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For those who found themselves perplexed while watching this week’s season 28 premiere of South Park by the strange new trend at the local elementary school, where kids keep saying “six, seven” to their own inscrutable delight: You are not alone. Our nation’s teachers, parents and one writer of recaps of a socio-political animated show were also perplexed by the …

Leave it to the common sense-defying 2025 Brewers to turn a 404-foot fly ball into a double play.  In Game 1 of the NLCS on Monday night (LA 2, MIL 1), Milwaukee turned Max Muncy’s rocket to the center field wall into force outs at home plate and third base to escape a bases-loaded jam and keep the game scoreless. …

In brief Bitcoin dropped from $121,000 to $106,000 on Friday after Trump announced 100% tariffs on China, triggering $19 billion in liquidations within 24 hours. The crash hit leveraged traders on centralized exchanges hardest, with 1.6 million positions liquidated as the timing—after market close—left crypto as the only outlet for investor reaction. Leverage amplifies both gains and losses on perpetual …

A new analysis of artwork left behind by the enigmatic inhabitants of the abandoned Mesoamerican city Teotihuacan suggests the colorful pictures and shapes may constitute a rudimentary language that ultimately evolved into the language of the Aztecs. If the team of researchers behind the discovery can successfully decipher the “lost language,” they believe it could offer clues about the identity …

Louisiana State Police released a video Tuesday saying why they charged Kyren Lacy with negligent homicide and felony hit-and-run for a December car crash that left a man dead. The video was released less than a week after Lacy’s attorney Matt Ory went on a Houma, Louisiana, TV station to show that his client’s green Dodge Charger was traveling over …

Taylor Swift took over “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday, and during a segment where she broke down the creation and meaning behind a number of songs on her new album “The Life of a Showgirl,” the singer-songwriter blushed when it came time to talk about “Wood.” The track is a funk-infused love song about her fiancé Travis …

Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown  The New York Times Who would get blamed for a shutdown?  CNN More Voters Say They’d Blame Republicans Than Democrats for a Shutdown  Morning Consult Pro Playbook PM: Republicans and Democrats make their bets on a shutdown  Politico Republicans all but guaranteed a shutdown this fall when they sided with Trump  MSNBC News Source link

In the end, the Colts lost any ounce of leverage — and then the Broncos gifted them 15 yards of it to lose in catastrophic fashion. After Indianapolis’ coaching staff had called a near-perfect game Sunday to wear Denver’s defense thin, head coach Shane Steichen placed the last minute of an already bizarre Week 2 game on a silver platter …

GREEN BAY, Wis. – As part of the trade to acquire Micah Parsons from the Dallas Cowboys, the Green Bay Packers and Parsons agreed to a four-year contract extension that will tie him to the Packers through the 2029 season. The financial impact will last significantly longer. The fifth-year option of $24 million, along with the extension, which is worth …

After the Las Vegas Raiders’ shocking decision to release Christian Wilkins on Thursday, a legal battle was inevitable. The NFL Players Association, in the middle of its own bit of chaos, filed a grievance on behalf of Wilkins against the Raiders. This is a situation with multiple layers, including the football side of things with what transpired between Wilkins and …