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Gisele Bündchen is enjoying her independence. The supermodel — whose divorce from Tom Brady was finalized in October — is focused on herself and “is fine with his decisions but is not involved with them,” a source told People. Bündchen publicly supported Brady after the seven-time Super Bowl winner announced he is retiring “for good” on Wednesday — writing on Instagram: “Wishing you only wonderful things in this new chapter of your life,” along with a prayer hands emoji. Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen at the Met Gala on May 6, 2019 in New York City. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image “Gisele…

Rainbow-themed “safe zone” signs at one middle school in New Jersey have come down.A middle school in the Garden State announced it would replace its rainbow-themed “safe zone” signs that had been posted outside classrooms with signage instead featuring the school’s mascot — after some parents complained the rainbow-colored imagery favored only some students, not all.Long Valley Middle School in Long Valley, New Jersey, first put up the rainbow signs in 2019, NJ.com reported.The school is part of the Washington Township School District. TO AVOID TODAY’S WOKENESS, PARENTS ARE ENROLLING THEIR KIDS IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLThe signs were reportedly taken down months…

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Security newsThe top 10 crypto ransomware attacks since 2020 have profited $69,316,140 in bitcoin (BTC), found a new report by bug bounty and security services platform Immunefi. At the top of this list is CNA Financial with the highest crypto ransomware payment at $40 million, representing 57.7% of the top 10. Among a number of other findings, Immunefi noted that researchers detected 8 specific strains of ransomware connected to the top crypto ransomware payments, and that the detected ransomware…

HARVEY, Ill. — A Chicago-area school district official has been charged in the theft of $1.5 million worth of food — mostly chicken wings.Vera Liddell, 66, was being held in the Cook County Jail on a $150,000 bond, WGN-TV reported Monday.Liddell worked as food service director for Harvey School District 152.More than 11,000 cases of chicken wings were ordered from the district’s food provider and then picked up in a district cargo van, according to court documents reviewed by the television station.The food was ordered during the height of the coronavirus pandemic at a time when students were being educated remotely and…

CNN  —  Roy Wood Jr., the comedian known for his role on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” will be the entertainer at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the association announced Thursday. “It’s an honor to be a part of a long-running tradition of celebrating those members of the media, who work so hard to uncover the truth, and hold our government accountable,” Wood said in a statement. “It will be a great night that will go down in the history books, or not, depending on which state you live in.” The annual dinner, which traditionally features a standup comedian…

A Chicago woman has been charged with concealing the body of her 96-year-old mother after the elderly woman was found Monday in a freezer behind the apartment building where they lived.Eva Bratcher, 69, was arrested after police found the body of her mother, Regina Michalski, in a garage around 4:35 p.m. near the 5500 block of West Melrose Street during a welfare check, FOX32 Chicago reported.Michalski was found inside the freezer in a garage behind the property surrounded by trash. It was unclear how long she had been dead when police found her body.Bratcher had told conflicting stories about her…

Nova Scotia’s utility regulator has defied the provincial government and approved an average 14 per cent increase in electricity rates over two years. Premier Tim Houston said last November that his government opposed the increase of 6.9 per cent in both 2023 and 2024, which had been agreed to by Nova Scotia Power and most customer representative groups.The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board said today it will stick with the rate hikes in the agreement, defying the government’s position. The Houston government adopted Bill 212 last fall that capped annual rate increases to 1.8 per cent — but that…

Like any other part of your body, your brain needs daily exercise. Neglecting your brain health can make you vulnerable to degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.As a neuroscientist, I’ve spent decades guiding patients with memory problems through brain-enhancing habits and exercises — many of which I practice, too.Here are seven brain rules I follow to keep my memory sharp as a whip:1. Choose fiction when you can.You can learn a lot from non-fiction works, but they are often organized in ways that allow you to skip around based on personal interests and previous familiarity with…

A new study has found gut microbiota may play a pivotal role in the progression of endometriosis in an animal model.Uterine microbiota, on the other hand, did not seem to affect the progression of endometriosis in mice.Researchers found microbiota-derived metabolites—or products made by microbes—were significantly altered in the feces of mice with endometriosis. The research suggests studying microbiota metabolites in human stool samples may serve as a diagnostic tool for endometriosis. A poorly understood disease, endometriosis causes tissue similar to the lining of the uterus to grow outside the uterus, which can result in terrible pain, infertility, and a range…

An unopened first-generation iPhone from 2007 is hitting the auction block Thursday – with an estimated value of $50,000. Originally on sale for $599, the first iPhone offered early Apple adopters a 3.5-inch screen with a 2-megapixel camera, plus 4 GB and 8 GB storage options, internet capabilities and iTunes. It had no app store, ran on a 2G network and was exclusive to AT&T’s network. Cosmetic tattoo artist Karen Green was gifted the 8 GB version and never broke the seal, according to her appearance on daytime television program “The Doctor & The Diva” in 2019. An appraiser on…