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Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark to leave after 2026 season
Sports
— Oct 30, 2026
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark, the fifth in the league's 32 years, announced Oct. 30, 2026, he will leave Jan. 31, 2027, after expanding the conference to 16 schools and a $2.28 billion TV deal.
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Elena Vasquez
Yormark added eight schools and locked in the media deal, so the Big 12 should be fine finding someone new by 2027.
Watkins Returns, USC Eyes First Title Since 1984
JuJu Watkins
— Oct 30, 2026
JuJu Watkins is returning to USC after missing last season while recovering from an ACL tear; she scored 18 points in an exhibition and is poised to pair with Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jazzy Davidson. With a deep supporting cast, the No. 3 Trojans hope to contend for their first national title since 1984.
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Top-Ranked Kansas Freshman Stokes Named Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year
Tyran Stokes
— Oct 15, 2026
Kansas freshman Tyran Stokes, the nation’s top 2026 recruit, was named Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year and to the All-Big 12 preseason team. The Jayhawks were picked to finish third in the conference, behind Arizona and Houston; Stokes also earned Preseason First Team All-American recognition.
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HARDY, Little Big Town and Red Clay Strays set for Nashville NYE bash
Andy Samberg
— Oct 20, 2026
HARDY, Little Big Town and The Red Clay Strays are the first announced performers for Nashville’s free New Year’s Eve Big Bash, welcoming 2027 at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park. The nearly five-hour celebration will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+, with more performers to be announced.
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Rachel Meyers
This free NYE show in Nashville looks like a solid mix of artists, especially with The Red Clay Strays on the bill.
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Russian Pranksters Dupe OpenAI Officials Into Video Chat About ‘Offensive’ AI For Ukraine
Dylan Kresak · 5 min · 12h
Oregon Rallies Past No. 20 Northwestern, 34-26
Dan Lanning
— Oct 27, 2026
No. 20 Northwestern, whose creative offense has helped fuel a 6-1 start under coordinator Chip Kelly, visits struggling Oregon in a pivotal Big Ten matchup. After firing offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer amid a scoring slump, Oregon named Jay Johnson its play-caller for the rest of the season; starting quarterback Dante Moore is also expected to miss the remainder of the year.
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Most Influential Women in World History
Yourlist
— Ranking
From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Arizona Western Wins Three Titles, Stays Unbeaten
Sports
— Oct 19, 2026
Kansas State enters a pivotal stretch under first-year coach Collin Klein, starting with an Oct. 24 road game at Arizona State and followed by a visit to Colorado. Consistent, disciplined play could help the Wildcats improve their Big 12 standing and avenge a 2024 loss to the Sun Devils.
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Chicago Wins Best Big City, 10th Straight Year
Travel
— Oct 6, 2026
Chicago won Condé Nast Traveler Best Big City for the 10th year since 2017. Oct. 10 is Best Big City Day; Milwaukee ranked No. 5.
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The Priest Who Discovered the Big Bang
Good News
— FROM 1927
Georges Lemaître — Catholic priest and physicist — proposed that the universe began from a 'primeval atom,' years before anyone called it the Big Bang.
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Big Bend Landowners Sue Over Trump Border Wall Plans
Donald John Trump
— Sep 14, 2026
On Sept. 14, 2026, Big Bend landowners and Conserve Big Bend sued DHS in D.C. to stop wall plans, citing 3,096 FY2025 apprehensions and a 53-year low for the sector.
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Tom Gallagher
Landowners suing makes sense when crossings are already at historic lows in that sector.
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Pope Leo condemns machismo and violence against women in Peru
Pope Leo XIV condemned machismo and violence against women during his visit to Lima, calling for equal rights and women’s full participation in society and the Church. He also urged Peru’s bishops to support victims of clergy abuse with tru
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SETON MOTLEY: Someone Should Sue To Break Up Big Tech’s DC Lobby Monopoly
District of Columbia
— Apr 12, 2026
Big Tech spends metric tons of lobby money. On just about everyone in D.C. To ensure that no one in D.C. does anything Big Tech doesn’t like. And it’s worked – like a charm. Thirty years of the Internet? And D.C. has…
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Trump Will Resume 2020 Campaign Rallies After Pause Due to Pandemic
Reporting
— Jun 11, 2020
It has been a different election year in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S., causing a big shift to the presidential election campaign trail and almost grinding it to a halt. Months after not holding any big…
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Quentin Tarantino vs Martin Scorsese
Yourlist
— VS Battle
The video store savant versus the film-school don — two visions of American violence, guilt, and cool.
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Ohio State-Indiana Rematch Set for Fox Noon Kickoff
Sports
— Oct 5, 2026
Ohio State’s Big Ten Championship rematch at Indiana is set for noon ET next week on Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff. The matchup reunites the programs after Indiana beat Ohio State in last year’s title game.
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Hunter Finds Arkansas Park’s Largest Diamond This Year
Crater of Diamonds State Park
— Oct 2, 2026
Jack Pearadin found a 6.03-carat yellow diamond, the largest at Crater of Diamonds this year, yelling "Holy crap, we got a big one!" on TikTok, and named it the American Dream.
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Sam Okafor
Finding a 6-carat diamond in a state park is a nice reminder that luck can still hit regular folks.
BILL FLAIG And TOM CARTER: Conservatives Can’t Afford To Believe Big Tech’s And Big Bank’s Empty Mea Culpa
Thomas Carter
— Oct 11, 2025
For years, conservatives warned that America’s most powerful corporations were colluding with the government to muzzle free speech, cut off financial services, and marginalize half the country. We were dismissed as…
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Navy Scrambles To Ramp Up Tomahawk Production After Iran War Burns Through Arsenal
Francis Kapper · 4 min · 12h
Big Ten approves five-year Petitti contract extension
2020 Big Ten Conference football season
— Aug 26, 2026
Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti secured a five-year extension through 2033, unanimously approved to continue his leadership since 2023 amid the conference’s expansion to 18 teams and record revenue. His tenure has coincided with three consecutive CFP national championships and efforts to broaden the playoff format and media rights deals.
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Pick a food for every letter and the AI reveals your future
Quizie
— Quiz
A to (almost) Z, one delicious decision at a time. At the end, the AI reads your feast like tea leaves and tells your fortune.
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Big Tech Speaks Out About AI
Reporting
— Jul 14, 2026
The Wake-Up Call From Big Tech Some of the sharpest minds in our world just issued a stark warning about the future. They say artificial intelligence is about to change everything in our economy. This isn’t a small tweak like a new playbook. It’s a total overhaul that could happen in just ten years. That’s […]
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DOGE Staffer ‘Big Balls’ Hits Exit
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
— Jun 25, 2025
A 19-year-old coder known online as “Big Balls” walked away from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Tuesday following department head Elon Musk’s acrimonious departure last month. Edward Coristine was one…
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MARK MIX: Trump Is Winning Big With Rank-And-File Union Members
Donald John Trump
— Oct 9, 2024
Eight years ago, Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was enthusiastically backed by Big Labor bosses , but ended up carrying the union household vote nationwide by a historically low eight percentage points …
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Donald Trump Reinstated on Big Tech Platform After Company Forced to Make Thousands of Layoffs
Opinion
— Mar 17, 2023
More than two years after Donald Trump was banned from social media after Big Tech colluded to make the unprecedented decision to deny a sitting president a voice, the last domino has fallen. Trump’s YouTube page …
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Andrew Powell
Kansas Republicans Suffer Another Gubernatorial Defeat Despite Trump's Endorsement
Democrat Cindy Holscher has won the Kansas governor's race, defeating Republican state Senate President Ty Masterson in a contest that keeps the state's top office under Democratic control for another four years. The Associated Press projected Holscher as the winner in the race to replace Gov. Laura Kelly, who was term-limited, according to Fox News . Her victory gives Democrats their third straig
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‘I Was Disappointed’: Elon Musk Throws Cold Water On Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Donald John Trump
— May 28, 2025
Elon Musk issued sharp criticism for President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” incorporating vast swathes of the president’s first-year legislative agenda, citing projections that the legislation will increase…
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Biden FTC Chair Suffers Major Losses After Picking Fight With Big Tech
Reporting
— Jul 12, 2023
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan has suffered several setbacks this year in her efforts to block acquisitions by Big Tech firms, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. A federal judge on Tuesday ruled…
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Biden’s Electric Car Order a Disaster As Gates, Bezos Need To Mine Metals From Greenland To Build Them
Opinion
— Aug 12, 2021
President Joe Biden has an ambitious plan to make half the cars sold in America electric vehicles in less than 10 years — a big win for environmentalists, you might think. It might be, at least on paper. It’s also a big…
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4-Year-Old Perfectly Dismantles Woke Gender Ideology in Past Clip of ‘Little Big Shots’
Opinion
— Jun 10, 2023
One clip from NBC’s “Little Big Shots”– though fairly old — has been making its rounds on the internet. Heidi St. John, founder of MomStrong International, posted it on Instagram recently with the caption, “Facts so…
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Ted Cruz Blasts Big Bird’s Appearance on CNN Town Hall: ‘Government Propaganda…For Your 5 Year Old!’
Reporting
— Nov 8, 2021
“Sesame Street” has become a propaganda arm of the Biden regime, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas charged Saturday. On Saturday, the Twitter account of the “Sesame Street” character Big Bird tweeted a message telling…
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Democrats Lean On Green Group To Reach UN Climate Talks Without Trump
Simon August · 7 min · 12h
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