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One of the biggest celebrations for the South Asian community, Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, began Monday. The Okanagan Sikh Temple was full of bright lights and colours as the community gathered to mark Diwali.“They celebrate Diwali as a symbol of goodness over darkness like over evil,” said Jasmanpreed Kaur. “It’s kind of like happiness for all the people who just like come here and celebrate the victory.”Diwali celebrations were smaller in the past two years due to the pandemic, but now it is back to being celebrated in person. “Everybody is joyed, everybody is talking about…

Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek has revealed that he spoke to former tennis world No. 1 Andy Murray about his injury struggles ahead of a season that is seeing him backed for a place in England’s World Cup squad by Blues manager Graham Potter. Loftus-Cheek’s career has been blighted by fitness issues, including an Achilles injury that ruled him out for almost a year in 2019/20. But the 26-year-old has featured regularly for the Blues this term, and he revealed that he spoke with three-time Grand Slam winner Murray, who has battled back from two hip operations to continue his playing…

A 20-year-old man was killed Monday afternoon after a piece of clothing or backpack got stuck in the doors of a New York City subway train.The victim was struck by a southbound 1 train just before 5 p.m. ET.The New York Police Department told Fox News Digital in a Tuesday email that officers responded to a 911 call of a man struck by a train at 59th Street and Columbus Circle. The department said the man was running for the train when the clothing or bag was trapped in the train’s doors.NYC SUBWAY SHOVE VICTIM’S MOTHER SAYS SON ‘COMPLETELY TRAUMATIZED,’ ‘CAN’T…

Mark Cuban’s “Shark Tank” career has given him a pretty good idea of which personality traits can be assets for CEOs, and which ones can send a company spiraling.On Friday’s episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” the billionaire investor highlighted one startup founder as an example of the latter category.”One of the great traits of any good entrepreneur is resilience, and you’ve certainly shown that,” Cuban told Amy Leinbach, the founder of children’s tool company Big Bee, Little Bee. “But you also have ‘inventor-itis,’ which is one of the worst traits an entrepreneur can have.”The Huntington Beach, California-based company is known…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. With the fall season in full effect, we’re reaching for cozy knits more frequently — and naturally, oversized sweaters are at the top of our wishlist! We adore how these garments basically feel like we’re wrapped up in a blanket — but still looking cute in the process. Even throughout the oversized sweater category, there are multiple options to choose from. Personally, we gravitate toward sweaters with the ideal amount of slouchiness (but not sloppiness), which is exactly what this QUALFORT cardigan effortlessly…

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who served in the post under President Barack Obama, has died at 68, his family announced Tuesday.Carter is survived by his wife, Stephanie, and his children, Ava and Will. Obama nominated Carter to lead the Pentagon in 2014. In the role, Carter would be the first defense secretary to confront ISIS in the Middle East, a plague that would survive into former President Donald Trump’s administration.”It is with deep and profound sadness that the family of former Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter shares that Secretary Carter passed away Monday evening in Boston after a…

N. R. Narayana Murthy, one of India’s richest people, had mixed feelings when he first heard about the man who would become his son-in-law. “I, too, was a little sad and jealous when you told us you had found your life partner,” he wrote to his daughter Akshata Murty in a letter, published in “Legacy: Letters from Eminent Parents to their Daughters.” “But when I met Rishi and found him to be all that you had described him to be – brilliant, handsome, and, most importantly, honest – I understood why you let your heart be stolen,” he said about…

A man plunged to his death from a high-end Manhattan building overlooking Central Park early Tuesday, cops said.  The unidentified man, who appears to be in his 50s, is believed to have jumped from the 12th floor balcony of 200 Central Park South, near Seventh Avenue, around 1:40 a.m., police said.  He was discovered with “injuries indicative of a fall from an elevated position,” authorities said.  A man died after reportedly falling from the 12th floor balcony of 200 Central Park South. Kevin C. Downs The New York Athletic Club of New York at 180 Central Park South in Manhattan.…

Bethany Stokoe, from Consett, County Durham, hires out doggy cafes to throw her pampered pets ‘barkday parties’ on their special day and says she would do anything for her dogs A woman has revealed how she manages to spoil her eight dogs to ‘barkday parties’ and McDonald’s on a £15 budget. Bethany Stokoe, 27, from Consett, County Durham, proudly owns eight Staffordshire bull terrier mixes named Kira, Rio, Ziggy, Ziva, Max, Dexter, Misty and Mitzey. The pack are very much pampered by owner Bethany who hires out doggy cafes for their birthdays and even takes them on trips to Starbucks…

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor says the Albanese government’s first budget is not “delivering on the challenges that Australians are facing”. “What’s most disappointing about this budget is it’s just not meeting the commitments that Labor promised they were going to deliver,” Mr Taylor told Sky News Australia. He said Australians have “every right” to be disappointed that the budget fails to address the challenges they’re facing. Source: Sky News