At WrestleMania, the Intercontinental Championship will be defended in a Fatal 4-Way Match for the first time ever at The Showcase of the Immortals.
Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker will clash with Penta and The Judgement Day’s Finn Bálor and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio.
Breakker has earned singles victories against all three competitors and has retained the title against Penta and Bálor, but now he’s primed to defend his championship in what is sure to be a can’t-miss Fatal 4-Way Match.
Penta will compete at WrestleMania for the first time and has yet to be pinned or submitted since making his electric debut in January.
Bálor and Mysterio have been butting heads in recent weeks, leaving plenty of intrigue as to what will happen when each challenges for the Intercontinental Title in the same match.
Bálor is a two-time Intercontinental Champion, whereas Mysterio and Penta will be looking for their first Intercontinental Title reign.
Which man wall walk out of Las Vegas with the Intercontinental Title?
Don’t miss WrestleMania, Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, at 7 ET/4 PT, streaming LIVE on Peacock in the United States and Netflix everywhere else!
The Kraken are likely to use the same lineup from their 5-1 win at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. … Doughty, a defenseman, is questionable; he did not practice Sunday after missing the last 7:46 of the third period in a 3-0 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
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Entertain This!
With four people through to the Top 24 and 20 spots left in the competition, “American Idol” contestants are running on fumes.
In Monday night’s episode, the remaining 42 singers, sleep deprived from overnight rehearsals, paired up for the head-to-head round. It was sink-or-swim as the aspiring stars struggled to memorize lyrics, went on vocal rest to preserve their overworked vocal cords and — for some — adapted to singing with another person for the first time.
While some pairings both made it through to the next stage, other duos only had one successful contestant. In a few rough cases, neither singer earned a spot in Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan’s Top 24.
Jelly Roll returned to the show as the first-ever artist in residence to dispense advice and encouraging words from side stage. He even got a celebrity cameo for one lucky pair.
Here are the top moments from Episode 7.
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Judges give a floundering Baylee Littrell another chance
Were we watching the same performance as the judges?
After a powerhouse delivery from Keilene (who has received almost no air time thus far) in the second of three “Shallow” performances tonight, the judges instead chose to focus on her stage partner, Baylee Littrell. Underwood said, “Baylee, you were more comfortable singing with somebody else. It’s like we got to see a different side to you.”
Uh, yeah. We saw that when he did a duet with his dad, the Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell, in the season premiere. It was true that he mostly sounded solid when complementing Keilene’s vocals, but alone? His voice understandably sounded tired and overused, and he couldn’t reach some notes while her Broadway-ready voice had the ability to pierce through Kevlar.
Richie had very fair feedback when he pondered whether the cover was on the verge of being “too powerful,” while Bryan insinuated that Keilene was too overwhelming in the closing notes. The country star also accurately pointed out Baylee was “timid” in his verses.
Despite Baylee’s roughest performance yet, it was Keilene who was shown the door. But Baylee was sent into the Top 24 with a warning from Underwood: “It was not a unanimous decision, so moving forward, I need you to step it up!”
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Brandon Lake reacts to Breanna Nix and Rylie O’Neill’s cover of ‘Gratitude’
Breanna Nix and Rylie O’Neill, who’d bonded over being moms, paired up to cover a song by Christian worship singer Brandon Lake. Little did they know, the songwriter himself was listening to their performance.
After the women delivered their song, eyes gazing upward and arms reaching toward the heavens, Jelly Roll cut off the judges’ feedback to bring Lake in via FaceTime. “That was the most gorgeous version of ‘Gratitude’ I’ve ever heard,” he told Breanna and Rylie.
Underwood was emotional as she delivered her comments. “I know how difficult it is to come into the entertainment industry and bring your faith with you,” she told the singers.
“It is a brave thing to do because there are a lot of outside forces that are going to tell you not to do that. I want to tell you that I’m proud of you guys,” she added.
There was only one spot left in the Top 24, however, and the judges passed over Rylie to offer it to Breanna. The self-described 25-year-old “just a stay-at-home mom” sank to the floor crying with relief and happiness.
Who is in the ‘American Idol’ Top 24?
Canaan James Hill
Gabby Samone
Zaylie Windsor
Mattie Pruitt
Thunderstorm Artis
Drew Ryn
Ché
Grayson Torrence
Penny Samar
Josh King
MKY
Victor Solomon
Amanda Barise
Kyana Fenene
Slater Nalley
Baylee Littrell
John Foster
Filo
Kolbi Jordan
Isaiah Misailegalu
Olivier Bergeron
Desmond Roberts
Jamal Roberts
Breanna Nix
Who went home on ‘American Idol?’
Unfortunately, some of the less successful duets were cut for time, and not every one of the 22 eliminated contestants received acknowledgement. Here are the singers who didn’t make it into the Top 24.
Sonny Tennet
Yani
Bryson Quick
Lexi Tieffel
Lashon
Nina Daig
Clara Rae
Krystal Molina
Cali Morris
Crews Wright
Kam’ron Smith
Rylie O’Neill
Riley Laenz
How to watch ‘American Idol’
“Idol” next airs its Top 24 performances from Disney’s Aulani Resort in Kapolei, Hawaii, on Sunday, April 13, at 8 p.m. EDT/PDT on ABC. The second half airs Monday, April 14, at 8 p.m. EDT/PDT.
Episodes are available to stream on Hulu the next day.
Sean O’Malley sees big potential in fellow UFC star Paddy Pimblett.
Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on Michael Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in Saturday’s five-round UFC 314 co-headliner (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Kaseya Center in Miami.
Former multiple-time Bellator champion and former UFC title challenger Chandler will mark Pimblett’s sternest test to date. While most are looking at the matchup as more beneficial to Pimblett, ex-UFC bantamweight champ O’Malley thinks Chandler has an equal amount to gain with a win.
“Paddy vs. Michael Chandler is such an interesting fight,” O’Malley said on his “TimboSugarShow” podcast. “Michael Chandler is such a gangster for taking that fight. If he beats Paddy, that’s still a big win – maybe not in some people’s eyes, but Paddy is f*cking skilled. What he did to Bobby Green was super. It’s a big fight.
“Michael Chandler is a beast for taking that fight. Paddy’s a beast. Paddy, what he wants to do is climb the rankings. I think that fight makes so much sense. I don’t know who wins, either. I feel like it’s going to be very competitive. … (Pimblett is) very sharp and he’s very skilled.”
Pimblett entered the UFC’s lightweight rankings after notching a quick, first-round submission of King Green at UFC 304 last July. Chandler on the other hand, has lost four of his past five, and back-to-back to Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 314.
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The owner of Falling Knife Brewing Company unexpectedly died over the weekend, the Northeast Minneapolis brewery said.
Tom Berg, owner and Chief Brewing Officer, died at his home, a post on Facebook states.
Tom Berg (Credit: Falling Knife Brewing Company)
Falling Knife Brewing Company will be closed on Monday night to allow people to grieve. A larger gathering to honor Berg is set to be announced at a later date.
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share some awful and unexpected news. Over the weekend, our friend, Chief Brewing Officer, and owner Tom Berg passed away in his home. We are devastated to lose our dear friend, the visionary architect of what Falling Knife brews, and a guiding force in what we are and do.
There was nobody more passionate about Falling Knife, beer, and his friends. If you ran into him in the taproom during a Wolves game, at a show celebrating his love of music, or out at one of his favorite spots in town, you were immediately wrapped up in his warm personality as he welcomed you as he would his closest friends. Whether his lifelong work in the Minneapolis music scene, his passion for the Minnesota Beer Community at large, or just meeting him out and about in the world, it felt like everyone knew Tom. And to know Tom was to be loved by him.
We’re closing for the evening to grieve this monumental loss. We will pass along information for a larger gathering as we talk with Tom’s family and respect their wishes for honoring him. Take care of yourselves and each other.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — We’re tracking damage reports and warnings as storms sweep across the Big Bend and South Georgia.
5:49 p.m.: All tornado watches for the Big Bend and South Georgia have been canceled
3:55 p.m.: NWS confirmed three tornadoes touched down in the Big Bend and South Georgia Monday morning. The areas impacted include Lake Iamonia in NE Leon County, SW Leon County, and Grady County. The tornado tracked from Grady County through Thomas County went over Route 19 into Colquitt County.
3:47 p.m.: New photos from tornado damage in Northeast Tallahassee
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Maya Sargent, WTXL ABC 27
Maya Sargent, WTXL ABC 27
Maya Sargent, WTXL ABC 27
2:07 p.m.: New videos and pictures from the tornado damage in Grady County
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AJ Douglas, WTXL ABC 27
1:30 p.m.: New images are coming on of downed trees in Colquitt County. According to the Colquitt County Emergency Management, there was damage to a house and barn on GA Hwy 202 just south of Monroe Jackson Road.
Colquitt County’s Emergency Management also reported several trees down and snapped off.
1:08 p.m.: Grady County Sheriff’s is reporting tornado damage near Akridge, New Hope, and Sammy Bulloch Roads. You’re asked to avoid these areas while first responders begin cleanup. According to the Grady County Sheriff’s office, a home was leveled during Monday morning storms. injuries were reported.
1:04 p.m.: There’s a tornado watch warning in effect until 6:00 p.m. for several counties. Check out the graphic below.
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12:32 p.m.: Tornado Warning including Thomasville, GA and Metcalf, GA until 1:00 p.m.
12:24 p.m.: City of Homer has closed City Hall due to no power. They will reopen tomorrow.
12:19 p.m.: Tornado Warning including Grady County, GA, Leon County, FL, Thomas County, GA until 12:45 p.m.
12:08 p.m.: Tornado warning cleared for Leon and Gadsden Counties
12:06 p.m.: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Havana, FL until 12:45 p.m.
11:57 p.m.: Leon County Schools has paused all movement on our campuses due to the current Tornado Warning. All of our schools have instituted their Tornado Drill Procedures.
11:53 p.m.: Tornado Warning including Gadsden County until 12:15 p.m.
11:46 p.m.: NWS: Confirmed tornado located 8 miles southwest of Midway, moving northeast
11:43 a.m.: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Moultrie, GA until 12:30 p.m.
11:31 a.m.: Tornado Warning including Leon County until 12:00 p.m.
11:28 a.m.: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Carrabelle, FL, Eastpoint, FL and Apalachicola, FL until 12:30 p.m.
11:19 a.m.: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Midway, FL and Norfleet, FL until 12:00 p.m.
Original: While shower coverage has been minimal early today, a general increase in rain and thunderstorm activity is anticipated in the Florida/Georgia line region after sunrise.
The bulk of the severe weather threat holds off until mid-morning at the earliest, with scattered storms in the morning hours becoming more widespread during the afternoon. This will be enough to consider Monday afternoon a washout for much of the area, including for the evening commute home.
Throughout the day on Monday, a risk for scattered occurrences of severe weather exists, with the potential for damaging wind, small hail, and even an isolated tornado in the strongest storms. Make sure to have multiple ways to get alerts, including by turning government alerts on in your phone’s settings. If a tornado warning is issued for your area, you can tune into ABC 27 and we will have the latest on the storm.
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The most widespread impact across the area Monday will be periods of heavy rain, with a general 1-3 inches of rain expected across the Big Bend and South Georgia. Localized spots could see more. Some ponding in flood-prone areas is possible, so make sure to turn around, don’t drown, if you encounter flooded roadways.
Rain moves out of the area between sunset and midnight Monday evening, when skies will begin to clear and cooler and drier air begins to move into the area.
Tuesday morning lows in the 40s with daytime highs in the 60s and low 70s bring temperatures below average after the past few days have felt more like summer!
Stay tuned to ABC 27 First To Know Weather for the latest.
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ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) – The First Alert Weather Day ended at 6 P.M., however, and a Flood Watch is in effect until 8 P.M.
Rainfall will come to an end by midnight on Tuesday.
Thunderstorms, Tornado Watches and Warnings
A confirmed tornado touched down near Hwy 319 in Thomasville, moving from Tallahassee, at 12:30 p.m.
A confirmed tornado touched down on the Grady and Thomas County Line, near Highway 19 at 11:15 a.m.
A confirmed tornado touched down in upper Early County, around Blakely just before 7:15 a.m.
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Another big WrestleMania 41 championship match was made official just hours before “WWE Raw” on Monday. General Manager Adam Pearce announced on the official WrestleMania X (formerly Twitter) account that Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker will be defending his title in a fatal four-way match against Penta, Dominik Mysterio, and Finn Balor on “The Grandest Stage of Them All.”
Breakker has been feuding with, and defending his gold in the ring against, the other three men over the last few weeks, with his most recent defense against Penta on the March 24 episode of “Raw” from Glasgow, Scotland. The match ended in a disqualification when Mysterio and Judgment Day stablemate Carlito took out Breakker, with Balor running in after the match to hit Breakker with a chair. The stable had offered a spot to Penta, who refused, leading to a tag team match last week on “Raw.”
The match joins the growing card for the two-night event that begins on Saturday, April 19. It was determined on Friday’s episode of “WWE SmackDown” that LA Knight will defend his United States Championship at the event against Jacob Fatu. As of this writing, no matches for the women’s mid-card championships have been announced for WrestleMania, but Bayley will challenge Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria on “Raw” on Monday.
China’s and U.S.’ flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022.
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BEIJING — Risks of an intense U.S.-China trade war are rising rapidly, according to analysts, after Beijing responded more forcefully than many had expected to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs.
In a shift in tone, China also dropped its call for negotiations on trade in a weekend statement that condemned U.S. levies, raising the prospects of an extended period of tariff escalation.
“China has taken and will continue to take resolute measures to safeguard its sovereignty, security, and development interests,” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Saturday.
Beijing on Friday retaliated with levies of 34% on all U.S. goods — matching the latest duties by the Trump administration. Those came on top of the 10-15% tariffs China levied in March and February, which had focused on agricultural and energy products imported from the U.S.
“Raising tariff on all U.S. imports by the same amount as Trump’s latest tariff demonstrates China’s determination to go all the way to wherever the U.S. wants to be,” said Andy Xie, a Shanghai-based independent economist.
“Beijing’s aggressive posture signals that future retaliation will be more forceful, setting off an escalatory spiral and raising the odds of unmanaged decoupling in 2025,” a team of analysts at Eurasia Group said in a note.
China’s response will likely prompt further rounds of tariffs from the U.S. in an effort to discourage similar moves from other trading partners, Eurasia Group analysts said, noting that “some Trump officials view this as a unique time to double down on China in an effort to accelerate a decoupling of commercial ties.”
Beijing’s swift response came on the back of Trump’s announcement of additional 34% tariffs on China, raising the U.S. weighted average tariff rate on China to as high as 65%, according to Robin Xing, chief China economist at Morgan Stanley.
That could stunt the world’s second-biggest economy by 1.5 to 2 percentage points this year, Xing estimates, citing slower exports growth and entrenched domestic deflation.
Negotiation standstill
Beijing’s shift toward a more “aggressive, escalatory” stance makes a near-term deal to end the trade war between the two superpowers “highly unlikely,” said economists at Capital Economics.
Until last Friday, Beijing’s actions were considered relatively restrained and measured. Trump had also made warm comments praising Chinese President Xi Jinping and expressed interests in arranging a bilateral meeting.
“The abandonment of restraint” in Beijing’s latest retaliatory measures likely reflects Chinese leadership’s “diminished hopes for a trade deal with the U.S., at least in the short term,” Gabriel Wildau, managing director at Teneo said in a note.
Trump derided China’s latest response as an act of panic. In a post on social media platform TruthSocial, he said “China played it wrong, they panicked — the one thing they cannot afford to do!” The president has said that he would consider lowering tariffs on China if Beijing approves the sale of short video app TikTok to U.S. investors.
Yet Beijing may not be onboard with the sale. “National dignity is Beijing’s key consideration on TikTok, but exchanging TikTok for relief from newly imposed tariffs would carry the unmistakable whiff of China’s leaders yielding to bullying,” said Wildau.
Analysts at Eurasia Group, however, suggested Beijing still desires a deal and is prepared to negotiate. “Strong, asymmetric, tit-for-tat tariff retaliation is a precondition for Beijing to come to the negotiating table,” they added.
Without ruling out negotiations with the U.S., state-backed publication People’s Daily in an opinion piece said Beijing was “fully prepared in all aspects to handle potential shocks” with ample policy room to defend it economy.
People’s Daily, which is frequently used to convey official policy views, outlined Beijing’s plans to counter the economic fallout by boosting domestic consumption “with extraordinary strength,” lowering key policy rates whenever needed and further fiscal easing.
The diminishing prospect of a deal between Beijing and Washington has exacerbated a global market rout, sending the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index — which tracks Chinese shares listed in Hong Kong — down over 13% Monday, setting it on course for its worst day since the global financial crisis.
The yield on China’s 10-year government bonds plunged 9 basis points to 1.634%, according to LSEG data, while the offshore yuan weakened 0.35% to 7.3212 per dollar.
Roughly a week removed from the very public exchange between the Cincinnati Bengals and star defensive end Trey Hendrickson during the messy contract dispute, an insider has offered his take on the same show.
“I believe the Bengals would like to keep and pay Trey Hendrickson,” Rapoport said. “We’ll see if that happens and I still think that it’s very possible”
The week prior, Bengals brass commented publicly on the Hendrickson situation at NFL league meetings, which prompted Hendrickson to hop on McAfee’s show and stress his disappointment over poor communication from the team.
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Regardless of the public posturing from both sides of the standoff, there doesn’t figure to be a solution on this front for the foreseeable future, as there’s no deadline to get a new contract done – barring the team seeking to trade him during the draft.
Otherwise, the Bengals have most of the leverage after granting Hendrickson permission to seek a trade and nothing materializing on that front while he’s still under contract for one more season.
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