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Five-star offensive tackle Felix Ojo finalized a groundbreaking three-year, fully guaranteed revenue-sharing contract worth approximately $5.1 million after committing to Texas Tech, his agent, Derrick Shelby, confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The deal, which is one of the largest of its kind since direct athlete compensation became legal, sets a new benchmark in college football. Ojo, ranked No. 20 in the ESPN 300 and No. 4 among offensive tackles, attended Lake Ridge High School in Texas and measures in at 6‑foot‑7 and 285 pounds during the spring. Felix Ojo during OT7 Week 2 Sunday, March 23, 2025, in Dallas. AP A standout pass blocker…
House GOP committees have issued new subpoenas to ActBlue, intensifying their probe of the Democratic fundraising platform. The subpoenas are an attempt to force cooperation as ActBlue has pushed back on the congressional investigation, questioning its intentions and constitutionality after the White House launched a similar probe. Reps. James Comer (R-Ky.), Bryan Steil (R-Wisc.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who lead the committees investigating ActBlue, issued the subpoenas Wednesday to compel a current and a former employee to testify about the platform’s fraud prevention policies. The employees being subpoenaed had previously pushed back against voluntarily appearing before the committee, citing the…
President Donald Trump has said he has a buyer for TikTok, the video-sharing app that was banned in the US amid claims it posed a national security risk.In a Fox News interview, Trump said he had a group of “very wealthy people” willing to acquire the platform. “I’ll tell you in about two weeks,” he teased.A sale would need approval from the Chinese government, but Trump told Fox he thought President Xi Jinping “will probably do it”.This month Trump delayed for a third time the enforcement of a law mandating TikTok’s sale. The latest extension requires parent company ByteDance to…
That’s our annual video tradition – everybody in the West Seattle Fourth of July Kids’ Parade as they start down the route, westbound on Sunset SW in North Admiral. Some differences this year – while SPD motorcycles led the parade, SFD Engine 29 and the famous blue pickup truck did not. Engine 29 did park at Hamilton Viewpoint post-parade for tours, and as for the truck, it was used as a stage at the parade starting point – (Photo by Oliver Hamlin for WSB) president Joanie Jacobs of the Admiral Neighborhood Association, which now presents the parade, explained why, before…
It’s a night that thousands of music fans have been waiting for: Oasis has finally returned to the stage after 16 years.The Gallagher brothers reunited on Thursday for their first gig since famously breaking up in 2009. Cardiff’s Principality Stadium hosted Noel and Liam Gallagher’s highly-anticipated show, with their set kicking off at 20:15 BST.The Oasis Live ’25 tour was the biggest concert launch ever seen in the UK and Ireland, with more than 10 million fans from 158 countries queuing to buy tickets last summer. Source link
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hércules came off the bench and scored in the 70th minute to lift Fluminense past Al Hilal 2-1 in a Club World Cup quarterfinal match on Friday. Physical play resulted in a pair of yellow cards against both sides as they vied for scoring chances in the first half in front of a crowd of 43,091 at Camping World Stadium. Hércules celebrates after scoring during the Fluminense-Al Hilal match on July 4, 2025. FIFA via Getty Images Fluminense struck first after a poor clearance from Al Hilal allowed Brazillian midfielder Martinelli to find the back of the…
Former Rep. Colin Allred is jumping back into the Texas Senate race, after losing to Ted Cruz eight months ago. In a video released Tuesday, Allred, who flipped a red-leaning district in 2018, pledged to take on “politicians like [Texas Sen.] John Cornyn and [Attorney General] Ken Paxton,” who “are too corrupt to care about us and too weak to fight for us,” while pledging to run on an “anti-corruption plan.” Democrats are hopeful that a messy Republican primary — pitting Cornyn against Paxton, who has weathered multiple scandals in office and leads in current polling — could yield an…
Tech platforms could be forced to prevent illegal content from going viral and limit the ability for people to send virtual gifts to or record a child’s livestream, under more online safety measures proposed by Ofcom.The UK regulator published a consultation on Monday seeking views on further protections to keep citizens, particularly children, safer online.These could also include making some larger platforms assess whether they need to proactively detect terrorist material under further online safety measures.Oliver Griffiths, online safety group director at Ofcom, said its proposed measures seek to build on existing UK online safety rules but keep up with…
A police officer who happened to stop at a Broadway traffic light as a woman struggled to keep her suicidal partner from leaping from a nearby building was able to race to the roof of the five-story apartment complex and help the woman lift the subject back to safety. The Seattle Police Department reports the incident happened near Broadway and Jefferson just before 8:30 PM Wednesday: At 2029 hours, an Officer was stopped at a traffic light at Broadway/Jefferson. She heard faint distant yelling and observed a citizen on the street look up towards the roof of the 5th floor…
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