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Ole Miss students were hardly shocked when John Kerry recently tagged his Grand Old Party opponents as “crooked” and “lying” and claimed he was going up against “a Republican attack squad that specializes in trying to destroy people.” You won’t have a hard time convincing many students here that the Republicans like to play rough or, for that matter, that the Democrats do too. It’s taken for granted on this campus that dirty tricks are in the nature of the political beast and that when the two parties talk about “getting their message out” they really mean leveling insults, spreading rumors and telling lies....

The suggestion the Jets should hand the keys back to Smith seems absurd, considering his lackluster career stats since being drafted 39th overall in 2013, but New York wide receiver Eric Decker is actually excited by the possibility of Smith taking back the reins. MORE: NFL Draft news, rumors, mock | Peyton Manning Gatorade commercial is star-studded “To see him in game-type situations would be exciting, because I feel like his confidence is back,” Decker said (via NJ....

Take Jets quarterback Geno Smith, for example, who told NFL Network on Sunday that a championship is a realistic expectation for his team. “I feel good about our team making a Super Bowl run,” Smith said. “We got some really good additions. We are a young team, but we are still growing.” Optimistic, indeed, for a QB who struggled with consistency throughout his rookie season on a team that limped to an 8-8 record....

Earlier this month, Georgia’s State House passed an omnibus election “reform” bill that voting rights advocates argue amounts to significant voter suppression. The Republican-sponsored legislation would limit early voting and require additional documentation to receive absentee ballots, among other changes. The GOP effort is one of many across the country in the wake of Democrats taking control of the White House and the Senate in the 2020 election. Notably, Duncan has gone against his party and opposed the legislation in Georgia....

Although Conway is married to Trump’s senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, who routinely defends the president in the media, George has become one of the president’s harshest critics and has strongly advocated for impeachment. He previously identified as a Republican, but became an independent in 2018, largely due to his opposition to Trump. Conway’s Monday criticism came following comments made by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to Fox News Sunday, in which the Republican from California claimed that the FBI “spied” on Trump’s 2016 campaign and tried to “cover it up....

Conway also said he felt like the president’s lawyers were treating the Senate and the American people like “morons.” In Conway’s view, the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Trump should not center around whether he was legally allowed to withhold funds from Ukraine, but why the withholding occurred in the first place. “If he did it for a legitimate reason,” Conway said, “like if all of a sudden Ukraine switched sides and became a Russian satellite, well then yeah, absolutely....

Ahead of his Independence Day celebration on the National Mall Thursday, President Trump tweeted that “Aircraft One” could make an appearance at the event, a comment that prompted confusion online. Trump later deleted the tweet and replaced it with one that had the correct spelling of “Air Force One.” “People are coming from far and wide to join us today and tonight for what is turning out to be one of the biggest celebrations in the history of our country, SALUTE TO AMERICA, an all day event at the Lincoln Memorial, culminating with large scale flyovers of the most modern and advanced aircraft anywhere in the World,” Trump wrote in the since-deleted tweet, adding “perhaps event Aircraft One will do a low & loud sprint over the crowd....

“I think he [Biden] actually deserves a chance to prove himself worthy. Everybody has an opportunity but I really think he deserves it this time,” Philonise told ABC 13 in Houston, the Texas city where Floyd grew up. Members of the Floyd family traveled to different parts of the country, including Houston and Chicago, to encourage people to vote in the lead up to the election. “I want people to know that you have a voice, you have to get out and use it every year, not just for president…you have to put the right leaders in place at all times,” Philonise told ABC13....

Former housemate Gregory Morey-Parker, who said he once lived in a New York apartment with Santos, said he was “100 percent” sure the scarf Santos was filmed wearing was a Burberry one that had been gifted to him before disappearing. Speaking to local news website Patch, Morey-Parker shared messages from 2020 between himself and Yasser Rabello, who was also said to be renting with Santos’ family, discussing “the shirt and scarf he [Santos] stole....

“Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Colin Powell,” Bush said in a statement. “He was a great public servant, starting with his time as a soldier during Vietnam. “Many Presidents relied on General Powell’s counsel and experience,” Bush continued. “He was National Security Adviser under President Reagan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under my father and President Clinton, and Secretary of State during my Administration....

The 6-9 senior will start against Seton Hall on Saturday after having sat out all but four of Georgetown’s games since the 2011-12 season due to a heart ailment, according to the school’s website. MORE: Syracuse sanctions | Kentucky’s depth is unparalleled | Duke releases Jahlil Okafor hype video The NCAA approved a waiver that would allow the Brandon, Miss., native to “briefly” suit up for the Hoyas. When Georgetown coach John Thompson Jr....

Congressman Doug Collins, Georgia Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan, and members of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers held a news conference Sunday in front of the Atlanta Police Department headquarters. Collins, a Republican, said that Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard had been influenced by politics, race and class and called for someone to replace him. “It is time for the district attorney of Fulton County to step aside and allow the attorney general to appoint an independent prosecutor,” Collins said during the press conference....

Jamarius Khalil Dixon, 19, was apprehended by officers after his girlfriend’s baby boy Jayce Gibson was declared dead on February 24, 2021. The young toddler was rushed as an emergency to Macon’s Coliseum Northside Hospital after his mother and Dixon said they had noticed Jayce had become unresponsive. Jayce’s cause of death could not be determined at the time and an autopsy at the GBI Medical Examiners Office was scheduled for March 1, according to a statement released by Bibb County Sheriff’s Office....

Cirea Oliver, 29, was arrested at Gainesville Middle School in Gainesville, Georgia, on Monday—hours after she allegedly posted a video on Facebook making threats against students at the school. According to WSB-TV, Oliver posted a 40-minute Facebook Live video during which she complained about a group of students she said were involved in bullying her son. The Gainesville Times reported that Oliver said she had spoken to teachers and the principal “numerous times” about the bullying, which she said had severely impacted her son....

Last week, Trump described Raffensperger as an “enemy of the people” for legally certifying his state’s electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden who carried the state by about 12,000 votes. The president and lawyers who support him have called Georgia’s election results “rigged,” while at least some Republican voters in the state have suggested they will boycott Senate runoff elections on January 5 in protest. Raffensperger and other Republican leaders in Georgia have faced significant criticism, calls to resign and even death threats....

Facebook and Google banned political ads after the November 3 election because getting the results was likely to take longer than normal, given the increase in mail-in voting. Google lifted that ban on Thursday. But Facebook, which said the ban was in place to “protect” the election, has yet to reinstate political and social ads as Georgians start to go to the polls to cast their ballots in the two runoffs....

No. 7 Georgia stayed undefeated in a domination of Tennessee, and won the game 41-0. It is the first shutout of the Volunteers since 1994. Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm only recorded 84 yards and one touchdown passing, but added two more rushing touchdowns on the way to a victory that showcased Georgia’s unstoppable multifaceted offense. The Bulldogs ran for 294 yards while the Volunteers only managed 64 rushing yards. Standout Georgia running back Nick Chubb ran for 109 yards in 16 carries....

Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr.’s execution is scheduled for June 2. He was convicted in 1986 on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Berta Herndon, 58, and her 37-year-old nephew Del Herndon. This week, his attorneys announced they had filed a clemency petition on Pizzuto’s behalf, asking the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole to commute his sentence to life without parole because he will likely die soon....

Surgery for GERD can be effective, both for those who do and those who don’t find that medications work for them. The most common type of surgery that is done to treat GERD is called Nissen fundoplication. Other types of procedures may be used in certain circumstances. This article will describe the different types of surgery for GERD, their purpose, how to prepare, what happens on the day of surgery, and what to expect in recovery....

A spokesperson for Rheinmetall told German media outlet RND that 29 Leopard 2A4 tanks could be made available to Kyiv as soon as April this year, according to a translation. The company, headquartered in Dusseldorf, which makes the tanks with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, said that there were also 22 Leopard 2A4 tanks “that we could prepare for use and deliver to Ukraine” although it would take a year to repair them....