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* **Police Arrest Man in Connection with Death Threats to Boston Globe:**
Police arrested Robert Darrell Chain on Thursday for threatening to kill Boston Globe employees. He allegedly made a dozen calls to the paper after it released a national campaign denouncing President Trump's political attacks against the press. During the calls, Chain borrowed Trump's rhetoric, calling reporters "the enemy of the people." After he made bail later in the day on Thursday, Chain reportedly said, “America was saved when Donald J. Trump was elected.” Here’s a [transcript of one of the calls](https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/1035167781635981314?s=20).
* **Kaepernick's Case Will Go to Trial:**
Former quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s collusion grievance against the NFL will go to trial after the league's request to dismiss his case was denied. Kaepernick, who filed his grievance almost a year ago, alleged that the NFL conspired to keep him off rosters after he refused to stand during the ceremonial National Anthem in protest of police brutality. For more [click here](https://apnews.com/1f2d200cce75456ea1645531198fcd1f/Arbitrator-sends-Kaepernick's-grievance-against-NFL-to-trial).
* **Students Sue Harvard:**
The Justice Department voiced its support Thursday for a group of Asian-American students who are suing Harvard over the school's affirmative action policies. The plaintiffs said Harvard is limiting the number of qualified Asian-Americans it accepts in order to advance less-qualified applicants of other races. For the full story [click here](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/us/politics/asian-students-affirmative-action-harvard.html).
* **Popular Apps Hacked:**
Snapchat and StreetEasy briefly replaced the label "New York City" with "Jewtropolis" on their maps Thursday morning. Snapchat apologized hours later and blamed the error on its third-party mapping software, Mapbox, which was reportedly hacked. Mapbox said in a statement it fixed the issue within an hour. [See the maps](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Mapbox-Hack-Snapchat-Jewtropolis-492073931.html).
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The U.S. announced it will not send any official representation to the upcoming Beijing winter Olympics. Cheddar's Hena Doba speaks with East Asia expert Michael Swaine about the reasons behind the diplomatic move.
Carlo and Baker discuss the sweeping new vaccine mandate in NYC that will target all private businesses. Plus, Trump's media venture gets its CEO and more.
A lockout is now in place for Major League Baseball. The collective bargaining agreement between the league and players association expired at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said both sides were unable to negotiate a new contract by that time, so the league locked out the players on Thursday at 12:01 a.m. The lockout also means trades and free agency deals have to stop for now. Dodgers Nation lead editor Clint Pasillas joined Cheddar News' Closing Bell to discuss.
'Bing Bong!' has become a rallying cry for Knicks fans and New Yorkers. Cheddar's None Of The Above dives into the origin of the sound in this edition of Tik Talk.
A Business Insider study is revealing MLB used two different balls throughout the 2021 season without alerting teams or players of that fact. One was roughly two to three grams lighter than the other. While that doesn't sound like a lot, if you ask the players, the difference was obvious. Bradford Davis, an investigative reporter at Insider, joins Cheddar News to discuss more.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have moved to suspend wide receiver Antonio Brown, along with two other players, who lied about their COVID-19 vaccination status. The three-day suspensions come just days after a former live-in chef accused the NFL star of submitting a fake vaccine card and the league fined Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers for a similar offense. Anthony Tall, sports agent and president of Miracle Sports Agency, joined Cheddar's "Closing Bell" to talk about the fallout from Brown's suspension and whether or not it was warranted.
It's Friday at long last. Jill and Carlo cover the latest on Omicron, including a possible superspreader event in NYC. Plus, previewing the November jobs report, a new Zoom feature no one asked for, and when it's no longer a good idea to eat Thanksgiving leftovers.
Michael Jenkins, host of 'The Daily Tip' provides his best plays for Week 13 of the NFL season, Amanda Casey Vance of Bookies.com breaks down this weekend's conference championship slate and makes her pick for which teams will make the Playoff, and VSIN's Amal Shah makes sense of what has been a very unpredictable NFL season thus far.
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Amal Shah, host of VSin's 'Odds On', joins Cheddar Bets to break down his favorite dark horse teams in each conference and how to be successful when live betting.
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