NFL Week 18 picks: AFC North champion will be decided with Saturday doubleheader
The AFC North-leading Ravens (11-5) play host to the Browns, and later the Steelers (10-6), trying to overtake the division lead, play host to the Bengals. Source link
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Former gambling exec Flint to chair Hargreaves Lansdown | Money News
The consortium which is in the process of buying Hargreaves Lansdown, the funds supermarket, for more than Β£5bn is lining up a prominent former gambling executive as its new chairman. Sky News has learnt that Richard Flint, a former boss of Sky Betting & Gaming, has been identified as the preferred candidate to replace Alison…
Most anticipated 2025 movies: ’28 Years Later,’ ‘Superman,’ more
Weβre ready β ready to turn the page on 2024, ready for such time-tested voices as Terrence Malick, Ryan Coogler and Kelly Reichardt to remind us of why we love this art form so much. Hold your breath for the second half of βWicked,β whirling into theaters in November. Until then, weβve got another two…
‘It’s a smash and grab raid on the constitution’: The last of the hereditary peers | Politics News
For centuries an odd tradition lay dormant in our democracy. A number of nobleman have had the chance to sit in parliament, simply by birthright – 92 seats in the House of Lords are eligible to male heirs in specific families and 88 men have taken these seats and currently sit in the second chamber…
AI company says its chatbots will change interactions with teen users after lawsuits
Character.AI, the artificial intelligence company that has been the subject of two lawsuits alleging its chatbots inappropriately interacted with underage users, said teenagers will now have a different experience than adults when using the platform. Character.AI users can create original chatbots or interact with existing bots. The bots, powered by large language models (LLMs), can…
A rose’s journey from a Colombian farm to a parade float in Pasadena
A little more than a week before the 136th Tournament of Roses Parade, Bob Mellano was counting flowers and coming up short β 50,000 roses short. Mellano studied his paperwork. A flower wholesaler in downtown Los Angeles, he can spot discrepancies from a distance. The night before, two trucks from Miami had pulled up to…
Derius Davis’ game-changing skills proving critical for Chargers
One was clutch. The other was acrobatic. Both of Derius Davisβ touchdown catches have been electrifying. The second-year receiver has sparked the Chargersβ offense at just the right time with the first two touchdown catches of his career. Davis has 60 of his season-total 107 yards receiving in the last two weeks, using just four…
Energy price cap now expected to rise in April as bills increase again in January | Money News
As energy bills become more expensive from today, respected forecasters have said they are likely to rise further in spring instead of fall, as first anticipated. The energy price cap rises from January, bringing the cost of a typical annual bill to Β£1,738 – Β£21 a year more than from October to December. Bills had…
Halina Reijn’s ‘Babygirl’ as homage to past erotic dramas
Back home, Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn is known as an acclaimed stage and film actor, albeit one with a reputation for oversharing. βI was raised by radical hippies, so nobody teaches me boundaries,β she says unapologetically. βIβm just open about everything. That scares people in the Netherlands. Itβs like, βI donβt need your honesty right…
Labour’s Emily Thornberry and mayor of London Sadiq Khan honoured in New Year list | Politics News
A veteran Labour MP and the long-standing mayor of London are among a handful of politicians named in the King’s New Year Honours list. Former shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry, who has been made a dame, appears on the list alongside Sadiq Khan, who has been made a knight after securing a record third term…