On Monday December 20, 2021 the Hollywood star tweeted that Manchin “sold us out,” because he wants America to be like his state, West Virginia, “Poor, illiterate and strung out.” Social media users pounced on the tweet, accusing her of “elitism” and condescension while also putting the underlying claim under scrutiny. Others defended her stance, pointing out that she was targeting Manchin, and not the people of West Virginia....

Uploads like the one posted by Hilda Ama Braso, which showed the TikTokker drink a coffee and lemon brew on her third day of the diet, have received thousands of likes. “Millions of people are being benefited by the coffee lemon mixture to lose fat and weight which are itself two unique ingredients best known for its calories burning and fat cutting abilities,” claims website Health Buffet, which features different ways to mix the two common kitchen staples....

Boeheim, who reiterated his displeasure with the result of the NCAA enforcement case this week in an interview with ESPN, stated he is still unclear what the NCAA’s expectations are regarding the monitoring responsibilities of head coaches. Boeheim said, “I’m guilty of not monitoring, which is a very nebulous term. Nobody has defined it. What does that mean?” MORE: 2015-16 preseasn All-Americans | Syracuse coach suffers body-surfing injury | Attorney: NCAA process ‘racist’...

Keep an eye on your child’s posture, and make sure they are getting regular check-ups, which screen for problems like scoliosis. If your child is small for their age or has experienced back pain in the past, talk to your healthcare provider about exercises that may strengthen the upper back. For a larger child, the percentage amount is even smaller. The authors of the same study recommend carrying 1/3 less weight in their packs than children of healthy weight....

What does it mean if someone with COVID or another viral infection loses their sense of smell? Will it come back? And if it does, will it be the same as it was before? Viruses and Sense of Smell Eric Holbrook, MD, an associate professor of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at Harvard Medical School and division director for rhinology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear at Massachusetts General Hospital, tells Verywell that other viruses besides COVID can cause anosmia....

Dog mom Shannon shared the video of her pet Labrador, Miley, on a ride home from the vet in New Hampshire, appearing slightly spaced out. In the clip, Miley is sitting with her head hanging out of the window, wind blowing through her fur while she stares outside. “My dog just ate a wild mushroom and we just spent $140 for the vet to tell us she’s high,” wrote Shannon alongside the video, adding in a comment that “she’s never been more relaxed....

The video sees the Golden Retriever sitting on their hind legs and motioning their paw, as if encouraging their owner to continue backing up. Once the car nears the sidewalk, the clever dog sits down and begins barking, bringing the driver to a halt. The Twitter account @HumorAndAnimals shared the video and said: “the best barking sensor you can get.” The video has been viewed 1.6 million times and has amassed 155,000 likes....

Barbara Griffiths was walking her pet Daisy in the town of Prestwich, northwest England, when a Staffordshire bull terrier emerged from a house and jumped over a fence, the Manchester Evening News reported. The bull terrier, called Megan, sank its teeth into Daisy’s neck and began “shaking it like a toy,” Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard, according to the Evening News. Griffiths tried to pull the bull terrier off her pet but, in the process, the larger dog bit the woman’s hand and finger....

In a video shared on TikTok on Monday, under the username Carlyleighgyally, she said: “I’m going to show you all something that happens in my morning routine, every day. The dog is currently downstairs on the couch asleep, the minute he hears the tap running and me brushing my teeth he’s going to run up here so fast because he wants his teeth brushed.” She also explained that to brush her dog’s teeth she uses an old toothbrush and just some tap water on it....

The dog, of an unknown breed, reportedly attacked the baby while the child was in her bedroom. Police and paramedics responded to the scene before rushing the baby to a nearby hospital. But the infant succumbed to her injuries and doctors pronounced her dead at around 3 a.m. local time. Police are now investigating the incident and the scene at the house has been sealed off in preparation for forensic examination....

After her previous owner tried to drown her in a local river, Bella the Belgian Shepherd was adopted into a new loving home. In January 2020, Jane Harper and her friend Joanne Bellamy found Bella struggling to stay afloat in the River Trent in the U.K. According to The Lincolnite, her previous owner Charlene Latham tied her leash to a large rock in an attempt to kill the dog. Luckily, Harper and Bellamy rushed to the water and freed Bella....

Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency token that was originally started as a joke in 2013, has soared in value this year with year-to-date returns of around 12,600 percent currently. It is currently down -0.94 percent on the day, with a price of $0.60 and a market capitalization of $78.1 billion. Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has voiced support of the token numerous times on Twitter, at one point claiming he would “put a literal Dogecoin on the literal moon....

Newsom’s stay-at-home orders, which have been in place since March, have expressly prohibited large gatherings such as religious ceremonies and church services. Tuesday’s letter from Assistant Attorney General Eric Drieband, who heads the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, said Newsom’s restriction showed discrimination against religious communities. The letter also said the state had not given proper evidence for keeping California’s churches shuttered. “California has not shown why interaction in offices and studios of the entertainment industry, and in-person operations to facilitate nonessential ecommerce, are included on the list as being allowed with social distancing where telework is not practical,” the letter said, “while gatherings with social distancing of religious worship are forbidden, regardless of whether remote worship is practical or not....

Theoretically, the latest developments involving Biden should have no legal effect on the DOJ’s probe into Trump, but realistically, “it changes everything,” former federal prosecutor and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers Neama Rahmani told Newsweek. On Monday, the White House revealed that the DOJ and the National Archives and Records Administration are reviewing the circumstance surrounding a “small number” of Obama-era government documents that were found in a locked closet of an office used by Biden from 2017 to 2020—after his time as vice president and before he announced his candidacy for president....

ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques reported after the game that Hill said a coach on the sideline said something to the star wideout that he did not appreciate. “Whichever coach that is, I’m gonna come find you bro,” Hill said, per Louis-Jacques. “Me and you gotta have a mano a mano conversation. Cause at the end of the day, I felt disrespected as a man.” MORE: Mike McDaniel says Dolphins followed concussion protocol with Tua Tagovailoa...

MORE: Round 1 winners and losers | Tunsil definitely used one of these passwords Tunsil fired the financial advisor before the leak, Andrew Abramson, who covers the NFL and the Dolphins for the Palm Beach Post, also reported. Tunsil slipped down the draft board in a major way once the video surfaced. He was projected to be the first offensive lineman off the board, but two were taken ahead of him....

Yet quarterback Ryan Tannehill is excited about what Year 2 will bring from the highly touted playmaker out of Louisville. Despite catching only 26 passes for 494 yards and three touchdowns as a rookie, Parker will be feared by other teams, Tannehill believes. MORE: NFL’s Year 2 breakout candidates “I expect big things out of him,” Tannehill said, via NFL.com. “I’m expecting him to be a heck of a football player, a guy that other teams fear, because he can make big plays down the field, inside....

Domestic partnership was unheard of a decade ago. In the last few years, a handful of corporations and a dozen local governments, including Seattle and Tacoma Park, Md., have set up DP plans. Despite significant opposition, largely from conservatives and religious groups, they may soon be commonplace. The number of Americans living together outside marriage has increased more than 400 percent since 1970 (chart). Almost 3 million of the country’s 93 million households now consist of unmarried couples....