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Ex-College Football, NFL Star Critically Injured In Fiery Ranch Accident Ex-College Football, NFL Star Critically Injured In Fiery Ranch Accident
Ex-College Football, NFL Star Critically Injured In Fiery Ranch Accident A college football star and former NFL wide receiver was critically burned in an accident on his Central Texas ranch. Former Texas Longhorns wideout Jordan Shipley was injured while operating equipment near his hometown of Burnet on Tuesday, Jan. 6. A family statement about the incident was shared by a University of Texas athletics department spokesperson. Shipley helped Texas reach the 2010 BCS National Championship Game and was a medical redshirt on the Longhorns' national title-winning team in 2005. "The machine he was operating on his ranch caught fire, and alt…

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by Chris Spiker
Lifestyle
Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Casting In New England: Director Shares Tips For Making The Cut Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Casting In New England: Director Shares Tips For Making The Cut
Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Casting In New England: Director Shares Tips For Making The Cut Netflix’s hit dating show "Love Is Blind" is searching for singles.  The series is casting in Philadelphia, Austin, St. Louis, New Orleans, Charleston, Atlanta, Miami, Columbus, Ohio, and the New England area, according to a pinned July post from Kinetic Content and Backstage. Part 1 of "Love Is Blind" Season 9, which follows couples from Denver, is set to debut on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The show is a dating experiment where singles talk to each other from behind a wall without ever meeting face-to-face to find out if love is truly blind. Some couples go on to marry at the altar, whi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Uno Responds To Casino Card Game Rumors: 'Sounds Wild, Huh?' Uno Responds To Casino Card Game Rumors: 'Sounds Wild, Huh?'
Uno Responds To Casino Card Game Rumors: 'Sounds Wild, Huh?' Uno is playing "reverse" on rumors that you'll be able to gamble on the popular card game. The Mattel-owned brand said the game known for its "skip" and "draw two" cards isn't heading to casino floors anytime soon. Uno denied the rumors in an Instagram post on Monday, July 14. The viral posts claimed that Uno would be available for gamblers in Las Vegas. The rumor was even picked up by DraftKings, one of the country's largest betting companies. Uno said that the only "green" being passed around will be one of the game's four colors, not cash. "A rumor has come to our attention that there …

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by Chris Spiker
News
Texas Flash Flood Tragedy Update: Number Of Deaths Reaches 82; Trump Signs Disaster Declaration Texas Flash Flood Tragedy Update: Number Of Deaths Reaches 82; Trump Signs Disaster Declaration
Texas Flash Flood Tragedy Update: Number Of Deaths Reaches 82; Trump Signs Disaster Declaration The number of deaths after torrential downpours caused catastrophic flooding in south-central Texas has now reached 82, according to authorities. A search for 27 missing girls from a summer camp devastated by downpours is ongoing. Flash flooding along the Guadalupe River early Friday, July 4, devastated communities in the state's Hill Country. The flooding overwhelmed homes, camps, and roads as water rose more than 26 feet in just a few hours. Officials said months’ worth of rain fell in under two hours. Most of the confirmed deaths occurred in Kerr County, located about 60 miles no…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Tesla Misses The Mark: Car Deliveries Fall Short As Elon Musk Loses Key Political Fight Tesla Misses The Mark: Car Deliveries Fall Short As Elon Musk Loses Key Political Fight
Tesla Misses The Mark: Car Deliveries Fall Short As Elon Musk Loses Key Political Fight Tesla has delivered significantly fewer vehicles to start 2025 amid its biggest sales drop in years, as the company led by billionaire Elon Musk faces massive protests, boycotts, and production delays. Tesla reported 336,681 vehicle deliveries worldwide in the first quarter of 2025, the electric automaker said in a news release on Wednesday, April 2. Those deliveries are down 13% from 386,810 vehicles in the first quarter of 2024. The Austin, Texas-based company blamed the shortfall on upgrades to manufacturing facilities. "While the changeover of Model Y lines across a…

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by Chris Spiker
Schools
Students Feel Record Stress Over Admissions, MIT Passes Harvard As Top Dream College: Survey Students Feel Record Stress Over Admissions, MIT Passes Harvard As Top Dream College: Survey
Students Feel Record Stress Over Admissions, MIT Passes Harvard As Top Dream College: Survey For high school seniors, spring is a nerve-wracking time as college decisions roll in — but the class of 2025 is more stressed than ever, according to a new survey. The Princeton Review said 73 percent of students and parents reported "high" or "very high" stress over the admissions process. That's the highest level in the 23-year history of the College Hopes & Worries Survey, which had its 2025 edition released on Tuesday, Mar. 4. The 2025 survey polled 9,317 students and parents about a wide variety of college-related issues. Financial Pressures, Testing, AI Concerns Financial s…

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by Chris Spiker
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Pandemic Leads To Emergence Of Remote Co-Living Spaces COVID-19: Pandemic Leads To Emergence Of Remote Co-Living Spaces
Covid-19: Pandemic Leads To Emergence Of Remote Co-Living Spaces An odd blend of community and isolation is springing up amid the COVID-19 pandemic as people seek to work remotely from interesting spaces. Young professionals who fled big cities at the start of the pandemic in early 2020 are more and more choosing to live in the type of real estate geared toward communal living, according to a Wall Street Journal report. “Many of those who left were seeking fresh air, more space and distance from infection clusters, but they also found the prospect of being isolated in the country daunting,” the article noted. Now shared vacation homes, farms and conve…

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by Kristin Palpini
News
FBI Asks For Help Identifying Possible Victims Of Westchester Man Facing Child Porn Charge FBI Asks For Help Identifying Possible Victims Of Westchester Man Facing Child Porn Charge
FBI Asks For Help Identifying Possible Victims Of Westchester Man Facing Child Porn Charge Authorities are asking for help in identifying possible victims from throughout the country in a sextortion investigation involving a New York man from Westchester County.  The FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force and Port Chester Police Department issued the joint advisory on Friday, Feb. 5. Investigators arrested Jose Zafra on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, and charged him with the production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), or what is commonly known as child pornography. Based on the criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of New York, investigators allege Zafra …

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Owner, CEO Of Manhattan Investment Fund Among Trio Indicted For $1.8B Ponzi-Like Scheme Owner, CEO Of Manhattan Investment Fund Among Trio Indicted For $1.8B Ponzi-Like Scheme
Owner, CEO Of Manhattan Investment Fund Among Trio Indicted For $1.8B Ponzi-Like Scheme A man who was the head of a Manhattan investment fund was arrested on Thursday and is facing securities fraud charges for his role in an alleged $1.8 billion Ponzi-like scheme that saw his company paying clients with their own money.  Long Island resident David Gentile, age 54, of Manhasset, the founder, owner, and CEO of GPB Capital Holdings, was charged with two others for scheming to defraud investors by misrepresenting the source of funds used to make monthly distribution payments to them, federal officials said. Specifically, the three were charged with securities and wire fraud, …

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by Zak Failla