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It happened again.It’s no secret that I was fairly high on the Clemson Tigers this offseason, at least relative to the nonexistent expectations many pundits had for them this year.I wasn’t picking them to make a deep College Football Playoff run or win a national title, but I figured they would compete for an ACC Championship and be a darkhorse Playoff pick.THREE TEAMS RANKED OUTSIDE THE TOP-12 OF THE COACHES POLL WHO WILL MAKE THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFThen the LSU game happened.It seemed like the pieces were in place for them to at least surprise some folks, but alas, that…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Barbara Eden sparked concern among fans after abruptly dropping out of a Los Angeles film festival due to what was described as a “sudden illness,” but the 95-year-old actress later shared a reassuring update on social media.The “I Dream of Jeannie” star…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Video captured the tense moment when several feet-high floodwaters suddenly burst through the glass doors of an off-campus student home, sending a door panel flying across the room as water rushed inside and inundated the lower level.The incident happened Aug. 27 after…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rome has declared a “red zone” around the Colosseum after predatory crime, drug dealing and a violent confrontation involving roughly 50 people turned one of the world’s most famous tourist destinations into a security flashpoint.The “enhanced-control zone” covers the Colosseum, Imperial Forums…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An activist at the Socialism 2026 conference in Chicago slammed the “diet industry” for policing “Black fat flesh,” characterizing modern health standards and weight management as forms of “body fascism”.During a session on “Health Fascism” on Saturday, author Da’Shaun L. Harrison said…
Ask anyone the kinds of things that preppers stockpile and you’ll hear the same things every time: food, water, flashlights, batteries, first aid kits, etc. These things are the foundation of any serious prepper plan, and for good reason. They’re things that will keep you alive when the power goes…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Data centers are the largely unseen infrastructure behind modern life, powering everything from the apps on your phone and shows you stream to online shopping, banking and artificial intelligence.Inside these warehouse-sized facilities, thousands of servers store data, process digital requests and keep…
What a start to the Lane Kiffin era at LSU. After a week of drama surrounding a couple of players who couldn’t make an NFL roster, the Tigers steamrolled Clemson at home without those players on their roster.It had it all. A rain delay, an awesome halftime interview, and Lane’s…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When so much of your financial life lives online, protecting the device you use to access your money deserves some extra thought. Nancy from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, recently wrote to us asking whether keeping banking and investments on an entirely separate computer…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats have made summer pilgrimages to Nantucket, tapping the wealthy Massachusetts island’s donor class as candidates and party leaders stockpile campaign cash ahead of November.Nantucket and neighboring Martha’s Vineyard have long been magnets for political fundraising, and Democrats are again tapping the…
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Trying to understand kinetic energy can be confusing, but here we break down how it affects terminal performance.When shooters seek information about the performance of handgun ammunition for personal protection they most often look at bullet caliber and weight, plus muzzle velocity and muzzle energy. Of those four metrics, bullet…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man believed to have been the longest-serving prisoner in U.S. history has died at the age of 101, having his execution scheduled and postponed eight times as he maintained his innocence despite a murder conviction in Connecticut.Francis Clifford Smith died in…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A charter flight carrying two pilots and six passengers crashed while approaching a remote site in western Alaska on Thursday, officials said.Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region chief, told The Associated Press that two pilots and six passengers were…
The Los Angeles Dodgers have become baseball’s evil empire over the last few years, starting with the signing of Shohei Ohtani in late 2023.They added Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Teoscar Hernandez and Tyler Glasnow that offseason as well, then won the 2024 World Series over the New York Yankees. And instead of…
Another new TOPS model to talk about: the Silent Hero 4 Tanto. It’s more than just a new blade shape here, with alterations across the board to fit the Silent Hero concept into a tactical use category. There is an interesting history behind this new Silent Hero 4 release. It…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1—800-273-TALK (8255).When Patrick Clancy took the stand in his ex-wife’s murder trial, he had already begun building a new life hundreds of miles…
Yesterday’s topic of discussion was the TOPS Silent Hero 4 Tanto, a full-sized tactical knife (albeit scaled down from its outdoors knife predecessor). Today we’re looking at another fixed blade, but one that is much smaller, and with a much different use category: the Boker Plus Li’l Friend Micro. With…
And now a reminder that Fernando Mendoza is going to have some difficult moments as a rookie, even though he was the NFL’s first overall draft pick and is the hope for a bright future for the Las Vegas Raiders.On his second pass of the preseason game against the Houston…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New York Times was defeated in a defamation lawsuit Thursday brought by a former college basketball player and ordered to pay millions in damages.An Alabama jury ruled that The Times defamed Kai Spears, then an 18-year-old freshman walk-on basketball player for…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President JD Vance offered an unfiltered assessment Thursday of some of the biggest names in politics in a rapid-fire TikTok, calling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a “communist,” Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., “lame” and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “crazy.”The vice…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top Democratic strategist from the Obama White House contended that Sen. Jon Ossoff’s latest shot at President Donald Trump was “gratuitous and unnecessary.”The Georgia Democrat, who has grown his profile throughout his re-election campaign during this midterm cycle to new heights…