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It has only been roughly 72 hours since the women’s basketball transfer portal opened and already big names from across the country have entered to see where their stock might land them in the conversation and landscape of college hoops. According to On3.com which has a live tracker, as of yesterday, there are 941 active players in the women’s basketball transfer portal. Top Transfer Portal Watch List Perhaps the most interesting portal names currently are Ta’Niya Latson (Florida State), Cotie McMahon (Ohio State), Gianna Kneepkens (Utah), Serah Williams (Wisconsin), Kiyomi McMiller (Rutgers) and Jada Williams (Arizona). BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA -…

On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba discussed President Joe Biden’s autopen usage. Habba stated that she’ll let the executive branch deal with the legalities of the use of autopen, but “I don’t think there was a question that he didn’t know what he was doing. I think that it’s further evidence that there [are] concerns about his mental faculties at the time that you are signing a binding doc. And when you find out that he didn’t even actually sign it, you have to look into whether he knew about…

The key to Russian operations against Ukraine has been overwhelming artillery fire.For Western armies, the value of artillery seemed to diminish against the glamour of smart bombs.Russian officers see artillery as a means to lay waste to enemy lines and terrify their defenders.The Russian cannon were murderous, recalled a survivor. “All this time the formidable artillery of the redoubts in the center of the enemy’s line was working such fearful havoc in our ranks.”The date was Sept. 7, 1812, the place the Battle of Borodino, and the writer Baron Louis-François Lejeune, a staff officer in Napoleon’s army. But it could…

Skadden is the latest Big Law firm to strike a deal with Trump to avoid punitive executive action.The firm said it would provide $100M in pro bono legal work to causes supported by the administration.One Skadden associate said they find the firm’s dealings with Trump “unforgivable.”Another Big Law domino has fallen at President Donald Trump’s feet.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services “to causes that the President and Skadden both support,” Trump announced from the White House on Friday afternoon.The firm also affirmed its commitment to merit-based hiring and employee…

Renters in New Hanover County saw apartment listing prices increase from January’s average of $1,239, an analysis of new data from Apartment List shows.The average apartment listed for rent at $1,247 in February. Average listing prices in New Hanover County are trending 0.6457% upwards from January’s $1,239 price, down 0.8% from this time last year.The data is inclusive of all bedroom sizes, from studios to three-bedroom units, so while it is a good indicator of how rents are moving in the area, it does not include single family homes for rent, said Chris Salviati, senior housing economist for Apartment List.…

The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake which rocked Myanmar on Friday has reached 1,002, the state-run broadcaster MRTV has reported.The updated figures are from “all the earthquake-affected areas nationwide,” the broadcaster said on Saturday.According to an earlier report by Myanmar Now, at least 2,400 additional people have been injured across the Southeast Asian country.The authorities said earlier that the number of victims is expected to keep climbing as rescue operations are continuing.Earlier in the day, the country’s prime minister, Min Aung Hlaing, arrived in the city of Mandalay, which was heavily damaged by the quake. During his meeting with…

High rise under construction in Bangkok collapses amid magnitude 7.7 earthquake Hundreds are feared dead after a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday. A high rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed. WATCH: Moment of the 7.7 Magnitude powerful earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand (28.03.2025) pic.twitter.com/KOLTBVS4ES — Disaster News (@Top_Disaster) March 28, 2025 So far at least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, several hundred are injured. At least 10 people died in Thailand, more than a dozen are injured and more than 100 construction workers are still missing after the high rise collapsed. The AP reported:…

Topline Elon Musk said Friday his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform, X, for $33 billion in an all-stock transaction. Musk announced the acquisition Friday evening. (Photo by Emin Sansar/Anadolu Agency via Getty … More Images)Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Key Facts Musk announced the deal in a Friday post, saying it valued xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, or $45 billion if the social network’s $12 billion in debt is included. Musk, who purchased X for $44 billion in 2022, when it was known as Twitter, said the acquisition entails the combination…

Leonel Moreno, a Venezuelan illegal migrant “TikTok influencer” who used the Chinese tech platform to teach migrants how to break into American homes and “squat” there, was deported to Caracas in the early midnight hours of Friday. Moreno arrived at the Simón Bolívar International Airport alongside a new group of 178 Venezuelan deportees. Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister and a long-suspected drug lord wanted by U.S. authorities — confirmed that Moreno was among the deportees in remarks given to reporters. Cabello stressed that many of the deportees on the plane were “angry” at Moreno and as such, he necessitated special…

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Attorney General Pam Bondi urged Congress to stay in session to confirm all of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Host Laura Ingraham asked, [relevant exchange begins around 4:20] “[W]hat is your message tonight to Congress, specifically members of the U.S. Senate and House, but who — Republicans and Democrats, who like to leave town on Thursday night, tonight? And they leave and they’re going to be gone for two weeks in April, when you still have a lot of key people not in top positions. What is your message to them…