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Hope Couch likes Brown – ABC News
Tim Couch is a potential franchise quarterback, which is why I believe Cleveland will make him the first pick overall. ? ? Tim Couch threw for 36 touchdown passes his junior year at Kentucky. His arm strength is above average, and he’ll have the chance to show it during his workouts. In the run-and-shoot offense, you don’t see a lot of passes down the field. We saw the one where he threw across his body rolling left against Penn State and went for a touchdown. Normally, he throws a short
Read MoreSanders rips GOP tax plan as ‘massive transfer of wealth’
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ripped the GOP‘s tax plan as a “massive transfer of wealth.” The senator and former Democratic presidential contender told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” Sunday that the tax proposal “is just really bad policy.” “What this is, is a massive transfer of wealth. It’s the Robin Hood principle in reverse,” Sanders said. “He’s taking from working families and low-income people and giving to it the super-rich and creating a $1.5 trillion deficit. Sanders said he hopes Democrats across the country unite in
Read MoreFDA approves Novo Nordisk fast-acting insulin Fiasp
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Novo Nordisk’s fast-acting insulin to treat diabetes. The product, known as Fiasp, is designed to help diabetics control post-meal spikes in blood sugar. It is already approved in Canada and Europe. Fiasp, or faster acting insulin asparte, is designed to work faster than existing fast-acting insulin such as Eli Lilly and Co’s Humalog and Novo Nordisk’s own NovoLog, known as NovoRapid outside the United States. Last year the FDA declined to approve the product and requested additional information. Reporting
Read MoreInterior secretary took pricey private flights Video
Transcript for Interior secretary took pricey private flights The breaking news out of Washington another trump official facing questions for chartering private planes with tax payer funds. Jon Karl starts us off. News of another cabinet secretary spending thousands of dollars on private air travel while health secretary Tom price now says he’ll pay the government back for the cost of his kwus of private jets although he’s only paying a fraction of what the tax payers paid. Reporter: Health secretary Tom price now apologizing to tax payers for taking
Read MoreLanvin show kicks off carousel of new designers in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s oldest fashion house, Lanvin, sought to draw a line under a period of upheaval on Wednesday with a sleek, largely monochrome collection by its newest artistic director. Designer Olivier Lapidus, appointed in July after the short tenure of his predecessor, Bouchra Jarrar, unveiled a pared-back line-up dominated by black, with wispy gowns and shorter, asymmetric ensembles. Lapidus’ debut is one of several closely watched maiden collections at Paris Fashion Week, at a time when brands are jostling to make a mark and ride an upturn in
Read MoreGoogle says will treat comparison shopping rivals equally
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google will treat its shopping service the same as rivals when they bid for ads at the top of a search page, the company said on Wednesday, as it seeks to comply with an EU antitrust order and stave off fresh fines. The European Commission slapped a record 2.4-billion-euro ($2.8 billion) fine against the world’s most popular internet search engine in June and told it to stop giving an illegal advantage to its shopping service. “Google Shopping will compete on equal terms and will operate
Read MoreJaguars, Ravens kneel for anthem in 1st game since Trump ramps up feud
SOMERSET, N.J. (Reuters) – National Football League players from the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars knelt and linked arms during the pre-game national anthem on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump called on fans to boycott teams that do not discipline players who protest. At the first game since Trump stepped up his criticism of NFL players, dozens of members of the Jaguars and Ravens did not stand for the anthem and took a knee, a form of protest that began last year over excessive use of force by
Read MoreHurricane Maria lashes Turks and Caicos after killing 30 people
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Maria lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands on Friday after destroying homes, causing widespread flooding, crippling economies and killing at least 30 people on Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. Maria was the second major hurricane to hit the Caribbean this month and the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years. It completely knocked out the island’s power and several rivers hit record flood levels. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello told CNN he had reports of
Read MoreCaptain: Oklahoma City man killed by police was deaf
Oklahoma City police officers who opened fire on a man in front of his home as he approached them holding a metal pipe didn’t hear witnesses yelling that he was deaf, a department official said Wednesday. Magdiel Sanchez, 35, wasn’t obeying the officers’ commands before one shot him with a gun and the other with a Taser on Tuesday night, police Capt. Bo Mathews said at a news conference. He said witnesses were yelling “he can’t hear you” before the officers fired, but they didn’t hear them. “In those situations,
Read MoreBill O’Reilly calls Fox firing ‘political and financial hit job’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Popular former Fox News host Bill O‘Reilly, who was fired over allegations of sexual harassment, said on Tuesday he was the victim of a “political and financial hit job” and that he had never mistreated anyone in his 42-year career. In his first TV interview since being fired in April, O‘Reilly, whose pugnacious “The O‘Reilly Factor” was the most-watched cable news show, said he was brought down by sponsor boycotts and wider business decisions at Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. “This was hit job, a political and
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