EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) — A pair of Northwestern University alums may have created the next big thing in football training, at least when it comes to skill position players. The Seeker has some big time NFL players not only using their invention but investing in the company. READ MORE: Chicago Weather: Weekend Warmup Continues As CBS 2’s Matt Zahn reported Thursday night, it’s a cool payoff after about five years of fine tuning. George Kittle, N’Keal Harry, and Hunter Henry are just a few of the NFL stars using the Seeker – or as they nicknamed it during the pandemic, the quarantine QB. Northwestern alums Bhargav Maganti and Igor Karlicic created the device. “We had a number of NFL athletes – they were home. They weren’t able to go to their camps. Things were shut down, and they didn’t really have a way to train alone,” Maganti said. “It’s kind of like an older sibling you never had, except this one throws, you know, 60 miles an hour,” Karlicic said. Maganti and Karlicic call the Seeker the world’s first robotic quarterback. But it’s not like a robot Tom Brady. READ MORE: Three Hospitalized After High Rise Fire In Ford City It is a sophisticated, highly accurate football-thrower. “You have a number of machines – passing machines – in different sports, in football as well, where the technology hadn’t changed for a really long time; where you have a person manually loading a device, pushing it through, and then the ball landing kind of wherever,” Maganti said. “I mean, sometimes in some of our demos we tell them, take a trash container, put it anywhere on the field, and that mark location -and we’ll hit it.” “It’s such a different experience compared to anything that they’ve had before, so we lot of people get just so excited using it,” Karlicic said. And now it has come full circle, as Maganti and Karlicic got to bring their seeker back to Northwestern – where the Wildcats are one of seven college football programs using the robotic QB to ...
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Justice Democrats call moderates’ votes against minimum wage hike ‘unconscionable’
The progressive organization Justice Democrats slammed the eight senators who bucked party lines to vote with Republicans against increasing the minimum wage to $15, calling it “unconscionable.” The Senate voted 58-42 on Friday against an attempt to waive a procedural objection to including the measure from Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders McConnell makes failed bid to adjourn Senate after hours-long delay Senate holds longest vote in history as Democrats scramble to save relief bill Democrats break COVID-19 impasse with deal on jobless benefits MORE (I-Vt.). Sanders's amendment would have added the minimum wage hike to the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. Sens. Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) Manchin Senate Democrats vote to provide 0 unemployment benefits into September Senate GOP gets short-lived win on unemployment fight McConnell makes failed bid to adjourn Senate after hours-long delay MORE (D-W.Va.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Jon Tester Jonathan (Jon) Tester Democrats break COVID-19 impasse with deal on jobless benefits The eight Democrats who voted 'no' on minimum wage COVID-19 relief debate stalls in Senate amid Democratic drama MORE (D-Mont.), Jeanne Shaheen Cynthia (Jeanne) Jeanne Shaheen The eight Democrats who voted 'no' on minimum wage Justice Democrats call moderates' votes against minimum wage hike 'unconscionable' Senate rejects Sanders minimum wage hike MORE (D-N.H.), Maggie Hassan Margaret (Maggie) Hassan The eight Democrats who voted 'no' on minimum wage Justice Democrats call moderates' votes against minimum wage hike 'unconscionable' Senate rejects Sanders minimum wage hike MORE (D-N.H.), Chris Coons Chris Andrew Coons The eight Democrats who voted 'no' on minimum wage Justice Democrats call moderates' votes against minimum wage hike 'unconscionable' Senate rejects Sanders minimum wage hike MORE ...
Rashida Tlaib on Kyrsten Sinema’s ‘No’ Vote to Raise Minimum Wage: ‘No One Should Ever Be This Happy to Vote Against Uplifting People’
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) expressed outrage after Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) gave an emphatic thumbs down to express her rejection of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) attempt to make a $15 minimum wage hike a reality. Sinema made waves Friday when she gave a thumbs down as she joined Republicans in rejecting Democrats’ attempts to raise the federal minimum wage, drawing ire from progressives, such as far-left “Squad” member Rashida Tlaib: “No one should ever be this happy to vote against uplifting people out of poverty. This is Senator Sinema voting no on $15 minimum wage,” Tlaib remarked: No one should ever be this happy to vote against uplifting people out of poverty. This is Senator Sinema voting no on $15 minimum wage. https://t.co/qNfYy8co4m — Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) March 6, 2021 pic.twitter.com/tc2jBL1Gff — Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) March 6, 2021 Sinema was one of seven Democrats and one independent who joined Republicans in knocking down the progressive effort to raise the wage. Others included Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jon Tester (D-MT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chris Coons (D-DE), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Angus King (I-ME): 8 Dems voted against overriding Senate budget rules to add minimum wage hike to COVID bill: Manchin (D-WV) — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 6, 2021 Sinema defended her decision to vote against the measure in a statement on Friday, contending the upper chamber should “hold an open debate and amendment process on raising the minimum wage, separate from the COVID-focused reconciliation bill”: I understand what it is like to face tough choices while working to meet your family’s most basic needs. I also know the difference better wages can make, which is why I helped lead Arizona’s effort to pass an indexed minimum wage in 2006, and strongly supported the voter-approved state minimum wage increase in 2016. No person who works full time should live in poverty. ...
Senate to vote next week on Garland’s AG nomination
The Senate is teeing up a vote for next week on Merrick Garland Merrick Garland Biden's justice reform should influence prosecutor appointments Politics in the Department of Justice can be a good thing What's worse, violence on the left or the right? It's a dangerous question MORE 's nomination to lead the Justice Department. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck Schumer Lawmakers demand changes after National Guard troops at Capitol sickened from tainted food Ron Johnson forces reading of 628-page Senate coronavirus relief bill on floor Senate panel splits along party lines on Becerra MORE (D-N.Y.) laid the groundwork for the next tranche of President Biden Joe Biden Senate holds longest vote in history as Democrats scramble to save relief bill Ex-Trump appointee arrested in Capitol riot complains he won't be able to sleep in jail Biden helps broker Senate deal on unemployment benefits MORE 's Cabinet picks, including Garland's nomination to be attorney general. Under the schedule laid out by Schumer, the Senate could take an initial vote on Garland's nomination as soon as Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT The votes come after Garland's nomination was delayed amid roadblocks from Republicans. Democrats had hoped to confirm Garland this week after voting him 15-7 out of the Judiciary Committee on Monday. Sen. Tom Cotton Tom Bryant Cotton DeSantis, Pence tied in 2024 Republican poll Republicans blast Pentagon policy nominee over tweets, Iran nuclear deal The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Lawmakers face Capitol threat as senators line up votes for relief bill MORE (R-Ark.), a member of the committee who is viewed as a potential 2024 contender, disclosed in a string of tweets that he was objecting to speeding up Garland's nomination. "Democrats are trying to expedite Judge Garland’s confirmation vote. I’m blocking them because Judge Garland has ...
Kamala Harris and Benjamin Netanyahu Speak About U.S.-Israel Partnership
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about the U.S.-Israel partnership. Harris’s office released a statement after the exchange detailing the commitment the Biden-Harris Administration has towards keeping the U.S.-Israel partnership and the commitment towards Israel’s safety and security. “She expressed strong support for Israel’s recent groundbreaking normalization agreements with countries in the Arab and Muslim world, and stressed the importance of advancing peace, security, and prosperity for Israelis and Palestinians alike,” said the statement. “The Vice President and the Prime Minister agreed on the importance of continuing close cooperation and partnership on regional security issues, including Iran’s nuclear program and the regime’s dangerous regional behavior.” They also reviewed the importance the two countries have in containing the Coronavirus pandemic. There’s been a phone call between @VP and @netanyahu , according to the @WhiteHouse . pic.twitter.com/VcjyZyTeDb — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 4, 2021 Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a similar statement adding “Vice President Harris expressed the American administration’s complete opposition to the decision of the prosecutor of the ICC in The Hague.” The release continued, “Prime Minister Netanyahu said that intelligence and security cooperation would continue to be strengthened and added that as Prime Minister of Israel he was totally committed to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons designed to destroy Israel.” In February, Netanyahu’s office released a statement on U.S. readiness to resume diplomatic talks with Iran. “Israel believes that going back to the old agreement will pave Iran’s path to a nuclear arsenal” read the statement . When news surfaced about the U.S. starting talks again with Iran, the Ambassador to the U.S. Gilad Erdan said Israel may ignore U.S. President Joe ...
