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No. 20 Kentucky to provide No. 1 Georgia with first test against another Top 25 team

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

Georgia’s shaky win at Auburn last week cost the Bulldogs points even as they held the No. 1 spot in The AP Top 25.Now comes the Bulldogs’ first test against another Top 25 team.Georgia (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) will put its top ranking and 22-game winning streak on the line when the Bulldogs play No. 20 Kentucky (5-0, 2-0) on Saturday night.Georgia needed a late touchdown to escape Auburn with a 27-20 win, and the Bulldogs received a season-low 35 first-place votes out of a possible 62. Georgia, coming off back-to-back national championships, has held the top spot for 16 consecutive weeks.Bulldogs offensive guard Tate Ratledge said surviving the test was “really important.”“We learned a lot about our team and just how we’d respond when things get tough,” Ratledge said. “Sometimes things don’t go to plan and you figure out what your team’s made of. I think we’ve learned some pretty good things about ourselves in the past couple of weeks.”Kentucky moved into the poll followi...

$1 million Powerball ticket sold in Colorado, is it yours?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Powerball jackpot keeps rising after no one hit it big in Wednesday night's drawing. However, some Colorado winners struck gold and walked away with a total of $1.2 million.The winning numbers were 9, 35, 54, 63, 64 and the Powerball 1, yet no one hit all six. So, the jackpot now climbs to an estimated $1.4 billion. Colorado man wins $5 million on lottery, wants to buy watermelon However, some lucky Colorado ticket holders won at least $50,000, and one person walked away with a million dollars. According to the Colorado Lottery, five tickets won a total of $1.2 million. Here is where those lucky tickets were sold.$1 million winnerSold at Shell #1515860 S Kipling in Littleton$50,000 winnerSold at the Kum and Go #6599665 Prominent Point in Colorado Springs $50,000 winnerSold at Petro Stopping Centers #3992842 SE Frontage Road in Johnstown $50,000 winnerSold at Circle K #27098653040 N Broadway in Boulder$50,000 winnerSold at Paisano Liquors126 W Bridge Street in B...

Funeral home investigation in Fremont County

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

(FREMONT COUNTY, Colo.) — Right now an investigation is underway at a funeral home in Fremont County after a large law enforcement presence was seen outside of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose on Wednesday night, Oct. 4.The funeral home is located off Werner Road and Highway 115, and according to the Fremont County Sheriff's Office, it was meeting with law enforcement partners to determine jurisdiction and who would be the lead investigative agency for the incident, as of 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5. "A formal press release and/or possible news conference will be scheduled for later today," wrote the Fremont County Sheriff's Office in an email sent to FOX21 News on Thursday.  FOX21 News has a crew on the way to the scene and will update this article as we learn more.

X removes article headlines in latest platform update

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. Now, X only displays an article’s lead image and a link to the story.Plans for the change were first reported by Fortune in August, when owner Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet that he thought the change— which came from him “directly” — would “greatly improve the esthetics” of posts.Linked articles now appear as an image, and include text in the left-hand corner noting the domain of the link. Users must click on the image if they wish to visit the full article, which could lead to confusion.Musk’s platform has been the target of a lot of criticism recently, including accusations by a top European Union official who said that X has “the largest ratio of mis- or disinformation posts.” The Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish civil-rights organization, has accused Musk of allowing antisemitism and hate speech to spread on the platform.Musk’s latest decisi...

Firefighters contain kitchen, extinguish fire in Davie home

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

Davie Fire Rescue crews responded to a local neighborhood after a home’s kitchen went up in flames. The incident unfolded around 7 a.m. Thursday on Northwest 35th Street near Northwest 78th Avenue. When firefighters arrived, they immediately went to work and were able to contain the the blaze to the kitchen area if the house. Fire officials said no injuries were reported to residents or to fire personnel.

Moldova’s EU accession talks should start this year, MEPs say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

STRASBOURG — The EU should start membership talks with Moldova this year, members of the European Parliament said in an overwhelming but nonbinding vote today. A majority of 448 EU lawmakers supported a resolution that reiterates the Parliament’s position accession talks should begin in 2023 and condemned attempts by Russia to influence Moldova’s pro-EU government. The European Commission is preparing a progress report on the enlargement of the EU, scheduled for November. In the vote today, 45 MEPs voted against and 43 abstained.The signal from Strasbourg comes as European leaders including Moldova’s President Maia Sandu and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at the European Political Community in the Spanish city of Granada, where Ukraine’s entry to the EU is also being discussed. Sandu said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, she “wholeheartedly welcomed” the Parliament statement, initially proposed by the center-right European Peo...

EU leaders sharpen tone on migration ahead of Granada summit

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

EU leaders will adopt a hawkish tone on irregular migration at Friday’s summit in Granada, according to a draft of their declaration seen by POLITICO.The informal summit taking place in the Spanish city comes just days after EU countries struck a deal on the final piece of a flagship migration package that saw concessions made to Italy’s far-right government.Language in the Granada declaration — dated October 4 — is much harder on the topic of migration than in a previous version from late September. The new text says that “irregular migration needs to be immediately addressed in a determined manner.”It adds: “We will not allow smugglers to decide who enters the EU. We will continue to effectively and speedily implement all our decisions.”The draft mentions a raft of policies to counter migration, ranging from increasing “partnerships” with countries of origin and transit for irregular migration to “resolutely fighting organised crime.”The text even says the EU must count...

Alleged attack on German far-right leader raises questions

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was hospitalized on Wednesday after members of his party alleged he was attacked at a campaign event in Bavaria.Tino Chrupalla was taken to the hospital on Wednesday after complaining of sudden pain in his upper arm and other health-related problems after he took selfies with several people, German police said.Police have opened an investigation into the incident, but said in a statement on Thursday that “there are no indications that Mr. Chrupalla was approached or attacked.”Chrupalla reported feeling the sudden pain in his arm on his way to the stage to give a speech, and later discovered a minor skin injury, which investigators said might indicate a small puncture, German outlet SPIEGEL reported. After that, Chrupalla reportedly began to feel cramps, nausea and dizziness.The incident came ahead of local elections in the states of Bavaria and Hesse on Sunday. In both states, Alternative for Germany (AfD) is vying for a second...

Week 5 high school football schedule

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

THURSDAY GAMESNashoba Tech at Whittier, 5:30Bourne at Monomoy, 6Mansfield at Sharon, 6Methuen at North Andover, 6Newton North at Natick, 6North Quincy at Plymouth South, 6Somerville vs. Medford, 6 (Hormel)Taunton at Franklin, 6Oliver Ames at Canton, 6:30Holliston at Norwood, 7Lowell at Chelmsford, 7Medfield at Hopkinton, 7FRIDAY’S GAMESEast Boston at O’Bryant, 4Nantucket at Dennis-Yarmouth, 4:45Bishop Stang at St. Mary’s, 5Abington at Sandwich, 6Barnstable at Nauset, 6Bellingham at Dedham, 6Bishop Feehan vs. Arlington Catholic, 6 (Hormel)Brookline vs. Boston Latin, 6 (WS)Burlington at Wilmington, 6Cambridge at English/New Mission, 6Cathedral at Archbishop Williams, 6Cohasset at Carver, 6Dartmouth at Falmouth, 6Dover-Sherborn at Medway, 6Everett at Revere, 6Lexington at Belmont, 6Lynn English at Greater Lawrence, 6Mashpee at Martha’s Vineyard, 6Milford at North Attleboro, 6St. John’s (Shrewsbury) at St. John’s Prep, 6Westwood at Ashland, 6Weymouth ...

How to spot — and avoid — personal loan scams

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:08:51 GMT

By Annie Millerbernd | NerdWalletWhen you need to borrow cash, the last thing you want to encounter is a fraudster plotting to steal money from you. But as people increasingly shop for personal loans online, scammers are ready to take advantage.Consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion in losses to fraud in 2022, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Those reports included imposters and scammers claiming to provide loans in exchange for information or money.“Separating the legitimate lenders from the fakes can be really hard, and the scammers get better every day at making their pitches look more convincing,” says John Breyault, vice president of public policy, telecommunications and fraud at the nonprofit National Consumers League.Before you provide personal or financial information, here are five signs the loan you’re considering may be a scam.1. Text messages and robocallsAn out-of-the-blue robocall or text message inviting you to apply for a loan should give you p...