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Fantasy Football is all about the matchups. Even though you drafted your team with certain hopes and intentions, your weekly lineup decisions shouldn’t be determined by the order you picked your players in. You need to check who your players play and make sure you’ve got the right guys in — and the wrong guys on the bench. It’s too early to be absolutely sure which matchups will be easy and which will be tough, but we can make some educated guesses based on healthy personnel, defensive schemes, track records and key details of offenses. The things we know can…

A farmer from mid Wales was dropped into an abandoned American town with no food, water, electricity or tools for a new series.Apocalypse, which starts on Sunday, sees two groups of strangers attempt to survive in a site usually used to train military, with whatever they can find while competing for limited resources.Ioan Humphreys, from Carno, told BBC Wales he had “zero idea” what he was getting into and was only told it was a survival show about a month before filming.The 33-year-old was dropped into the town with nothing but the clothes he was wearing – with temperatures dropping…

By Emmanuel Iheaka The Igbo Heroes and Icons Foundation has urged political parties, particularly the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, not to expect a harvest of votes from the South-East in the 2027 presidential election, insisting that many people in the region support Peter Obi. The National Coordinator of the foundation, Hon. Chinedu Nsofor, stated this in a statement reacting to an appeal by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, during her recent visit to Imo State, urging South-East voters to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. Nsofor said there was no better time for Nigerians to support an Igbo president…

Francis Sardauna in Katsina Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has launched a $1 million food security project aimed at strengthening the resilience of vulnerable farming communities against recurring floods and drought in the state. The 12-month intervention, titled: ‘Protecting Food Security Against Recurring Floods and Drought’, is being implemented by Mercy Corps Nigeria with support from Katsina State Development Management Board (KTDMB), Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning and development partners. Unveiling the project Thursday in Katsina, Governor Radda described climate change as a reality requiring collective action and practical interventions to protect the environment, improve agricultural production and strengthen…

Many lawyers have been caught citing fake cases in briefs or inaccurately describing real cases. While Aarons didn’t cite fake cases, he inaccurately described real ones and cited fake testimony. Aarons told the state Supreme Court at a hearing on August 21 that he fed a computer-generated transcript of the murder trial and other documents related to the case into ChatGPT, which outputted the fake quotes. “It’s of little comfort to know that my stupidity is what brings us together this afternoon,” Aarons told the court. Aarons admitted his brief quoted “several witnesses who were never called at trial,” another…

A quarter-century after the attacks on September 11, 2001, officials across the United States have taken part in tributes and memorials to honour the 2,977 victims and those who risked their lives as part of the rescue efforts.The incident is considered the deadliest “terrorist” attack in US history.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFour planes were hijacked. Two crashed into the World Trade Center, causing its Twin Towers to collapse. A third struck the Pentagon outside Washington, DC. And the fourth plummeted into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew rose against their attackers.Through social media messages,…

The development of a nanolaser could mark an early step toward a future in which microchips communicate entirely with particles of light. Researchers at DTU have created a tiny nanolaser that could eventually help make computers, smartphones, and data centers faster while using much less energy. The breakthrough was published in the scientific journalScience Advances. In the future, thousands of these lasers could potentially be integrated onto a single microchip. Instead of moving information around a chip with electrical signals, devices could transmit data using photons, the particles that make up light. “The nanolaser opens up the possibility of creating…

Tim McManusSep 11, 2026, 06:00 AM ETCloseTim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010.Multiple AuthorsPHILADELPHIA — There were moments this summer when running back Saquon Barkley stirred the echoes, flashing a quick burst or a sudden jump cut or a moment of competitive overdrive that brought to the surface what he’s done and what he’s capable of.Day 8 of training camp might have been the highlight. It started when he barreled into the end zone on a deep red…

By Adegboyega Adeleye James Safechuck, one of the two men who have accused late pop star Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them as children, is scheduled to be questioned under oath on September 14 as his long-running civil lawsuit against Jackson’s companies moves forward. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Safechuck will give a deposition on Monday, September 14, while his mother, Stephanie Safechuck, is scheduled to be questioned on October 15 and 20. Stephanie is expected to be a significant witness in the case because of her family’s relationship with Jackson when her son was a child. She…

“Customer, come now, it has been a while. I have fresh yam ooo,” Fatimah Abu shouted in pidgin English as she saw a car about to park near her roadside stand. Fatimah sells farm produce, including yams, okra, tomatoes, onions, chilli and potatoes. She is one of about a dozen Fulani women who sell farm produce along the roadside at Fruit Market in Lugbe, a suburb about 12 kilometres from Abuja city centre. As soon as the customer began bargaining with her, a young woman carrying a Point-of-Sale (POS) machine and wearing a black pouch around her neck appeared. “You…