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Vince Wilfork is looking svelte, and Bill Belichick took notice. Wilfork is getting inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame on Saturday. There were Thursday night festivities where he tried on his red blazer to commemorate the occasion, and the world marveled at how trim he looked. The former NFL defensive tackle’s listed playing weight was 325 pounds, but he certainly appears to have dropped a hefty portion of that. Wilfork revealed that Belichick approached him in Miami last year before a Patriots-Dolphins game and his former coach couldn’t believe what he saw. “Bill was being Bill. He was on…

A book a day keeps Ye away. Eccentric rapper and Pete Davidson’s former love rival Kanye West confessed that he’s never actually read a book, going on to compare literature to icky green vegetables. Yeezy’s remarks came Friday on an episode of the “Alo Mind Full” podcast just a day after Rolling Stone reported that parents must sign nondisclosure agreements to send their children to West’s $15,000-per-year, non-accredited Donda Academy outside of Los Angeles. “I actually haven’t read any book,” West told hosts Danny Harris and Alyson Wilson. “Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me. And talking is like…

“A lot of people with special needs may not react very well to a police in uniform, but they may just react very well if a grandparent gets on the phone,” said Westport, Connecticut Police Chief Fotios “Foti” Koskinas. That’s why Koskinas’ department has partnered with local organizations to set up a voluntary registry for family and friends of people with mental health challenges, such as schizophrenia, who may panic or seem violent when approached by police.The registry allows relatives or friends to flag anyone who might benefit from additional support — and provide information about how to best de-escalate…

Her policy platform will be familiar to those who have followed far-right rhetoric in recent years: She’s openly questioned LGBTQ+ and abortion rights, aims to curb immigration, and appears obsessed with the idea that traditional values and ways of life are under attack because of everything from globalization to same sex marriage. It should be of little surprise to learn that one of her biggest fans is Steve Bannon, the man who largely created the political ideology of former US President Donald Trump and is credited with giving birth to the American alt-right movement. Her probable victory comes off the back of…

Hundreds of people queued down a busy street after a new fish and chip shop slashed opening prices to 45p in a nod to how much it cost when its first branch opened in 1972 Hundreds of people hungry for fish and chips queued for several hours after portion prices were cut to 45p. The owners of Mother Hubbard’s chip shop opened a new branch in Sheffield this morning. To mark the opening prices were reduced to the low amount to match how much its first takeaway charged in 1972. The cheap meals created massive queues stretching though one of…

An Oregon woman whose rapist was convicted last week was jailed until she testified against him in a rare case of prosecutors compelling a victim to appear in court, her lawyer said Friday. Her lawyer, Donald Scales, acknowledged there were “legitimate concerns” about whether his client would show up to testify. The 20-year-old woman was held for nine days beginning Sept. 6 with a bail set at $500,000 — an amount Scales described as “unattainable.” A jury convicted the assailant, Christian Sanchez, 30, of multiple crimes on Sept. 16, one day after the woman provided testimony in a Jackson County court,…

Washington CNN  —  President Joe Biden on Friday presented Sir Elton John with the National Humanities Medal, surprising the music icon following a performance on the South Lawn of the White House. “I’m never flabbergasted, but I’m flabbergasted,” a visibly moved John said, thanking the President and saying that he will “treasure” the honor. The medal, according to the Friday presentation, was to honor John “for moving our souls with his powerful voice and one of the defining song books of all time. An enduring icon and advocate with absolute courage, who found purpose to challenge convention, shatter stigma and…

Stocks tumbled Friday to cap a brutal week for financial markets, as surging interest rates and foreign currency turmoil heightened fears of a global recession.The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 486.27 points, or 1.62%, to 29,590.41. The S&P 500 slid 1.72% to 3,693.23, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.8% to 10,867.93.The Dow notched a new low for the year and closed below 30,000 for the first time since June 17. The 30-stock index ended the day 19.9% below an intraday record, flirting with bear market territory. At one point, the Dow was down more than 826 points.The major averages capped…

In this aerial view, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesThe special master appointed to review documents federal agents seized at Donald Trump’s Florida estate has given the former president until next Friday to back up his allegation that FBI planted evidence in the search on Aug. 8.Following the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Trump and his lawyers have publicly insinuated on multiple occasions without providing evidence that agents had planted evidence during the search. “Planting information anyone?” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Aug.…

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health studied a medication with existing FDA approval to see if it would work for an alternative purpose. Spironolactone is prescribed to treat heart conditions. Because the medication is a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, the researchers were interested to see if it would yield benefits in treating alcohol use disorder. By the end of the study, the group learned that the drug shows some promise for decreasing alcohol consumption. Sometimes researchers find new uses for existing medications, which is helpful since they start from the point of already knowing potential side effects. A study from…