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The Rock Chalkboard
KU defense coming into focus after spring, though some questions remain – KU Sports
Marvin Grant was the headliner at Young’s previous position, but as defensive coordinator Brian Borland noted Tuesday, KU actually had four of its safeties working in what he called the “field outside linebacker nickel guy” spot — the hybrid role in which converted safety Young had excelled for the Jayhawks. Jalen Dye, for example, saw some time there during the Spring Showcase.
Future Jayhawk sets meet record, KU takes plenty of wins on Day 2 of Kansas Relays – KU Sports
Bryce Barkdull, a senior pole vaulter from Andover Central High School who is signed to compete at Kansas next year, broke the Kansas Relays meet record on Friday afternoon by clearing 5.36 meters.
Two KU football reserves enter transfer portal – KU Sports
Kansas defensive end Davion Westmoreland, a redshirt junior who saw sparse action for KU over two seasons, has entered the transfer portal, per multiple reports Friday morning.
Eraser Dust
Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program | AP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.
Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Courthouse Where Trump Is on Trial – The New York Times
At the park on Thursday, Mr. Azzarello had held up various signs and at one point shouted toward a group of reporters gathered there, “Biggest scoop of your life or your money back!” One of his signs claimed that Mr. Trump and President Biden were “about to fascist coup us.”
Taylor Swift’s New Album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ Could Use an Editor: Review – The New York Times
What Swift reveals on her sprawling and often self-indulgent 11th LP, “The Tortured Poets Department,” is that this stretch of productivity and commercial success was also a tumultuous time for her, emotionally. “I can read your mind: ‘She’s having the time of her life,’” Swift sings on “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” a percolating track that evokes the glitter and adoration of the Eras Tour but admits, “All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting ‘more.’” And yet, that’s exactly what she continues to provide, announcing two hours after the release of “Poets” that — surprise! — there was a second “volume” of the album, “The Anthology,” featuring 15 additional, though largely superfluous, tracks.
Democratic Sen. Jon Tester hopes to secure another win in deep-red Montana : NPR
Tester is the last Democrat holding statewide office as Republicans have dominated recent elections in Montana. He’s campaigning for a fourth term in one of just four U.S. Senate races identified as toss-ups by The Cook Political Report.
Sen. Tuberville thinks Social Security wastes taxpayer money. What’s wrong — and what it might take to fix it
Tuberville made this fearless, blustery forecast during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in February: “There’s going to be about 150 million people coming up here saying, ‘Where’s our damn money that we paid in? I could have put my Social Security money, 40 years in tax, in [stock] the market and probably be worth $8-to-$10 million today but the federal government wasted it.'”
Bigfork’s iconic pine tree comes down | Daily Inter Lake
An iconic Bigfork tree that stood outside of the Tall Pine lounge, which was itself named after the tree, was cut down April 3. The species was estimated to be four centuries old.
An updated TikTok bill changes the game in Washington – POLITICO
A bill to potentially ban TikTok could be passed and signed into law as soon as next week, depending how quickly the Senate moves — which would mark a sharp ending to four years of attempts by two presidents to curtail the influence of the Chinese-linked app.