The Ballon d'Or may be heading to Germany, with Harry Kane back as the favourite to lift the trophy on betting sites.
After scoring 73 goals in 65 appearances for club and country, including six goals for England at the World Cup, Kane has been reinstalled as the favourite to clinch world football's top individual honour.
The race previously shifted in favour of Barcelona's Lamine Yamal, with the teenager going odds-on with the bookies after he played his part in Spain becoming the world champions for only the second time.
But ahead of the glittering ceremony on October 26, the England skipper could be about to add even more honours to his already impressive CV.
Were Kane to win the Ballon d'Or, he'd be only the fifth Englishman to clinch the prize and the first since Michael Owen in 2001. He was installed as the early frontrunner by football betting sites after a storming 2025/26 campaign.

#favourite

According to reports in England, as relayed by SPORT, Manchester United youngster JJ Gabriel could decide his future before the end of this month as Real Madrid and FC Barcelona remain interested.
Despite attempts by the Premier League giants to convince the youngster and his family to continue at the club, his determination to leave remains firm.
The 16-year-old wonderkid has not trained with any of their teams since September. Instead, he has been working by himself in Spain, awaiting resolution over his future.
Now, as per the report, Gabriel will take a final call on which his next club will be before the end of October, with Real Madrid, Barça, and Bayern Munich all waiting to pounce.
As per the report, Los Blancos are understood to have already made their first move and are prepared to make a significant financial effort to secure the teenager's services.

#gabriel #report

Gilberto Mora may have fuelled transfer speculation over a prospective move to Liverpool with his reaction to one supporter over the weekend.
Earlier this month, one Latin American reporter claimed that the Reds have already made an offer for the Mexican wonderkid, understood to be in the region of £38m.
The playmaker – who turned 18 last week – was a breakthrough star at the World Cup over the summer and has already made 75 senior appearances between club (Tijuana) and country.
Mora is currently sidelined with injury but was seen making his way back to the dressing room along with his teammates after their 0-0 draw against Puebla on Saturday.
When one spectator brandishing an LFC shirt excitedly shouted 'Liverpool' at the teenage playmaker, he replied with a thumbs-up gesture, sending the supporter into hysterics.

#mora #Liverpool #gilberto #latin

Enzo Maresca had predicted Phil Foden would score, and he did score. For much of Foden's career that would scarcely have seemed an outlandish prediction. Not now. Foden's had struck 27 times for Manchester City alone in 2023-24. Yet when Ipswich arrived at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, his drought spanned 35 games for City, plus two for England that may have cost him a place at the World Cup.
But there are two Fodens. Maresca remembered the teenage prodigy, the player who had won the individual awards, the seeming generational talent before he became the goal-shy City substitute. "With Phil I said many times, I know him from years ago, for me he's one of the best Premier League players," said the City manager, who had worked with Foden in his previous times at the Etihad Stadium. "And since day one it's my duty to help him to again be one of the best players."
That process got off to something of a false start. By the time City kicked off against Ipswich Foden had, in effect, sat out four-and-three-quarter games. His first-half red card in the Manchester derby was followed by a three-match domestic suspension. He was an unused substitute in the Champions League defeat against Paris Saint-Germain.
Even before being banned, he had been usurped, and under successive managers. In first Pep Guardiola's valedictory season and then Maresca's first in charge, Rayan Cherki has been the No 10 who has starred and sparkled. Foden has provided less magic. Perhaps it says something for the luxuries Maresca enjoys that Foden has felt the more prosaic player in his position.
Perhaps it is an added complication, too, that in Enzo Fernandez he has costly competition emerging, with the £125m signing spending the second half against PSG operating as the most advanced of the midfield trio. A lesson of that defeat may be that, against elite opposition, Maresca requires both Ayyoub Bouaddi and Elliot Anderson to anchor the midfield, perhaps meaning Fernandez is the most advanced of the trio.

#perhaps #enzo #phil

Halle Berry's fiancé Van Hunt is doing his best to support her amid her ongoing custody battle with ex-husband Olivier Martinez, a source tells Star.
"He loves her and wants to be there for her," says the source. "But it's incredibly tough for him to know what to do or what to say because she's so on edge all the time."
On Thursday, October 1, People reported that Martinez, 60, is requesting sole custody of his and Berry's 13-year-old son Maceo, alleging that the Oscar-winning actress "physically abused" the teenager in late September and that there have been "other instances of abuse" in the past.
"There's no doubt he's finding it very challenging to be with her right now," the source says of Hunt, 56, who was said to be present during the alleged altercation. "This is not an easy road at the moment, that's for sure."
Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency; Joe Martinez / Picturelux / MEGA

#source #hunt #olivier #people

Spooky season is here, which means Kings Island's Halloween Haunt is in full swing, and a famous Cincinnati native stopped by for all the thrills and chills.
Nick Lachey, the 98 Degrees boy band member and "Love Is Blind" host, shared the family outing to Kings Island in an Oct. 6 Instagram post. Lachey, along with his three children and wife Vanessa, with whom he co-hosts "Love Is Blind," posed in front of one of the park's most beloved (or hated) rides, depending on whom you ask: The Beast.
"Beast Mode activated! Kicked off Fall at Kings Island. Kids loved riding The Beast, the longest wooden rollercoaster in the world! Kings Island … you still got it!" he wrote.
Lachey's recent Kings Island visit was a full-circle moment as the singer, who attended the School for Creative & Performing Arts in Over-the-Rhine, also worked at Kings Island as a teenager. The 98 Degrees member was in a barbershop quartet.
"I started off singing a cappella barbershop music, walking around the park and singing to guests," Lachey said in a 2013 interview, per The Hollywood Reporter.

#kings #blind #full #whom

Barry Keoghan has built a career by choosing characters that are rarely easy to understand. The Irish actor can appear vulnerable in one film and deeply unsettling in the next, often bringing an unpredictable quality to his performances. His journey into acting was equally unconventional, beginning far from the traditional routes into the entertainment industry. A difficult childhood in Dublin shaped his early years, while an unexpected opportunity introduced him to acting. Since then, Keoghan has developed into an internationally recognized performer with roles spanning independent dramas, major blockbusters and psychological thrillers.
Born in Dublin, Keoghan experienced considerable instability while growing up. His mother struggled with drug addiction and died when he was young, and he and his brother spent several years in foster care before being raised largely by their grandmother and aunt. Despite his later success, Keoghan has spoken warmly about returning home and immediately slipping back into ordinary family life, joking that celebrity status does not excuse him from making his bed or cleaning up after himself.
His entrance into acting came almost by chance. As a teenager, Keoghan noticed a casting advertisement in a local shop window for the Irish crime film Between the Canals. He responded despite having little professional experience and eventually secured a role. Television work followed, including the Irish drama Love/Hate, helping him develop his craft and attract greater attention.
His international profile grew dramatically in 2017. Keoghan appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk as George Mills, a young civilian caught up in the evacuation of Allied soldiers from France. That same year, he delivered a very different performance opposite Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman in Yorgos Lanthimos's The Killing of a Sacred Deer. As the mysterious Martin, Keoghan demonstrated the unnerving screen presence that would become one of his greatest strengths.
Rather than remaining within one genre, he continued moving between dramatically different projects. He entered the Marvel universe as Druig in Eternals, appeared in The Green Knight and gained major acclaim for Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin. His performance as Dominic Kearney earned him a BAFTA and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

#keoghan #irish #dublin #despite

In a rare public appearance, Keri Russell's teenage daughter, Willa Lou Deary, joined her famous mom at Paris Fashion Week.
Stepping out together on Tuesday, October 6, to attend the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2027 runway show in the French capital, the mother-daughter duo posed for photos in equally dazzling ensembles.
While the Diplomat star, 50, opted for a white structured blouse, black mini skirt and black heels, her daughter, 13, stunned in a tweed pink-and-red two-piece set with dual-tone heels. The pair complemented their outfits with compact Louis Vuitton handbags, while matching with both of their hair pulled back.
Russell shares Willa and her son, River Russell, 19, with her ex-husband, Shane Deary, whom she divorced in 2014. The actress also shares son Sam, 10, with her partner, Matthew Rhys.
Keri Russell Reveals What 11-Year-Old Daughter Willa Thinks of 'Felicity' After 1 Episode: 'She Turned It Off'

#vuitton

While many fans around the world would pay large sums to be graced by Jennifer Hudson's vocals on a daily basis, the same can't be said for her teenage son, David Otunga Jr.
During a recent appearance on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, Jennifer revealed that she likes to wake her son up in the morning by singing to him. The topic arose after Jenna Bush Hager asked the star if she ever breaks into song casually around the house.
"That's how I wake them up. I saw David, duh duh duh, it's time to get up. You missed your bus," Jennifer sang. "He'll be like, 'Mama I'm up.'"'
Jennifer Hudson appeared on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle (@ NBC)
The doting mom shares her 16-year-old with her ex-fiancé David Otunga. It seems David has inherited his mom's impressive vocals as he is also a talented singer, and his mom previously revealed that he is following in her performing footsteps. Talking to Today, she described the joy of "seeing how creative he already is," and added: "That made me more confident... He has a good ear, and he's a little performer."

#jenna #sheinelle #wake

Charles Spencer recalled an unusual memory involving ex-Prince Andrew in his Princess Diana memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister. He described an incident at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene at Sandringham when Andrew was a teenager. The revelation comes as Andrew challenges the legality of police searches connected to his arrest.
According to the Express UK, in his memoir, Spencer recalled attending the Church of St. Mary Magdalene at Sandringham with Diana when Andrew was a teenager. He wrote that he and Diana saw Andrew raise his eyebrows with "theatrical exaggeration" and smirk after a priest referred to "the virgin's womb." "He was clearly greatly amused by a reference to that part of a woman's anatomy in such a solemn setting," Spencer added.
This is one of the many controversial revelations he made in his memoir, one of which also included a heated conversation between him and King Charles following Princess Diana's death. Spencer alleged that the monarch told him over the phone call that "We'll forget her [Diana] soon enough."
This shocking revelation comes amid Andrew pursuing a judicial review, asking the court whether the police lawfully searched his properties and made his arrest. This review is in relation to warrants used to search his home at Sandringham and his former home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor. By doing so, he has become the first royal to challenge a proceeding.
According to the BBC, Thames Valley Police said in a statement: "We are engaged in legal proceedings in relation to warrants previously obtained from the Central Criminal Court." Adding, "As these legal proceedings are currently ongoing, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further." Andrew was stripped of his remaining military affiliations and royal patronages in 2022. In 2025, he announced that he would no longer use his ****** les and honors, including the Duke of York ****** le.

#memoir

Relatives of some soldiers killed in the Iran war joined dozens of Gold Star families from prior U.S. conflicts Tuesday at the White House, where President Donald Trump offered words of comfort and candles were lit for the fallen service members, according to one of the widows who attended.
Not all families of the six soldiers killed March 1 in the deadliest attack of the Iran war opted to attend. Troops who survived the attack have raised questions about why they were stationed at a site that didn't have sufficient air protection and was viewed as a likely target.
Michelle Tietjens and other relatives have said they are angry the Army still hasn't answered questions over whether enough was done to protect their loved ones. But Tietjens and her teenage son traveled from Bellevue, Nebraska, to attend the event to honor her husband, Master Sgt. Noah Tietjens, who was killed along with five other Army Reserve soldiers by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
"I decided to go originally because my son wanted to go," Tietjens said. "But then I wanted to see what it was about as well. I wanted to also go to support my husband's memory."
She said they toured several rooms of the White House and took a photo with Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump. Tietjens said the president told them that he wished he had her teenage son's full head of curly hair.

#soldiers #wanted #House

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.
Students have blocked the entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds since late September, complaining of missing teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures.
Unions, rights groups and the children have accused the authorities of using disproportionate force -- a police stun grenade tore the hand off one teenager on Monday and another youngster had his teeth knocked out last week after police fired a grenade launcher at his head.
"I'm afraid for my future," Selma, 15, told AFP without giving her surname, among the thousands marching in the country's second largest city of Marseille.
The unrest has erupted with just months to go before the 2027 election to choose a successor to centrist President Emmanuel Macron, with far-right veteran candidate Marine Le Pen riding high in the polls despite a graft conviction.

#students #teachers #tens

Kanye West and Bianca Censori made a rare public appearance alongside North West over the weekend. Consequently, the teenager drew plenty of attention during the family outing. The trio attended the ComplexCon 2026 10-Year Anniversary Festival in Los Angeles. During the event, North appeared noticeably taller than her stepmother.
According to The Sun, Kanye West attended ComplexCon 2026 at the Los Angeles Convention Center with his wife, Bianca Censori, and his 13-year-old daughter, North West. The family reportedly arrived with a large security team and spent time exploring the festival while interacting with fans.
North stood out with bright blue hair, a black outfit, and bold makeup, while Bianca opted for a more covered-up look than her usual public style. The outlet noted that North appeared to tower over her stepmother during the outing, quickly becoming one of the most talked-about moments from the family's appearance.
Additional photos from the event showed Kanye and Bianca coordinating in black leather outfits as they walked around the convention with North. The trio was seen checking out attractions and greeting attendees throughout the festival.
The outing came shortly after Kim Kardashian opened up about raising her children in the public eye. Speaking to The Times, Kardashian admitted she worries about the pressures of fame for her children. She particularly harbors concerns for North, who has shown the strongest interest in being in the spotlight.

#bianca #kanye #outing #censori

A former Survivor contestant is being investigated by the FBI after allegedly disappearing with her teenage son, according to a report.
Jaime Dugan is accused of failing to return her 16 year-old son to her ex-husband Erik Huffman in August, and an Instagram account has been set up appealing for the boy's whereabouts.
The Daily Mail claims the FBI is now involved in the case, while Dugan has insisted she is not on the run.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, an FBI spokesperson would not comment on whether an investigation was taking place. However they did urge the public to call 911 if they saw Dugan.
The FBI are reportedly searching for Survivor: China contestant Jaime Dugan (pictured) after she failed to deliver her son to his father (CBS)

#dugan #erik #mail

The Los Angeles community has rallied around Chad Lowe's family as they navigate the devastating loss of his 13-year-old daughter, Fiona Lowe.
Friends and families connected to Fiona's school have reportedly offered practical help, but the family has chosen to keep that support within a small, private circle.
Their decision comes as the school community also works to care for students and staff, creating a broader network of support around those grieving the teenager's death.
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The outpouring of support for Chad Lowe's family has reportedly extended beyond condolences, with several families from Fiona's school offering meal trains and even GoFundMe accounts.

#support #chad #community

Liev Schreiber's son Sasha, 19, is officially taller than him.
The duo posed for a photo snapped on Schreiber's birthday, October 4.
The picture was posted on his wife Taylor Neisen's Instagram stories.
Liev Schreiber's son Sasha celebrated his dad's birthday by wearing a shirt with his face on it. The 19-year-old, whose mother is Naomi Watts, posed with Schreiber in a new Instagram Stories post.
In a photo shared by Schreiber's wife, Taylor Neisen, Sasha stood inches taller than his movie star dad. The teenager's black T-shirt featured a '90s-inspired graphic, which included multiple pictures of Schreiber over the years. He turned 59 on October 4.

#liev #taylor #Instagram #birthday

Veteran actor, singer, and stage star Illy Gorlizki, a defining figure in Israeli culture for more than seven decades, has died at 91.
Israeli actor, singer and theater figure Illy Gorlizki, one of the most recognizable figures in Israeli culture across generations, died at the age of 91, his partner and leading cultural institutions said on Monday.
Born in Tel Aviv in 1935, Gorlizki spent more than seven decades working in theater, film, television and Israeli music, taking part in some of the formative moments of Israeli popular culture.
Gorlizki began his theater career as a teenager. At 17, he was accepted to the drama school affiliated with the Ohel Theater and simultaneously began appearing in small roles. During his military service, he joined the Central Command entertainment troupe, where he sang and performed alongside several young talents who would later become pillars of Israeli entertainment.
He secured his place in Israel's cultural pantheon in 1964, when he starred as Shlomo in the celebrated musical King Solomon and Shalmai the Shoemaker alongside Yona Atari. The musical, based on a play by Sami Gronemann, translated and adapted by Nathan Alterman with music by Sasha Argov, became a huge success and was performed about 1,000 times.

#israeli #theater #illy #decades

Kim Zolciak once appeared to have the kind of reality-TV life built for a fairy tale: a high-profile romance, a growing family, a lavish home and a hit Bravo spinoff.
More than a decade later, that image has been replaced by a bitter divorce, custody battles, financial problems and a legal case involving her teenage son.
Now, former publicist Jonathan Jaxson is reflecting on the dramatic shift, saying the lifestyle surrounding Zolciak eventually became something far darker.
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Jaxson, who worked with Kim Zolciak from 2007 to 2009 and reconnected with her during her separation from Kroy Biermann, told the Daily Mail that the reality star's "very turbulent" lifestyle seemed to become "toxic."

#jaxson #mega #kroy

Norman Mailer advocated for Jack Henry Abbott's release, believing in his literary talent after exchanging letters with him
Abbott was paroled in 1981 but killed a waiter six weeks later, prompting a two-month manhunt before his capture
Abbott's prison memoir, In the Belly of the Beast, became a bestseller despite his violent history and life sentence
Norman Mailer played a role in getting Jack Henry Abbott released from prison on parole in June 1981, only for the felon to commit another crime just months later.
Mailer was a writer, journalist and filmmaker whose career included 11 best-selling books, including The Armies of the Night, which won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction as well as the National Book Award. Abbott, meanwhile, spent most of his childhood in reform schools and juvenile centers before being convicted of forgery as a teenager and later killing a fellow inmate in 1966.

#jack #prison #belly

Chad Lowe's 17-year-old daughter, Mabel, is honoring her late sister, Fiona.
Following Fiona's death on September 29th, aged just 13, Mabel took to Instagram to share an emotional post about her sister.
"I love you so much, Fiona," Mabel wrote in the Oct. 3 social media post, alongside photos of the sisters dancing together as kids. "I wish your short time here was easier and I hope your mind is at ease now."
"I will honor you forever and keep your memory alive. I love you, I hope you knew just how much," Mabel added. Fiona's cause of death was later confirmed to be suicide.
Upon announcing Fiona's passing, her family remembered the teenager as "a loving young girl who was smart, creative and loved to dance."

#mabel #much #chad

Philip Lindsay's adult ADHD diagnosis inspired his shift from youth ministry to special-education math instruction in Arizona
His viral social media videos translate slang and humor as a way to help parents and teachers connect with and understand kids
In the classroom, he's focused on helping "rewrite" the story for his students
Growing up, Philip Lindsay got used to being misunderstood.
As a Navy brat in a religious family of six, he was homeschooled while they moved around, eventually settling in southern Maryland. When Lindsay enrolled in a public high school as a teenager, he found a niche as a "well-behaved class clown" — energetic, easily distractible, goofy and loud.

#inspired

Jessica Alba looked better than ever as she showcased her washboard abs in a Y2K-inspired outfit ahead of Paris Hilton's end-of-summer party, with the movie star borrowing clothes from her teenage daughter for the star-studded event.
The 45-year-old donned a beige tank top with gray stars dotted across it and a brown miniskirt that sat low on her hips, à la Y2K. She paired the look with stacked necklaces, a chunky gold bangle, eye-catching earrings and brown knee-high boots, and wore her brown-blonde hair in a half-up, half-down style.
Jessica looked incredible in the miniskirt and tank top (@ Instagram)
"Haven said hold please…When your 15-year-old daughter pulls from her closet to dress you for a Y2K party…thank you Haven," she wrote on Instagram, after revealing the outfit she had originally planned to wear before the teen intervened.
In the Instagram carousel, Jessica included a selfie of her at the party with actress Keke Palmer and co-CEO of Baby2Baby Kelly Sawyer. "A parishilton y2k end of summer party w my girls keke kellysawyer… that's hot," she captioned the photos.

#Instagram #keke #summer

Ben Affleck once escaped a terrifying teenage mugging after recognizing the boys holding him at knifepoint. Years later, he learned one of those boys had killed someone and served 20 years in prison.
The actor recently revisited the encounter while reflecting on his childhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. What began as a frightening walk home eventually became a memory that followed him into parenthood.
Affleck shared the story during an interview with Kerry Washington on her Street You Grew Up On podcast. He recalled walking home from high school at around 15 when two boys in hoods crossed the street toward him. Affleck initially considered running but decided against it. "They pass me, grab me, take a knife out: 'Gimme your money,'" he recalled. "And I was like, 'Oh!' I was scared."
The situation changed when Affleck recognized the teenagers from playing baseball. The boys also recognized him, turning the encounter from a mugging into a strange neighborhood exchange. "So I was like, 'I guess I'm off the hook?'" he remembered. Affleck later discovered that one of the boys had taken a much darker path. "That kid who robbed me ended up three or four years later killing somebody with a knife and going to prison for 20 years," he said.
He also admitted that he never told his mother about the incident. Affleck said he avoided worrying her and now regretted keeping difficult experiences to himself. "I didn't wanna worry her. I didn't wanna scare her," he explained. That silence became especially meaningful after Affleck became a father. "You guys know you can tell me anything. Anything! I'm so cool with anything you have to say," he recalled telling his children.

#mugging #prison

Ruby Rose has opened up about a traumatic incident from her teenage years that saw her questioned by police over the death of a 4-year-old boy.
The Australian actress, 40, recalled the ordeal during her first-ever podcast interview on Kaitlyn Bristowe's Off the Vine on Tuesday, September 29, revealing she was just 15 when she found the seriously injured child near a playground.
Rose explained that she was attending a gathering with her mom and family friends when she and a friend went outside to smoke her first cigarette.
The pair initially thought they had spotted a doll near the playground before realizing it was a child.
Photo credit: RCF / MEGA

#first #kaitlyn

For the 57 years Princess Anne has been a working royal, her hair is usually seen swept up into a bouffant, ballerina-like chignon.
The late Queen Elizabeth II's daughter rarely deviates from the sleek and elegant hairstyle, which she has been rocking ever since she was a teenager.
While the infamous beehive has dipped in and out of style through the decades, the Princess Royal has remained its most loyal fan. She even had time to pin it up before leaving the hospital after giving birth to her children, Peter and Zara.
Princess Anne's chignon has become her most-trusted style weapon since the 60s (@ Getty)
"It's like armour," Claudia Harrison (who plays Princess Anne in The Crown) told Marie Claire, who added that Anne's loyalty to her perfectly-executed 'do is parallel with her unmatched work ethic and undisputed reputation as the hardest working royal.

#queen

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Friday left two 14-year-old students and the teenage gunman dead and wounded at least eight people, local government and police officials said.
The shooting at Banga National High School in the South Cotabato town of Banga is under investigation, the Philippine National Police said in a statement. Police officers secured the campus and coordinated with school officials and medical responders, the statement said.
South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo said the two students killed were a boy and a girl, both 14. He said the gunman also shot himself and died.
Banga Mayor Albert Palencia told DZBB radio that the gunman hit 10 students in the classroom next to his, two of whom died while eight were wounded. A person who was hyperventilating was also brought to a hospital, according to the governor.
Tamayo said the gunman's best friend told officials that the teenager was a member of an online "true crimes community." Authorities were investigating the account and whether it had any connection to the shooting, he said.

#students #south

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Adolfson & Peterson has tapped John Herrera, a company veteran who joined when he was a teenager, as its next chief operating officer, according to a Tuesday announcement from the builder.
In his capacity as COO, Herrera will focus on leadership across the Minneapolis-based firm's national operations, per the announcement.
Prior to his appointment, Herrera served as the regional president of AP Mountain States, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah. He will remain based in Colorado during his tenure as COO.
The appointment comes amid a broader executive shuffle at AP that began early last year when the firm tapped Brad Hendrickson as its COO in March 2025. Less than a year later, then-CEO Jeff Hansen announced his retirement, with Hendrickson lined up as successor.

#construction #dive #Colorado

An Alaska teenager who survived nearly two days atop an overturned fishing skiff told his rescuers that his cousin had slipped away during the night and that his older brother remained beneath the vessel after the three were thrown into the frigid Bering Sea, according to rescuers and family members.
Derek Parker Aghnaanga, 15, was spotted Monday morning on the capsized skiff roughly four miles east of St. Lawrence Island after he, his 35-year-old brother Sidney Kulowiyi and their cousin disappeared during a fishing trip.
"Through the teeth chattering, he had mentioned that his brother was still under the skiff," Adam White, captain of the fishing vessel Northwest Explorer, told Anchorage affiliate KTUU-TV. "And then he said that, in the previous night, before our rescue, that his cousin had slipped away."
A GoFundMe page organized by relatives said Aghnaanga tried to hold onto his brother and cousin after they died, before their bodies were recovered.
Tragedy At Sea Leaves Teen Stranded On Overturned Boat For Nearly 3 Days In Frigid Waters

#skiff #frigid

Catherine Zeta-Jones spoke out against the "nepo baby" label, calling it "horrific" and saying her children "didn't ask to be born into this." The actress has two children, Dylan Douglas, 26, and Carys Zeta Douglas, 23, with her husband, Michael Douglas, who are pursuing their own acting careers.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the 56-year-old Welsh actress said, "They're plugging away," adding, "My daughter wanted to be Amal Clooney for a while. But you have to go with your dreams, your passion."
The actress, known for her roles in The Mask of Zorro and Chicago, said, "It's hard for them to forge a way forward on their own. This horrific phrase 'nepo baby' is horrible because these kids didn't ask to be born into this; they're finding their own way in life. But they love it, and they're good. Otherwise, Michael and I would be the first to go, 'You know what? Maybe law school looks really good.'"
Catherine got her first major break in 1987 when she joined the West End production of 42nd Street. She went on to achieve widespread recognition in the UK after joining the cast of The Darling Buds of May in 1991.
The actress told the outlet, "Until I had my own kids, I didn't realise the pressure, how big that was for a young adult – well, a teenager." She added, "I had a sniff of the joy of being in the theatre so young. I went, 'I want to do this. I can't imagine going through school and A-levels in Swansea.'"

#didn 't #michael

India will look to seal the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan when the two teams meet in the second match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.

India lead the series 1-0 after a convincing seven-wicket win in the first T20I. Afghanistan will need a much better performance to keep the series alive.
Afghanistan were in trouble early in the first T20I after losing five wickets for 43 runs inside the Power-play. Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi then put the innings back on track with an 83-run partnership.

Omarzai remained unbeaten on 64 off 44 **** as Afghanistan finished with 156/8. However, the total was not enough against India's strong batting line-up.

Arshdeep Singh was India's best bowler, taking 3/9. Jasprit **** rah also made an impact on his return to international cricket by picking up an early wicket. Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy also took wickets as Afghanistan struggled to build momentum.
India made the chase look easy thanks to an explosive innings from Abhishek Sharma.

The left-handed opener smashed 82 off just 32 **** , hitting seven fours and seven sixes. Ishan Kishan also made a useful contribution with 42.

India reached 157/3 in only 13.4 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
Afghanistan's biggest concern will be their top order.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for a duck in the first over of the opening T20I. Afghanistan will need their top-order batters to give the team a stronger start and provide a platform for players such as Omarzai, Nabi and Rashid Khan.

The visitors have several match-winners in their squad, including Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Naveen-ul-Haq.

Captain Ibrahim Zadran, who is leading Afghanistan in his first series as full-time T20I captain, will hope his team can turn its individual talent into a more disciplined performance.
India also have some selection decisions to make despite their comfortable win in the first T20I.

Abhishek's 82 has strengthened his position at the top of the order, while Sanju Samson scored only 10 runs.

Ishan Kishan also scored 42, giving India another option in the batting line-up. Teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could also be in contention after missing the first T20I.

India will also be without Harshit Rana, who has been ruled out after suffering a rectus femoris strain. Yash Thakur has joined the squad as his replacement.

A win on Tuesday will give India an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Afghanistan, meanwhile, need a victory to take the series into a decider.

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