Coast Guard calls off search for 34 lost at sea after boat capsized off Florida
Coast Guard calls off search for 34 lost at sea after boat capsized off Florida
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Idaho company registers website that suggests new name for NFL’s Washington Football Team
An Idaho tech company has registered a website domain tied to what may be the new name of the NFL’s Washington Football Team. MarkMonitor, with headquarters at The Village at Meridian, obtained the domain for Commanders.com. MarkMonitor is the registrar for the NFL and all but six of the NFL’s teams, the Sporting News reported … Read more
Gunman who shot 3 men in NYC parking lot arrested, cops say
A gunman who shot three men in a Queens parking lot last month was busted this week and charged with attempted murder, authorities said Friday. Jasiah Bruce, 24, was arrested at 11 a.m. Thursday in connection to the Dec. 18 gunplay that broke out at a parking lot near Baisley Boulevard and Guy Brewer Boulevard in … Read more
Feds allow AT&T, Verizon to add more 5G towers near airports
Federal regulators will allow telecom giants AT&T and Verizon to station more 5G towers closer to airports after additional safety tests found that they do not interfere with sensitive aircraft instruments. In recent months, AT&T and Verizon had bowed to pressure to delay their rollout of 5G antennas near airports due to concerns that they … Read more
Southwest Airlines considers selling alcohol on flight again
Southwest Airlines may soon be ready to bring booze back to its flights, months after pausing alcohol service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Texas-based airline originally planned to resume serving alcohol to passengers “around the middle of February,” but decided against it to limit contact with crews during the Omicron surge, CEO Greg Kelly … Read more
ESPN Reporter Mark Schwartz To Retire After 32 Years – The Hamden Journal
Mark Schwarz, ESPN’s longest-tenured reporter, is retiring Monday after 32 years at the sports network. The two-time Sports Emmys winner had last signed a multi-year deal in 2018 and of late had been a fixture on the 6 p.m. SportsCenter, reporting on the news of the day on the “SC Report” segment. In addition to SportsCenter, … Read more
Buy Now, Pay Later Comes of Age. Affirm Is the Standout in the Space.
Text size Affirm Holdings Inc. website home screen on a laptop Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Shares of Affirm Holdings were surging Friday after the online payments company received an upgrade to Buy from analysts at DA Davidson. Affirm (ticker: AFRM) has been battered over the last few weeks, losing almost 50% since the year started. The shares … Read more
Benedict Cumberbatch Admits His ‘Zoolander 2’ Non-Binary Character ‘Backfired a Little Bit’
Benedict Cumberbatch and Penélope Cruz joined forces for Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” series, presented by Amazon Studios, but it was not the first time the two performers had collaborated on screen. Cumberbatch and Cruz both had roles in Ben Stiller’s comedy “Zoolander 2,” a critical flop in 2016 that also bombed at the box office … Read more
Gov tells Bette Midler to kiss dog’s ‘heinie’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. The 70-year-old Republican governor ended his televised State of the State address Thursday … Read more
Mike Bobo staying in the SEC, joins Muschamp and Kirby Smart at UGA, report says
Another former South Carolina football coach is heading to Georgia. Mike Bobo, who worked as the Gamecocks’ offensive coordinator in 2020 before becoming interim head coach that November after Will Muschamp’s firing, will be reunited with Muschamp at their alma mater in an offensive analyst role, according to a report Friday by 247Sports. Citing a … Read more