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• the-sun.com9 hour(s) ago
• My four-year-old daughter absolutely hates her name – people say it’s unusual but I love it
• CHOOSING a name for your child is a massive decision and is one that you will likely spend a lot of time thinking about. It can be a challenging decision to make, but usually once a child is born and you start using a name, everyone gets used to it. 1A mum-of-two has taken to Reddit to reveal that her four-year-old daughter absolutely hates her nameCredit: Getty However, this isn’t the case for one mum, who has taken to Reddit to ask other parents for advice, after finding out that...
• the-sun.com9 hour(s) ago
• Awkward moment athlete has to cover manhood after popping out of his shorts while going commando before coming LAST
• THIS is the awkward moment an athlete had to cover his manhood after it popped out of his shorts while going commando - then came LAST. Thankfully, the Italian athlete was able to laugh off the hilarious moment that was broadcast live on television. 3Italian decathlete Alberto Nonino was filmed trying to hide his willy mid-raceCredit: Twitter 3He decided to go commando during the 400m race Decathlete Alberto Nonino started off the 400 metre race at this years World Athletics U20 Championships in Colombia by whizzing past two rivals. When...
• washingtonexaminer.com10 hour(s) ago
• Nevada faces teacher and staff shortage of 3,000 ahead of new school year
• As students gear up for the start of the new school year, Nevada is still scrambling to fill thousands of teacher and staff positions. Roughly 3,000 teaching jobs remain unfilled across the states 17 school districts as some schools prepare to return to the classroom in early August, the Nevada State Education Association estimates. MILWAUKEE TO HOST 2024 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION We dont have teachers for the classrooms, and Im worried about lunch workers who arent going to be there to serve our kids meals that they...
• the-sun.com10 hour(s) ago
• Fans all say the same thing as Ian Wright wears pink shirt on Match of the Day in perfect response to Alan Sugar tweet
• IAN WRIGHT has been hailed a national treasure by fans after wearing a pink polo shirt on Match of the Day. His wardrobe choice came after Alan Sugar hit out at Arsenals pink third kit and questioned whether Wright would have played in the colour. 3Ian Wright wore a pink shirt while appearing on Match of the DayCredit: BBC / Match of the Day 3Alan Sugar questioned on Friday whether Wright would have ever played in a pink kitCredit: Getty - Contributor 3Arsenal showed off their neat pink third kit...
• the-sun.com10 hour(s) ago
• I thought Prince Andrew was going to prison & Fergie didn’t have a penny – they owed me MILLIONS, says socialite
• A FRENCH socialite has settled a £7million lawsuit with Prince Andrew and Fergie because they didnt have a penny to pay back the millions owed to her, she claims. Former pal Isabelle de Rouvre, 74, said the decision by Andrews ex to buy a £5million property in Mayfair was incredible and unbelievable as she thought Fergie didnt have a penny to her name. 5Isabelle de Rouvre, 74, said it was unbelievable the Yorks bought a new home despite owing her millions 5De Rouvre sold her Swiss Alps chalet to the...
• Heavy.com11 hour(s) ago
• Nets Linked to Former Sixth Man of the Year and Three Point Champ in Proposed Trade
• Getty Eric Gordon #10 of the Houston Rockets The NBA offseason continues rolling on with training camp quickly approaching, and yet there still remains a lot of uncertainty around where things with the Brooklyn Nets will end up. All signs are seeming to point to Kevin Durant eventually returning to the Nets last season. The 12-Time All-Star has been reported to be meeting with Nets ownership, and he was also recently seen with Nets teammate Ben Simmons in LA. Kyrie Irving is also feeling better about the chances of going back to Brooklyn.  “A...
• tennesseestar.com14 hour(s) ago
• Detroit Asks to Push Legacy Pension Payment Schedule by 10 Years
• by Scott McClallen   Facing a $131 million annual pension bill due in July 2023, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration filed a lawsuit to request city pension funds extend by 10 years its repayment schedule from 20 to 30 years. The lawsuit filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court says a more extended payment plan would cost the city less over an additional decade as it approaches the “pension cliff” when it must resume payments. However, the Police and Fire Retirement System of the city of Detroit still supports a 20-year amortization schedule....
• Heavy.com14 hour(s) ago
• Frank Reich Reveals Colts New Plan for 2022 Preseason Games
• Getty Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich said the team plans to do something differently this preseason. The Indianapolis Colts have been slow starters with Frank Reich as head coach since the 2018 season. This training camp, the head coach is doing whatever he can to avoid another below average September. That includes a plan that will see the team’s starters play more snaps during the preseason. “Maybe play a little bit more [snaps in the preseason] than we’ve played in the past, not a whole lot more,...
• the-sun.com15 hour(s) ago
• Thousands of Americans to receive new $125 direct payment ahead of school year next month – how to apply for cash
• THOUSANDS of Americans are to receive a new $125 direct payment ahead of the school year next month. Eligible teachers and staff in Georgia will receive a second $125 “Back-to-school Supply Supplement”  for the new school year, according to the governors office.  2Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia, and his wife Marty Kemp speak to a teacher during a Back-To-School kick-off event at Ola High School in McDonough, Georgia,Credit: Getty 2Teachers are getting $125 in supply refunds.Credit: Getty “As we head into a new school year, we will not stop working...
• the-sun.com15 hour(s) ago
• Major update after four found dead including 15-year-old girl as haunting video from ‘killer’ Stephen Marlow emerges
• FOUR people were found shot dead Friday afternoon as a disturbing video of the suspected killer emerges, police said. Authorities have captured primary suspect Stephen Marlow, 39, in Kansas Saturday night after the brutal Butler Township, Ohio, killings sparked a widespread search. 6Suspected killer Stephen Marlow has been found after four people were shot and killed in Township, Ohio, on FridayCredit: FBI 6Sarah Anderson, 41, and her daughter Kayla, 15, were among the four killedCredit: Facebook/Sarah Anderson 6Marlow was captured in Kansas over a day after he fledCredit: FBI 6Marlow...
• Heavy.com15 hour(s) ago
• Ex-Steelers CB Artie Burns ‘Likely to Be a Starter’ for Seahawks
• Katharine Lotze/Getty Images NFL cornerback Artie Burns on October 13, 2019. In the summer of 2021, one NFL analyst labeled the decision to select Artie Burns No. 25 overall in 2016 as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “biggest mistake” of the past six years. That said, some Steelers fans will be surprised to learn that Burns is not only still in the league, but that he is likely to be a Week 1 starter for the Seattle Seahawks, who signed him to a one-year, $2 million contract in March 2022....
• mercurynews.com16 hour(s) ago
• Yankees fall, 1-0, in Jordan Montgomerys stellar revenge game
• ST. LOUIS —  Jordan Montgomery never imagined this. Sure, he’d face the Yankees sluggers in spring training or in live batting practices, but the lefthander never actually thought about what it would be like to face the Yankees lineup. “I used to think I would be a Yankee lifer,” Montgomery said Friday, three days after the Bombers traded him to the Cardinals and on the eve of having to face his former teammates. Saturday night, Montgomery turned the page on the Yankees by pitching five scoreless inning against them as...
• Heavy.com16 hour(s) ago
• Potential Framework for Bulls Stars Contract Extension Revealed
• Getty Nikola Vucevic #9 of the Chicago Bulls celebrates hitting a three point shot late in the game The Chicago Bulls continue to be fans of what center Nikola Vucevic brings to this group and are looking to continue that relationship if the price is right. Vucevic was the first major personnel move Bulls vice president Arturas Karnisovas made. Now, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Joe Cowley reports that there is mutual interest in keeping this relationship going beyond the 2022-23 season. Vucevic is heading into the final year of...
• the-sun.com17 hour(s) ago
• Ekin Su brands last year’s Love Island winners ‘pointless’, ‘annoying’ and ‘fake’ in bombshell voice notes
• SHE might be all sweetness and light in these pics of tomorrow night’s Love Island reunion show, but winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu was certainly sucking on sour grapes when she watched last year’s series. We can reveal that the actress, who won the show with beau Davide Sanclimenti, slammed last year’s winners Millie Court and Liam Reardon as “pointless” and branded Liberty Poole “annoying” in bombshell voicenotes. 7Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu slammed last year’s winners Millie Court and Liam Reardon as pointlessCredit: Rex 7Ekin-Su won the show with Davide SanclimentiCredit: Rex Before going...
• Heavy.com18 hour(s) ago
• Ex-Seahawks Pro Bowler Could Bolt for AFC Squad: Report
• Getty Former Seahawks offensive tackle Duane Brown could sign with the Jets. A former Seattle Seahawks Pro Bowler could soon join a new team. According to a report from ESPN’s Rich Cimini on Saturday, August 6, ex-Seahawks offensive tackle Duane Brown is visiting the New York Jets. Not only is the veteran offensive tackle visiting the AFC squad, he will attend the team’s scrimmage game on Saturday night. “Free-agent OT Duane Brown is visiting the #Jets and will attend the Green & White scrimmage tonight, per source,” said...
• dailymail.co.uk18 hour(s) ago
• Violence erupts on the West Bank as Israel and Gaza exchange rocket fire for a second day in worst conflict escalation for more than a year
• Violence broke out on the West Bank for a second day as Israel and Gaza fired scores of rockets in the worst conflict escalation for more than a year. At least 15 people were killed and 125 injured in the bombardment, including a five-year-old Palestinian girl and a senior commander of an Islamic militant group. Israel said it had arrested 19 members of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in a series of raids after militants fired almost 200 rockets on Friday night. Most had been intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome...
• the-sun.com19 hour(s) ago
• How did police bosses not learn from re-arming Jake Davison?
• POLICE bosses must never allow another horrific US-style shooting spree in Britain. So it is shocking that the force that re-armed maniac Jake Davison before his bloody rampage a year ago seems to have learned little. 2Police bosses must never allow another horrific US-style shooting spree in Britain (pictured: Jake Davison)Credit: PA The mentally disturbed woman-hater was given his pump-action shotgun and licence by Devon and Cornwall police despite a social media history which showed a gun massacre obsession. In the wake of the killings of five innocent people, including...
• mercurynews.com19 hour(s) ago
• National Politics | CPAC Dallas is still Trump-centric, but Ron DeSantis is on Texans’ minds
• By Michael Williams | The Dallas Morning News DALLAS — The Conservative Political Action Conference is still very much a Donald Trump-dominated event, but ears perked up anytime another name was mentioned during the three-day event in Dallas. Though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not at CPAC, he is still omnipresent, with his name stitched on hats and T-shirts and drawing a raucous reaction whenever it’s mentioned onstage. He is widely considered the leader of the post-Trump conservative movement and a potential 2024 presidential candidate. Ahead of Trump’s headlining speech...
• mediaite.com23 hour(s) ago
• Bill Maher Blasts Orwellian Shift to Fat Celebration in Media: You Have Blood on Your Hands
• Comic and pundit Bill Maher blasted the “disturbing trend” he called “fat celebration” in America, saying that it represents a broader problem of “rewriting science to fit ideology” in the “New Rules” segment of Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. In the final New Rule of the night, Maher said that “everybody should be allowed to let themselves go a couple of times a year.” He said the dog days of summer, vacation time, and the holidays are all normal reasons to indulge, and nobody should “feel bad...