Month: October 2019

The Red River Rivalry is here, and the stakes are high as usual at the Texas State Fair. No. 6 Oklahoma (5-0) meets No. 11 Texas (4-1) in the classic Big 12 rivalry at noon in the Cotton Bowl. Both offenses average more than 40 points per game, so another high-scoring affair is in the works. WEEK 7 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread The Sooners’ offense continues to roll around Alabama transfer quarterback…

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Aaron Rodgers is penciled in for our sleeper/bust articles (and start ’em, sit ’em headaches) virtually every week. The Packers’ QB is on the good side of the coin this week, holding down a spot in our Week 6 fantasy sleepers. There’s been weird happenings for Rodgers in Green Bay all season, and it might be summed up by Rodgers throwing for fewer than 200 yards Week 5 yet saying it was his best performance of…

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USC (3-2) travels to No. 10 Notre Dame (5-0) for a primetime rivalry matchup at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday in South Bend, Ind. The Trojans are coming off a bye week and are trying to turn the heat down on coach Clay Helton. Injuries at quarterback have led to an up-and-down season, and the best way to silence the critics would be to win in South Bend for the first time since 2011. WEEK…

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There are a number of tight end injury question marks heading into Week 6. Two are in prime-time games, which is always a start ’em, sit ’em nightmare. T.J. Hockenson and Hunter Henry are both racing against the clock to make it back, but it’s hard to start them because of their late-in-the-slate games. Mark Andrews missed another Wednesday practice, but with a different injury than what’s been nagging him. And for Washington, it looks…

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Last week, the Australian government confirmed that University of Melbourne lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert was one of three Australian nationals currently detained in Iran. ### Speaking Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Sayyed Abas Mousavi said that one Australian “has been sentenced to prison last year for espionage.” The following day, however, Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili appeared to contradict his colleague, saying Moore-Gilbert had been “spying for another country,” but said her case still had to…

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There were millions of people who took part in Friday’s global general strike around the world, according to 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who helped organize the day of demonstrations. ### She told a massive audience in New York, “Some people say we should study to become climate scientists or politicians, so that we can, in the future, solve the climate crisis. But by then, it will be too late. We need to do this…

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The showcase of White House grandeur and foreign diplomacy is only the second in the Trump presidency, following the one for French President Emmanuel Macron in April 2018. ### Australian culture was featured in the decor and menu, and notable members of the Trump administration attended, including the President’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. ### The list of attendees ### The Prime Minister of Australia and Mrs. Jennifer Morrison ### Mr. David Abney and Mrs. Sherry…

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Lawmakers in the Australian Capital Territory voted to pass a bill allowing people aged 18 or over to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal use. ### The new law is set to come into effect from January 31, 2020, state broadcaster ABC reported. ### Under the new regulations, residents in the territory — which is home to the capital — will be able to legally possess up to 50 grams (1.76 ounces) of marijuana and…

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President Donald Trump made 79 false claims last week, mixing some fresh false accusations and pointlessly false anecdotes into his usual stew of repeat favorites. ### Seventy-nine false claims is down from 90 the week prior to last, Trump’s highest total since we started counting at CNN on July 8, but it was still his fourth-most-dishonest of these 11 weeks. His weekly average since July 8 is now 59 false claims. ### Trump made 29…

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The 42 objects are important to the Aranda and Bardi Jawi people that live in Australia. They range from sacred and ceremonial artifacts to boomerangs, shields and body ornaments. ### Members of the aboriginal groups will be traveling to Illinois in October to repatriate the artifacts. ### “Returning these items — it’s just the right thing to do,” Illinois State Museum director Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko said in a statement. “Not only is this exciting from the…

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