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Lindell offered his newest taunt towards Dominion on Real America’s Voice program, claiming that his personal probe into unfounded election voter fraud is currently conducting tests that will “prove” their machines were rigged in President Joe Biden’s favor. But the pillow-selling pundit may have a hard time softening up his legal team toward his ongoing jabs at the $1.3 billion defamation plaintiff, Dominion. Lindell’s latest baseless claim flies in the face of ongoing litigation between the voting machine maker and the MyPillow founder....

The New York Times reported Thursday that Lindell is the largest individual advertiser on Fox’s prime-time lineup, spending nearly $80 million since January of 2021. Lindell has repeatedly spread false claims that the last presidential election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. He has blasted Fox News for declining to air misinformation about the 2020 election. In February, for example, he suggested he should get cybersecurity experts to hack Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show to broadcast voter fraud claims....

Lindell has been instrumental in promoting Trump’s baseless conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was rigged or stolen by Democrats. The CEO is being sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion, after Lindell claimed repeatedly that the company was involved with a widespread voter fraud plot. Trump and Lindell have not provided any evidence to substantiate their allegations. In connection with the defamation lawsuit, Lindell’s attorneys filed a motion last week asking a judge to allow the MyPillow founder not to reveal his address publicly in the legal battle, Business Insider first reported on Friday morning....

The conspiracy theorist and close ally of former President Donald Trump hosted a MAGA Frank Free Speech rally in New Richmond, Wisconsin, to push baseless claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election and criticize the alleged attack on free speech by mainstream media outlets, as well as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other online platforms. “We’re fighting for our First Amendment rights of free speech,” Lindell told the crowd....

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, coach Mike McCarthy said Lacy’s past is behind him, and the running back has a chance to regain his regular role in Week 14 against the Cowboys. MORE: Each team’s worst-ever starting QB | The Cowboys can win the East “I think Eddie’s been rejuvenated,” he said. “His work was good today. I checked in with him just like I do with all players. I look for him to have a good week of practice and be productive Sunday....

Anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is hosting the event at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, according to a tweet posted by Kristin Mink, a senior legislative organizer at the Center for Popular Democracy, who is running for county council in Maryland. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America has password-protected the details of the event on its website, Mink wrote in the tweet. “Guess they thought people might protest?...

Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 The Nigeria international, whose contract expires at the end of June 2017, has dropped down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge since the arrival of Antonio Conte and is very much on the periphery of the squad. However, he would be interested in renewing with the Blues if an offer was forthcoming....

Raymond Bass, of Richmond, Virginia, was making his way to a hospital appointment at McGuire VA Medical Center when he became ill on board a GRTC bus at the corner of 1st Street and Federal Street. Police said that instead of helping Bass, a fellow passenger, who they have named as 20-year-old Damontea Chappell, allegedly rifled through his pocket and stole his wallet as he lay dying. It is understood police launched an investigation after concerns were raised as to why Bass’s wallet was empty when he was always known to carry cash with him....

Ott and Miller will likely join the Blues in Phoenix on Sunday for their game against the Coyotes, the Blues said. The Sabres had been actively shopping Miller. Sabres GM Tim Murray said Tuesday night he wanted to "put him in a position to succeed." Ultimately, the deal was completed about an hour before Buffalo's game on Friday against the San Jose Sharks. Miller leaves the Eastern Conference basement-dwelling Sabres (17-34-8) to join the Central Division-leading Blues (39-13-6)....

Mehul Choksi, 62, returned to Antigua earlier this week after being held in the island nation since May after the Dominican High Court ruled he could not receive adequate medical care there, according to the Indian Express. The result is a victory for Choksi’s legal team who said their client had been kidnapped from Antigua and tortured and had been forcefully whisked away to Dominica where he could be extradited to India, the country of his birth, where he is wanted over his alleged part in a $1....

Seeded third in the Brisbane International, Canada’s top men’s player delivered 17 aces in a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan in his first match of 2015. In reviewing his strong 2014 campaign, Raonic said after the match, “We definitely thought I could do a lot better with my serve, so we spent a lot of time this off season on that and I’m happy that it’s going well....

The Carlson Event Center and Country Chapel in Winnebago “has advertised that it will hold a ‘New Year’s Eve Bash’ on December 31, 2020, into the early morning hours of January 1, 2021, in violation of Governor Tim Walz’s executive orders,” according to a Wednesday press release from Ellison’s office. The advertisement for the event “indicates that it will be hosting a ‘big New Year’s dance,’ urging attendees to bring their own beer and liquor,” the release added....

Minnesota announced the suspension of defensive backs KiAnte Hardin, Antonio Shenault, Antoine Winfield, Jr., Ray Buford, and Dior Johnson; quarterbacks Seth Green and Mark Williams; running backs Kobe McCrary and Carlton Djam; and defensive end Tamarion Johnson. HORNE: Final grades for Big Ten coaches “Due to privacy restrictions relating to student educational data, there is nothing further the University can share,” Minnesota said in a statement. Hardin, Buford, Dior Johnson and Tamarion Johnson are suspended for the second time this season....

“Out of respect for the tragic events that occurred yesterday in Brooklyn Center [Minnesota], and following the additional details in this evolving situation, the Minnesota Twins have decided it is in the best interests of our fans, staff, players and community to not play today’s game,” the team wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. “The decision was made by the Minnesota Twins after consultation with Major League Baseball and local and state officials,” the statement said....

On Friday, Miss Texas winner Monique Evans twas tasked with throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Rangers’ home game against the Angels, and well, you just have to see it to believe it. MORE: Celebrity first pitches | “The Dude” bowls pitch Your browser does not support iframes. Yeah, that’s bad. Like really, really, bad.

Mine’s easy: It’s D.J. Cooper’s desperate half-court heave at the end of regulation against in the Sweet 16 on March 23, 2012. If he makes it, Ohio advances over North Carolina. That would have given my alma a 66-63 victory and a trip to the Elite Eight. It would have been on the short list of greatest buzzer-beaters of all time, and it would have marked the first time a 13-seed beat a No....

MORE: What did Adam Schefter’s email say? Why NFL insider’s reported email situation is a big deal White said his office previously determined that John Davis, the former executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, authorized payments of more than $77 million in federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds to two nonprofits that either misspent or improperly disbursed portions of that money. Favre apparently accepted $1.1 million in funds and accepted the money for speaking engagements he never attended for Families First for Mississippi, one of the non-profits involved in the alleged scheme....

Jeff Nabors knew the impact of COVID-19 would kill him after the coronavirus worsened an existing medical condition, so the 62-year-old married his girlfriend of 17 years, 53-year-old Sherry Nabors. “I think he was on borrowed time already,” Sherry, a bookkeeper, told TV station WLOX at her Gulfport home on Tuesday, nearly a month after the couple were married. The couple had been next-door neighbors in Houston and met in 2007 when Jeff, a service engineer, rescued Sherry from a broken garage door, according to WLOX....

Plummer contracted the virus in January and was hospitalized for weeks afterward. Though she survived, doctors told her that the virus had harmed a donated kidney that she had received as a child. When Plummer was 9 years old, she was diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). FSGS is a syndrome that damages the tiny filtering units inside a person’s kidneys that help detoxify a person’s blood. The disease mostly affects women and Black people....

In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that because the state constitution mandates that ballot initiative petitioners must collect signatures from voters in five Mississippi congressional districts, while the state has only had four districts following the 2000 census, no ballot initiatives since 2000 are legally valid. Since voters in the state can no longer directly weigh in under the ruling, the outdated constitutional provision cannot be changed unless Mississippi lawmakers decide to take on the issue....