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Just when you think we've seen it all in sports, the Loyola Chicago-Duquesne college basketball game on Wednesday night reminded us why that will never be the case. With 16:30 remaining in the second half of the matchup, Loyola-Chicago had the ball near the right baseline when an Uber Eats delivery driver came onto the court looking for someone to claim the McDonald's in his hand. An official timeout was called as the dealer left the court, and the game announcers couldn't believe their eyes. Loyola (Il) Ramblers guards Braden Norris (4) during a game between the Vanderbilt Commodores and…

The Transportation Department is in the early stages of an investigation into the Southwest Airlines travel collapse and will look into whether executives overscheduled flights, a spokesman said.Southwest canceled thousands of flights, cutting about two-thirds of its daily schedule, for days as it struggled to recover from wintry weather even as other airlines managed. The passengers were stranded and scrambled to find other ways to get home.The Department of Transportation is "investigating whether Southwest executives engaged in unrealistic flight scheduling which, under federal law, is considered an unfair and deceptive practice," the spokesperson said.Southwest said in a statement Wednesday that…

A 36-year-old Florida woman used a romance scam to defraud a Holocaust survivor out of his $2.8 million life savings, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.Peaches Stergo of Championsgate, southwest of Orlando, was arrested Wednesday in Florida and is charged with one count of wire fraud, the US Attorney's Office for Southern New York said.Stergo, who also goes by "Alice," met the victim, an 87-year-old Manhattan man, on a dating website six or seven years ago, authorities said.In 2017, he asked for money, claiming he had obtained a settlement from a lawsuit but needed to pay his lawyer to receive it, prosecutors…

Rookie Brody Purdy has taken the NFL by storm since he became the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers in December.The former Iowa State standout earned the title of "Mr. Irrelevant" after being selected by the 49ers with the final pick of the 2022 draft. But, a scouting report is shedding some light on the level of interest from a team in drafting the quarterback.The Athletic obtained a scouting report that touched on Purdy's positive attributes, as well as some of his potential drawbacks.According to the report, a scout said Purdy was "very mature and experienced." He was a…