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Here's Who May Have Inherited Ray Liotta's Money When He Died
Legendary actor Ray Liotta died on May 26, 2022, of heart and respiratory system issues, TMZ reported. The 67-year-old's career spanned over four decades and included iconic roles in films like "Goodfellas," "Field of Dreams," "NARC," and "Something Wild." Unsurprisingly, he was able to accumulate a good deal of wealth — Celebrity Net Worth puts his net worth when he died at $14 million. News.com.au called his wealth "surprisingly modest" compared to co-stars like Robert DeNiro, who allegedly has a net worth of over $500 million.
It's unclear who inherited Liotta's fortune, as no information about his will or estate plan has been released. Some speculate his daughter Karsen and his fiancée Jacy Nittolo would likely be beneficiaries. Liotta's biological sister, Linda, is another possibility. Here's what we know about the three women — one of whom followed Liotta into acting.
Potential beneficiaries
Karsen Liotta was born in 1998. She is the daughter of Ray Liotta and his ex-wife, Michelle Grace. In 2000, Karsen landed her first role in "A Rumor of Angels" as the character James as a baby. As reported by Teen Vogue, she acted in high school plays, and in 2016, she arguably made her first real acting debut in the short film "Prettyface." In the following years, she appeared in movies like "Mississippi Requiem" "Teenage Badass" and shows like "Shades of Blue" and "Black Bird." Karsen has also done modeling for the Brandy Melville clothing brand.
Ray Liotta's fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, was born in 1974 and was almost 20 years his junior. According to Page Six, little is known about her. She lives in Malibu and has four children from a previous relationship as well as one younger brother — though she may have more siblings. She reportedly had a managerial position as of 2017, and she engaged Ray in 2020.
Likewise, little is known about Ray's biological sister, Linda Liotta, though after the actor's death, she reportedly met up with Jacy. "I walked off the plane and met Ray's sister for a connecting flight to LA and I don't know what I would have done without Linda that night," Jacy wrote in a May 2023 Instagram post.
How Liotta made his money
Ray Liotta made most of his fortune through acting. "Goodellas," for example, grossed almost $50 million, though it cost $25 million to make. He also famously voiced Tommy Vercetti in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," which sold over 17.5 million copies. It's unclear how much Liotta raked in for these hits.
Liotta also used his likeness for advertising. According to News.com.au, he reportedly received $50,000 for his work as the face of the smoking cessation medication Chantix. The actor did similar work with other companies including Apple, KFC, and Tequila Silver. He also owned multiple properties. As reported by the Irish Examiner, in 2007, Liotta sold one of his Palisades homes to Britney Spears for $8 million. In 2023, his five-bedroom/five-and-a-half bath Pacific Palisades home sold for $4.95 million. Architectural Digest says the actor paid $2.7 million for the property in 2003. | https://www.grunge.com/1481796/who-inherited-ray-liotta-money/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:20Z |
Today's NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, January 1)
Need a hint for today's Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #204
Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It's called Connections, and if you haven't played it before, now's the time to start.
In this guide, we'll give you a handy hint selection for today's Connections puzzle on Monday, January 1st, before revealing the group themes and the Connections answers themselves. We'll also explain how to play Connections if this is your first time coming over from Wordle!
Connections words on Monday, January 1
For reference, here are the 16 Connections words for today:
Connections hint for January 1
Here's a hint for each of the word groups in today's Connections puzzle, plus a couple more clues to help you find the answer:
- Yellow (Easiest): Activities to do in the garden.
- Green (Easy): Types of a certain food you may order from a restaurant.
- Blue (Medium): These words are associated with popular TV shows.
- Purple (Hardest): When read aloud these words all have vowels in common.
- Extra hint 1: Water and Wheel belong to two different word groups.
- Extra hint 2: Greek and Pyramid belong to two different word groups.
Connections groups for January 1
If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- Gardening Nouns\verbs
- Kinds Of Salads
- Classic Game Shows, Familiarly
- W + Vowel Progression
Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check just below for the full answer.
Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!
What is the answer to Connections today (Monday January 1)?
- Gardening Nouns\verbs: Plant, Seed, Water, Weed
- Kinds Of Salads: Caesar, Greek, Green, Wedge
- Classic Game Shows, Familiarly: Millionaire, Price, Pyramid, Wheel
- W + Vowel Progression: Way, Wee, Why, Whoa
Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!
What is Connections?
Connections is a word puzzle game published every day by the NYT, the hosts of the endlessly popular Wordle puzzle. Crafted each day by crossword puzzle-maker Wyna Liu, Connections presents you with a selection of 16 seemingly disparate words, and you have to group them together in four sets of four, where each group of four words has a common theme.
For instance, the words "Hook", "Nana", "Peter", and "Wendy" are all Peter Pan characters. Or to take another example, "Action", "Ballpark", "Go", and "Stick" are all words which commonly come just before the word "Figure".
Your job is to figure out what these themes are that connect the various words together - but be wary, because a lot of the time there are red herring connections placed in there deliberately to throw you off! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically.
Each of the four groups in each day's Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).
That wraps up today's guide on how to solve the NYT Connections word puzzle. If you're looking for help with Wordle, we've also got you covered with our list of past Wordle answers, as well as the Wordle hint and answer for Monday 1st January. You can also check out our list of the best starting words for Wordle, or use our Wordle Solver tool to help you find the answer with ease! | https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wordle-connections-hint-and-answer-01-01-24 | 2024-01-01T03:16:20Z |
Warner reflects on ball-tampering scandal
David Warner says he has "no regrets" over the infamous 2018 ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
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Rapper DDG took offense to fans questioning whether he and Halle Bailey had a baby girl. Over the weekend, Gossip of the City reported that Halle gave birth to a seven-pound baby boy just before Christmas, and a video of a baby crying in the background has also piqued fans’ interest as they question why the couple is hiding the baby.
Addressing the questions for the first time on Sunday, DDG was angry with fans who asked about the baby.
“Bro, I don’t know why people is like so invested in what I got going on or what we got going on like. Bro, mind your business. Go outside, touch some grass, go do a cart wheel in your backyard, bro. It’s weird,” DDG said.
The rapper and YouTuber says he loves his supporters, but he doesn’t know them in real life to share his personal business.
“Bro, why do you care so much? Whatever is going on in my life or her life, it’s not gonna change yours. Best believe… Let’s focus on ourselves 202, let’ try to lock in on ourselves in 2024 mind yo own business… I don’t give a damn if you like me for her,” he added.
He also addressed comments by other fans who think he isn’t good enough for Halle.
DDG and Halle are suspected to have welcomed a baby more than a week ago, but neither has publicly acknowledged the birth of the child or the fact that she was pregnant.
Suddenly, Halle has also resumed posting images that include her belly area after posting only throwbacks and photos from back for the past six months. Many believe she kept her pregnancy private due to her Disney Little Mermaid deal. | https://stvincenttribune.com/ddg-tell-fans-mind-your-business-reacts-to-halle-bailey-having-daughter-rumors/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:20Z |
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A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away.
John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed. He denounced Imperialism and all its violent predations–war, genocide, exploitation–as well as its endless lies and propaganda. Till his death, he fought tirelessly for the freedom of Julian Assange, and his last article was a call to solidarity.
John gave voice to the invisible and the voiceless: the hungry, the poor, the handicapped, the conscripted, the sanctioned & bombed, the dispossessed, refugees, the chemically experimented on, the structurally adjusted, the coup’ed, the famine-expendable, the colonized, the genocided, the silenced, shining a light in the hidden, dark recesses of the hell of Empire and Capital.
He denounced and fought racism, war, privatization, neocolonialism, neoliberalism, globalization, propaganda, advertising, nuclear madness, US coups,
His filmography and writing is a rap sheet of the unceasing criminality of Empire.
Arguably giving him the best homage it could render, the British Television Authority described him as “A threat to Western Civilization.”
John was also prophetic: in 1970, he chronicled the insurrection of troops against the Vietnam war in The Quiet Mutiny. In 1974, and again in 2002, he spoke out that “Palestine was still the Issue,” demanding that “the occupation of Palestine should end now”. He warned about Japanese militarism and revisionism. In 2014, he warned that Ukraine, a “CIA theme park”, was preparing “a Nato-run guerrilla war that is likely to spill into Russia itself”. Seven years ago, when only a few were aware, and even fewer were speaking out–in short words and articles–he released a full-length, full-throated documentary warning the world that the US was escalating catastrophically to War with China.
John was not only a powerful critical journalist and world-changing filmmaker–Cambodia Year Zero is considered one of the most influential documentaries of the 20th century. He was also a craftsman, a poet, artist–he understood the power of language but also understood that in a medium restricted by word counts, what it meant to make every word count.
But it was John’s rich, resonant delivery–like a Shakespearean actor–that always struck me. It contained the unmistakable, unimpeachable courage of moral integrity: a voice that knows it is speaking the truth.
You will hear many things about him in the days to come–as we speak, the MSM are retrieving their pre-written, canned obituaries from the deep freeze–but John’s own words are most insightful.
On the form of journalism:
In all these forms the aim should be to find out as many facts and as much of the truth as possible. There’s no mystery. Yes, we all bring a personal perspective to work; that’s our human right. Mine is to be skeptical of those who seek to control us, indeed of all authority that isn’t accountable, and not to accept “official truths”, which are often lies. Journalism is or ought to be the agent of people, not power: the view from the ground.
On making a difference:
… the aim of good journalism is or ought to be to give people the power of information – without which they cannot claim certain freedoms. It’s as straightforward as that. Now and then you do see the effects of a particular documentary or series of reports. In Cambodia, more than $50 million were given by the public, entirely unsolicited, following my first film; and my colleagues and I were able to use this to buy medical supplies, food and clothing. Several governments changed their policies as a result. Something similar happened following the showing of my documentary on East Timor – filmed, most of it, in secret… Did it affect the situation in East Timor? No, but it did contribute to the long years of tireless work by people all over the world.
On Social Media:
Ironically, they can separate us even further from each other: enclose us in a bubble-world of smartphones and fragmented information, and magpie commentary. Thinking is more fun, I think
On US Foreign Policy:
seldom use the almost respectable term, US foreign policy; US designs for the world is the correct term, surely. These designs have been running along a straight line since 1944 when the Bretton Woods conference ordained the US as the number one imperial power. The line has known occasional interruptions such as the retreat from Saigon and the triumph of the Sandinistas, but the designs have never changed. They are to dominate humanity. What has changed is that they are often disguised by the modern power of public relations, a term Edward Bernays invented during the first world war because “the Germans have given propaganda a bad name”.
On the economy:
With every administration, it seems, the aims are “spun” further into the realm of fantasy while becoming more and more extreme. Bill Clinton, still known by the terminally naive as a “progressive”, actually upped the ante on the Reagan administration, with the iniquities of NAFTA and assorted killing around the world. What is especially dangerous today is that the US’s wilfully and criminally collapsed economy (collapsed for ordinary people) and the unchallenged pre-eminence of the parasitical “defence” industries have followed a familiar logic that leads to greater militarism, bloodshed and economic hardship.
On peace activism:
The current spoiling for a fight with China is a symptom of this, as is the invasion of Africa….I find it remarkable that I have lived my life without having been blown to bits in a nuclear holocaust ignited by Washington. What this tells me is that popular resistance across the rest of the world is potent and much feared by the bully – look at the hysterical pursuit of WikiLeaks. Or if not feared, it’s disorientating for the master. That’s why those of us who regard peace as a normal state of human affairs are in for a long haul, and faltering along the way is not an option, really.
On the future:
I’m confident that if we remain silent while the US war state, now rampant, continues on its bloody path, we bequeath to our children and grandchildren a world with an apocalyptic climate, broken dreams of a better life for all and, as the unlamented General Petraeus put it, a state of “perpetual war”. Do we accept that or do we fight back?
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By Jacob Shteyman
Large swathes of northern Australia are set for a sweltering start to the new year.
The Bureau of Meteorology had put in place heatwave warnings for parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, where temperatures are expected to soar into the 40s on Monday.
The western Kimberley in WA, including the Dampier Peninsula, was forecast to be the worst hit, with the mercury expected to touch 46 degrees at Marble Bar.
The town’s heat gauge has been showing scorching temperatures higher than the bureau’s official readings in recent days, with thermometers at the local RSL registering 51 degrees.
Extreme heatwave warnings were also in place for parts of far northern Queensland and the Tiwi Islands in the NT.
Severe heatwave conditions were expected for the Top End, while a low-intensity heatwave would extend throughout much of the nation’s interior, including into South Australia and western NSW.
While Queensland’s northern interior was due to face severe heatwave conditions, parts of the state were also bracing for potentially damaging thunderstorms.
Charters Towers in the state’s north was expecting a double whammy of severe thunderstorms temperatures reaching 36C.
Conditions were expected to begin cooling slightly over the next week but severe and low-intensity heatwaves were still forecast for much of Australia’s north.
Mild conditions were forecast for Queensland’s southeast and further down the east coast.
Temperatures of 26C were expected in Sydney while Melbourne could expect a maximum of 25C on Monday.
With AAP | https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/heatwave-warning-with-parts-of-wa-set-to-swelter-in-the-new-year-20240101-p5euix.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed | 2024-01-01T03:16:23Z |
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost their crucial Week 17 matchup against the New Orleans Saints. As their playoff hopes now on the rocks, Todd Bowles certainly wasn't impressed with how the Buccaneers played.
Tampa Bay lost 23-13, dropping them to 8-8 on the season. The loss couldn't have come at a worst time, against the team they're battling with for the NFC South title. But Bowles thinks it didn't matter who lined up across from the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay just didn't bring their best, via Jeff Duncan of The Times-Picayune.
“It wouldn't have mattered if we had played a good team, a bad team, a college team or a high school team, we wouldn't have won the game with the way we played today,” Bowles said.
Even with the loss, the Buccaneers are not out of the playoff hunt. If they beat the Carolina Panthers in Week 18, they will be NFC South champions and clinch their postseason ticket. However, their Week 17 loss gives the Saints a chance. If New Orleans beats the Atlanta Falcons and the Panthers beat the Bucs, they will win the South crown.
The Saints looked like the better team in Week 17. They got out to a 20-0 lead, keeping the Buccaneers out of the end zone until the fourth quarter. While Tampa Bay scored a pair of late touchdowns, New Orleans' lead was too much. In taking down Tampa, the Saints intercepted Baker Mayfield twice and held the Bucs to just 57 rushing yards.
The Buccaneers will have an opportunity to redeem themselves in Week 18. However, Todd Bowles knows the team will be much, much better if they want to make the playoffs, let alone succeed in them. | https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-savage-analysis-saints-loss | 2024-01-01T03:16:23Z |
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What a delightful New Year's announcement! Shaheer Sheikh and Ruchikaa Kapoor have welcomed their second child, baby girl Kudrat. The snapshots Ruchikaa shared on Instagram show their elder daughter, Anaya, snuggling with her newborn sister, creating such heartwarming moments. Though they usually maintain a low-key lifestyle, these glimpses into their family life are truly precious. Here's to their growing family and the happiness that comes with it! Shaheer Sheikh Reveals Face of His Baby Girl Anaya as They Have a Fun Time in Disneyland (Watch Video).
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LAKE CITY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Lake City police officer has been suspended without pay amid an investigation following the arrest of his wife on gun and drug charges, officials said.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating allegations of official misconduct and possible weapons and drug violations involving Alisa Miles and Major Patrick Miles, a spokesperson told News13 Friday morning. Florence police asked SLED to look into the allegations after Alisa Miles’ arrest on Tuesday.
Lake City officials said Friday morning that Patrick Miles had been placed on unpaid administration pending the outcome of a SLED investigation. A document News13 obtained from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy on Friday said he had been suspended without pay. As of Friday morning, he had not been charged with any crime.
Florence police arrested Alisa Miles early Tuesday morning after officers were called to investigate a suspicious person on Melrose Avenue. She was at the scene and carrying a handgun but did not have a concealed-weapons permit and was also found with drug paraphernalia and suspected methamphetamine, police said.
Alisa Miles was charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol and manufacture and distribution of meth, according to online records for the Florence County Detention Center. She was booked into the jail early Tuesday and released the same day on surety bonds totaling $2,220.
Patrick Miles has been with the Lake City Police Department since 2006, according to records from the state Criminal Justice Academy. His name was still listed on the staff directory of the city’s website on Friday.
The city said Friday in a news release that officials are cooperating with SLED during the investigation.
“Though command staff is in place to run the day-to-day operations, city administration is currently reviewing applications to fill the position of police chief,” Lake City officials said in the news release. “The city is working with local officials to aid and oversee the police department in the meantime.”
Lake City has been without a police chief since October when Jody Cooper left the department for a second time, without submitting an official resignation letter. He was given a severance package that totaled nearly $23,000 in salary and another $2,500 in time-off benefits.
Documents News13 obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request showed that Cooper is not eligible to be rehired by the city in any capacity and that he is subject to a non-disclosure agreement.
He previously left the department in 2016 for reasons that were not disclosed.
Cooper took over as police chief in 2021 and then assumed the role of deputy city administrator in July 2022. He is a native of Lake City and previously served as police chief from 2014-2016. He also worked for the department from 2006-2013 and several years prior to that. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/lake-city-police-major-suspended-without-pay-after-wifes-arrest-in-florence-on-gun-drug-charges-officials-say/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:26Z |
Today's Wordle hints and answer (#926): How to solve the Monday January 1 Wordle
Stuck on today's Wordle word for January 1? Read our hint or find the answer below!
Need a hint for today's Wordle answer? Wordle is an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you're in the right place for some assistance.
Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that's not enough. Wordle can be tricky, you see, and it's not unusual to look for a little bit of help if you want to preserve your year-long winstreak.
In this guide we'll offer up a selection of Wordle hints to help you figure out today's solution for Monday January 1. Scroll down a bit further and we'll also reveal today's Wordle answer for 1/1, and a definition of the word if you need it.
Use our Wordle Solver tool to help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers.
Wordle hints: Clues for today's Wordle on 1/1
Every day we offer up a number of Wordle hints that you can use to help figure out the solution. So have a read of our clues below and see if you can figure it out before skipping ahead to the answer:
What is the Wordle hint today?
This is something you can paint.
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
Today's Wordle word begins with M.
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
Today's Wordle word ends with L.
How many vowels are in today's Wordle?
Today's Wordle word contains 2 vowels.
Are there any double letters in today's Wordle?
There are 5 unique letters in today's Wordle word.
What's a good starting word for today's Wordle?
If you type in the starting word "lemur", then four letters will turn yellow.
Still having some trouble finding today's Wordle solution? To preserve your win streak, scroll down to reveal today's Wordle answer, and a description of the word's meaning.
What is today's Wordle answer on January 1?
It's time to reveal the answer to today's Wordle for 1/1. The word is...
MURAL.
Congrats if you managed to correctly guess the Wordle answer today!
How to share your Wordle results without spoilers
Wordle has a built-in method of sharing your results in a spoiler-free way, so that those you sent it to don't see today's Wordle word itself, only the colours in your grid to show how well you did.
To share your Wordle results, simply complete (or lose) today's Wordle, and then wait a moment for the statistics panel to appear on your screen. Then tap the "SHARE" button.
On PC this will simply copy the text into your clipboard, so you can then paste the text anywhere you wish, whether it's a private message or a status update on social media. On iPhone or Android, when you tap the "SHARE" button you'll have the option either to copy to clipboard, or to share the results directly to another app on your phone (such as WhatsApp or Twitter).
Using the built-in sharing feature of Wordle is a much nicer way of sharing your results than potentially spoiling the answer to those who haven't yet had the chance to play today's Wordle themselves. So we highly encourage you to use it!
How to play Wordle
Wordle is wonderfully simple. The aim is to guess the correct five-letter word within six guesses. After each guess, the letters of your chosen word will highlight green if they're in the correct place, yellow if they're in the wrong place, or grey if they don't appear in the word at all.
Using these clues you can start to narrow down the correct word. Head over to the Wordle site to try it for yourself!
How did Wordle begin?
Wordle began life as a little family game created by software engineer Josh Wardle. He created the game so that he and his partner could play a fun little word game together during the pandemic, and they quickly realised that there was something quite special in this simple little guessing game. So after a bit of refinement, Wardle released it to the public on his website, Power Language.
The game was released in October 2021, and by the end of the year the game had two million daily players. It became a viral hit, thanks in large part to the ease with which players could share their results in a spoiler-free manner on Twitter and other social media sites. In January 2022, Wardle accepted an offer from the New York Times to acquire Wordle for a seven-figure sum. Well done, Mr Wardle. Well done indeed.
Are any Wordle words not allowed?
You can type in pretty much any five-letter word in the English language and Wordle will accept it as a guess. However, the answer is picked each day from a much smaller list of more common five-letter words. There are still thousands of possible answers, of course, but it means the answer will never be a word as obscure as, say, "THIOL", or "CAIRD", or "MALIC" (yes, those are all real words).
There are very occasional words which the New York Times will choose not to publish as the day's Wordle answer, perhaps for reasons relating to recent news or politics. For example, shortly after news broke that Roe v Wade might be overturned in the United States, the NYT decided to change the March 30th word from "FETUS" to "SHINE", as the feeling was that the word "fetus" was too politically charged a word in the context of recent events.
The New York Times has also been careful never to allow what they consider to be rude words as the answer to a Wordle puzzle. But of course there's nothing stopping you from using even the dirtiest of words as guesses, as long as they're accepted words in the dictionary, and as long as you realise that they'll never end up being the answer.
Is Wordle getting too easy for you?
If Wordle is starting to get too easy, there are a few ways you can make the game more challenging for yourself. The first choice is to turn on Hard Mode. You can do this on the Wordle site by clicking the cog icon in the top-right of the screen. Hard Mode means that any highlighted letters must be used in all future guesses. This stops you from using the common tactic of choosing two words like "OUNCE" and "PAINS" to test all five vowels early on.
You can take it up another notch by playing by what we call "Ultra-Hard" rules. This means that every guess you enter must potentially be the answer. If you were just playing on Hard Mode, and you typed "MOIST", and the "O" appeared yellow, then nothing would stop you from making "POLAR" as your next word, even though it couldn't possibly be the answer because you already know the "O" is in the wrong place. If you play by "Ultra-Hard" rules, that's not allowed. You must adhere to every clue, and make sure every single word you enter is potentially the answer.
If after all that Wordle is still too easy for you, then you could always try one of the many other Wordle-inspired games online that have cropped up over the past year. One of our favourites is Worldle, in which you must guess a country of the world based on its shape. There's also Waffle, which is about swapping letters in a completed grid to complete all the words; Moviedle, which shows you an entire movie in a tiny space of time and challenges you to guess the movie within six guesses; and Quordle, which tasks you with solving four Wordles at once with the same guesses.
If you need some help with future Wordles, be sure to check out our list of the best Wordle starting words for the greatest chance of success. You can also check out our archive of past Wordle answers to see which words have been chosen previously. | https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wordle-hint-and-answer-today-01-01-24 | 2024-01-01T03:16:26Z |
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Tengiz produced 28.6M tons of oil in 2018
"Crude oil production from the Tengiz Field being developed in Atyrau region by Tengizchevroil LLP totaled 28.6 million tons (228.2 million barrels) in 2018. In 2018, TCO sold more than 1.3 million tons of liquefied gas, 9.2 billion cubic meters of dry gas, and 2.5 million tons of sulfur," the oil company's press service informed.
It is noteworthy that in 2016, TCO partners announced the approval of the final decision to finance the Future Growth Project - Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP). It is the next stage of large-scale expansion of the production facilities operating at the Tengiz Field.
"The completion of the projects will make it possible to increase production by around 12 million tons per annum, or 260,000 barrels per day. The total production will be as much as 39 million tons p.a., or 850,000 barrels per day," the statement says.
It is to be recalled that in 2017, the Tengiz Field crude oil production amounted to 28.7 million tons (229 million barrels). | https://en.inform.kz/amp/tengiz-produced-28-6m-tons-of-oil-in-2018_a3497327/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:27Z |
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The Montreal Canadiens head to Central Florida to face the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena. We're here to share our NHL odds series, make a Canadiens-Lightning prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch.
The Canadiens lost 4-1 to the Florida Panthers on Saturday. It was 1-0 Panthers in the second period when Cole Caufield converted on a powerplay goal. Then, things fell apart in the third period when the Habs allowed the Cats to score three goals. Jake Allen was not efficient, allowing three goals while making 22 saves. Also, the Canadiens lost despite winning 59 percent of their faceoffs. The Habs went 1 for 2 on the powerplay and 1 for 3 on the penalty kill. Also, they managed just 13 hits and blocked 17 shots.
The Lightning lost 5-1 to the New York Rangers on Saturday at Amalie Arena. Things started off terribly for the Bolts as they allowed a goal 1:51 to Artemi Panarin into the game. Later, Nikita Kucherov added a powerplay goal late in the second period to give some life to the Lightning. But they allowed Chris Kreider to score a goal not long after. Unfortunately, they could not get their footing back, and the Rangers controlled the game the rest of the way. Igor Shesterkin made 34 saves to stop the Lightning from doing much of anything. Conversely, Andrei Vasilevskiy struggled, allowing five goals while making only 16 saves. The Lightning won 54 percent of their faceoffs. Also, they went 1 for 3 on the powerplay and 1 for 2 on the penalty kill. The Bolts also leveled 18 hits and blocked just seven shots.
The Lightning defeated the Canadiens 5-3 on November 18 in Montreal. Additionally, the Bolts are 8-1-1 over the past 10 games. The Lightning are 4-0-1 in five games at Amalie Arena. Also, the teams have combined for over six goals in 4 of 7 games.
Here are the NHL Odds, courtesy of FanDuel.
NHL Odds: Canadiens-Lightning Odds
Montreal Canadiens: +1.5 (-140)
Tampa Bay Lightning: -1.5 (+116)
Over: 6.5 (-120)
Under: 6.5 (-102)
How to Watch Canadiens vs. Lightning
Time: 7:10 PM ET/4:10 PM PT
TV: Bally Sports Sun and ESPN+
Stream: fuboTV (Click for free trial)
Why The Canadiens Will Cover The Spread
The Habs have struggled to score all season, ranking 28th in goals. Also, they are just 22nd in shooting percentage and 21st on the powerplay. Nick Suzuki is their best player, with 10 goals and 21 assists, including six powerplay goals. Meanwhile, defenseman Michael Matheson has six goals and 20 assists, including four powerplay markers. Cole Caufield has leveled nine goals and 16 assists, including two powerplay markers. Also, Sean Monahan has nine goals and 12 assists, including five powerplay markers and two game-winning goals.
The Habs struggle on defense, ranking 25th in goals against and 31st on the penalty kill. Now, they will face an explosive offense. The Habs have not confirmed who the starting goalie will be. Ultimately, they have two choices. Sam Montembeault is one option, as he comes in with a record of 7-4-3 with a 2.86 goals-against average and a save percentage of .907. Likewise, Cayden Primeau is 4-4 with a 3.30 goals-against average and a save percentage of .898.
The Canadiens will cover the spread if they can create some scoring chances early. Then, they need to avoid taking bad penalties.
Why The Lightning Will Cover The Spread
The Lightning are seventh in goals and 11th in shooting percentage. Likewise, they are third on the powerplay. They have explosive scorers all over the ice. First, there is Kucherov, who has 23 goals and 34 assists, including nine powerplay markers and four game-winning goals. Brayden Point has also been excellent, with 16 goals and 22 assists, including seven powerplay markers and four game-winning goals. However, Point has had his struggles in the faceoff circle, winning 143 draws and losing 176. Steven Stamkos has been solid, with 15 goals and 21 assists, including six powerplay markers and one game-winning goal. Additionally, he has been good in the faceoff circle, winning 131 draws and losing 124. Hedman is having a good season with five goals and 29 assists, including two game-winning tallies.
The Bolts are 29th in goals against and 15th on the penalty kill. Ultimately, they will need to defend better and will probably turn to their backup goalie. But Jonas Johansson got a lot of work earlier in the season when Vasilevskiy was out. So far, he is 8-6 with a 2.76 goals-against average and a save percentage of .907.
The Lightning will cover the spread if they can score early. Then, they must avoid giving the Habs too many chances.
Final Canadiens-Lightning Prediction & Pick
The Habs usually cannot score. However, they will face the backup goalie and their own goalies are not the best. The Lightning are due for an explosion, and the Habs will do their best to match them.
Final Canadiens-Lightning Prediction & Pick: Over: 6.5 (-120) | https://clutchpoints.com/canadiens-vs-lightning-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-12-31-2023 | 2024-01-01T03:16:30Z |
CHICAGO — Police are offering a warning to the public after two people were robbed on the South Side while trying to purchase game consoles advertised on social media.
According to Chicago police, both robberies happened in the 4000 block of South Federal Street in Grand Boulevard in late December.
Officers say during each robbery, the victim organized a meet-up to purchase an Xbox console that was put up for sale on a social media site, but when they arrived at the location, they were held up at gunpoint and robbed by one or two men.
Officers did not provide details on what social media platforms were used to set up the sales.
Police say the first robbery happened around 8:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve and the second robbery happened around 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 29.
Police advise the public to remain aware of their surroundings and stay free from distractions. According to officers, anyone who is confronted by an assailant should try to remain calm.
Authorities warn the public never to pursue a fleeing assailant and instead work to remember any unique physical characteristics of the offenders.
Police say those who fall victim or witness a crime should call 911 immediately and provide authorities with a detailed description of the offenders.
Anyone with information on the robberies is asked to contact CPD Area One detectives at 312-747-8380.
Those with information that could help detectives in their investigation can also leave a tip at CPDtip.com. Tips can be filed anonymously. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/thieves-target-victims-trying-to-purchase-game-consoles-advertised-on-social-media/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:32Z |
Search engine giant Google wished Happy New Year 2024 with some ‘sparkle and shine’ via its latest festive Doodle on Monday, January 1, 2024. Sharing the Doodle on its official X account, Google wrote, “Here's to the last dance of 2023! Today's #GoogleDoodle brings some sparkle and shine to start off the New Year right.” New Year's Eve 2023 Google Doodle: Search Engine Giant Wishes Happy NYE As The Countdown to New Year 2024 Begins.
New Year's Day 2024 Google Doodle
Here's to the last dance of 2023! Today's #GoogleDoodle brings some sparkle and shine to start off New Year right 🪩 —> https://t.co/m2jxdWCHjm pic.twitter.com/HfG5hnT4Ub
— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) December 31, 2023
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Vekic clinches marathon match
It took Donna Vekic nearly three hours to down plucky Norwegian Malene Helgo in their United Cup tie at the Ken Rosewall Arena.
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American singer Jennifer Lopez has released a new banger “Can’t Get Enough” for her upcoming album, and she’s brought the moves as well. The singer is getting ready for the release of her ninth studio album, “This Is Me…Now”, which is scheduled to be released on Feb. 16, 2024.
The album, her first in a decade, is the sophomore of This is Me…Then and is written and executive produced by Jennifer Lopez and Rogét Chayed. Other producers with credits on the album include Angel Lopez, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, HitBoy, Tay Keith, INK and others.
The singer released a teaser for one of the album tracks, described as a fusion of R&B, contemporary pop sounds, and hip-hop beats. On Saturday, she released a song from the album, which seems to be sampling the song “Jiggy Woogie” by Jamaican artiste and dancer Baby Lawd and Sean Paul’s “I’m Still In Love.” The original song is Alton Ellis’ classic “I’m Still In Love With You Girl” released in 1967.
Sean Paul made the song hugely popular in the early 2000s when he teamed up with singer Sasha on “I’m Still In Love” featured on his platinum-selling album, Dutty Rock. The Steely & Clevie-produced project won a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album.
Jennifer Lopez. also showed the moves to the dance created by Baby Lawd, which is popular on TikTok and has thousands of likes.
“I love that s#!t … #CantGetEnough #JiggyWoogie #Remix #TikTok #ThisIsMeNow #Presave the single link in bio @enola.bedard,” J.lo. wrote on Instagram.
Baby Lawd also shared a preview of the sample days ago writing on Instagram, “new new can’t get enough x jiggy woogie JLO / Babylawd.”
Sean Paul has yet to react to the sample, but fans seemed to enjoy it.
“No matter how old you get. You maintain it you can’t lose it….. JLo still got it,” one person said. “Dancing like this at 50 summ’ is a flex yall could hate Jenny all yall want she looks good and has had a very long standing career,” another said. | https://stvincenttribune.com/jennifer-lopez-show-off-her-jamaican-dance-moves-to-cant-get-enough/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:33Z |
The 2019 Oscars open with Queen
"Roma" by Mexican Alfonso Cuarón and "The Favourite" by Greek Yorgos Lanthimos are the outstanding candidates with 10 nominations each.
Early in the evening, "Roma" made history by becoming the first Mexican movie to win Best Foreign Language Film. It has two more chances to make history - by taking out the Best Picture it would become the first Spanish-language film to win, and give Netflix its first gong in the category.
Among other awards, "Roma" has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Motion Picture, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director (Alfonso Cuarón) and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Yalitza Aparicio).
The film's awards already include the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, two Golden Globes (Best Director and Best Foreign Film), the Goya for Best Hispanic American Film, four Baftas (including Best Film and Best Director) and the Film Independent Spirit Awards for Best Foreign Film.
"Roma" will contest the Oscar for best picture against "The Favourite," "A Star is Born," "Black Panther," "Green Book," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "BlacKkKlansman" and "Vice."
The Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role will be selected between Yalitza Aparicio ("Roma"), Glenn Close ("The Wife"), Olivia Colman ("The Favourite"), Melissa McCarthy ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?") and Lady Gaga ("A Star is born").
The nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role are Viggo Mortensen ("Green Book"), Christian Bale ("Vice"), Rami Malek ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), Bradley Cooper ("A Star is Born") and Willem Dafoe ("At Eternity's Gate").
Cuarón for "Roma" will compete to win the Oscar for best director against Spike Lee ("BlacKkKlansman"), Pawel Pawlikowski ("Cold War"), Adam McKay ("Vice") and Yorgos Lanthimos ("The Favourite").
The ceremony, which does not have a presenter for the first time in 30 years, will feature musical performances by Queen with Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper, and Gustavo Dudamel at the head of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/the-2019-oscars-open-with-queen_a3501618/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:33Z |
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College Football Bowl Game Computer Picks & Predictions
According to our projections, the best bet against the spread out of 39 FBS postseason matchups is Florida State (+22.5) -- for more suggestions, including parlay opportunities, see below.
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Pick: Florida State +22.5 vs. Georgia
- Matchup: Georgia Bulldogs at Florida State Seminoles
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Florida State by 2.2 points
- Time: 4:00 PM ET
- Date: December 30
- TV Channel: ESPN
Pick: Tulane +11.5 vs. Virginia Tech
- Matchup: Virginia Tech Hokies at Tulane Green Wave
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Tulane by 3.9 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 27
- TV Channel: ESPN
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Pick: LSU -8.5 vs. Wisconsin
- Matchup: Wisconsin Badgers at LSU Tigers
- Projected Favorite & Spread: LSU by 21.3 points
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN2
- Live Stream: Fubo
Pick: Ohio +1.5 vs. Georgia Southern
- Matchup: Georgia Southern Eagles at Ohio Bobcats
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Ohio by 10.7 points
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Pick: Boise State +6.5 vs. UCLA
- Matchup: UCLA Bruins at Boise State Broncos
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Boise State by 5.5 points
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ABC
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Over 40.5 - Oregon State vs. Notre Dame
- Matchup: Oregon State Beavers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Projected Total: 55.0 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 29
- TV Channel: CBS
- Live Stream: Fubo
Over 40.5 - Miami (OH) vs. Appalachian State
- Matchup: Miami (OH) RedHawks at Appalachian State Mountaineers
- Projected Total: 51.3 points
- Time: 3:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ABC
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Over 47.5 - SMU vs. Boston College
- Matchup: SMU Mustangs at Boston College Eagles
- Projected Total: 55.6 points
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: December 28
- TV Channel: ESPN
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Over 46.5 - UTSA vs. Marshall
- Matchup: UTSA Roadrunners at Marshall Thundering Herd
- Projected Total: 54.5 points
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- Date: December 19
- TV Channel: ESPN
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Under 66.5 - Georgia Tech vs. UCF
- Matchup: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at UCF Knights
- Projected Total: 59.6 points
- Time: 6:30 PM ET
- Date: December 22
- TV Channel: ESPN
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‘Incredible’ fireworks display and Pulp concert light up Hogmanay celebrations
Revellers at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations brought in the new year with an evening of fireworks and music from Pulp.
Thousands gathered at the sold-out Princes Garden Street Party and Concert in the Gardens for the festival’s 30th anniversary.
The event, organised by UniqueAssembly and City of Edinburgh Council, was be headlined by Pulp, who have not played in the city in 20 years.
Following the first part of set, the fireworks began at midnight and crowds cheered, roared and sang.
Mark Wright, 50, said: “This is the first time I’ve been here. The fireworks were brilliant.
“I’ll be here next year, straight away. As soon as I get home I’ll be booking up for next year.”
Alice, 42, said: “We left the children at home tonight with a babysitter, and it’s incredible. New Year’s Eve, retro tunes, the weather has been amazing.
“Could there be a band more perfect for this than Pulp? Possibly only Blondie – I couldn’t think of a better band.”
She continued: “The fireworks were incredible, they went on, and on and on.
“We’re from London and Hogmanay is one of those things you always feel is a bit overdone, but it’s been incredible, and to have snuck into the VIP area by accident is excellent.” | https://www.itv.com/news/2024-01-01/incredible-fireworks-display-and-pulp-concert-light-up-hogmanay-celebrations | 2024-01-01T03:16:35Z |
The Arizona Cardinals will have their star quarterback when they tangle with the Philadelphia Eagles in a Week 17 matchup on Sunday. Kyler Murray is expected to play despite dealing with an illness, per ESPN. Murray had been listed as questionable in the team's injury report and missed a few practices earlier in the week.
The Cardinals have struggled through a disappointing season. The team is just 3-12 heading into Sunday's game. Murray has dealt with injuries for a good part of the year, playing in only six games this season for Arizona. Murray enters the Eagles game completing 62 percent of his passes this season for 1,305 yards. He's thrown for 6 touchdowns with four interceptions. Murray has also rushed for 187 yards and three touchdowns on the year.
The Cardinals are hoping for a positive end to the losing season with Murray at the helm. When Murray was out earlier this year, the Cardinals offense was led by Joshua Dobbs, who is no longer with the team. Dobbs still has the most passing yards this season for Arizona, with 1,569.
Kyler Murray has been hampered by injuries the last two seasons. He appeared in 11 games in 2022, throwing for a career low 2,368 yards. Murray is unlikely to hit that number this season, as he remains far below that number with two games to go against the Eagles and Seattle Seahawks.
Murray is going to be without one of his big-time targets for the game, as Cardinals wide receiver Marquise Brown is ruled out. The Cardinals and Murray will need to find other weapons on offense.
The Eagles are 11-4 entering Sunday's game. The Cardinals and Eagles kick off at 1:00 Eastern. | https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-kyler-murray-will-gut-out-illness-in-week-17-to-play-vs-eagles | 2024-01-01T03:16:36Z |
(The Hill) — Taylor Swift and Beyoncé set the music world on fire in 2023 with massive, globe-spanning tours, and their influence seeped into the world of politics as lawmakers and other political figures named-checked them.
Here are a few of the most noteworthy moments in which the worlds of politics and pop culture converged over the last year.
Jason Aldean and “Try That in a Small Town”
Jason Aldean performs during CMA Fest 2022 on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Country singer Jason Aldean’s song “Try That in a Small Town” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July despite heavy controversy.
The song faced backlash for both its lyrics, which include lines like, “Cuss out a cop, spit in his face, Stomp on the flag and light it up, Yeah, ya think you’re tough, Well, try that in a small town, See how far ya make it down the road,” and its music video.
The video was filmed in front of a Tennessee courthouse where a Black man was lynched in the 1920s. Country Music Television (CMT) pulled the music video, drawing a negative reaction from Aldean himself on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous,” Aldean said.
Republicans like former President Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) came to Aldean’s defense amid the controversy.
“Jason Aldean is a fantastic guy who just came out with a great new song. Support Jason all the way. MAGA!!!” Trump posted on his Truth Social account.
Beyoncé gets honored on the House floor
Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
The “Formation” singer, who has had a packed year with “The Renaissance World Tour” and the release of a film of that tour, was honored in March on the House floor by Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif).
“I rise today to commemorate the end of Black History Month and the beginning of Women’s History Month by honoring an individual who represents both so well,” Garcia said.
“She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and she’s now and forever the moment,” he added.
Garcia also referred to the “Alien Superstar” herself as a role model who “stood up for voting rights, for feminism, for women and girls, for my community — the LGBTQ+ community.”
“For my generation and so many others, she simply is the greatest of all time,” he continued.
RuPaul and anti-drag queen bills
RuPaul helps present the Emmy for outstanding limited or anthology series at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The self-proclaimed “queen of drag” had some thoughts on recent anti-drag show legislation that he shared back in March.
In a video on Instagram, the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” host said that bills aimed at drag performances were a tactic to distract from more important issues.
“Hey, look over there! A classic distraction technique — distracting us away from the real issues that they were voted into office to focus on: jobs, health care, keeping our children safe from harm at their own school,” RuPaul said.
“But we know that bullies are incompetent at solving real issues,” the host continued.
“They look for easy targets so they can give the impression of being effective,” he said.
Dylan Mulvaney and the Bud Light backlash
Dylan Mulvaney in New York City on March 3, 2023 (left). A can of Bud Light beer is seen on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Philadelphia (right) (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney partnered with Anheuser-Busch in April for an advertisement that included her posing with a personalized Bud Light can, which drew negative reactions from conservatives.
Critics called for protests against Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch, while Anheuser-Busch also faced criticism from those who thought it did not fully support Mulvaney.
Singer Kid Rock shot multiple cases of Bud Light with what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle in an Instagram video.
“F— Bud Light and f— Anheuser-Busch,” he said in the video.
“I’ve been offline for a few weeks, and a lot has been said about me,” Mulvaney said in a video on Instagram and TikTok a few weeks after the backlash. “It was so loud that I didn’t even feel part of the conversation. So, I decided to take the back seat and let them tucker themselves out.”
“But then I remembered that nearly 13 million people at some point enjoyed me enough to hit the follow button on these apps. And I was like wait, wait, wait, I want to talk to those people,” Mulvaney added.
Eminem objects to Vivek Ramaswamy using his music
Eminem. (Getty)
In August, rapper Eminem asked entrepreneur and 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail through his music licensor, Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI).
The letter from BMI revealed that Ramaswamy’s campaign and BMI had a previous music licensing agreement for the Detroit rapper’s music and came after Ramaswamy sang along to “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair earlier in August.
“To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real slim shady,” a Ramaswamy campaign statement said.
Taylor Swift bests Trump, Biden on net favorability
Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour,” Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
This year was the year of Taylor Swift, quite literally, as she was recently named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year.”
In a recent NBC News poll, the pop sensation topped a list of celebrities when it comes to net favorability, besting political figures including President Biden, Vice President Harris, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Trump.
Forty percent of registered voters in the poll said that they have a positive view of the millennial icon.
Kim Kardashian makes a plea to Biden
Kim Kardashian. (EvanAgostini/Invision/AP)
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian, alongside Eric Esrailian, a physician and producer, urged the president to “stop the Armenian genocide” in a September Rolling Stone opinion piece.
“We are Armenian,” the piece read. “We are the descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors, and we do not want to be talking about the recognition or commemoration of yet another genocide in the future.”
Esrailian and Kardashian characterized Azerbaijan’s government as using “starvation as a weapon against the Armenian population” via blockading “the only lifeline between the indigenous Christian Armenians of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh) and the rest of the world.”
“Blocking human rights groups, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the hateful rhetoric accompanying the blockade are signs of genocidal intent,” the piece said.
Paramore and Rep. Maxwell Frost
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.). (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
In June, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) attended a concert for the pop-rock band Paramore and had a few choice words for his state’s governor, Ron DeSantis (R).
While at the concert in Washington, D.C., Frost was caught on video on stage yelling “f— Ron DeSantis” and “f— facism.”
He later retweeted the video, saying that he “said what I said.”
When Frost came on stage, the band’s lead singer, Hayley Williams, lauded the young House member, who is the first member of his generation in Congress.
“Do you see this? Do you see the future right here?” Williams said.
Jimmy Kimmel pranks ex-Rep. Santos
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) holds a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, November 30, 2023.
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel decided to have a bit of fun with embattled former House member Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) after his ouster.
Santos started selling personal videos on the platform Cameo after he was expelled from the House earlier this month. Kimmel told his show audience that he had ordered videos with prank scripts for Santos to read.
“George please congratulate my friend Gary Fortuna for winning the Clearwater Florida beef eating contest. He ate over six pounds of ground beef in under 30 minutes – which was a new record!” Kimmel wrote in one prank script. “He’s not feeling great right now, but the doctor thinks he will be released from the hospital soon. Please wish him a speedy recovery!”
Santos responded to the prompt in the Cameo video.
“I know you’re feeling a little under the weather, but I hear from a great source that the doctors said you’ll be released from the hospital soon and recover well,” Santos said in a video. “Look, have a speedy recovery, and then enjoy the festivities of the end of the year. Bye.”
Maren Morris says she’s leaving country music
Maren Morris arrives at the world premiere of the concert film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at AMC The Grove 14 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Singer Maren Morris announced in September she would step out of the country genre as a result of the “the Trump years” and their effect on the style of music.
“After the Trump years, people’s biases were on full display,” Morris said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “It just revealed who people really were and that they were proud to be misogynistic and racist and homophobic and transphobic.”
Morris also referenced “Try That in a Small Town” and its popularity with conservatives, saying, “People are streaming these songs out of spite.”
“It’s not out of true joy or love of the music. It’s to own the libs. And that’s so not what music is intended for. Music is supposed to be the voice of the oppressed — the actual oppressed. And now it’s being used as this really toxic weapon in culture wars,” Morris said.
Trump isn’t pleased with Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance
Rihanna attends an event at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on on Aug. 28, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
To the excitement of many, superstar and business magnate Rihanna performed at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
Former President Trump, who had feuded with the pop star, wasn’t a fan of the “Rude Boy” singer’s performance.
“EPIC FAIL: Rihanna gave, without question, the single worst Halftime Show in Super Bowl history — This after insulting far more than half of our Nation, which is already in serious DECLINE, with her foul and insulting language,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Also, so much for her ‘Stylist!’” he added.
Trump seemed to reference the “Work” singer’s act of spraypainting a car with the words “F**k Trump” back in 2020. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) had pointed the incident out earlier in the week on Truth Social.
“Why is the NFL showcasing this crap? Rihanna SHOULD NOT be the halftime performer!!” Jackson wrote.
Paris Hilton’s advocacy work
Paris Hilton is seen in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 27, 2023.
Reality television star Paris Hilton made a visit to Capitol Hill in April to push for a bill to regulate “troubled teen” facilities.
Hilton was joined by Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) at the Capitol, where they discussed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act. The bill has the aim of creating federal data collection and reporting standards for the aforementioned facilities, which Hilton said she was a victim of.
“I witnessed and experienced sexual abuse from adult staff as well as endured verbal and emotional abuse daily. I was yelled at, dehumanized, silenced and stripped of any semblance of privacy,” she said.
“When I attempted to tell my parents about the abuse on the phone, staff would stop and immediately hang up the phone and punish me. On top of this, you had no access to the outside doors, no sunlight, no fresh air. These were considered privileges. What I went through will haunt me for the rest of my life.”
Kevin Spacey and Tucker Carlson
Actor Kevin Spacey leaves Southwark Crown Court for a lunch break, in London, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Actor Kevin Spacey decided to make an appearance as his character Frank Underwood from the show “House of Cards” in a recent interview on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, with ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
The two men discussed their ousters from Netflix and Fox News, as well as the current political environment.
“It is bizarre that they decided to publicly cut ties with me on allegations alone; allegations that have now been proven false because I don’t think there’s any question: Netflix exists because of me,” Spacey said. “I put them on the map. And they tried to put me on the ground.”
Spacey was kicked off the show in 2017 in the wake of facing multiple sexual harassment allegations, even from “House of Cards” crew members.
Judy Blume slams DeSantis
Judy Blume and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (AP Photo/Kathy Willens/John Bazemore)
Author Judy Blume slammed the Florida governor over book bans.
“Teachers are under fire, librarians are threatened,” Blume said at Variety‘s “Power of Women” luncheon in April. “They are criminalizing teachers and librarians. It’s not just that they’re threatening their jobs, they’re threatening them.”
“They could go to jail, all because they stand up for the rights of the students they teach. All because they refuse to give in to fear,” Blume continued. “I’ve known librarians who have saved lives by handing the right book to the right child at the right time. And for that one kid, finding themselves in a book can be a lifesaver.”
The author also referred to DeSantis as “a governor who wants to control everything, starting with what kids can think, what they can know, what they can question, what they can learn, and now even what they can talk about.” | https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/2023s-top-political-celebrity-moments/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:38Z |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, January 1, 2024, and posted an endearing New Year message for the citizens, wishing everyone a "splendid 2024". "Wishing everyone a splendid 2024! May this year bring forth prosperity, peace and wonderful health for all", the latter wrote. Meanwhile, in a separate post on X, PM Modi wished Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on his birthday. India Welcomes New Year 2024 With Celebrations and Prayers Across Faiths (Watch Videos).
PM Narendra Modi Wishes All on New Year 2024
Wishing everyone a splendid 2024! May this year bring forth prosperity, peace and wonderful health for all.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 1, 2024
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United Cup Highlights: Donna Vekic v Malene Helgø
Catch up on the highlights between Donna Vekic (CRO) and Malene Helgø (NOR) from Day 4 of the 2023/24 United Cup Tennis at Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney.
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The main point is to ensure citizens’ well-being, says expert
"The Government resignation is a political event that features heightened attention. However, it is only a link of events starting with the proclamation of the Presidential Address dated October 5, 2018. From then onward, we have been witnessing a systemic rebooting of the state policy, a turn towards the development of human capital. The format the Head of State delivered the Address pointed to serious questions to the Government. The President addressed members of the Government, governors, MPs, making it clear that the Government should considerably change the methodology of the way it works. At the extended session of the Government on January 30 of this year, the President emphasized the main thing: from now on, the key indicators of the Government's performance will be the people's income and living standards," said Zarema Shaukenova.
The expert pointed out that the process of rebooting the non-governmental sector was emphasized during the 8th Civil Forum with the participation of the Head of State. The civil forum pointed out one of the key points - it is impossible to create well-being for citizens without any involvement of civil society. The new model of social relations will be enshrined in the 2025 Civil Society Development Concept. Moreover, the Year of Youth declared and launched by the Leader of the Nation also set a qualitatively new vector of social events and discussions.
"The main thing is that the Government, civil society, governors should be focused on the social integration of young people, on indicators of youth development through the lens of the entire national planning system and state-run programs. The Government adopted the Roadmap for the Year of the Youth, which covers more than 80 arrangements including a number of comprehensive measures for the development of the system of education and employment.".
The expert underlined that the main point is to ensure the well-being of citizens. The agenda for the Government, measures to strengthen social support and improve the quality of life, will be announced at the upcoming congress of the Nur Otan Party.
It is to be recalled that on February 21, Nursultan Nazarbayev made a statement expressing the opinion that the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan should be dismissed. The Head of State accepted the resignation of the Government. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/the-main-point-is-to-ensure-citizens-well-being-says-expert_a3501152/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:40Z |
A surfer in Hawaii died at the hospital after a shark attack Saturday.
According toMaui County authorities, they received a report at around 11 a.m. local time Saturday about “a miscellaneous type incident.” Upon arrival, they discovered that Ocean Safety Officers had rescued and transported Jason Carter, a 39-year-old man, to shore using a jet ski.
Responders conducted life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived, and Carter was then taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for further treatment.
According to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Carter, who is originally from Haiku, faced the shark encounter while surfing at Paia Bay, where shark warning signs are placed on beaches one mile on either side of the bay.
While initial signs of foul play were not evident, the police department reports that the investigation is ongoing and an autopsy has been scheduled.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | https://www.kgun9.com/surfer-dies-following-a-shark-encounter-in-hawaii | 2024-01-01T03:16:41Z |
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New year, new me was for sure something the Toronto Raptors had in mind when they sent OG Anunoby to the New York Knicks for a package headlined by RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley. Although the biggest names in this trade will be Anunoby and Barrett, Quickley has the biggest upside of any players involved.
Quickley was in dire need of a more fleshed-out point guard role, and with the Raptors looking for a permanent option next to Scottie Barnes, the fit between IQ and his new team is almost perfect. Toronto might have found their point guard of the future as they continue to retool around the nucleus of Quickley, Barrett and Barnes. So, regarding existing veterans on the roster like Dennis Schroder, a team like the Cleveland Cavaliers should strongly consider picking up the phone and making a deal with their Eastern Conference rival.
Why Cavs should go after Dennis Schroder trade
Considering Schroder is 30 and the Raptors appear to be taking a step back to retool, it might be best for Toronto to make a deal with Cleveland. Although he was recently moved to the bench to allow more opportunities for Barnes to play point guard, Schroder is having a solid season with the Raptors. The German guard is averaging 14.6 points, 7.0 assists and a steal in 32.2 minutes per game in 32 games for Toronto. He also won the FIBA World Cup MVP award after leading Germany to the title over the summer.
The Cavs, who have been leaning on undrafted rookie Craig Porter Jr. with Darius Garland sidelined and Ricky Rubio out of the country, could use what Schroder provides. Sure, Porter has stepped up as Cleveland's lead guard and looked more than comfortable doing so. But injuries happen to everyone, and considering Rubio isn't around, unable to provide depth and wasting a roster spot, the Cavs need to find an alternative, like Schroder.
A hypothetical trade that could be doable for Cleveland and Toronto would have the Cavs sending Rubio, Damian Jones, and a second-round pick to the Raptors for Schroder. This two-players-for-one swap works ideally for Cleveland, giving them an extra roster spot to sign Porter to a long-term deal and allowing the Cavs to jettison two players who aren't a factor when the team is fully healthy. More importantly, it gives Cleveland something they've never truly had in Garland's entire NBA career: an elite backup point guard who can run the offense and keep the Cavs from running Garland into the ground.
Toronto gets a backup big man in Jones, something they need, and a second-round pick for their troubles. It also is a good-faith move to Schroder, who could see a reduction in playing time after the acquisitions of Quickley and Barrett. Cleveland is also a team that can contend when healthy, so this would give Schroder a chance to play more meaningful basketball. It's rare that trades that make sense for everyone ever manifest, but considering the needs of the Cavs and Raptors, it makes almost too much sense.
There's still plenty of time until the annual trade deadline on February 8. But with Toronto reportedly still looking to shake up their roster, a trade like this could come sooner rather than later. | https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-should-make-trade-with-raptors-after-og-anunoby-deal | 2024-01-01T03:16:42Z |
(NEXSTAR) — Now that 2023’s almost over, no doubt you’re seeing lots of “best” and “worst” lists. And while some celebrities, like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, had undoubtedly great years (as far as we know), not everyone got so lucky.
Below are eight celebrities who might be glad this year is finally over.
Elon Musk
Even though he’s the richest man in the world, there are some things even a net worth of $257.8 billion can’t buy.
This year, the Tesla CEO fully moved into his role as owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter after purchasing it for $44 billion last October. Results have been… likely not what Musk hoped for. In October of this year, the company valued itself at $19 billion — a 55% year-over-year loss.
Money aside, users fled the platform under Musk’s watch. As Axios reports, “user churn” increased 30% from September 2022 to September 2023. This means there was a 30% increase in users who stopped using the app altogether. Meanwhile, downloads of the app dropped 38% globally, per Sensor Tower estimates.
Decreases in web traffic (and concerns over the rise of hateful content on Twitter, as it was then called) led to more than half of the company’s biggest advertisers to pause or pull out from dealings with the company starting early this year. Then in November, Musk inadvertently renewed advertiser hesitation after he appeared to endorse an antisemitic post — prompting companies like Apple, IBM and Sony to pull their ad spending.
In response to this, Musk lashed out during a New York Times event, when he accused advertisers of trying to blackmail him by pulling their ads, telling them: “Go f— yourself. Is that clear? Hope it is.”
Unfortunately for Musk, the meant-to-be-serious rant was widely ridiculed and only resulted in even more major advertisers removing their ads.
And that’s not even to mention:
- a string of Tesla vehicles catching fire and/or exploding
- reportedly refusing to follow through on a cage fight he initiated with Mark Zuckerberg
- getting “roasted” by rapper Ice Cube
- getting roasted by John Oliver
- getting roasted by Twitter users (a lot)
- getting roasted by Taylor Swift fans
- getting roasted by Grok, X’s AI chatbot
Sean “Diddy” Combs
Things seemed to be going great for Sean “Diddy” Combs just months ago.
In September, he returned to music with his first album in 17 years, the same day he received the keys to the city by New York Mayor Eric Adams. The 54 year-old father of seven had a new family reality series in the works with Hulu.
Diddy’s major troubles began in November, when his former girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, filed a lawsuit claiming Combs physically and sexually abused her for over a decade. Though Combs’ denied the allegations through his attorney, the two parties reached a settlement agreement just one day later for an undisclosed sum. Though the settlement helped Combs avoid a public trial, three more women filed lawsuits claiming he had raped them at different points, including one woman who said the incident happened when she was just 17.
Combs released a statement denying all allegations against him, saying in part: “Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”
In light of the allegations, Hulu ended development of Combs’ series and fellow rapper 50 Cent announced his production company was producing a “Surviving R. Kelly”-style documentary about Combs’ alleged victims, with profits benefiting them. Meanwhile, the Recording Academy said in a statement, that despite being nominated for one Grammy Award this year, the organization is “evaluating” the artist’s invitation to the ceremony.
Lizzo
Rapper Lizzo built her persona and music career around positivity and bodily autonomy — which is why a lawsuit filed against the “Truth Hurts” artist, alleging the star helped create a “hostile, abusive work environment” shocked many.
A trio of Lizzo’s tour dancers accused her of contributing to a “sexually charged” atmosphere, with the women alleging they were pressured to engage in both a nude photo shoot and an incident with nude dancers in a night club. Additional details of the lawsuit included claims Lizzo — whose work champions body size diversity — made “thinly veiled” comments about the women’s weight gain.
Lizzo denied the claims, saying in part: “Usually I choose not to respond to false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed.”
Within 24 hours of the lawsuit news, the four-time Grammy Award winner lost over 150,000 Instagram followers and just one week later, the Philadelphia-set Made in America Festival — which the singer was meant to co-headline — was cancelled, with organizers citing “severe circumstances.”
The nature of the claims, which harshly clash with the rapper’s brand, disappointed many fans but it’s still too early to tell the extent to which her career will be damaged in the long run.
Justin Timberlake
In the annals of pop culture history, up until 2023, it would have appeared Justin Timberlake came out on top when it comes to his very public breakup with Britney Spears back in 2002. While Timberlake enjoyed a decade of film and music success after the split, Spears’ life was marred by trouble after trouble, culminating in a 13 year-long conservatorship that she didn’t escape from until November 2021.
But in 2023, Spears reclaimed much of the narrative about her life and herself — and recalibrated some of the public’s perceptions of the people who have come into and out of her life. And that includes her former boyfriend, who makes several appearances in Spears’ bestselling memoir “The Woman in Me.”
Though some of long been known to many who followed the Spears-Timberlake history, for some of the public it was brand new news to hear that Spears felt betrayed by Timberlake, who Spears said had cheated on her often yet promoted the idea that their breakup was due to her cheating. While Spears explained that she did once make out with choreographer Wade Robson, she wrote she did so out of anger over Timberlake’s affairs.
According to Spears, Timberlake forwarded the misrepresentation with his song “Cry Me A River,” and its music video, both of which took very thinly veiled jabs at Spears and portrayed her as a cheater and him as a victim.
Among other of Timberlake’s behavior asserted by Spears are that he:
- Broke up with her via two-word text (Per Spears: “It’s over!!!”)
- Gave her a breakup letter that he had framed
- Publicly revealed details of the couple’s sex life
- And most notably, Spears revealed for the first time that during their relationship, she’d become pregnant by Timberlake. Though she was in her early 20s at the time, Spears said she was happy about it — but says Timberlake “definitely wasn’t happy” and pressured her to have an at-home medical abortion that Spears calls “agonizing.” In the story, Spears claims Timberlake and her assistant refused to take her to the hospital, even after she was in pain, out of worry that the press would find out
All of this added context led to a re-evaluation of Timberlake, who has also previously faced criticism for his treatment of singer Janet Jackson, who faced the vast majority of backlash for an incident involving them both.
Adding insult to injury, Spears’ book also contained one particularly embarrassing anecdote. While explaining how, in her opinion, Timberlake and his then-pop group *NSYNC tried hard to be cool around Black artists, she recounting a time when she and Timberlake encountered R&B singer Ginuwine.
According to Spears, Timberlake attempted to greet the star by saying, “Oh yeah, fo’ shiz! Fo’ shiz. Ginuwine! What’s up, homie?”
The story — and the snippet of Oscar nominee Michelle Williams reading it from the audiobook — went viral. Though Ginuwine said he doesn’t remember the incident, he told People, “If Justin would’ve did something like that, I probably would’ve looked at him like, ‘Why are you acting like that?'”
In the wake of the book’s release, Timberlake turned off comments on his Instagram posts and canceled a series of promotional tour dates for an upcoming album.
Colleen Ballinger
Mega-star YouTuber Colleen Ballinger rose to fame in the late 00s through her video blogs and skits as the character Miranda Sings, which were widely popular with tweens and teens. At its height, Ballinger’s Miranda Sings-specific YouTube channel boasted over 10 million subscribers and more than 2 billion views. The success of her comedy helped Ballinger make the transition from YouTube to more traditional media, with the star landing her own two-season Netflix show, “Haters Back Off” and appearances in films and other TV shows.
In 2017, Ballinger was even named no. 5 among Forbes’ Top Entertainment Influencers.
But things took an unexpected turn this year, however, when old and new allegations of inappropriate conduct with underage fans came to a head this summer. In addition to claims Ballinger, who is 37, shared “private details” of her love life with a fellow YouTuber beginning when he was 13, the now-17-year-old said Ballinger had also sent him underwear in the mail.
Meanwhile, a 16 year-old fan said she felt pressured by Ballinger to participate in a section of the comedian’s live show which involved Ballinger spreading the girl’s legs. The fan, only identified by the name “Becky,” told Huffington Post she was also not dressed for such a display. “I looked up to her so much and I just trusted her so much that I did it. I laid down and she just spread my legs wide open for everybody to see,” the girl told HuffPost.
Ballinger had previously addressed the underwear incident in a video, saying the “joke” was taken out of context. But in June, Ballinger finally addressed all the situations, delivering a bizarre 10-minute “apology video” from her personal YouTube channel in which she played the ukelele and sang an original song defending herself, now known as “The Toxic Gossip Train.”
Unfortunately for Ballinger, the video went viral for the wrong reasons. The video became an immediate meme, with many (including “America’s Got Talent” host Howie Mandel) creating their own parodies. Ballinger stayed away from the internet for several months following the video and emerged only in late November with another, more sincere-seeming video. “Obviously, the last video that I posted on here is really embarrassing. … I was being accused of some pretty awful things, and I just was mad,” Ballinger explains.
In the video, titled “fall vlog,” Ballinger says she regrets how she handled the situation and extended further apologies for her actions. She said she hopes to continue making content and that she appreciates anyone who wants to support her.
Jonathan Majors
Jonathan Majors was on the verge of mega-stardom.
After a role in the high-profile, “Creed III” and the acclaimed-but-short-lived HBO series “Lovecraft Country,” Majors, 34, was set to be given the keys to the Marvel Cinematic Universe kingdom. This year, Majors made his official debut as Kang the Conquerer in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and was being positioned by Marvel as the main antagonist of the MCU’s entire next phase of films.
Then March 2024 happened.
Majors’ then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari accused him of assaulting her in the back of a cab in New York City. Majors was arrested the following day and charged with assault and harassment.
News of the arrest put Marvel’s plans for him in jeopardy and Marvel and Disney officially dropped Majors until he was found guilty of the charges earlier this month. The verdict came after several days of disturbing details about Majors’ behavior were revealed in court.
His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 6.
Drew Barrymore
This year, Drew Barrymore went from America’s Sweetheart to pariah overnight over her decision to resume filming of her talk show despite the ongoing Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
The 48 year-old host of “The Drew Barrymore Show” faced immediate backlash after the announcement in a now-deleted Instagram post. There, the star explained, in part: “I am making the choice to come back for the first time in this strike for our show, that may have my name on it but this is bigger than just me… I own this choice.”
Barrymore acknowledged the importance of the strikes and reaching satisfying resolutions for writers but the words rang hollow for many since she was re-starting her show without writers.
The WGA East called out the decision on X, formerly Twitter, saying: “‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ is a WGA-covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers. The Guild has and will continue to, picket-struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ is in violation of WGA strike rules.”
Swift backlash led Barrymore to post an also now-deleted tearful video to Instagram where she apologized for the situation and said she accepted responsibility. But to many people’s surprise, Barrymore continued by saying the show would still be returning. This only made the situation worse for her and more backlash followed.
Days later, Barrymore announced she would cease taping new episodes until strike negotiations were over. In another now-deleted Instagram video, Barrymore explained she had “listened to everyone” and come to the decision to stop.
“I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today,” Barrymore said.
Taping of “The Drew Barrymore Show” resumed Oct. 16, once the strike ended, though all three show writers declined to return. In October, the show hit a 22-week ratings high, with an average of 1.1 million viewers, as reported by The Wrap. It’s unclear whether any long-term damage will be done to Barrymore’s career.
Rudy Giuliani
The former New York City mayor and former attorney to former Pres. Donald Trump faced a series of embarrassments and losses this year.
Back in May, Giuliani, 79, was sued by a former off-the-books employee, Noelle Dunphy, who claims Giuliani sexually harassed her and coerced her into having sex. Though Giuliani and his legal team deny the allegations, Dunphy also claimed to have audio of Giuliani making lewd comments to her. Though the audio has not been released, transcripts of some of the alleged audio appear in court filings and include claims Giuliani called Dunphy, “big t-ts,” in reference to her breasts and claimed “These breasts belong to me.”
Elsewhere on the alleged tape, Giuliani is said to call actor Matt Damon a homophobic slur and made comments on the size of Jewish men’s genitalia. Dunphy is seeking $2 million in damages.
But that’s not the end of Giuliani’s troubles.
Earlier this month, Giuliani was ordered to pay $148 million in damages to former Georgia election workers, whom Giuliani previously falsely accused of sneaking in ballots and tampering with voting machines during the 2020 election. Shortly after the judgement, Giuliani filed for bankruptcy, which led to the exposure of his financial records — and several hundred millions in liabilities, per the filing.
Giuliani still faces a criminal case in Georgia related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. As explained by The Hill, while the bankruptcy filing will likely stall any civil cases he’s currently fighting, bankruptcy won’t stop money he’ll be forced to pay due to “willful and malicious” conduct,” if he’s found guilty. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/celebrities-who-had-the-worst-year-in-2023/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:44Z |
SportTennisVekic clinches marathon matchIt took Donna Vekic nearly three hours to down plucky Norwegian Malene Helgo in their United Cup tie at the Ken Rosewall Arena.January 1, 2024 — 10.47amSaveLog in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.Save videos for laterAdd videos to your saved list and come back to them any time.Got itLoadingReplayReplay videoPlay videoPlay video | https://www.watoday.com.au/sport/tennis/vekic-clinches-marathon-match-20240101-p5eujd.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed | 2024-01-01T03:16:45Z |
Helgo steals set off Vekic
Having come close in the first, world No.544 Malene Helgo stunned Donna Vekic by winning the second set of their United Cup rubber.
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Having come close in the first, world No.544 Malene Helgo stunned Donna Vekic by winning the second set of their United Cup rubber.
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Australia opener David Warner is set to retire from ODI cricket as well. Warner disclosed that his last game in the 50-over format was Australia's surprising World Cup victory against India in November 2023. At the age of 37, Warner concludes his ODI career as a two-time world champion. Warner also finished as the highest run-scorer for Australia in ICC World Cup 2023. He exits the ODI scene with a total of 6,932 runs at an average of 45.30, which includes 22 centuries. AUS vs PAK: David Warner Set for Farewell at Sydney As Australia Name Unchanged Squad for Final Test Against Pakistan.
David Warner's Retirement from ODIs
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Toni Braxton stepped forward to address rumors she got married to Birdman.
The R&B legend has been racked with marriage rumors for the past several weeks, especially over the Christmas holiday, prompting her sister Tamar Braxton to also speak out. According to Toni Braxton, she and Birdman have never been married and are both single.
“My dear friend @birdman and I are not married…never been married. We are both single,” she wrote.
Tamar Braxton hilariously reacted to the rumor that her sister Toni Braxton might have taken her relationship to the next level with her beau Birdman. She and the Cash Money honcho have been dating since 2016, and the pair got engaged in 2018. However, no public plans for the nuptials have been shared, and it seems that Tamar is questioning whether the rumors are true and if she has been left in the dark.
According to The Shade Room, rumors have been circulating on X, formerly Twitter, that Toni and Birdman had secretly married in Mexico. It seemed to surprise Tamar, given that the sisters are all super close.
While with her fiancé Jeremy Robinson, Tamar joked about the rumor as she echoed the questions by fans online.
“I was on X and I had saw that post and I want to know. I came here to ask y’all, did she get married? I don’t know,” she said on Instagram Live. “I’ve been blowing up her phone […] Somebody gotta tell us something.”
Tamar also said “congratulations” if the rumor was true, as they have been together for a long time. Tamar also hinted that her mother, Evelyn, might know something even though Toni hasn’t said anything to her.
“I called my mother and and my mother on the phone acting slow. J was in the back laughing, she was like ‘what? What hmm did she, mhhmm’” she said, imitating her mom’s response.
“My mother is not giving up information, but she is acting slow. Like, I can definitely tell she knows something because I was like, ‘Why can’t you just give me a straight answer? I don’t understand it,” she said.
Robinson also said that the couple might have wanted some privacy and not the glamor and fanfare surrounding Tamar, who recently got engaged to Robinson after a brief breakup. | https://stvincenttribune.com/toni-braxton-iced-birdman-marriage-rumors-tamar-speak-out/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:46Z |
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How to Watch the NBA on Monday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
The NBA's eight-game schedule today is sure to please. The outings include the Minnesota Timberwolves playing the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
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Today's NBA Games
The New York Knicks take on the Minnesota Timberwolves
The Timberwolves look to pull of an away win at the Knicks on Monday at 3:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: NBA TV, MSG, and BSN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- NY Record: 17-15
- MIN Record: 24-7
- NY Stats: 115.3 PPG (15th in NBA), 113.9 Opp. PPG (14th)
- MIN Stats: 113.3 PPG (20th in NBA), 107.4 Opp. PPG (first)
Players to Watch
- NY Key Player: Julius Randle (23.6 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 4.8 APG)
- MIN Key Player: Anthony Edwards (26.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 5.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIN -1.5
- MIN Odds to Win: -120
- NY Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 223.5 points
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The Toronto Raptors play host to the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers hope to pick up a road win at the Raptors on Monday at 7:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet and BSOH
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- TOR Record: 12-20
- CLE Record: 18-14
- TOR Stats: 113.7 PPG (18th in NBA), 115.0 Opp. PPG (17th)
- CLE Stats: 112.0 PPG (24th in NBA), 112.0 Opp. PPG (eighth)
Players to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Scottie Barnes (21.0 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 5.8 APG)
- CLE Key Player: Donovan Mitchell (28.0 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 5.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: TOR -2.5
- TOR Odds to Win: -140
- CLE Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 224.5 points
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The Houston Rockets take on the Detroit Pistons
The Pistons hope to pick up a road win at the Rockets on Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network and BSDET
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- HOU Record: 15-15
- DET Record: 3-29
- HOU Stats: 112.3 PPG (23rd in NBA), 109.7 Opp. PPG (second)
- DET Stats: 110.3 PPG (27th in NBA), 121.2 Opp. PPG (25th)
Players to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Alperen Sengun (21.1 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 5.1 APG)
- DET Key Player: Cade Cunningham (23.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 7.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: HOU -7.5
- HOU Odds to Win: -300
- DET Odds to Win: +240
- Total: 226.5 points
The Milwaukee Bucks host the Indiana Pacers
The Pacers travel to face the Bucks on Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: BSWI and BSIN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- MIL Record: 24-8
- IND Record: 17-14
- MIL Stats: 125.0 PPG (second in NBA), 118.9 Opp. PPG (24th)
- IND Stats: 126.6 PPG (first in NBA), 124.8 Opp. PPG (29th)
Players to Watch
- MIL Key Player: Giannis Antetokounmpo (30.7 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 5.7 APG)
- IND Key Player: Tyrese Haliburton (24.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 12.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIL -6.5
- MIL Odds to Win: -300
- IND Odds to Win: +230
- Total: 259.5 points
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The Utah Jazz play host to the Dallas Mavericks
The Mavericks take to the home court of the Jazz on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: KJZZ and BSSW
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- UTA Record: 14-19
- DAL Record: 19-14
- UTA Stats: 113.4 PPG (19th in NBA), 118.8 Opp. PPG (23rd)
- DAL Stats: 119.2 PPG (seventh in NBA), 117.8 Opp. PPG (22nd)
Players to Watch
- UTA Key Player: Lauri Markkanen (23.5 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.6 APG)
- DAL Key Player: Luka Doncic (33.9 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 9.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: DAL -2.5
- DAL Odds to Win: -145
- UTA Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 245.5 points
The Phoenix Suns face the Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers look to pull of an away win at the Suns on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: AZFamily and ROOT Sports NW+
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- PHO Record: 16-15
- POR Record: 9-22
- PHO Stats: 115.5 PPG (14th in NBA), 114.6 Opp. PPG (16th)
- POR Stats: 109.4 PPG (29th in NBA), 115.2 Opp. PPG (18th)
Players to Watch
- PHO Key Player: Kevin Durant (29.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 6.1 APG)
- POR Key Player: Jerami Grant (22.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.6 APG)
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The Denver Nuggets face the Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets look to pull of an away win at the Nuggets on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: ALT and BSSE
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- DEN Record: 23-11
- CHA Record: 7-23
- DEN Stats: 115.3 PPG (15th in NBA), 110.3 Opp. PPG (third)
- CHA Stats: 110.6 PPG (26th in NBA), 121.4 Opp. PPG (26th)
Players to Watch
- DEN Key Player: Nikola Jokic (26.1 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 9.2 APG)
- CHA Key Player: Terry Rozier (23.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 7.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: DEN -14.5
- DEN Odds to Win: -1400
- CHA Odds to Win: +800
- Total: 226.5 points
The Los Angeles Clippers play the Miami Heat
The Heat take to the home court of the Clippers on Monday at 10:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: BSSC and BSSUN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 10:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- LAC Record: 19-12
- MIA Record: 19-13
- LAC Stats: 116.6 PPG (11th in NBA), 112.2 Opp. PPG (10th)
- MIA Stats: 113.3 PPG (20th in NBA), 111.7 Opp. PPG (seventh)
Players to Watch
- LAC Key Player: Paul George (22.9 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 4.0 APG)
- MIA Key Player: Bam Adebayo (22.0 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 4.0 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: LAC -6.5
- LAC Odds to Win: -275
- MIA Odds to Win: +225
- Total: 227.5 points
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Top diplomats of N.K., Vietnam meet ahead of Trump-Kim summit
Ri Yong-ho and Vietnam's top diplomat, Pham Binh Minh, held in-depth discussions on ways to strengthen bilateral ties and on regional and international issues of mutual concern, reaching a consensus on such matters, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The report did not elaborate on what they agreed.
Vietnam's foreign minister arrived in North Korea on Tuesday for a three-day visit for talks on a possible state visit by Kim Jong-un to the Southeast Asian country ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump and Kim plan to hold the summit in Hanoi from Feb. 27-28. It will follow their historic first meeting in Singapore last June.
Vietnam's foreign minister is widely expected to discuss security and protocol with the North in Pyongyang ahead of Kim's trip.
Earlier in the day, Minh met with Ri Su-yong, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, the KCNA added.
Kim is expected to pay a state visit to Vietnam just before or after his meeting with Trump, which will focus on North Korea's denuclearization and Washington's corresponding measures, experts have predicted.
If he does so, he will be the first North Korean leader to visit the country in 54 years. Kim Il-sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of the incumbent leader, visited Hanoi in October 1964. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/top-diplomats-of-n-k-vietnam-meet-ahead-of-trump-kim-summit_a3498028/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:47Z |
The Boston Celtics have been the best team in the NBA and are favored by many to win the NBA title this season. They hold the best record in the league and have been playing phenomenal basketball. The additions of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis have proved tremendous. But one of the biggest things for the Celtics this season has been the continued development of Derrick White. Derrick White arrived in Boston via a trade with the San Antonio Spurs during the 2021-22 season. He became a fan favorite during his time with the Spurs and they still have a ton of respect for him.
Crowd in San Antonio chanting “White’s an All-Star” and Celtics bench all got into for Derrick. pic.twitter.com/sZHkrtTVMB
— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) January 1, 2024
The Celtics ended the year with a road game against the Spurs and Derrick White found himself showered with All-Star chants from the Spurs home crowd. White began his NBA career with the Spurs when they made him the No. 29 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.
White played about three and a half seasons with the Spurs before they traded him to the Celtics. Not only has he become one of the best defensive players in the NBA, but his all-around game has him gaining traction for All-Star consideration.
This season, White has been averaging a career-high 17.0 points per game, 3.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocked shots with splits of 48.6 percent shooting from the field, 41.3 percent shooting from the three point line and 89.2 percent shooting from the free throws line. He's helped the Celtics to a 26-6 record and the top overall seed in the Eastern Conference standings so far. | https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-boston-players-joined-spurs-fans-for-heartwarming-derrick-white-gesture | 2024-01-01T03:16:48Z |
(NEXSTAR) – There’s a first time for everything. But if you’re Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, sometimes there are several “first times” for the same thing.
Last weekend, Johnson shared a video to his social media accounts which purportedly documented his “first ever @innout burger experience.”
“Rolled up in my pick up and tried to be cool af with my order,” Johnson captioned the posts, which he shared just before Christmas. “But I didn’t know the lingo, didn’t know who to pay, where to pay, didn’t know s—,” he wrote.
The video, at just over two minutes long, appeared to show Johnson visiting two different locations for two separate “cheat day” meals. He was also recognized at both drive-thrus, and stopped to take pictures with staff.
Many viewers lauded Johnsons for being so gracious and approachable during his visits, while others suggested he try some of their favorite In-N-Out menu items on his next cheat day.
Some, however, seemed quite skeptical that Johnson had never visited In-N-Out before — especially because they had seen him do it.
“This is a lie,” one Twitter user claimed. “Back in 2020 you did a video of you saying this is the first time I’ve ever had In-N-Out burgers.”
Indeed, Johnson has at least made other visits to In-N-Out over the years, though not necessarily in 2020, like the Twitter user claimed. As first reported by TMZ, and later confirmed by his own Instagram activity, Johnson has eaten at, or at least been to, In-N-Out burger on two other occasions.
In 2017, Johnson posted a photo of himself at the drive-thru window of an In-N-Out, claiming he’d “never been” before. But it’s possible he didn’t actually eat anything, as he said he was merely picking up food for his family.
Then, in 2022, Johnson shared a video of that day’s “cheat meal” — two In-N-Out Double-Doubles, two orders of fries, and an icy glass of tequila — claiming it was the “very first time” he’s ever tried the chain’s food. (In the video, he acknowledged that he’s been to In-N-Out drive-thru before, but only to pick up food for other people.)
All three times he’s posted about In-N-Out, Johnson also indicated that he intended to go back.
“Thank you In and Out for being awesome and I’ll see ya down the road,” he wrote in his latest video post.
Some of his fans, meanwhile, were left confused as to why Johnson might misrepresent his fast-food past.
“What a strange lie to tell,” one Instagram user remarked. “Especially when his previous visit to In N Out was immortalized on social media. Like what was his goal here?”
Johnson has not yet issued any comment on his previous social media posts, nor whether he intends to clear the air before his first-ever visit to In-N-Out sometime in 2026. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/fans-call-out-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-for-claiming-to-try-in-n-out-for-the-first-time-this-is-a-lie/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:51Z |
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Copenhagen: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the world’s longest-serving monarch, has said she will hand over her position to her son after 52 years on the throne.
The queen, 83, cited deteriorating health for her decision, in a speech to the nation on Sunday.
The queen has suffered from back and knee pain in recent years.
After undergoing surgery in 2023, she quit a heavy smoking habit, which had lasted 66 years and often was subject of debate. Health professionals had called on the queen to be a better role model.
After the 2022 death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who was a close friend as well as a distant cousin, Margrethe became the world’s longest-ruling monarch. Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, has held the title of ruler longer than Margrethe, but his country only became independent in 1984. Margrethe also in 2023 became the longest-sitting ruler in the 1200 years of the Danish monarchy.
The popularity of the queen, known for her sharp wit and artistic abilities, has supported Europe’s oldest monarchy through a half-century during which Denmark underwent sweeping societal changes, and royal houses elsewhere in Europe became mired in scandal.
Her position as monarch in a country with a democratic constitution has never widely been questioned. In a 2022 opinion poll by newspaper Jyllands-Posten, 72 per cent of Danes said they supported the monarchy. In a 2023 survey by TV2, 78 per cent said they expected Denmark would still have a monarchy in 50 years, up from 67 per cent in a 2015 poll.
Not that Margrethe’s reign was crisis-free.
In 2022, she stripped four of her grandchildren of their royal titles in a streamlining move, provoking what she acknowledged were “strong reactions.” And during her ailing husband’s final years, he complained publicly about his role.
Part of the queen’s appeal has come from her multiple talents.
She’s fluent in Danish, German, English, French and Swedish. Her work as an artist has spanned paintings, book illustrations, theatre costume designs and church textiles. Her works have been displayed in more than 50 museums from Tokyo to Washington.
In 1981, working under a pseudonym, she translated into Danish a book by the French philosopher and feminist Simone de Beauvoir, All Men Are Mortal.
Although Margrethe was the first woman to rule Denmark in 560 years, she refused to vocally promote gender equality, to the disappointment of some members of Danish women’s rights groups.
“I prefer not to be involved in any movement,” she said during a trip to the US in 1976, when gender issues were high on the agenda in her homeland. “I have sympathy for it, but my job is to be queen, and that requires all my abilities and strength.”
Margrethe was born on April 16, 1940, the first of three daughters of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. Her birth at the royal palace in Copenhagen came a week after Nazi Germany attacked and occupied Denmark.
At the time, she wasn’t in line to become head of state, as the constitution only allowed male succession. That would have meant the monarchy passing to her uncle, Knud.
But popular sentiment was behind the bright, young princess. A constitutional referendum was held in 1953 that paved the way for female succession if the royal couple didn’t have any sons. In 2009, the law of succession was changed again to give the first-born the right to the throne, regardless of gender.
In the period 1960-1965, Crown Princess Margrethe studied at the University of Copenhagen, the University of Cambridge, the London School of Economics and the Sorbonne, completing courses in archaeology and political science.
Margrethe has said that if she hadn’t been a monarch she would have been torn between becoming an archaeologist or an artist.
“I’m fortunate that I never had to face that dilemma because I knew what my task was, but then found out that I could still pursue the arts and also, to some extent, archaeology,” the queen said in the 2011 interview book M, by author Jens Andersen.
In 1967, she married Henri Marie Jean Andre, a French count who had grown up in Vietnam. He took the Danish name Prince Consort Henrik. They had two sons: Crown Prince Frederik in 1968 and Prince Joachim the year after.
She ascended the throne in 1972 after the death of her father and balanced her work as an artist with her royal duties.
Margrethe faced her biggest public crisis in the last years of her marriage as Henrik repeatedly complained about his role and said he should have been given the title of king.
In 2017, he said he didn’t want to be buried with his wife in the Roskilde Cathedral, as had been planned. Later that year, the royal court issued a statement saying the prince suffered from dementia.
When he died in 2018, at age 83, Henrik was cremated, and a portion of his ashes was placed in the garden of a royal castle near Copenhagen. The other part was spread in Danish waters, in accordance with his wishes.
The move to strip the titles from the children of Margrethe’s younger son followed similar downsizing in other royal houses, such as in Sweden. A week after it was announced, Margrethe apologised to her family but stuck by her decision, saying it was “in keeping with the times” and necessary to “future-proof” the institution, according to the royal court.
“I have made my decision as Queen, mother and grandmother, but, as a mother and grandmother, I have underestimated the extent to which much my younger son and his family feel affected,” she said in a written statement at the time. “That makes a big impression, and for that I am sorry.”
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Chennai, January 1: For the first time in its history, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will carry out a space mission on January 1. The Indian space agency on Monday morning will send its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-DL (PSLV-DL) variant rocket to space with the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) with 10 other payloads. Earlier, ISRO has carried out space missions with its two rockets – PSLV and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) in the month of January a couple of times, but not on the first day of a calendar year.
At 9.10 a.m. the Indian rocket PSLV-DL variant with the code PSLV-C58, standing 44.4-metre tall and weighing 260 tons, will blast off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh XPoSat weighing about 740 kg and 10 scientific payloads fixed to the PSLV Orbital Platform. At about 21 minutes into its flight, the rocket will orbit XPoSat at an altitude of about 650 km. PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission: ISRO To Usher In 2024 With Launch of X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite on January 1.
In its normal configuration, the PSLV is a four-stage/engine expendable rocket powered by solid and liquid fuels, alternatively, with six booster motors strapped onto the first stage to give higher thrust during the initial flight moments. The ISRO has five types of PSLV rockets -- Standard, Core Alone, XL, DL, and QL. PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission: ISRO Shares Live Streaming Details of X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite Launch on January 1.
The major difference between them is the number of strap-on boosters used, which, in turn, largely depends on the weight of the satellites to be orbited. The PSLV uses 6,4,2 solid rocket strap-on motors to augment the thrust provided by the first stage in PSLV-XL, QL & DL variants, respectively. However, strap-ons are not used in the core-alone version (PSLV-CA).
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Tornado hits south US, kills at least two
The tornado tore through the states of Mississippi and Tennessee. According to the mayor's office of Columbus, Mississippi on Sunday, a woman was killed when a building collapsed on her and three other people.
The accident took place late Saturday and the deceased was identified as 41-year-old Ashley Pounds, the mayor's office quoted Lowndes County Coroner's Office as saying. The fate of the three others are uncertain.
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith said 12 people in his city sustained non-life threatening injuries, and city spokesman Joe Dillon said a school and two community center buildings were severely damaged by the extreme weather.
In the neighboring state of Tennessee, a man was killed after his vehicle was submerged under high water.
Police answered to the incident early Sunday to find a man trapped inside a vehicle on S. Peters road, Knox County Sheriff's office said in a notice.
The notice warned commuters to avoid roads where the pavement is not visible under water.
The states of Kentucky and West Virginia were also reportedly affected by the tornado. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/tornado-hits-south-us-kills-at-least-two_a3501698/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:54Z |
We're back and ready to bring you coverage for our New Year's Day slate of action around the NBA as we're set for another betting prediction and pick. The Boston Celtics (25-6) will take on the San Antonio Spurs (5-26) with both teams heading in opposite directions on the season. Check out our NBA odds series for our Celtics-Spurs prediction and pick.
The Boston Celtics are currently leading the Atlantic Division and they're the first-place team in the Eastern Conference. They're one of the hotter teams in the NBA right now having won nine of their last 10 games. They also come into this one riding a five-game winning streak and are fresh off a 120-118 win over the Toronto Raptors. They hope to continue their dominance against the struggling Spurs.
The San Antonio Spurs are currently last in the Southwest Division and they're the last place team in the Western Conference. They've gone 2-8 in their last 10 games, but they've seen a number of lengthy losing streaks in the process. They lost their most recent game 128-134 to the Portland Trail Blazers and they'll be hoping to bounce back with a win as massive underdogs.
Here are the NBA odds, courtesy of FanDuel.
NBA Odds: Celtics-Spurs Odds
Boston Celtics: -14 (-106)
San Antonio Spurs: +14 (-114)
Over: 239.5 (-112)
Under: 239.5 (-108)
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Why The Celtics Could Cover The Spread
The Boston Celtics have a had a couple of close calls over the last two games as they narrowly escaped the Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors by single-digit margins. They were pushed in overtime against the Pistons and Kristaps Porzingis saw one of his best games as a Celtic, scoring 35 points and grabbing eight rebounds in the process. He's there main catalyst inside the paint and we're reminded every so often of how special of a shooter he is. The matchup between him and Victor Wembanyama will be a fun one to follow all game, but expect Porzingis to have a sizable advantage over Wemby with his similar length and more physical play.
Jaylen Brown has also taken center-stage in this Celtics offense and they're a drastically better team when he's shooting hot from the field. After a short one-game absence, he returned to the lineup and scored 31 points in their last win over the Raptors. He's been heavily tasked with finding and creating his own shots down the stretch, but he does a great job of recognizing pressure and dishing the ball to the open man. He found Luke Kornet in the corner during their last game and it resulted in the go-ahead bucket that eventually sealed the game. If Brown can continue attacking with both his scoring and his passing, there's no way the Celtics shouldn't win this game.
Why The Spurs Could Cover The Spread
After a career scoring performance from Victor Wembanyama that saw them grab a seldom win on the season, the Spurs fell in the second game of their back-to-back series against the Trail Blazers. Wembanyama was sidelined with an injury during that game, but he doesn't carry a designation on the injury report ahead of this one. The thought is that they're giving him extra rest with the season heating up and they'll need his legs fresh and healthy if they want to contend in games like this. Although they have a slim chance to make the playoffs at the point, it serves as the perfect opportunity for them to grow under the Spurs' system and continue to build chemistry as a team.
Keldon Johnson and Dylan Vassell are going to be major pieces in the success of this San Antonio team moving forward. They're the most versatile scorers on the roster and they're able to create space and find their own shots. As opposing teams begin to game plan around Victor Wembanyama and his size, it leaves the door open for Vassell and Johnson to make an impact and score on softer defenses. Johnson led the way last game in Wembanyama's absence and he'll have to have a similar performance against the forwards of Boston if they want a shot at covering this game.
Final Celtics-Spurs Prediction & Pick
This will be a fun game to watch when looking at the matchup between Kristaps Porzingis and Victor Wembanyama. Both big men are very talented scorers and it'll be interesting to see two unicorns go at-it in the paint. The Celtics have the clear edge in this game and there's no reason to fade them against the Spurs. However, they've been in some close games against worse teams recently, so this one may come down to the fourth quarter for both teams. Let's take the Spurs to cover for our official prediction.
Final Celtics-Spurs Prediction & Pick: San Antonio Spurs +14 (-114) | https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-vs-spurs-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-12-31-2023 | 2024-01-01T03:16:54Z |
(NEXSTAR) — Select batches of a baby formula product have been recalled due to concerns about possible bacterial contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced.
The recall affects 12.6-ounce and 19.8-ounce cans of Nutramigen Powder, produced by Reckitt Benckiser’s Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) and distributed to U.S. retailers over the summer. Nutramigen Powder is a specialty formula designed for infants allergic to cow’s milk.
The company said it issued the recall due to the possibility of Cronobacter sakazakii contamination in products sampled outside the U.S.
“All products in question went through extensive testing by MJN and tested negative for the bacteria,” MJN said in its press release.
Cronobacter is a germ that can cause a dangerous blood infection known as sepsis, and it can also “make the linings surrounding the brain and spinal cord swell,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infants younger than two months old, born prematurely or with weakened immune systems are most likely to get sick from the bacteria.
No illnesses have been reported to date, and MJN said it believes most of the products have already been consumed.
The affected products are listed below. They have a “Use By Date” of “1 Jan 2025” and a UPC Code of either 300871239418 or 300871239456.
- ZL3FHG (12.6 oz cans)
- ZL3FMH (12.6 oz cans)
- ZL3FPE (12.6 oz cans)
- ZL3FQD (12.6 oz cans)
- ZL3FRW (19.8 oz cans)
- ZL3FXJ (12.6 oz cans)
Consumers who purchased the affected products should throw them away or contact MJN for a refund. Anyone with questions can call 866-534-9986 or email consumer.relations@rb.com for assistance. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/nutramigen-baby-formula-powder-recalled-over-possible-bacterial-contamination/ | 2024-01-01T03:16:57Z |
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The Chicago Bears started the season as if they were one of the worst teams in the NFL. They have improved dramatically as they prepare for their Week 17 game against the Atlanta Falcons.
The Bears lost their first 4 games and head coach Matt Eberflus saw a team that was out of sync on both sides of the line of scrimmage. They were taken apart by the Packers and Chiefs, and they could not stay in touch with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The worst of the losses came in Week 4, when they dropped a 31-28 decision to the Denver Broncos.
What made that loss so bad was that the Bears had a 28-7 lead late in the 3rd quarter. It appeared the Bears would not only get a victory, but that they would do it by a wide margin.
Instead, they coughed it up with some of the worst football played all season. The Broncos scored 24 straight points at Soldier Field and delivered a painful loss to Justin Fields & Co.
However, that game served as something of a wakeup call for head coach Matt Eberflus and his players. Since that time, the Bears have recorded a 6-5 record.
While they are still in last place in the NFC North, they have played respectable football. If they had been able to hold on to double-digit, fourth-quarter leads in the second half of the season against the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns, the Bears would be in a legitimate battle for a spot in the playoffs.
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As they prepare to play the Falcons, football bettors will notice that the Bears are 2.5-point favorites over the visitors from the NFC South. They have been favored in 3 games this season, and they are 2-1 in those situations.
Justin Fields will throw for 200-plus yards and run for 75 yards against the Falcons
Bears quarterback Justin Fields is nearing the end of his third season with the Bears. While there are many questions about his future with the team, there is little doubt that he is capable of highlight-film type plays.
He has a strong arm and can make the difficult throw into a tight window. Additionally, he is one of the best running quarterbacks in the league. He combines speed, power and elusiveness, and he is capable of tormenting any defense.
His issues at the quarterback position are accuracy, consistency and timing. Fields struggles to put great throws together, and he will often follow a nearly perfect toss with one that is directly at an opposing defensive back. He may also hold the ball a second too long, and that leads to a sack, a big hit on a receiver or a turnover.
However, Eberflus has seen his quarterback show improvement in recent weeks. That's why the Bears have played credibly since their brutal start to the season.
Fields has completed 196 of 322 passes for 2,146 yards with 15 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. The quarterback is also the Bears' leading rushed with 585 yards on 105 carries for an average of 5.6 yards per carry. He has run the ball into the end zone 3 times.
The Falcons should present a challenge for Field, as they rank 6th in points allowed per game with an average of 19.2 per game. However, Fields recent improvement should give the Chicago offense an opportunity to put quite a bit of pressure on the Falcons.
Wideout D.J. Moore will have 80-plus yards receiving and at least 1 TD for the Bears
One of the big issues for the Bears has been a lack of big-play weapons. Their best wideout is D.J. Moore, and he has shown that if a pass is within his catch radius, Moore is going to come down with it.
He is certainly Fields' favorite receiver. Moore has been at his best when the Bears are also getting contributions from tight end Cole Kmet. That may not be the case against the Falcons because Kmet is battling a knee injury and he is questionable going into the Week 17 game.
Even if Kmet cannot play and the Falcons come after Moore with a double-team, he is still likely to make plays. Moore has caught 83 passes for 1,141 yards and 7 touchdowns, and he has had 19 receptions of 20 or more yards. Additionally, 53 of his receptions have resulted in Bears first downs.
As long as Moore makes one or two key catches early in the game, the Falcons are likely to be on their heels and could be vulnerable to big plays throughout the game. | https://clutchpoints.com/chicago-bears-bold-predictions-for-week-17-vs-falcons | 2024-01-01T03:17:01Z |
Tour of Oman. Stage 2. Stage victory for Astana's Lutsenko after a brave solo attack
"I was motivated for this stage as I knew it suits me quite well. Last year I was third here, so I knew a stage win was possible. I attacked on the last climb and on the top, I already gained an advantage of 15 seconds. I continued pushing hard, also my sports director led me through the last kilometers, giving me great motivation. The final 2 kilometers were hard, but I've managed to keep my advantage until the end.
I am really happy with my win. I came to this race with a goal to win at least a stage. So, it's nice that I achieved this goal already. Tomorrow's stage suits me as well, but, of course, there are a lot of riders who can do well tomorrow. We will see. Of course, the race will be played on the Green Mountain, this is a very hard climb. I hope to have legs for this climb. I did a very good training camp together with my team on Teide, so I'm hopeful," said Alexey Lutsenko.
After the start at the Royal Cavalry Oman, the peloton let a small group of riders go for the day's breakaway at stage 3. On the 156.5 kilometers to Al Bustan, the peloton chased this group until the penultimate climb, where everything came back together. On the final climb, Al Jissah, Alexey Lutsenko took off. The peloton blew apart on this climb, in the attempt to get Lutsenko back, the official website of Astana Pro Team reports.
But the select group of riders behind Lutsenko was not able to catch him before the finish line, as the Kazakh champion finished off his solo attack with a beautiful stage victory. Alexander Kristoff took the second place just behind Lutsenko, maintaining his race lead.
Tomorrow, a 192.5-kilometer-long stage from Shati Al Qurum to Qurayyat will be another challenging day with climbing the steep Qurayyat two times in the final 40 kilometers of the stage. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/tour-of-oman-stage-2-stage-victory-for-astana-s-lutsenko-after-a-brave-solo-attack_a3499441/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:01Z |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — It finally happened! Eagles M15 and F23 have hatched their first baby eagle together, according to the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam.
The hatching of their first egg began Saturday morning, as E23 began its pips before finally emerging.
E23 is the first offspring of the eagles M15 and F23. M15 was previously bonded to an eagle named Harriet, which disappeared in February 2023.
The new eagles bonded in October 2023 and are now a successful mating pair.
Despite one egg hatching, the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam said its sibling did not make it.
“A bittersweet day as we celebrate E23 & mourn the future life of Egg 2 and all that could have been. We will watch with gratitude as F23 embarks on her first season as a mother.”
However, it’s a bright new day and a new year ahead for E23, which is already bothering its parents for food. Its lunch for today? Fish, from its mom’s beak. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/famous-florida-eagle-pair-welcomes-new-baby-eaglet/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:03Z |
Nearly half of all states will raise the minimum wage in 2024
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 7:57 PM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Millions of workers will get a pay bump when the clock strikes midnight on Monday, January 1.
Nearly half of all U.S. states and the District of Columbia will increase their minimum wage in 2024.
Washington state will continue to have the highest minimum wage in the country at $16.28 an hour. That’s up from $15.74 an hour.
And over in Hawaii, workers will receive the largest increase, raising its minimum wage to $14 an hour.
And Washington D.C. will have the highest hourly minimum wage in the country at $17.05. The city will raise its minimum wage again this summer.
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Andy Reid is hoping that doing less will result in more production for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs' struggling offense as they prepare to take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 17.
The Chiefs' offense is going on a diet, paring down the number of plays, personnel packages, and even players used, per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. The hope is that by cutting down on the amount of players running on and off the field, the unit can play faster.
In contrast to recent seasons, the defense is leading the way in Kansas City these days. Steve Spagnuolo's unit ranks second in the NFL in both scoring defense and yards allowed, proving itself as a top-tier defense that can win games when Mahomes and Co. is struggling.
And that's what the offense has been doing, at least relative to the standard set in recent seasons under Reid and Mahomes.
Chiefs' offense needs spark
The Chiefs are ninth in the NFL in total yards and 11th in scoring. Last season, en route to the second Super Bowl win under their current coach-quarterback combination, the team led the NFL in those categories.
Mahomes and the offense has been in a funk since the team's bye in Week 10. In the six games since, the Chiefs are 2-4 and have failed to score 20 points in those four losses.
Reid is banking on a simplified operation to get his offense back on track ahead of a playoff push. The other reason for optimism? Facing a Bengals defense that ranks 28th in passing yards allowed per game. | https://clutchpoints.com/chiefs-news-big-change-bengals-get-struggling-offense-going | 2024-01-01T03:17:07Z |
(Stacker) – From creating vision boards to spending the night out with your most raucous friends waiting for midnight to strike, everyone chooses to celebrate New Year’s holidays differently. Yet a common theme held from country to country and culture to culture is bringing people together and celebrating with food.
Food has been a longstanding part of holiday celebrations. From the preservation of culture to the love and intention poured into creating a memorable feast, the sharing of meals means more than just survival. In many cases, these annual celebrations feature beloved family recipes that have survived wars and been passed down for generations, becoming cornerstones of holiday traditions and an homage to the resilience of the people who originated them.
As New Year’s approaches, Stacker looked at specific food practices from around the world. Where did they come from? What are the meanings behind these time-tested recipes? What makes these traditions so special to the cultures or communities they came from?
With that in mind, Stacker compiled a list of 10 foods used in New Year’s Eve traditions and their origin stories, using sources like CNN, Allrecipes, TheGrio, and more. While every recipe or tradition is different, one of the most beautiful threads woven throughout them all was a desire to bring abundance, prosperity, luck, and love to the community.
How many of these amazing dishes align with your own personal traditions?
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Buñuelos
These fried dough confections have been a tradition for New Year’s celebrations throughout Latin America. Brought over by Spaniards, buñuelos come in many forms depending on the country. In Mexico, this dough-based sweet is rolled out thin and deep-fried until it turns into a puffed disc. In Cuba and Nicaragua, it’s made with yuca. In Colombia, cheese also becomes an ingredient. These treats also take on many shapes, from the aforementioned discs to flowers to figure-eight shapes.
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Suckling pig
In Cuba and Austria, a suckling pig slow roasting over an open fire has been a long-standing tradition for celebrating the new year. In fact, pork served in various iterations is a tradition that has woven its way through many cultures. It is believed that while chickens, turkeys, and other fowl root for food by kicking their feet backward, pigs bury their snout in the ground and move forward, considered a sign of prosperity for the coming year. Another potential reason for pork’s popularity could be more pragmatic. In Austria’s neighboring country, Germany, pigs were usually slaughtered in the winter, which meant they would be the freshest during the holiday season.
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Hoppin’ John
The traditional meal of black-eyed peas and rice, known in the South as Hoppin’ John, dates back to the mid-1800s in South Carolina, a popular area for plantation owners. Historians believe people who were enslaved brought these West African beans with them and replanted them on American soil.
Black-eyed peas, also known as cowpeas, were used as offerings to deities in some African religions, which explains their prominence in this dish. Believed to bring good luck to those who eat it, the recipe also includes red peppers and salt pork. The dish is often featured in Watch Night services in African American communities that celebrate the new year and the official enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation. Collard greens and cornbread were reported to have rounded out the meal.
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Pickled herring
While pickled fish may not tickle everyone’s fancy, the tradition has persisted throughout Scandinavian, Polish, and German cultures for years. Given their abundance in those parts of the world and the fish’s silver color, the herring has become a sign of prosperity and bounty. Many will eat the herring at midnight to signify a prosperous start to the new year. It is also served in many other ways: sometimes with cream sauce or onions and as part of a larger smorgasbord, including pâté and meatballs.
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Toshikoshi soba
A fresh start to the new year is usually what most of us look for when the clock strikes midnight, and the symbolism behind toshikoshi soba is exactly that: a warm and cleansing bowl of buckwheat noodles swimming in dashi broth. According to Japanese beliefs, the length of the noodle is meant to signify long life, while the buckwheat recalls the hardiness and resilience of the crop. The tradition started in 13th- or 14th-century Japan, and the simple dish endures today.
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Cotechino con lenticchie
Another midnight dish primed and ready in many Italian households is cotechino con lenticchie, a stew of sausage with lentils. A simple dish, this recipe uses a sausage of pork rind, nerves, and fresh meat—in other words, nonfirst-choice meat that is easier on the pocket and many can afford. It is then laid on a bed of lentils, which Italians associate with prosperity because of its coin shape and ability to increase in size when cooked. Apart from New Year’s Eve, Italians also celebrate La Festa di San Silvestro on the same day, which marks the death of Pope Sylvester I. He is best remembered for converting Constantine to the Catholic faith.
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Vasilopita
Another theme in many holiday traditions is a cake with a hidden item. There is the king cake in Catholic countries—a treat usually eaten during Epiphany (Jan. 6) and has a hidden baby Jesus. In Irish traditions, a barmbrack cake served around Halloween can help divine your future depending on what charms you unearth while eating it. But in Greece, there is vasilopita. Known as the New Year’s cake and flavored with a hint of orange (another lucky food in places like China) the moist confection is baked with a coin hidden inside.
The tradition supposedly goes back to St. Basil (whom the cake is named after). St. Basil, whose feast day is Jan. 1, was a bishop in Caesarea Mazaca—now the city of Kayseri in Turkey. A version of the story goes that the bishop baked coins into cakes to give to less fortunate people. The cakes were meant to hide these alms, preserving the recipient’s dignity. Today, however, whoever receives the slice with the trinket is said to have good fortune coming for the year.
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Tteokguk
Lauded as New Year’s soup in Korea, tteokguk is a brothy stew made with meat stock; tteok, or disc-shaped rice cakes; garnishes like julienned eggs, seaweed, or scallions; and is consumed during Seollal, or Korean New Year, the first day of the lunar calendar. While there isn’t a clear time frame for when Koreans started adding rice cakes to their soup, its earliest references can be found in a 19th-century book of customs called Dongguksesigi. The white tteok signifies cleanliness, a new beginning for the year, while its coin shape symbolizes prosperity since it is reminiscent of Korea’s old currency, yeopjeon.
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Oliebollen
Old-fashioned Dutch doughnuts more commonly known as oliebollen (roughly translated as oil balls) are sugary, fried dough balls stuffed with raisins or currants. The earliest recipe for these treats dates back to the 1667 Dutch book “De Verstandige Kock” (“The Sensible Cook”), which details directions for oliekoecken, a direct ancestor of this holiday treat.
One origin story for this dish dates back centuries to Germanic tribes who ate the fried treats to ward off the dangers of Perchta, a goddess known for cutting open the bellies of all who crossed her path. The tribes believed the oil from the treat would coat their stomachs, causing Perchta’s blade to slide off the bodies of any who ate them. While the fear of sword-wielding spirits may no longer be as prevalent, the doughnuts have carried on.
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Las doce uvas de la suerte
There isn’t much of a recipe involved in this Spanish New Year’s celebration—all you need is 12 green grapes and to remain awake long enough for the clock to strike midnight. The practice’s heritage seems to have multiple origins.
One of the more commonly accepted theories is that winemakers in Alicante, Spain, needed to dispose of an overstock of wine grapes in the early 1900s; another suggests the practice is rooted in a mocking nod to the 19th-century bourgeoisie in Madrid, who followed the French tradition of eating grapes and drinking champagne on New Year’s Eve.
Wherever it came from, the tradition of “las doce uvas de la suerte,” or “the 12 grapes of luck,” dictates that a grape is eaten at each clock stroke at midnight to attract abundance for the coming year.
Story editing by Carren Jao. Copy editing by Paris Close. Photo selection by Clarese Moller. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/holidays/these-10-traditional-new-years-eve-foods-all-come-with-a-story/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:09Z |
Tour of Oman. Stage 3. Two in a row for Lutsenko after strong teamwork
After - what in the finale turned out to be a hectic day - Lutsenko is now the new race leader and official wearer of the points jersey as well. His team was able to keep him out of trouble, as the peloton split multiple times because of echelons. In the final, Lutsenko was well placed by his teammates for the uphill finish and he took off from a selected group with 500 meters to go. He finished just in front of Jesus Herrada and Greg van Avermaet with a gap of 1 second, making it the 8th victory in 8 days for Astana Pro Team.
"Today I really have to thank my teammates for all their hard work, all the time they kept me out of trouble during the echelons and they put me in the perfect position at the start of the final climb. The final 50 km it turned out to be hard and hectic, but I'm thrilled I managed to win another time. I'm feeling very strong after the training camp on Tenerife with the team, so I want to thank all my trainers that pushed me during this camp. It's a great period for our team, with so many great results in a short time, I'm proud to ride for this team and want to thank all of our sponsors for making this possible. Of course, I hope I can win the overall race again, but there are still many hard days to come," said Alexey Lutsenko.
"It was a very good day for us. Another victory for Alexey Lutsenko, who has very strong legs at the moment. The team worked really hard during the training camps in the winter, resulting in many outstanding results in a very short period of time. We're delighted to see Alexey's still making progress every season, for sure there is still a lot to come for him and the team. Today was a good example of the strength of our team, as everyone kept their heads cool during hectic moments and did the right things. It's a great victory and, of course, we will try to defend the first position in the GC of Alexey," said sports director Dmitriy Fofonov.
The 192.5-kilometer-long stage from Shati Al Qurum to Qurayyat turned out to be harder than it looked on the profile, caused by strong crosswinds during the day. A group of ten riders made it into the day's breakaway, and it was the team of race leader Alexander Kristoff who took control over the peloton. With the race heading into the final 50 kilometers, passing the finish line for a first time with 40 km to go, the peloton split for a first time because of crosswinds, Astana Pro Team's official website reads.
After the first passage of the finish line and the uphill final of the stage, everything came back together but was split again shortly after. In both occasions, Alexey Lutsenko managed to stay out of trouble with the help of his teammates. A group of 30 riders started at the bottom of the final climb to the finish line, and it was Alexey Lutsenko who was able to stay in the first group during this uphill finish. In the final 500 meters, he took off from a selected group of riders, making it two in a row at the Tour of Oman, and the 8th victory in 8 days for Astana Pro Team. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/tour-of-oman-stage-3-two-in-a-row-for-lutsenko-after-strong-teamwork_a3499670/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:08Z |
PGA Tour seeks extension on commercial deal with Saudis, private investors
(AP) - The PGA Tour believes it has made enough progress with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf to extend their negotiations into next year for a new commercial deal that would include a U.S. investment group and the European tour.
Commissioner Jay Monahan sent a memo to players on Sunday afternoon, just seven hours before the deadline to finalize the deal that was set in the June 6 framework agreement.
The PGA Tour board unanimously agreed three weeks ago to negotiate exclusively with Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of American-based professional sports teams owners led by Fenway Sports Group.
Monahan said the tour has made “meaningful progress” with SSG and provided the group with all the information it requested.
“As we move forward in our discussions, we are focused on the finalization of terms and drafts of necessary documents,” Monahan said.
Far more complicated are the negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the financial supporters of the rival LIV Golf League which lured away Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka in 2022, and most recently Masters champion Jon Rahm earlier this month.
Monahan described conversations with PIF and the European tour as “active and productive.”
The framework agreement was to expire Dec. 31, though it included language that the deadline could be extended if all parties agreed. “We are working to extend our negotiations into next year based on the progress we have made to date,” Monahan said in his memo.
Monahan said the goal for 2024 was to reach agreements with SSG, PIF and the European tour to bring them in as minority co-investors in the for-profit PGA Tour Enterprises.
“These partnerships will allow us to unify, innovate and invest in the game for the benefit of players, fans and sponsors,” Monahan said.
Under the framework agreement, PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan would have a seat on the PGA Tour board. The agreement also included PGA Tour Enterprises doing an “objective, empirical-driven evaluation” of LIV and to determine if team golf can be integrated into the PGA Tour and European tour.
It also was to determine a “fair and objective” process for LIV players who might want to return to the PGA Tour or European tour, which is said to be a sticking point because of the players who turned down Saudi riches to remain on the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour season begins Thursday at The Sentry on Maui, the first of eight “signature” events with a $20 million purse and limited field. LIV Golf already has announced the bulk of its 2024 schedule and $20 million purses. It starts the first week of February.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to get right before the playoffs roll around. In Week 17, they'll face the Cincinnati Bengals with a few key injury updates to watch for. The statuses of Isiah Pacheco, Clyde Edwards-Helaire and L'Jarius Sneed will be officially decided soon.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, both Pacheco (concussion, shoulder) and Edwards-Helaire (illness) are expected to play. Both of the running backs were listed as questionable. But for Sneed, the cornerback who is dealing with a calf injury, there is greater uncertainty, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
Rapaport reports that Sneed “is considered to be a game-time decision for today, source said. He improved dramatically from Friday to Saturday, so at least he has a chance. But he didn't practice all week, leaving his status in doubt.”
The Chiefs need to cleanse their palate after a humiliating home loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. The Bengals won’t be a pushover, though, as they’re still in the playoff hunt and need to bounce back from a loss against their own division rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Having both of their running backs is a great development for the Chiefs. This is especially the case for Pacheco, who had 303 yards from scrimmage in the three games prior to the last game, where he was ruled out midway through. Clearing concussion protocol has given him the green light to play despite also dealing with a shoulder injury.
The Bengals should be getting superstar wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase back in action after missing last week with a shoulder injury. Cornerback Jalen Davis (groin) is listed as questionable.
The Chiefs are approaching another division crown but can hardly afford to drop their final two games. | https://clutchpoints.com/chiefs-news-kansas-city-expecting-isiah-pacheco-clyde-edwards-helaire-to-play-in-week-17-hopeful-for-ljarius-sneed | 2024-01-01T03:17:14Z |
CHICAGO — Police say a search is underway for a teen boy who has been missing for nearly a month.
According to Chicago police, officers are searching for 17-year-old Zion Alvarez, who has been missing since Dec. 1.
Officers say Alvarez was last seen in the 6800 block of South Washtenaw Avenue in Chicago Lawn.
Police say the teen boy, who has black hair and brown eyes, stands 5-foot-11 and weighs around 115 pounds.
According to police, Alvarez was last seen wearing a black coat, a black Polo shirt and khaki pants, but he may now be wearing a white coat.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of 17-year-old Zion Alvarez is asked to call CPD Area 1 SVU at 312-747-8380.
Tips for police can also be filed at CPDtip.com. Tips can be left anonymously. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/police-search-for-17-year-old-boy-missing-for-nearly-a-month/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:15Z |
Tree nuts help reduce heart disease risks for people with diabetes: study
The study published on Tuesday in Circulation Research, an American Heart Association journal, showed that eating five servings (28-gram per serving) of nuts per week among people with type 2 diabetes had a 17 percent lower risk of total cardiovascular disease incidence compared with those who ate less than a single serving per month, Xinhua reports.
The participants also reported a 20 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease and a 34 percent lower risk of heart disease death, according to the study.
Harvard University researchers used self-reported diet questionnaires from 16,217 participants before and after they were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and asked them about their consumption of both peanuts and tree nuts over a period of several years.
They found that eating all kinds of nuts offered some heart benefits, but tree nuts such as walnuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios, pecans and hazelnuts were strongly associated with reduced heart risk compared with peanuts that grow underground.
Also, after being diagnosed with diabetes, those who increased their nuts intake had an 11 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 25 percent lower risk of heart disease death, according to the study.
"It seems never too late to improve diet and lifestyle after diagnosis among individuals with type 2 diabetes," said the paper's lead author Liu Gang with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/tree-nuts-help-reduce-heart-disease-risks-for-people-with-diabetes-study_a3500011/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:15Z |
CUSA Football Promo Codes, Predictions, Computer Picks & Best Bets | Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:44 PM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
Based on our projections, the best bet in terms of the total for the four CUSA bowl season games is Liberty vs. Oregon -- for more tips, including parlay possibilities, keep reading.
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Pick: Western Kentucky +4.5 vs. Old Dominion
- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Old Dominion by 0.5 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Fresno State +3.5 vs. New Mexico State
- Matchup: New Mexico State Aggies at Fresno State Bulldogs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: New Mexico State by 0.0 points
- Time: 5:45 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Louisiana +3.5 vs. Jacksonville State
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Jacksonville State by 1.5 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
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Under 67.5 - Liberty vs. Oregon
- Matchup: Liberty Flames at Oregon Ducks
- Projected Total: 61.4 points
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- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN
Over 48.5 - Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion
- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Total: 54.2 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
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Under 57.5 - Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Total: 55.6 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
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The Los Angeles Clippers got positive updates regarding Kawhi Leonard and Mason Plumlee ahead of the team's New Year's Day game against the Miami Heat.
Leonard, who has missed the last four games due to a hip contusion, returned to practice on Sunday afternoon and fully participated. The two-time NBA Finals MVP was expected to be a limited participant in the Clippers' last practice, but ended up not participating. With Kawhi Leonard practicing, there's a chance he's able to return for Monday night's game against Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat.
Kawhi Leonard is practicing today, says Ty Lue.
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) December 31, 2023
In 27 appearances for the Clippers this season, Kawhi Leonard is averaging 24.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.5 steals per game on 52.1 percent shooting from the field and 42.9 percent from three.
Leonard told ClutchPoints last weekend that he didn't expect to be out long, so it certainly appears like a return is nearing for him.
Mason Plumlee, who has been out with a sprained MCL in his left knee suffered against the New York Knicks on November 6th, is also fully participating in his first full practice today as well. Plumlee had been playing in three-on-three and five-on-five in practices, coming out of each of the last couple of practices pain free.
Mason Plumlee is practicing today for the Clippers
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) December 31, 2023
In six games this season, Mason Plumlee is averaging 5.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assist per game on 63.2 percent shooting.
His return will create an interesting dilemma for the Clippers, who signed free agent Daniel Theis to be the backup center following Plumlee's injury. Having found a rotation that works for them and with Plumlee's return on the horizon, it remains to be seen what the Clippers do with their big men. James Harden has also been putting in a lot of extra work with Ivica Zubac and Daniel Theis trying to figure out their respective two-man game together.
Will the Clippers change things up and go with two bigs in the second unit? Will one be a complete DNP? Will Tyronn Lue take a game-by-game approach to who he believes the Clippers will need more?
The Clippers take on the Heat on Monday night at 7:30PM PST. | https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-mason-plumlee-injury-update-ahead-of-new-years-day-game-vs-heat | 2024-01-01T03:17:20Z |
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It has been a relatively mild start to winter for much of the U.S., but it won’t be long until many of us encounter icy roads (if you haven’t already this season).
“It’s been a while since we have been able to do that and … it’s definitely scary, you know, definitely got to make sure the tires are good,” driver Lorenzo Brown Jr. told Nexstar’s KELO after South Dakota was hit by some winter weather earlier this week.
Even for the most seasoned winter driver, it is important to take extra precautions when roads are snowy and icy.
“So I see it quite often, people jackrabbit start from the stoplights — you got to quit that. Nice, easy acceleration. Let your car warm up just so you’re comfortable and can think without freezing while you’re driving,” Airway Auto Service owner Tom Broadbent explained when asked about driving in winter weather.
While many people learned to pump their brakes when stopping on ice, many new cars have an anti-locking brake system, which means you just have to hold down your foot on the pedal.
“New cars have anti-lock brake systems,” Broadbent said. “So they’re watching the vehicles’ speed on the wheels. So the system watches each wheel independently. So as a tire starts to skid, when you step on the brakes, it’ll actually pull the fluid away and let that tire roll to keep the car under control.”
Broadbent says it’s beneficial to have winter tires with these conditions.
“They are a godsend when you have them in icy conditions because they’re made to grip that ice. A lot of them have some sort of assistance set up, whether it be graphite or walnut shell or something that actually bites the ice,” Broadbent said.
When navigating these icy roads, safety comes first and foremost.
“You need to slow down. You need to heed to the warnings that the highway patrol puts out, sheriff’s department, if they’re advising no travel, don’t travel. It’s that simple. So if you have to go, be really, really cautious,” Broadbent said.
Broadbent recommends traveling slower than the posted speed limit, too. And you’ll want to leave plenty of space between you and the other vehicles on the road. If you do find yourself sliding on ice, AAA recommends taking your foot off of the gas and turning your steering wheel gently in the same direction. Then, once back on the pavement, you can gently use your brakes. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/weather/you-might-be-driving-wrong-on-icy-roads/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:21Z |
CUSA Games Today: How to Watch CUSA Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options - Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:10 PM CST|Updated: 2 hours ago
Looking for info on how to watch all of the college football postseason action now that bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here? Below, we highlight how you can watch all four games involving teams from the CUSA.
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Trump declares nat'l emergency to build wall on US-Mexico border
12:56, 16 February 2019
WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday with the goal of bypassing Congress and securing billions of dollars in additional funding to build a wall on the United States' border with Mexico, EFE reports.
In remarks at the White House, Trump said the move was necessary to stop an "invasion of our country with drugs, with human traffickers, with all types of criminals and gangs."
The president, however, also said he foresees lawsuits and a tough battle in the courts in trying to get the wall built.
"We will possibly get a bad ruling. And then we'll get another bad ruling. And then we'll end up in the Supreme Court, and hopefully we'll get a fair shake," he said.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — According to the website Mr. Electric, for many around the world, January 6th marks the Epiphany, celebrating the 12 days of Christmas — and also prime time for Christmas lights and decorations to come down. And true to the statistics, one local family has decided to keep the lights and decorations up just a little while longer.
The Chmielewski family has made their holiday light display a family tradition. With nearly one hundred thousand strands of lights, the showcase, now known as Chimielewski’s Christmas Corner, is open to the public. The family says it started from an idea of the kids, and quickly grew — and continues to do so, as a new item is added every year.
“We started doing this roughly 15-20 years ago,” says the Corner’s owner Al Chimielewski. “We started putting a few lights on and these guys were in grade school at the time going to school over at Miller. And we put lights up and they kept coming home saying that we need more lights up and it kind of escalated to this.”
The family states that on a given year, they can see up to sixty thousand people — including visitors from all over the United States as well as abroad (2023, they claim, brought a visitor from South Africa). More than anything, though, the Chmielewskis say that their tradition has had an important impact on families in the community before and after Christmas.
“It just seems like a tradition for a lot of people now,” Chmielewski states. “It’s a really big memory for many. We’ve been doing it long enough that it’s really important to people. Personally, I just like coming home and seeing it.”
The display is still up and is located on Kennedy Ave in Bismarck — but if you decide to keep your own lights up like the Chmielewski family, know that it will be costing you money in the long run. Energy.gov reports that leaving a 6-foot tall christmas tree lit up for extended periods of time will add an additional $10 to your electric bill. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/christmas-lights-shine-on-in-bismarck-at-chimielewskis-christmas-corner/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:26Z |
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The Washington Commanders have had a massively disappointing 2023 season, and it is one that will likely bring change to the organization heading into the 2024 season.
The Commanders are on track for a top three pick, as they will be heavy underdogs in the final two games of the season against the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. The Commanders currently hold the No. 4 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft behind the Chicago Bears, who hold the Carolina Panthers' first-round pick, and the Arizona Cardinals. The Commanders are tied with the New England Patriots at 4-11, and the strength of schedule is close enough that the draft order could swing either way by the end of the regular season.
Regardless, the Commanders are going to have a high pick. That means that the 2024 NFL Draft will have a chance to be one that shapes the Commanders franchise for the next several years. Head coach Ron Rivera is likely to be let go, as the new ownership led by Josh Harris will likely look in a new direction at head coach. With Sam Howell's recent benching for Jacoby Brissett, it is very possible that Washington could be in play for a quarterback in the first round.
Luckily for the Commanders, there are multiple highly-rated quarterback prospects in this upcoming draft. Let's get into the top two draft targets for the Commanders in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Drake Maye, North Carolina QB
There are two quarterback prospects who stand out above the rest in the 2024 NFL Draft. One of those is Caleb Williams from USC, and he is likely going to be selected with the No. 1 pick, whether that be the Chicago Bears or another team that trades up to select him. The consensus clear-cut No. 2 quarterback as of right now is Drake Maye from North Carolina.
While the Commanders will not have the No. 2 pick unless the Cardinals pull an upset in the last two weeks of the season, it is very possible that Arizona will either not take a quarterback in that slot, or trade back. The Commanders should pounce if the Cardinals are trading back, as Drake Maye is one of the better quarterback prospects in the last few years.
With Dak Prescott and Jalen Hurts in the division already, the Commanders need high-level quarterback play to compete with the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East. Drake Maye could provide that in the NFL.
Jayden Daniels, LSU QB
If the Commanders are unable to trade up and select Maye, Jayden Daniels would be a nice consolation at the No. 3 pick. The Heisman Trophy winner will likely be considered the clear-cut No. 3 quarterback prospect, and he presents a threat through the air and on the ground. Some have compared his play style to Lamar Jackson.
As with most quarterbacks, Jayden Daniels likely needs to be in a specific system to maximize his potential. With the Commanders likely resetting at head coach this offseason, it is very possible that they could hire someone with a good vision that will maximize Daniels' abilities.
It is unknown whether or not the Commanders will have the No. 3 pick. That will likely come down to the strength of schedule numbers between the Commanders and the Patriots. If the Commanders end up with the third pick, it would make a lot of sense for them to go with Daniels. | https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-2-way-too-early-targets-2024-nfl-draft | 2024-01-01T03:17:26Z |
(NewsNation) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is monitoring a potential terror threat against the United States from an affiliate of al-Qaeda, known as the AQAP.
The group has released alarming videos online, calling for attacks on U.S. airlines, prominent figures and iconic locations.
The AQAP, identified as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, posted videos this week urging terrorist actions on global flights, Times Square and the New York City subway. The content includes specific calls for attacks on Jewish and Western targets, singling out American, British and French airlines.
Notably, high-profile individuals such as Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Shalom Bernacchi are named as potential targets.
A meticulously produced instructional video accompanies these threats, featuring depictions of airplanes exploding and providing detailed instructions on bomb-making. The video goes further to offer tips on bypassing airport security measures and boarding flights undetected.
In response to these threats, the TSA issued a statement, acknowledging awareness of the AQAP communication. The agency emphasized its commitment to the ongoing security of transportation and stated:
TSA is aware of the latest AQAP communication as well as the ongoing threats to transportation in light of world events. We are not aware of any credible threats resulting from this video to date.
Foreign terrorist organizations routinely highlight transportation modes during the holidays. TSA is operating at a high level of security and constant state of vigilance, as always.
TSA maintains a risk-based, intelligence-driven approach that includes multiple layers of security, both seen and unseen. TSA and DHS are in close and ongoing touch with all of our partners, and will continue to monitor the situation and adjust security measures as and when necessary.
We all play a role in keeping our communities safe and the public is encouraged to stay alert, report signs of suspicious behavior and remember, See Something, Say Something.
On background:
· TSA continues to deploy the latest technologies to assist in our security mission such as computed tomography scanners and credential authentication technology.
· We also use several security layers beyond the checkpoint such as the vetting of travelers, use of explosives detection canines, use of Federal Air Marshals and screening 100 percent of cargo, among other layers.
Full TSA Statement
Highlighting the heightened security measures during the holiday season, the TSA assured the public of operating at a high level of vigilance. The agency is also closely coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security to address the situation.
This comes as New York City is ramping up security for New Year’s Eve celebrations in light of recent pro-Palestinian demonstrations and federal concerns about possible terrorist attacks.
New York Police Department officers were securing the streets Friday in Times Square.
Mayor Eric Adams said visitors will see NYPD officers throughout the expected million-person crowd. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security will also help with the heightened security presence and warned of an increased risk of terror attacks around public gatherings as the ball drop draws near.
NewsNation’s Laura Ingle contributed to this report. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/al-qaeda-affiliate-threatens-airlines-prominent-figures/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:27Z |
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Bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here, with eight games involving teams from the Pac-12 on the docket. For info on how to watch all of the hard-hitting action, keep scrolling.
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Trump, Kim to have dinner together Wednesday: sources
20:35, 25 February 2019
HANOI. KAZINFORM - U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are expected to begin two days of meetings in Hanoi with a joint dinner on Wednesday, multiple sources have said, Yonhap reports.
Trump and Kim are expected to arrive in the Vietnamese capital on Tuesday.
Sources said that the two leaders plan to have dinner together the following day, but details, such as the venue and time, have yet to be determined.
Hanoi Opera House is one of the possible venues for the banquet because Kim Chang-son, a senior North Korean official in charge of logistical details of the leader's trip, recently visited the facility together with U.S. officials.
After the summit with Trump, Kim will remain in Vietnam through Saturday for an official goodwill visit to the country that is expected to include visits to industrial facilities, such as the industrial city of Haiphong, sources said. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/trump-kim-to-have-dinner-together-wednesday-sources_a3501889/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:29Z |
BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — North Dakota is full of hidden gems and small businesses — and one of them, Twisted Minds Oddities, Curiosities, and More, is located right here in Bismarck on Broadway Avenue. Owner Mike Mueller says that a love for the strange and bizarre lead to the business developing.
“I’ve always been an avid collector of weird and odd things,” he recalls. “My wife and I went to a couple of oddities stores out of state, and I fell in love with them. We decided Bismarck-Mandan, North Dakota needed a similar item, so we decided to open one.”
Mueller says the idea for the store started by visiting other stores of the same nature and then there was the deciding factor.
“The decision,” he states, “the deciding factor was the alien, and the big clown we have out there. They kind of helped us to decide to start to go.”
The shop features things from memorabilia,vintage items, clothes and even jars of creatures — as well as a room featuring items that glow under black light.
“You’ll find wet specimens, clown items, taxidermy items, antique items, and vintage clothing,” he notes. “We’re going to be getting in vintage records as well, but we haven’t gotten there yet, there’s just going to be one of a kind, unique items. “
The store, he states, is open to everyone — especially those with a morbid curiosity.
“We just welcome everyone in,” Mueller states. “We’re excited to be in the this city, and we’re excited to be in the state. I’ve grown up here all my life, and it was time for something different. It was time for some change.”
The store made it’s debut on New Year’s Eve and plans to be open on the weekends.
Mueller says that he is excited to open a business so unique in Bismarck.
Twisted Minds would also like the public to know that they are offering consignment space, as well as accepting donations of anything odd, strange, or creepy. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/twisted-minds-makes-debut-in-bismarck/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:32Z |
After the Washington Commanders rally against the New York Jets in Week 16 came up just short, the team decided to hand the starting quarterback role over to Jacoby Brissett, sending Sam Howell to the bench. However, midway through the week, Brissett suffered a hamstring injury that put his status for the Commanders upcoming game against the San Francisco 49ers up in the air
Brissett has relieved Howell of his duties in each of Washington's past two games, and he nearly managed to put together comebacks in both games. Unfortunately, he won't get a chance to earn the start in Week 17, as Brissett has been ruled out for the Commanders game against San Fran. With Brissett out, that means it will be Howell getting the nod again after having been benched just a few days ago.
Via Ian Rapoport:
“Source: The Commanders will start QB Sam Howell today against the 49ers. Jacoby Brissett (hamstring) is inactive as the third QB after a pre-game workout. Benched just this week, Howell now gets another game to leave a positive impression for 2024. Jake Fromm is the backup.”
Sam Howell likely to get the start with Jacoby Brissett not expected to play
Talk about a roller coaster of a week for Howell. The second-year passer has gone from seemingly losing his job to Brissett, to suddenly being gifted another start under center because of a strange injury he suffered midway through the week. Life comes at you fast in the NFL, and that's certainly the case for Howell as he now gears up for a start against a tough Niners defense.
Brissett tried to see if his hamstring would respond well to his warmups, but it doesn't look like that happened, and he will now be forced to watch this one from the sidelines. Howell will try to make the most of his opportunity in this game, but against a tough 49ers squad, that is going to be a lot easier said than done. | https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-jacoby-brissett-out-week-17-means-sam-howell-time | 2024-01-01T03:17:33Z |
Negotiators from Qatar have informed Israeli government officials that Hamas “agrees in principle” to terms for a second hostage swap and ceasefire, Israeli media reported late Friday.
The proposed deal includes exchanging 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October for an undisclosed number of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel and a one to two week halt in fighting.
Citing reports in Hebrew, The Times of Israel quoted one Israeli official describing the deal as a positive development.
“We move from a freeze to a situation that is very cold,” he said.
A second official described negotiations as not yet concrete, adding that Israel is still waiting on details for a final negotiation.
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Negotiations between the two sides, with Qatar as a mediator, have continued for weeks since the last weeklong cease-fire deal saw the release of about 100 Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity in exchange for about 240 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel last month.
That deal was lauded by the international community, which has pushed Israel to halt or slow its military operations in Gaza, citing a rising civilian death toll and continued humanitarian crisis.
Hamas officials previously said the militant group is not interested in another short-term deal, though the Qatari message appears to contradict that claim.
President Biden met with Qatar leader Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani Tuesday to discuss a potential second deal and other negotiations with Hamas. Qatar, a longtime U.S. ally with good relations with Hamas, has become the key to U.S. diplomatic strategy in the war.
The Egyptian government proposed a similar peace plan to more permanently end the fighting this week, which also includes the exchange of hostages for prisoners, though neither Hamas nor Israel appeared eager to accept that proposal.
Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu committed to continuing fighting in the conflict, going against advice from the U.S. government to reduce military operations.
“We are expanding the fight in the coming days, and this will be a long battle, and it isn’t close to finished,” he said Monday.
The Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which sparked the war, killed about 1,200 Israelis and resulted in about 200 more being taken hostages by Hamas. Over 21,000 Palestinians have died in the war since, most of whom are women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Months of aerial bombardment and a grueling Israeli ground campaign have leveled most of the Gaza Strip and resulted in nearly the entirety of Gaza’s 2.3 million population being displaced and in need of humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations.
The Israeli military executed two more strikes on Gaza City refugee camps early Saturday, after it admitted Thursday that a pair of similar Christmas Eve attacks killed dozens of civilians. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/qatar-tells-israel-that-hamas-agrees-in-principle-to-resume-hostage-talks-report/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:33Z |
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With the regular season behind us, it's time for bowl season and the College Football Playoff. The postseason slate includes eight games that feature teams from the Big Ten. To ensure you catch all of the action, see the column below for details on how to watch.
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Trump nominates US Ambassador to Canada Kelly Kraft as new US envoy to UN
13:03, 23 February 2019
WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Ambassador to Canada Kelly Kraft to be the new US Ambassador to the UN.
"I am pleased to announce that Kelly Knight Kraft, our current Ambassador to Canada, is being nominated to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations," Trump wrote on his official Twitter account on Friday. "Kelly has done an outstanding job representing our Nation and I have no doubt that, under her leadership, our Country will be represented at the highest level. Congratulations to Kelly and her entire family!" he added, TASS reports.
Nikki Haley, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the UN since January 2017, announced her resignation from the post in October 2018. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/trump-nominates-us-ambassador-to-canada-kelly-kraft-as-new-us-envoy-to-un_a3501278/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:36Z |
Temperatures will feel cold tonight to ring in the New Year. Tomorrow temps will be in the upper 30s and low 40s before a cool down this week. Find out more with Taylor in her New Year’s Eve Forecast.
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Terry McLaurin and the Washington Commanders took another loss, this time at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers in Week 17. As McLaurin walked away from the field, he saw the similarities between the Commanders and 49ers.
Unfortunately for Washington, none of those similarities painted the Commanders in a good light. McLaurin understands what makes the 49ers successful and is hopeful he will soon see the same in his career, via Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post.
“You want to be a part of something that sustainable and you're winning completely at a high level. They've got a great staff. They've got great players. You can tell they love playing together,” McLaurin said of the 49ers. “You see why they have the success that they do. You got to give them credit for building that team and for the players going out there and executing.”
“Hopefully I can be a part of something like that, but I'm just focused on myself, my world and my journey and I'm going to keep working to be the best player I can be,” McLaurin concluded.
McLaurin parked
The Commanders drafted McLaurin back when they were the Redskins in 2019. Since his arrival, Washington has made the playoffs just once. They were eliminated in the Wild Card Round in 2020. Their best record with McLaurin on their roster has been 8-8.
That hasn't been the fault of the wide receiver however. Heading into Week 17, McLaurin had appeared in 78 games for the team. He has made 368 receptions for 5,166 yards and 24 touchdowns. McLaurin is already has the ninth-most yards of any Washington receiver.
San Francisco has gone out, traded for an crafted a Super Bowl winning team. The 49ers' clear focus is on winning. Terry McLaurin hasn't done much of that with the Commanders and hopes he will soon find a stable foundation in the NFL. | https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-terry-mclaurin-heartbreaking-take-washington-losing-situation | 2024-01-01T03:17:39Z |
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College Football Bowl Game Computer Picks & Predictions
According to our projections, the best bet against the spread out of 39 FBS postseason matchups is Florida State (+22.5) -- for more suggestions, including parlay opportunities, see below.
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Pick: Florida State +22.5 vs. Georgia
- Matchup: Georgia Bulldogs at Florida State Seminoles
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Florida State by 2.2 points
- Time: 4:00 PM ET
- Date: December 30
- TV Channel: ESPN
Pick: Tulane +11.5 vs. Virginia Tech
- Matchup: Virginia Tech Hokies at Tulane Green Wave
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Tulane by 3.9 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 27
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Pick: LSU -8.5 vs. Wisconsin
- Matchup: Wisconsin Badgers at LSU Tigers
- Projected Favorite & Spread: LSU by 21.3 points
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN2
- Live Stream: Fubo
Pick: Ohio +1.5 vs. Georgia Southern
- Matchup: Georgia Southern Eagles at Ohio Bobcats
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Ohio by 10.7 points
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Pick: Boise State +6.5 vs. UCLA
- Matchup: UCLA Bruins at Boise State Broncos
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Boise State by 5.5 points
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ABC
- Live Stream: Fubo
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Over 40.5 - Oregon State vs. Notre Dame
- Matchup: Oregon State Beavers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Projected Total: 55.0 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 29
- TV Channel: CBS
- Live Stream: Fubo
Over 40.5 - Miami (OH) vs. Appalachian State
- Matchup: Miami (OH) RedHawks at Appalachian State Mountaineers
- Projected Total: 51.3 points
- Time: 3:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ABC
- Live Stream: Fubo
Over 47.5 - SMU vs. Boston College
- Matchup: SMU Mustangs at Boston College Eagles
- Projected Total: 55.6 points
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: December 28
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Over 46.5 - UTSA vs. Marshall
- Matchup: UTSA Roadrunners at Marshall Thundering Herd
- Projected Total: 54.5 points
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- Date: December 19
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Under 66.5 - Georgia Tech vs. UCF
- Matchup: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at UCF Knights
- Projected Total: 59.6 points
- Time: 6:30 PM ET
- Date: December 22
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
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College Football Bowl Game Computer Picks & Predictions
According to our projections, the best bet against the spread out of 39 FBS postseason matchups is Florida State (+22.5) -- for more suggestions, including parlay opportunities, see below.
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Pick: Florida State +22.5 vs. Georgia
- Matchup: Georgia Bulldogs at Florida State Seminoles
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Florida State by 2.2 points
- Time: 4:00 PM ET
- Date: December 30
- TV Channel: ESPN
Pick: Tulane +11.5 vs. Virginia Tech
- Matchup: Virginia Tech Hokies at Tulane Green Wave
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Tulane by 3.9 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 27
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Pick: LSU -8.5 vs. Wisconsin
- Matchup: Wisconsin Badgers at LSU Tigers
- Projected Favorite & Spread: LSU by 21.3 points
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN2
- Live Stream: Fubo
Pick: Ohio +1.5 vs. Georgia Southern
- Matchup: Georgia Southern Eagles at Ohio Bobcats
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Ohio by 10.7 points
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Pick: Boise State +6.5 vs. UCLA
- Matchup: UCLA Bruins at Boise State Broncos
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Boise State by 5.5 points
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ABC
- Live Stream: Fubo
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Over 40.5 - Oregon State vs. Notre Dame
- Matchup: Oregon State Beavers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Projected Total: 55.0 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 29
- TV Channel: CBS
- Live Stream: Fubo
Over 40.5 - Miami (OH) vs. Appalachian State
- Matchup: Miami (OH) RedHawks at Appalachian State Mountaineers
- Projected Total: 51.3 points
- Time: 3:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ABC
- Live Stream: Fubo
Over 47.5 - SMU vs. Boston College
- Matchup: SMU Mustangs at Boston College Eagles
- Projected Total: 55.6 points
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: December 28
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Over 46.5 - UTSA vs. Marshall
- Matchup: UTSA Roadrunners at Marshall Thundering Herd
- Projected Total: 54.5 points
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- Date: December 19
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
Under 66.5 - Georgia Tech vs. UCF
- Matchup: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at UCF Knights
- Projected Total: 59.6 points
- Time: 6:30 PM ET
- Date: December 22
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra discussed the fascinating nature of Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s path to the NBA since he was a four-year player at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Jaquez, who has immediately earned a major role in the Miami rotation in his rookie season, told Yahoo! Sports how playing four years in college helped mold him into the player he is today.
“It helped [playing all four years] just learning how to win, learning to play the right way,” Jaquez said. “Something I learned under coach [Mick] Cronin is the little games within the game and what it takes to win and knowing when to make the right play and things like that. That stuff really translates when you’re coming into an organization that’s looking to win right away.”
Spoelstra explained that there is a certain “grit” and knowledge that comes with being a four-year player in college.
“There were stages to his career at UCLA over four years,” Spoelstra said. “In this current NBA society, nobody really wants that. Right now, if you’re not a No. 1 option as a freshman and you’re a five-star recruit, you’re either transferring or you’re declaring. You’re not really developing any kind of grit or learning a role or embracing a role the way Jaime did. He had a different kind of path that we respect.”
Not always being the No. 1 option at UCLA may have helped Jaquez adjust to his role with the Heat playing alongside Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo. The rookie is averaging 13.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game while shooting 50.6 percent from the field and 36.5 percent from 3 this season.
While Jaquez has been solid in his role, he’s also stepped up with Herro, Adebayo and Butler missing time at certain points.
On Christmas Day, Jaquez showed why he was a star at UCLA with a huge performance. The rookie scored a career-high 31 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field. He also added 10 rebounds, one assist and two steals in the team’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
In his final season at UCLA, Jaquez averaged 17.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. While his production hasn’t been quite that lofty in his first NBA season, he’s shown that he can tap into that side of his game when it is needed.
“I was just excited,” Jaquez said of the Christmas game. “My family got to come, it was a great atmosphere and my first Christmas Day game. I remember watching them a lot as a kid so to be able to play in a game like that is an honor.”
The No. 18 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Jaquez has been one of the more consistent performers in the latest rookie class.
The Heat and Spoelstra are hoping he can continue to be a valuable rotation piece for the team as it looks to get back to the NBA Finals this season. | https://heatnation.com/team-news/erik-spoelstra-credits-jaime-jaquez-jr-for-his-journey-to-the-nba-he-had-a-different-kind-of-path-that-we-respect/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:42Z |
Trump says 2nd U.S.-N.K. summit to be held in Hanoi
He made public the summit venue in a Twitter message on Saturday (Seoul time) after Stephen Biegun, the U.S. envoy for North Korea, returned to South Korea following a trip to Pyongyang.
Trump earlier said he will meet Kim in the Southeast Asian nation from Feb. 27-28.
"My representatives have just left North Korea after a very productive meeting and an agreed upon time and date for the second Summit with Kim Jong Un," Trump tweeted. "It will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 & 28. I look forward to seeing Chairman Kim & advancing the cause of peace!"
Biegun held pre-summit talks with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Hyok-chol, in Pyongyang from Wednesday to Friday. The U.S. State Department called Kim the "special representative for U.S. affairs of the State Affairs Commission."
Trump apparently favored Da Nang, where he traveled in 2017 for an APEC session, while the North's leader wanted the summit to be held in Hanoi, where his country has an embassy.
Kim Jong-un reportedly plans to make a state visit to Vietnam just before or after the summit with Trump.
While the first U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore last year was somewhat symbolic in that it merely laid the foundation for headway to be made, many believe that the second one should produce more tangible results to keep the nascent Korean Peninsula peace process moving.
Washington has pressured Pyongyang to take concrete, substantive steps for its nuclear disarmament. North Korea has been demanding the United States' "corresponding" measures for its denuclearization steps that may include partial sanctions relief.
Some observers have raised the possibility of the leaders agreeing to declare a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War and setting up a U.S. liaison office in the North's capital, which Pyongyang has desired.
In return, the secretive communist regime may agree to fully dismantle its Yongbyon nuclear facilities.
Although nothing has been confirmed as to what the two nations will agree upon at the upcoming summit, Trump hinted that the U.S. may help North Korea revive its economy if they reach a deal.
"North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, will become a great Economic Powerhouse," Trump wrote on Twitter. "He may surprise some but he won't surprise me, because I have gotten to know him & fully understand how capable he is. North Korea will become a different kind of Rocket - an Economic one!" | https://en.inform.kz/amp/trump-says-2nd-u-s-n-k-summit-to-be-held-in-hanoi_a3496636/ | 2024-01-01T03:17:43Z |
By Christian Wienberg
Copenhagen: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the world’s longest-serving monarch, has said she will hand over her position to her son after 52 years on the throne.
The queen, 83, cited deteriorating health for her decision, in a speech to the nation on Sunday.
The queen has suffered from back and knee pain in recent years.
After undergoing surgery in 2023, she quit a heavy smoking habit, which had lasted 66 years and often was subject of debate. Health professionals had called on the queen to be a better role model.
After the 2022 death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who was a close friend as well as a distant cousin, Margrethe became the world’s longest-ruling monarch. Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, has held the title of ruler longer than Margrethe, but his country only became independent in 1984. Margrethe also in 2023 became the longest-sitting ruler in the 1200 years of the Danish monarchy.
The popularity of the queen, known for her sharp wit and artistic abilities, has supported Europe’s oldest monarchy through a half-century during which Denmark underwent sweeping societal changes, and royal houses elsewhere in Europe became mired in scandal.
Her position as monarch in a country with a democratic constitution has never widely been questioned. In a 2022 opinion poll by newspaper Jyllands-Posten, 72 per cent of Danes said they supported the monarchy. In a 2023 survey by TV2, 78 per cent said they expected Denmark would still have a monarchy in 50 years, up from 67 per cent in a 2015 poll.
Not that Margrethe’s reign was crisis-free.
In 2022, she stripped four of her grandchildren of their royal titles in a streamlining move, provoking what she acknowledged were “strong reactions.” And during her ailing husband’s final years, he complained publicly about his role.
Part of the queen’s appeal has come from her multiple talents.
She’s fluent in Danish, German, English, French and Swedish. Her work as an artist has spanned paintings, book illustrations, theatre costume designs and church textiles. Her works have been displayed in more than 50 museums from Tokyo to Washington.
In 1981, working under a pseudonym, she translated into Danish a book by the French philosopher and feminist Simone de Beauvoir, All Men Are Mortal.
Although Margrethe was the first woman to rule Denmark in 560 years, she refused to vocally promote gender equality, to the disappointment of some members of Danish women’s rights groups.
“I prefer not to be involved in any movement,” she said during a trip to the US in 1976, when gender issues were high on the agenda in her homeland. “I have sympathy for it, but my job is to be queen, and that requires all my abilities and strength.”
Margrethe was born on April 16, 1940, the first of three daughters of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. Her birth at the royal palace in Copenhagen came a week after Nazi Germany attacked and occupied Denmark.
At the time, she wasn’t in line to become head of state, as the constitution only allowed male succession. That would have meant the monarchy passing to her uncle, Knud.
But popular sentiment was behind the bright, young princess. A constitutional referendum was held in 1953 that paved the way for female succession if the royal couple didn’t have any sons. In 2009, the law of succession was changed again to give the first-born the right to the throne, regardless of gender.
In the period 1960-1965, Crown Princess Margrethe studied at the University of Copenhagen, the University of Cambridge, the London School of Economics and the Sorbonne, completing courses in archaeology and political science.
Margrethe has said that if she hadn’t been a monarch she would have been torn between becoming an archaeologist or an artist.
“I’m fortunate that I never had to face that dilemma because I knew what my task was, but then found out that I could still pursue the arts and also, to some extent, archaeology,” the queen said in the 2011 interview book M, by author Jens Andersen.
In 1967, she married Henri Marie Jean Andre, a French count who had grown up in Vietnam. He took the Danish name Prince Consort Henrik. They had two sons: Crown Prince Frederik in 1968 and Prince Joachim the year after.
She ascended the throne in 1972 after the death of her father and balanced her work as an artist with her royal duties.
Margrethe faced her biggest public crisis in the last years of her marriage as Henrik repeatedly complained about his role and said he should have been given the title of king.
In 2017, he said he didn’t want to be buried with his wife in the Roskilde Cathedral, as had been planned. Later that year, the royal court issued a statement saying the prince suffered from dementia.
When he died in 2018, at age 83, Henrik was cremated, and a portion of his ashes was placed in the garden of a royal castle near Copenhagen. The other part was spread in Danish waters, in accordance with his wishes.
The move to strip the titles from the children of Margrethe’s younger son followed similar downsizing in other royal houses, such as in Sweden. A week after it was announced, Margrethe apologised to her family but stuck by her decision, saying it was “in keeping with the times” and necessary to “future-proof” the institution, according to the royal court.
“I have made my decision as Queen, mother and grandmother, but, as a mother and grandmother, I have underestimated the extent to which much my younger son and his family feel affected,” she said in a written statement at the time. “That makes a big impression, and for that I am sorry.”
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CeeDee Lamb has been a beast all season long for the Dallas Cowboys. After facing questions about whether he could be a true WR1, the two-time Pro Bowler has put together a monster season — and he just put up his best game yet.
In the Cowboys' close (and controversial) win over the Detroit Lions, Lamb went off for the best game of his career, tallying new career-highs with 13 catches and 227 receiving yards while also scoring a 92-yard touchdown, the longest of the 2023 season to date. Even more incredible, Lamb set the franchise records in single-season receptions (122) and receiving yards (1,651), taking both from Michael Irvin.
CeeDee Lamb against the Lions
– 13 receptions
– 227 yards
– 1 touchdown
– Set Cowboys record for most receptions in a season
– Set Cowboys record for most receiving yards in a season— NFL UK (@NFLUK) December 31, 2023
While single-season records are easier to break now given the added regular-season game, Lamb needed the previously typical 16 games to set the record. Even if it did take him 17 games, the Cowboys star's feat would cement his status as one of the best in the game. When you’re a wideout for Dallas wearing the double eight, that is what’s expected.
The lineage of Cowboys wide receivers to wear No. 88 is a long one that features incredible talents. From Drew Pearson to Irvin to Dez Bryant and now to Lamb, the jersey number has belonged to some big-name players. Other, less notable players have worn it but it still has a huge meaning for the ‘Boys. Irvin is happy to see Lamb's success in his old uniform number.
As a true sign of how unreal CeeDee Lamb was against the Lions, he got hit with a drug test from the league right afterward. The Cowboys will continue to lean on his playmaking as they look to finally break through in the playoffs. | https://clutchpoints.com/cowboys-news-ceedee-lamb-breaks-not-one-but-two-michael-irvin-records-in-showdown-vs-lions | 2024-01-01T03:17:45Z |
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How to Watch the NBA on Monday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
The NBA's eight-game schedule today is sure to please. The outings include the Minnesota Timberwolves playing the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
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The New York Knicks take on the Minnesota Timberwolves
The Timberwolves look to pull of an away win at the Knicks on Monday at 3:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: NBA TV, MSG, and BSN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- NY Record: 17-15
- MIN Record: 24-7
- NY Stats: 115.3 PPG (15th in NBA), 113.9 Opp. PPG (14th)
- MIN Stats: 113.3 PPG (20th in NBA), 107.4 Opp. PPG (first)
Players to Watch
- NY Key Player: Julius Randle (23.6 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 4.8 APG)
- MIN Key Player: Anthony Edwards (26.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 5.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIN -1.5
- MIN Odds to Win: -120
- NY Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 223.5 points
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The Toronto Raptors play host to the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers hope to pick up a road win at the Raptors on Monday at 7:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet and BSOH
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- TOR Record: 12-20
- CLE Record: 18-14
- TOR Stats: 113.7 PPG (18th in NBA), 115.0 Opp. PPG (17th)
- CLE Stats: 112.0 PPG (24th in NBA), 112.0 Opp. PPG (eighth)
Players to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Scottie Barnes (21.0 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 5.8 APG)
- CLE Key Player: Donovan Mitchell (28.0 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 5.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: TOR -2.5
- TOR Odds to Win: -140
- CLE Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 224.5 points
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The Houston Rockets take on the Detroit Pistons
The Pistons hope to pick up a road win at the Rockets on Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network and BSDET
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- HOU Record: 15-15
- DET Record: 3-29
- HOU Stats: 112.3 PPG (23rd in NBA), 109.7 Opp. PPG (second)
- DET Stats: 110.3 PPG (27th in NBA), 121.2 Opp. PPG (25th)
Players to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Alperen Sengun (21.1 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 5.1 APG)
- DET Key Player: Cade Cunningham (23.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 7.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: HOU -7.5
- HOU Odds to Win: -300
- DET Odds to Win: +240
- Total: 226.5 points
The Milwaukee Bucks host the Indiana Pacers
The Pacers travel to face the Bucks on Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: BSWI and BSIN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- MIL Record: 24-8
- IND Record: 17-14
- MIL Stats: 125.0 PPG (second in NBA), 118.9 Opp. PPG (24th)
- IND Stats: 126.6 PPG (first in NBA), 124.8 Opp. PPG (29th)
Players to Watch
- MIL Key Player: Giannis Antetokounmpo (30.7 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 5.7 APG)
- IND Key Player: Tyrese Haliburton (24.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 12.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIL -6.5
- MIL Odds to Win: -300
- IND Odds to Win: +230
- Total: 259.5 points
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The Utah Jazz play host to the Dallas Mavericks
The Mavericks take to the home court of the Jazz on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: KJZZ and BSSW
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- UTA Record: 14-19
- DAL Record: 19-14
- UTA Stats: 113.4 PPG (19th in NBA), 118.8 Opp. PPG (23rd)
- DAL Stats: 119.2 PPG (seventh in NBA), 117.8 Opp. PPG (22nd)
Players to Watch
- UTA Key Player: Lauri Markkanen (23.5 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.6 APG)
- DAL Key Player: Luka Doncic (33.9 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 9.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: DAL -2.5
- DAL Odds to Win: -145
- UTA Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 245.5 points
The Phoenix Suns face the Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers look to pull of an away win at the Suns on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: AZFamily and ROOT Sports NW+
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- PHO Record: 16-15
- POR Record: 9-22
- PHO Stats: 115.5 PPG (14th in NBA), 114.6 Opp. PPG (16th)
- POR Stats: 109.4 PPG (29th in NBA), 115.2 Opp. PPG (18th)
Players to Watch
- PHO Key Player: Kevin Durant (29.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 6.1 APG)
- POR Key Player: Jerami Grant (22.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.6 APG)
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The Denver Nuggets face the Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets look to pull of an away win at the Nuggets on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: ALT and BSSE
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- DEN Record: 23-11
- CHA Record: 7-23
- DEN Stats: 115.3 PPG (15th in NBA), 110.3 Opp. PPG (third)
- CHA Stats: 110.6 PPG (26th in NBA), 121.4 Opp. PPG (26th)
Players to Watch
- DEN Key Player: Nikola Jokic (26.1 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 9.2 APG)
- CHA Key Player: Terry Rozier (23.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 7.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: DEN -14.5
- DEN Odds to Win: -1400
- CHA Odds to Win: +800
- Total: 226.5 points
The Los Angeles Clippers play the Miami Heat
The Heat take to the home court of the Clippers on Monday at 10:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: BSSC and BSSUN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 10:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- LAC Record: 19-12
- MIA Record: 19-13
- LAC Stats: 116.6 PPG (11th in NBA), 112.2 Opp. PPG (10th)
- MIA Stats: 113.3 PPG (20th in NBA), 111.7 Opp. PPG (seventh)
Players to Watch
- LAC Key Player: Paul George (22.9 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 4.0 APG)
- MIA Key Player: Bam Adebayo (22.0 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 4.0 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: LAC -6.5
- LAC Odds to Win: -275
- MIA Odds to Win: +225
- Total: 227.5 points
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Introduction
Welcome to the digital age, where technology has revolutionized the way we interact with the digital world. From smartphones to feature phones, the accessibility and convenience of the internet have become an integral part of our daily lives. In this article, we will explore the intriguing concept of accessing localhost from a feature phone. While it may seem unconventional at first, the ability to access localhost from a feature phone opens up a world of possibilities for developers, testers, and tech enthusiasts.
As we delve into this topic, we will uncover the significance of localhost, the rationale behind accessing it from a feature phone, and practical tips for navigating localhost on a feature phone browser. Whether you are a developer seeking to test a web application on a feature phone or a tech enthusiast eager to explore the capabilities of your device, this guide aims to equip you with the knowledge and tools to access localhost from a feature phone seamlessly.
So, fasten your seatbelts as we embark on this enlightening journey into the realm of feature phone technology and the boundless opportunities it presents for engaging with localhost. Let's dive in and unravel the intricacies of accessing localhost from a feature phone, empowering you to harness the full potential of your device.
What is localhost?
Localhost refers to the default hostname that is used to access a computer or server from the same device. It is commonly associated with the loopback network interface, allowing a device to connect to itself. In simpler terms, when you access localhost on a device, you are essentially connecting to the device itself, enabling local communication without the need for external network access.
For developers and tech enthusiasts, localhost serves as a pivotal tool for testing and deploying web applications. When creating and testing websites or web applications, developers often utilize a local server environment to preview their work before making it accessible to the public. This local server, accessed through the localhost domain, provides a secure and controlled environment for testing and debugging without affecting the live website.
Localhost is commonly represented by the IP address 127.0.0.1, which points to the device’s loopback interface. When a web server is running on a device, accessing localhost in a web browser directs the request to the server running on the same device, facilitating seamless communication between the browser and the local server.
Additionally, localhost is instrumental in the development and testing of web-based applications on various devices, including feature phones. By accessing localhost from a feature phone, developers and testers can evaluate the performance and compatibility of web applications on these devices, ensuring a seamless user experience across different platforms.
Understanding the concept of localhost is fundamental for anyone involved in web development, software testing, or server management. It serves as a gateway to a device’s internal environment, enabling efficient communication between the device and the applications running on it.
Why Access Localhost from a Feature Phone?
Accessing localhost from a feature phone presents a myriad of compelling reasons, each contributing to the broader landscape of web development, testing, and user experience optimization. While feature phones may not boast the advanced capabilities of modern smartphones, their prevalence in certain demographics and regions underscores the importance of ensuring web application compatibility across diverse devices. Below are key reasons why accessing localhost from a feature phone is valuable:
- Device Compatibility Testing: Feature phones, with their distinct browsing capabilities, screen sizes, and input methods, represent a unique challenge for web developers. By accessing localhost from a feature phone, developers can evaluate the responsiveness and functionality of web applications on these devices, ensuring a seamless user experience regardless of the end user’s device.
- Performance Optimization: Feature phones often have limited processing power and memory, necessitating efficient web application design and optimization. Accessing localhost from a feature phone allows developers to assess the performance of their applications in a resource-constrained environment, leading to targeted optimizations for improved speed and responsiveness.
- Market Reach: In many regions, feature phones remain prevalent due to factors such as affordability and reliability. As such, ensuring that web applications are accessible and functional on feature phones expands the potential user base, catering to individuals who rely on these devices for their digital interactions.
- Enhanced User Experience: By testing web applications on feature phones through localhost access, developers can identify and address usability challenges specific to these devices. This proactive approach fosters an inclusive user experience, where individuals using feature phones can seamlessly engage with web applications without encountering compatibility issues.
- Global Accessibility: Feature phones are widely used in regions where smartphone penetration may be limited. Accessing localhost from a feature phone aligns with the principles of global accessibility, ensuring that web applications can be accessed and utilized across a spectrum of devices, transcending geographical and technological barriers.
Ultimately, the ability to access localhost from a feature phone empowers developers and testers to create web applications that transcend device limitations, providing a consistent and optimized experience for users across the digital landscape.
Using a Feature Phone Browser to Access Localhost
While feature phones may not offer the advanced browsing capabilities of modern smartphones, they are equipped with basic web browsers that enable users to access a variety of online content. Leveraging the inherent capabilities of feature phone browsers, developers and testers can access localhost for web application testing and evaluation. Here’s a guide on how to utilize a feature phone browser to access localhost:
- Identify the Local IP Address: To access localhost from a feature phone, start by identifying the local IP address of the device hosting the web application. This IP address will be used to establish a connection between the feature phone and the local server running the web application.
- Connect to the Same Network: Ensure that both the feature phone and the device hosting the web application are connected to the same network. This network connectivity is essential for facilitating communication between the feature phone and the local server.
- Enter the Local IP Address: Using the feature phone’s web browser, enter the local IP address of the hosting device in the address bar. This action establishes a connection to the local server, enabling the feature phone to access the web application hosted on localhost.
- Test and Evaluate: Once the connection to localhost is established, navigate through the web application on the feature phone browser. Test the functionality, responsiveness, and overall user experience to assess the web application’s performance on a feature phone.
It’s important to note that while feature phone browsers may have limitations compared to their smartphone counterparts, they provide a valuable platform for preliminary testing and evaluation of web applications. By accessing localhost from a feature phone browser, developers gain insights into the user experience on devices with varying screen sizes, input methods, and browsing capabilities.
Furthermore, leveraging feature phone browsers for localhost access aligns with the inclusive development approach, ensuring that web applications are designed to accommodate a diverse range of devices and user preferences. Through this process, developers can identify and address compatibility issues specific to feature phones, enhancing the overall accessibility and usability of their web applications.
Tips for Navigating Localhost on a Feature Phone
When accessing localhost from a feature phone, certain considerations and tips can enhance the experience and streamline the testing and evaluation process. These tips are geared toward optimizing the interaction with web applications hosted on localhost through feature phone browsers:
- Responsive Design Testing: Prioritize testing the web application’s responsiveness on varying screen sizes and resolutions typical of feature phones. Ensure that the layout and content adapt seamlessly to the smaller displays, and that interactive elements remain accessible and functional.
- Input Method Considerations: Account for the diverse input methods employed by feature phones, such as physical keypads or touchpads. Test the web application’s usability with these input methods to ensure intuitive navigation and interaction.
- Bandwidth and Resource Optimization: Given the potential limitations in network connectivity and device resources, optimize the web application to deliver efficient performance on feature phones. Minimize unnecessary data transfer and prioritize resource-efficient design elements for improved loading times.
- Browser Compatibility: Familiarize yourself with the specific capabilities and limitations of the feature phone’s browser. Test the web application across different feature phone models to identify any browser-specific compatibility issues and ensure consistent functionality.
- Accessibility and Readability: Evaluate the legibility and accessibility of content, especially text and interactive elements, on feature phone screens. Ensure that the web application’s content is presented clearly and remains easily readable on smaller displays.
- Error Handling and Feedback: Implement robust error handling and feedback mechanisms within the web application to accommodate potential network fluctuations and limited device capabilities. Clear and informative error messages contribute to a smoother user experience on feature phones.
By adhering to these tips, developers and testers can effectively navigate localhost on feature phones, gaining valuable insights into the performance and user experience of web applications on these devices. The proactive consideration of feature phone-specific factors contributes to the creation of web applications that are inclusive, efficient, and optimized for diverse user environments.
Conclusion
Accessing localhost from a feature phone unveils a realm of possibilities for developers, testers, and tech enthusiasts, offering insights into the compatibility, performance, and user experience of web applications on these devices. The significance of localhost as a testing environment cannot be overstated, and its extension to feature phones underscores the commitment to inclusive and accessible web development.
By understanding the concept of localhost and its role in web development, individuals can harness the potential of feature phones as a platform for testing and optimizing web applications. The ability to connect to localhost through feature phone browsers empowers developers to evaluate the responsiveness, usability, and performance of their applications in a diverse technological landscape.
Furthermore, the tips for navigating localhost on a feature phone provide practical guidance for addressing the unique considerations of these devices, including responsive design testing, input method compatibility, and bandwidth optimization. Embracing these considerations fosters the creation of web applications that transcend device limitations, delivering a consistent and optimized user experience across feature phones.
In essence, the exploration of localhost on feature phones reflects a commitment to universal accessibility and user-centric design, ensuring that web applications are inclusive and functional across a spectrum of devices. As technology continues to evolve, the ability to access localhost from feature phones serves as a testament to the adaptability and ingenuity of web developers, who strive to create digital experiences that resonate with diverse audiences.
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