I want to look like a quirky librarian: gen Z brings back glasses chains

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  717 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

FashionThe 19th-century trend was once relegated to geekdom. Now Bella Hadid and Rihanna have helped restore it “I always get compliments from people around my age or in the gen Z category,” says De’Siree Fairley, a 28-year-old elementary school teacher from Virginia. “I believe they admire aesthetics like dark academia and cottagecore, and glasses chains add to that whimsy.” Fairley recently purchased some ornate, gold-beaded glasses chains because she wanted to look like “a quirky librarian who knows about ancient tomes”. [Read More]

Knife attack at Ikea store in Sweden leaves two dead | Ikea

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  478 words  |  Brenda Moya

A heavy police presence remains in Västerås, Sweden, following the stabbing to death of two people inside an Ikea store on Monday afternoon. GuardianIkea This article is more than 8 years oldKnife attack at Ikea store in Sweden leaves two deadThis article is more than 8 years oldMan arrested on suspicion of murder after another person is seriously injured in incident in Västerås, about an hour west of Stockholm Two people have been killed and one seriously injured in a knife attack at an Ikea store in Västerås, a city about an hour west of the Swedish capital, Stockholm. [Read More]

Ray Hudson: I was in love with America before I even came to the United States | Soccer

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1546 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

SoccerInterviewRay Hudson: ‘I was in love with America before I even came to the United States’Tom KludtThe magisterial football commentator opens up about his long, strange American trip and the steady rise of soccer in the US Ray Hudson will always be a Geordie, but America claimed his heart long ago. As a kid growing up in Tyneside, Hudson, was drawn to the pop culture of the United States, its movies and television. [Read More]

Six Nevada Republicans charged with casting fake electoral votes in 2020 | Republicans

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  479 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Aaron Ford, the Democratic attorney general of Nevada, filed the felony charges against the Republicans on 6 December. Photograph: Charles Krupa/APAaron Ford, the Democratic attorney general of Nevada, filed the felony charges against the Republicans on 6 December. Photograph: Charles Krupa/APRepublicans This article is more than 1 month oldSix Nevada Republicans charged with casting fake electoral votes in 2020This article is more than 1 month oldState’s attorney general charged the fake electors with two felonies each, with penalties up to five years in prison [Read More]

At least three members of Congress targeted in swatting incidents | US Congress

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  813 words  |  Christie Applegate

US CongressAt least three members of Congress targeted in ‘swatting’ incidentsNew York Republican Brandon Williams is latest to reveal he was victim of hoax call on Christmas Day At least three members of Congress reported “swatting” incidents over the past week, with the New York Republican Brandon Williams being the latest to reveal that he was subject to an act of criminal harassment that generally involves prank-calling 911 to get a heavily armed Swat team to show up at the target’s home. [Read More]

My life in sex: I have sensual encounters with my masseur

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  313 words  |  Christie Applegate

My life in sexSexThe married woman who sleeps with her massage therapist Thirteen years ago we became parents, and it sucked the wind out of my husband’s sails. He became depressed, and lost all interest in sex. In the past decade I have gone from trying, single-handedly, to make things happen in the bedroom to taking notes on how infrequently we were intimate (was I imagining things?), to seeing a counsellor. [Read More]

My recently widowed sister wants me to confront her husbands unfaithful past. What to do?

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  870 words  |  Brenda Moya

Leading questionsRelationshipsYour sister is going through some complicated feelings, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Try to legitimise her hurt, if not her action items Help! My recently widowed sister wants me to confront her past, for her. My sister, 63, was with her husband, 67, since she was 16 (they got married in their 20s). As sometimes happens to widows/widowers, she is now questioning their relationship. He was unfaithful to her several times, but she chose to stay (they have three grown children. [Read More]

Roosters star Mitchell Pearce under fire over video of simulated sex with dog | NRL

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  332 words  |  Christie Applegate

NRL This article is more than 7 years oldRoosters star Mitchell Pearce under fire over video of simulated sex with dogThis article is more than 7 years oldVideo of incident shows an intoxicated Pearce trying to kiss a womanPearce appears to simulate sex with a dog and urinate on furnitureNRL star Mitchell Pearce’s career is headed for further trouble after damning video footage of the Sydney Roosters player was aired by the Nine Network’s A Current Affair on Wednesday night, following an incident believed to have occurred at a house party on Australia Day. [Read More]

Sea World helicopter crash: report suggests pilot did not hear radio call from other aircraft | Gold

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  594 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Gold Coast This article is more than 10 months oldSea World helicopter crash: report suggests pilot did not hear radio call from other aircraftThis article is more than 10 months oldPreliminary findings of investigation have been released after the January crash that killed four people Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A pilot “did not recall” his fellow pilot making a standard taxiing call to say he was taking off before their helicopters collided and crashed, killing four people and injuring nine others on the Gold Coast. [Read More]

Willem Dafoe: 'Don't make this into a crackpot profile, please' | Willem Dafoe

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2506 words  |  Brenda Moya

The G2 interviewWillem DafoeInterviewWillem Dafoe: 'Don't make this into a crackpot profile, please'Stuart JeffriesThe actor famous for being game for anything talks about his passion for physical theatre, his attraction to strong directors – but declines to comment on the size of his penisWhen Willem Dafoe was a little boy in Appleton, Wisconsin, he shut himself in a closet for two days. Nobody missed him. "It was a big family. My dad was a surgeon, my mom a nurse, and they were always out working. [Read More]