• Ski resort town votes on whether to create more affordable housing

    With even people with good jobs saying they've been locked out of the housing market in Steamboat Springs, Colo., the town took a vote on whether to make a big change. NBC News' Shannon Pettypiece reports.

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    A Congressman Lost 200,000 Followers After He Voted for a TikTok Ban

    Rep. Jeff Jackson, who gained popularity on TikTok for breaking down politics, lost followers after voting in favor banning the app

  • Wyoming votes to ban mutilating transgender surgeries, drugs for children

    Wyoming is set to join more than 20 US states that have cracked down on destructive hormones and surgeries for gender-confused children in recent years.

  • Where are the best places in Sheffield for a Sunday roast? Have your say by voting in The Star's poll

    There are few things better in life than a perfect Sunday roast. Those crispy roasted potatoes, the succulent meat, and rich gravy Oh, and the company, of course. But if you’re tired of cooking and fancy treating yourself and your favourite people to a roast elsewhere, where is the best place to go? We have created a poll so that our readers can share their top pub, restaurant or cafe in and around Sheffield for a Sunday roast. We have previously consulted TripAdvisor and reviews on Google to...

  • John Harbaugh Agrees With NFL Vote to Ban Hip-Drop Tackle

    NFL Owners banned the hip-drop tackle by unanimous vote Monday during the league’s annual meetings. The league has defined a hip-drop tackle as using the following technique to bring a player to the ground: 1. grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and 2. unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner's leg(s) at or below the knee. Now that tackle will result in a 15-yard penalty and automatic first...

  • Smokes and votes: Could menthol cigarette ban sway U.S. election?

    In a quintessentially American tale of race and politics, the lowly menthol cigarette is playing a curiously large role in the U.S. presidential election this year.A proposed ban from President Joe Biden's administration on the mint-flavored smokes has miffed some African Americans, a key Democratic Party base. To complicate matters, narratives linked to the tobacco lobby have ginned up fears that the ban could lead to over policing and racism.Those are normally left-wing concerns, but in an...

  • TikTok urges US users to call senators to vote no on TikTok ban

    TikTok displayed a notification to some U.S. users on Friday, urging them to call their senators and ask them to vote no to a bill that would ban the popular short-form video app if it is not divested from Chinese tech company ByteDance. Tell your Senator how important TikTok is to you. Ask them to vote no on the TikTok ban, the notice said, which allowed users to enter their zip code to locate their senator's phone number. Now, if the Senate votes, the future of creativity and communities...

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    NFL owners vote to ban ‘hip-drop tackle.’ Not everyone is happy about the decision

    NFL owners officially voted to ban the ‘hip-drop tackle’ from the sport on Monday, after an annual league meeting in Florida. The tackle has long been a topic of debate and was cited as the reason behind multiple injuries in the NFL. According to the NFL, the hip-drop tackle in question involves a swivel technique in which a player “grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms” and “unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and...

  • NFL owners vote to ban controversy hip-drop tackle at annual meetings

    ORLANDO – NFL officials will have something extra to police next season. On Monday morning, NFL owners voted to ban the hip-drop tackle during the annual league meetings. The definition of a hip-dr

  • NFL owners vote to ban hip-drop tackle at Annual League Meeting

    NFL owners voted to ban the hip-drop tackle on Monday during the league's Annual League Meeting in Orlando, Fla., NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported. The move to eliminate the controversial play, which is described as when the defender "grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner's leg(s) at or below the knee," had unanimous support...

  • Referendum Regarding $15 Minimum Wage On Campus To Be Included In UPUA Election Ballot

    Votes in favor of the increased minimum wage will be crucial in encouraging administration to make the change.

  • Lawmakers fume over ban on pride flags included in spending bill to avert shutdown

    A niche policy rider that House Republicans tucked into text for the final appropriations legislation has fanned culture war flames heading into a critical vote on Friday. Among the provisions included in the $1 trillion minibus legislation is one that seeks to restrict the type of flags flown over State Department facilities, such as American […]