Riding high after a wave of Clark-mania that accompanied the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, Caitlin Clark has signed a megabucks shoe contract with Nike. The eight-year deal will be worth up to $28 million, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources it did not name. The Journal summed it up...

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On Saturday, the House of Representatives approved a $60 billion aid package for Ukraine despite fierce opposition from within the Republican majority. The bill passed 311-112, with more Democrats voting in favor than Republicans. Only 101 Republicans backed the military and economic aid for Ukraine, while 112 voted against it,...

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In a bizarre claim, a prominent Marvel movie star claimed the Marvel Cinematic Universe is creatively limited by the comic book canon established by Stan Lee and other creators. Anthony Mackie, who first played Sam Wilson a.k.a. the Falcon in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" a decade ago, argued that...

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And now wearing number 22 for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA -- Tim McGraw. The country star knew how to connect with the crowd when he played an Indianapolis show on Thursday as the crowd roared its appreciation. McGraw had worn an Iowa jersey with Clark’s number when he...

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With the thunder and lightning of a Trump rally facing a dose of the real thing, former President Donald Trump canceled his Wilmington, North Carolina, rally on Saturday, sending his supporters home with a blessing. Trump phoned in to share the news with his supporters. “As you can see there’s...

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Just in case anyone was wondering whose interests Democrats in Congress believe they were elected to represent, Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly of Virginia made sure no one was left with any doubt. While making an argument for the funding of Ukraine aid on the House floor on Saturday, the congressman...

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The Olympic torch was lit Tuesday as an actress playing a Greek high priestess invoked the names of Zues and Apollo -- neither of whom showed up for the ceremony, a reminder that neither of those famed Greek gods actually exists. Mary Mina called out to Apollo in Greek, according...

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She's testing the limits of the old line about bad publicity. Taylor Swift, the pop music megastar who's dominated headlines to an embarrassing degree so far this year, is making a different kind of news with the lyrics from the new album released on Friday. And one line in particular...

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Al Roker, weather anchor on NBC's Today and frequent host of events like the coverage the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, has been sued by a producer who claims he was wrongfully terminated after complaining that the television personality's production company was bypassing DEI initiatives it was contractually obligated to...

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Warning that Columbia University in New York has turned into a cauldron of anti-Semitism, a rabbi has urged Jewish students there to go home and stay there for their safety. Rabbi Elie Buechler, director of the Orthodox Union-Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Columbia/Barnard, issued the warning Sunday in a...

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If ideas have consequences -- and they certainly do -- actions certainly have more. (Or at least they should.) Isra Hirsi, daughter of "squad" member Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, may be learning that lesson now, but she appears to have more to learn. Hirsi attends Barnard College -- one...

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An active-duty U.S. Marine has been missing for more than a week after he was arrested for public intoxication in San Diego and later failed to report for duty. More alarmingly for the family of Marine Cpl. Charles Alex Benfield, his phone has been dead for more than a week,...

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A Missouri teen was viciously assaulted at a St. Louis-area McDonald’s earlier this month by a man with a lengthy criminal record, according to news reports. The 15-year-old girl suffered a fractured skull, brain damage, and other injuries after she was punched, dragged by her hair and stomped on. The...

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A new report claims 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance -- trimetazidine -- were still allowed to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. The report in The New York Times said the incident was hidden from the public after a deal was struck between Chinese...

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With jury selection having been wrapped up last week, the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States got underway Monday morning at just about 9:30, when Judge Juan Merchan took the bench. Opening statements in Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan were expected to take a...

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The transformed landscape created an effect so somber and breathtaking that the project coordinator called it a "meadow of souls." According to The News --  a local newspaper and website in Portsmouth, England -- organizers and volunteers have installed 1,475 giant silhouettes at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-Sur-Mer, France, as...

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Trump paranoia has developed a new symptom of derangement over former President Donald Trump -- she now believes he's going to "kill his opposition." Speaking Friday on the liberal podcast "Democracy Docket," hosted by the infamous Democratic election attorney Marc Elias, the former Democratic...

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President Joe Biden stopped by a Sheetz location on Wednesday to purchase snacks while on a campaign swing through Pennsylvania on the same day that his Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against the company and two of its subsidiaries. Apparently, no one informed the president that his administration considered...

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The Writers Guild of America strike that crippled Hollywood for months last summer might have ended up being a Pyrrhic victory for those who wanted it most. After supposedly winning big against the big, bad studios back with an agreement in September, writers have been feeling a sharp contraction in...

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An alleged sexual predator in suburban Seattle was killed by police last week after he engaged officers with a firearm during what he thought was going to be a meetup with two small children, police said. Video of the deadly officer-involved shooting was released by the Seattle Police Department over...

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