“If you don’t want to help save the country, get out of the way so you don’t destroy it,” Biden said in a public address Monday. “They need to stop playing Russian roulette with the American economy.” The U.S. Treasury Department has estimated that the federal government could default on its debt by mid-October if Congress doesn’t agree to raise the cap on the debt limit before then. The U....
With Oklahoma and Texas seeking membership in the Southeastern Conference, the conference appears headed for another drastic change in the College Football Playoff era. On the field, the Sooners remain the team to beat. Oklahoma has won six consecutive Big 12 championships, and coach Lincoln Riley has another loaded offense to work with in 2021. Heisman Trophy favorite Spencer Rattler returns at quarterback, and there is enough talent to make a national championship run....
Johnson’s Poker Face, which will stream on Peacock, kicked things off almost immediately with the announcement that Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne would be the first big name to join up. She wasn’t the last, however, as others slowly began filling up the show’s ranks. Now, that flow of big names has evolved from a drip to a temporary torrent with 3 new actors being announced in 1 day. However, it’s an even larger group if one takes into account the rest of the talent who have joined since the show’s announcement....
Left-handed batter Matthew Gilkes was named the Player of the Match after he stayed unbeaten on 74 off 55 with the help of seven fours and one six. Thanks to his knock, the Thunder chased down 143 with nine balls to spare. Alex Ross also played a handy knock of 40 off 32 balls. Chris Green and Usman Qadir were the pick of the bowlers for the Thunder as they picked up four wickets at an economy rate of 5....
Drew McIntyre has been a fan favourite ever since the beginning of the Pandemic Era. Since winning the Royal Rumble and dethroning Brock Lesnar to become the WWE Champion, McIntyre has become one of the top faces in the company. Another top face who is currently healing himself up is Big E. On WWE’s the Bump, McIntyre was full of praise for the former champion and declared that everyone should aspire to be like The New Day member:...
3 Up Ryan Howard, 1B, Phillies. Howard turned back the clock with a 4-for-5 day that included nine total bases. He launched his fourth homer of the season and even legged out a triple. He’s triple-slashing .262/.360/.508. Jose Abreu, 1B, White Sox. A second good game in a row suggests Abreu is breaking out of his brief slump. He went 3-for-6 with two doubles and a homer (5) in the White Sox’s blowout win....
Howard’s is a riches-to-rags-to-riches story. He won the Heisman Trophy at the University of Michigan but flopped with the Washington Redskins, then was dumped by expansion Jacksonville. “I never doubted I would make it,” says the personable Packer, adding that he won’t point fingers in his vindication. But, he notes with a smile, “those folks who said I didn’t have the talent to make it in the NFL–they got some explaining to do....
Randy Orton’s storyline future as the WWE Champion, however, is still not set in stone. On the last episode of RAW, Randy Orton was confronted by The Fiend. Drew McIntyre also attacked the WWE Champion at the end of the show, which clearly hinted at the rivalry’s continuation. Dave Meltzer speculated in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the plan could be to have a three-way program featuring Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, and The Fiend....
A snake removal specialist from Australian Snake Catchers arrived at the home in Kurrajong, New South Wales, to find the venomous snake hunched up on some grass. Death adders are one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia. They are also the fastest striking snake on the planet. It can strike and bite a victim in less than 0.15 seconds. The snake season in Australia is currently in full swing, meaning snakes are becoming more active in the warmer, summer months....
That thought might be easy to swat away and say, “A-C-C or S-E-C your way out of that conversation … " The ACC is the only conference with two national championship coaches in Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher. The conference added to that depth with Miami’s Mark Richt and Virginia Tech’s Justin Fuente, among others. The SEC continues to draw in absurd revenue behind Nick Saban’s machine at Alabama....
This week, the intrigue isn’t quite there, although Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan will all have to avoid slipping up against inferior opponents to keep their Big Ten East hopes alive. Michigan State is a two-touchdown favorite at home against Maryland, while Ohio State (-16 at Illinois) and Michigan (-13 at Indiana) are big road favorites. The Spartans controlled their own destiny in the Big Ten prior to last week until a controversial call against Nebraska derailed their season....
August has long been pegged as the likeliest time for Microsoft to make the final key announcements regarding its plans for the Xbox platform ahead of the XSX’s launch. There’s been much speculation as to what it might announce this month, and with how much the company has been pushing Game Pass, a lot of that speculation has guessed at all sorts of major changes that could be coming to the subscription service....
Central Secretariat, Chhattisgarh Hockey also won their matches. In the opening match of the day, Central Secretariat registered their second victory in as many days as they beat Assam Hockey 3-1 in a Pool A match. It was a closely fought first quarter of the match but Central Secretariat struck twice in the second quarter and then once again in the third to take a 3-0 lead. Assam Hockey, on the other hand, tried their best to make a comeback but were only rewarded with a consolation goal towards the end of the third quarter as captain Harvir Singh struck in the 44th minute....
On Thursday’s episode of journalist Bari Weiss’ podcast Honestly, Barr described Trump as someone who is “all about himself” and willing to pursue his personal agenda at the expense of the greater GOP. Barr, who headed the Department of Justice for two years under Trump, criticized him for castigating members of their party as “RINOs,” or Republicans in name only, contending that not only do such conservatives not exist but that Trump has chosen to do so to purge the GOP of people he didn’t like....
For years, NFL teams have been trying to replicate the success of Bill Belichick’s tenure in New England, and it’s an effort that hasn’t proven fruitful. While coaching trees in the NFL are generally overrated and largely unsuccessful, that hasn’t stopped teams from trying to find the next “Hoodie” from Belichick’s cabinet. Belichick understudies have gotten lots of marquee jobs in the NFL since the Patriots’ head coach has become a proven commodity in the league and etched his name into the pantheon of all-time greats....
Maher opened his show, Real Time, last night by mocking Trump’s refusal to admit defeat in the presidential election. Most media outlets and television stations called the race for President-elect Joe Biden last Saturday. Ellis was the first guest on Maher’s show. “What all Americans should be concerned about is that every legal vote should be counted fairly and accurately,” she said after being introduced by the host. “Right away you used a talking point there, the legal vote....
In a video on TikTok that was also widely shared on Twitter, the popular presenter who hosted Bill Nye the Science Guy gave a light-hearted explainer with a serious message. Sporting his trademark bow tie, he starts the clip by showing a map of the U.S. colored in to show how the areas of the country where people work masks the least had the highest incidence of the disease....
Just a note to say thanks again for the loan of your house. Gotta say I had my doubts for a minute there, coming that last little ways in from the main road–guess they must charge the moon to pave a driveway up here–but once you get inside it’s as cool as Vernon said. Man, nice picture windows. All you need is a gasfired grill out back. Thanks, by the way, for stocking up the freezer....
The fossilized remains of the plant, described in Nature Ecology & Evolution, were discovered on the 1,000 million-year-old Nanfen Formation in the northern province of Liaoning, China, which shares a border with North Korea. At around a billion years old, it is believed to be one of the oldest examples of a multicellular chlorophyte—a group of green algae from the division Chlorophyta, which are thought to have played a key role in pre-Mesozoic (225 million years ago and older) ecosystems....
