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Efforts are underway to replace the mockingbird with a bird that fits the state better. Four other states call the mockingbird its state bird. The legislation is headed by Republican state Senator Jeff Brandes, who told the Associated Press that having a unique type of bird as Florida’s state bird is “a fun conversation to have.” Four birds gaining popularity in the conversation are the Florida scrub jay, the flamingo, the osprey and the roseate spoonbill....

James Dean was mauled by the wild pig on Monday during a routine call in Melbourne, Fl, after responding to reports of an animal causing chaos in the area. “I’ve got stitches on my eye. I’ve got stitches on my right arm. I don’t know how many stitches I’ve got total, but I got sent in as a trauma alert to the hospital,” he told Florida Today. The hog had been chasing two young girls near a bus stop in a neighborhood on Melbourne’s western outskirts, Dean told Newsweek, and fought him as he attempted to transfer the animal from a cage into a transport trap....

“Money” Mayweather has made a career of taking home hefty purses. Not shy to showcase how much he has earned over the years, Mayweather’s wealth comes from his talent. Mayweather ran boxing like a business and successfully profited from it. During his Hall of Fame career, he has won titles in the super-featherweight, lightweight, super-lightweight, welterweight, and light-middleweight divisions. After retiring 50-0, Mayweather has competed in numerous exhibition bouts. In 2018, he beat young kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa via TKO....

“My focus is to support (Test captain) Alastair Cook as I always would and the 16 players on this tour,” Moores was quoted as saying by bbc.com. “The frustration for me is that people whose dreams are being made by going on this tour aren’t being mentioned.” he added. “They are not getting any air time and it’s frustrating. We’ve got some very, very good players. That’s very exciting.”...

Foles caught another pass in a clutch spot to spark a sputtering offense that looked out of sync and the defense picked up right where it left off last time it faced Atlanta. After seeing their “world champions” banner unveiled, the Philadelphia Eagles took the first step toward trying to become the first team to repeat in 14 years by stopping Matt Ryan to Julio Jones on the final play again in an 18-12 victory over the Falcons on Thursday night....

According to sources familiar with the case, a former or current executive with one of the oil companies named in the investigation has been helping investigators: “a whistleblower,” in the words of one knowledgeable source. As previously reported in NEWSWEEK, the Justice Department suspects that Giffen, a longtime adviser to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by transferring money to senior Kazakh officials from oil companies that, in return, received oil concessions in Kazakhstan....

But the best restaurant in Vegas is the newest, Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace ( harrahs .com ). The tasting menu (seven courses, $290) is an electric mix of flavors, colors and textures. Oysters in ice jelly, zucchini with tempura butter, caviar on a bed of green beans, veal done five different ways. These two chefs have moved Las Vegas into a new era. –Fareed Zakaria

In a video shared to TikTok on October 5, a cat named Pepper can be seen stomping, squirming and even taking a bath on top of their owner Beck (@feraltofamous) while she tries to sleep. The tabby and his lack of chill were captured on Beck’s Wyze Camera, with viewers finding the footage both hilarious and heartwarming. When it comes to sleep quality and sharing your bed with your feline friend, studies have shown received mixed results....

Bayern Munich’s pre-season friendly against Barcelona at the Allianz Arena on July 24 is a sell-out the German treble-winners said Friday. It will be a quick reunion for new Bayern coach Pep Guardiola with his former employers just a year after leaving the Catalan giants. Guardiola, who joins a side fresh from winning the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup, will take his first training session in Bavaria on June 26....

Players love taking charge of teams that are facing troubles in real life and helping them reach the heights of glory once again. Barcelona is one such team that has fallen on hard times, with a lack of recent success coupled with financial problems causing a ton of worries for this great club. Gamers who want to manage this team in Football Manager 2023 should definitely try and get the following players to boost the squad and make them serious European contenders once again....

One such club that hasn’t really been doing all that well in recent times is Juventus. It seems that the era of successive Scudetto wins is a thing of the past, and even the managerial brilliance of Allegri is finding it hard to bring Juventus back from the rut they’re stuck in. Of course, players can take on the role of managing this historic club if need be, and here are some signings in Football Manager 23 that are worth checking out for this historic club....

6 Achraf Hakimi One of the major positions at Manchester United that will need immediately addressed is the right-back spot. While players like Wan-Bissaka and Diego Dalot will be able to hold it down, the spot is definitely the weakest of United’s defense, and it won’t do long-term if the team is supposed to hold against teams like Manchester City and Liverpool. Hakimi currently plays for PSG, one of the best-financed clubs in the world....

Speaking on the podcast The Athletic UK, Football Manager director Miles Jacobson talked about the challenges that he and his team face in releasing a new game in the series each year. There are a lot of things to know about Football Manager, some of which fans are aware of, but according to Jacobson he has been reached out to many times by agents and players who want their in-game ratings to be improved....

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Here is a team of players who will not be on a plane to Brazil, but together could have won the World Cup. Petr Cech, Czech Republic (GK) The Chelsea custodian conceded only 9 goals for Czech Republic in their 10 qualifying matches, but a lack of goals for the side upfront saw them crash out of the competition after coming third in Group B of European qualifying. Neven Subotic, Serbia (CB)...

Much of the southwest was hit by catastrophic flooding, which damaged the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and left people trapped by water in their homes. PowerOutage.us, a website that tracks blackouts across the country, shows that the most affected areas in Florida are DeSoto County, with a power outage estimated at 99.9 percent and over 18,000 people affected, Charlotte, with a power outage estimated at 98.4 percent and over 125,000 people affected, and Hardee, with an estimated power outage of 91....

Last month, in one of the first weeks of school for many in the nation, USA Today found “at least 30 active shooter false alarms and threats made at schools…” School shooting hoaxes were also the result of a TikTok trend late last year, during which some social media posts encouraged students to call in a fake school shooting incident in order to get out of school early. Licensed professional counselor Rebecca Cowen told Newsweek that fake school shooting calls are often made so students can get out of class....