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A football staffer at Tennessee State University has been arrested after being accused of ramming a player’s car in jealous rage. Director of football operations and on-campus recruiting Ariel Escobar allegedly drive into running back Devon Starling’s car in a lovers’ spat. According to Davidson County, Tenn. uncovered by TMZ, Starling told police that Escobar was an “ex-fling” and was outside his apartment, in her car, when he got home with his current girlfriend. She allegedly refused to leave upon being asked. Starling reportedly got back in his car and drove around while waiting for police to respond. Ariel Escobar…

For Ben Mertens, playing against the world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan in the English Open on Monday was a “dream come true”, even if the result didn’t go in his favour.Despite his admiration for the ‘Rocket’, the 18-year-old – who is the current European-U21 champion – certainly wasn’t overawed by the occasion, despite losing the first three frames.Mertens began his fightback with a 65, and suddenly a weight looked to come off his shoulders as he snatched the fifth frame as well.English Open’I couldn’t feel my hands or feet’ – O’Sullivan, Trump feel chill at English Open5 HOURS AGOThe youngster, ranked…

Railroad workers could get the paid sick days that were at the heart of their threat to go on strike – if the Biden administration steps in with an executive order. Workers have been unsuccessful getting their demands for paid sick leave met through months of negotiations with the freight rail companies, or through congressional action. But on Friday, 70 Democrats in Congress signed a letter asking for President Joe Biden or some federal agency to issue an order giving rail workers the seven sick days a year they were seeking. The letter pointed out that both the House and…

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A former Texas officer who fatally shot a Black woman through a window in her home in 2019 testified Monday that he thought a burglary was underway and saw a gun pointed at him, but later admitted to errors in his police work that day and said that he did not tell his partner about seeing a gun after the shooting and during the search of the house.Aaron Dean, a white former Fort Worth police officer, is on trial for the killing of Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who had been playing video games at home with her 8-year-old…

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaks during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022.Sarah Silbiger/ | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFormer FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is refusing to testify at a hearing this week about his company’s implosion, the Senate Banking Committee said Monday.Attorneys for the crypto platform’s founder have also said Bankman-Fried, who is based in the Bahamas, will not accept service of a subpoena to compel his testimony before the panel, senators said. Bankman-Fried is scheduled to appear at a House Financial Services…

Comedian Mark Curry accused a Colorado hotel staffer of racially profiling him as he sat in the lobby, an incident that prompted outrage from celebrities and a promise from the establishment to refund him after the actor posted video of the alleged encounter on Instagram.Curry, who starred in ABC’s “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper” from 1992 to 1997, was staying at The Mining Exchange in Colorado Springs. He was in the city for performances at 3E’s Comedy Club on Friday and Saturday, he said on Instagram. Curry was drinking coffee when he said the employee asked him if he was a…

Doha, Qatar – Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni on Monday said his team expects a tough World Cup semifinal game against Croatia, after the South American side’s exhausting and emotionally charged quarterfinal win over the Netherlands. La Albiceleste, as Argentina’s side are known, will take on the Valtreni, the Croatian team, at the 89,000-capacity Lusail Stadium on Tuesday at 10pm (19:00 GMT) for a place in the final. “We expect a tough match and it is against a really good team. They are a proper team and they play as a team,” Scaloni told reporters in a pre-match conference in Doha.…

CNN  —  Twitter’s former head of trust and safety has fled his home due to an escalation in threats resulting from Elon Musk’s campaign of criticism against him, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday. Yoel Roth, who resigned from the social media company in November, has in recent weeks faced a storm of attacks and threats of violence following the release of the so-called “Twitter Files” — internal Twitter communications that new owner Musk has released through journalists including Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss. Roth’s position involved him working on sensitive issues including the suspension of…

Washington CNN  —  The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will resume announcing its opinions in person from the bench – a tradition that was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, when decisions were simply posted on the court’s website. The new guidance is applicable to next year, as there are no opinions expected until January. The change will be a welcome one to those court watchers who appreciate hearing the justices synopsize their rulings and believe that when the court issues an opinion, it is best practice to appear in person and explain the reasoning from the bench. Last…