Fans get tough love with new sports rules

Fans get tough love with new sports rules

Bismarck Public Schools went on the offensive last week before the Class AA Boys and Girls State Basketball Tournament in Bismarck. It issued a statement urging respectful fan behavior at sporting events. The statement was prompted by recent reports in the state of racial harassment of players. The North Dakota High School Activities Association has … Read more

Meta to scrap ‘News Tab’ for Facebook users in US, Australia

Meta to scrap ‘News Tab’ for Facebook users in US, Australia

Meta said Friday that it will discontinue Facebook’s news feature for US and Australian users in April – setting up a possible showdown with lawmakers in both countries who have ripped the tech giant’s treatment of the media industry. Meta said it “will not enter into new commercial deals for traditional news content in these … Read more

Starting The New Year Off The Write Way | Arts & Entertainment

Starting The New Year Off The Write Way | Arts & Entertainment

New year, new you. A chance to start fresh. Reset goals and get things done. If writing a novel or finishing a manuscript is on your list of new year’s resolutions, there’s no time like the present to get started. And while writing is often a solitary pursuit, there’s no reason not to heed the … Read more

Kevin Hart suing YouTuber LaTasha Kebe over interview ‘ransom’ threat | Entertainment News

Kevin Hart suing YouTuber LaTasha Kebe over interview ‘ransom’ threat | Entertainment News

Kevin Hart is suing YouTuber LaTasha Kebe. The comic, 44, has taken a case of extortion against the influencer, known as Tasha K, after she allegedly threatened to release a bombshell interview with his former assistant unless he paid her a six-figure “ransom”. According to a lawsuit obtained by Page Six, LaTasha sat down with … Read more

Paul Simon embraced his hearing loss making his latest album | Entertainment

Paul Simon embraced his hearing loss making his latest album | Entertainment

Paul Simon decided to embrace his deafness in one ear as “part of the process” for his 2023 album ‘Seven Psalms’. The 82-year-old legendary singer/songwriter – who retired from touring in 2018 – was saddened when he found out he had hearing loss, but he didn’t let his disability hold him back when making the … Read more

State to review Whittier Tech special ed program | Merrimack Valley

State to review Whittier Tech special ed program | Merrimack Valley

HAVERHILL — The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring will conduct a review of Whittier Tech during the week of Nov. 13. According to Whittier Superintendent Maureen Lynch and Special Education Director Kristine Morrison, the Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to … Read more

Maria Menounos feared she’d EXPLODE before cancer diagnosis | Entertainment News

Maria Menounos feared she’d EXPLODE before cancer diagnosis | Entertainment News

Maria Menounos feared she was “going to explode inside” before being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The 45-year-old presenter can still remember the excruciating pain she felt after tucking into a farro salad while on a plane last year, and she eventually sought medical help when her other symptoms, including bloating, diarrhoea, and stomach pain, persisted. … Read more

Canterbury writer’s unconventional route into sports journalism in Paris

Canterbury writer’s unconventional route into sports journalism in Paris

Ian Borthwick outside the rugby-themed cafe Le Sous Bock in Les Halles, Paris. Photo / Supplied When Ian Borthwick arrives, drenched by an unfortunate burst of rain, the staff are dressing tables for the impending lunch rush. The setting, a bar near Châtelet in central Paris called Le Sous Bock, is decorated floor-to-ceiling with photos … Read more

KFF Health News: House panel to hold hearing on erroneous Social Security payments | Community

KFF Health News: House panel to hold hearing on erroneous Social Security payments | Community

A House of Representatives panel has scheduled a hearing for next week on how the Social Security Administration has been clawing back payments it mistakenly made to beneficiaries. The announcement signals that members of Congress are focusing on the trauma many poor, retired, and disabled people have experienced from the government trying to reclaim safety-net … Read more