TCU reaches College Football Playoff title game with defeat of Michigan in wild Fiesta Bowl

TCU reaches College Football Playoff title game with defeat of Michigan in wild Fiesta Bowl https://ift.tt/JDiM2Bj

The Fiesta Bowl was a wild College Football Playoff dominated by offensive fireworks and ended with TCU getting past Michigan to reach the title game.

     

Cruise lines dropped COVID-19 rules. How did that affect cases? We got numbers from the CDC.

Cruise lines dropped COVID-19 rules. How did that affect cases? We got numbers from the CDC. https://ift.tt/7VU8ShP

COVID-19 data from the CDC shows the new case numbers major cruise lines reported after dropping their vaccine requirements.

     

This town of 7,500 has 2 daily flights: How the Essential Air Service keeps us connected.

This town of 7,500 has 2 daily flights: How the Essential Air Service keeps us connected. https://ift.tt/tx3nuwz

The Essential Air Service, a lesser-known subsidy program, helps keep remote communities connected to the national aviation network.

     

Eating for luck on New Year's: Why foods from black-eyed peas to grapes promise prosperity

Eating for luck on New Year's: Why foods from black-eyed peas to grapes promise prosperity https://ift.tt/BbDClgO

What makes foods like grapes, black-eyed peas and noodles lucky? The answer has to do with symbolism and superstition.

     

Biden grants six pardons as the year closes out, including some with drug offenses

Biden grants six pardons as the year closes out, including some with drug offenses https://ift.tt/FWZEu83

The White House said President Joe Biden granted clemency through a deliberative process in coordination with the Department of Justice.

     

Former Pope Benedict XVI, first to resign papacy in roughly 600 years, dies following illness

Former Pope Benedict XVI, first to resign papacy in roughly 600 years, dies following illness https://ift.tt/zmTBtQR

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the first man in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy, died at 95. He was a traditionalist, but also adopted Twitter.

     

California sees landslides, flooding, snow amid intense storm

California sees landslides, flooding, snow amid intense storm https://ift.tt/xBmZ1QF

Landslides of rock and mud closed roads in California as heavy rains kicked off a series of storms that will usher in the new year

     

Georgia repeat national title would be one of college football's greatest accomplishments | Opinion

Georgia repeat national title would be one of college football's greatest accomplishments | Opinion https://ift.tt/uaVEM49

Georgia is just two wins away from becoming repeat national champions and possibly the greatest achievement in the modern history college football.