold the Los Angeles Timesthis year that he'd lost most of his sponsorship deals — Glenn said she was "really lucky" not to have felt a financial pinch.

"Figure skating is unique," she said. "We have more acceptance and more of a community in the queer space, and I feel like I've been accepted with open arms, and that's not the case for all sports."

Coming out had made Glenn feel better, but it did not, by itself, make her a better skater.

Multiple concussions delayed her training. Her skating was inconsistent. She could not land a triple axel at the 2021 U.S. championships, and she was later named an alternate for, but not a member of, that year's U.S. team at the world championships. A year later, she finished 14th in the short program at the U.S. championships before she withdrew after a positive Covid-19 test.

"After the '22 [Olympic] Games concluded, I realized that I wasn't going to be able to be anyone but myself and that I needed to lean into my strengths, rather than seeing them as weaknesses," Glenn said. "And I think that's been crucial for my success."

Glenn switched coaches and moved her training from Texas to Colorado. Under coach Damon Allen, she won her first medal on skating's Grand Prix circuit and won a gold medal at the World Team Trophy in 2022.

She also credits her breakthrough to working with a mental coach who has helped her control the rush from adrenaline she feels competing, partly through breathing exercises. When Glenn won her first U.S. national title in 2024, she did so despite committing a pair of mistakes on jumps early in a routine that was later compared toMichelle Kwan's similar title-winning but error-strewn runin 1997. But less than a year later, Glenn became the first U.S. woman to win the Grand Prix Final in 14 years, capping her unbeaten season.

To Glenn, the breakout would not have occurred without her choice to come out.

"No matter how hard I tried, I just did not fit into the mold, and eventually I realized if I'm going to keep doing this, I want to at least do it as me, because I'm not going to fit into this mold," she said last fall. "I'm not going to be at the top anyways, so I might as well do it as myself. And in doing so, I ended up making it to the top somehow.

"I learned a lot, and I think that being an advocate for the queer community and for mental health is one of the reasons why I keep going."

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NBA midseason grades: Report cards for every West team, plus each roster's MVP so far

Every NBA team in the Western Conference has played 41 games and most have played more, which means we are due for a midseason report card.

(Check out ourEast report cardandmidseason awards, too.)

The Oklahoma City Thunder (37-8) went 6-6 over a three-week stretch during the holidays and still hold a commanding lead on the conference's No. 1 seed. That stretch, though, included four losses to would-be challengers,leaving open the possibilitythey aren't such a clear-cut favorite.

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The Denver Nuggets (29-15), who are surviving a spell without Nikola Jokić, the world's best player, look every bit the contender when healthy. The San Antonio Spurs (30-14) handed OKCthree of those losses, making clear that they could compete in a seven-game series with the defending champions. The Minnesota Timberwolves (27-17) also recently upset the Thunder.

Each of those four teams, all serious contenders, warrants an A. The West also boasts the one F from our midseason report card, but before we give away too much, let us get to the grades.

Dallas Mavericks•Denver Nuggets•Golden State Warriors•Houston Rockets•Los Angeles Clippers•Los Angeles Lakers•Memphis Grizzlies•Minnesota Timberwolves•New Orleans Pelicans•Oklahoma City Thunder•Phoenix Suns•Portland Trail Blazers•Sacramento Kings•San Antonio Spurs•Utah Jazz

(First-quarter grades can be found here.)

Dallas Mavericks(18-26)

• Midseason MVP: Cooper Flagg (19-6-4 on 48/29/81)

• Offensive rating: 110.4 (27th) • Defensive rating: 112.6 (7th)

• Best lineup: Flagg • Ryan Nembhard • Naji Marshall • P.J. Washington • Anthony Davis (+29 in 47 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 9-15 • Against losing teams: 9-11

Comments:Anthony Davis is one of the few true game-changing forces in the NBA, only he cannot stay healthy, and he turns 33 years old in March. … This time, it is a hand injury that will keep him out through the All-Star break. … Shop him?For what?… The alternative: Keep him, get Kyrie Irving healthy, and see what you have with them and Cooper Flagg(!) next season. … What is the point of chasing a play-in bid? May as well add another high pick to their mix.

Grade:D

Denver Nuggets(29-15)

• Midseason MVP: Nikola Jokić (30-12-11 on 61/44/85)

• Offensive rating: 121.5 (1st) • Defensive rating: 117.0 (24th)

• Best lineup: Jokić • Jamal Murray • Christian Braun • Cam Johnson • Aaron Gordon (+42 in 159 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 13-8 • Against losing teams: 16-7

Comments:Nikola Jokić leads the NBA in assistsandrebounds per gameandtrue shooting percentage. Needless to say, nobody has done that. … He is nursing a knee injury, and Denver (somehow) is 7-5 in his absence, holding on to the No. 3 seed in the West. … It speaks to the team's depth this season. … The emergence of Peyton Watson (22-6-3 on 50/42/71) over those last 12 games is beyond helpful. … When healthy, this is as true of a contender as there is in the league.

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Grade:A

Golden State Warriors(25-20)

• Midseason MVP: Stephen Curry (27-4-5 on 47/39/93)

• Offensive rating: 115.8 (12th) • Defensive rating: 112.8 (9th)

• Best lineup: Curry • Brandin Podziemski • Jimmy Butler • Jonathan Kuminga • Draymond Green (+25 in 65 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 11-15 • Against losing teams: 14-5

Comments:Man,news of Jimmy Butler's torn ACL is a bummer. … The framework of these Warriors, knocking on the door of the top-10 on both offense and defense, was a good one. … Stephen Curry is a shooting machine. This is not normal for a 37-year-old. … Yet, Golden State has been outscored by 2.7 points per 100 possessions when Butler is not on the court. … The dynasty, for all intents and purposes, is completely cooked, if it wasn't already. … This is sad.

Grade:C

Houston Rockets(26-15)

• Midseason MVP: Kevin Durant (26-5-5 on 51/40/89)

• Offensive rating: 118.9 (3rd) • Defensive rating: 112.4 (5th)

• Best lineup: Durant • Amen Thompson • Josh Okogie • Jabari Smith Jr. • Alperen Şengün (+36 in 276 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 14-8 • Against losing teams: 12-7

Comments:Without the injured Fred VanVleet, the Rockets lack an organizer of a point guard, and they have done quite well to survive it, posting the NBA's third-rated offense. … Still, there are times in the clutch, where the Rockets are 10-12, when it is clear they need one. … It helps to have Kevin Durant, one of history's most lethal isolation scorers — still, at 37 years old. Not normal, either, by the way. … It would be nice if coach Ime Udoka trusted Reed Sheppard more.

Grade:B

Los Angeles Clippers(19-24)

• Midseason MVP: Kawhi Leonard (28-6-4 on 50/40/94)

• Offensive rating: 115.5 (13th) • Defensive rating: 116.8 (22nd)

• Best lineup: Leonard • James Harden • Kris Dunn • John Collins • Ivica Zubac (+10 in 250 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 9-17 • Against losing teams: 10-7

Comments:The Clippers earned an F onour first-quarter report cardand deserved it. … Since then, they are 13-8, outscoring opponents by 2.7 points per 100 possessions — something like a playoff team. … Only their terrible start has left them clutching to a play-in tournament berth. … It is incumbent upon the Clippers to make the playoffs, if only so they do not hand their lottery pick to the Thunder. … Kawhi Leonard's knee is acting up again. … The team is, plainly,too old.

Grade:D

Los Angeles Lakers(26-16)

• Midseason MVP: Luka Dončić (34-8-9 on 47/34/79)

• Offensive rating: 116.9 (8th) • Defensive rating: 117.3 (25th)

• Best lineup: Dončić • Austin Reaves • Marcus Smart • Rui Hachimura • Deandre Ayton (+31 in 81 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 10-11 • Against losing teams: 16-5

Comments:The Lakers are 13-1 in the clutch, because they have Luka Dončić, LeBron James and Austin Reaves, an incredible offensive trio, who know how to close games. … This is how they are in fifth place, in line to make the playoffs, despite a negative point differential. … When James, Dončić and Reaves share the floor, the Lakers allow 118.7 points per 100 possessions, the equivalent of a bottom-five defense. … This is, to be clear, a fatal flaw.JJ Redick knows this.

Grade:B

Memphis Grizzlies(18-24)

• Midseason MVP: Jaren Jackson Jr. (19-6-2 on 48/37/77)

• Offensive rating: 112.9 (23rd) • Defensive rating: 114.0 (14th)

• Best lineup: Jackson • Vince Williams • Cedric Coward • Jaylen Wells • Zach Edey (+27 in 102 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 5-20 • Against losing teams: 13-4

Comments:In two games since returning to Memphis' lineup, Ja Morant has totaled 47 points and 25 assists. … It feels like an audition for the rest of the league. … After all, theGrizzlies are reportedly listening to offers for Morant, andhe seems ready to moveon from Memphis, too. … The market is tepid. For now. … Too bad Zach Edey cannot stay on the court. It is actually intriguing how good the Grizzlies can be at full force. … But it is alwayssomethingwith Morant.

Grade:D

Minnesota Timberwolves(27-17)

• Midseason MVP: Anthony Edwards (30-5-4 on 50/41/79)

• Offensive rating: 117.5 (6th) • Defensive rating: 112.9 (10th)

• Best lineup: Edwards • Donte DiVincenzo • Jaden McDaniels • Julius Randle • Rudy Gobert (+85 in 424 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 10-12 • Against losing teams: 17-5

Comments:The goal of these Timberwolves was to reestablish themselves as the team that has reached consecutive conference finals — with a chance to get further — and they have done that, even beating the Thunder in one of their two matchups. … Did the Wolves win their trade of Karl-Anthony Towns? Julius Randle has been just as good, if not better, and Donte DiVincenzo is a nice added bonus. …Anthony Edwards deserved a start in the All-Star Game.

Grade:A

New Orleans Pelicans(10-36)

• Midseason MVP: Trey Murphy III (22-6-4 on 49/38/90)

• Offensive rating: 111.9 (25th) • Defensive rating: 119.0 (27th)

• Best lineup: Murphy • Jeremiah Fears • Herbert Jones • Saddiq Bey • Derik Queen (+15 in 113 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 2-27 • Against losing teams: 8-9

Comments:Rookie Derik Queen is good, averaging a 13-7-4 on almost 50% shooting. … That still does not excuse the Pelicans' decision to trade their unprotected 2026 first-round pick for him. That selection, belonging to Atlanta, is one of the single-best assets in the NBA. … Zion Williamson has played 20 straight games and still New Orleans stinks. …Might the Pelicans finally trade him?…Trey Murphy is the real prize. Just about every NBA team could use him.

Grade:F

Oklahoma City Thunder(37-8)

• Midseason MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (32-4-6 on 56/40/89)

• Offensive rating: 118.5 (5th) • Defensive rating: 105.2 (1st)

• Best lineup: Gilgeous-Alexander • Cason Wallace • Lu Dort • Jalen Williams • Chet Holmgren (+69 in 117 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 16-7 • Against losing teams: 21-1

Comments:The Thunder, still the favorites, no longer seem invulnerable. For almost a month, they played .500 basketball. … Still they lead the West by 6.5 games. Still they are on a 68-win pace. … Since then, they are 7-1, losing only by two to the Heat in Miami, reestablishing the defending champions as the team to beat. … Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is on pace to become the first player to average 30 points in four straight seasons since Michael Jordan.

Grade:A

Phoenix Suns (27-17)

• Midseason MVP: Devin Booker (25-4-6 on 45/30/86)

• Offensive rating: 114.9 (14th) • Defensive rating: 112.2 (4th)

• Best lineup: Booker • Collin Gillespie • Dillon Brooks • Royce O'Neale • Mark Williams (+48 in 231 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 12-13 • Against losing teams: 15-4

Comments:Nobody figured these Suns for a guaranteed playoff spot in the crowded Western Conference, but there they stand through the season's first half. … The effort of Dillon Brooks, their surprising culture-setter, is contagious. … Jalen Green is finally back, and he looked pretty good in his return. … How well he fits their newfound culture is a question. … The Suns have played well enough to warrant an upgrade at the deadline, though they have few picks to trade.

Grade:A

Portland Trail Blazers(22-22)

• Midseason MVP: Deni Avdija (26-7-7 on 47/36/80)

• Offensive rating: 113.5 (21st) • Defensive rating: 115.4 (17th)

• Best lineup: Avdija • Shaedon Sharpe • Kris Murray • Toumani Camara • Donovan Clingan (+15 in 106 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 12-16 • Against losing teams: 10-6

Comments:Deni Avdija should be an All-Star if we are basing our selections on how well they have playedthisseason. … It is a good thing, too, because none of their recent first-round picks has established himself as a star. … There are a lot of players to like, though, including Caleb Love, who is averaging a 16-3-3 on 45/39/71 shooting splits in his last 15 appearances. … What does more of the same get them? More middling. It is painful to be stuck in the NBA's middle.

Grade:C

Sacramento Kings(12-33)

• Midseason MVP: DeMar DeRozan (19-3-4 on 51/36/87)

• Offensive rating: 109.4 (29th) • Defensive rating: 119.1 (28th)

• Best lineup: DeRozan • Russell Westbrook • Zach LaVine • Keegan Murray • Maxime Raynaud (+14 in 90 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 8-24 • Against losing teams: 4-9

Comments:What to say about these Kings. Did they really think the combination of DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine and Russell Westbrook would bear fruit? … At least Domantas Sabonis is back from a knee injury, though he has yet to make a start in his return. … Everybody on the team is available in a trade. … What young player would you want from this roster?MaybeKeegan Murray or Maxime Raynaud? … Their saving grace: They own their first-round pick.

Grade:D

San Antonio Spurs(30-14)

• Midseason MVP: Victor Wembanyama (24-11-3 on 51/38/84)

• Offensive rating: 116.6 (9th) • Defensive rating: 111.6 (3rd)

• Best lineup: Wembanyama • De'Aaron Fox • Stephon Castle • Julian Champagnie • Harrison Barnes (+42 in 84 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 14-12 • Against losing teams: 16-2

Comments:Victor Wembanyama is awalking top-flight defenseat 22 years old. The Spurs own the equivalent of the NBA's best defense (104.5 points allowed per 100 possessions) when he is on the court, and they operate like the league's 14th-rated outfit when he is on the bench. (Still not bad, by the way.) … Stephon Castle has made a leap. Dylan Harper appears ready to make one. … San Antonio is waaaaaaaay ahead of schedule on the quest to build its next contender.

Grade:A

Utah Jazz(15-29)

• Midseason MVP: Keyonte George (24-4-7 on 46/38/90)

• Offensive rating: 114.4 (17th) • Defensive rating: 122.2 (30th)

• Best lineup: George • Brice Sensabaugh • Svi Mykhailiuk • Lauri Markkanen • Jusuf Nurkic (+2 in 47 minutes)

• Against .500+ teams: 7-20 • Against losing teams: 8-9

Comments:The emergence of Keyonte George is a franchise-altering development. … Whereas once it made sense to trade Lauri Markkanen, now there is at least reason to believe the two of them could form the basis of a competitive team. … Their defensive rating is somehow worse than the league's best offensive rating. … It would be nice if Markkanen played. … But their mission is clear, since the Jazz owe a top-eight protected pick to OKC.

Grade:C

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Martin Short Nearly Ruined Selena Gomez's Wedding by Cutting Into Her Cake Before It Was Served

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• Martin Short recounted his time at Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's September wedding during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, Jan. 21

• The actor shared that the wedding was "beautiful" and "perfect" until he made a major faux pas

• Gomez, who stars on Only Murders in the Building with Short, and Blanco tied the knot on Sept. 27 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Martin Shortis spilling the wedding tea — and cake!

On Wednesday, Jan. 21, the comedian and actor, 75, appeared on the latest episode ofJimmy Kimmel Live!where he revealed he almost ruined the nuptials of hisOnly Murders in the BuildingcostarSelena Gomezand her husband Benny Blanco thanks to a food faux pas.

Gomez, 33, and Blanco, 37,tied the knotin Santa Barbara, Calif., on Sept. 27, with Short giving a joint speech with his and Gomez's fellowOMITBcast memberSteve Martin.

"The wedding was perfect and it was beautiful ... So everything was perfect except the night of the reception," Short said as he began his story.

"It was a big, big party ... big tents and at the back of the tent where these individual seating areas with couches and chairs. So that if you had a group, like we had a group,Only Murders in the Building, there was about 12 of us," he continued, adding thatPaul Ruddand his wife Julie were among those he was with.

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"And there was a wedding cake by our section but it was a small wedding cake. I just assumed there was a wedding cake for each section in the back," Short added, to laughs from the audience. "So after a few hours, they haven't cut their wedding cake yet, Steve [Martin] said said he was going to leave."

Short added while laughing, "Maybe I'd had a cocktail, I don't know. So I said, 'Oh Steve you can't leave' I had a fork in my hand. 'You can't leave yet without a piece of wedding cake.' And I cut the wedding cake, one side, cut it the other and then all the people in our group scream, 'Marty!' "

Short then confirmed: "It was the wedding cake."

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A photo of the "Just Married" love heart cake was then displayed on the screen showing a large slice mark on the side and a fork print as the audience gasped.

"I tried to fix it with a fork," Short said. "This was bad. This was about an hour before it was to be presented. And so I turned to Paul Rudd and said, 'So, do we just leave?' "

"And then they called the wedding coordinator and then the chef came out," he added.

Doing an impersonation of the chef, who Short said appeared to be French, Short said, "He was like, 'What the hell happened here?' "

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"Then they did surgery but it ended up being like a Hollywood wedding cake and that it was beautiful but now it had a little work done," he added to huge laughs from the audience.

A photo of Gomez — whom Short affectionately described as "extra child of mine" — and music producer Blanco then flashed up on the screen showing their cake turned at an angle and looking picture perfect.

"Steve was so stunned when I did that he gained color," Short added.

He also light heartedly recalled of the moment, "I kept saying, 'Guys, we can't let Selena know.' And Stephen (Steve Martin) said, 'Maybe we tell her in a month or so.' "

TheRare Beautyfounder and Blanco married in a dreamy ceremony wearing custom Ralph Lauren. Along with Short, Martin and Rudd, Gomez and Blanco other famous pals Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran were also among those in attendance.

Gomez announced the happy news onInstagramwith the caption, "🤍 9.27.25 🤍" alongside a series of photos from their happy day.

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