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Lakewood’s elected leaders this week clamped down on new gas stations and car washes opening up in the city, passing an ordinance that establishes buffers to limit eligible sites for new operations. The vote during the City Council’s Monday meeting was 9-0. Lakewood’s move comes ahead of a similar effort by the Denver City Council, which is expected to vote Tuesday on first reading of its own proposed restrictions on gas stations.

Marvel Rivals is only going from strength to strength since launch thanks to fresh content being added and an overall positive gameplay experience. Season 1 has also brought about a bunch of new skins as well as specific Twitch Drops you can earn. Alongside these is a specialized Drop for the first Marvel Rivals Twitch Drop event and here, we’ll reveal what you need to know about it and how you can get the associated reward. How to get Marvel Rivals Twitch Rivals Drops With the inaugural Marvel Rivals Twitch Rivals event comes an opportunity to net in-game goodies, even if you’re not taking part in the actual face-off. Up for grabs is the Dancing Fortune Nameplate featuring a dragon aesthetic that falls in line with the recent Lunar New Year skins. To get the Nameplate, you will need to watch a stream of a participant in the Twitch Rivals event for at least 30 minutes and it will be given to you as soon as possible. You will need to ensure that you have your Twitch and Marvel Rivals accounts linked ahead of this so if you haven’t already done so, click this link to go to the necessary page and follow the steps. Since the Twitch Rivals event is a relatively quick process, you will need to be on your toes and load up a stream as soon as it goes live. You’ll have between January 18, 2 PM PST, and January 19, 11:59 PM PST to get that half an hour in so set your alarms for the start time to ensure you don’t miss it. As for who’s participating, you’ve got big names like xQc, Shroud, and Willneff among others so head to their streams or whoever is in on the respective teams and you’ll be good to go. The post Marvel Rivals Twitch Rivals Drops explained and how to get appeared first on ReadWrite.

The world’s first cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) regained $100,000 as inflation concerns die down. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is changing hands at just under $105,000 after seeing its price increase by about 5.7% over the last 24 hours and 12.25% over the last seven days. The resurgence in BTC prices comes amid an easing in inflation concerns.

United States Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent dismissed U. S. efforts to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Talking to the Senate Finance Comittee in a recent Associated Press video, Bessent can be seen explain how he is not interested in developing a U. S. CBDC.

I ordered tuna sandwiches from Subway, Jimmy John's, and Jersey Mike's to find the best one. Steven JohnI tried classic tuna sandwiches at Subway, Jimmy John's, and Jersey Mike's to find the best one. Subway and Jersey Mike's both had OK offerings, but there were problems with both. Jimmy John's sandwich had a great balance of ingredients and spot-on taste and texture.

Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesUS stocks jumped and yields tumbled on Friday. Stocks are on track for their best week since the election, with the S&P 500 headed for a gain of nearly 3%. Encouraging inflation data sent bond yields tumbling as markets revived rate-cut bets. US stocks gained on Friday, with the market on track for its best week since the November election.