College basketball signing day: In-depth look at nation’s top recruiting classes
CLOSE SportsPulse: The season is just days old but there are already key observations we can make that will impact storylines in March. Scott Gleeson is here to tell you what you need to know. USA TODAYAsk any college basketball coach and he’ll tell you that, as excited as they are to get commitments from…
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WATCH: Baker Mayfield Bristles at Reporter for ‘Dumbest Question’
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield stormed out of his weekly press conference this week after a testy exchange with beat writer Tony Grossi. The reporter, who covers the team for 850 ESPN Radio in Cleveland, asked Mayfield if the team’s offense lacked urgency on their failed final drive of the first half of a recent…
Good news humanity love Pumpkin boat, foie gras ban, library raccoons: News from around our 50 states
AlabamaFlorence: A new facility has opened with the aim of reducing poverty and its effects on families. The Shoals Dream Center is envisioned as a hub for an array of services to aid the area’s families, The TimesDaily reports. Among them: providing food; academic tutoring and mentoring for at-risk kids. The center also plans to…
New testimony ties Trump more directly to Ukraine pressure
Democrats have called two diplomats whose testimony they see as key to making the case that the president improperly pressed Ukraine for investigations that could benefit him politically.
Christen Limbaugh Bloom: God using Kanye to inspire believers — and even the skeptics
Finding Jesus through Yeezus?Director of Ministry Intelligence at the American Bible Society Dr. John Farquhar Plake provides free bibles to Kanye fans.It’s no secret Kanye West’s “Jesus is King” album set the internet on fire over the past week. Fox News reported that Google searches for “Jesus” and “Christian beliefs” significantly spiked since the album’s…
Halloween is devil’s holiday and Christians shouldn’t celebrate it, ex-Satanist turned evangelist says
Evangelist John Ramirez spent much of his early life with strong ties to the devil–he drank animal blood, conducted sacrifices, was baptized with the devil and got married in a demonic wedding on Halloween.Now, the New York City native is an evangelist who preaches the gospel of Jesus and the deliverance from demons – and…
Tony Perkins: Pray and act for persecuted Christians worldwide – here’s why
In light of the imprisonment, torture and death of Kayla Mueller, who was a victim of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ISIS terrorist who ended his life when faced with capture in a U.S. mission named for Kayla, the timing of an almost sacred, annual remembrance is almost painful.This Sunday, the International Day of Prayer for…
Man sentenced to 60 years on 18 child pornography counts
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man accused of coercing hundreds of children into producing and electronically sharing sexually explicit images has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.Thirty-five-year-old Brandon Bjornstad, of Neche, pleaded guilty in February to 18 counts, including charges of sexual exploitation of minors and extortion. Authorities say he shared pornographic…
Australia’s highest court agrees to hear cardinal’s appeal
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal from the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, giving Cardinal George Pell his last chance at getting his convictions overturned.The decision by the High Court of Australia comes nearly a year after a unanimous jury found Pope…
75-year-old assault victim dies; suspect charged with murder
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man accused of assaulting a 75-year-old man as he got off a Metro Transit bus is now charged with murder after the victim died.Hennepin County prosecutors amended the charge against 23-year-old Leroy Davis-Miles to second-degree unintentional murder on Tuesday. Davis-Miles originally was charged with first-degree assault.Minneapolis police say they were…
Pro-Migration Lawyers: Drunk-Driving Illegals Should Get Green Cards
Illegal immigrants who have two or more drunk-driving convictions should be allowed to stay in the United States, say pro-migration lawyers. The demand came after Attorney General William Barr issued an October 25 legal directive, dubbed “Matter of CASTILLO-PEREZ, Respondent,” saying that immigration judges should reject legal pleas for green cards by illegals: I hold…
Is the Boeing 737 Max safe? 2 big reasons the plane is still grounded by FAA after crashes
CLOSE Veuer’s Elizabeth Keatinge explains why the grounded Boeing 737 may mean more expensive flights for you. Buzz60Boeing is hoping its 737 Max jetliner will win approval to return to the skies by the end of the year, after it was grounded following two crashes. But don’t expect to fly in one just yet. Entire plane…
Facebook Pay launches: Will you trust Facebook with your money?
Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Published 4:46 p.m. ET Nov. 12, 2019 | Updated 4:47 p.m. ET Nov. 12, 2019CLOSESAN FRANCISCO – Facebook wants to be your new payment system. Will you trust it with your money?On Tuesday, the social media giant unveiled a new payment system that will work across Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram…
Arlington cemetery dead remind Trump Jr of his father’s ‘sacrifices’
Image copyright Getty Images Donald Trump Jr has been mocked for comparing the plight of fallen US soldiers to the business “sacrifices” made by his family.In his new book, the eldest son of the US president says the thought occurred to him during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery in 2017.US veterans and the families…
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