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Ask Amy: Two besties experience “friendship interruptus”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Dear Amy: My childhood friend of 15 years and I lived together for three years as roommates.We were amazing friends and great roommates to each other.Two of the three years we cohabited were during the darkest days of the pandemic, so we spent a ton of time together. It was so fun.When I met my boyfriend during the second year of living together, Childhood Friend and I saw each other less often because I was getting to know him, but she and I still saw each other and texted frequently.About a year later, she met her boyfriend and communication became much less frequent, to the point where she often forgot that I had texted her. She used the excuse of, “I’m bad at responding, you know that” or, “I’m super busy — sorry for responding late.”I live with my boyfriend now and she is living alone for a few months, until she and her boyfriend move in together.I miss her a lot but don’t know what to do or say because I don’t want her to think I...

Following the expiry of the restrictive measures on Ukrainian exports of grain and other foodstuff to the EU, Ukraine agrees to introduce measures to avoid a renewed surge in EU imports

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

The European Commission has analysed the data related to the impact of the exports of 4 categories of agricultural products on the EU market.It has concluded that thanks to the work of the Coordination Platform and to the temporary measures introduced on 2 May 2023, the market distortions in the five member states bordering Ukraine have disappeared. A constructive attitude of all participants in the platform helped to solve concrete problems and ensured that exports to third countries outside the EU are flowing and even increasing.As a result, it has been agreed that:Existing measures will expire today.Ukraine has agreed to introduce any legal measures (including, for example, an export licensing system) within 30 days to avoid grain surges.Until then, Ukraine is to put in place from 16.09.2023 effective measures to control the export of 4 groups of goods in order to prevent any market distortions in the neighbouring Member States. Ukraine will submit an Action Plan to the plat...

Word Game: Sept. 20, 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — REPINES (REPINES: rih-PINES: Feels dejection or discontent; longs for something.)Average mark 27 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 34 or more words in REPINES? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — PHARMACY parch pram pray harm harp harpy achy amah arch army ayah racy ramp march mayhap camp campy carp champ chap char charm chary cram crampTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Dallas, Florida and New York to host matches in men’s T20 World Cup next year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dallas, Florida and New York will host matches at the men’s T20 World Cup next year, cricket’s world governing body announced Wednesday.The United States will be staging a global cricket event for the first time as the sport looks to expand into a new territory. It is co-hosting the June 4-30 tournament with the West Indies.The International Cricket Council said an agreement has been reached for the construction of a 34,000-seat stadium in Eisenhower Park, a purpose-built sports and events park in Nassau County, New York, pending the awarding of a required permit next month.Venues in Grand Prairie in Dallas and Broward County in Florida will be increased in size to expand seating, media and premium hospitality areas to enable them to host matches in the 20-team tournament, which makes it the biggest T20 World Cup yet.“The USA is a strategically important market,” ICC chief executive Geoff Allardice said, “and these venues give us an exc...

No. 4 FSU won’t need any help getting up for Clemson, which has won 7 straight in the series

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Once a heated Atlantic Coast Conference rivalry, the Florida State-Clemson series has become a lopsided affair.The Tigers have won seven in a row against the Seminoles, including five by double digits and four in Death Valley. No one needs to remind No. 4 Florida State about the past. And no one needs to educate coach Mike Norvell’s team about the present — or what’s at stake Saturday.“I don’t think there’s going to be a whole lot of motivational talks needed,” Norvell said.The Seminoles understand how important this game is to their ACC title hopes and their College Football Playoff chances. Fittingly, it’s a high noon showdown at Clemson Memorial Stadium.“We’ll be able to sit here (at) 3:30, 3:45 on Saturday and know whether we accomplished that or we didn’t,” Norvell said. “I’ve got a lot of confidence in what we’ll be able to do, and I’ll be able to live with whatever the result.”The Seminoles (3-0, 1-0 ACC) are 2 1/2-point ...

The NFC is off to a record-setting start to the NFL season with seven teams at 2-0

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

The AFC came into the season with the lion’s share of the top quarterbacks and Super Bowl contenders, led by passers such as Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Joe Burrow.Two weeks into the 2023 NFL season, it’s the NFC that’s off to a record-setting start to the season.Led by three undefeated teams in both the NFC East and NFC South, the NFC has seven teams off to a 2-0 start, the first time that has ever happened in a single conference.With the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers fresh off two convincing wins, along with last season’s Super Bowl runner-up Philadelphia, the NFC currently has three of the four biggest favorites to win this season’s Super Bowl. The other undefeated teams in the NFC are Washington in the East and New Orleans, Atlanta and Tampa Bay in the South, which was slated to be perhaps the worst division in the league.The AFC has only two undefeated teams — Miami and Baltimore — tied for the fewest of any conference after two weeks ...

Fairfax Co. schools still owes thousands of disabled students services from the pandemic

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia has received an extension to finalize meetings with families of students who may be eligible for extra help in the aftermath of the pandemic.At Thursday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Michelle Reid said the county has already held meetings about eligibility for 30,656 students, or 96.7%, and expects to be finished by next month. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights extended the deadline for the county to hold all of the meetings to Oct. 15.Of the meetings the school system has already had, it determined that 6,266 students, or 20.4%, were eligible for the extra learning hours. Either the school system can provide the services or families can pursue help through a private vendor and submit it to their school for reimbursement. However, some families have reported delays in getting reimbursed, which Reid said the county is working to address.Thousands of students are entitled to the compensatory service...

Fairfax Co. drops charges against suspect in multiple Northern Va. sexual assaults

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

A 20-year-old man accused in a string of sexual assaults in Northern Virginia has had charges against him dropped in one incident in Fairfax County.Hien The Dinh, of Stafford County, forcefully grabbed a woman by her crotch as she was pushing a baby stroller in her Chantilly neighborhood and held her in a chokehold in July, police said.The woman’s mother heard her scream for help and ran toward the scene, at which point police said the suspect fled.He was charged with one count of sexual battery and one count of abduction with intent to defileThose charges were dropped at a preliminary hearing Monday, according to public court files available through Virginia Judiciary’s Online Case Information System.It comes as Dinh is set to appear in court Wednesday in Prince William County, where he faces charges including aggravated sexual battery of a victim younger than 13 and abduction with intent to defile.Fairfax County police Chief Kevin Davis called Dinh “a true predatorR...

UK inflation fell unexpectedly in August but the Bank of England is still set to raise rates

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Inflation across the U.K. fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, raising hopes that the Bank of England may pause interest rate hikes after another one on Thursday.The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that price rises, as measured by the consumer prices index, moderated to 6.7% in the year to August, down from 6.8% in July. The decline took inflation to its lowest level since February 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to soaring energy and food prices.The ONS credited the fall to lower hotel and air fare costs and a moderation in food price rises. These helped offset an increase in energy costs on the back of higher crude oil prices.The decline was unexpected. Most analysts had expected an increase to around 7% in light of the increase of prices at the pump.Though the surprise decline was encouraging, inflation remains way above the Bank of England’s target rate of 2% and higher ...

4 suspects wanted in deadly carjacking

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Deputies are searching for four suspects, possibly juveniles, who are wanted in a deadly carjacking in Arapahoe County.Around 1 a.m. Wednesday, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office tweeted about a deadly carjacking in the 7400 block of East Harvard Avenue. The area is just west of the Cherry Creek Country Club. Photos from police show a scene near an apartment complex in the area.According to deputies, the victim was shot and killed, and the four suspects took off in the victim's car. Medina Alert: Dodge truck wanted in hit-and-run The suspects are described as four Black males, possibly juveniles, and the victim's car was a 2012 silver Hyundai Sonata with the Colorado license plate CLY-X69.Deputies in Arapahoe County are searching for four suspects wanted in a deadly carjacking. They took off in the victim's vehicle, pictured here. A Hyundai Sonata. (Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office)Deputies in Arapahoe County are searching for four suspects wanted in a deadly car...