[ad_1] Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York and the former wife of Prince Andrew, said on Monday that it had been a “shock” to receive a second diagnosis of cancer within a year, after doctors found melanoma, a serious type of skin cancer.The former royal, 64, had spoken publicly about her decision to undergo a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery last year, following a breast cancer diagnosis in the summer.A spokesperson for Ms. Ferguson told The Associated Press on Sunday that the melanoma was found after several moles were removed during her treatment for breast cancer and that doctors were still…
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[ad_1] President Donald Trump praised his one-time political adversary, Ron DeSantis, during his campaign event today at New Hampshire. DeSantis, who recently suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, officially endorsed Trump. Speaking to his supporters, Trump expressed his admiration for the campaign that DeSantis had mounted. “Before we begin, I’d like to take time to congratulate Ron DeSantis and of course, a really terrific person who had gotten to know his wife, Casey, for having run a great campaign for president. He did. He ran a really good campaign. I will tell you. It’s not easy,” Trump said,…
[ad_1] For the sixth consecutive season, the Kansas City Chiefs will play for the right to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. Thanks to an incredible effort by the Chiefs offense and a little luck, they took down the Buffalo Bills 27-24 on the road at Highmark Stadium, setting up a date next week against the Baltimore Ravens with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. Here are three takeaways from the Chiefs’ dramatic win. 1. Chiefs’ offense does a lot with a little The Bills entered Sunday’s divisional round, hoping the team’s offense would be its best defense. For…
[ad_1] Middle Tennessee has one metaphorical foot in the Midwest and one in the Deep South. We expect a certain amount of weather whiplash here, even without factoring in the extremities of climate change, but January has been a carnival ride. Thunderstorms and tornadoes followed by brutal cold and then by snow the likes of which we haven’t seen in years. Eight inches at our house, up to 10 in other Nashville neighborhoods.Last week, temperatures dropped into the single digits at night and didn’t rise much higher during the day. On Thursday afternoon it finally got warm enough to soften…
[ad_1] The Russian pop star winced as the black kitten he was cuddling in Russian-occupied Ukraine licked the crook of his neck for about the 15th time.Several weeks earlier, the musician, Dima Bilan, had been in Moscow, mingling in a see-through shirt with celebrities at an “almost naked” theme party that caused an uproar in Russia and threatened to end his career.Now Mr. Bilan, who once won the Eurovision song contest, was on an image rehabilitation tour in a winter war zone — the newly prescribed path for celebrities who find themselves out in the cold in wartime Russia and…
[ad_1] Often, people ask me about my legal background. Because I have had to deal on an international basis, even restructuring multinational companies, it was imperative that I understand the law around the world, how it developed, and the stark differences. For example, European law adopted Canon Law from the Catholic Church, which is far better than the English Common Law that America adopted. For example, under Canon Law, the family unit is paramount. Not even your brother-in-law could be compelled to testify against you. In the USA, your spouse is the only person with such a privilege. They…
[ad_1] Alec Baldwin might be showing signs of financial difficulty amid his ongoing legal battles. Fox Business reported that Baldwin has slashed $10 million off the asking price of his home in the Hamptons and is even paying for online ads to help find a buyer. The property was originally listed at $29 million before dropping to $25 million. Today, the asking price is below $20 million. In a promotional video posted online, Baldwin said he purchased the impressive property in 1995 and has built two extensions since then. “I fell in love with this place the moment I came…
[ad_1] The biggest talking point going into Sunday’s Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills divisional-round game was the fact Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had never played a true road playoff game in his NFL career. That was consistently brought up, with Bills players – specifically right tackle Dion Dawkins – telling him “good luck” regarding the environment in Buffalo.That talk did not go unnoticed and Mahomes took advantage of the opportunity to troll those Bills players following the Chiefs’ 27-24 win to advance to the AFC Championship game. Mahomes posted a picture on Instagram of him celebrating on Sunday with the caption,…
[ad_1] Erik Larson’s firm, Cloverpop, helps companies make and learn from decisions. When Mr. Larson and his research team compared the decision quality of individuals versus teams, they found that all-male teams outperformed individuals nearly 60 percent of the time, but gender diverse teams outperformed individuals almost 75 percent of the time. Teams that were gender and geographically diverse, and had at least one age gap of 20 years or more, made better decisions than individuals 87 percent of the time. If you’ve ever called a grandparent for advice or tested an idea with a skeptical teenager, you get what…
[ad_1] As the traveling brass band ended San Giovanni Lipioni’s annual holiday concert with a rendition of Wham’s “Last Christmas,” the gray-haired villagers seated in the old church of the central Italian hill town gazed dotingly at the few young children clapping to the music.“Today there is a little movement,” Cesarina Falasco, 73, said from the back pew. “It’s lovely. It’s different.”San Giovanni Lipioni used to be known — if at all — for the discovery in its countryside of a third-century B.C. Samnite bronze head, a rare Waldesian Evangelical community and an ancient annual pageant with pagan roots that…