Brock Lesnar (Mixed Martial Artist)

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  345 words  |  Tandra Barner

Profession: Mixed Martial Artist and Professional Wrestler Biography: Brock Lesnar is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently signed to WWE. He is also a former NCAA Division I heavyweight wrestling champion, and a two-time WWE Universal Champion. Lesnar was born and raised on a dairy farm in Webster, South Dakota. He began amateur wrestling while in high school, and won the 2000 NCAA Division I heavyweight wrestling championship as a senior. [Read More]

Burna Boy calls Stefflon Don his "wifey" while commenting on her achievement

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  105 words  |  Patria Henriques

She appeared behind Nicki Minaj and Cardi B who are in the second and first positions with 5 and 8 million records respectively. "Wifey not playing with no one out here," Burna Boy shares about Stefflon Don who was featured in a remix of Mariah Carey's 'A No No' that was released on Friday, March 15, 2019. ADVERTISEMENT Between Burna Boy and the rapper, there has been good vibe since she surfaced on the singer's chest in February. [Read More]

Dating me is like an adventure - Tems

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  237 words  |  Tandra Barner

In a recent interview with media personality Chinasa Akunam on the Is This Seat Taken Podcast, Tems opened up about her musical creative process, some of her new-found experiences as a celebrity and even some of her hobbies like poetry. During the sit-down, Akunam asked the singer to describe what dating her is like. She said, "Complete this sentence 'Dating me is like...' You know not everyone is going to have that experience so let them just hear it from your mouth like this. [Read More]

David Carr, New York 'Times' Columnist, Has Died at 58

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  263 words  |  Patria Henriques

February 12, 2015 11:32 PM EST Correction appended, Feb. 13 David Carr, the veteran New York Times journalist and writer of the newspaper’s much loved Media Equation column, died on Thursday after collapsing in the newsroom. The 58-year-old journalist joined the Times in 2002 as a business reporter covering the magazine industry, and had been writing extensively about the state of the media and its evolution since then. He also published a book titled The Night of the Gun in 2008, a memoir that documented his recovery from drug addiction. [Read More]

Deion Sanders Assault Case Gets Crazier

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  372 words  |  Martina Birk

Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Former Dallas Cowboys star Deion Sanders has had a dramatic couple days; yesterday, his estranged wife Pilar was arrested for misdemeanor family violence and spent the night in jail. Today, Deion Sanders was also cited for misdemeanor assault in connection with the same altercation, the LA Times reports.While no details have been released about the allegations, the story drew national attention when Deion Sanderstweeted yesterday that Pilar had attacked him. [Read More]

Donald L. Rosenstein, Justin M. Yopp

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  47 words  |  Kelle Repass

Dr. Rosenstein is a psychiatrist and Dr. Yopp is a clinical psychologist at Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina; they are the authors of The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life. Resources for widowed fathers and mothers can be found at widowedparent.org.

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Fact-Checking Lin-Manuel Miranda's New Ben Franklin Song

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  890 words  |  Martina Birk

For all the early American history crammed into Hamilton, there’s plenty more to the story that didn’t make it into the show. Case in point: “Ben Franklin’s Song.” The tune, with lyrics by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and music by the Decemberists, has now been released as the first installment of what Miranda is calling “the Hamildrops.” As it turns out, a song is a fitting way to pay tribute to Franklin. [Read More]

Fast-Food Outlets in Muslim Countries Suffer From Pro-Palestinian Boycotts

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1275 words  |  Billy Koelling

Brands across the world have felt the impact of a growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement that pro-Palestinian activists have pushed to pressure and punish companies that are perceived to support Israel’s deadly military campaign in Gaza. But the impact has been most pronounced in Muslim-majority countries across the Middle East and Southeast Asia, where boycotts on several fast-food chains have begun to pose an existential threat to franchisees despite pushback from local operators against allegations that their businesses are tied to Israel. [Read More]

Forestry: Fighting Future Fires | TIME

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  628 words  |  Billy Koelling

Flaring through parched timberland in the drought-stricken Pacific Northwest last week, the worst forest fires in more than half a century defied efforts to contain them. So far this year, some 1,800 fires have destroyed more than 105,000 acres of timber in Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Fire-fighting costs have climbed to $17 million; damage to the economy of Oregon alone is estimated at $5,000,000 a day. Because of the menace, most of the national forests in Montana, Or egon and Washington were closed to tourists and logging. [Read More]

Gillian Anderson on Sex Education and Playing Margaret Thatcher in The Crown

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  387 words  |  Billy Koelling

Years ago, Gillian Anderson’s “The X-Files” character, doctor and FBI Special Agent Dana Scully, burst into the zeitgeist and spawned “The Scully Effect,” which is credited with encouraging more women to get involved with law enforcement and STEM fields. [Read More]