Lowe’s is closing 51 stores in the US and Canada
New York (CNN Business)In another sign of the times for retail, Lowe’s is closing 51 North American stores.
Florida teen killed mom and buried her in fire pit after arguing over bad grade, police say
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say a 15-year-old Florida boy strangled his mother after getting into an argument over a bad grade he received. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood told CBS affiliate WKMG-TV Gregory Ramos was arrested early Saturday after the body of 46-year-old Gail Cleavenger was found buried under a nearby church’s fire pit.
Investigators say Ramos killed her after they argued about his school grades. Chitwood said the boy is one of the “top three sociopaths” he has ever encountered, calling him a “soulless individual.”
Chitwood says he faces murder charges. It was unclear Saturday if he has a lawyer to represent him.
After the killing, authorities say the boy called friends to help him make it look like someone had burglarized the home. The boy initially told deputies his mother was missing.
“To watch how cold and callous and calculating he was, I think was probably the most shocking thing for all of us,” Chitwood said. “No sign of remorse whatsoever.”
The two 17-year-old friends face multiple charges.
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Pamela Anderson blasts the #MeToo movement, says feminism can ‘go too far’
Pamela Anderson sat down for a lengthy interview with Australia’s “60 Minutes” Sunday, offering some controversial comments about the #MeToo movement and the negative impact she perceives it having on men.
The former “Baywatch” star derided the current wave of feminism and called it a “bore.”
“I think this feminism can go too far,” Anderson told journalist Liam Bartlett. “I’m a feminist, but I think that this third wave of feminism is a bore.”
She continued: “I think it paralyzes men, I think this #MeToo movement is a bit too much for me. I’m sorry, I’ll probably get killed for saying that.”
Stars who have criticized the #MeToo movement in the past haven’t fared well. “The Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik apologized after being accused of victim-blaming when she spoke about the movement, and French actress Catherine Deneuve caught serious backlash for similar comments made about its effect on men.
Anderson, however, was undeterred by the possibility of being labeled anti-#MeToo and doubled down on her controversial comments, going as far as to suggest that those who encountered the likes of Harvey Weinstein boiled down to a lack of common sense.
“My mother taught me don’t go to a hotel with a stranger. If someone opens the door in a bathrobe and it’s supposed to be a business meeting, maybe I should go with somebody else,” the 51-year-old says in the clip below. “I think some things are just common sense. Or, if you go in… get the job. I’m Canadian, I’m going to speak my mind. I’m sorry, I’m not politically correct.”
The animal rights advocate also discussed her image as a sex symbol and noted that it opened doors to her activism.
“I’d rather be a sex symbol than a… not a sex symbol. That’s a compliment, isn’t it?” she said. “Every girl wants to be sexy. Every girl wants to be, you know, as beautiful or pretty as they can be. I never thought of myself as beautiful. I always thought of myself as kinda cute, a little funny and maybe I’ve improved with age.”
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Barbra Streisand Upends the “Carpool Karaoke” Format, Just Because She Can
The singer took the driver’s seat for her trip around the block with James Corden.
There’s no “Carpool Karaoke” quite like a Barbra Streisand “Carpool Karaoke”—because for one thing, as Late Late Show viewers saw on Thursday night, when Babs carpools, she’s the one in the driver’s seat. Would you expect anything less?
That’s right—it was Streisand who picked Corden up this time. And although she was reluctant to listen to music on their journey at first, Streisand eventually relented. The two belted their way through “No More Tears,” “The Way We Were,” “Imagine/What a Wonderful World,” and her new Donald Trump-inspired tune, “Don’t Lie to Me.” Oh, and Corden also squeezed in a quick lesson in Cardi B—specifically, “Bodak Yellow.” The closing number? “Don’t Rain on My Parade.”
Streisand’s playful ribbing of Corden makes for a particularly fun entry into the ever-expanding library of “Carpool Karaoke.” In addition to her faux reluctance to listen to music, Streisand also critiqued his performance at one point, correcting him on a lyric in “The Way We Were.” And Corden responded in kind, teasing Streisand over that one time she called Tim Cook to ask him to correct how Siri pronounces her name. Streisand admitted that she also once called Steve Jobs when she couldn’t figure something out on her computer.
But perhaps the most amusing moment was when Streisand, still behind the wheel, admitted that she had failed the written test to renew her driver’s license three separate times. (“I was so nervous!”) Corden, newly aware of the risk he had taken getting in the car with his guest, quickly accepted his fate. “If this is how I go out,” he said, “I’ll take it. It’s a good way to go out.”
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Naomi Campbell and Her Mom Star in Burberry’s Holiday Campaign
They look stunning ?
Burberry isn’t wasting any time getting into the holiday spirit. The British brand has already teased its Festive Campaign for the year, featuring some of U.K.’s finest, including supermodel Naomi Campbell—and her mom.
Valerie Morris-Campbell, a model herself, joins the star-studded roster, which includes The Crown’s Matt Smith, actress Kristin Scott Thomas, rapper M.I.A., and British artist and photographer Juno Calypso, who also shot and directed the campaign. Both Campbells wear a white shirt and black blazer in their portraits.
The full campaign releases on Tuesday, November 13, but you can get a sneak peek at the imagery below.
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Simone Biles Becomes The First Woman To Win 4 All-Around World Titles
More impressively, she did it 24 hours after being in the ER.
Simone Biles already has our hearts but continues to give us reasons to stan.
On Thursday, the Olympian won her fourth All-Around World Title at the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics Championship. The historic moment made her the first woman to accomplish such a feat.
According to People, Biles scored 1.7 points more than runner-up and silver medalist Mai Murakami of Japan, pulling in a winning score of 57.491.
Few are surprised by the victory. Biles has won every world championship she has competed in, and according to Team USA, this year marks the eighth in a row that an American woman has won the Olympic or all-around title with Biles taking five of them.
However, the competition did not go off without a hiccup. The 21-year-old fell during her vault and beam performances and faltered with a foot out of bounds during a floor exercise, KGW reports. Some attribute the slip-ups to Biles’ hospitalization just 24 hours beforehand.
In a Twitter post, the athlete announced she was admitted to an emergency room for a kidney stone but still intended on competing.
“This kidney stone has nothing on world championships,” Biles captioned a matching Instagram post.
Despite her slips and health, Biles pulled through with the win, and that is the essence of determination and Black Girl Magic.
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Vegan threatened to stab her Italian mom over meat sauce: cops
Though many people would happily dig into a lovingly home-cooked meal from their parents, one vegan woman in Italy has been fined $1,170 for threatening to stab her mother for making traditional meat sauce in her presence.
Italian newspaper Gazzetta di Modena reported this week that the 48-year-old woman has been ordered by local courts to pay a $520 court fine and $650 to her mother for physically threatening her with a kitchen knife, after the sexagenarian whipped up Bolognese sauce in their newly shared home.
According to The Telegraph, the “newly unemployed” daughter had recently moved back into her mother’s small apartment, where she often cooked in the rezdore tradition of chefs in the Emilia Romagna dialect.
The vegan daughter told court officials that, prior to moving to live with her mother, she had long been avoiding “sensory” and “olfactory contact” with animal products.
Lawyers further told the Gazzetta di Modena that there had been “an escalation of aggressive episodes, always over food,” before things nearly took a turn for the fatal.
Furious with the smell of meat sauce simmering on the stove one day in March 2016, the daughter reportedly grabbed a knife and made a grave threat.
“If you won’t stop on your own then I’ll make you stop. Quit making ragú, or I’ll stab you in the stomach,” the angry daughter said, as per The Telegraph, inciting her mother to press charges.
With the complaint making its way to Modena tribunal court well over two years later, Justice of Peace Nadia Trifilo ultimately ruled in favor of the 69-year-old mother. She smacked the daughter with a $520 court fine and ordered her to pay $650 to her mother as compensation.
The identities of the mother and daughter were not disclosed.
Naturally, the Twitterverse had a whole lot to say about the wild tale.
“The existence of Bolognese sauce is definitely in the top 3 on my list of reasons for why I’m not a vegan,” one said.
“Must need a steak,” another clapped.
“Someone needs some bacon in their life,” another meat lover agreed.
“Had I been the judge, I would have jailed the daughter for attempted murder,” one mused on a more serious note.
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Sharon Osbourne Admits to Drugging Ozzy
Sharon Osbourne says she drugged Ozzy to find out more on the affairs
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Black Harvard doctor accuses flight attendants of discrimination
A black doctor from Boston says she was racially profiled when flight attendants grilled her over her credentials while she assisted a sick passenger.
Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford was on a flight home from Indianapolis on Tuesday when she noticed the woman next to her was hyperventilating. Stanford – who is a physician at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital – was already aiding the passenger when a flight attendant stopped by and asked Stanford if she was a doctor, CNN reported.
Stanford told the flight attendant that she was a doctor, but a second flight attendant then came by and asked for Stanford’s medical license, which Stanford presented.
Stanford claims that both flight attendants came back a third time to ask her if her medical license truly belonged to her. Stanford believes the flight attendants questioned her credentials because she is a black woman.
“I don’t understand why there was a dialogue there,” Stanford told the Boston Globe. “I showed them my license twice, and they still didn’t believe it was mine. None of that was taken into account, and I thought that was quite frustrating.”
Stanford tweeted about the incident, prompting the airline to reach out to her by email on Wednesday morning.
“@delta I am very disappointed that your policies on #Diversity have not lead to any change. As a #blackwoman #doctor who showed my #medical license to help a passenger on DL5935 your #flightattendant still did not believe I was a #Physician. @DrSinhaEsq @DrKathyHughes,” Stanford tweeted.
“@Delta my experience last night when a fellow passenger needed help shows that being a @harvardmed @MassGeneralMDs does not shield from #racism #WhatADoctorLooksLike #ILookLikeADoctor #ILookLikeASurgeon #BiasInMedicine #implicitbias #BlackWomenDoctors do exist,” Stanford wrote in a second tweet.
Stanford said she’s still not convinced Delta made any changes to its policy following a conversation with the airline about the bizarre encounter. Delta reportedly told her the flight attendants mistook her for a therapist.
“So I spoke with @Delta and I left the conversation quite uncertain that any changes will be made. Summary: flight attendants thought I was a #therapist despite #MDlicense. They will make sure this is addressed. Thanks for being a #skymiles member. Really?!$ #iamadoctor,” she tweeted.
Delta apologized to Stanford in a statement and said it would conduct a full investigation.
“We thank Dr. Stanford for her medical assistance and are sorry for any misunderstanding that may have occurred during her exchange with the in-flight crew,” the airline said in a statement.
“According to the flight crew’s account, they initially misread the credentials offered by the doctor and went to reconfirm her specific medical discipline. We are following up with the crew to insure proper policy is followed.”
Delta’s request for medical credentials violates a policy implemented in 2016, after Dr. Tamika Cross, who is also black, was kept from helping a sick passenger on a Delta flight from Detroit to Minneapolis.
Delta no longer requires medical credential verification to secure help and simply requires the volunteer’s statement that he or she is a doctor, physician assistant, nurse, paramedic or EMT.
Delta spokesman Anthony L. Black told The Post that Stanford was actually on board a Republic flight, which is a Delta Connection carrier.
“We thank Dr. Stanford for her medical assistance onboard Republic flight 5935 IND-BOS, and are sorry for any misunderstanding that may have occurred during her exchange with the in-flight crew. Moving forward, we are following up with our connection carrier partner to ensure their employees understand and consistently apply the policy, ” Black said in an emailed statement on Thursday.
“Regardless of aircraft, all customers are Delta customers and we are committed to ensuring they enjoy a similar experience on every flight. Delta changed its policy for providing medical credentials in 2016, and we are working with all of our connection partners to ensure their changes and actions align with ours,” the statement continued.
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Brace yourselves: Ads in WhatsApp are coming
- WhatsApp confirmed it would soon include ads in the app.
- The ads will live in the Status section, which Facebook claims has over 450 million daily active users.
- Facebook’s native advertising system will likely power WhatsApp’s ads.
For almost 10 years, WhatsApp defied the odds and staunchly rejected placing advertisements in the app. Unfortunately, WhatsApp vice-president Chris Daniels confirmed with Outlook India that the messaging service’s opposition to ads would soon come to an end.
According to Daniels, WhatsApp will place ads in the Status section. This is the section that takes more than a few inspirations from Instagram Stories and lets you share text, photos, videos, and GIFs. After 24 hours, any content you put in the Status section disappears.
Daniels added that ads in the Status section would be the “primary monetization mode for the company as well as an opportunity for businesses to reach people on WhatsApp.” Daniels did not say when WhatsApp users can expect to see ads in the app or whether the messaging service has plans for additional revenue streams. Facebook’s native advertising system would reportedly serve as the backbone for ads in WhatsApp.
Regardless of how sad this news makes me, I cannot pretend to be surprised. Ever since Facebook scooped up WhatsApp for a cool $19 billion, it was only a matter of time until ads made their way to the messaging service. This was something that WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton felt uncomfortable with up until his departure from the company in November 2017.
“I sold my users’ privacy to a larger benefit. I made a choice and a compromise. I live with that every day,” said Acton in an interview with Forbes. He also said that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wanted to monetize WhatsApp with targeted ads, which led to Acton leaving the company he co-founded.
We can presume that the targeted ads will not compromise WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption and collect data from the app directly. Even so, targeted ads in the messaging service will probably arrive sometime next year.
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