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5 days ago | 
yardbarker.com | Matt Brown
The Las Vegas Raiders are one of the most interesting teams in the NFL for 2025. They overhauled their offense, trading for quarterback Geno Smith and drafting running back Ashton Jeanty. The Boise State running back isn’t the only exciting rookie on the roster. With the 108th pick, the team drafted Oregon Ducks wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. to help give Smith some weapons.
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5 days ago | 
yardbarker.com | Matt Brown
ESPN’s Shams Charania reports the deal is done. The Houston Rockets receive Durant. The Suns get former second overall pick Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and the No. 10 overall pick in this year’s draft. Additionally, the Rockets are sending five second-round picks to the Suns. It is a far cry from the massive number of first-round picks Phoenix gave up to get Durant, but at least they get a return on investment. At first glance, who won the trade? Who Won This Trade?
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6 days ago | 
yardbarker.com | Matt Brown
For the past two years, the Green Bay Packers have been one of the youngest teams in the league. This hasn’t stopped them from winning. They have gone to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons despite counting on contributions from rookies. Last year, the Packers had two players make the All-Rookie Team: LB Edgerrin Cooper and S Evan Williams. This year, there are plenty of rookies who could earn these honors, one of them being first-round pick Matthew Golden.
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6 days ago | 
whio.com | Joey Cappelletti |Matt Brown
WASHINGTON — (AP) — Mike Lee has in recent years become one of the Senate's most prolific social media posters, his presence seen in thousands of posts, often late at night, about politics. Fellow senators have grown accustomed to the Utah Republican's pugnacious online persona, mostly brushing it off in the name of collegiality. That is, until this past week.
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1 week ago | 
westplainsdailyquill.net | Joey Cappelletti |Matt Brown
Posted 6/21/25WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Lee has in recent years become one of the Senate's most prolific social media posters, his presence seen in thousands of posts, often late at night, about politics. Fellow …This item is available in full to subscribers.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Matt Brown
The Seattle Seahawks are one of the teams that made major changes in the offseason. They traded away quarterback Geno Smith and top receiver DK Metcalf. While many wondered if a rebuild was in order, the team quickly replaced them with a former second overall pick, Sam Darnold, and former Rams receiver Cooper Kupp. Darnold had a resurgent year with the Minnesota Vikings, leading them to a 14-3 record. It earned him a three-year, $100 million contract with Seattle.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Matt Brown
The New York Yankees are one of the favorites in the American League once again. AL MVP frontrunner Aaron Judge is leading an offense that knows how to put up runs. However, the lineup hasn’t been as potent as of late, and there are definitely holes in the lineup. As the standings start to become clearer, we are starting to get an idea of who the buyers and sellers are. As the trade deadline gets closer, the Yankees have been urged to target Cleveland Guardians Silver Slugger Jose Ramirez.
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1 week ago | 
labucketbrigade.org | Matt Brown
Three new proposed chemical plants could more than quadruple ammonia production in the Donaldsonville area, leaving Ascension residents to face more toxic air pollution and possible chemical disasters, according to a new report from Rural Roots and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade.
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2 weeks ago | 
circlevilleherald.com | Matt Brown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation Thursday that would solidify federal policies cracking down on the synthetic opioid fentanyl and its analogs in a bid by lawmakers to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic. kAm%96 wp{% u6?E2?J= p4E >2<6D A6C>2?6?E 2 a_`g 6>6C86?4J CF=6 E92E 4=2DD:7:6D <?@4<@77D @7 76?E2?J= 2D $4965F=6 x 4@?EC@==65 DF3DE2?46D[ H9:49 C6DF=ED :? 92CD96C D6?E6?46D 7@C A@DD6DD:@?
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2 weeks ago | 
nbc4i.com | Matt Brown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation Thursday that would solidify federal policies cracking down on the synthetic opioid fentanyl and its analogs in a bid by lawmakers to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic. The HALT Fentanyl Act makes permanent a 2018 emergency rule that classifies knockoffs of fentanyl as Schedule I controlled substances, which results in harsher sentences for possession of the drug.
