YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | |
Americans are gearing up for Super Bowl 59 on Sunday. The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. The NCAA announced a participation policy for transgender athletes. |
'Twas the Friday before the Super Bowl |
The players are in top shape. Multi-million dollar commercials are ready to air. The buffalo chicken dip is prepped: It's the Friday before a favorite weekend for many Americans. |
Super Bowl 59 promises to be history-making: The Kansas City Chiefs are attempting to be first NFL team ever to achieve three consecutive Super Bowl victories. They face the Philadelphia Eagles, who are doing everything possible to stop that — and win two Super Bowls in one decade. |
Wanna sound in-the-know at your tailgate? USA TODAY has you covered: | The Superdome will host its eighth Super Bowl on Sunday, the most of any stadium. Kirby Lee, Imagn Images |
Trump's buyout offer for federal workers paused |
Federal workers are waking up Friday and processing a whiplash of information about their employment. A federal judge the day before paused the Trump administration's deadline for more than two million federal employees to decide by the end of the day whether to resign or stay in their jobs. The judge's move was intended to allow time for labor unions representing many of the nation's federal workers to challenge the plan's legality. Federal workers across the country were given barely more than a week to accept the administration's blanket buyout, which union officials say did not appear to have followed federal procedures for reducing the size of the workforce. Read more |
New bird flu variant found in dairy cattle |
Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that a strain previously found only in wild birds has turned up in dairy herds in Nevada ‒ raising concerns that future human infections could be more serious. The USDA said it is working with the state department of agriculture to investigate the Nevada outbreak and limit its spread. Read more |
Helicopter in DC plane crash had safety feature off |
The U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane killing 67 people last week had turned off an advanced surveillance system, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said on Thursday. Cruz, who was among a group of lawmakers briefed on the collision by federal authorities, said the Black Hawk helicopter had switched off its automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast sometime before the Jan. 29 crash. The system is hailed by the federal government for making airspace safer. |
NCAA updates transgender athlete participation policy |
Competition in collegiate women's sports will be limited only to student-athletes assigned female at birth, according to the NCAA's updated policy on transgender athletes. The move comes one day after the Trump administration issued an executive order barring transgender women and girls from competing in women's sports and directing agencies to withdraw federal funding from any academic institution that refuses to comply. The new policy does not prohibit participation based on birth or gender identity in men's sports. |
Photo of the day: MVP of fashion (and football) |
Josh Allen was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player for the 2024 season on Thursday at the NFL Honors in New Orleans. The Buffalo Bills quarterback won the award for the first time in his career, smiling on the red carpet with fiancé, actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld. They looked great. | Josh Allen, posing alongside fiancée Hailee Steinfeld on the NFL Honors red carpet, was a surprise winner of the 2024 NFL MVP award. Kirby Lee, Imagn Images |
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