Current conditions: A prolonged heatwave in Mississippi is breaking nearly century-old temperature records and driving the thermometer up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit again this week • A surge of tropical moisture is steaming the West Coast, with temperatures up to 10 degrees higher than average • Heavy rainfall has set off landslide warnings in every major country in West Africa. …
Read More »
1 Miami (Fla.) The Hurricanes leap to No. 1 with a second win against a top 15 opponent and their largest win against an AP Top 25-ranked team since 2001. Carson Beck (340 yards) led the way in a 576-yard performance, the program’s best production against a ranked team since 1998, in a 49-12 victory against USF. Next up: Billy …
Read More »
Country music star Zach Bryan tried to climb a barbed wire fence during a tense confrontation with another musician at a music festival in Oklahoma. Footage of the initial argument between Bryan and Gavin Adcock at the Born & Raised Festival in Pryor was shared to Instagram by Adcock with the caption “Eat a Snickers bro.” In the clip, Bryan, …
Read More »
Does the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues mark the actual end of England’s loudest band? Maybe, says Michael McKean, who plays David St. Hubbins: “If you only halfway exist, then vanishing altogether is not a big chore.” McKean, whose many other roles include Charles McGill on Better Call Saul and a recent Broadway stint in a Glengarry …
Read More »
Tesla’s Board of Directors has proposed a new pay package for company CEO Elon Musk that would result in $1 trillion in stock offerings if he is able to meet several lofty performance targets. Musk, who has not been meaningfully compensated since 2017, completed his last pay package by delivering billions in shareholder value through a variety of performance-based “tranches,” …
Read More »
It’s been more than 40 years since Rob Reiner’s mockumentary classic This Is Spinal Tap introduced pop culture to its most enduring fictional rockers, the eminently quotable long-haired bozos of the English metal band Spinal Tap (or Spın̈al Tap, if we’re being technical). The on-stage mishaps and backstage pretensions of Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek …
Read More »
The Jerry Jones-Micah Parsons stalemate ended with the Cowboys dealing their star defensive end to the Packers in exchange for Kenny Clark and a pair of first-round picks. It will take years of data to definitively prove which side won that trade but the high-profile owner faces an uphill climb in being proven correct in pulling the trigger. To his …
Read More »
Boeing union members reject settlement, strike continues KSDK Striking defense workers reject Boeing contract offer CNBC Boeing workers reject their latest contract offer, extending strike at three Midwest plants AP News Boeing Workers in St. Louis Reject Tentative Contract The New York Times Boeing Defense workers reject contract, strike continues Reuters Source link
Read More »
Week 2 of the 2025 season has arrived, and the only, somewhat mild, surprise thus far is that the Washington Commanders, who entered Thursday night as three-point road underdogs, looked outclassed against the host Green Bay Packers in a 27-18 defeat. The 18 points Washington scored were tied for the Commanders’ fewest in a game started by 2024 NFL Offensive …
Read More »
What’s old is new again, as proven by the successful return of quirky, sleuth-led mystery series like Peacock’s Poker Face and ABC’s surprise hit High Potential. In the case of the latter, creator Drew Goddard (Lost) and showrunner Todd Harthan centered things around Morgan Gillory (Kaitlin Olson), an underemployed single mother of three and literal genius with an IQ of …
Read More »