The Arizona Cardinals could be bracing for some cold weather as they head to Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend amid a late push to make the playoffs, and Kyler Murray had a very relatable reaction when asked by reporters about it.
Fresh off of snapping a three-game losing streak with a win over the New England Patriots, Murray sat down with the media on Wednesday to discuss the team’s next challenge: playing in the cold.
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray throws against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Murray initially seemed indifferent about playing in the cold – that is until he found out just how cold it could get.
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“No, I mean I’ve played in cold weather before. I don’t know, how cold is it supposed to be?”
One reporter responds, “35 or 40” degrees.
“S—,” Murray said with a laugh.
According to FOX Weather, the mild temperatures in Charlotte are expected to dip before Sunday’s game against the Panthers with a high of 40 and a low of around 20 degrees.
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray watches from the sidelines during the New England Patriots game, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The temperatures are nowhere near the frigid temps that some teams can experience playing in places like Green Bay or Buffalo this time of year, but for a team out of Arizona – it could certainly be a factor.
The Miami Dolphins failed to shut down the narrative surrounding warm-weather teams playing in the cold when they fell 30-17 to the Packers in Green Bay last month.
“Obviously, they’re coming from Miami, it’s hot there, and then when you come here and play in that cold weather, you get affected by it,” Packers safety Xavier McKinney said after the game. “So I think it affected everybody on that team.”
Arizona Cardinals running back James Conner scores a touchdown against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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The Cardinals making the playoffs isn’t impossible, but it is a tall ask. They’ll have to win out the season and claim the division to earn a wild-card spot.
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Just days after she was mercilessly ridiculed online for bikini pictures captured by the paparazzi (and a subsequent fiery response of her own), the actress continued to show some skin, posting images on social media that showed off her svelte frame and highlighted her ambassadorship with Miu Miu.
In photos (and a video), Sweeney wore a $7,500 cashmere cardigan from the designer. She somehow made her outfit work without a shirt despite the inclement weather she wrote about in her Instagram caption.
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Sydney Sweeney took to Instagram to show off her body.(Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb)
“Rain rain go away,” the “White Lotus” star wrote. Dressed in dark denim and white sneakers, a carefree Sweeney modeled her Adventure mini nappa leather bag, which retails for $3,050, from a balcony. In the video, Sweeney, who is looking off into the distance, holds the bag close to her chest.
The post is timely because last week she was dealing with body-shamers.
Sydney Sweeney was the subject of a series of paparazzi photos that showed her wearing a bikini at her home.(Getty Images)
The Daily Mail first published paparazzi photos taken of Sweeney at her new multimillion-dollar Florida Keys home. The actress, 27, was photographed walking around her property in a purple bathing suit. The comments left below the article predominately ranged from humiliating to vicious, many of which the actress chose to highlight in a response on Instagram.
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Her response video flashed hateful comments on the screen, including “The Pillsbury Dough girl,” and “Nothing stunning at all, outdated and not looking lean,” before shifting to video of Sweeney training rigorously in the gym for an upcoming biopic in which she portrays boxer Christy Martin.
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Sydney Sweeney slammed haters online for their comments on her appearance.(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
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Paparazzi photos captured on the set of the film in October showed an unrecognizable Sweeney with dark hair and wearing loose-fitting athletic clothes. Not much is known about the film. Although, in May, Sweeney told Deadline she was excited to “transform” her body to be well-equipped to portray the athlete.
“I grappled and did kickboxing from 12-19 years old. I’ve been itching to get back into the ring, train and transform my body,” she said. “Christy’s story isn’t a light one. It’s physically and emotionally demanding. There’s a lot of weight to carry. But I love challenging myself.
Sydney Sweeney began her acting career when she was a child.(Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
“Christy Martin not only legitimized female boxing, she overcame gender stereotypes and fought through emotional, physical and financial abuse. I’m passionate about the fighting world. Christy’s story shines a light on her incredible rise to the top while showing the struggles of fame behind the curtains. I feel compelled to tell a story about a woman who faced so much adversity and didn’t allow it to defeat her. It’s powerful, and emotional.”
Prior to filming, Sydney Sweeney spoke about how she was excited to “transform” her body to play Christy Martin.(Sydney Sweeney/Instagram)
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This is a heartbreaking story out of Florida. Megan Garcia thought her 14-year-old son was spending all his time playing video games. She had no idea he was having abusive, in-depth and sexual conversations with a chatbot powered by the app Character AI.
Sewell Setzer III stopped sleeping and his grades tanked. He ultimately committed suicide. Just seconds before his death, Megan says in a lawsuit, the bot told him, “Please come home to me as soon as possible, my love.” The boy asked, “What if I told you I could come home right now?” His Character AI bot answered, “Please do, my sweet king.”
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AI bots are owned by tech companies known for exploiting our trusting human nature, and they’re designed using algorithms that drive their profits. There are no guardrails or laws governing what they can and cannot do with the information they gather.
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When you’re using a chatbot, it’s going to know a lot about you when you fire up the app or site. From your IP address, it gathers information about where you live, plus it tracks things you’ve searched for online and accesses any other permissions you’ve granted when you signed the chatbot’s terms and conditions.
The best way to protect yourself is to be careful about what info you offer up.
Be careful: ChatGPT likes it when you get personal
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Passwords or login credentials: A major privacy mistake. If someone gets access, they can take over your accounts in seconds.
Your name, address or phone number: Chatbots aren’t designed to handle personally identifiable info. Once shared, you can’t control where it ends up or who sees it. Plug in a fake name if you want!
Sensitive financial information: Never include bank account numbers, credit card details or other money matters in docs or text you upload. AI tools aren’t secure vaults — treat them like a crowded room.
Medical or health data: AI isn’t HIPAA-compliant, so redact your name and other identifying info if you ask AI for health advice. Your privacy is worth more than quick answers.
Asking for illegal advice: That’s against every bot’s terms of service. You’ll probably get flagged. Plus, you might end up with more trouble than you bargained for.
Hate speech or harmful content: This, too, can get you banned. No chatbot is a free pass to spread negativity or harm others.
Confidential work or business info: Proprietary data, client details and trade secrets are all no-nos.
Security question answers: Sharing them is like opening the front door to all your accounts at once.
Explicit content: Keep it PG. Most chatbots filter this stuff, so anything inappropriate could get you banned, too.
Other people’s personal info: Uploading this isn’t only a breach of trust; it’s a breach of data protection laws, too. Sharing private info without permission could land you in legal hot water.
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Don’t tell a chatbot anything you wouldn’t want made public. Trust me, I know it’s hard.
Even I find myself talking to ChatGPT like it’s a person. I say things like, “You can do better with that answer” or “Thanks for the help!” It’s easy to think your bot is a trusted ally, but it’s definitely not. It’s a data-collecting tool like any other.
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A Chino Hills, California man has been arrested for allegedly working as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while also serving as the campaign manager for a local politician who was elected to office in 2022.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said 64-year-old Yaoning “Mike” Sun was arrested on Thursday and charged with acting as an illegal agent of China as well as conspiring with another man, Chen Jun, who was sentenced to prison in November for bribery and also acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government.
According to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday, Sun served as campaign manager for a Southern California politician who was not named and only identified as “Individual 1” in the complaint. Individual 1 was ultimately elected to a city council position in a city not named in the complaint, in 2022.
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Chen Jun, who Yaoning “Mike” Sun allegedly conspired with, was sentenced to prison in November for bribery and acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government.(Department of Justice)
The DOJ said Chen allegedly spoke with Chinese government officials about how China could “influence” local American politicians, especially on the topic of Taiwan.
Shortly after Individual 1 was elected to office in November 2022, Chen allegedly told Sun to prepare a report on the election. The report was sent to Chinese government officials, who the complaint says responded positively and expressed thanks.
Nearly a month after the individual was elected, Chen also set up a lunch with Sun and others at a Rowland Heights restaurant. The gathering was described to a PRC official by Chen as a “core member lunch,” the DOJ said. Individual 1 was not reportedly at the luncheon, though Chen told the Chinese government officials the individual was part of the “basic team dedicated for us.”
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Chen told the PRC official the lunch was “successful,” adding that attendees agreed to create a “US-China Friendship Promotional Association.”
In early 2023, Chen allegedly instructed Sun to compose another report for PRC officials about the two of them “cultivating and assisting” with Individual 1’s success.
As the second report was being finalized in February 2023, Sun sent Chen a proposal to combat “anti-China forces” by marching in a U.S. Independence Day parade in Washington, D.C., the complaint noted.
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China’s President Xi Jinping talks after joining a group photo during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
While the two men continued their efforts in the U.S., Sun allegedly asked the PRC to provide them with a budget of $80,000.
The complaint alleges that Chen and Sun spoke about a planned trip to China to meet with “leadership.” It also claims Sun was directed by Chen to set up a meeting with the Chinese consul general in Los Angeles. In August 2023, Sun and Individual 1 eventually traveled to China, the complaint alleges.
Sun could face up to 10 years in prison for acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government if he is convicted.
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He also faces a maximum penalty of five years behind bars for conspiring to commit an offense against the U.S.
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NCAA President Charlie Baker claimed TV ratings for the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament rose “100%” this year during an interview on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” Thursday.
The surge comes just one year after the 2023 tournament saw a 115% increase from 2022.
“The ratings this year grew a little too, by another 100%,” Baker boasted during the interview. “People love to see competition. People love to see young people compete, and we got to stop talking about sports other than football and basketball as ‘non-revenue.’”
Baker celebrated the surge in viewers ahead of the semifinals Thursday night, when Pittsburgh takes on Louisville and Penn State takes on Nebraska.
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This year’s tournament nearly had an appearance by San Jose State amid a national controversy that overshadowed much of the college volleyball season. San Jose State volleyball player Brooke Slusser has an active lawsuit against the NCAA and leads another lawsuit with several other players against the Mountain West Conference.
The lawsuits allege Slusser and other players were forced to compete with transgender player Blaire Fleming without ever being told of Fleming’s natural birth sex. The controversy and the transgender athlete’s continued presence on the team throughout the season resulted in forfeits of seven regular-season matches and a conference tournament semifinal.
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It was an unprecedented string of forfeits in the sport’s history. The backlash to the situation resulted in a threat against Slusser and added police protection for the team at all home and away games this year, Fox News Digital previously reported.
The controversy even drew criticism from Donald Trump during a Fox News town hall in October.
San Jose State previously confirmed to Fox News Digital the team did not notify any opponents on its schedule of the situation involving Fleming throughout the season, unless it was coordinating police protection.
The inclusion of the transgender player was even challenged in court. Slusser and other players involved in her lawsuit sought to have Fleming removed from the Mountain West tournament.
SJSU transgender player Blaire Fleming, left, and teammate Brooke Slusser went to a magic show and had Thanksgiving together in Las Vegas despite an ongoing lawsuit over Fleming being transgender.(Thien-An Truong/San Jose State Athletics)
Colorado District Judge Kato Crews allowed Fleming to play in the tournament, ruling the plaintiffs’ request for an emergency delay “was not reasonable” and “would risk confusion and upend months of planning and would prejudice, at a minimum, [San Jose State] and other teams participating in the tournament.”
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So Fleming, Slusser and the other SJSU Spartans went to Las Vegas for the tournament and even got a bye in the first round by virtue of six conference games forfeited by opponents.
Boise State had already forfeited two regular-season meetings to San Jose State amid the controversy because the university’s home state of Idaho has an executive order in place to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports. So, after Boise State beat Utah State in the quarterfinal round, the Broncos forfeited a third time in the semifinal to send San Jose State to the championship match.
San Jose State University Spartans head coach Todd Kress speaks with reporters after a loss in an NCAA Mountain West women’s volleyball game against the Colorado State University Rams in Fort Collins, Colo., Oct. 3, 2024.(Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Colorado State defeated San Jose State in the final, keeping Fleming and the Spartans out of the NCAA tournament.
After that match, Spartans head coach Todd Kress provided a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Each forfeiture announcement unleashed appalling, hateful messages individuals chose to send directly to our student-athletes, our coaching staff and many associated with our program,” Kress said.
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NCAA president Charlie Baker was the subject of harsh scrutiny after defending the organization’s current policies that have allowed trans athletes to compete against women during a senate hearing on Tuesday.
Baker addressed the issue again during an interview on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” Thursday. When McAfee asked Baker how the parents of daughters should feel about trans athletes in women’s sports and the NCAA’s record on it, the president made it a point to minimize the impact of the issue.
“There are 510,000 college athletes playing in the NCAA, there are less than 10 transgender athletes, so it’s a small community to begin with,” Baker said.
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President of the NCAA Charlie Baker speaks during a press conference celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the NCAA moving its national office to Indianapolis on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, at the NCAA Headquarters in Indianapolis.(Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar / USA Today Network)
It was the same statistic that Baker offered in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday when asked about the specific numbers. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. faced backlash as well when he posted a clip of Baker providing the stat with a caption that read, “Let’s focus on ways to actually improve women’s sports.”
At that hearing, Baker also suggested that women athletes who feel alienated by sharing a locker room with trans athletes “should have an opportunity to use other facilities if they wish to do so.”
On Thursday Baker repeated the same justification for the NCAA’s policies during the interview with McAfee. Baker referenced five recent court rulings that have enabled trans athletes to compete against biological females in the last 15 months. On Tuesday, he referenced five cases in the last 18 months.
Only one ruling enabled a trans athlete to compete at the college level. He has not specifically identified any of the other cases, but mentioned that some have occurred at the high school level.
The ruling that he has reference was by Colorado district Judge Kato Crews in November, that allowed trans volleyball player Blaire Fleming to compete in the Mountain West Tournament for San Jose State University. That ruling after an emergency injunction by other players in the conference to have the athlete removed from competition.
Crews wrote that the plaintiffs’ request for an emergency delay “was not reasonable” and “would risk confusion and upend months of planning and would prejudice, at a minimum, [San Jose State] and other teams participating in the tournament.”
However, Crews’ ruling did not address the issue of trans inclusion at a macro level. It simply rejected a proposal that would disqualify a player, and potentially an entire team, from a conference tournament.
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A transgender rights supporter takes part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building. Trans rights activists on Thursday protested on Capitol Hill across from House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office. (Getty Images)
The other federal rulings on this issue in the last 18 months have focused on the issue occurring at the high school and youth levels. This includes a ruling in Arizona in September that blocked a state law preventing two prepubescent trans athletes from competing in girls’ sports. In April, a ruling in West Virginia blocked a law that would have prevented a 13-year-old biological male from competing in girls’ cross-country.
Judges Landya McCafferty of New Hampshire and M. Hannah Lauck of Virginia, who were both appointed during the Obama administration, each issued rulings this year that enabled biological males to play on high school girls’ soccer and tennis teams. McCafferty issued an order that allowed two transgender athletes to compete in New Hampshire, and Lauck ruled that an 11-year-old transgender tennis player was allowed to compete against girls the same age in Virginia.
During the McAfee interview on Thursday, Baker said he is open to working toward a clear federal policy on the issue.
“I would love to work with people in Washington to create a federal standard around this issue, because right now we don’t have one, and it’s a problem,” Baker said. “And I accept that it’s an enormously controversial and challenging issue, but right now if you look at the way these issues are getting decided in court, courts are deciding in favor of participation. So, we are abiding by the way they’re deciding this.”
During Thursday’s interview, McAfee, who expressed his desire to have his daughter play sports when she’s older, ended the conversation by praising Baker on ESPN’s airwaves for his handling of the situation.
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Charlie Baker looks to the crowd as he walks out to center court with Harvard University Director of Athletics Erin McDermott to receive his award to honor him for the Class of 2022 Legends of Ivy League Basketball during the Ivy League Tournament semifinal between the Pennsylvania Quakers and Yale Bulldogs on March 12, 2022, at Lavietes Pavilion in Allston, Massachusetts.(Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“I think you’ll get it right, Charlie, I think you have done a fantastic job since taking over the help, I think you’ve been phenomenally transparent through it all and I can’t thank you enough for making us sports stooges a little bit smarter,” McAfee said.
McAfee previously said he believes that “men have a clear advantage” over women in sports while speaking about the controversy involving Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics this summer.
“I know that it’s not every woman and not every male physical body. We’re not talking about souls, we’re talking about physical bodies, but at those high level of competition, there is a clear advantage,” McAfee said on Aug. 1. “There always has been, and I assume there always will be, and I hope we get to a point that we can all agree on this. I think we all feel the same way about this.”
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The House of Representatives is set to imminently vote on a bill backed by President-elect Trump to avert a government shutdown.
It comes after two days of chaos in Congress as lawmakers fought amongst themselves about a path forward on government spending – a fight joined by Trump and his allies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Meanwhile, the national debt has climbed to over $36 trillion, and the national deficit is over $1.8 trillion.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens during a news conference, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
The legislation was hastily negotiated on Thursday after GOP hardliners led by Musk and Ramaswamy rebelled against an initial bipartisan deal that would have extended the government funding deadline until March 14 and included a host of unrelated policy riders.
The new deal also includes several key policies unrelated to keeping the government open, but the 116-page bill is much narrower than its 1,547-page predecessor.
Like the initial bill, the new iteration extended the government funding deadline through March 14 while also suspending the debt limit – something Trump had pushed for.
It proposed to suspend the debt limit for two years until January 2027, still keeping it in Trump’s term but delaying that fight until after the 2026 Congressional midterm elections.
Elon Musk helped tank the original bipartisan deal.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
The new proposal also included roughly $110 billion in disaster relief aid for Americans affected by storms Milton and Helene, as well as a measure to cover the cost of rebuilding Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was hit by a barge earlier this year.
Excluded from the second-round measure is the first pay raise for congressional lawmakers since 2009 and a measure aimed at revitalizing Washington, D.C.’s RFK stadium.
The text of the new bill was also significantly shorter – going from 1,547 pages to just 116.
“All Republicans, and even the Democrats, should do what is best for our Country, and vote ‘YES’ for this Bill, TONIGHT!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
But the bill hit opposition before the legislative text was even released.
Democrats, furious at Johnson for reneging on their original bipartisan deal, chanted “Hell no” in their closed-door conference meeting on Thursday night to debate the bill.
Nearly all House Democrats who left the meeting indicated they were voting against it.
Meanwhile, members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus also said they would vote against the bill.
“Old bill: $110BB in deficit spending (unpaid for), $0 increase in the national credit card. New bill: $110BB in deficit spending (unpaid for), $4 TRILLION+ debt ceiling increase with $0 in structural reforms for cuts. Time to read the bill: 1.5 hours. I will vote no,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X.
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Dr. Phil toured the New York City subway with Mayor Eric Adams and saw firsthand how quickly encounters with homeless people can get chaotic.
After the acquittal of Marine veteran Daniel Penny, Dr. Phil visited New York’s subway with Adams to learn more about how New Yorkers can feel safe on public transportation.
“This is the lifeblood of our economy because it’s the great equalizer,” Adams said. “You know you could have the Wall Streeter with the waiter riding side-by-side, and so we knew it was important that not only should people be safe, they must feel safe and, the omnipresence of a police uniform just sends a signal.”
Dr. Phil and Mayor Eric Adams visited the subway to discuss the homeless crisis endangering commuters on public transport.
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The two approached a “perfect example” as they encountered what appeared to be a homeless man sleeping in a hallway of a subway station. A sergeant explained the process at work to check in with him. Adams said that while the process begins with a Department of Homeless Services (DHS) worker, there’s a need for a police officer “because this person could wake up, if he schizophrenic or bipolar, he could wake up with a weapon.”
The homeless man immediately began shouting profanity at the DHS worker and then stood up and began aggressively confronting officers, while Dr. Phil and Adams watched.
“See how fast it can turn?” Adams asked, noting “now you have just civilians here, they can be hurt.”
Adams argued that many people who talk about the homeless crisis are unaware of how quickly they can turn violent.
Mayor Adams explained to Dr. Phil that the migrant crisis is preventing local governments from taking care of the homeless crisis.(Dr. Phil Primetime YouTube channel)
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“I believe, that’s what the people who are pushing back on what we’re doing-they don’t know how quick this could change,” Adams said, comparing the incident to his own experiences in law enforcement.
When the agitated homeless man yelled that he was an American citizen who was not being taken care of, Adams agreed he had a point.
“Think about this for a moment. Doing what we’re doing is costly. If we had $6.5 billion we could do more, but instead of that we had to deal with a national problem,” he told Dr. Phil referencing the migrant crisis that has resulted in New York City managing 220,000 migrants.
Adams also clarified that much of the migrant crisis goes beyond Sanctuary City laws, but the state constitution whose rules people mistakenly conflate with them.
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“The city states that anyone, if they’re documented or undocumented, that if you need a place to stay, housing, we have to give you housing, by our state constitution,” he said, specifying the “right to shelter” rule.
“The right to shelter was never conceived with the migrant crisis in mind,” deputy mayor for health and human services Brian Stettin added.
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Fewer people are watching the NBA than in previous years, including some of the sport’s top names.
Ratings for NBA games on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV are down 25% through Saturday, according to Sports Media Watch, and there are many ideas floating about why.
Three-pointer propensity and lack of defense are the two main bugaboos observers point to.
And it’s become clear that players rest more often than they used to and that the regular season has been watered down in recent years.
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Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla reacts during the first half against the Milwaukee Bucks at TD Garden in Boston Oct. 28, 2024.(Paul Rutherford/Imagn Images)
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla was asked about the declining ratings, and one would think the coach of the reigning champions would defend his game. But that was not the case.
“I add to that I don’t watch NBA games. I’m just as much of a problem as everyone else,” Mazzulla admitted, adding he’d “rather watch something else.
“I don’t like watching the games.”
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla during the second half at TD Garden Jan. 19, 2023, in Boston.(Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recently pointed to “the decline of cable” TV as a factor in the lower ratings.
“Our young audience isn’t subscribing to cable, and those fans aren’t finding our games,” he said.
The NBA has attempted to rejuvenate the regular season by adding the NBA Cup, which ended this week with the Milwaukee Bucks victorious in Las Vegas. However, most fans don’t take the NBA Cup seriously despite the money at stake.
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla and forward Jayson Tatum (0) on the sideline as they take on the Denver Nuggets at TD Garden in Boston Jan. 19, 2024.(David Butler II/USA Today Sports)
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It should be noted that TV ratings for men’s college basketball and the NHL are also down 21% and 28%, respectively, from last season. Women’s college basketball is also down 38%, but Caitlin Clark also drew historic numbers that were bound to come down.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sounded off about Elon Musk’s influence over the spending drama on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
“If you’re just catching up: the Republican Party, taking orders from the world’s richest man, is on course to shut down the government over the holidays, stopping paychecks for our troops and nutrition benefits for low-income families just in time for Christmas,” the 2016 presidential candidate wrote on X.
Clinton, a former first lady and senator, was in Congress from 2001 to 2009.
Her comments came just as House Speaker Mike Johnson released a new version of a continuing resolution, or CR, to keep the government open beyond a Friday night deadline.
Former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton sounded off about Elon Musk’s influence over the spending drama on Capitol Hill on Thursday.(Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Musk came out in strong opposition to the original spending deal Johnson negotiated with Democrats, threatening to back a primary challenge to any Republican who voted for it.
Without a passable deal to kick the government funding deadline to March and continue spending at 2024 levels, the government will go into partial shutdown at midnight Saturday.
‘HELL NO’: HOUSE DEMS ERUPT OVER GOP SPENDING DEAL
But House Democrats are balking at the latest iteration of a spending plan. And with $36 trillion in debt and a $1.8 trillion deficit in 2024, some conservatives are against a CR, which punts the funding deadline to March and keeps spending at 2024 levels entirely.
“The Musk-Johnson proposal is not serious, it’s laughable. Extreme MAGA Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., indicated Democratic leadership would whip their members to vote “no” on the deal.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., lamented that the last deal had been blown up by opposition from conservatives, with input from DOGE leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
“Everybody agreed,” he said, “and then it was blown up by Elon Musk, who apparently has become the fourth branch of government. And that’s just an intolerable way of proceeding.”
“Democrats are going to try to figure out how we can salvage the public good as the wreckage that’s just been pushed.”
Chants of “hell no” could be heard inside the room where Democrats were meeting after the bill’s text was released.
Elon Musk threatened to support primary challenges to anyone who voted for the CR.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS DURING A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
The newest continuing resolution, or CR, would extend current government funding levels for three months and also suspend the debt limit for two years, something President-elect Trump has demanded.
It comes after the original 1,500-page CR drew opposition from the right, due to policy and funding riders.
House lawmakers could vote on the new bill as early as Thursday evening.
It’s not immediately clear if the new deal would pass – Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who also led opposition to the initial bill, also blasted the new deal.
“More debt. More government. Increasing the Credit Card $4 trillion with ZERO spending restraint and cuts. HARD NO,” Roy wrote on X.
