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Ask Amy: Long-time affair leads to post-mortem drama

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

Dear Amy: I had a 15-year affair with a married man (“Marshall”), who then ended his marriage in order to be with me exclusively.Marshall and I continued our relationship for another four years before he died unexpectedly.His siblings are handling the funeral and arrangements. They have been very kind toward me in my time of loss.However, his ex-wife is not very fond of me and will be attending the services with her and Marshall’s four grown children.She has expressed that it’s inappropriate to invite me or include me in any way, due to me being a “homewrecker” and destroying their marriage.I understand her bitterness and anger toward me — however I am also mourning the loss of someone I cared deeply about.I don’t want to cause a strain on Marshall’s family or children, so I am asking for your advice. Should I be respectful to his ex-wife’s wishes and not attend this service, or am I justified in attending as well?— Mourning In OhioDear Mour...

MEPs push for better safety and quality standards for substances of human origin 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

ENVI committee MEPs want to reinforce measures to ensure improved protection for citizens that donate blood, tissues or cells, or are treated with these substances.The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) adopted its position on new rules governing the use of so-called substances of human origin (SoHO) in the EU, with 59 votes in favour, four against and four abstentions. The law applies to substances - such as blood and its components (red/white cells, plasma), tissues and cells – that are used for transfusions, therapies, transplantations or medically assisted reproduction.Voluntary and unpaid donationsMEPs insist EU countries should allow for compensation or reimbursement for losses or expenses, related to their participation in donations, to living donors. This could be facilitated through for example, compensatory leave, tax reductions or flat rate allowances set at the national level. They stress that compensation should not be used as an incentiv...

Sale closed in Danville: $2.4 million for a four-bedroom home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

112 Benjamin Lane – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 100 block of Benjamin Lane in Danville was sold on Aug. 14, 2023. The $2,430,000 purchase price works out to $845 per square foot. The house, built in 1998, has an interior space of 2,876 square feet. This single-story home offers a capacious living environment with its four bedrooms and four baths. The property is equipped with central A/C. In addition, the home includes an attached two-car garage, ensuring ample room for parking and storage.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:A 2,402-square-foot home on the 200 block of Jasmine Way in Danville sold in March 2023, for $1,920,000, a price per square foot of $799. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Gerbera Street, Danville, in July 2022, a 2,624-square-foot home was sold for $2,490,000, a price per square foot of $949. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In July 2022, a 2,893-square-foot home on Gerbera Street in Da...

Word Game: Sept. 5, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — BARELY (BARELY: BARE-lee: Hardly; by a very little.)Average mark 22 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 26 or more words in BARELY? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — SUBLIME sebum semi slim slime slub slue slum smile bile blues lieu limb lime lues imbue isle lube mile muesli mule museTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Serbia moves into World Cup semifinals by beating Lithuania, which had just topped the U.S.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Lithuania beat the U.S. at the 1998 world championships, then failed to medal. Lithuania then beat the U.S. again at the 2004 Olympics, then failed to medal.And history will repeat itself at this World Cup.Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 18 of his 21 points in the first half and Serbia topped previously unbeaten Lithuania 87-68 in the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday — a result that means Lithuania cannot medal in Manila this weekend. The best Lithuania can do now is fifth place.It continues a peculiar jinx for Lithuania, which is 3-8 all-time against the U.S. at the senior men’s national level — and has turned those three wins into exactly zero medals. Lithuania was playing less than 48 hours after beating the U.S. 110-104 to close out second-round play in Manila.Serbia (5-1) will play Canada or Slovenia in Friday’s semifinals. The Canada-Slovenia quarterfinal game is Wednesday; the loser plays Lithuania (5-1) in the consolation playoffs Thursday. Teams cannot...

Profesores en Corea del Sur llevan a cabo protestas masivas tras suicidio que pone de manifiesto las presiones de los padres a los docentes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

(CNN) — Cientos de miles de profesores protestaron en Corea del Sur tras el presunto suicidio de una profesora al que se achaca la carga que soportan los educadores en un país famoso por su sistema educativo de alta presión.Los profesores, enfadados, afirman que se enfrentan a exigencias demasiado duras e incluso al acoso de padres agraviados, y piden una reforma legal y mayores protecciones.Hasta 200.000 manifestantes participaron en una concentración este sábado, según la Federación Coreana de Asociaciones de Profesores, citando a los organizadores del acto. Y este lunes, unos 50.000 profesores dejaron de trabajar y se reunieron en la capital para conmemorar al profesor que murió, según los organizadores, a pesar de las advertencias iniciales de las autoridades de que la huelga se consideraría “ilegal”.Corea del Sur suprime las “preguntas asesinas” de un examen de 8 horas al que algunos culpan de una crisis de fertilidadProfesores surcoreanos en huelg...

Nationals Notebook: Home stretch starts with a sweep at home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

Labor Day was the final marking post of the baseball season as teams prepared for the final kick to the postseason (or as we sometimes see, be kicked to the curb).And after posting their first winning month since June of 2021, it looked as if the Washington Nationals had a chance to, if not make the postseason, at least continue to make noise. They got to face a struggling Miami that was teetering — going 13-25 since the All Star break — and they were home.Actually, upon further review, getting swept by the Marlins in D.C. shouldn’t have come as a complete surprise.First off, the Nats were 2-7 against Miami entering the four-game series. And second, this is one of six MLB teams that has a worse record at home than on the road. The select club the Nationals are in is an intriguing bunch: two teams that led their divisions entering Sunday’s games (Houston and the Orioles), two that were scraping on the fringes of the Wild Card chase (Cincinnati and Toronto) and two sub-. 5...

Kenya’s leader says climate change is eating away Africa’s GDP, calls for talks on global carbon tax

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax, Kenya’s president declared Tuesday as the first Africa Climate Summit began.“Those who produce the garbage refuse to pay their bills,” President William Ruto said.The African continent of more than 1.3 billion people is losing 5% to 15% of its GDP growth every year to the widespread impacts of climate change, according to Ruto. It’s a source of deep frustration in the region that contributes by far the least to the global problem.The summit’s opening speeches included clear calls to reform the global financial structures that have left African nations paying five times more to borrow money than others, worsening the debt crisis for many. Africa has more than 30 of the world’s most indebted countries, Kenya’s cabinet secretary for the environment, Soipan Tuya, said.The U.S. government’s climate envoy, John Kerry, acknow...

Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 5 de septiembre: El caótico diluvio en Burning Man

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

Un tártaro de Crimea será ministro de Defensa de Ucrania. Consejos del viajero más frecuente del mundo para evitar retrasos. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad.1. El caótico diluvio en Burning ManAlrededor de 70.000 personas quedaron atrapadas en el recinto del festival Burning Man después de que las fuertes lluvias inundaron la zona el fin de semana. Este lunes se reabrieron las rutas. La Policía investiga la muerte de un hombre.¿Qué es festival Burning Man, cuándo y dónde se celebra?Así escaparon Diplo y Chris Rock de Burning ManNevada: miles de varados en el festival Burning Man 4:012. Un tártaro de Crimea será ministro de Defensa de UcraniaEl presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, nombró a Rustem Umerov, un tártaro de Crimea, como su próximo ministro de Defensa, en sustitución de Oleksii Reznikov, en un momento crítico para la contraofensiva ucraniana.Piloto ruso que desertó a Ucrania en su helicóptero militar relata lo que vivió3. Xi Jinping ...

Family seeking answers after motorcyclist injured in alleged hit-and-run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A family from Thornton is asking for help finding the driver they believe struck their loved one on a motorcycle in a hit-and-run crash on Saturday. Family said Angel Soto, 56, was seriously hurt but is expected to survive. They said he was making a turn near Federal Boulevard and Howard Place when the crash happened.  Man killed in Lakewood motorcycle crash had turned life around, family says Family members told FOX31 that bystanders told them a driver hit Soto and did not stop. "It makes me angry. I’m mad for somebody to be careless and not care and not to stop to see if he was OK and even call 911. Other bystanders had to do it. That’s what makes me so angry," Soto's daughter Andrea Garcia said. The family said Soto doesn't remember anything about the crash other than going through a green light. The next thing he knew, he was in the hospital. "It’s the worst feeling in the world. It’s the scariest thing ever to have to deal with especially when you are being c...