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Kentucky nearing deal to land BYU’s Mark Pope as next coach

Kentucky needs to hire a new basketball coach for the first time since 2009, and now a member of the 1996 national championship team has emerged as the top candidate to take over. The Wildcats are “targeting” BYU coach Mark Pope as their next head coach, and a deal is expected to be finalized soon. […]

South Texas groups sue to block state land swap with SpaceX

A group of South Texas advocacy groups has sued the state to block a proposed land swap with SpaceX that was approved last month. The land swap would see SpaceX take over 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park near the Brownsville Spaceport in exchange for 477 acres adjacent to the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife […]

Toronto Blue Jays open MLB season with land acknowledgement

Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays opened the season at home for the third consecutive year, acknowledging that the team is indeed playing on Indigenous land. This will also be the fourth season that the team will present track and field awards at home games. Since late September 2021, the Blue Jays organization, along with […]

KJP fails to land mental gymnastics routine when confronted over hypocrisy of Biden’s accepted use of ‘bloodbath’

Former President Donald Trump’s recent stroke on the left over the overused term “bloodshed” continues to pay dividends. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced questions Tuesday about whether President Joe Biden’s use of “bloodshed” merited a formal condemnation as well, after the White House repeatedly condemned the term. Jean-Pierre tried unsuccessfully to reconcile Democrats’ anger with […]

Kansas lawmakers advance crackdown on Chinese land buys, economic activity

A proposal aimed at curbing the economic influence of Chinese companies, including their ability to own farmland and business real estate, has passed the Kansas House of Representatives. The bill also targets other “countries of concern”: Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela. Other bills limit state investment in foreign companies and limit the use of […]