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US woman sets record for world’s longest female mullet

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

(CNN) — Tami Manis is officially all business at the front and party in the back after her mullet, measuring 5 feet 8 inches (nearly 173 centimeters), was confirmed as the longest female one in the world.The 58-year-old last cut the back of her hair on February 9 1990, according to Guinness World Records.“A lot of people just notice it when I turn around, so most of the time it’s like they don’t realize how long my hair is until they look at the backside,” Manis said in a video posted by Guinness World Records on Thursday.Courtesy Wade Payne/Guinness World Records“It was the eighties and everybody had a rat tail,” she said, adding that she was first inspired to grow a mullet after watching Til Tuesday’s music video “Voices Carry.”“The girl had a rat tail and I really wanted one of those,” said Manis.After initially cutting off her mullet in November 1989, the Tennessee resident immediately regretted it, deciding to grow it out again the following year. Since then, she’s never looked...

Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke arrested on suspicion of child abuse

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

A Utah woman who gave online parenting advice via a once popular YouTube channel has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse after her malnourished son escaped out a window and ran to a nearby house for help, authorities said.Ruby Franke, whose now defunct channel “8 Passengers” followed her family, was arrested Wednesday night in the southern Utah city of Ivins. She was taken into custody at the home of Jodi Hildebrandt, who owns a counseling business that she says teaches people to improve their lives by being honest, responsible and humble.Franke has recently appeared in YouTube videos with Hildebrandt that were posted online by Hildebrandt’s counseling business, ConneXions Classroom.Franke’s 12-year-old son climbed out of a window in Hildebrandt’s residence in Ivins and ran to a neighbor’s house Wednesday morning and asked for food and water, according to an affidavit filed by an officer with the Santa Clara-Ivins Public Safety Department.The...

Body camera footage reveals arrest of Orlando deputy for alleged street racing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (WSVN) — Body camera video showed the arrest of an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy in Orlando after law enforcement officials accused him of participating in a street racing incident while riding a motorcycle.In the footage, an arresting officer can be heard saying, “At this time, I’m placing you under arrest for street racing, all right.”The deputy in question, identified as Deputy Brian Espinal, immediately protested, “I wasn’t racing.”This unexpected turn of events unfolded Wednesday evening when police officers observed Espinal and another motorcyclist allegedly engaging in street racing on open roads.According to an arrest report, an officer initiated a traffic stop by activating his lights and signaling both riders to pull over. However, only Espinal complied, while the other motorcyclist fled the scene.Body camera footage captured the moment Espinal was confronted by the arresting officer. After the officer instructed Esp...

Hurricane, shooting test DeSantis leadership as he trades the campaign trail for crisis management

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

First a shooting, then a storm.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a one-two punch testing his leadership at a critical moment for his presidential campaign, with the Republican moving to cast aside his role as culture warrior and show the country that he can govern through crises.His first challenge came last weekend when a white gunman killed three Black people at a convenience store in Jacksonville in a racist hate crime. Days later, Hurricane Idalia was barreling towards Florida’s Big Bend region. The storm, which made landfall as a Category 3, left a trail of devastation, snapping trees, ripping off roofs and inundating areas with surging flood waters.The back-to-back emergencies forced DeSantis off a campaign trail defined by partisan political barbs and gave him a chance to display competence under pressures similar to those he could face if elected president.“I think it’s an opportunity to show executive leadership. I think the public has clear expectations of what lea...

Rishi Sunak’s comms chief quits after less than a year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak’s Director of Communications Amber de Botton has quit Downing Street after less than a year in the job.In a statement, posted on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, de Botton said it was the “right time” to move on. She thanked colleagues, adding: “No10 is a demanding and high pressure place to work – yet the professionalism and talent they display every day is exceptional.”Downing Street appears at pains to present the departure as amicable, and in his own statement Sunak thanked de Botton for her “hard work over the past year” paying tribute to her “calm professionalism,” which he said had been “instrumental in ensuring consistency and creativity across Whitehall communications.”De Botton, the former head of U.K. news at the broadcaster ITV, joined Sunak in Downing Street shortly after he became prime minister last October. Her departure comes as Sunak looks to bolster his...

Yankees’ Anthony Volpe’s 20-20 season puts him in rare company that includes Derek Jeter, Mike Trout and Mickey Mantle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

Anthony Volpe’s game-tying home run Thursday in Detroit was much more than a clutch, regular-season blast.The 22-year-old shortstop made history with his three-run shot in the ninth inning, becoming the first Yankee to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in his rookie season.Volpe, a former first-round pick out of New Jersey’s Delbarton School, is only the 14th Yankee in the team’s 121-year history to record a 20-20 season, and the 15th rookie in MLB history to do so.“I never really had goals or anything like that going into the season, numbers-wise, but when you can put yourself in Yankees history, that’s pretty crazy,” Volpe said after the game, which the Yankees lost, 4-3, in extra innings.The impressive feat puts Volpe, who entered Friday with 21 stolen bases, in rare company filled with Hall of Famers, perennial All-Stars and fan favorites.Brett Gardner was the last Yankee to join the 20-20 club, having done so in 2017. Alex Rodriguez is the ...

ACC becomes latest power conference to expand cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

The Atlantic Coast Conference voted Friday to add Stanford, California and SMU to the league next year, providing a landing spot for two more schools from the disintegrating Pac-12 and creating a fourth super conference in major college sports.The additions make the ACC the latest power conference to expand its membership and footprint westward. Starting in August 2024, the league with Tobacco Road roots in North Carolina will increase its number of football schools to 17 and 18 in most other sports, with Notre Dame remaining a football independent.“We are thrilled to welcome three world-class institutions to the ACC, and we look forward to having them compete as part of our amazing league,” ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said in a statement.Notre Dame is currently the westernmost ACC school in South Bend, Indiana, with Louisville the farthest west among football members. But now, like the Big Ten and Big 12, the ACC will be a cross-country conference. The ACC will span from Boston i...

Anger in Sweden as Nobel Prize organizers invite Russia and Belarus to the award ceremonies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Several Swedish lawmakers said Friday they will boycott this year’s Nobel Prize ceremonies after the private foundation that administers the prestigious awards changed its policy and invited Russia, Belarus and Iran who had previously been barred from attending.The Nobel Foundation said that invitations for the 2023 events were extended to all countries with diplomatic missions in Sweden and Norway as that “promotes opportunities to convey the important messages of the Nobel Prize to everyone.” It was unclear whether the invitations have already been sent.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told Swedish news agency TT he would not have allowed Russia to attend if it had been his choice.”To isolate Russia in every possible way — militarily, economically — it is necessary,” he told the TT news agency. Kristersson did not comment on whether he would boycott the event, but others were more forthright.Muharrem Demirok, the leader of the Sweden’s small opposition...

North York gas leak forces evacuations, closes stretch of Yonge Street

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

Toronto police closed a stretch of Yonge Street in both directions between Cummer and Hendon avenues and evacuated a building in the area after a gas leak on Friday morning.Police say the leak happened after an excavator hit a gas gas line. Enbridge is now on scene assessing the situation.It’s not clear when the road will be reopened, but occupants of the evacuated building at 5799 Yonge St. have been cleared to return.No injuries have been reported.GAS LEAK: UPDATEYonge St + Cummer Av– Police @TPS32Div is on scene with @Toronto_Fire– Nearby buildings are being evacuated^lb— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 1, 2023

This isn’t what I ordered: Lawsuits accuse Burger King, others of ads that misrepresent their foods

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:32 GMT

Food ads have long made their subjects look bigger, juicier and crispier than they are in real life. But some consumers say those mouthwatering ads can cross the line into deception, and that’s leading to a growing number of lawsuits.Burger King is the latest company in the crosshairs. In August, a federal judge in Florida refused to dismiss a class action lawsuit that claims Burger King’s ads overstate the amount of meat in its Whopper burger and other sandwiches.But Burger King is far from the only one. Perkins Coie, a law firm that tracks class action suits, said 214 were filed against food and beverage companies in 2022 and 101 were filed in the first six months of this year. That’s a huge increase from 2010, when just 45 were filed.Pooja Nair, who represents food and beverage companies as a partner with the Beverly Hills, California-based law firm Ervin Cohen and Jessup, said waves of class action lawsuits started hitting federal courts a few years ago.Some of the first were fa...