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NFL quarterback and Montgomery native Tarvaris Jackson dies in auto wreck

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A former NFL and Alabama State University quarterback has died following a single-vehicle wreck Sunday night.

State Trooper Michael Carswell said Tarvaris Dandre Jackson, 36, died shortly after 9 p.m. following the wreck near Pike Road.

Jackson was traveling on Pike Road near Antioch Lane, about 7 miles south of Montgomery, when his 2012 Chevrolet Camaro left the roadway, struck a tree and overturned, Carswell said. Jackson was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

XFL suspends operations, lays off employees and has no plans for 2021 season

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The XFL suspended operations Friday morning, and multiple sources told ESPN that the league has laid off nearly all of its staff — a handful of executives remain employed — and currently has no plans to return in 2021.

The XFL is owned by WWE CEO/President Vince McMahon and Alpha Entertainment. In a statement, the WWE said: “Given the uncertainty of the current environment, the XFL has suspended operations and is evaluating next steps.”

Oh, brother: Showing love and gratitude this National Siblings Day

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Last week I was chilling out in my brother’s room, which is also his in-house music studio. He was mixing a set for fun and I was in there listening to it, smiling and laughing with him. Spending more time with him is a definite plus of online learning at “UC Zoom.”

In those moments in his space, I felt compelled to write a piece about him, so I did. He had no idea what I was writing about and I think he would be surprised to know that he was the subject.

Parody ‘SportsCenter’ account falsely tweets Colin Kaepernick signed

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A Twitter account account under the name “SportsCenter” and the handle @SuperToughScene falsely reported that Colin Kaepernick had been signed by the New York Jets.

The tweet was falsely attributed to ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter, including the writer’s real handle, @AdamSchefter.

Schefter has not tweeted anything to suggest Kaepernick has been signed.

There is no official reporting from the real SportsCenter account or other verified news sources about any team signing the athlete.

Snapchat Users Report Widespread Problems Sending Snaps, Stemming From Google Cloud Outage

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UPDATED, 4:40 p.m. ET: Snapchat experienced technical problems spanning the U.S. and Europe on Wednesday morning, as thousands of users reported trouble using the social messaging app.

A spokesperson for Snap, Snapchat’s parent company, said in an email at 3:15 p.m. ET that the issues had been resolved.

The Snapchat problems were caused by an outage of a component in the Google Cloud Platform, which also affected access to Gmail and Nest,

This Passover, the seders are virtual. The plague is real

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(CNN)Each year, millions of Jews gather at Passover to remember their Hebrew forbears’ exodus from Egypt, where they escaped thanks to 10 divinely sent plagues.

As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the globe, some of the parallels are hard to miss.
“The plagues are a central part of the Seder experience,” says Rabbi Elana Friedman, the chaplain of Jewish life at Duke University. “This year it feels like we have an 11th plague circling us.”

Ezra Miller Appears To Choke A Woman And Throw Her To The Ground In A Viral Video

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Miller was escorted out of the building by staff, a source at the bar told BuzzFeed News.

A viral video appears to show Fantastic Beasts actor Ezra Miller choking a woman and throwing her to the ground at a bar in Reykjavík, Iceland.

In the seven-second video, which was circulated widely on Sunday, Miller asks the unidentified woman, “Did you wanna fight?”

The actor, who uses “they”/”them” pronouns, then grabs the woman by her neck and shoves her to the ground.

Trump touts hydroxychloroquine as a cure for Covid-19. Don’t believe the hype

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The anti-malaria drug could be ‘one of the biggest game-changers’, Trump claimed, but there is no magic cure

Faced with a global coronavirus pandemic that is increasingly centered upon the US, Donald Trump has touted several drugs that he claims can help tackle the outbreak.

In March, the US president used a press conference to promote the use of hydroxychloroquine, a common anti-malaria drug, to treat Covid-19, saying: “I sure as hell think we ought to give it a try.”

He followed this with a tweet that claimed the use of the drug in combination with azithromycin,

Tom Dempsey, Record-Setting Kicker, Dies at 73

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He was born without toes on his right foot, but spent 11 seasons in the N.F.L. and kicked 159 field goals. He died of complications of the coronavirus.

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here.

Tom Dempsey, who was born without toes on his right foot or fingers on his right hand but played for 11 N.F.L. seasons as a place-kicker and was remembered for his game-winning,

UK PM Boris Johnson admitted to hospital for tests

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(CNN)British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to the hospital for tests, Downing Street said Sunday, after days of coronavirus symptoms.

“On the advice of his doctor, the Prime Minister has tonight been admitted to hospital for tests,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement, adding that the tests were part of a “precautionary step” due to Johnson’s lingering symptoms.
He is expected to stay in the hospital overnight, a Downing Street source told CNN.

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