After winning just six games in 2023, the Giants have plenty of room for improvement. With a few bad breaks, though, New York could be in for more of the same in 2024.With the regular season just over a week away, here’s how the Giants’ ceiling and floor look heading into their Week 1 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings.Ceiling: 9-8Nine wins would give the Giants their third winning season since 2013 and first since 2022. That year— his only full season in Brian Daboll’s offense — quarterback Daniel Jones finished as the NFL’s 15th-leading passer throwing mostly to Darius Slayton,…
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The video appears to show a series of explosions on the surface of the vessel, amid fears of a major oil spill.Yemen’s Houthis have released a video that appears to show their fighters boarding the oil tanker Sounion and detonating explosives on the ship that the group previously attacked in the Red Sea earlier this month. The footage released on Thursday comes amid international fear of a major oil spill from the Greek-flagged vessel that could cause an environmental catastrophe and pose a risk to navigation in the region. The ship is carrying nearly one million barrels of crude oil.…
A Long Island man was arrested for allegedly shooting his ex-wife and her boyfriend to death inside their home, after calling his teen daughter to warn her to leave. The sound of gunshots pierced the air in the quiet hamlet of St. James after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police said that Daniel Coppola went to the home on Brasswood Road of his ex-wife Kelly Coppola and her partner Kenneth Pohlman and fired the deadly shots. “Two bullets into the door to get into the house and then multiple bullets upstairs,” said an angry and distraught Tom Pohlman, whose 53-year-old brother Kenneth…
BELMOPAN, Belize – The IV Round of Migration Talks between Belize and the Republic of Cuba were held in Belize City on 29 August 2024. Both delegations provided an analysis of the migration flows and trends between both countries and exchanged information on the number of migrants travelling through Belize and Cuba. Each country highlighted the challenges they face in regard to regular and irregular migration flows between nationals of both countries. They stress the challenges regarding the use of fraudulent documentation and the increase of third country nationals that travel through Belize and Cuba. Belize and Cuba highlighted the…
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development has resolved to defer the Children’s Amendment Bill to the Department of Social Department to allow it to redraft the 126 clauses the previous committee did not process. That previous committee passed only 12 foster care-related clauses so that Parliament and the department could meet a North Gauteng High Court deadline. The department will redraft these clauses, taking into consideration the substantive submissions and proposals made by stakeholders and the public during the committee’s public participation process on the bill. The previous committee had resolved that the bill be introduced as a committee bill…
Fireboy DML and Jon Batiste LyricsOn the seventh track of Fireboy DML’s fresh album, Ready, he enlists the talents of Jon Batiste, American singer and songwriter, explore the lyrics of their collaboration below.Adedamola Album Cover ArtRELATED: Read ‘Wande’s Bop’ Lyrics by Fireboy DML Feat. SpinallFireboy DML & Jon Batiste – Ready LyricsVerse 1Took my heart and my soul, gave it all to youGot my knees on the floor, looking up to youPre-ChorusAnd I will never be sure if you really doBut if you open the door I will come to youChorus’Cause, I’ve been ready, yes, I’ve been readyAnd I’ve been waiting all my life…
The Brandon Aiyuk saga is finally over. Aiyuk agreed to a new contract with the San Francisco 49ers, according to multiple reports. Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network are passing along that Aiyuk’s deal is for four years and $120 million, with $76 million guaranteed. This concludes a roller coaster ride that saw Aiyuk dangled in trade talks multiple times. Initially, he was said to be seeking $28 million annually, but that figure likely went up after Justin Jefferson received a new contract from the Minnesota Vikings in June. Ultimately, Aiyuk settled for $30 million a year. He…
At issue is whether de Moraes can order the social network to block certain accounts, a request that Musk denounces as censorship.Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has moved to block the financial accounts of billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink as an ongoing feud leaves his social media platform X on the brink of being taken down in the country. Starlink confirmed on Thursday it received an order from the judge that prevents the company from conducting financial transactions in Brazil and said in a post on X that it would address the order legally. De Moraes’s decision on Thursday…
An aide to Donald Trump pushed an Arlington National Cemetery employee on Monday when the former president visited the site with family members of U.S. service members killed in the 2021 Kabul airport attack during the withdrawal from Afghanistan, two Defense Department officials said. The Trump aide pushed the cemetery employee out of the way to get past to take photos and video at Section 60, where service members killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, the officials told NBC News. Military police were called and wrote up an incident report, but they are not expected to pursue…
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has called upon universities to apply greater scrutiny when appointing vice chancellors and council members and should ensure that appointees have a high regard for ethics. The committee was briefed today on progress made by the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) and Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) in dealing with various administrative challenges. The briefing concerning the state of affairs at Vaal University of Technology now that it is no longer under administration, while the Mangosuthu University of Technology is still under administration. The committee welcomed the progress made by VUT in…