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

Dave Ramsey told caller Hazel her secret teen payments aren't a money problem but a marriage problem requiring full financial transparency and counseling.
Secret spending makes joint wealth-building impossible. Hiding $400 monthly from a spouse means losing its compounding potential in a Roth IRA or 529.
Transparency alone flips the outcome: a joint kid-support budget lets both spouses plan together, while secret contributions force decisions based on false information.
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On the September 9 episode of The Ramsey Show, a caller named Hazel admitted she has been slipping money to her three teenagers from a prior marriage, quietly, from her own account, because her husband of almost seven years refuses to help pay for their sports and school costs. Dave Ramsey did not reach for a spreadsheet. He told her: "You don't have a combining money problem and you don't have a who pays for what problem. You have a marriage problem."

#problem #secret

Reacher actor Alan Ritchson and his wife Catherine have announced they are breaking up after two decades of marriage.
"After twenty years together, Cat and I have decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way," the pair announced in a Sept. 12 Instagram post. "We grew up together. We built a life and family together. And we are raising three incredible boys who will always be the center of our world."
The Runner actor and Catherine met as teenagers during a high school dance class. After a brief romance, the teens called it off before reconnecting later, when Catherine was in college. They married in May 2006.
"Nothing can diminish what these years have meant to us — or the love and respect we will always share," the couple added in the social media post.
The two also emphasized that their main focus is co-parenting their three sons, Calem, 13, Edan, 12, and Amory, 10.

#catherine #actor

Bayern Munich defended forward Michael Olise after he caused a stir this week due to a post-match interview, in which he only replied with extremely monosyllabic answers.
"Michael Olise is someone who wants to play football, and off the pitch is not his forte. It's a big thing in the media, but on other channels he's being celebrated just as much for his conduct. What's most important to us is that he shows his ability on the pitch," Bayern board member for sport Max Eberl said in a news conference on Saturday.
"And the kids and teenagers can identify with it a bit more than perhaps we can," he added.
Following the 5-0 win over Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League on Thursday, Olise was named "Player of the Match" and appeared in an interview with broadcaster DAZN.
"I don't know," Olise said when asked how it felt to score a stunning goal. The reporter then asked how moments like that happen and the France international replied: "I shoot. Then it goes in, or it doesn't."

#match #pitch #asked

Karen Khachanov and Veronika Shkliaeva grew up together in Moscow
They got married in 2016
Khachanov and Shkliaeva are parents to two sons
Karen Khachanov found his perfect match in his wife, Veronika Shkliaeva, long before he became a tennis star.
The childhood sweethearts grew up in Moscow and began dating as teenagers. They married in 2016 — the same year Khachanov won his first ATP singles ****** le — and later welcomed two sons, David and Mikael, according to Moskvichka magazine.

#khachanov #karen #moscow #sons

Sandra Bullock is opening up about one of her biggest roles yet: parenting teenagers. As she promotes Practical Magic 2, the actress has offered a refreshingly honest look at protecting family time, ignoring one-size-fits-all parenting advice and even finding a way to include her children in her latest movie.
Bullock, 62, is mom to teenagers Louis, 16, and Laila, 13, and says their schedules now play a major role in the projects she accepts. Rather than expecting her children to fit around Hollywood, she chooses work that allows her to be available when they need her.
The actress has previously been clear about where her priorities lie. "I'm not going to sacrifice my time with my kids," Bullock said while discussing why Practical Magic 2 was able to happen. That approach can become increasingly important as children get older. Teenagers may want more independence, but they still need parents who are present and available when life gets complicated.
Bullock also isn't pretending she has all the answers when it comes to raising teenagers. In a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, she joked about how difficult it is to offer universal parenting advice when every child is different.
When asked what advice she would give other parents, Bullock's response was simply, "I'm sorry," before explaining that her children are both completely unique.

#advice

Jerry O'Connell has marked a bittersweet parenting milestone as his twin daughters, Charlie and Dolly, prepare for their senior year of high school.
The 52-year-old actor proudly shared the 17-year-olds' official senior portraits on Instagram, and fans could hardly believe how grown up the girls now look.
Both teenagers posed in matching black off-the-shoulder tops for the striking portraits, with Charlie wearing her long brunette hair loose while Dolly showed off her lighter locks and beamed for the camera.
"Senior photos. Goes fast folks," Jerry poignantly captioned the post. The photographs quickly attracted attention from his famous friends, with Kelly Ripa commenting: "Wow! Just stunning," alongside two red heart emojis. Andy Cohen was equally impressed, simply writing: "Beautiful!"
Jerry's twins are all grown up! (@ Instagram)

#senior #charlie #portraits #o 'connell

The transfer window slammed shut last night, but there are always a few late deals that only get announced the following morning. Unfortunately, a new midfielder is not one of those despite some speculation today about veteran free agent Georginio Wijnaldum.
The three confirmed moves are loans for Academy standouts Landon Emenalo, 18, Shim Mheuka, 18, and Kiano Dyer, 19 — the two 18-year-olds both going to Celtic in Scotland and Dyer joining League Two side Chesterfield FC. Dyer and Mheuka already have at least one senior appearance to their name while Emenalo (son of our former sporting director Michael Emenalo) was with the first-team on our preseason tour this summer and caught the eye of many observers.
It's certainly a bold move for both Emenalo and Mheuka to be joining the Scottish champions, where they will be competing for minutes against seasoned internationals like former ****** nal left back Kieran Tierney or Denmark striker Kasper Høgh. Celtic manager Martin O'Neill spoke highly of the two teenagers upon their arrival, but we'll just have to wait and see how that translates to minutes at the top level.
"Landon is a very good player we have followed for some time, he will give us some real quality. He has many attributes which I think can benefit us, he is very quick and athletic but also very composed on the ball and while he can defend he certainly gets up the pitch into attacking positions too. I know he has a real desire to do well for us and I am sure he will, as he adds strong competition and support on our left side."
"Shim has great quality, hence Chelsea extending his contract, however I think this period of his career, spent with us, will be beneficial to him and obviously to us. I look forward to working with him, he is a player who I think can give us another great attacking dimension and I'm sure he will make an important contribution to Celtic."

#mheuka #side

For generations of American teenagers, turning 16 and getting a driver's license has been a rite of passage—and a first taste of independence. But that milestone could soon become a thing of the past, according to Andrew Macdonald, president and chief operating officer at Uber.
"In some future world, maybe not five years, but 15 or 20 years, everyone's going to be like Harry—nobody's going to own a car," Macdonald said in a recent episode of the 20VC podcast with host and entrepreneur Harry Stebbings.
"Nobody's going to have their driver's license because you'll be able to get around. And I think bikes and scooters will be part of that. I think autonomous vehicles will be part of that. I think public transportation will be a big part of that, but I don't think you need to own a car."
That future would represent a dramatic shift for a country where car ownership has been synonymous with the American Dream. But with new vehicle prices having soared 30% over the last six years, Macdonald argued that the economics don't make sense when vehicles spend most of their time sitting unused.
"The individually owned car is the most inefficient ***** et that anyone owns, and certainly at any level of price point," Macdonald said. "It sits idle 98% of the day. It's depreciating. The ongoing operating costs are actually high—even if you're not driving it, you're paying for that insurance clip."

#going #harry #operating

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, agreed to pay a multibillion-dollar settlement in a lawsuit that accuses the company of harming children through its addictive social media products. Meta also agreed to policy changes, including a daily limit on how long teenagers can use their platforms. NBC's Allie Canal reports in this week's Sunday Focus.

#agreed #Facebook #canal #owns

In the heat of rural Leicestershire, the Samba Stars are chasing their dream.
Head coach Freddie Okyere has just finished a shooting exercise and allows the squad to catch their breath.
The teenagers from the Ghanaian academy, which is backed by former West Ham and Nottingham Forest forward Michail Antonio, have spent two and a half months in England with one goal - impressing clubs and earning a contract.
While scouts do visit west Africa, it is rare for academies to travel to the UK to put their players directly in front of professional clubs.
"The talent the lads have is incredible," said Antonio.

#antonio #stars #okyere #ghanaian

Ever since the great Claude Rains first uttered the immortal line "Round up the usual suspects!" in Casablanca, the phrase has been ingrained in the popular lexicon — so much so that it inspired the ****** le of an entirely different movie nearly 50 years later. You hear it everywhere, in any context where you can expect to see a predictable set of participants.
On Saturday, a struggling Juventus were buoyed by a pair of very unusual suspects — guys most fans figured would be gone, or at least on their way out the door, by this point in the transfer window. Unable to penetrate a deep-lying Parma defense, it was Nico González who gave a moribund attack an instant shot in the arm, forcing a magical save before scoring a deflected goal off his own rebound to open the scoring. Then, with two minutes left, the game was sealed by another unlikely goalscorer: Teun Koopmeiners, who had just come on after an injury to Andrea Cambiaso and finished off a quick attack with a beautiful finish.
The unlikely redemption arcs from players most ****** umed were out of the team's plans, or at least on the very fringes, were welcome developments for a team that learned this week that their talisman, Kenan Yildiz, would miss two to three months once he undergoes surgery on a broken metatarsal. After a first half that seemed to be crying out for his creativity, it was the transfer-listed González who gave the Bianconeri the necessary spark to take Parma down 2-0 as they began to look forward to next week's big match against AC Milan.
Apart from Yildiz, Luciano Spalletti was also missing Weston McKennie (muscle fatigue), Edon Zhegrova, and Khéphren Thuram, who suffered a setback in his knee recovery and could now require surgery. Jeff Ekhator came back to make his first Juve squad in a competitive game. Spalletti's 4-2-3-1 was therefore shuffled a bit. Guglielmo Vicario started in goal after getting over the cramp that forced him off late against Frosinone. Pierre Kalulu and Zeki Çelik played on the defensive flanks, while Bremer was partnered with new signing Jhon Lucumí in the middle of defense. Manuel Locatelli and Douglas Luiz played in the midfield, while Francisco Conceição, Jonathan David, and Jérémie Boga supported Randal Kolo Muani in attack.
Carlos Cuesta lost his first Parma match last week against Cagliari, and were looking for something better here. His only missing player was former Juve prospect Hans Nicolussi Caviglia, who had to have a surgery of his own this week. Edoardo Corvi started behind a 4-4-2. Enrico Delprato, Mariano Troilo, Dominik Drobnic, and Emanuele Valeri arrayed themselves in front of him. Sascha Britschgi and Mandela Keita bookended Christian Ordóñez and Adrían Bernabé in midfield. El Bilal Touré and Simone Lontani started up front. Drobnic and Lontani were both teenagers, and the former was making his debut.

#juve #drobnic

Was Jonathan Haidt right all along? Readers of this newsletter—and writers at Reason—are surely divided on this one. On Wednesday of this week, news broke that Meta had reached a humongous $17.1 billion settlement with 47 states and the District of Columbia, forced to pay damages due to child-endangerment claims stemming from its social media algorithms and platforms.
"The owner of Facebook and Instagram agreed to the financial penalties for violating federal child privacy and states' consumer protection laws, the states announced," reports The New York Times. "Meta also agreed to limit how long teenagers can spend on its platforms and to bans on features that stoke mental health issues, striking at the heart of the company's business of engagement for advertising."
"The settlement effectively ends a bellwether federal trial in the U.S. Northern District of California in Oakland, where California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey were seeking roughly $200 billion over accusations that Meta harmed children," adds the Times. Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, at times invoked a Section 230 defense, the "First Amendment of the internet" that makes it so companies don't bear liability for the posts of their users—which Reason has repeatedly defended amid a media landscape that doesn't seem to understand the value of Section 230.
"After years of being barred from suing social platforms, state prosecutors have gotten creative," wrote Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown earlier this month about the California/Colorado/Kentucky/New Jersey suit. "They're now claiming that this isn't about user-generated speech but about tech companies' product design. In this case, the states claim that providing photo filters is contributing to teens' body dysmorphia and that 'psychologically manipulative' features like displaying post 'like' counts, sending notifications, and using algorithms to curate content around a user's particular interests are what's keeping kids hooked, not the actual content on Facebook and Instagram. It's a silly claim, since clearly there could be no 'addiction' to social media if not for the content or communications contained on these platforms."
"The attorneys general and plaintiffs say that Meta's algorithms trap its users in the infinite scroll, hours of time spent staring at half-naked influencers or malnourished celebrities, images that breed body dysmorphia, anxiety and depression," reads a different Times article. This case was very explicitly built off of arguments and research found in Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation, which has enjoyed mainstream appeal. "Mr. Haidt met with some of the attorneys general on Zoom, briefing them on his research," the Times continues.

#Facebook #Social

Taylor Swift has quietly stepped in to support a Connecticut mother facing a lengthy recovery after she was struck by a car while helping teenagers involved in a highway crash. The 36-year-old singer donated $50,000 to a GoFundMe created for Ashley Taunton, a certified nursing ***** istant, wife, and mother of three. The donation came as Taunton continues recovering from several life-threatening injuries she sustained while pushing a teenager out of the path of an oncoming vehicle.
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Swift's sizable contribution appeared on the family's crowdfunding page, along with a message wishing Taunton and her loved ones well. TMZ first reported the donation, and PEOPLE later confirmed it.
Taunton was driving along I-95 South in Rhode Island with her youngest daughter in July when she noticed a crash ahead. Rather than drive past, she stopped to offer ***** istance. "When I see there's somebody in trouble, I tend to want to go help," Taunton told PEOPLE.
She parked about 30 yards from the crash and told her daughter to stay in the vehicle while she called Taunton's husband. Taunton then approached the stranded car, where she found a teenage driver and two other young passengers. According to the mother, the teenagers were "a little bit banged up, but seemed relatively okay."

#teenagers #daughter

Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to a GoFundMe supporting Ashley Taunton, a Connecticut mother of three who suffered life-threatening injuries while helping strangers after a car accident in Rhode Island.
Taunton, 42, a certified nursing ***** istant, was driving south on I-95 in July with her youngest daughter when she came upon a group of teenagers whose vehicle had hydroplaned in a rainstorm. She stopped to help move them to safety. While ***** isting, another car hydroplaned toward the group; Taunton pushed one of the teens out of the way and was struck herself, absorbing the impact. She has since undergone two major surgeries, with more scheduled, and her family says recovery could take up to a year.
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#hydroplaned #connecticut

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice constituted genocide.
The Greenlandic government, which commissioned the inquiry, released the reports Friday but, when pressed by journalists during a news conference, would not say whether its leaders concluded whether a genocide had occurred. The government told the authors to use the definition under the United Nations' 1948 genocide convention, which includes "imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group."
The reports come as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes to control the Arctic island, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark. The leaders of Greenland and Denmark say the island is not for sale and only Greenlanders can decide their fate.
Known as the "spiral case, " the revelations have rocked both Denmark and Greenland. More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, previously came forward to investigators and reported that they were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities. Denmark says more than 4,000 women and girls — reportedly half the fertile women in Greenland at the time — received IUDs between the 1960s and mid-1970s.
The Inuit victims, many of them teenagers at the time, said they were either fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices, known as IUDs or coils, or given a hormonal birth control injection. They were not told details about the procedure, or did not give their consent.

#denmark #women #Genocide

Bayern Munich has decided that Maycon Cardozo and Tim Binder are better served continuing their development in Bavaria rather than heading out on loan.
According to Sky Germany's journalist Kerry Hau, both teenagers attracted several interesting loan offers, but Bayern Munich decided to keep them in the squad. The plan is for Cardozo and Binder to continue training regularly with Vincent Kompany's senior team, after making strong impressions during preseason.
That is a significant vote of confidence in two players who have emerged as intriguing prospects at the Bayern campus.
Cardozo, 17, has already made history at Bayern Munich. He became the first player from the club's World Squad program to appear for the senior team when he made his Bundesliga debut last season. He has continued progressing through the youth ranks, while also gaining experience with Bayern Munich II.
Binder, 19, has also caught attention with his pace, dribbling ability, and attacking intent. Bayern Munich specifically highlighted his performance during the preseason friendly against Wehen Wiesbaden.

#cardozo #squad #senior

Holly Marie Combs built a career spanning more than 30 years in Hollywood, anchoring hit series like Charmed and Pretty Little Liars. But in recent years, the actress has largely stepped out of the spotlight. Now she's opening up about what pushed her to step back.
Aside from appearing on friend and former Charmed costar the late Shannen Doherty's podcast and popping up as herself in Pretty Little Wine Moms Re-Watch, Combs, 52, hasn't taken an acting job since a guest spot on Grey's Anatomy back in 2019.
On Tuesday, August 25, Scout Taylor-Compton, who played Thistle on Charmed, joined Combs and her cohost, Brian Krause for an episode of their podcast, House of Halliwell. Like Combs, she grew up in the industry. During the conversation, Combs traced her exit from acting back to the pandemic.
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"It was three teenagers and a pre-teen in the house, and it was just mayhem and chaos," she said, describing the chaos of raising kids through lockdown.

#podcast

Meta Platforms and state attorneys general have held talks about a potential settlement before the trial concludes, in a lawsuit that accuses the company of intentionally building Facebook and Instagram in ways meant to hook teenagers, according to Bloomberg.
Entering its second week in federal court in Oakland, California, the trial pits the attorneys general of 29 states against the company, with those officials seeking both monetary penalties and court-ordered changes to how Meta runs its platforms. People familiar with the settlement discussions asked not to be identified due to their sensitivity, according to Bloomberg.
A spokesperson for Meta had no immediate comment. A representative of the California attorney general's office declined to comment, and representatives of the other three states leading the case — Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey — did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Meta's internal estimates place the maximum penalty exposure from an adverse verdict at roughly $1.4 trillion, a figure approaching the company's total market capitalization. A settlement would likely amount to a far smaller sum.
At the heart of the states' case are claimed breaches of both state consumer protection statutes and the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, laws whose per-violation fines can compound into enormous totals given the scale of Meta's underage user base. The four lead states — California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey — are also pressing additional consumer protection claims under their individual state laws, while all 29 states are pursuing federal claims tied to alleged data collection of minors without parental consent.

#meta #settlement #bloomberg #Colorado

Meta Platforms and state attorneys general have held talks about a potential settlement before the trial concludes, in a lawsuit that accuses the company of intentionally building Facebook and Instagram in ways meant to hook teenagers, according to Bloomberg.
Entering its second week in federal court in Oakland, California, the trial pits the attorneys general of 29 states against the company, with those officials seeking both monetary penalties and court-ordered changes to how Meta runs its platforms. People familiar with the settlement discussions asked not to be identified due to their sensitivity, according to Bloomberg.
A spokesperson for Meta had no immediate comment. A representative of the California attorney general's office declined to comment, and representatives of the other three states leading the case — Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey — did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Meta's internal estimates place the maximum penalty exposure from an adverse verdict at roughly $1.4 trillion, a figure approaching the company's total market capitalization. A settlement would likely amount to a far smaller sum.
At the heart of the states' case are claimed breaches of both state consumer protection statutes and the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, laws whose per-violation fines can compound into enormous totals given the scale of Meta's underage user base. The four lead states — California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey — are also pressing additional consumer protection claims under their individual state laws, while all 29 states are pursuing federal claims tied to alleged data collection of minors without parental consent.

#states #protection #settlement #comment

Despite growing up surrounded by fame and wealth, North West has revealed that she would like to experience something considerably more ordinary.
The 13-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West has already begun carving out a music career, but she also has her eyes set on working a regular job at Starbucks.
As North West gets older, her ambitions and personal style continue to evolve, from abandoning an earlier dream of becoming a basketball player to embracing music and her growing collection of piercings.
North may already have access to opportunities that most teenagers could only imagine, but she is still interested in experiencing a regular job.
During an interview with Dazed, she revealed that she would like to work at Starbucks once she turns 14.

#north #regular

Madonna is celebrating a major family milestone as her twin daughters, Stella and Estere, turn 14. The pop icon marked their birthday by sharing a heartfelt Instagram tribute featuring photos and videos from their childhood. She also reflected on the moment she first met the twins and celebrated the young women they have become, while highlighting the special bond they share as sisters and the joy they have brought to her family over the years.
Taking to Instagram, Madonna posted a tribute featuring photos and a throwback video of Stella and Estere. The images and footage captured moments from their childhood and showed how much the twins have grown over the years. She also shared a video of the girls singing along to her song "La Isla Bonita."
Along with the photos, Madonna shared an emotional caption reflecting on the first time she met Stella and Estere at Home of Hope in Malawi. She recalled feeling a deep connection with the twins and celebrated how they have grown into "beautiful, young women." Madonna also affectionately described them as "Malawian Queens."
The sweet Instagram tribute quickly drew thousands of loving messages from fans and celebrity friends around the world. Supporters flooded the comment section with birthday wishes, congratulating the twins and praising Madonna for her dedication as a mother. The birthday celebration also gave fans another opportunity to see the close relationship Madonna has maintained with her daughters as they continue growing up in the public eye.
By sharing childhood photos alongside her birthday message, Madonna highlighted Stella and Estere's journey from young girls to teenagers. The tribute also underscored the close bond she shares with her daughters as they celebrated their 14th birthday. Madonna has continued to publicly celebrate important milestones in her children's lives, making the birthday tribute another personal moment for her family.

#family

Every player in the Little League World Series is 10, 11 or 12 years old.
Little League ignores a player's birthday during the season and looks at one date instead. How old is the player on Aug. 31? That number, what the organization calls "league age," decides who is eligible. If a player turns 13 on Aug. 30 then they are ineligible, but if the player turns 13 on Sept. 1, they are eligible.
The cutoff moved to Aug. 31 from April 30 for the 2018 season, which pushed 13-year-olds out of the tournament for good. They used to be eligible. In 2015, 67 of the 209 kids in Williamsport were teenagers. Little League said the point was to match school cutoffs so kids played alongside their classmates. The 2021 tournament, held without international teams, went further and took only 11- and 12-year-olds.
Eligibility has produced the worst scandals in the sport. A world championship has been taken away. A U.S. championship has been vacated. And a third-place finish was erased over one pitcher's birth certificate.
Players had to be league age 10, 11 or 12 as of Aug. 31, 2026.

#little #eligible #turns #tournament

One week out from the earthquake that shook Colombia to its core, Shakira is returning home. On Monday, the singer travels to Chocó, the area that bore the brunt of the magnitude-7.4 quake that struck on August 10 with an epicenter in San José del Palmar. It's a trip she's making not as a performer, but as a Colombian.
Shakira is on her way to Colombia to visit her country as it heals from the impact of the earthquake (@ Matthias Hangst)
According to Vanitatis, Shakira is expected to land around 2:30 p.m. local time and head to a local school, accompanied by the mayor and the governor of the region. Her arrival is scheduled for roughly 3:15 p.m., when she'll spend the day with students, families, and teachers still reeling from the disaster.
The stop is no coincidence: the school sits at the intersection of Shakira's music career and her philanthropic one. It's tied to her Barefoot Foundation, which opened its first school in Quibdó, Chocó's capital, back in 2005. In the two decades since, the foundation has built out a network of programs aimed at improving educational access for children and expanding opportunities for teenagers and young adults across Colombia, with education as the throughline of everything it does.
Few artists carry the weight that Shakira does in Colombia, and her presence in Chocó this week is being read as a gesture of solidarity from one of the country's own, delivered in person rather than from a stage or a screen.

#earthquake

Alessandro Del Piero was surprised that Juventus could sign a highly regarded player like Kerim Alajbegovic this summer, particularly with Chelsea also interested in a move for the attacking midfielder. The Bianconeri won the race for his signature after he attracted attention from several leading clubs.
Last season, Alajbegović was one of the best teenagers in European football, making his arrival at Juventus a significant coup for the club. The Bianconeri hope Luciano Spalletti can bring out the best in him during the coming campaign, while the midfielder is also eager to test himself in the demanding Italian league.
Del Piero knows a great deal about Alajbegović and praised the youngster when Juventus completed the move for him. Those comments clearly meant a great deal to the midfielder, who has now responded as he prepares for his first season with the Bianconeri.
As quoted by Tuttomercatoweb, Alajbegović said: "Alessandro Del Piero needs no introduction, everyone knows him: he was a truly, truly great player, a true legend. I can only take a leaf out of his book. It's an honour for me that he said something like that about me, because when a legend like him says something about you, it's really special. But it doesn't end there, of course: we have to keep working hard. I just arrived and I want to do my best, show everyone what I can do: I have a long journey ahead."
Alajbegović's response shows how highly he regards Del Piero and the importance he places on the praise of a Juventus legend. However, he also recognises that his arrival is only the beginning of his journey and that he must continue working hard to fulfil his potential.

#piero #like #best #alessandro

Amar'e Stoudemire is set to enter the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame during the Enshrinement Ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts, tonight.
An achievement of this magnitude would lead to Stoudemire being surrounded by family and friends to celebrate his career. Ahead of the ceremony, we take a look at the NBA legend's personal life.
Stoudemire has four children and was married to Alexis Welch for nearly a decade. The two met as teenagers at a party hosted by rapper Nelly in 2002, around the time Stoudemire entered the NBA as a rookie.
They would begin to date soon after. This was the beginning of a 10-year-long relationship before they ultimately decided to tie the knot.
They took advantage of the 12-12-2012 date and got married on the rooftop deck of their Manhattan home. This was when Stoudemire was with the New York Knicks.
The nuptials were a fairly secretive affair, but Vibe.com reported that it was attended by a modest 12 guests.

#ceremony #married #fame

By Anthony Deutsch and Marta Fiorin
s-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Meena and Minal were left as infants at orphanages in India and grew up in ‌different adoptive families in the Netherlands, just a short drive apart. Now, ‌40 years later, a DNA test has shown that the childhood friends are biological sisters.
Growing up, neither was aware that they had a sister. Then, as teenagers in 1996, while living just 100 miles (130 km) apart, they crossed paths at a gathering for adopted children and felt an unusually strong connection.
Their friends were amazed by their likeness and the girls swapped addresses. In ‌correspondence, they jokingly called each ⁠other 'sis' before losing touch for 15 years.
"For years, I felt a hole in my heart," said Meena Geltink, 43, a mother of three, ⁠struggling to put words to her overwhelming feeling of joy. "It's like a missing puzzle piece has been found."

#anthony #marta

Five 17-year-old friends were killed when their vehicle plunged off a cliff and down a steep Colorado hillside, leaving their families and community grappling with an unimaginable loss just as a new school year begins.
The five boys, all from Grand Junction, were traveling along Lookout Lane late Saturday when their vehicle veered off the roadway and went down the steep incline, according to authorities.
Three of the teenagers, including the driver and front-seat passenger, were wearing seat belts, while the other two were not buckled in and were ejected from the vehicle, the Mesa County Coroner's Office said.
Silicon Valley Developer Accused Of Murder After Investigators Say Tesla Reached 142 Mph Before Fatal Crash
Grand Junction police and fire crews responded near Lookout Lane after a vehicle plunged down a steep hillside, killing five 17-year-old boys.

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US President Donald Trump is heading to Ohio to watch high school students compete in the Patriot Games, a sporting event set up by his administration to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America's founding.
Two teenagers were picked from every US state to compete in the games, which are taking place in the city of Geneva, about 50 miles (80km) north of Cleveland.
Some military bases, Native American tribes and US territories are also participating.
To qualify, competitors were required to answer questions about American patriotism. The winners, one boy and one girl between the ages of 14 to 17, will each receive $125,000 (£93,000) in scholarship money.
On Tuesday, Trump will attend the final day of the games, to see the top 32 athletes compete in the final round.

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A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.
It is the first conviction against ***** ad, who fled from Damascus to Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending his family's five-decade grip on power.
Assad's cousin and the former head of political security in southern Syria's Deraa province, Atef Najib, was also sentenced to death. He had been put on trial and appeared wearing a striped prison uniform inside a cage in the courtroom as the judge read out his sentence.
Deraa is widely seen as the birthplace of the uprising against ***** ad's rule.
In March 2011, the detention and alleged torture of a group of teenagers accused of writing anti-government graffiti sparked protests in the city, which were met with a violent crackdown by security forces.

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