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Social media reacts to Arkansas' 39-26 win over Texas Tech

Arkansas football wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa. © Petre Thomas-Imagn Images On a cool Friday evening at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, the Arkansas Razorbacks (7-6, 3-5 SEC) defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 39-26, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Why Trump is targeting Panama, Greenland, Canada

President-elect Trump has spent parts of the holiday season vowing to take over the Panama Canal, calling for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark and suggesting Canada could become the 51st state. It all suggests Trump is focused on somehow expanding the U.S. on his watch, though it’s hard to tell how serious it all…
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The Internet Can’t Get Enough of Salma Hayek’s 1995 Casting Photo—Here’s Why

A 1995 casting photo of Salma Hayek resurfaced through Latina Magazine in 2018, offering a glimpse into the actress’s early career just as she was breaking into Hollywood. The Polaroid,… The post The Internet Can’t Get Enough of Salma Hayek’s 1995 Casting Photo—Here’s Why appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More.
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Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says

At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night, according to the Mega Millions website. The California Lottery said the winning ticket was sold at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) on Rhonda Road in Cottonwood, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Sacramento.
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A missing Tennessee girl, 14, was left in the woods by a man she met online, sheriff says

A missing 14-year-old Tennessee girl has been found safe in the Louisiana woods, where authorities say she was left by a man who had picked her up from her home after the two met online. Alexander Materne, 28, drove the girl to his home in St. Rose, Louisiana, on Dec. 23 and had sex, after which the girl disclosed her age, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Materne then brought the girl to a secluded, wooded area in Tangipahoa Parish and left her there with a tent,
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Trump sides with Musk in right-wing row over worker visas

Donald Trump weighed in Saturday in a bitter debate dividing his traditional supporters and tech barrons like Elon Musk, saying that he backs a special visa program that helps highly skilled workers enter the country.But tech entrepreneurs like Tesla's Musk -- as well as Vivek Ramaswamy, who with Musk is to co-chair a government cost-cutting panel under Trump -- say the United States produces too few highly skilled graduates, and they fervently champion the H1-B program.
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Cathie Wood Says Software Is the Next Big AI Opportunity -- 2 Super Stocks You'll Wish You'd Bought if She's Right

Ark Investment Management operates several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on innovative technology stocks. Its founder, Cathie Wood, believes software companies are the next big opportunity in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, predicting they could generate up to 8inrevenueforevery8 in revenue for every 8inrevenueforevery1 they spend on chips from suppliers like Nvidia. Wood has invested in AI start-ups like xAI, OpenAI, and Anthropic through the Ark Venture Fund since making that prediction last year, so she's
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Battle-Scarred Johnson Issued Ultimatum: ‘Start Taking Extraordinary Measures’

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that she may have to take “extraordinary measures” to keep the federal government functioning if lawmakers can’t raise or suspend the debt limit—a warning that comes as House Speaker Mike Johnson navigates the tricky issue of maintaining GOP support. “I respectfully urge Congress to act to protect the full faith and credit of the United States,” Yellen wrote in a letter to members of Congress. The “extraordinary measures” are expected to be required be
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The Memo: Democrats brace for a new Trump presidency

Democrats are bracing for a new — and, for them, bleak — political era as President-elect Trump prepares to take office for a second term. Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 will be a massive rebuke to Democrats — and not only because it renews the focus on Vice President Harris’s decisive defeat in November. Trump…
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Bloodied Ukrainian troops risk losing more hard-won land in Kursk to Russia

Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk, a region some want to hold at all costs while others question the value of having gone in at all. Communication lags and poorly timed tactics have cost lives, and troops have little way to counterattack, seven front-line soldiers and commanders told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity so they could discuss sensitive operations. Since being caught
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