The Daily Populous

Sunday October 22nd, 2023 evening edition

image for Michigan State apologizes for displaying picture of Adolf Hitler on the videoboard before a football game

Michigan State University apologized for displaying a picture of Adolf Hitler on the videoboard during a trivia quiz before the school’s football game against in-state rivals the University of Michigan on Saturday.

Photos began circulating on social media before kickoff of Hitler on the videoboard at Spartan Stadium with a trivia question asking where he was born.

“MSU is aware that inappropriate content by a third-party source was displayed on the videoboard prior to the start of tonight’s football game,” Michigan State athletic director Matt Larson said in a statement.

“We are deeply sorry for the content that was displayed, as this is not representative of our institutional values.”.

The university will stop using the third-party source the image came from and implement stronger screening procedures for all videoboard content going forward, Larson added.

In an email sent to alumni Sunday entitled, “The work we must do,” Michigan State Interim President Teresa K. Woodruff apologized for the image.

The apology is part of a grim series of events for Michigan State’s football program, which lost Saturday night’s game against its rival Michigan by a 49-0 score. »

Woman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolished

Authored by apnews.com

ATLANTA (AP) — A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.

She said a neighbor called her while she was away and asked if someone had been hired to tear down the vacant house.

“I said ‘no’ and she said, ‘Well, there’s someone over here who just demolished the whole house and tore it all down,’” Hodgson recalled. »

Another Warhammer game's license runs out as Warhammer Quest announces its delisting on Steam

Authored by pcgamer.com

"New sales of Warhammer Quest will end shortly on Steam", a recent news post for the turn-based dungeon crawler tersely says.

Released in 2015, Warhammer Quest is an adaptation of Games Workshop's tabletop game of the same name.

The delisting of Warhammer Quest follows the removal of Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf on October 12, and last year saw Warhammer 40,000: Regicide and Age of Sigmar: Champions both get delisted—the latter only three years after release. »

“A Very Bad Place”: Kevin McCarthy Basically Admits His Party Is a Total Clusterfuck

Authored by vanityfair.com

While still a far cry from the whopping 14 rounds Kevin McCarthy lost before ultimately winning the job in January, the current situation appears to be somehow even more desperate.

That’s because Republicans are not anywhere near a consensus on who should lead the House—which was made readily apparent after they formally dropped Jordan as the nominee following a closed-door vote.

The letter was signed by representatives Andy Biggs, Ken Buck, Tim Burchett, Eli Crane, Matt Gaetz, Bob Good, Nancy Mace, and Matt Rosendale. »

Iranian teenager Armita Geravand is 'brain dead': state media

Authored by reuters.com

DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, is said to be "brain dead", Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

"Follow-ups on the latest health condition of Geravand indicate that her condition of being brain dead seems certain despite the efforts of the medical staff," state media reported.

Iran has denied that Geravand was hurt after a confrontation on Oct. 1 with officers enforcing the mandatory Islamic dress code in the Tehran metro. »