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The tweet was short, and very much to the point. “#NASCAR, family…,” Bernice King tweeted Wednesday night, about an hour after NASCAR’s announcement and 30 minutes before the Wednesday night race in Martinsville, Virginia. Bernice King is the youngest child of the late Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was just 5-years-old when her father was assassinated in 1968. Her father became one of the historical faces of the civil rights movement in the U....

A 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps saw the Red Bulls claim the sixth and final playoff place in the Eastern Conference. Daniel Royer put the home side ahead in the 33rd minute at Red Bull Arena, finishing well after a smart Bradley Wright-Phillips dummy from a Sacha Kljestan pass. Wright-Phillips doubled the lead before the hour-mark, clipping a finish past David Ousted after a wonderfully weighted pass from Tyler Adams....

Several teams’ seasons are hinging on the outcomes of this weekend’s matches, and while some are trying to cap dream seasons with one final victory before the playoffs, some traditional powers are facing the prospect of missing out on the postseason altogether. MORE: Best photos from USA-Mexico | Sizing up USMNT player pool ahead of World Cup qualifying Consider: The Seattle Sounders and Sporting Kansas City have both been among the league’s best teams in recent years, but each could wind up missing the playoffs if things don’t go their way on Sunday....

We also went to Jim Thompson’s house. (He was an entrepreneur in the silk industry.) Big miss, unless you like old (boring) Chinese porcelains and paintings.

The mom, u/ferret782, shared her story to the popular Reddit forum r/AmITheAhole, earning 5,000 upvotes and 800 comments in 10 hours for her post, “[Am I the Ahole] for not letting my husband see our son even though he hasn’t seen him in person for a month?” The original poster (OP) says that her husband recently came back from a business trip. The trip was only supposed to be a week but got extended, separating him from his family for a month....

Stella Lackey was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that affects her motor function, when she was one month old, Good Morning America reported. At nine months, she got her first wheelchair, which she calls “wheel wheels,” the outlet said. Samantha Lackey, Stella’s mom, documents her family’s life on their Instagram account @stronglikestella and decided to share the process of creating the one-of-a-kind Elf too. The tradition of the Elf on the Shelf involves parents moving the small elf around the house in the weeks leading up to Christmas to keep an eye on the children for Santa, as Newsweek previously reported....

Jackson Kostolsky, 32, of Allentown, pleaded guilty this past September to a charge of unlawful picketing after admitting to participating in the January 6 attack on the Capitol building. He could face up to six months behind bars and a maximum fine of $5,000. Ahead of his sentencing Jan. 11, CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane was able to obtain a copy of a letter that Kostolsky’s mother sent to the judge asking him for a light punishment....

According to a post shared on Mumsnet’s Am I Being Unreasonable (AIBU) forum, the woman (under the username feelingthepinch) said she has been with her fiancée for five years and the couple live together. According to the user, she and her fiancée’s sister “get on ok” but she’s “always been a bit off” with the user. “She was good friends with his ex wife, so probably she feels a bit awkward or disloyal if she likes me or something,” the user said, adding: “It’s never been a huge problem though....

The Original Poster (OP), known as u/Glittering_Sun_554, posted about the situation in Reddit’s popular “Am I The A**hole” forum where it received nearly 7,400 interactions including thousands of comments. The post can be found here. Practicing Patience Parents understand the daily struggle of raising younger children and feeling their patience dwindling. Although many parents’ first instinct is to raise their voices when kids aren’t listening, experts recommend against yelling since children are often unable to comprehend emotions such as frustration....

The father of the child, u/throwaway_lastname2 took to Reddit to determine if his request was wrong by asking the popular r/AmITheA**hole forum. He earned over 4,200 upvotes and 2,300 comments for his post. The original poster (OP) says that he and his wife are both 36 years old, and had been together for nine years, with seven of those spent married. While they were still dating, they hashed out their dealbreakers for the relationship....

In a post shared on Reddit on Thursday, the mom, under the username u/southerngallyl, wrote that her ex-husband is marrying the woman he cheated on her with, While she agreed to let their daughter go, she said that he would be responsible for transportation. But according to the post, at the last minute, the ex asked her if she could do him a “huge favor” and take her daughter to the wedding, as he will be picking up his future in-laws from the airport instead....

In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/throwaway3313765 (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said she has little access to money and was forced to make a difficult decision during a medical emergency, infuriating her husband as a result. Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for opening my husband’s safe with a crowbar to get money for an emergency?” the post has received nearly 11,000 upvotes and 2,500 comments since October 18....

Born without a uterus, Amanda became a mother for the first time in 2021, after giving birth to daughter Grace. Part of a pioneering clinical trial, Amanda was one of 33 women in the U.S. to have undergone the procedure, and only one of around 80 recipients worldwide. Grace was conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 2020, with frozen embryos created by using Amanda’s egg and husband John’s sperm....

Spencer Briggs had run over to greet the mail carrier delivering the family’s post when a snake on the driveway behind a family vehicle bit him in the foot. The incident was captured on a security camera that shows Spencer jumping back after the attack. “I can barely stomach watching it,” Spencer’s mother, Laura Briggs, told AL.com. “No one saw the snake until after it happened,” she added. “When I got there, I barely saw it....

The 14-second clip captured a man with a hose, identified by local news site SFGATE as art gallery owner Collier Gwin, spraying a woman on the ground with water, as she put her hands up for protection and shouts in distress. During the latter half of the clip the man can be heard shouting: “Hey, just move. Move, move, move. You going to move?” The clip was posted on Twitter by a local on Monday, who added “Only in San Francisco,” and tagged in a number of local media outlets and officials....

The purchase has been made as part of the Ligue 1 club’s youth strategy, as they bid to unearth the next Kylian Mbappe. Conte: Mbappe will be great Mbappe, 18, has scored 24 goals in 39 appearances in all competitions this season, and Monaco’s acquisition of a majority stake in Cercle Brugge will likely see some of the forward’s fellow young prospects head to Belgium for first-team experience. A statement read: “AS Monaco and Cercle Brugge are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Belgian second division club by the Monegasque outfit, effective Friday....

Monaco trailed 5-3 following the first leg in Manchester but the Ligue 1 leaders rallied to progress to the quarter-finals on away goals after the last-16 tie finished 6-6 on aggregate. Silva set up teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe in the eighth minute to get the hosts off to a flying start, before Fabinho slotted home to level the scores on aggregate. Man City miles from being a Pep team...

The Buccaneers have Tom Brady, Rachaad White, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Julio Jones, who will be rostered in multiple DraftKings Showdown lineups. Meanwhile, the Saints only have Alvin Kamara, Taysom Hill, and Chris Olave. Even though the Saints have looked like a shell of themselves, Kamara and Olave still warrant some consideration in showdown contests. Before we get into our lineup and strategy, here are the key scoring settings for DraftKings Showdown contests: They’re full-point PPR and there are three-point bonuses for 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards, and 100 receiving yards....

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