Dan Walters: Tough love plan could end California’s unemployment insurance stalemateOn the Road Don't miss out on the headlines from On the Road. Followed categories will be added to My News. A 66-year-old man has died in Canberra’s south after his e-bike crashed into a wall on Sunday night. Riding along the Athllon Drive bike path in Kambah, the man is believed to have smashed into a wall located in an underpass at 5.10pm. The tragedy marks the 10th life lost on ACT roads this year. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard The man died shortly after being treated on scene by paramedics. E-bike and e-scooter accident deaths have become increasingly common in recent years. A recent study by St Vincents Hospital in Sydney found that more than 500 e-bike riders had wound required critical care in emergency rooms as a result of e-vehicle accidents. This latest tragedy follows the death of Khye Brickwell, a 12-year old boy from Victoria whose e-scooter collided with a car on Wednesday night. The crash marks the 10th fatality on ACT roads in 2024. Originally published as Canberra man becomes latest e-bike fatality after horrifying crash More related stories On the Road ‘Hatred’: Jaguar erupts over brand backlash Jaguar has faced backlash on social media after releasing an ad with androgynous models and no actual cars. Read more On the Road UK tourist in motorhome clocked at 153km/h A man has been slapped with a fine after he was allegedly clocked at speeds of up to 153km/h while driving a motorhome. Read more
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A turnover trashcan foreshadowed a coaching search best described as a dumpster fire that wound up costing both a coach and athletic director their jobs. A revolving door to the coaching office. NCAA investigations and scholarship reductions. Don’t forget the mustard bottle thrown onto the Neyland Stadium field or the golf ball that came perilously close to Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin — whose one-year stint made him the first of seven coaches, counting two interims, at Tennessee after Philip Fulmer’s firing after the 2008 season. No. 6 Ohio State is very accustomed to the playoff stage with the Buckeyes chasing their first national championship since 2014 and first title game berth since 2020. Seventh-ranked Tennessee has its own championship pedigree, though its last national title came in 1998. The Volunteers had been the butt of too many jokes for too many painful years. That officially ends Dec. 21 when ninth-seeded Tennessee visits No. 8 seed Ohio State (10-2, No. 6 CFP) in the first round of the newly expanded College Football Playoff with the winner traveling to the Rose Bowl to face top-ranked Oregon. “We’ve done our job and gotten this place back to back to where it needs to be and where it’s supposed to be,” said center Cooper Mays, who played high school ball in Knoxville and knows what this game means. “We’re out here in the in the thick of things going into December, going into the playoffs. And that’s kind of all you can ask for at this point in the season.” Plenty of credit goes to coach Josh Heupel who has the Vols (10-2, No. 9 CFP) here in his fourth season on Rocky Top. A quick revival for a program that went 3-7 in 2020 with a season capped by the chancellor firing then-coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine others over what she called “shocking” NCAA violations. Tennessee took its medicine to ease NCAA sanctions by cutting scholarships, leaving Heupel with 65 his first season. University officials refused to self-impose a bowl ban on top of that. That probe ended in the summer of 2023 with the NCAA’s scathing report detailing more than 200 infractions — including 18 Level I violations and approximately $60,000 paid out to athletes and families in recruiting infractions under Pruitt. Yet Heupel, who called potential NCAA punishment a “mere speed bump” when hired in January 2021, has managed something none of his recent predecessors could. He has led Tennessee to 30 victories since 2022 — matching the Vols’ winningest three-year stretch since 1998 through 2000. To Heupel, the playoffs is simply the next step. “You earn the right to be in a game like this,” Heupel said. “Proud of what we’ve done throughout the course of the regular season. The new season starts here. There was an expectation inside of our program to earn the right to play in a game like this in the postseason. So, a lot of excitement in here but also understand we’re getting ready to go play a great team and we’ve got to be at our best.” Heupel initially was seen as a quick fix. New athletic director Danny White, who was lured away from Central Florida to rebuild the athletic program, brought Heupel with him to Knoxville a week after his own hiring. Now Heupel is the third coach in Tennessee history with multiple 10-win regular seasons with two in three years. He joins Fulmer (five in 17 years) and Gen. Robert Neyland (five in 21 including the 1951 national championship season). Neyland Stadium is full again. The waiting list for season tickets now tops 20,000, even with an announced ticket hike for 2025 to help the Vols pay and keep top talent. “Vol Nation proves again why y’all are the best fan base in all of sports!” White wrote on social media. When the NCAA came at Tennessee again over name, image and likeness compensation to athletes, the same chancellor who made sure everyone cooperated in the last investigation didn’t hold back. Donde Plowman called the NCAA a “failing” organization in a letter in January pursuing “factually untrue and procedurally flawed” allegations. She had the backing of the attorneys general of both Tennessee and Virginia who sued the NCAA, and a federal judge granted their injunction request in February keeping the organization from enforcing NIL rules for recruits. The winning has been contagious at Tennessee: — Coach Rick Barnes won the regular season Southeastern Conference men’s basketball title in March and now has the nation’s top-ranked team. — Coach Tony Vitello won the Vols’ first national baseball title in June. — New Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell has the women’s basketball team back in the AP Top 25 after White fired Kellie Harper, who won national titles for the late Pat Summitt as her point guard. Yet, football really just means more in the SEC. Those devoted Vols’ fans, who stopped the hiring of then-Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano before Tennessee could even announce a news conference in 2017, had hoped Tennessee would host a game. Road losses to Arkansas and Georgia are why Tennessee is hitting the road. This game seemed a distant hope for Tennessee after too many beatdowns by Alabama, Georgia and Florida — and yes even Vanderbilt. Not to Heupel, who was the quarterback who led Oklahoma to the 2000 national championship. And not for Tennessee, not now.A video shared on X claims to show Syria’s new government fighting. First official meeting held by the newly appointed Syrian “government”! pic.twitter.com/OT3s8keCXD — The Men Of God✌🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇶🇮🇷🇸🇾🇾🇪✌ (@aga1nsta11oddz) December 10, 2024 Verdict: Misleading The video is from August 2024, before the new Syrian government was put into place. It appears the video was taken in rebel-held territory, before the fall of the Assad government. Fact Check: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appealed for countries to unite behind a new Syrian government, days after a rebel alliance led by a Sunni Islamist group toppled longtime strongman Bashar Al-Assad’s government, according to The New York Times . Social media users are claiming to show the new Syrian government fighting amongst each other. One user wrote, “First official meeting held by the newly appointed Syrian ‘government’!” This claim is misleading. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the video is from August 2024. It was shared to Facebook . (RELATED: Ben Shapiro Didn’t Say That Syrian Christians Potential Slaughter Was A ‘Good Thing’) “Friendly Advice...Next time you have a meeting, it’s better to hand out boxing gloves at the door instead of pens and paper. Obviously some disagreements need to be resolved ‘directly’!” reads part of the post. Syria HR reported that the video took place in rebel-held territory. “The city of Afrin, north of Aleppo, witnessed a fistfight inside the Gaziantep University branch between a delegation headed by the Minister of Justice in the ‘Syrian Interim Government’ Haboush Lata, and a group of lawyers affiliated with the ‘Free Lawyers Council,'” reported the website. 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NoneAlexis Ohanian Teases Serena Williams by Naming 3 Things That He is Better at Than HerELKO — Residents in Elko County now have easy access to digital legal resources and court meetings. Thanks to the Nevada Legal Kiosk project of Nevada Legal Services, those resources are right at Elko Mybrary visitors’ fingertips, where a desk area in the computer section of the library gives instant digital access to legal assistance. Susan Myers of Nevada Legal Services used her legal background to set up the kiosks. “The whole kiosk concept grew out of the pandemic, because that really exposed the digital divide and the problems that people had accessing information if they didn't have access to technology,” explained the group's litigation director, Susan L. Myers, who manages the Nevada Legal Kiosk Project out of Las Vegas. Nevada Legal Services provides free legal services for low-income Nevadans. “If you've ever tried to do research on your cellphone, it's not always that effective, especially for seniors. So we received a grant in Nevada for the kiosks. They were to be geared towards seniors,” she said. “But, of course, seniors have all the same problems that everybody else has legally.” The kiosks were designed for placement in local libraries “because that's a trusted resource where people will go for information,” Myers said. “That way, there's somebody to direct people to if they have questions about how to use the kiosk.” Also, the kiosks make librarians’ jobs easier if customers ask them about legal topics, she added. Since the project’s start in the summer of 2023, the group has placed 28 kiosk stations across the state, including one recently added in Winnemucca at the Humboldt County Library. Being licensed as a legal professional in Nevada since 1993, Myers said she drew on her past experiences to create the legal kiosk’s contents. “I had a pretty good idea of the sorts of information that people were looking for. We consulted with librarians — what are the biggest requests that you get? Housing is one, family is a big one and then seniors often want information on powers of attorney and things like that. So, we incorporated those substantive topics into the kiosk and I linked them to resources around the state that deal with those questions,” she said. The kiosks also offer access to legal forms, which are a frequently requested resource, she added. “The kiosks are designed to be one-stop portals for Nevadans to be able to reach these resources without having to just randomly Google and maybe hit the right resource,” Myers explained. “A lot of states have something called LawHelp, where that's maintained by one of their legal aid organizations that kind of does what the kiosk does.” Because Nevada does not have its own LawHelp site, Nevada Legal Services created the kiosks to fill the same role, Myers said. “The Nevada state self-help center is one of the resources we link with. They're actually doing some exciting improvements with their forms, with fillable forms and forms translated into multiple languages,” she said. “Anywhere in the state, you can find the legal aid that would be relevant for your area and your needs. We also have links to courts.” While the kiosks do not connect customers directly to lawyers, they do offer access to the State Bar of Nevada lawyer referral service. “If you're not eligible for free legal services, you can go there to get a referral to an attorney who will agree to do a consultation for no more than $45. So, that's a low-cost option,” Myers said. “If people need to print out forms, the kiosks include a printer,” she said. “We also provide tech support for the kiosks for the library, so they're not having to fix the printer." If it does go down, the group provides a contractor to fix things. “We have a web developer and project manager called A2J Tech, who actually did the programming. They're the ones who determine the equipment to be used and what we need to order for the libraries. And they handle the actual physical installation,” Myers noted. As the project received its funds from a limited Nevada grant, the kiosks could only come to so many libraries. So, Myers said she researched Nevada’s public libraries and identified the features and needs unique to each community, such as distances from other resources, the number of available resources, the size of the senior population and whether the area was underserved economically. “And then I just started contacting libraries to see if they were interested. And Elko was — and, of course, they have the county law library within the library. So that seemed like a perfect match.” Myers said “92% of people who have a civil legal need can't get help from an attorney because there's not one available or they can't afford it." "So this is intended to help bridge the access to justice gap,” she said. “It provides resources that people wouldn't otherwise have access to or know where to find.” Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — For a pair of lower-level downhill events, this sure had plenty of Olympic medal-capturing and World Cup-winning ski racers. The stage belonged to Lindsey Vonn, the 40-year-old who took another step on her comeback trail Saturday with her first races in nearly six years. Vonn wasn't particularly speedy and finished in the middle of the pack on a cold but sunny day at Copper Mountain. Times and places weren't the mission, though, as much as getting used to the speed again and gaining the necessary points to compete on the World Cup circuit this season. Vonn accomplished both, finishing 24th in the first downhill race of the day and 27th in the second. She posted on social media after the FIS races that she had enough points to enter World Cup events. The timing couldn't be more perfect — the next stop on the women's circuit is Beaver Creek, Colorado, in a week. Vonn, who used to own a home in nearby Vail, hasn't committed to any sort of timetable for a World Cup return. “Today was a solid start and I had a blast being in start with my teammates again!” Vonn wrote on X. “While I’m sure people will speculate and say I’m not in top form because of the results, I disagree. This was training for me. I’m still testing equipment and getting back in the groove.” Her competition — a veritable who's who of high-profile ski racers — applauded her efforts. “I don't expect her to come back and win — just that she comes back and she has fun,” said Federica Brignone of Italy, a former overall World Cup champion and three-time Olympic medalist. “She's having fun, and she’s doing what she loves. That’s the best thing that she could do.” In the first race on a frigid morning, Vonn wound up 1.44 seconds behind the winning time of 1 minute, 5.79 seconds posted by Mirjam Puchner of Austria. In her second race through the course later in the morning, Vonn was 1.53 seconds behind Cornelia Huetter of Austria, who finished in 1:05.99. Huetter is the reigning season-long World Cup downhill champion. “It’s really nice to compare with her again, and nice to have her (racing) again,” Huetter said. “For sure, for the skiing World Cup, we have a lot of more attention. It's generally good for all racers because everyone is looking.” Also in the field were Nadia Delago of Italy, who won a bronze medal in downhill at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and Puchner, the Olympic silver winner in super-G in Beijing. In addition, there was Marta Bassino of Italy, a winner of the super-G at the 2023 world championships, and two-time Olympic champion Michelle Gisin of Switzerland. “For me, it was really a training, but it was fun to have a World Cup race level right here,” Gisin said. “It was a crazy race.” Vonn remains a popular figure and took the time after each run to sign autographs for young fans along with posing for photos. When she left the sport, Vonn had 82 World Cup race victories, which stood as the record for a woman and within reach of the all-time Alpine record of 86 held by Swedish standout Ingemar Stenmark. The women’s mark held by Vonn was surpassed in January 2023 by Mikaela Shiffrin, who now has 99 wins — more than any Alpine ski racer in the history of the sport. Shiffrin is currently sidelined after a crash in a giant slalom event in Killington, Vermont, last weekend. Vonn’s last major race was in February 2019, when she finished third in a downhill during the world championships in Sweden. The three-time Olympic medalist left the circuit still near the top of her game. But all the broken arms and legs, concussions and torn knee ligaments took too big a toll and sent her into retirement. She had a partial knee replacement last April and felt good enough to give racing another shot. “It's very impressive to see all the passion that Lindsey still has,” Gisin said. Also racing Saturday was 45-year-old Sarah Schleper, who once competed for the United States but now represents Mexico. Schleper was the next racer behind Vonn and they got a chance to share a moment between a pair of 40-somethings still racing. “I was like, ‘Give me some tips, Lindsey,’” Schleper said. “She’s like, ‘Oh, it’s a highway tuck, the whole thing.’ Then she’s like, ‘It’s just like the good old days.’"EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Ahamad Bynum scored 19 points off of the bench to help lead UTEP over Seattle U 88-72 on Saturday night. Bynum shot 7 of 9 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Miners (6-2). Otis Frazier III added 18 points while going 6 of 9 from the floor, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and 4 for 4 from the line while he also had five assists. Kevin Kalu had 13 points and shot 5 of 6 from the field and 3 for 3 from the line. The Redhawks (3-6) were led in scoring by Paris Dawson, who finished with 18 points and two steals. Seattle U also got 14 points and eight rebounds from Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe. John Christofilis had 13 points. UTEP took the lead with 18:55 left in the first half and never looked back. The score was 48-23 at halftime, with Frazier racking up 12 points. UTEP extended its lead to 77-49 during the second half, fueled by a 7-0 scoring run. Bynum scored a team-high 12 points in the second half as their team closed out the win. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Former President Bill Clinton said this weekend he had a feeling “all the so-called swing states would vote together” during this past election, and he wasn’t surprised that Donald Trump won his bid for the presidency. “At least this time, there is no question that he actually won both the popular vote and the Electoral College,” Clinton said , referring to Trump losing the popular vote in 2016 when he faced Clinton’s wife, Democrat Hillary Clinton. In 2024, Trump won all seven swing states: Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Nevada. In the interview with Jonathan Capehart that aired on MSNBC over the weekend, Clinton suggested “the late intervention” of FBI director James Comey’s investigation into his wife’s private email server she used while she was secretary of state helped Trump win. Hillary Clinton said last month in an interview that Vice President Kamala Harris had a better shot at the presidency than her because she didn’t have Comey “waiting in the wings to kneecap her.” That didn’t matter, however, for Harris, because she ultimately lost to Trump earlier this month. “There’s been a lot of change for people to digest,” Bill Clinton said, “a lot of economic adversity and upheaval, a lot of political upheaval, a lot of social developments. And if you think about it, some of the votes that happened in the last election are people who are just exhausted by uncertainty and tired of carrying it around. And that always helps the right.” In that same interview , Bill Clinton responded to Trump’s Cabinet picks, saying Trump is interested in loyal people. “We have to listen to Donald Trump,” Bill Clinton said. “He’s been very forthright about how to use the law. He’s interested in people who are loyal to him 100% of the time, no matter what the issue, no matter what the facts, no matter who gets hurt.” Bill Clinton Reacts To Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks Bill Clinton Opens Up About 'Frustration' Over Monica Lewinsky Scandal Question In New Memoir Donald Trump Jr. Jokes About Violence Toward Harris, Clinton After Father's Election Wins
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