Tag: family
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Some voters joke they want to ‘cancel out’ family members’ ballots in new TikTok trend
With Election Day around the corner, some households are finding that the best way to cope with political differences is humor. On TikTok, dozens of users are posting tongue-in-cheek videos about how their vote will “cancel out” someone else’s on the opposite end of the political spectrum — including their parents, friends and partners. The…
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After Indian immigrant employee found dead in Walmart oven, Sikh community supports family
The Sikh community in Halifax, Canada is rallying around the family of Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart employee who was found dead on Saturday in the store’s walk-in bakery oven. Community leaders who knew the family shared that Kaur and her mother immigrated to Canada from India around two years ago, and both women had…
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A year after Maine mass shooting, gunman’s family wants action on brain injury research in military
LEWISTON, Maine — For the family of the Army reservist who carried out a mass shooting across Maine’s second-largest city one year ago, dissecting what provoked the deadly rampage has been daunting. Amid the heartbreak in Lewiston, where 18 people were massacred on the evening of Oct. 25, 2023, at a bowling alley hosting a youth night…
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After Karen Read’s mistrial in the killing of John O’Keefe, his family is still fighting for justice
A relative of the Boston police officer who died after Karen Read allegedly ran him down in her SUV said her family fully supports retrying Read after her widely publicized murder trial ended with a hung jury earlier this year. Beth, who is in John O’Keefe’s extended family and asked to be identified by only…
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Trump family gets 75% of crypto coin revenue, has no liability, new document reveals
Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, published a 13-page document Thursday that described its mission and how tokens can be allocated, and that indicated that the Republican presidential nominee and his family could take home 75% of net revenue. In what it calls the “World Liberty Gold Paper,” World Liberty Financial, or WLF, said the Trump family…
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Liam Payne’s ‘heartbroken’ family share tribute after pop star’s hotel death
LONDON — Liam Payne’s family paid tribute to the pop star following his death after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina Wednesday. “We are heartbroken. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul,” the Payne family said in a short statement to the London-based…
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‘Beyond Black Beauty’ brings together an 1877 classic novel and a Black family in Baltimore
Black cowboy culture is getting its moment in the sun. Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” album, Shaboozey’s popular single “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” films like “The Harder They Fall,” and the Black riders on horseback during the George Floyd protests have helped further shed light on the popularity of Black cowboys and cowgirls. Now a new series…
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A traditional Mexican family restaurant, and a welcoming LGBTQ hub
Nestled tightly in an unassuming street in New York City’s East Harlem, a small, family-owned Mexican restaurant and bakery has become known for its authentic dishes, but also as a welcoming community hub, especially for the LGBTQ community and for its outsize social media presence. “I noticed that my family had already created a very…
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Family of missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams holding faith that he will return home safe
It’s been more than a week since a Broadway dancer who delighted crowds while performing in Tony Award-winning shows such as “Hamilton” went missing, and his family pleaded Sunday for any information that could lead to his safe return. Zelig Williams, 28, was staying with his mother in his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, since…
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New York family sues funeral home after 96-year-old woman’s casket is sent to wrong country
A New York City family is suing a funeral home for mistakenly sending their mother’s casket to another country for burial. Carmen Maldonado died two days after her 96th birthday. Her wish was to be buried in Ecuador next to her husband. Her family, who lives in Queens, was preparing for the funeral in Ecuador…