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If there’s one truth about college football these days, it’s that nothing stays the same for very long. Perhaps the only constant in this wild, wacky, weird modern era of the sport is that nothing should be considered constant at all. Adaptation — from roster management, to revenue sharing to NIL — continues to rule the day in an environment that, more often than not, feels devoid of rules entirely.Nothing and nobody is immune to this, which means even the College Football Playoff format is fiercely debated on what feels like an annual basis. Is the 12-team structure working? Should…

WASHINGTON — The president was barely a year into his administration when a health care debate began to consume Washington. On Capitol Hill, partisan divides formed as many Democrats pressed for guaranteed insurance coverage for a broader swath of Americans while Republicans, buttressed by medical industry lobbying, warned about cost and a slide into communism. The year was 1945 and the new Democratic president, Harry Truman, tried and failed to persuade Congress to enact a comprehensive national health care program, a defeat Truman described as the disappointment of his presidency that “troubled me the most.” Since then, 13 presidents have…

An electric vehicle charging point provider backed by Britain’s biggest high street banks is exploring a sale amid fears over the impact of the Treasury’s latest tax raid on the sector.Sky News has learnt that Trojan Energy, which is part-owned by the BGF, is working with advisers on a review of its strategic options, including a sale to new investors. City sources said that bids for the company, which is being marketed by Interpath Advisory, were due this week.Money latest: The hidden government savings account worth £2k Founded in 2016, Trojan Energy raised £26m two years ago from investors including…

NEW YORK — The publishing arm of Mattel Inc. is teaming with million-selling novelist Alex Aster on a Barbie young adult novel in which the iconic doll embarks on a journey across “treacherous, magical lands.” “Barbie: Dreamscape,” scheduled for July 28, is the first novel for young adults out of Mattel Publishing since the imprint was announced three years ago. The novel is not tied to the blockbuster 2023 “Barbie” movie and no screen adaptation is currently planned, according to Mattel.The toy and family entertainment company is calling Aster’s book a “coming-of-age story” that finds Barbie declared “Fateless” at the…

The Giants franchise has been a miserable one for more than a decade now, with only faint flashes of hope that were always almost immediately pulled away. They had bottomed out. They became a joke in a way they never would have imagined when they last rode down the Canyon of Heroes, just 14 years ago.That’s why this moment, a little before midnight on Wednesday, was so significant. They were desperate. They were hopeless. They had tried everything and nothing worked.Then the entire image of their franchise changed overnight.To be honest, it’s hard to think of a more significant moment…

A shooting occurred Wednesday night in north Minneapolis after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were attacked by men with shovels during an arrest operation amid Operation Metro Surge, three U.S. officials told CBS News. One of the men, a Venezuelan migrant, was shot in the leg but is expected to be OK, two of the officials told CBS News.A large crowd quickly formed at the scene, with demonstrators clashing with law enforcement late Wednesday night.The shooting comes exactly one week after ICE officer Jonathan Ross fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good in south Minneapolis.      WCCO Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief…

“Of course there’s, at some point, cars go into maintenance, but the majority of the fleet of cars that we have out, we intend to keep on the latest software baselines,” Bakkenes said. While he wouldn’t be drawn on whether HuginCore will be part of the midlife refresh process for SPA2 cars like the EX90, those SUVs do feature the same powerful Nvidia Drive AGX Orin system-on-a-chip that’s integral to making this all work. “The core compute platform as such, even though we’ve made some changes in EX60 and optimized it, a lot of it is actually common with, for…

In just a few years, Ranger Suarez went from being Major League Baseball’s most underrated pitcher to garnering increased attention to, finally, getting paid as one of the top arms in baseball. Suarez, who reportedly agreed to a five-year, $130 million contract with the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, will earn an average annual value (AAV) of $26 million. That positions him among the top 15 highest-paid starting pitchers by AAV. That significant financial commitment from Boston is a testament to Suarez’s craft, to be sure. The 30-year-old southpaw owns a 117 ERA+ over the past four seasons. He throws a six-pitch…

Jan 14 : Coinbase CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong said on Wednesday the company cannot support a draft legislation U.S. senators introduced earlier this week aimed at creating a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.The legislation, unveiled on Monday, seeks to define when crypto tokens are securities, commodities or otherwise and would also hand policing of spot crypto markets to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Without the backing of Coinbase it is unclear if the markup of the bill can proceed. The firm donated millions of dollars to political action committees (PACs) aimed at getting pro-crypto candidates elected in 2024, and has been…

Financial technology company Bilt, whose credit cards offer customer rewards for rent and mortgage payments, introduced three new credit cards on Wednesday that cap interest rates at 10% for one year. The offer, which will only apply to new purchases, comes after President Trump this week floated a 10% ceiling on the interest rates credit card issuers charge customers. The proposal drew immediate pushback from Citi, JP Morgan Chase and other major banks, which say it would result in some consumers losing access to credit and hurt the U.S. economy. By contrast, New York-based Bilt pounced on the opportunity to promote its cards as…