Bride-to-be sparks outrage with her $27,000 wedding day demand: ‘What gives you any right?’

She expects her brother, who is a doctor, to give her $27,000 so she can have her dream wedding. He refused. Decode and demystify Gen Z's latest online slang terms with In The Know's new glossary.

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  Bride leaves groom in tears with wedding dress detail on their big day: 'I would [have] be fine with just a normal wedding'

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  Woman confronts boyfriend after catching his ‘cruel’ at-home behavior: ‘He is gaslighting you’

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Here's The Difference Between A Cemetery And A Graveyard

Church graveyards filled up, and there was a need for new burial grounds. Thus, independent sites called “cemeteries” became more common as designated final resting places. Cemeteries are typically not affiliated with a specific church, so you don't have to be a congregant to be buried there.

After my unborn son's fatal diagnosis, doctors seemed determined to change my 'choice'

My son Matteo was born weighing just under 3 pounds and crying faintly. In 2015, for two of the most precious hours of my life, my husband and I cradled him. What followed was a flurry of phone calls and doctor appointments and second opinions and more ultrasounds, all of which confirmed the news that my son had Trisomy 18, a life-threatening condition that is usually fatal before birth or within the first year of life.

Virginia Tech player indicted in Tinder date's beating death

A suspended Virginia Tech linebacker accused in the fatal beating of a Tinder match has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder. Isimemen Etute, 18, who is accused in the death of 40-year-old Jerry Smith in May, was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday, The Roanoke Times reported. A hearing is scheduled Nov. 18.

Lap dances at Hazard homecoming: Don’t schools already have enough problems these days?

For homecoming this year, they put on a boffo event in the gym, including what appears to be girls in Hooters t-shirts carrying glasses of (I assume, but hey, maybe not!) make-believe beer. The pictures were posted on the Hazard High School Athletics page earlier this week, then quickly taken down after some spoilsports noticed and raised a stink. The Courier Journal described it as a “Man Pageant” during Homecoming.

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  Kentucky high school staff members got lap dances from students, photos appear to show

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  High school under investigation after posting photos of students giving teachers lap dances

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‘They’re Running a Jail, Not a Hotel’: Judge Has Had It With Capitol Rioters Alleging Mistreatment

Capitol riot defendants have been complaining about the conditions in the Washington, D.C., jail where they're being held. “They're running a jail, not a hotel,” Judge Emmitt Sullivan said in a hearing on Wednesday. One such case is that of Christopher Worrell, a member of the Proud Boys who is claiming mistreatment.

Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19

A cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 in a study hunting for existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat coronavirus. Researchers tested the pill used for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder because it was known to reduce inflammation and looked promising in smaller studies. “If WHO recommends this, you will see it widely taken up,” said study co-author Dr. Edward Mills of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, adding that many poor nations have the drug readily available.

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  Study: A common antidepressant guards against COVID hospitalization

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  Antidepressant Fluvoxamine Significantly Reduces Covid-19 Hospitalization

  The Wall Street Journal

Bear vanished from Wisconsin hunter’s sight — then he felt it breathing down his neck

High up in his tree stand, a Wisconsin deer hunter thought he had gone unnoticed by a black bear wandering near him in the woods — right until it stopped at the base of his vantage point. Dalton Roach, 25, spotted the bear while bow hunting earlier this month, he told the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. Roach, who in addition to being an avid sportsman is a pitching prospect for the St. Louis Cardinals, felt he was safe and secure.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn's Question About 'The Biggest Lie' Backfires Spectacularly

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) asked a question on Twitter and his critics were ready with some answers ― almost certainly not the ones he had in mind. “What's the biggest lie a politician has ever told?” Cawthorn asked as he attempted to slam President Joe Biden.

Abby Huntsman Finally Reveals Real Reason She Left ‘The View’ On New Podcast

When Abby Huntsman, who was one of The View's conservative co-hosts along with Meghan McCain during her relatively brief 2018-20 tenure, announced her departure from the oftentimes controversial ABC daytime talk show, the former Fox News personality said it was because she wanted to join and assist the Utah gubernatorial race of her father Jon Huntsman. Rumors quickly spread on social media that the real reason Huntsman was leaving the show was its much-discussed “toxic” workplace environment, a reason Huntsman now confirms as true. In her new podcast called I Wish Somebody Told Me with friend, comedy writer and media producer Lauren Leeds, debuting today, Huntsman says she had decided to leave The View because the show's workplace environment “did not reflect my values” and was “rewarding people for bad behavior.”

Thinking of Retiring Abroad? You Won’t Be Able To Collect Social Security in These Countries

See: You Should Check Your Social Security Balance Regularly — Here's Why Countries Where Payments Are Completely Restricted If you are living in North Korea or Cuba, Social Security benefits will be completely restricted. The good news is that if you are a U.S. citizen, payments will be withheld and can be sent if you later move to a country where payments are not restricted. However, that only applies to U.S. citizens.

Slavery-era Georgia law is key defense argument in trial over Ahmaud Arbery's killing

(Reuters) - A pivotal defense argument of the three white men on trial in Georgia for killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, is that they were trying to make a citizen's arrest under a Civil War-era law that was later repealed amid an uproar over the shooting. When the fatal encounter occurred on Feb. 23, 2020, it was legal in Georgia for people to arrest someone where they had "reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion" that the person had just committed a felony. Legal observers say prosecutors will seek to convince the jury that there was no felony over which to arrest Arbery, 25, and that the three men lacked the "reasonable and probable suspicion" required under the old citizen's arrest law.

City's attempt to cut Texas man's grass ends with his death, police say

An attempt by Austin, Texas, officials to serve a search warrant and provide lawn care resulted in shots fired, an hourslong standoff, a house fire and a death, police said Wednesday. Police officers and code enforcement officers arrived at a home at 9:16 a.m. to serve a nuisance search warrant, but could not make contact with the resident, Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said at an evening news conference. About an hour later, the resident started shooting from inside the house, Chacon said.

Turning the page on Georgia's Stone Mountain

The state board that oversees Stone Mountain Park, the 3,200-acre park that glorifies the Confederacy and Antebellum South, has selected an entity — the only company to bid — to manage Georgia's most visited attraction. Why it matters: Stone Mountain has zero connection to the Civil War — no battles were fought there. The monadnock's mountaintop was the site of the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan, and activists, residents, and visitors have called for the massive tribute to Confederate generals and white-washing of history to be removed.

Thai police: Woman cut rope holding painters 26 floors high

A resident of a high-rise condominium in Thailand cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn't told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until a couple rescued them, police said Wednesday. Col. Pongjak Preechakarunpong, chief of the Pak Kret police station north of the Thai capital, told The Associated Press. Pongjak did not say what prompted the suspect to cut the rope, but Thai media reported that she was apparently frustrated when the workers appeared outside her room and hadn't seen an announcement by the condo that they would be doing work on Oct. 12.

New Orleans School Bus Driver Assaulted On Video By 3 Mothers Over Bullying Allegations

A school bus driver is ready to take legal action against a group of parents who assaulted her on video. New Orleans, Louisiana school bus driver Andrea Anderson told Fox 8 Live that while she was dropping off children at Franklin Avenue and North Dorgenois Street, a group of angry mothers were waiting for her. In a video recorded by a student, the parents are seen aggressively approaching Anderson and screaming at her as they hovered over her.

Harvard's modern-day Darwin warns against humanity's downward slope

The Harvard University scientist who has called for setting aside half the planet as a nature preserve says the slope of human history will always be downward unless there is global cooperation to save existing species. Edward O. Wilson, a 92-year old naturalist hailed as the Darwin of the 21st century, said humankind is not too polarized to save the planet, even as some of the world's biggest polluters drag their feet on cutting carbon emissions and arresting global warming. He sees preventing catastrophic climate change -- the aim of U.N. climate talks starting in Scotland on Sunday -- and saving biodiversity, or the variety of plant and animal species in the world, as two initiatives that must happen together.

This Dream Vacation Hotspot Is Spiraling Into a Deadly Cartel Battlefield

Two foreign female tourists were caught in a crossfire between rival crime groups and shot to death last Thursday in the high-end resort town of Tulum, Mexico. Three other people were also wounded when the firefight broke out in the popular restaurant, La Malquerida, not far from the beach. “They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and got caught in an exchange of gunfire between competing drug traffickers,” said a high-ranking Mexican police commander, who agreed to speak with The Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity.

Breakthrough infections can lead to long COVID; genes may explain critical illness in young, healthy adults

The persistent syndrome of COVID-19 after-effects known as long COVID can develop after "breakthrough" infections in vaccinated people, a new study shows. Researchers at Oxford University in the UK reviewed data on nearly 20,000 U.S. COVID-19 patients, half of whom had been vaccinated. "On the other hand," the research team reported on medRxiv on Tuesday https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.26.21265508v1 ahead of peer review, "previous vaccination does not appear to protect against several previously documented outcomes of COVID-19 such as long COVID features, arrhythmia, joint pain, Type 2 diabetes, liver disease, sleep disorders, and mood and anxiety disorders."

‘Bats--t insane.’ Florida attorney general’s own lawyers gave early warning of worse to come | Editorial

It was strangely refreshing to hear the words that appellate lawyers in the office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody used, in newly released emails, to describe the desperate attempt by the Texas attorney general to overturn the results of the 2020 election by suing four swing states in 2020. Because no claim is too extreme, no lawsuit too ridiculous for Florida if there's the potential for a GOP win or a chance to placate Trump.

Their whiskeys sell out in minutes and win awards. Here’s their newest bourbon release

Bourbon is usually focused on the past, but a new whiskey could be a taste of the future. Blue Run Spirits has released its first bourbon crafted by acclaimed master distiller Jim Rutledge, formerly of Four Roses. Blue Run Kentucky Straight High Rye Bourbon Whiskey is available to buy at select retailers in the U.S. and Canada; bottles available online at BlueRunSpirits.com sold out in 3 minutes.

DNA from Sitting Bull's hair confirms living great-grandson's ancestry

A sample of Sitting Bull's hair has helped scientists confirm that a South Dakota man is the famed 19th century Native American leader's great-grandson using a new method to analyze family lineages with DNA fragments from long-dead people. Researchers said on Wednesday that DNA extracted from the hair, which had been stored at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, confirmed the familial relationship between Sitting Bull, who died in 1890, and Ernie LaPointe, 73, of Lead, South Dakota. "I feel this DNA research is another way of identifying my lineal relationship to my great-grandfather," said LaPointe, who has three sisters.

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  Sitting Bull: DNA confirms great-grandson's identity

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  Man confirmed to be great-grandson of Sitting Bull with DNA match

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