Day: March 23, 2024

Government partially shuts down as Senate fails to take up $1.2T spending package in time

4:01 am March 23, 2024

The Senate failed to pass a $1.2T government spending package that was approved by the House earlier on Friday, ushering in a partial government shutdown. The upper chamber’s Republicans and Democrats did not reach a deal in which they would forego a lengthy period of debate and swiftly take a vote on the spending bills […]

Joe Flacco admits he was ‘a little bit surprised’ Browns decided to move on, but ‘grateful’ to land with Colts

3:18 am March 23, 2024

Joe Flacco won a Super Bowl a little more than a decade ago with the Baltimore Ravens. His 11-year run with the Ravens came to an end after the 2018 season. He has become somewhat of a journeyman quarterback in the years since. Last offseason, every NFL team passed on the opportunity to sign Flacco. […]

Duke, Vermont coaches discuss underdog-favored crowd at March Madness: ‘The roof would’ve came off this place’

2:51 am March 23, 2024

The Duke men’s basketball program is one of the most popular in the NCAA, but the Barclays Center crowd was largely in favor of the underdog on Friday night. The 13th-seeded Vermont Catamounts tried their damndest to get their first non-First Four March Madness victory, and a healthy majority of the crowd wanted it to […]

Rising Star Manya Singh: Bridging Dreams and the Silver Screen in ‘Ae Watan Mere Watan’

2:46 am March 23, 2024

Rising Star Manya Singh: Bridging Dreams and the Silver Screen in Ae Watan Mere Watan

Laken Riley amendment at center of Senate standoff in partial government shutdown battle

2:41 am March 23, 2024

An amendment named after slain Augusta University 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley from Georgia is at the center of a Senate showdown over the $1.2 trillion spending package that must pass before midnight to avoid a partial government shutdown. The Laken Riley Act has been introduced as an amendment to the six-bill appropriations package by […]