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City trash bin from Myrtle Beach washes up on shores of Ireland

City trash bin from Myrtle Beach washes up on shores of Ireland

By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks Barrel’s incredible journey ends 3,500 miles across the Atlantic Instead of a message in a bottle, it was the decals on a barnacle-covered trash barrel that shows just how far it traveled, from the southeastern U.S. coast to a beach in Ireland, more than 3,500 miles from home. The City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina announced Monday that a waste barrel had somehow washed up in County Mayo, on the emerald isle’s northwestern coast. According to the city, Keith McGreal of Ireland wrote them and shared pictures of the bright blue barrel with city…
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Why We Celebrate Friendsgiving—Including a Connection to ‘Friends’

Why We Celebrate Friendsgiving—Including a Connection to ‘Friends’

By Emily VanSchmus | BHG.Com Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #Lifestyle None of the six friends ever said the word 'friendsgiving' on the show—but there is an interesting connection between the show and the tradition.  Friendsgiving is a relatively new tradition that I’ve wholeheartedly embraced. If you’re not familiar with the celebration, it’s basically a Thanksgiving dinnerthat’s shared between friends rather than family. Of course, I’m all for eating two Thanksgiving meals—especially when there’s pumpkin pie involved—but there’s just something about a day dedicated to celebrating friendship that gives me the warm fuzzies.  But where did the tradition come from? It’s become increasingly popular over…
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No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers

No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers

By MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle #Technology CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts who will depart the International Space Station as early as this weekend will be stuck using diapers on the way home because of their capsule’s broken toilet. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur described the situation Friday as “suboptimal" but manageable. “Spaceflight is full of lots of little challenges,” she said during a news conference from orbit. “This is just one more that we’ll encounter and take care of in our mission. So we’re not too worried about it." Mission managers could decide later Friday whether…
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QAnon supporters gather in Dallas, expecting JFK Jr. to reappear

QAnon supporters gather in Dallas, expecting JFK Jr. to reappear

By Catherine Marfin and Michael Williams, The Dallas Morning News Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle Kennedy died in 1999, but supporters of QAnon believe he has spent the last 22 years in hiding Scores of QAnon believers gathered Tuesday afternoon in downtown Dallas in the hopes that John F. Kennedy Jr. would appear, heralding the reinstatement of Donald Trump as president. The supporters first gathered Monday night in downtown Dallas, and about 1 p.m. Tuesday there were several hundred people near Dealey Plaza, where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Kennedy’s son died in a plane crash in 1999…
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Southwest investigates pilot who used ‘Brandon’ phrase

Southwest investigates pilot who used ‘Brandon’ phrase

By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Travel #Lifestyle WASHINGTON — Southwest Airlines said it is conducting an internal investigation after one of its pilots used a phrase that’s become a stand-in for insulting President Joe Biden during the pilot’s greeting to passengers over the plane’s public address system last week. The airline announced its investigation after The Associated Press reported the incident in a story about the growing use of the phrase “Let's go, Brandon,” an aphorism in conservative circles for a vulgarity targeting Biden. The pilot’s use of the phrase drew audible gasps from some passengers on…
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Write Open Letter to G20 Summit Leaders Calling Out Vaccine Inequity

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Write Open Letter to G20 Summit Leaders Calling Out Vaccine Inequity

BY ARIANA BROCKINGTON | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #LIfestyle The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, along with WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote, "Of the almost 7 billion doses that have been administered globally, just 3 percent of people in low-income countries have had a jab so far. Where are the rest?" Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have partnered with WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to address the leaders at the G20 Summit over the lack of access to COVID-19 vaccines in low-income countries. Ahead of the meeting in Rome this weekend, which will be the first in person G20 Summit since…
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Investigative team claims it has identified the infamous Zodiac Killer

Investigative team claims it has identified the infamous Zodiac Killer

By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle A team of independent former law enforcement investigators has identified a man who died in 2018 as the infamous Zodiac Killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area more than 50 years ago but was never apprehended. However, the FBI and local law enforcement agencies say the conclusions reached by the unofficial task force of 40 cold case experts are largely based on circumstantial evidence, and that the man was not considered a suspect in five murders known to have been committed by the Zodiac in Northern California from 1968…
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Howie Mandel Reveals He Collapsed Due to Dehydration After Colonoscopy

Howie Mandel Reveals He Collapsed Due to Dehydration After Colonoscopy

BY ARIANA BROCKINGTON | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle On his podcast 'Howie Mandel Does Stuff,' the TV personality addressed headlines claiming he fainted at a Starbucks earlier this week. Howie Mandel has shared the story behind his recent health scare, following news reports that he collapsed at a Starbucks. On his podcast Howie Mandel Does Stuff, his daughter Jackelyn Shultz (who was co-hosting), began Thursday’s episode by saying she was “concerned” and asked her father to explain what happened.  The America’s Got Talent judge, 65, jokingly responded, “Well, first of all, what has this world come to where you can’t pass out in a…
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Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing on Secret Hospitalization, Recovery After Tragic Accident: “I’ve Been Hiding This Too Long”

Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing on Secret Hospitalization, Recovery After Tragic Accident: “I’ve Been Hiding This Too Long”

BY CHRIS GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle #EditorsPicks The French fashion designer thanked hospital staff and used the incident as a way to challenge the obsession with perfection and keeping up social media appearances. Superstar Balmain designer Olivier Rousteing is opening up more about a tragic accident that happened inside his home, one that left him hospitalized and ashamed as he sought to keep the recovery under wraps while keeping up appearances. “Exactly a year ago, the fireplace inside my house exploded,” Rousteing shared Saturday with his 7 million Instagram followers alongside an image that shows his torso and arms extensively bandaged with…
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Nobu Expands Partnership With Caesars, Adds New Restaurants and Hotels

Nobu Expands Partnership With Caesars, Adds New Restaurants and Hotels

BY MELINDA SHECKELLS | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle #Travel The hospitality group plans to open a restaurant and lounge at Paris Las Vegas in 2022, with plans to also bring Nobu to New Orleans and Atlantic City. Does a city need three Nobus? If we are talking about Las Vegas, the answer is yes. It will be the second place in the world to have a Nobu trifecta, behind London. Nobu Restaurant and Lounge at Paris Las Vegas will open in early 2022, joining Nobu Restaurant and Lounge, and Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace, Gary Selesner, president of Caesars Development, tells The Hollywood…
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