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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday declared that an emergency exists in Texas “due to a shortage of electric energy, a shortage of facilities for the generation of electric energy, and other causes.” It added that this emergency order is meant to “serve the public interest.” The department’s emergency order allows Texas grid operators to pollute more than allowed in an effort to boost electricity generation amid threatening cold temperatures....

Biffle, who has struggled this season, doesn’t have a sponsor signed for next year, so just how long this contract runs is still to be determined. But he’ll be there at least through 2016, and give the organization a veteran 44-year-old driver to go along with 26-year-old Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and 23-year-old Trevor Bayne. MORE: Roush makes Edwards move official | Gordon still the man after Indy win | Best and worst from Indy | Hamlin infraction...

Hardy is on the commissioner’s exempt list as a result of his arrest last May on domestic violence charges in Charlotte, N.C. Hardy wants to be reinstated now that prosecutors in Mecklenburg County, N.C., have dropped the charges after his accuser failed to appear in court for a trial. MORE: NFL players arrested in 2015 | Players arrested on domestic violence charges under Goodell | Hardy’s ‘14 tag worst...

Greg Hardy set to face Khalil Rountree As first reported by Combate, Greg Hardy is now all set to enter the Octagon, this time against former The Ultimate Fighter contestant, Khalil Rountree. Greg Hardy will enter the fight with a record of 6-2, which includes a competitive clash against ranked heavyweight contender Alexander Volkov. Greg Hardy has been on an interesting run in the UFC and has had a few good performances as well....

The former NFL tight end announced TJ’s impending surgery via social media early on Friday: MORE: Greg Olsen says son TJ’s heart ‘reaching its end’ Olsen later provided an update, saying doctors “are very happy” with TJ’s surgery. He also thanked the family of the person whose heart was used in the surgery: Olsen’s last update came three hours later via Instagram, thanking everyone nationwide who supported him and his family....

And while the polls closed — around the time everyone forecasted him as the winner — Bernie Sanders hooped with his grandkids. It looked how you’d expect. MORE: Which sports figure does each candidate remind us of? Did that soon turn into a 15-minute sermon about Dolph Schayes? What are Bernie’s thoughts on pace-and-space? Does he have an opinion on Kurt Rambis? Someone get on it.

She said the next big global strike would take place on November 29, and that the movement would unfortunately have to prepare itself to go on for a “very long time.” “But that will not stop us. We are rising and we will not back down,” the 16-year-old said to cheers from the crowd. “We will not beg the people in power to care and to act because they have ignored us in the past and they will ignore us again....

In 2019, when Whitmer first took office, she proposed doubling the earned income tax credit, as well as attempting to reinstate the tax exemption for pension income to boost taxes on certain businesses. However, none of the tax proposals advanced. With the original credit being $150, under Whitmer’s proposal, it would roughly rise to $500. She plans on revealing her proposal on January 26 in her State of the State address....

A one-time short-lister for vice president on the 2020 Democratic ticket, she’s especially sensitive to the intense, angry and personal attacks visited every day upon the actual person who became the first female veep, Kamala Harris. “This is the horrible, destructive climate we find ourselves in,” Whitmer tells Newsweek. “Certainly, the vice president is treated differently because of racial politics and gender politics—and it’s just not fair.” Indeed, Whitmer, who turns 50 next month, views many of the political dramas she and others have faced in recent months as a product of that viciousness....

The Toronto Argonauts heard all week about how great the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were and how close they were to the brink of history. In response, the Argos went to Regina and pulled out a one-point win in the 109th Grey Cup, taking down the Blue Bombers 24-23. The win for Toronto is the 18th in the franchise’s history, the most in the CFL. The Blue Bombers fail to successfully pull off the three-peat, which would have been only the sixth time a team won three consecutive Grey Cups....

Fancied by many to go all the way in Russia, Les Bleus rather stumbled out of the blocks in a victory which relied more on luck than the abundance of talent at Didier Deschamps’ disposal. Griezmann was offered the opportunity to break the deadlock from the penalty spot shortly before the hour mark after a controversial VAR decision overruled the on-field call not to pull up Josh Risdon for a sliding challenge on the Atletico Madrid frontman....

Barca went down 2-0 away to promoted Granada in LaLiga on Saturday, with Ernesto Valverde overseeing their worst start to a league season in 25 years. The defending champions have taken just seven points from five games - only one of those points coming away from home - to increase the pressure on Valverde after last term’s shock Champions League exit to Liverpool. Griezmann has shouldered responsibility for Barca’s goalscoring in the early weeks of the campaign....

Griezmann joined Barca from Atletico Madrid in pre-season, costing the Blaugrana €120million after a protracted transfer saga. Barca had reportedly been chasing the France international for well over a year, and although they eventually got their man after being rebuffed in 2018, the start of their union has been unspectacular. Griezmann’s largely ineffective performances have been widely criticised, with many expecting more from him than the three goals and two assists in seven LaLiga outings....

Grounded has continued to grow in popularity, and the new updates and content certainly help. Whether it be updates that add firefly enemies or new biomes to explore, the Xbox Game Pass title is seeing ongoing support from Obsidian, and the newest example is the update that went live today. RELATED: Grounded’s Koi Update is Out Now The biggest new feature of the game is the photo mode. With the game being based on the idea of being a backyard survival game, it will be exciting to see players take pictures of giant koi fish, spiders, bees, mosquitos, and more in Grounded....

The iconic groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, will come out of his burrow and according to the legends of the day, if he sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter but if he doesn’t see his shadow, it means that the spring season is coming early. The weather of the day plays a crucial role in whether or not Phil sees his shadow, considering that clouds will block a shadow....

Rober—a former NASA engineer who is known for his popular science videos—headed to the Bahamas to test whether sharks were more attracted to human or fish blood—an idea that was inspired by a previous experiment he ran last year. In that experiment, Rober pumped 15 drops of human blood per minute for an hour into the sea near several sharks. “In the end, [the sharks] just weren’t really that interested,” the YouTuber said in his latest video....

NEWSWEEK has learned that Grasso is planning to file sometime in the next two weeks a lawsuit against the NYSE’s current chairman, John Reed, for an alleged violation of a non-disparagement clause in Grasso’s contract. People close to Grasso say the former chairman will likely seek an unspecified amount of damages, though it could amount to tens of millions of dollars, which Grasso has said he would give to charity if he wins the case....

Like most successful clubs, Bayern have more often than not based their squad around a core of national team players. In the 70s, it was the trio of Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller and Sepp Maier, popularly known as the axis. The 80s was the era of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Paul Breitner and Klaus Augenthaler whereas the 90s belonged to Lothar Mattheus and the vigorous Stefan Effenburg. Since the dawn of the millennium, football has seen the rise of many other illustrious names including Oliver Kahn, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Muller to name but a few....

“If @GovAbbott is as ‘anti-rape’ as he claims,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a tweet published Wednesday evening, “why doesn’t he just lead the Texas state [legislature] to pass a law for $10k bounties on people who engage in or aid sexual assault? Or is he opposed to that bc it’s a slippery slope of vigilantism where men could be unjustly targeted?” On Tuesday, Abbott defended his state’s controversial abortion law. He said that his state’s “number one goal” was to “eliminate rape....