But even as tough times lead fewer of us to actually renovate, many of us still aspire to—and still spend time watching other people remodeling on cable channels like HGTV. There’s a vicarious thrill to be had watching more fortunate homeowners transform their spaces. Turns out they’re even luckier than we thought. That’s because on some shows the production companies step up to cover big chunks of the renovation expense....
The institute’s director said Monday that that Portuguese government has agreed to grant the group asylum. They left on a flight carrying 235 passengers out of Kabul’s international airport to Qatar on Sunday, the largest rescue lift of Afghan nationals since two weeks prior to U.S. and NATO forces withdrawing from the country. “You cannot imagine how happy I am. Yesterday I was crying for hours,” the school’s founder and director, Ahmad Sarmast, said from his home in Melbourne, Australia....
Governor David Ige, a Democrat, announced Tuesday that he will be lifting state-mandated capacity limits and distancing requirements for social gatherings as well as in restaurants, bars and gyms starting on December 1. That’s just over 20 months since Ige issued the first COVID-related proclamation in March 2020. Hawaii has spent more than 600 days under emergency orders, which the governor has noted is unprecedented. During their last legislative session, state lawmakers tried to limit Ige’s emergency powers....
The OFA’s 2018 denial stated that the Southern Sierra Miwuk did not meet the criterion that “a predominant portion of the petitioning group comprises a distinct community and has existed as a community from historical times until the present.” The OFA ruling went on to state that the Southern Sierra Miwuk were instead composed of small groups of other Native American tribes. “The petitioner’s 1984 narrative claims that the petitioner evolved as a ‘Southern Sierra Miwuk’ Indian Tribe that existed in ‘Yosemite National Park and its environs’ at the time of first sustained contact....
Paul Whelan is a former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Russia after being arrested in 2018 on espionage charges. His sister, Elizabeth Whelan, called the opportunity to meet with Biden “an exceptional honor,” and she promised to continue advocating for her brother and “all other Americans wrongfully detained.” “Hostage-diplomacy is a national security as well as a humanitarian issue,” she wrote to Newsweek. “When hostile foreign nations take Americans and hold them as pawns, we must work together with vigor to reunite those wrongfully detained with their families, and deter these countries from continuing this malign practice....
Lieutenant General David Bellon, commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, told Newsweek that as the United States finds itself in an era of great power competition, bolstering the capabilities of the armed forces should be seen as a priority. “We are in an era now, often referred to as the great power competition, where deterrence is a significant part of our mission,” Bellon told Newsweek. “To do that, you have to be forward deployed, you have to be competing and pushing back where our adversaries are pushing forward....
The governor has yet to personally respond to Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper’s decision that the mandate ban doesn’t “pass constitutional muster.” However, a spokesperson for DeSantis said that the state plans to fight it. Taryn Fenske, DeSantis’ communications director, announced the plan to appeal in a statement released after the ruling. The state’s Department of Education also announced it would appeal. “We are immensely disappointed that the ruling issued today by the Second Judicial Circuit discards the rule of law,” Jared Ochs, director of communications for Florida’s Education Department, said in a statement....
Starr has reportedly joined the legal team set to defend Trump during his upcoming impeachment trial. “I think Ken Starr is a lunatic,” Trump said on an episode of The Today Show from October 1999. “I really think that Ken Starr is a disaster. I hated the way the president handled it. It was a long and terrible process. I really think that Ken Starr was terrible.” Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication....
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem told The Associated Press investigations like these typically take years to unfold and don’t hold the soldiers accountable, adding that it is likely American pressure played a role in the quick action. In a statement, the IDF said it began to investigate the death after a Palestinian Justice Ministry autopsy found Assad had died from a heart attack brought on by the stress of being bound, gagged and detained, the Washington Post reported....
Even if you spent most of last weekend zip-lining through the Grand Canyon or rafting on the Saco River, chances are you know about those three. But much has happened so far in free agency, beyond the biggest names. So catch up: Mavs (finally) get their man In the last two summers, Dallas has gone hard after the biggest names in the market, finishing as finalists for both Dwight Howard in 2013 and Deron Williams in 2012....
When I woke up to the horrifying news from Mount Meron of the 44 innocent, beautiful souls taken from the world in the midst of celebration and rejoicing, I cried. I laid in bed, tears streaming down my face, frantically looking at different news reports hoping to find answers. But of course, those answers never came; only more questions, only more pain. I was present in my grief for moments, which felt like an eternity, until I terrified myself at how rapidly my tears of unadulterated sadness began to transform into anger, and judgement, and hate....
President Donald Trump ordered the attack to take out the Iranian military leader, which was carried out as Soleimani’s vehicle drove from the Baghdad airport after he arrived in Iraq. Soleimani was one of Iran’s most prominent officials and leaders in Tehran quickly vowed to retaliate against the American strike. On Tuesday, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, revealed further details about his nation’s plans for responding to the U....
The Colts were shut out in the first half for the third time this season in Sunday’s 27-21 loss to the Saints at Lucas Oil Stadium. MORE: Scoreboard | Worst of NFL Week 7 | Best images of Week 7 The Saints (3-4) scored the game’s first touchdown following a perfectly executed fake field goal. Backup quarterback Luke McCown, the holder for the field goal, rolled out to find a wide-open Benjamin Watson for a 25-yard gain to the Colts 1-yard line....
“Unfortunately, with the rioting that is occurring in many of our cities around the country, the voices of peaceful protest are being hijacked by violent radical elements. Groups of outside radicals and agitators are exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate and violent agenda,” Barr said. “In many places it appears the violence is planned, organized and driven by anarchic and far-left extremist groups using Antifa-like tactics, many of whom travel from outside the state to promote the violence,” he added....
The Disney company announced the new rules a couple of weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the kid-sized COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Disney Cruise Line ships dock at several ports throughout Florida, including Miami and Port Canaveral, and travel to destinations throughout the globe. The announcement on the Disney Cruise Line website said the expanded vaccine requirement “reimagined” the cruise experience so that “we all can enjoy the magic responsibly....
What Is Ageusia? Ageusia is the total loss of your sense of taste. It’s typically caused by another underlying problem. Complete loss of taste is rare. Symptoms of Ageusia The main symptom of ageusia is the complete loss of taste in all foods. Ageusia could lead to other problems like: Hypogeusia: Less sensitivity to taste Hypergeusia: Increased sensitivity to taste Dysgeusia: Tastes that are distorted and may be unpleasant Phantogeusia: Tasting something that isn’t there Decreased desire to eat and loss of appetite Weight loss Malnutrition and nutrient deficiencies Weak immune system Changes in mood and mental health...
The first of the three recent incidents, last Tuesday, occurred when a coyote bit the leg of a 5-year-old boy who was on a walk with his family. Luckily, the child sustained only minor injuries, for which he received medical treatment. The next day, a woman was jogging alone in Stanley Park when she was approached from behind and attacked by a coyote. She, too, was bitten on the leg....
The Buenos Aires Police carried out an operation in the Eucaliptos neighbourhood of Quilmes, on the outskirts of the nation’s capital and Aguero’s first home. Fabregas: Arsenal gave me everything The home of Aguero’s paternal grandmother was allegedly the focus of the raid, ordered in connection with an investigation into the sale of drugs and stolen goods and which ended with the arrest of another woman, purportedly a relative of the Manchester City player, as well as the seizing of 200 grams of marijuana and several firearms....
Messi back in full training Aguero’s Argentina teammate Pablo Zabaleta revealed last week that Guardiola has disabled the wifi connection at City’s training ground. It is one of several changes Guardiola has made during his short time at the club so far, having also banned a number of foods and instructed the club’s young players to train separately from the first team, which had not been the case at City in recent years....
In discovering this “object,” which researchers say is “probably just a play of light and shadow,” the experiment shows that AI is just as fallible as humans when it comes to searching for signs of alien life. Gabriel G. De la Torre, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Cadiz in Spain, was hoping to find out if AI was as vulnerable to visual trickery as humans. He was inspired by “bright spots” detected on the surface of Ceres in a crater called Occator....
