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Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Sport
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USC Legend Calls Out 'Irony' Involving National Title Contender
USC Legend Calls Out 'Irony' Involving National Title Contender originally appeared on Athlon Sports. One USC Trojans legend didn't hesitate to call out some "irony" involving a national championship contender. All following the head coach's stance on a new money-driven model for college football. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian denied that the Longhorns turn to NIL and money to coax recruits. "Sark" dropped that claim during SEC Media Days. However, past USC star Su'a Cravens fired off an honest response. More so after catching a video involving Texas: The Longhorns rolling out Lamborghinis at Darnell K. Royal Stadium during an official visit weekend in June. Cravens took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to call out Sarkisian and Texas. "Texas - 'We don't want kids that are only coming here for the money anyway.' Also Texas - *Lines up 6 Lambo's on the football field the day of official visits," Cravens posted. "Just found the irony funny is all." Sarkisian, again, told reporters that Texas isn't centering on money when it comes to winning over recruits. "We don't talk about NIL, or revenue sharing, or publicity rights until the very end, and that may hurt us on some kids. But if the kid is coming to Texas for that reason, we don't want him anyway," Sarkisian said during the SEC Media Days. The verbose Cravens still didn't hesitate to point out any hypocrisy he came across. Ironically, the star USC safety from 2013 to 2015 called out the school now led by his former college coach. Sarkisian spent 2014 and '15 with Cravens in the Land of Troy. Cravens, however, watched his head coach leave his post after five games. Eventually giving way to Clay Helton. Calling out Texas wasn't the only social media rant from Cravens this week. He ripped On3/Rivals for changing the star ranking of prized 2026 tight end commit Mark Bowman. Cravens blasted the popular recruiting site for showing favoritism toward schools not named USC. This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Senate Bill 68 requires schools to regulate student phone use
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Cell phones at school are the focus of a bill passed in Jefferson City this week. Carthage settles lawsuit with former city administrator Choosing the right storm shelter Volunteers revive history in Carthage for Great Americans Day Asbury shutting off water temporarily for repair work Six months in, Joplin police see success with Co-Responder program Senate Bill 68 has been passed by both the State House and Senate and has been sent to the Governor's desk for approval. Senate Bill 68 requires school districts to adopt a policy about students' use of cell phones while on campus. Many districts, like Joplin, already have one in place, but this would make it statewide. East Middle School principal, Jason Cravens says his students aren't allowed to use phones in school—which minimizes distractions and cuts down on their looking up answers online. 'That's not helpful in an educational environment where we want them to do their own work. And then also you have social connections, and we want kids interacting face to face and learning good social skills in person,' said Cravens. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Why Middle Tennessee isn't under a freeze warning Wednesday morning
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Temperatures are forecasted to drop near and below freezing across all of Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky on Wednesday morning. Freeze warnings or frost advisories have been issued in Southern Kentucky, West Tennessee, and North Alabama, but not in Middle Tennessee. News 2 spoke to the National Weather Service in Nashville to learn why. According to Caleb Cravens, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Nashville, frost advisories and freeze warnings will only be issued during the growing season. He said they use past weather data and spoke with local farmers to determine the growing season to be from May 1st until September 30th. 📧 Have breaking news come to you: → 'In this area we standardize our frost advisories and our freeze warnings and we only issue them when it's outside of climatological normal to see freezing temperatures, and so in Middle Tennessee on average our last freeze is going to be between April 10th and the 15th, and because of that, because it's not unnormal to see freezing temperatures until April 10th or 15th we will not issue a frost advisory or freeze warning before that date,' Cravens told News 2. Along with Nashville, the National Weather Service office in Morristown, Tennessee, also follows these dates, while other surrounding offices follow different criteria. The offices that change their criteria year to year are in communication with local farmers to determine when to start issuing frost advisories and freeze warnings. National Weather Service Huntsville meteorologist Dan Dixon said, 'The growing season is primarily based on the status of growing vegetation in our region.' ⏩ All the different criteria can be confusing. So the easiest way to know if you are going to get a frost is to watch the News 2 Weather Authority team's forecasts! Don't forget to take the power and reliability of the WKRN Weather Authority with you at all times by downloading the News 2 Storm Tracker app. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Business
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Trouble brewing: Tariffs hit Spokane coffee roasters already facing higher prices
Apr. 6—Crop conditions already made a cup of Joe more expensive in Spokane, but the announcement this week of new tariffs on the countries that produce coffee beans will bring even more uncertainty, and, mostly likely, higher prices. "Essentially, the whole system of buying coffee has broken," Simon Thompson, founder of Spokane-based Cravens Coffee Co., said. "The tariffs are just another break in that mechanism." Cravens sources coffee beans from 11 countries for its variety of blends that includes Mission Mountain, Montana Jacks and Spokane Express. Bobby Enslow, owner of Indaba Coffee, said he's already had to raise wholesale prices that he charges restaurants and stores as a result of a poor crop in Brazil, which leads the world in coffee production. He noted that he may be insulated, somewhat, from the decision this week by President Donald Trump to hit U.S. trading partners with new tariffs, because he paid for contracts a year ago for the coffee beans he's using today. "So, all the coffee we will be serving for the next year, that price has been locked for the majority of our coffee," he said. Asked if those deliveries will face tariffs even though they've already been paid, Enslow said he didn't know. "I haven't dealt with that," he said. "I'm still figuring this out. We are only a couple days into this. They may choose to pass that cost to us. I don't know how it's going to play out." As of Friday, Thompson said he had coffee beans, which are shipped unroasted and green, on transport ships headed to Spokane when the tariffs hit. He believes he'll have to pay higher duties to get that already-purchased coffee to the Lilac City. "If it has not left the country of origin, it will be tariffed," Thompson said. "Even if the coffee is on the water, the chances are it's going to be tariffed." Tariffs are charged by the importing country. If a 250 -pound bag of coffee costs $100, for example, a 10% tariff would force the roaster to pay $110 to get those beans into the U.S. "We buy coffee directly from Costa Rica," Thompson said. "We've been doing it for 18 years with the same guy. That coffee hasn't left yet. They said they are not going to tariff us. They will absorb it. But going forward, they will have to tariff future coffee." Growing conditions Even before the announcement this week, coffee prices had risen to a 47-year high, Thompson said. He explained that both Brazil, which produces arabica beans, and Vietnam, which produces the robusta beans mostly used in commercial-grade coffee, had crop failures last year. In addition, demand for beans has increased because of more coffee drinkers in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and China. "All those things happened, which caused coffee to rise in price," Thompson said. "That has already meant that any roaster who wants to stay in business has had to raise their prices." Aaron Jordan, owner of Roast House Coffee, said it's not an exact science, but a spike in coffee prices hits by a multiplier of four. "If you face a 50-cent cost hike, it might mean a $2 raise in prices to the customer," Jordan said. "It's only pennies per cup. But if a pound of coffee goes from $15 or $16 to $18, that seems like a lot to the consumer." Like Enslow, Jordan still doesn't know what the tariffs will mean to his business. "We haven't heard anything from our suppliers, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a 10-to-20% increase," he said. Much of the uncertainty comes from different rules. For instance, coffee from Brazil will likely face a 10% tariff. Vietnam, however, will face a staggering 46% tariff. Thompson said he uses Sumatra beans, which are only grown in Indonesia, in every blend he makes. That country was hit with a 32% tariff. "The hits just keep on coming," he said. "There will be tariffs on every coffee that we buy, except Mexico, because Mexico cut a deal. We've seen swings before, but nothing ever like this in 30 years. This is as volatile as we've ever seen it." Coffee is particularly vulnerable to price pressures because there are only so many places where it can be grown. Most coffee is produced in countries located along the equator. Jordan, of Roast House, said he sources organic beans from Colombia, Brazil and Ethiopia. "Essentially, the supply chain for coffee is the farmer, the mill that processes it as a product, then an exporter to legally export it and then an importer. Then it comes to us," he said. "So, you have two governments you have to navigate. We are waiting to see how the other countries respond." Thompson said the only coffee grown in the U.S. is in Hawaii and a little in California, but he said both regions only have what he called a "hobby farm" level of production. Technically, coffee could be grown in Brownsville, Texas, but only if it somehow rose about 5,000 feet above sea level and started to have about 70 inches of rainfall a year, he said. "We can't grow coffee in the U.S. The conditions just aren't there," Thompson said. That leaves the dozen or so roasters in Spokane at the end of a long supply chain full of uncertainty. "Everything is moving so quickly. If it doesn't even itself out, pricing will be impacted," Thompson said. "There is only so much the consumer can afford when it comes to coffee. Roasters need to be cognizant of that."
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Yahoo
Feds offering up to $2K reward for info on 'Black-Clad Bandits' who robbed ATM in NE ABQ
Mar. 24—The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are looking for two men who police said took money from a Bank of America ATM last month. On Feb. 21, two men — known as "Black-Clad Bandits" — went to Bank of America in the 11900 block of Copper, near Juan Tabo, forced an ATM maintenance technician to the ground then took an undisclosed amount of money from the ATM, FBI Albuquerque Division spokesperson Margot Cravens said in a news release Monday. Both men are described as Black with slim builds. During the incident, they wore dark pants and face masks, according to the FBI. One of the men had on a black Nike hoodie while the other wore a dark blue hoodie, Cravens said. The FBI is offering up to a $2,000 reward for information leading to their arrests and convictions, she said. If anyone has information, Cravens said, people can contact the FBI at 505-889-1300 or Albuquerque Metro Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 505 843-STOP.
