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MMA WeeklyArnold Allen wants Korean Zombie vs Dan Ige winner after UFC Vegas 23 victoryArnold Allen scored a big win at UFC on ABC 2 (aka UFC Vegas 23). He defeated Sodiq Yusuff and improved his record in the octagon to 8-0. With such a big victory under his belt, Allen is aiming ever higher. When he returns to the cage, he'd like to square off with the likes of the winner of the upcoming bout between Chan Sung Jun and Dan Igo. (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > Conor McGregor claims fight with Dustin Poirier is off after Twitter tirade Arnold Allen punches Sodiq Yusuff at UFC Vegas 23ReutersPremier League Talking PointsBack in 2011-12, Manchester United held an eight-point advantage over second-placed Manchester City with six games to go, but with Sergio Aguero's 94th-minute intervention in the final game of the season, City completed a dramatic title turnaround. City's shock 2-1 defeat to Leeds United on Saturday, coupled with Manchester United's 3-1 success at Tottenham Hotspur, means that should United win their game in hand, it will be roles reversed from 2011-12, but with an eight point gap, six to play. Hopes of an equally dramatic turnaround are…

PIERRE, S.D. (KOTA) - As an influx of immigrants make their way to America’s southern border, Governor Kristi Noem says that she does not intend for South Dakota to accept them.South Dakota won't be taking any illegal immigrants that the Biden Administration wants to relocate. My message to illegal immigrants... call me when you're an American.— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) April 14, 2021 However, that decision is ultimately not hers.“The state, governor, cities, counties... Nobody has any authority over federal immigration law,” said Taneeza Islam, Executive Director for South Dakota Voices for Peace. “These children, when they come to South Dakota, they aren’t part of any agency. They are staying with people they presumably have a relationship with, and are vetted through the Health and Human Services office of refugee settlement.”Islam also called the Governor’s tweets “un-American, racist, and heartless.”Former President Donald Trump issued an executive order allowing states and cities to refuse to accept refugees. Current President Joe Biden struck down that order in February.The announcement comes in light of the Biden administration asking states to volunteer to house displaced migrant children. However, Noem’s office said that they had not been asked directly by the administration to do so…

Join PropertyCasualty360 and our sister site Insurance Coverage Law Center for a Twitter Chat on 4/20 at 11 am ET that will discuss emerging commercial auto issues in the cannabis industry. Gone are the days of Cheech & Chong and the stereotype of the lazy pothead: Cannabis is now a legit business. The legal market for cannabis in the U.S. is valued at slightly more than $15 billion for 2020, with sales projections going as high as $37 billion for 2024 — and those are conservative estimates. As the cannabis business thrives, issues have arisen around commercial auto coverage. For example, companies that deliver are experiencing coverage challenges, and often without their knowledge. “So many dispensaries have vehicles on the road that aren’t properly covered, and they aren’t aware of it,” said Rocco Petrilli, chairman of the National Cannabis Risk Management Association. “We find it daily in the people we talk to. The attachment to cannabis makes the type of auto coverages these dispensaries need either overly expensive or even cost-prohibitive.”

MEDFORD, Ore. – After the Greenway Camping Ordinance vote, a Medford City Councilor is receiving backlash for comments he made on social media. He has now deactivated his Twitter account. Councilor Kevin Stine took to social media about protesters outside Medford City Hall. He tweeted saying “Living in their heads rent-free”. This comment angered homeless advocates all over Twitter and then silence. “I will support this ordinance because I have love and compassion,” said Councilor Stine in a council meeting earlier this month. Kevin Stine declined an interview, but said in a statement about the situation: On April 1st and 2nd, the Medford City Council passed an ordinance that would make Medford, and the Bear Creek Greenway a safer and more family-friendly area for everyone, especially during fire season. I spent hours talking to people, reading emails, and seeing the Greenway myself, before coming to the decision to support the ordinance. The result of my support of the ordinance brought criticism from some individuals, much of it threatening and unproductive. My frustration with the circulation of lies and misinformation, coupled with a situation at the close of the April 1 Council Meeting, volatile enough that Medford Police offered to walk me…

GOAT Warrior: Twitter reacts to Steph breaking Wilt's record originally appeared on NBC Sports BayareaSteph Curry stands alone in Warriors history.No one has scored more points in the history of the storied franchise after Curry passed all-time great Wilt Chamberlain on Monday night.With a driving layup against former teammate and current Denver Nuggets backup center JaVale McGee, Curry scored career points 17,783 and 17,784 to pass Chamberlain.As NBC Sports Bay Area's Monte Poole wrote, Curry defied long odds and a mountain of doubters to reach this point. Plenty of people wondered if Curry would be able to survive in the NBA at his small stature.But Curry proved everyone wrong. He has two NBA MVPs and three NBA titles to his name, and now he can say he's the greatest scorer to ever put on a Warriors uniform.Andre Iguodala, one of Curry's closest friends, was watching the Warriors-Nuggets game and posted an image of his TV with a simple message: "A god."Here's how people on Twitter reacted, including Curry's sister Sydel Curry-Lee.Curry entered Monday's game needing 19 points to break Chamberlain's record, and he didn't waste any time, scoring 21 in the first quarter. He finished the first half with 30 points.RELATED: Steph's…

People who share fake news and other questionable content on Twitter tend to display a cognitive style that is characterized by relying on their gut instincts, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. The findings provide evidence that a person’s level of cognitive reflection is related to their online behaviors.“I have an interdisciplinary background at the intersection of cognitive science and data science. This work is part of my broader area of research where I look at how the way our thinking styles relate to the way we act online on social media,” said study author Mohsen Mosleh (@_mohsen_m), an assistant professor at the University of Exeter Business School and research affiliate at the MIT Sloan School of Management.The researchers used the online Prolific platform to recruit 1,901 regular Twitter users. The participants completed a Cognitive Reflection Test, which contains questions that tend to generate quick and intuitive — but incorrect — answers. Those who take more time to reflect on the questions tend to perform better on the test.For example, participants were asked “If you are running a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?” The answer that intuitively comes…

Singer-songwriter Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor — known by casual fans as “Lorde” — staked her claim to my brain space in 2019, and she has not left since. I have three Spotify playlists dedicated to this woman. When I’m not listening to her music, I’m asking myself when more might come. “Lorde, where is the album?” is an integral part of my dialect — sometimes shouted at friends and family, sometimes shouted into the void as I dance-cry to “Green Light” in my car. It hasn’t always been this way. I used to know peace. Let’s take it back to the beginning in hopes of pinpointing the beginning of Lorde’s rent-free lease inside my mind. It didn’t start in 2013 — when Lorde first exploded onto the scene — as the slick soundscape of “Royals” permeated the air of my mom’s minivan every morning and afternoon of my eighth grade year.  It didn’t start in 2016 — when the edgy lyricism of “Pure Heroine” became a lengthy personal mantra — as my friends and I weaved through small-town backroads to “400 Lux” and “Buzzcut Season.” It didn’t even start in June 2017, with the long-anticipated release of the critically-acclaimed “Melodrama.”…

9:42 PM ETBrianna WilliamsApril 11 is recognized as National Pet Day. Pet owners from all around the sports world took to social media to share their furry friends.National Pet Day was created in 2004 as a way to encourage future pet owners to adopt their next pal. Their posts are proof that man's best friend can come in all kinds of shapes, sizes and even species.Pet parents used the day to provide their companion with an extra dose of attention, particularly in the form of likes and retweets.Happy #NationalPetDay 🐎🤠 pic.twitter.com/l55yQMOJvz— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) April 11, 2021 — San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 11, 2021 Happy #NationalPetDay from these Bills pets! 🐶🐱🐴 pic.twitter.com/u5OEPBiS3V— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) April 11, 2021 Happy #NationalPetDay to these very good boys - SJ and Moose! 😍🐶 pic.twitter.com/x6EJWLfK77— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) April 11, 2021 #NationalPetDay? Say less. pic.twitter.com/RbVkqie572— KC NWSL (@KCWoSo) April 11, 2021 Happy #NationalPetDay to some of our best friends in the world. 🐶 pic.twitter.com/RdTuO3QdUI— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) April 11, 2021 Only good pets wear Silver and Black 🖤 #NationalPetDay pic.twitter.com/rmILiUldDo— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) April 11, 2021 The #Blackhawks and their pups, all in one wonderful photo gallery 🐾#NationalPetDay— Chicago Blackhawks…

MS Dhoni's return to competitive cricket was a disastrous one as the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper fell for a two-ball duck in their opening Indian Premier League 2021 IPL) encounter against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on Saturday.Dhoni's duck arrived on the second ball of the 16th over when he tried to pull an Avesh Khan delivery from outside the off-stump. Since ball skidded through and didn't bounce as it high as Dhoni expected, he ended up dragging the ball onto his own stumps with an inside edge.WATCH| DHONI FALLS FOR DUCK ON RETURN TO CRICKET Until this innings, Dhoni didn't have a duck in his last 108 T20 games. Moreover, this was Dhoni's first score of zero in T20s since 2015. In the history of IPL, it was only the fourth time the wicketkeeper-batsman was dismissed for nought. Dhoni's first duck in the IPL was against the Rajasthan Royals in 2010. In the same year, he fell for another no score against the erstwhile Delhi Daredevils. His third duck was in 2015 against Mumbai Indians.-Twitter react-The world of Twitter was filled with tweets on the Dhoni duck. While some CSK and MSD fans felt the…

Beleagured Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who is desperately casting about for explanations and excuses for why he might be the target of a federal sex trafficking investigation, came up with a new one Saturday. He now claims to be a victim of the imaginary “Deep State.” “I may be a canceled man in some corners,” began his tweet. “I may even be a wanted man by the Deep State,” Gaetz added. “But I hear the millions of Americans who feel forgotten, canceled, ignored, marginalized and targeted.” I may be a canceled man in some corners. I may even be a wanted man by the Deep State. But I hear the millions of Americans who feel forgotten, canceled, ignored, marginalized and targeted. I draw confidence knowing that the silent majority is growing louder every day.— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) April 10, 2021 It’s difficult to imagine there are “millions of Americans” in Gaetz’s position just now. Gaetz is currently under investigation by the Justice Department (in a probe that begun during the Trump administration) for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl and paying for her ― and other young women ― to travel across state lines for sex. Federal investigators…