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Confident Eric Dickerson doesn’t think Saquon Barkley will break his rushing record

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is stuck in the middle of a potential Super Bowl run while just 268 yards away from breaking Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record. Barkley needs to average 134.0 rush yards per game over his
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‘Elon Musk may have to fight more against private interests than against bureaucrats’

OP-ED. Appointed head of a government efficiency department, the Tesla boss is set to wage a battle against bureaucracy. However, we must question this relevance, as companies are actively involved in the inflation of standards, writes Jean-Denis Combrexelle, a former French senior civil servant.
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Al Michaels Hilariously Summed Up Bears-Seahawks Game With Perfect Baseball Joke

Al Michaels roasted the Bears and Seahawks for their low-scoring Thursday Night Football game.
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Azerbaijan Airlines says doomed flight saw ‘external and technical interference’ before it crashed

The Embraer 190 crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau earlier this week, killing 38 of the 67 people on board.
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Azerbaijan airlines alleges external interference in plane crash in Kazakhstan

Speculation surrounding the crash has heightened tensions, with reports suggesting a Russian air defense missile might have been involved.
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Israeli troops burn north Gaza hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients, officials say

Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli troops have stormed one of the last hospitals operating in the northernmost part of the territory, forcing many of the staff and patients out of the facility.
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Estonian Navy Guards Subsea Power Link After Cable Damage

Estonia is deploying its navy to protect the Estlink 1 power cable after a suspected deliberate cut to the subsea power link connecting Estonia and Finland.
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Who will receive $1,400 IRS stimulus checks? Why are they being sent? Here’s what to know

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that one million taxpayers are set to receive about $2.4 billion in stimulus checks in the coming weeks.
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Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024

2024 was another banner year for a source of electricity that is better for people’s lungs, better for climate change and may be reaching your home when you turn on the lights or turn up the thermostat — large banks of batteries. This ability to store large amounts of electricity in batteries was essentially nonexistent a decade ago, but the countr…
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From orcas with salmon hats to the resurrection of the mammoths — this year in animal news

There were sharks eating sharks, snakes eating snakes, and ants chopping each other’s legs off. Here is a roundup of some of the best animal news stories from 2024.