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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson sent a clear message to the organization after the team’s 27-22 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night.Jackson was heading through the tunnel back to the locker room when he found a fan’s sign that had a favorable message for the one-time NFL MVP.The sign read: “Ravens, pay ‘em now!” Jackson took the sign back to the field, held it up and autographed it.Contract negotiations have not gone in Jackson’s favor. The two sides haven’t come to an agreement on a contract extension as a fellow classmate in the 2018 draft Josh Allen…

Eight people were found dead Thursday afternoon after a house fire in Oklahoma. Local and federal authorities are investigating the blaze as a possible homicide.The fire was reported at roughly 4 p.m. in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa.Officials did not provide details about who was killed or how the fire was caused, but they did not believe an immediate threat to the public existed.”Preliminary reports are that this is going to be a homicide investigation,” Broken Arrow police spokesperson Ethan Hutchins said. “We’re still focused on trying to put out the fire and also investigate what happened to these…

Arsenal defender Pablo Mari is among five people stabbed in a supermarket in Milan. They were allegedly attacked by a 46-year-old man who stole a knife from the supermarket shelf and stabbed shoppers at random. One person has died, and three others are in hospital in serious condition. Mari is expected to make a full recovery after sustaining injuries to his back. Source: Sky News

The Statue of Liberty, one of America’s strongest symbols of unity and freedom, was unveiled on this day in history, Oct. 28, 1886.The rainy autumn day kicked off with festivities organized by the Franco-American Union and the City of New York, according to the National Park Service (NPS).The dedication ceremonies honored both the French and American people, as well as Statue of Liberty contributors, including renowned sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi.ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, OCT. 26, 1825, ERIE CANAL OPENS, TRANSFORMING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMERCEÉdouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye, often considered the “father of the Statue of Liberty” for thinking up the…

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korean officials said on Friday. The launch is the latest in a series of weapons tests by the isolated nation, which Seoul sees as intimidation and a prelude to a potential invasion attempt. It also came as South Korea wraps up joint military exercises with an unspecified number of U.S. troops ahead of large-scale joint drills with the U.S. that the north has condemned as a threat. Four days earlier, the north and south exchanged warning shots as they accused each other of breaching maritime borders. NORTH KOREAN SHIP CROSSES SEA BOUNDARY,…

CNN  —  Joe Biden’s midterm pitch is increasingly stark and alarmist as he grapples for momentum in an election seemingly slipping away from Democrats that could land him with a Congress inflicting two years of misery on his White House. The President was on the road Thursday – not in one of the most pivotal Senate swing states – but in New York to tout semiconductor manufacturing. The fact that he showed up in a state he won by more than 20 points two years ago shows how his low approval ratings limit his capacity to help his party climb…

Crypto exchange traded funds account for five of the worst seven debuts in the history of the ETF industry. The funds were launched in the heady days of 2021 — just in time for them for them to face the full force of 2022’s market fury, Morningstar Direct data show.The findings, from data provided exclusively for the Financial Times, exclude the performance of leveraged and inverse funds, which are not designed to be held over the long term.All five focused on the once high-flying cryptocurrency sector or the related field of blockchain, in a new illustration of academic claims that…

A new work-life balance code at elite law firm Slaughter and May will offer some respite for hard-pressed lawyers, but with strings attached.From next week, lawyers will not be required to check emails between 10pm and 8am “unless you are working on a matter/s where you consider that to be necessary”. Even then, “for this to work, you need to be reachable by phone”, the code states.The 37-point document, seen by the Financial Times, acknowledges that “our working environment, while stimulating and rewarding, can bring with it a lack of balance and a sense of always ‘being on’”.In a sop…

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers struggled to score points yet again, as the Baltimore Ravens ran their way to a 27-22 win on the road Thursday night. Brady didn’t throw a touchdown pass until it was too late, though he had ample opportunity to do some damage with multiple red zone trips. But that’s just the way the things have been going for the Bucs in recent weeks, and for the first time in his 23-year career, Brady is 3-5 to start a season.The timing and communication with his receivers have been spotty, and the same can be said…

Pictured here is a chip manufacturing plant in Suqian city, East China’s Jiangsu Province, April 1, 2022.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China is so far behind the U.S. in semiconductor technology that some investors are betting on startups to fill that gap.The U.S. this month imposed new restrictions to maintain a lead over China in advanced chip technology. While the rules immediately cut into U.S. and Chinese business revenue, they only affect firms selling the most advanced semiconductor technology, analysts pointed out.The bulk of Chinese demand is for chips with far simpler tech, they said, and…