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Pac-12 will pursue expansion with Colorado, USC and UCLA leaving next year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

The Pac-12 Conference issued a statement aimed at stability after Colorado became the third school in a year to announce plans to leave. The nine schools remaining for the 2024-25 season were largely silent Friday. Colorado on Thursday announced it would join the Big 12 beginning in 2024, joining Big Ten-bound Southern California and UCLA in an exodus that could continue in coming weeks and months. Their departures coincide with the expiration of the league's current media rights deals and the Pac-12 has not yet announced a lucrative deal going forward.Shortly after CU's regents approved the move to the Big 12, the Pac-12 issued a statement pledging to soldier on. Possible Pac-12 expansion targets could include San Diego State and SMU.“We are focused on concluding our media rights deal and securing our continued success and growth,” the Pac-12 said. “Immediately following the conclusion of our media rights deal, we will embrace expansion opportunities and bring new fans, markets, e...

Authorities charge Alabama woman who acknowledged fabricating story about kidnapping, toddler

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Friday they have filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate. She has been charged with misdemeanor false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident.Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis announced the charges against Carlee Russell at a news conference. He said she turned herself into jail Friday and was released on bond.“Her decisions that night created panic and alarm for citizens of our city and even across the nation as concern grew that a kidnapper was on the lose using a small child as bait,” he said.Derzis said he was frustrated that Russell was only being charged with two misdemeanors despite the panic and disruption she caused, but he said the law did not allow for enhanced charges.Russell, 25, disappeared after calling 911 on July 13 to report a toddler wandering beside a stre...

Tupperware shares are up 140% this week as meme stock mania takes hold

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

New York (CNN) — The meme traders are back. Shares of Tupperware (TUP) have exploded by about 140% this week and nearly 300% over the last month for no discernible reason.The Florida-based container company has been in hot water for some time. Sales are on the decline and Tupperware even warned that it was on the brink of bankruptcy in April.In early June, the New York Stock Exchange even notified Tupperware that it was in noncompliance with the exchange’s rules because its market capitalization was too low, less than $50 million, over a period of 30 trading days. Tupperware’s average closing price, the notification said, was also less than $1 for that period – below the exchange’s threshold.In early July, Blackrock stepped in as an investment partner to Tupperware, possibly to help them manage their debt load. But no new material announcements or changes have been made since then.The surge in stock price would make some sense if there was any...

Biden signs historic order moving prosecution of military sexual assault outside chain of command

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

(CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes.The order, which the administration is calling “the most significant transformation of the military justice system since the UCMJ was established in 1950,” officially implements changes passed by Congress as part of fiscal year 2022’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and comes two years after an independent review commission on sexual assault in the military, formed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, recommended moving prosecution of sexual assault in the military outside the chain of command.Key among the changes in the order is the establishment of rules to govern the newly formed Offices of Special Trial Counsel (OSTC) which, composed of a panel of independent mil...

Massachusetts Democrats reach ‘agreement in principle’ on fiscal 2024 state budget

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

House and Senate budget negotiators said they reached an “agreement in principle” Friday on an overdue fiscal 2024 budget, though details of what survived private deliberations were not immediately available.House and Senate budget chiefs Sen. Michael Rodrigues and Rep. Aaron Michlewitz said the Legislature planned to take action on the compromise budget on Monday, 31 days after their deadline.Top Democrats have kept private this month what caused the weeks-long delay but a breakthrough means lawmakers will likely enter their traditional August recess after handing Gov. Maura Healey a finalized spending plan.“Our respective teams are actively engaged in ironing out the details and working diligently to finalize the agreement,” Michlewitz and Rodrigues said in a joint statement. “We are confident that the conference committee report will be filed in the coming days, ensuring that both the House and Senate will take up the report on Monday in formal session.”The necessary documents to...

Secret villas inside hotels are the ultimate in quiet luxury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

Jackie Caradonio | (TNS) Bloomberg NewsIt was only a matter of time before quiet luxury hit the travel world. Reflecting a chic tendency toward the inconspicuous, it’s already shown up nearly everywhere else, from fashion to furniture, sports cars to skin care.Enter the unlisted suite, the secret accommodation that can be booked only by those who know it exists. Not only does it shun the customary online booking engine, it practically evades public awareness altogether. These suites are wiped from hotel websites and missing from search results—all but phantoms in the highly visible, over-Instagrammed universe of luxury stays.Pricing is available only by direct inquiry, and you must really dig extremely to see a photograph, even a description, in any published format. In the past year, they’ve sprouted by the dozens.Take Villa de France, the new Jacques Grange-designed five-bedroom suite at Cheval Blanc in St. Barts. It’s a palatial retreat so discreetly nestled in the resort’s flora...

Christian Gonzalez proving to be exactly what Patriots needed early in training camp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

FOXBORO — The Patriots went into the 2023 offseason with one glaringly obvious need, and despite getting maybe a little bit too cute by trading back three spots, they landed the exact player they needed in the first round when they drafted cornerback Christian Gonzalez.It’s still very early. The Patriots have yet to strap on pads, and only three days of training camp have passed, but Gonzalez has come in since Wednesday’s first practice and provided everything the team has needed as a starting cornerback.The Patriots desperately needed a cornerback with size who could match up with bigger, more physical receivers. The cornerbacks on the Patriots’ roster were either small in stature or bulk, or not worthy of a starting spot on the roster.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Matthew Judon explains early limitations in Patriots training camp New England Patriots | Patriots skill player ‘day to day’ in absence from training camp ...

Mayo Clinic Minute: Is there a connection between ultraprocessed food and cancer?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

By Deb Balzer | Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS)There is a growing body of evidence that shows ultraprocessed foods are not only unhealthy but increase the risk of cancers. The term ultraprocessed food was created as a way to categorize food, known at the NOVA classification. The system allows experts to better understand the health impact of different food categories.Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Dawn Mussallem talks more about the connection of ultraprocessed food and cancer.“The average American in the United States consumes at least 63% ultraprocessed foods,” says Dr. Mussallem.She says vegetables only account for 12% of the average American diet – and half of those vegetables consumed are processed.“We know that ultraprocessed foods are linked directly to premature mortality or deaths.”They also are linked to colorectal, ovarian and breast cancer.“Studies are showing us is that not only do the ultraprocessed foods increase the risk of cancer, but that after a ca...

Sprained your ankle — now what?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

By Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS)You step off a sidewalk curb, land wrong after shooting a basketball or stumble on uneven ground. Your ankle pops, twists or crunches, and now you’re limping and sore. You may just have sprained your ankle.An ankle sprain typically happens when you roll your ankle inward, which stretches or tears the ligaments supporting the outer part of the joint. An ankle sprain is the most common injury among athletes and active adults, but it can happen to anyone.What to do immediately following a sprainWhile common, if an ankle sprain isn’t treated properly, it can lead to chronic issues, such as ankle instability or pain, limited ability to return to sports and degenerative arthritis. Also, significant tendon or ligament injuries, cartilage damage or even fractures may be missed if a severe sprain isn’t properly evaluated.If you’ve sprained your ankle, promptly begin following the “RICE” treatment to improve comfort, and minimize the risk of compli...

A large gap remains between Bruins and Jeremy Swayman

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:29 GMT

As they inch toward Sunday’s scheduled arbitration hearing, the Bruins and restricted free agent Jeremy Swayman are $2.8 million apart on what they think the 24-year-old goalie is worth.In the pre-hearing filings, the B’s offered $2 million while Swayman’s camp came in at $4.8 million, according to Sportnet’s Elliotte Friedman.Unlike baseball arbitration, which calls for the awarding of one number or the other, a middle ground can be found in NHL arbitration.That’s what happened in a comparable arbitration case last week with Toronto goalie Ilya Samsonov. The Maple Leafs had an offer of $2.4 million and Samsonov’s camp filed at $4.8 million. The arbitrator gave Samsonov a $3.55 million salary.In 37 appearances last season, Swayman had a 24-6-4 record with a .920 save percentage and 2.27 goals against average. Swayman’s career marks are 54-23-7, .920 and 2.24. Samsonov’s record last season was 27-10-5 with a .919 save percentage and 2.3...