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On Wednesday afternoon, reports came out that Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards may work out a trade this offseason.A large portion of Boston Celtics fans immediately jumped for joy as they know Beal is close friends with Jayson Tatum.Most of those fans also probably started punching in players to their NBA trade machines to see how the C's can land Beal.

One of the three Britons who died after a diving boat burst into flames in the Red Sea off Egypt has been named as Christina Quinn.The 58-year-old was on a medium-sized scuba diving boat called Hurricane that went up in flames off the resort town of Marsa Alam on Sunday.St Luke's Hospice Plymouth, where Ms Quinn was chief executive, confirmed she was one of the victims.

The last portrait by renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt before his death is expected to sell for up to 65 million at auction later this month.Dame Mit Facher (Lady With A Fan), described as a technical tour de force, will be offered in Sotheby's marquee modern and contemporary evening auction in London on June 27.

A man and a woman found dead in a summer house were terminally ill and couldn't bear the thought of one not being there to support the other, their daughter has said.Robert Lloyd, 84, and his wife Patricia, 80, were discovered at their home in Newbrook Drive, Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, at about 11pm on June 1.

A man and a woman found dead in a summer house were terminally ill, their daughter said, as she paid tribute to them.Robert Lloyd, 84, and his wife Patricia, 80, were discovered at their home in Newbrook Drive, Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, at about 11pm on June 1.Formal identification has now taken place and their daughter, Sarah Davies, paid tribute to them, saying they will be greatly missed by their family and many close friends.

Rapper Professor Green introduced the Princess of Wales to his Nanny Pat and she had even bought a new blouse for the occasion.The songwriter's grandmother got up extra early to have her hair done on Thursday before being introduced to Kate at a support group session for kinship carers in London.The princess also played with children on the floor as she met a group of carers at Saint Pancras Community Association in Camden who have been supported by charity Kinship.

Singer Tina Turner, one of rock's most famous voices who had hits including Proud Mary and The Best, has died at the age of 83 after a long illness, her publicist Bernard Doherty told the PA news agency.In a career spanning more than 60 years, the American-Swiss singer, who was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, won eight competitive Grammy Awards and has a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St Louis Walk of Fame.

Teo Yoo and Greta Lee star as Hae Sung and Nora, childhood sweethearts who reconnect decades later in Past Lives.A24 Past Lives opens with a shot of three people sitting at a bar in New York a man and a woman, both of Asian descent, chat with each other, while another man, who's white, looks silently on.

The first time Claressa Shields and Maricela Cornejo went head-to-head, they co-starred in a YouTube video.When it hit the internet in 2019, Shields was already a two-time Olympic gold medalist with several professional titles, including the undisputed middleweight championship.Cornejo was a seven-year veteran, but still building an online brand that encompassed boxing, fashion, fitness and self-help.

[ Editor's Note: This piece is by former iRunFar editor, Alex Potter, remembering her husband, Pete Reed.]Pete hated running.It was his knees.And his back.And his hips.All worn down from four years of carrying heavy loads in the Marine Corps as a rifleman, and a decade of carrying extra weight he could never seem to shed.

Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years.Each Sunday, we dive into the Dear Prudie archives and share a selection of classic letters with our readers.Join Dear Prudence, for even more advice columns.Four years ago, my sweet and loving husband, the awesome father of our three children, was struck down by brain cancer and suffered brain trauma following emergency surgery.

MEMPHIS Steel bridges curving over calm water.Neon lights pulsing above blues clubs.A fiery sun melting into a bank of clouds.Through the lens of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old aspiring photographer who loved skateboarding, Memphis was a landscape of unexpected color punctuated by moments of stillness.

We definitely shouldn't underestimate our backyards.They can be locations of major fun, recreation, and relaxation...depending on how we do them up.You can turn your backyard into an ideal date spot for you and your partner, or host a barbecue party!By adding a smart and functional mix of furniture designs to your yard, you can transform them into the ultimate lounging zone.

Here's some wholesome football friendship from the Pittsburgh Steelers to brighten your week.The Pittsburgh Steelers signed former No. 2 pick Mitch Trubisky to a two-year extension in May.Trubisky famously lost his starting job to young Kenny Pickett last season, but that doesn't seem to have damaged their relationship.

Oprah Winfrey said Tina Turner was our forever goddess of rock n' roll and hailed her courage as a domestic abuse survivor following her death.The US TV talk show host said Turner was a role model not only for me but for the world, as she paid tribute to the singer.Turner, one of rock's most famous voices with hits including Proud Mary and The Best died at the age of 83 at her home in Switzerland on Wednesday after a long illness.

Tina Turner has been remembered as someone who enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow following her death at the age of 83.The singer, one of rock's most famous voices who had hits including Proud Mary and The Best, died at her home in Switzerland on Wednesday after a long illness.

Sara Bareilles plays the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods.She says the first thing she did after taking the role was give her character a real name: "I named her Rebecca."Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman /MurphyMade When singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles joined a small revival of Into the Woods in 2022, she expected it to be a quick commitment.

The Moomin Phenomenon Widely available, all episodes out on Wed The Moomin philosophy love, equality and courage is a way of life for thousands of fans of Tove Jansson's cartoons.These include Jennifer Saunders, who hosts this podcast that gets lost in the world of Moominvalley.In the first episode, she's joined by superfan Lily Collins.

A new study has found that the pandemic has severely affected people's mental health and relationships all over the world, particularly for young adults.The third annual mental state of the world report (MSW) commissioned by Sapien Labs, a non-profit research organization, conducted a global survey to better understand the state of mental health.

Some of Seth Rogen's best chemistry with women has bloomed in properties that pair him with someone whose vibes are, or can be rendered as, vaguely patrician.Katherine Heigl in Knocked Up, Charlize Theron in Long Shot, and Michelle Williams twice, in Take This Waltz and The Fabelmans.And now Rose Byrne twice or thrice, in Neighbors/Neighbors 2 and the new Apple series Platonic, created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller, who previously teamed on Friends from College.

Keith Haring at his Pop Shop in SoHo, 1986 Tseng Kwong Chi / Muna Tseng Dance Projects Inc./The Keith Haring Foundation In the 1980s, Keith Haring's cartoon-like images were everywhere from t-shirts and New York City streets to art galleries around the world.His figures of dancers, hearts, babies and dogs remain pop culture motifs.

Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for Everything Everywhere All at Once, attends the Governors Ball during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Sunday in Hollywood, Calif.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images SBS News, a major broadcaster in South Korea, provoked outrage after it removed Michelle Yeoh's reference to "ladies" in its coverage of her acceptance speech at the Oscars.

More than eight years after being ordered in federal court to forfeit nearly $700,000 for financial crimes, two close friends of Mayor Eric Adams have repaid only a fraction of that sum despite operating numerous lucrative businesses, court records show.The mayor's friends, Robert and Johnny Petrosyants, pleaded guilty in January 2014 to making false reports at a check-cashing business after a federal investigation into the laundering of proceeds of false and inflated insurance claims.

More than eight years after being ordered in federal court to forfeit nearly $700,000 for financial crimes, two close friends of Mayor Eric Adams have repaid only a fraction of that sum despite operating numerous lucrative businesses, court records show.The mayor's friends, Robert and Johnny Petrosyants, pleaded guilty in January 2014 to making false reports at a check-cashing business after a federal investigation into the laundering of proceeds of false and inflated insurance claims.

Students from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools School for Advanced Studies protest during a statewide walkout on April 21, 2023 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle / Getty Images The rise of organized attempts to censor school curricula and materials available in school libraries is proving to be a fertile training ground for a new generation of student activists.

The Cowboys drafted Ezekiel Elliott with the fourth overall pick in 2016, with Dak Prescott arriving 131 selections later in the same draft.The Ohio State running back's arrival was greeted with great fanfare, while the Mississippi State quarterback was an afterthought.Only preseason injuries to Kellen Moore and Tony Romo made Prescott the team's starter, and now, seven years later, Prescott has outlasted Elliott in Dallas.

SAN JOSE - San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl looked to his left on a first-period faceoff at SAP Center on Tuesday night and saw Andreas Johnsson.He looked to his right and saw Fabian Zetterlund.These weren't the same linemates Sharks fans have seen Hertl play with over the years - ones like Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, and most recently, Timo Meier.

SAN JOSE - San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl looked to his left on a first-period faceoff at SAP Center on Tuesday night and saw Andreas Johnsson.He looked to his right and saw Fabian Zetterlund.These weren't the same linemates Sharks fans have seen Hertl play with over the years - ones like Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, and most recently, Timo Meier.

And on Tuesday evening, San Francisco returned that love to Heklina, who helped transform drag and elevate queer nightlife in the Bay Area over the past three decades.Heklina died unexpectedly on April 3 in London, where she had traveled to star in the drag parody Mommie Queerest at the Soho Theatre alongside her close friend Peaches Christ.

My son is a comedian.When his comedian friends come to my town for gigs, I put them up.Recently, I hosted a Black friend of his I am white and we talked about a famous Black comic.I paraphrased one of the comic's jokes that impressed me: A TV censor allowed the comic to use the N-word but objected to his use of a gay slur.

Have you ever felt frozen, as if you can't seem to move forward in life?Perhaps it's as if you can't seem to move on from a trauma or a heartbreakor you can't tap into the passion or enthusiasm that once came so easily.Maybe you're so unmotivated at work that you spend time fantasizing about getting away somewhere you can't quite name.

I live in a small apartment building where you can easily hear what's going on in other people's apartments from the hallway.I was leaving recently and heard my neighbor yelling at her 8-year-old son about his homework.She was shouting things like You're worthless!and You're an awful child!I was heartbroken for the boy.

One of the last surviving SAS soldiers who stormed the Iranian embassy in London has died.Mel Parry was part of the SAS team which ended the 1980 siege after six armed men took 26 people hostage within the building.The hostage takers were Iranian-Arabs campaigning for the sovereignty of Khuzestan, a province in the south west of the country.

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The British Coronation of King Charles III & Queen Camilla will stand as one of the most historic ceremonies in our lives.No matter where your sympathies lie regarding the Monarchy, Great Britain displayed all the incredible pageantry, traditional ceremony, and elaborate finery we expected, followed by a pop concert the next day that attracted an international audience of its own.

There's an assumption in life that by the time you've reached your more seasoned years, you've made all the close friends you need.Surely you've accumulated enough through school, university and work.But I've learned that close friends can be made at any age.In my case, one of my most meaningful, profound friendships was formed when I was in my mid-50s.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.Graham Nash was slow to smile on a recent Wednesday afternoon, sitting in early spring sunshine on the porch of a cafe near Washington, D.C.The night before, the 81-year-old singer-songwriter had bounded onto the stage of the folk bastion the Birchmere, and wooed the sold-out crowd with his tunes that long ago became generational standards, like Teach Your Children and Military Madness.

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Jeff Strauss made people smile with sitcoms.Now he does it with sandwiches, cocktails and matzo ball ramen.Whether it's with the entertainment industry or with food, his priority is cheering people, so it's no surprise, he said, that he's found a way to delight and support his fellow Writers Guild of America members as they strike this week and beyond: Strauss is offering them discounts at both of his restaurants and will be dropping off food to the picket lines periodically.

TSB has issued a warning on the scale of social media scams taking place through services such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, as the bank says a significant proportion of the cases it sees have been coming through these platforms.The bank said that its own internal data indicates scams that come through these Meta-owned companies account for around 80% of fraud cases within the three biggest fraud categories at TSB. TSB analysed its customer fraud data from January 2021 to December 2022 to make the findings.

James Milner is set to leave Liverpool after eight years of service at the end of the season and it is being reported that a former Reds star played a role in convincing the veteran to leave Anfield for Brighton.The 37-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season and it is now being widely reported that the midfielder will join Brighton ahead of next season.

James Cleverly said he expects to meet China's vice-president when he visits the UK for the King's coronation.Han Zheng, who has been blamed for overseeing a crackdown on freedom in Hong Kong, was recently appointed as president Xi Jinping's deputy and is set to represent China at the event.The Foreign Secretary indicated he will raise issues including Hong Kong and human rights abuses in Xinjiang province and stressed that engagement does not mean agreement with China.

I am a high school senior who was recently rejected from nearly all the schools I wished to attend this fall.I have been left heartbroken by this turn of events, and I'm not quite sure how to measure my reaction around others.I was accepted into a good state university close to home, from which one of my parents graduated, but I would hesitate to attend, as most of my close friends who have decided to go have been accepted into the honors programs that I was rejected from.

The defence ministry makes the statement during the maiden visit of Pakistan army chief General Syed Asim Munir to Beijing.Islamabad, Pakistan China says it will work with Pakistan's military to further deepen and expand the two nations' mutual interests and jointly protect regional peace and stability.

The actress and producer tells IndieWire she'd "100 percent" go back for more of the beloved franchise, even while she's intent on showing off what else she can do.Anna Camp spent the last few years doing something sort of crazy for an actress who loves to work: saying no.When "Pitch Perfect 3" hit theaters in December 2017, it marked the (maybe) end of the franchise with which Camp is still most closely associated.

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With the exception of family and close friends, no one has seen more of Alyssa Thompson on a soccer field than Carlos Marroquin, her coach for four summers with the second-tier Santa Clarita Blue Heat.And Marroquin said Angel City can expect a lot more of what Thompson showed Sunday, when she scored her team's only goal while wreaking havoc all night in a season-opening 2-1 loss to Gotham FC in front of a sellout crowd of 22,000 at BMO Stadium.

Entering the 2012 season, the Whitehouse Wildcats needed to find a new starting quarterback.Three-year starter Hunter Taylor had graduated after helping Whitehouse become one of the most prolific passing programs in East Texas, leaving a gaping hole that two unproven juniors were hoping to fill.Ryan Cheatham had started for the junior varsity the prior year and fit the mold of past Wildcats quarterbacks - smart, accurate and well-built to withstand pressure in the pocket.

This week, in the same spirit that led me to rewatch all of Babylon Berlin last month, I read Wigs on the Green, Nancy Mitford's 1935 comic novel spoofing her sisters Diana and Unity, who were deeply involved with the fascist movements in Britain and Germany.(Diana's wedding to Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Union of Fascists (B.U.F.), was held in Joseph Goebbels' living room with Adolf Hitler in attendance.

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A month after the disappearance of popular Bay Area disc jockey Jeffrey Vandergrift, his body was found in the San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, according to the San Francisco medical examiner's office.The examiner's office released a statement Thursday, confirming Vandergrift's death, but it offered no further comment, including the cause of death.

In the years before he was accused of running down and stabbing an Orange County bicyclist in a shocking, apparently unprompted assault, Vanroy Evan Smith struggled with his mental health, according to his family and court records.In a petition filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in December seeking full custody of their two children, Smith's ex-wife wrote that the 39-year-old was "diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder."

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, walks into court in San Jose, Calif., on Friday alongside her mother, Noel Holmes, and partner, Billy Evans.Philip Pacheco/Getty Images Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of the medical technology startup Theranos, returned to court Friday to argue that she should remain free on bail while she pursues an appeal of her conviction for wire fraud and conspiracy.

Senator for Delaware Joe Biden talks with US President Jimmy Carter during a fundraising event in 1978.gettyPresident Joe Biden says he plans to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of former president Jimmy Carter, who remains under hospice care at his home in south Georgia.Biden told donors at a California fundraiser Monday evening about his recent visit to see the 39th president, whom he has known since he was a young Delaware senator supporting Carter's 1976 presidential campaign.

Is football homophobic and what can we do if it is?Those were the questions I wanted to answer when the BBC Scotland Disclosure team approached me about making a documentary.My decision last September to became the first male Scottish senior footballer to come out publicly as gay was not an easy or quick one.

The dilemma I am a woman in my mid-20s.I've never had a real job, nor a relationship, nor am I close to my family, and I don't have any close friends.I am unwanted and unneeded in every aspect of my life.I have a good degree from a good university, but I cannot find a job, to the point that I have recently stopped applying.

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Bettmann Archive Politicians are not new to violent feuds.John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were bitter enemies, but eventually became close friends.The bad blood that existed between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams lasted for many years.

"I think (David Pastrnak) and Charlie McAvoy were special tonight," Montgomery said prior to speaking on McAvoy's first assist to Pastrnak."But that play, it's hard for the opposing team to stay with anybody because of the play that Charlie McAvoy made.I mean, I've never seen that special of a play in a situation like that."

The late Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan was close friends with Kurt Cobain during the latter's lifetime.Cobain performed on Lanegan's debut solo album, and anecdotes from Lanegan's memoir illustrated just how tight the two grunge artists were.It turns out their collaborative efforts apparently went both ways.

My friends Laurie and Blair Pessemier are both painters and also give en plein air painting classes.They used to live in Paris, and they now live in Italy, and still give en plein air classes in the Italian countryside about 40 minutes from Bologna.They received an art residency for a new art foundation La Maison de Simon, run by Alon, Betsy and Sarah Kasha, who live in Paris but have a country home in Fontaine Sous Jouy, Normandy, where the foundation is also located.

One of the most rewarding benefits of my tours is the wonderful people I meet from all around the globe, and many of them have become good friends and who return to Paris frequently.In 2009, Cheryl Matzker, a retired French teacher from the St. Louis area, and bona fide Francophile, sent me an email requesting a tour.

LOS ANGELES One of the most extraordinary records in N.B.A. history had stood for nearly 39 years, until LeBron James grabbed it for himself.James, the Los Angeles Lakers forward, broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career scoring record of 38,387 points on Tuesday.It was a feat that once had seemed impossible for anyone but James has become known for making the improbable part of his routine.

SAN JOSE - San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl looked to his left on a first-period faceoff at SAP Center on Tuesday night and saw Andreas Johnsson.He looked to his right and saw Fabian Zetterlund.These weren't the same linemates Sharks fans have seen Hertl play with over the years - ones like Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, and most recently, Timo Meier.

SAN JOSE San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl looked to his left on a first-period faceoff at SAP Center on Tuesday night and saw Andreas Johnsson.He looked to his right and saw Fabian Zetterlund.These weren't the same linemates Sharks fans have seen Hertl play with over the years ones like Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, and most recently, Timo Meier.

[Takes deep breaths] I'm being told it is against the Times stylebook for me to yell out a scream of anticipation for this season of Picard, which is essentially a catch-up with the Next Generation cast.So I guess I'll just write instead.This is easily the most anticipated offering of the new era of Trek since, well, the first season of Picard, which many fans were hoping would be exactly what the third season is billing itself to be a reunion of the old show.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Shamima Begum was a London schoolgirl when Scotland Yard raised concerns that she and two of her fellow pupils had travelled to Syria in February 2015.The now 23-year-old was just 15 when she travelled to Istanbul in Turkey from Gatwick Airport to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) with her close friends at Bethnal Green Academy Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A woman left paralysed for life after her spine was broken in an amateur rugby match has won a landmark High Court battle worth up to 10m.Dani Czernuszka, aged 34, alleged that she heard opponent Natasha Mercedes King say she was going to break her before the tackle which left her paralysed from the waist downwards, during the match between Reading Sirens and Bracknell Ladies.

The Washington Capitals are giving two defensemen in their system a chance at the NHL level.The team called up prospect defensemen Vincent Iorio and Gabriel Carlsson on Friday.The two players will join the Capitals in San Jose ahead of the team's game against the Sharks, Saturday afternoon.The Athletic's Tarik El-Bashir first reported the news on Twitter.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Prime Minister has spoken of his passion for peace in Northern Ireland, revealing he first came to understand some of the region's complexities from his university room-mate in 1998.

Dermot Murnaghan has signed off at Sky News for the last time by referencing the Will Ferrell comedy film Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy.The broadcaster, 65, who has spent nearly 16 years at the news channel, said stay classy, planet Earth, similar to the phrase Ferrell uttered in the movie as the titular character Ron Burgundy.