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Bengals-Ravens on Thursday Night
Baltimore Ravens 35, Cincinnati Bengals 34 Following a sluggish start, the Ravens offense caught fire in the second half. The Ravens were playing one of their most slow offensive games of the season until late in the third quarter, trailing 21-7 at a stunned M&T Bank Stadium. However, Chase Brown’s fumble seemed to wake up the…
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Sources: Dodgers and free agent Snell agree to a five-year, $182 million contract
On Tuesday evening, ESPN was informed by sources that the Los Angeles Dodgers and free agency left-hander Blake Snell had reached an agreement on a five-year, $182 million contract. According to insiders, the deal, which is awaiting a physical, contains a $52 million signing bonus, some deferred money, and no opt-outs. After the Dodgers survived October…
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Microsoft Outage
OVERLINE Although it is yet unclear when the applications will return online, Microsoft has stated that a fix has been implemented to bring email and calendar services back to thousands of users who reported disruptions early Monday morning. Although it is yet unclear when the applications will return online, Microsoft has stated that a fix has…
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160,000 pounds of Ground beef have been recalled because of E. coli.
The Food Safety Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a recall of over 160,000 pounds of ground beef products that were distributed to restaurants around the country because they may have been contaminated with E. coli. Wolverine Packing Co., based in Michigan, announced the recall, which affects 167,277 pounds of ground beef, according…
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Trump selects Linda McMahon to be his secretary of education.
Donald Trump, the president-elect, has selected Linda McMahon, his transition co-chair, to be the next secretary of the Department of Education. After it became apparent that McMahon would not be chosen to be Commerce secretary, Trump made the announcement Tuesday night, which confirmed CNN’s earlier reporting. In a spat with hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, Trump…
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Jim Nantz Described His ‘Play of the Year’ Award for Josh Allen’s Late TD Run
The Kansas City Chiefs’ perfect season was ruined on Sunday by the Buffalo Bills, who exorcised some regular season demons. There is no way in which anyone would voluntarily give the ball to Patrick Mahomes if he has a chance to win, so Bills coach Sean McDermott made the smart decision to go for it on…
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Jon Jones triumphs in return, TKO’s Stipe Miocic at UFC 309
New York — Jon Jones looked as good as ever Saturday, knocking out Stipe Miocic with a spinning back kick in the third round of their heavyweight title battle at UFC 309 in Madison Square Garden. And now that the situation is resolved, the fight world will anxiously await the heavyweight title unification clash. Jones (28-1)…
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Before Jake Paul was born, Mike Tyson was a heavyweight champion. They battle tonight.
On Friday night, a live boxing bout will be streamed on Netflix between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and social media star-turned-boxer Jake Paul. Tyson and Paul had their final face-off and weigh-in on Thursday night. Tyson slapped Paul in the face after his opponent supposedly stomped on his foot. Tyson, who weighed 228 pounds, declared,…
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The position of U.N. Ambassador is offered to Elise Stefanik by Trump.
Stefanik accepts the offer graciously. The president-elect has selected the Republican congressman from New York to represent the United States at the United Nations, one of his first cabinet-level staff choices. Representative Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, has been offered the position of U.N. ambassador in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s future cabinet. Ms. Stefanik,…
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Here is the most recent track of Hurricane Rafael in the Gulf as of Thursday
As it moved away from Cuba and into the southern Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning, Rafael was a Category 2 storm. Rafael is moving westward across the Gulf, which might keep the storm far from the northern Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center’s most recent long-range forecast. As of Thursday morning, all coastal…
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