The activist investor has taken a stake in LSEG, where it is likely to push for increased stock buybacks and action to lift profit margins.
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Arsenal vs. Brentford prediction, odds, best bets for EPL match
Arsenal will try to extend their win streak to five games in all competitions and maintain their English Premier League lead when they visit Brentford on Thursday. The Gunners (17-5-3) have a six-point lead over Manchester City in the EPL table after cruising to a 3-0 home victory on Saturday. The Bees (12-3-10) are seventh in the Premier League table and won 3-2 at Newcastle following a big 1-0 victory against top-four Aston Villa the previous weekend.
Kickoff from Gtech Community Stadium in Brentford, England is set for 3 p.m. ET. Arsenal are -140 favorites on the money line in the latest Arsenal vs. Brentford odds at DraftKings Sportsbook, Brentford are +390 and a draw is priced at +295. The total for match goals is set at 2.5 (Over -115, Under -110). Go to SportsLine to see the latest on Brentford vs. Arsenal, including the SportsLine Projection Model picks, and make sure you read what expert Martin Green is betting for the contest.
After working in the sports betting industry for several years, Green became a professional sports writer and handicapper and has covered the game worldwide. Last year, Green was profitable in multiple areas on his soccer betting picks, including Euro qualifying (+6.30 units), EFL Cup (+4.47), FA Cup (+3.07) and Champions League (+3.05), among others. Anyone who follows him could be way up.
Here are Green’s best bets and analysis for Arsenal vs. Brentford on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Arsenal vs. Brentford best bets
- Arsenal to Win and Under 4.5 goals -110 (1 unit)
- Arsenal to Keep a Clean Sheet +137 (0.5 units)
Arsenal will try to tighten their grip on the Premier League title race when they take on Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on Thursday. The Gunners remain six points clear of title rivals Man City at the top of the table after beating Sunderland 3-0 at the weekend. They’re on a four-game winning streak in all competitions, so they’ll carry a great deal of momentum into this game.
Arsenal have the best away record in the league this season, with seven wins, three draws and just two defeats from 12 games. However, Brentford’s home record is identical — seven victories, three draws and two losses from 12 at Gtech. The Bees have the sixth-best home record in the division and are full of confidence right now. It promises to be a tight game and could be decided by a set piece or a moment of individual brilliance.
Arsenal Dominate Head-to-Heads
Brentford secured promotion to the Premier League in 2021, ending a 74-year exile from England’s top division. Their first Premier League game was against Arsenal, and they earned a famous 2-0 win in front of their jubilant home fans.
That was a joyous occasion for Brentford, but their record against Arsenal has been dismal in the ensuing years. Since then, Arsenal have picked up seven wins and two draws from nine games against Brentford.
Their latest clash took place at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium two months ago. Goals from Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka earned the Gunners a deserved 2-0 victory. They had 64% of the possession, and Brentford didn’t manage a single shot on target in the game.
The Gunners have also won their last four away games against Brentford, scoring 11 goals and conceding just once. They’ve absolutely dominated the Bees in recent years, which should give them confidence as they travel to the Gtech.
Arsenal’s players could be feeling a little jittery, as they’re bidding to win the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years. They’re the -600 favorites to win the league with most sportsbooks, but they’ve choked several times over the past few years.
However, they looked supremely composed in their 4-0 away win against Leeds on Jan. 31 and followed it up with a 1-0 win against Chelsea. They earned a third consecutive clean sheet when beating Sunderland 3-0 on Saturday, and their defense looks rock-solid right now.
Arsenal have kept 13 clean sheets in 25 league games this season and have only conceded 0.68 goals per game, so they could thwart Brentford’s attack.
Brentford are Flying High
Brentford will be on a high after beating Newcastle 3-2 at St. James’ Park on Saturday. The Bees have won their last two league games and are up to seventh in the league table, level on points with reigning champions Liverpool.
Most pundits expected Brentford to be in a relegation battle this season. After all, manager Thomas Frank moved to Tottenham in the summer. They also lost their two best forwards, as Bryan Mbeumo moved to Man United and Yoan Wissa joined Newcastle.
They’ve defied all expectations, so new manager Keith Andrews deserves a great deal of credit. This is a strong, athletic Brentford team, with a powerful spine. Nathan Collins and Sepp van den Berg are solid at the back, veteran Jordan Henderson patrols the midfield, and Igor Thiago and Dango Outtara have been very prolific in attack.
They have no major injury concerns right now, although winger Kevin Schade is suspended. Meanwhile, Arsenal are missing Saka and Merino through injury. Captain Martin Ødegaard, and winger Leandro Trossard could also miss this game.
Yet the Gunners have strength in depth. They’re playing Wigan in the FA Cup at the weekend, so they can afford to play their best XI in this game then rest key players against Wigan. We could see a front three of Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyökeres, and Noni Madueke, which would give Arsenal pace on the counter-attack. The Gunners have a world-class midfield and are always dangerous at set pieces.
They can also call upon the likes of Kai Havertz, Eberechi Eze, and Gabriel Jesus, and that strength in depth could ultimately prove decisive, allowing them to secure a narrow away win. The last 10 games between these teams have seen Under 4.5 goals, so combining Arsenal to Win with Under 4.5 Goals looks appealing.
Trump’s ratings on immigration tumble as Americans lose confidence in his top issue
Support for President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is in free fall in early 2026 after federal immigration agents shot and killed two Americans last month, according to the new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey.
The administration’s aggressive tactics and deportation goals have dragged down Americans’ views of Trump on the very issue that helped sweep him into office, the survey shows.
Immigration and border security had long stood out as a strength for Trump in polls, both as he ran for a second term in 2024 and in the first year of his new administration. Now, Trump’s ratings on the issue have sunk to the same level as his overall job approval rating.
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In a double-digit shift, 49% of adults strongly disapprove of how Trump has handled border security and immigration, up from 38% strong disapproval last summer and 34% in April. Self-identified independents drove the erosion, with the share of strong disapprovers in that group having risen 11 points since August.
Fully 60% of those surveyed in the week after the death of Alex Pretti in Minnesota somewhat or strongly disapproved of Trump’s actions on border security and immigration. Another 40% approved of Trump on the issue, including 27% who strongly approved and 13% who somewhat approved.
Meanwhile, his overall approval rating declined slightly to 39%, about even with his rating on immigration and border security.
“In these elections that are won on the margins, particularly in the swing states, independents are a really critical group,” said Marc Trussler, a senior elections analyst for NBC News’ Decision Desk and part of the team that conducted the poll. “To see them shift so heavily on one of the president’s key priorities is really telling.”
The findings expose the limitations of the Trump messaging machine in the wake of the fatal shootings of Pretti and Renee Good by immigration agents in Minnesota. The administration has tried to turn the conversation away from acts of aggression against immigrants, protesters and residents, instead focusing on the dangers of “sanctuary” policies and asserting that a silent majority of Americans welcome immigration agents’ stepped-up presence in their cities.
Instead, nearly three-quarters of the poll respondents say they want the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to be reformed or abolished. They overwhelmingly say immigration officers have gone too far. Well over half, 63%, say the federal government has gone too far in disregarding local and state governments, compared with 37% who said state and local governments have gone too far in disregarding federal authority.
A strong majority, 63%, disapprove of immigration agents’ wearing masks. More blame street clashes on the administration, not protesters. And 58% disagreed when they were asked whether regular, law-abiding citizens had “nothing to fear” from immigration agents.
Americans do want to see local cooperation with federal authorities to deport people in the U.S. illegally. The largest segment of respondents, 46%, said local governments should cooperate in some cases. Thirty-four percent said they should cooperate in all cases, and 20% said they never should cooperate.
The poll was conducted online from Jan. 27 through Friday — after Good’s and Pretti’s deaths — with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points. It is clear from the data that the incidents catalyzed disapproval of both ICE itself and Trump’s overall handling of immigration, as have a flood of social media videos showing violent confrontations on the streets.
While major immigration operations have been underway in cities across the country for months, the events in Minnesota had the biggest impact on the public. In the wake of the killing of Pretti, Trump changed the leadership of the administration’s immigration operations in Minneapolis. While the poll was in the field, White House border czar Tom Homan announced that hundreds of immigration agents would be pulling out of the city. And Trump told NBC News since then that he thinks he needs to take a “softer touch” on immigration.
“Those things hadn’t moved the needle that much,” Trussler said of earlier incidents involving ICE and Border Patrol personnel. “It is really the chaos of Minnesota that has done it.”
In making judgments around immigration arrests and clashes with protesters, the public has heavily leaned on videos posted on social media, with the largest segment, 34%, saying that is the most accurate source of information. The next largest segment, 24%, said they turned to national news accounts.
Nationally, a majority of respondents, 62%, say they don’t trust that federal investigations into the shooting deaths of Good and Pretti will be fair and transparent. That follows extensive media reporting about how local authorities were cut out of probing the shootings and the resignations of at least six federal prosecutors, who, according to previous NBC News reporting, felt pressured by the Trump administration during their probes.
It has all put Trump in a perilous spot politically as midterm elections approach during his second year in office. Trump’s overall job approval slid to the lowest mark in NBC News Decision Desk polling of his second term, slightly down from 42% in December’s survey to 39% now.
Approval of ICE is even lower, at 34%. Meanwhile, 65% said the country is on the wrong track.
In addition to causing trouble with independents, Trump and his immigration policies are also fracturing the Republican base, especially the approximately half of Republicans who identified themselves as “more a supporter of the Republican Party” than “more a supporter of the Make America Great Again” movement.
For instance, 74% of MAGA Republicans strongly approved of federal immigration officers’ wearing masks, compared with only 46% of traditional Republicans. (Another 17% of MAGA Republicans and 27% of traditional Republicans said they somewhat approved of officers’ wearing masks.)
While 59% of traditional Republicans supported an investigation of the agent who shot Pretti, 38% of MAGA Republicans shared that opinion.
And while 91% of MAGA Republicans were very or somewhat confident that a probe of Good’s and Pretti’s deaths would be transparent, 73% of traditional Republicans felt that way.
Alongside the national poll, NBC News Decision Desk, NBC affiliate KARE of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Star Tribune simultaneously conducted a Minnesota-specific survey. The results broadly reflected the findings in the national poll, though a higher share of Minnesotans said they viewed local news as their most accurate source of information. A similar share of state residents also said they support some level of local cooperation with deporting undocumented immigrants.
The NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey surveyed 21,995 adults online from Jan. 27 to Feb. 6 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
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RESTLESS SPIRIT Announce Self-Titled New Album, Share Ripping Lead Single “The Burning Need”
Restless Spirit are back, louder and leaner than ever. The Long Island, NY heavy metal lifers have announced a new self-titled album, Restless Spirit, arriving May 8, 2026 — and they’re kicking things off with a blistering first single, “The Burning Need.”
As honest and unpretentious as heavy metal gets, Restless Spirit finds the band doubling down on what they do best: straightforward American metal with a stoner-rock edge, packed with massive riffs, scorching guitar tones, and hooks that hit hard and stick around.
The album’s first advance single and accompanying music video, “The Burning Need,” perfectly captures that ethos. It’s a no-nonsense headbanger built on frying guitars and muscular grooves, setting the tone for what promises to be Restless Spirit‘s most confident statement to date.
“With our first advance single, ‘The Burning Need,’ we present Restless Spirit at our most clear and focused,” vocalist and guitarist Paul Aloisio explains. “We took everything we learned from the last decade and put together a track that gets straight to the point while staying interesting and heavy.”
Lyrically, the song digs deeper than sheer volume might suggest. “The lyrics revolve around the theme of resilience,” Aloisio adds, “and this song ranks among our most personal to date.”
That sense of clarity and purpose runs through the entire self-titled record. Drawing equally from classic American heavy metal and the grit of modern stoner rock, Restless Spirit sound locked in and unfiltered. Pre-orders are available here.
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Humana Reports Wider Quarterly Loss, Expects 2026 Earnings Decline
Humana reported a wider fourth-quarter loss as medical costs continue to rise and said it expects a sharp decline in 2026 earnings due to lower quality ratings of its Medicare plans.
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Montana LB Tuliaupupu granted 9th year of eligibility by NCAA
Montana linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu will return for the 2026 season after being granted a ninth year of eligibility by the NCAA.
The school announced Tuliaupupu’s return on social media Monday alongside sixth-year offensive lineman Dylan Jemtegaard.
Tuliaupupu is entering his second season at Montana after starting his collegiate career at USC in 2018. He was sidelined for his entire undergraduate campaign at USC after two surgery-requiring injuries impacting his foot (2018) and knee (2020).
The linebacker’s first season at Montana — and eighth overall — was just his second full season played and third with game action.
He saw the field for the first time as a redshirt senior in 2022, appearing in all 14 games for the Trojans and recording 10 tackles, including three for a loss, and one quarterback hurry.
Tuliaupupu was sidelined by another injury in 2023 and missed the whole season. He wrapped up his USC career in 2024, playing in seven games for the Trojans before his season was cut short because of illness. He transferred to Montana in 2025.
Tuliaupupu will play under new Montana coach Bobby Kennedy. Kennedy is succeeding Bobby Hauck, who was named defensive coordinator at Illinois on Monday after a brief retirement.
Team USA picks up five more Olympic medals
Team USA added five more medals at the Olympics onTuesday, bringing the total so far to seven. Meanwhile, the frustration continues for American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin. Kelly O’Grady has the latest.
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FAA orders 10-day flight pause at El Paso airport
FAA closes El Paso airspace for 10 days over ‘special security reasons’
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary flight restriction immediately halting all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas and an area of southern New Mexico for 10 days.According to the FAA’s website, the pause over El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, is due to “special security reasons.”El Paso International Airport, which issued a notice late Tuesday, said all commercial, cargo and general aviation flights would be grounded until Feb. 20.The FAA issued the restriction “on short notice” and airport staff has reached out to the agency for further guidance, the airport said in another statement to KFOX.CNN has reached out to the FAA and El Paso International Airport for more information.
EL PASO, Texas —
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary flight restriction immediately halting all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas and an area of southern New Mexico for 10 days.
According to the FAA’s website, the pause over El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, is due to “special security reasons.”
El Paso International Airport, which issued a notice late Tuesday, said all commercial, cargo and general aviation flights would be grounded until Feb. 20.
The FAA issued the restriction “on short notice” and airport staff has reached out to the agency for further guidance, the airport said in another statement to KFOX.
CNN has reached out to the FAA and El Paso International Airport for more information.
Morgan Wallen Leads Odds for 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show
Coming off of the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history, Fan Duel has released the official odds for who will headline the 2027 game: Country music superstar Morgan Wallen.
If you think about it, how in the world can the NFL top the viewership of the Bad Bunny performance in 2026, or even come close for that matter?
Various reports estimate more than 135 million people watched Super Bowl halftime in 2026 — the largest ratings in the history of the event.
Could Morgan Wallen Headline the Super Bowl Halftime in 2026?
The odds show Wallen as the most likely to be chosen as the Super Bowl halftime show in 2027.
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Who Do the Odds Favor for the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show?
According to Fan Duel:
- Miley Cyrus +310
- Cardi B + 440
- Taylor Swift + 490
- Lil Wayne + 520
- A$AP Rocky + 610
- Justin Bieber + 790
- J. Cole + 880
- Drake + 880
- Ariana Grande + 920
- Harry Styles + 1040
- Morgan Wallen + 1120
Does Morgan Wallen Have Enough Hit Songs to Perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show?
Yes, and they aren’t just songs for the country music audience.
On the Billboard Hot 100 (all-genre), Wallen has had at least 105 total chart entries across his releases as of mid-2025. I think that would suffice as enough hit songs to fill the 12-15 minutes of actual performance time at the Super Bowl halftime show.
Has a Country Artist Ever Performed on the Super Bowl Halftime Show?
Yes, but it’s been a while.
In 1994, the show was dubbed ‘Rockin’ Country Sunday’ at Super Bowl XXVIII.
The show featured a full country lineup of Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt and the Judds performing as part of the halftime show.
Then again in 2003 at Super Bowl XXXVII. Shania Twain took the stage alongside pop/rock acts No Doubt and Sting, performing “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” and “Up!”
This performance made her the last solo country artist to headline the halftime performance.
In other words, we are due, so it might be a safe bet to place on Morgan Wallen for Super Bowl LXI in 2027.
Are you a Wallen fan? Then you probably know all of these songs by heart.
30 Best Morgan Wallen Songs Every Fan Should Know by Heart
You’ll find largely singles in this Top 30 countdown of Morgan Wallen‘s best songs and biggest hits. But we’ve scattered in a few songs found deep within Wallen’s three albums, If I Know Me and his record-breaking double albums Dangerous and One Thing At a Time.
We’ve even included a few early favorites from his 2025 project, I’m the Problem.
12 Revealing Morgan Wallen Lyrics That Show the Dark Side of Fame
Morgan Wallen has got his fair share of party songs, drinking songs and good ol’ country boy anthems. But he’s got sad songs aplenty, too.
Not only that, but on multiple occasions, Wallen has opened up about his struggles with fame and his personal demons in his lyrics. Read through the gallery below for a list of Morgan Wallen songs that pull back the curtain on the dark side of his fame.
Gallery Credit: Carena Liptak