Michelle Obamas Brother Is Suing His Kids Former School
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s brother is suing a Milwaukee private school that his children attended, accusing the school of racial bias and insensitivity toward students of color.
Craig Robinson and his wife Kelly say their two sons, aged 9 and 11, were dismissed from the University School of Milwaukee (USM) in 2021, after the parents “raised concerns about USM’s treatment of its students of color and submitted bias incident reports on behalf of underrepresented students,” according to a lawsuit filed in in a Milwaukee County circuit court this week.
[Read More]NBA All-Star Anthony Mason Has Improved Slightly After Heart Attack
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
February 13, 2015 2:10 AM EST
NBA veteran Anthony Mason has improved slightly after a massive heart attack that had him “fighting for his life” throughout the day on Thursday, reports the New York Times.
The Times cited Dan Cronson, Mason’s agent from his playing days, who was updated by a close family member. “Right now, it’s day to day, but that’s an improvement from moment to moment,” Cronson told the paper.
[Read More]Philippines | Time
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
America’s Mixed Legacy in the Philippines
As American troops return to Philippine bases, the U.S. still hasn’t reckoned with the generation of children it left behind.
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Ray J claims Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner were in on s*x tape leak
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
American singer Ray J has claimed that his ex Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner partnered to release their sex tape.
The reality TV star made this known during an explosive interview with Daily Mail.
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Roses on Valentine's DayHow a Flower Came to Symbolize Love
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Martina Birk
You don’t have to be a botany expert to decipher what it means when somebody sends you a rose. Every year on Feb. 14, millions of people exchange the flower to express their love — and upwards of 250 million are produced annually for Valentine’s Day, as of 2018, according to the Society of American Florists.
But the rose’s life as a symbol didn’t begin with romance.
In Victorian England, women’s roles in society were limited by custom and norms.
[Read More]SeaWorld, Southwest Airlines End Ties Amid 'Blackfish' Backlash
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Martina Birk
August 1, 2014 4:25 AM EDT
Southwest Airlines and SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment will be ending their 26-year relationship, a decision that comes a year after a documentary film raised questions about the theme-park chain’s treatment of whales.
In a joint statement released on Thursday, the two sides described the decision to end their decades-long co-marketing scheme as “mutual.”
“The companies decided not to renew the contract based on shifting priorities,” read the statement, explaining that the airliner would focus on expanding into international service while SeaWorld is eyeing new opportunities to grow in Asian and Latin American markets.
[Read More]Siege of Leningrad (Famous Photo)
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
Historical Context The Siege of Leningrad was one of the deadliest and most destructive sieges in the history of the world - quite possibly the deadliest ever. It would last for 872 days, and there would be more than a million Soviet civilian casualties, plus another million Soviet military casualties and half a million German casualties.
The effect of the siege on the city was infamous. Food shortages were chronic, deaths from starvation, disease and cold were constant and cannibalism occurred throughout the years of the siege.
[Read More]Sport: History Doesn't Repeat | TIME
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
TIME
September 21, 1942 12:00 AM GMT-4
In Brooklyn it was “heart rendering.”
Just a year ago last week the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn’s Dodgers had faced one another in a do-or-die showdown for the National League pennant. And Brooklyn’s big Righthander Whit Wyatt had pitched the Dodgers to a 1-to-0 shutout against the Cards’ big Righthander Mort Cooper.
Now Cooper and Wyatt were on the mound again and it was happening all over again, only not quite the same way.
[Read More]Sport: The Roar of the Crowd
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
The summer vacationers had vanished, and the juke joints along the shore looked ready to be boarded up. In the little village of Greenwood Lake, N.Y., only the Long Pond Inn showed signs of life. There the champ’s camp followers—boxing writers soaking up free drink, ex-athletes gone fat in the jowls, the kind of women who get their names tattooed on sailors—swapped yarns as they waited for Sugar Ray Robinson, middleweight champion of the world.
[Read More]Stop asking your girl for body count, you don't need to know
Posted on August 21, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
Simply put, body count is the number of people you have sex with. It does not matter how intimate the make out was, or how much stuff you have done with someone, if there hasn't been penetration, it does not count as sex in this context. Body count here refers only to the number of people you have had penetrative sex with. Sharing the past in new relationships For every new relationship you find yourself in, there comes a time when you and your partner speak of the past and plan for the future, especially when things are becoming pretty serious and commitment is becoming genuine.
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