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David Helman NFL Reporter At this point in our draft-consuming history, I’d like to think we’ve grown a bit. The true purpose of the NFL Draft is to build for the long term, making decisions that will play out slowly over the course of several years. We’re all aware that the true value of this draft won’t be fully known until 2027 or 2028.But the purpose of pro sports is ultimately entertainment, and what’s the point if we’re not having some fun?Understanding that we can’t see the future, we can still evaluate strategies and decision-making from this past weekend’s festivities.Here are…
Instagram is beginning to test the use of artificial intelligence to determine if kids are lying about their ages on the app, parent company Meta Platforms said on Monday.Meta has been using AI to determine people’s ages for some time, the company said, but photo and video-sharing app will now “proactively” look for teen accounts it suspects belong to teenagers even if they entered an inaccurate birthdate when they signed up. If it is determined that a user is misrepresenting their age, the account will automatically become a teen account, which has more restrictions than an adult account. Teen accounts…
Fentanyl Advocate Matt Capelouto Shares Urgent Call for Change and Life-Saving Legislation LOS ANGELES, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As America marks National Fentanyl Awareness Day on Tuesday, April 29, the We’re Out of Time podcast with addiction recovery leader Richard Taite shines the light on the families and advocates fighting back against the fentanyl crisis and demanding urgent change. This special episode features a powerful conversation with Matt Capelouto, father of Alexandra, who tragically lost his daughter to fentanyl poisoning. The discussion delves into the ongoing fight for stronger legislation, including Alexandra’s Law in California, and the critical need for federal action to…
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday.The New York Republican, who served in Congress for barely a year before being ousted in 2023 by his House colleagues, pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.He admitted to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of nearly a dozen people, including his family members, to fund his winning campaign. As part of a plea deal, Santos has agreed to pay roughly $580,000 in penalties in addition to prison time.The…
SEOUL, South Korea — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, a liberal who wants greater economic parity in South Korea and warmer ties with North Korea, became the main opposition party’s presidential candidate Sunday, solidifying his position as front-runner to succeed recently ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol.The former Democratic Party chief had led the opposition-controlled parliament’s impeachment of Yoon over the imposition of martial law in December. The country’s Constitutional Court formally dismissed Yoon earlier this month, prompting an early presidential election on June 3 to find a new president. In a nationally televised announcement, the Democratic Party…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs directly from the state under a program aimed at making the life-saving medication less expensive and more accessible, officials said Monday.The state began selling its own generic version of Narcan last year for $24 per twin-pack to businesses and local governments, and will now also sell to individual consumers online. A box containing two doses of naloxone nasal spray costs between $45 and $70 from regular pharmacies and online marketplaces.Opioid overdose deaths, which are caused by heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone, have increased dramatically in California and across the country in…
The NBA postseason is in full swing as the first round is almost complete.Now, all eyes are on which squads will make it to the NBA Finals. Can the Celtics make it to the Finals for the third time in four years? Can the Thunder, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, meet them there?Let’s check out the odds for the Eastern Conference and Western Conference winners at DraftKings Sportsbook as of April 28.Eastern Conference winnerCeltics: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)Cavaliers: +190 (bet $10 to win $29 total)Knicks: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)Pacers: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)Bucks: +25000…
The Post Office will next week unveil a £1.75bn deal with dozens of banks which will allow their customers to continue using Britain’s biggest retail network.Sky News has learnt the next Post Office banking framework will be launched next Wednesday, with an agreement that will deliver an additional £500m to the government-owned company. Banking industry sources said on Friday the deal would be worth roughly £350m annually to the Post Office – an uplift from the existing £250m-a-year deal, which expires at the end of the year.Money latest: ’14 million Britons on course for parking fine this year’The sources added…
SAN FRANCISCO — As Big Tech kicks off its quarterly earnings season this week, the industry’s bellwether companies have been thrust into a cauldron of uncertainty and turmoil that they didn’t anticipate when Donald Trump re-entered the White House nearly 100 days ago.Since President Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, Big Tech stocks have been on a see-sawing ride that has eviscerated trillions of dollars in shareholder wealth amid an onslaught of tariffs and other potentially detrimental actions. It’s the polar opposite of what Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon…