Pack out indefinitely, Johnson-Arigu transfers as UM prepares for FSU game Wednesday Interim UM coach Bill Courtney said he has no idea when, or if, Nijel Pack will return from an unspecified foot/ankle injury. 01/6/2025 - 8:45 am | View Link
UCF Knights football: Chasen Johnson withdraws from transfer portal after SMU commitment Chasen Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound Sanford native, started four games at cornerback for the Knights as a true freshman in 2024. 01/6/2025 - 5:35 am | View Link
Despite bowl loss, Shedeur, Hunter close successful Colorado chapter BYU stymied Colorado 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl in rolling to its second straight bowl victory, bringing to an end the stellar Buffaloes era of Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter. 12/28/2024 - 10:51 am | View Link
Superlatives for Iowa football's 2024 season: MVPs, top freshmen, best Kirk Ferentz quotes The Heisman Trophy went to Colorado’s Travis Hunter. All-American teams have been released left and right — with Iowa football stars Jay Higgins and Kaleb Johnson earning their ... Even though only a ... 12/17/2024 - 11:02 pm | View Link
Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on social media that California is preventing insurance companies from being able to cancel or not renew the policies of Southern California wildfire victims on Friday. Via GVWire:
On Thursday, the California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance cancellations and non-renewals for Southern California homeowners affected by wildfires.
The measure, stemming from Gov.
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Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, and the rocket company is poised for its most defining moment to date: sending a vehicle to orbit for the first time. Via CNN:
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is set to make its inaugural launch attempt as soon as 1 a.m.
The wildfires sweeping through LA are a heartbreaking reminder of our times. I spoke with one of my best friends Adam Roth, who lives in Pasadena, about what it’s been like on the ground. He and his family had to abandon their home, not knowing what they’d return to. Thankfully, as of now, his house is ok.
On this day in 1962 Chubby Checker's song "The Twist" (which is credited with starting the dance craze of the same name) went to #1 in the charts two years after first reaching number one spot.
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driftglass: Orly Taitz Died For Your Sins: Part Two -- Locking Shields.
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Here we go again. CNN's Jake Tapper allows another Republican senator to dance around his questions and lie to his face. This time it was Alabama Sen. Katie Britt. We all remember Britt from her infamous SOTU response which was trolled perfectly by Scarlett Johansson on Saturday Night Live.
Britt was a guest on this Sunday's State of the Union, and was asked by Tapper about her support for corrupt Trump nominee to be Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and Britt responded by ignoring Bondi's election denialism, pretending there's any reason to believe she won't politicize the department, and continuing to spreading the lie that the DOJ was politicized under Biden.
TAPPER: You're on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi will testify before your committee later this week.
Last Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a rare “particularly dangerous situation” (PDS) red flag warning to Los Angeles and Ventura counties about incoming strong winds. “This is about as bad as it gets in terms of fire weather,” the warning for Tuesday through Thursday said.
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Over the next three days, fires whipped by gusts of up to 100 m.p.h.