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Ask Amy: Woman wants to avoid parents’ skeevy friend

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

Dear Amy: I am in my mid-20s and have a great relationship with my parents. I live nearby and see them multiple times a week.They have a large social network of other married couples as friends, many of whom I’ve known since childhood, as they were the parents of my own friends, classmates, neighborhood kids, etc.In the past couple of years, I’ve started to feel uncomfortable around one of their male friends, “Biff.”He has never done or said anything specific, but I can’t help but just feel this … icky vibe when I’m around him.It’s little things, like just leaning in too close when he talks to me, holding eye contact too long, and “teasing” in a way that if it was coming from a man my age I would perceive as definite flirting.My parents are planning a weekend vacation at the end of the summer at an Airbnb. They plan to invite several of their friend-couples, including this man and his wife.I really want to go, but I can’t shake this nagging feeling that I will be spending the weeken...

Ukraine's Zelenskyy discusses peace moves with Papal envoy

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the Vatican on Tuesday (6 June) to contribute to the implementation of a Ukrainian peace plan during talks with a Papal envoy about Russia's war on Ukraine.Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, visited Kyiv to sound out the Ukrainian authorities.Zelenskyy said they discussed the situation in Ukraine and humanitarian cooperation "in the framework of the Ukrainian Peace Formula.""Only united efforts, diplomatic isolation and pressure on Russia can influence the aggressor and bring a just peace to the Ukrainian land," Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app."I call on the Holy See to contribute to the implementation of the Ukrainian peace plan. Ukraine welcomes the readiness of other states and partners to find ways to peace, but since the war is on our territory, the algorithm for achieving peace can be Ukrainian only."Zelenskyy met the pope at the Vatican in M...

Work and play with flex space

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

Among the many lessons of the pandemic were those from which families gleaned ways to live together, share space without tripping over each other and hopefully still get along.Now that we’re three years past the start of stay-at-home mandates, certain aspects of pandemic-style living have grown on many people. Namely, that everyone needs their own space at home and that they’re not willing to give it up just because people are no longer required to stay home all the time.Builders anticipated this scenario when planning home designs for construction from 2021 onward. In doing so, the already growing popularity of flex space gained new importance.Now, flex space in new construction homes not only refers to rooms or spaces that the homeowner can define on their own, but to rooms and spaces that can serve multiple purposes simultaneously and with ease.For some new-home buyers, flexibility means having space for two or more home offices plus a playroom or recreation room that both kids a...

Bridge: June 8, 2023

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

“It finally happened,” Unlucky Louie exulted in the club lounge. “Harlow’s luck ran out.”While Louie labors under a cloud of unending bad luck, the player we call Harlow the Halo is fortune’s favorite son. His finesses always win and his errors never cost.“In a team match,” Louie told me, “Harlow and I both played at four hearts, and West led the jack of trumps. The Halo took the K-A and next led a club from dummy. For once, his inspiration failed him: He played the jack. West took the queen and led a club to East’s ace, and they also got a trump and a spade.”BETTER PLAYLouie found a better play. He won the first trump in dummy and immediately led a spade to his jack. West won and returned a spade to Louie’s ace. Louie then cashed the king of trumps and, when East discarded, started the diamonds. Eventually, he threw West in with his trump trick to lead a club or concede a ruff-sluff. Making four.“I guess ...

Graham: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — Graham Corp. (GHM) on Thursday reported a loss of $481,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter.The Batavia, New York-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents per share.The maker of vacuum and heat-transfer equipment posted revenue of $43 million in the period.For the year, the company reported profit of $367,000, or 3 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $157.1 million.Graham expects full-year revenue in the range of $165 million to $175 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GHM at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GHMSource

Democrats and Republicans are skeptical of US spying practices, an AP-NORC poll finds

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes major surveillance programs, the Biden administration faces an American public that’s broadly skeptical of common intelligence practices and of the need to sacrifice civil liberties for security. Congress in the coming months will debate whether to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 authorizes U.S. spy agencies to collect large amounts of foreign communications for intelligence purposes ranging from stopping spies to listening in on allies and foes. Those collection programs also sweep up U.S. citizen communications that can then be searched by intelligence and law enforcement officers.The new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Democrats and Republicans have similar views on surveillance tactics, while Republicans have become substantially less likely over the last decade to say it’s at least sometimes necessar...

Declan Rice set to leave West Ham after winning European trophy, club chairman says

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

LONDON (AP) — England midfielder Declan Rice looks to have played his final match for West Ham.Rice, who captained West Ham in its victory over Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final on Wednesday, has been promised he can leave the club and wants to go, chairman David Sullivan said.“You can’t keep a player who doesn’t want to be there,” Sullivan told British radio station Talksport on Thursday.Rice has been linked with some of Europe’s top teams, including Arsenal and Bayern Munich.“It’s not something we want to happen,” Sullivan said. “We offered him 200,000 pounds ($250,000) a week 18 months ago. He turned it down.”The 24-year-old Rice has played for West Ham since 2017. He said after Wednesday’s final that “it’s not a goodbye yet.”“Obviously there’s loads of speculation but nothing’s happened,” Rice said. “I’m a West Ham player, I’ve got two years left on my contract. I love every minute of it.”Sullivan said West Ham has yet to receive an offer.“But I think the of...

Tom Holland se tomará un descanso de la actuación después de una experiencia “difícil” filmando ‘The Crowded Room’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

(CNN) — Tom Holland aprendió el valor de priorizar su salud mental después de producir y protagonizar su próxima miniserie de AppleTV+ “The Crowded Room”.Eso es parte de lo que ha llevado a la estrella de “Spider-Man” a tomarse un descanso de la actuación para simplemente ser un “tipo normal de Kingston y simplemente relajarse”, dijo al medio de comunicación Extra en una entrevista publicada este martes.Con un tema pesado relacionado con la salud mental, hacer “The Crowded Room” fue “un momento difícil”, dijo Holland, porque estaba “explorando ciertas emociones que definitivamente nunca antes había experimentado”.Tom Holland deja las redes sociales por un tiempo para cuidar su salud mental: “Son abrumadoras”Inspirada en la novela de 1981 de Daniel Keyes “The Minds of Billy Milligan”, la miniserie sigue el arresto de un joven por un crimen impactante y el “investigador poco probable” que resuelve el misterio detrás de él, según una sinopsis.Y aunque Holland dijo que...

Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister joins Liverpool from Brighton

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister signed for Liverpool for a reported initial fee of 35 million pounds ($43.6 million) on Thursday to mark the start of an expected rebuild by the club.Mac Allister, part of Argentina’s World Cup-winning team last year, completed a move from Brighton on what Liverpool described as a “long-term deal.”“Since I won the World Cup, I said that I want to win more trophies and I think that this club will help me to do that,” the 24-year-old Mac Allister said. “That’s the aim and when you are in a big club like this one you have to win trophies. So, that’s what I want.”Mac Allister helped Brighton secure its highest-ever Premier League finish of sixth place, which was one spot below LiverpoolBrighton also qualified for the Europa League. Mac Allister’s reputation has soared over the past year after playing a key role in Argentina’s World Cup triumph alongside Lionel Messi. “It’s a dream come true — it’s amazing to be here and I ...

ANÁLISIS | Terminó el contrainterrogatorio del príncipe Harry en el caso de hackeo de su teléfono contra un medio de comunicación. ¿Cómo le fue?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:57:56 GMT

Londres (CNN) — Fuentes, sospechas y especulaciones: esta fue terminología que se exploró con frecuencia durante el último día y medio cuando el príncipe Harry testificó en un tribunal de Londres en su demanda contra un importante editor de periódicos británico por afirmaciones de escuchas telefónicas históricas.El duque de Sussex regresó al estrado de los testigos este miércoles, para otro enfrentamiento agotador contra Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), al que está demandando junto con otros tres demandantes que representan a docenas de celebridades.Su aparición se centró en 33 artículos, que cubrían varios eventos durante un período de aproximadamente 15 años de la vida del duque, publicados en títulos de MGN: Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror y The People. El príncipe Harry alega que el editor usó métodos ilegales para producir historias sobre él y otras personas a su alrededor.El editor ha negado cometer cualquier acto ilícito, y sus abogados argumentan que las historias selecciona...