Angela Merkel Rushes To Retrieve Face Mask After Forgetting In Viral Video

However, it was the moment the seemingly distracted chancellor rushed to retrieve her face mask after leaving it on the Speaker’s desk that garnered the most reaction online. A 10-second clip of the innocent faux pas has been watched more than 3 million times on Twitter since the parliamentary address, which was aired by German public-service broadcaster ZDF on February 11. It came after a rousing 22-minute speech defending her record on coronavirus and calling for renewed optimism despite the European nation’s tough lockdown....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 392 words · Megan Larson

Angels Andrelton Simmons Needs Thumb Surgery Heading To Dl

The Angels announced Monday that their shortstop will require surgery to repair a full thickness tear of the ulnar collateral ligament of his left thumb. MORE: Every MLB team’s worst regular-season memory Simmons, who was acquired from the Braves last November, suffered the injury during Sunday’s 3-1 loss to the Rays. Simmons hurt his left thumb while making a backhand diving stop of an Evan Longoria grounder in the third inning....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 216 words · Janice Lee

Angels Mike Trout Expected To Be Ok After Taking Pitch To Hand

Trout left the 8-3 loss to the Indians in the eighth inning after Tommy Hunter’s 93 mph fastball drilled him on his right hand. MORE: Mike Trout’s career in photos X-rays came back negative on Trout, who is hitting .309 with 13 homers, 44 RBIs and nine steals, and is leading all American League outfielders in votes for the All-Star Game. Trout said after Sunday’s game that his thumb went numb but that the pain didn’t linger and he should be fine....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 106 words · Judy Fitzpatrick

Angels Diamondbacks Trade Mark Trumbo Brings Power To Arizona But Not Much Else

Supposed to be. This winter, we are learning that someone's got a case of the sposdas. — SN ranks the 20 best managers of all time Tuesday's blockbugger deal sends Mark Trumbo and two players to be named later to the Arizona Diamondbacks, left-handed pitchers Tyler Skaggs and Hector Santiago to the Los Angeles Angels, and outfielder Adam Eaton to the Chicago White Sox. This is the second time in the week that Arizona general manager Kevin Towers has pulled off a ménage à blah on the trade market....

December 31, 2022 · 4 min · 731 words · Lourdes Hipp

Angels Lean Into The Meme Team Walks Up To Nickelback Music In 14Th Straight Loss

The Angels batters walked up to Nickelback songs throughout the night, as the team tries anything and everything to get a notch in the win column. Here’s a look at the songs each player chose. MORE: How the Red Sox have turned around a disastrous 2022 start: Starting pitching looms large This actually feels like the most Joe Maddon thing the Angels have done this season. Maddon was known for making his lineups in unconventional ways in the middle of the season, perhaps most famously the 867-5309 lineup in 2014....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 308 words · Mary Sjolander

Anger As Husband Locks Thermostat In Family Home Coercive Control

Writing in a post shared to Mumsnet under the handle RBaggy71, the woman said the situation had been worsened by the fact he had “turned the temperature down to 17 (62 F) when we had agreed on 19 (66 F).” It’s a situation that has sparked concern among many online. Coercive control is an insidious form of domestic abuse in which the abuser applies humiliation and intimidation tactics to instill fear in their victim....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 490 words · Donald Meinzer

Anger As Mom Cries While Asking Ex For Child Support As Living Costs Spiral

The mother, from the United Kingdom, split with her former husband five years ago and moved back to Britain from Spain with their kids two years after their breakup. Her ex-partner hasn’t seen the children since they left Spain and does not contribute any money towards his kids as he struggles to hold down a job and is financially supported by his own father. The mom hasn’t contacted her ex-partner since June last year, however, was struggling to pay the bills amid the cost-of-living crisis in the U....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 569 words · Rose Rader

Angry Caller Rants At Lapd Chief Michel Moore Over Zoom In Viral Video

The Los Angeles Police Commission held its first meeting since the protests over Floyd’s death broke out in the city on Tuesday. The meeting was hosted on the video conference app Zoom. The virtual meeting was attended by several hundred, with people calling in to condemn the LAPD’s response to the protests and demanding Moore stand down after he said the people looting and rioting in the city were equally to blame for Floyd’s death....

December 31, 2022 · 4 min · 648 words · Kenneth Watts

Animal And Pet Therapies For Autism

People with autism who become animal lovers join the ranks of millions of other people who share their animal-loving passion and interest. Finding a group with a shared interest can be life-changing for people living with autism. Studies on autism and animals are almost universally positive. Pets, service dogs, and animal-assisted therapies help people with autism cope with anxiety, engage more fully with other people, and even build communication skills....

December 31, 2022 · 7 min · 1403 words · Irene Roberts

Anna Kendrick Trolls Elon Musk After Returning To Twitter Weird

The actress took a break from social media to focus on making her directorial debut, The Dating Game, about serial killer Rodney Alcala. Her first tweet back mocked Musk who in that time finalized his purchase of Twitter and has been plagued with scandal, including firing thousands of staff around the world. “Hey guys! What’s been going on?? I was away directing my first movie, so I haven’t really been on Twitter in 3 months!...

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 507 words · Gerald Hollenbach

Anonymous Lukaku Had Just 22 Touches Against Liverpool Fewer Than Mignolet De Gea

Indeed, the Belgian had the chance to create history for the Reds and become the first United player ever to score in his first eight Premier League matches for the club. Watford 16/1 to beat Arsenal 1-0 It wasn’t to be, however, as the former Chelsea striker was well-marshalled by Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip over the 90 minutes. And to add further disappointment to Lukaku’s afternoon, he touched the ball just 22 times - the lowest of any player on the pitch who started the match, including the two goalkeepers....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 175 words · Jonathan Carver

Anonymous Says Covid19 Stand Back And Standby After Trump S Positive Coronavirus Test

“Covid19, stand back and standby,” Anonymous tweeted shortly after Trump revealed that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the virus. Earlier this week, during the first presidential debate against Democratic candidate Joe Biden, Trump infamously avoided a public denunciation of white supremacists and far-right militia factions. “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” was instead the president’s response, provoking widespread anger amongst both Democrats and Republicans, and glee in far-right circles....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 394 words · Alexander Peeden

Another Blow To Implants

At the trial in San Francisco, lawyers for Mariann Hopkins, 48, maintained that the silicone gel that spilled from her implants had damaged her immune system. The jury agreed, finding Dow Corning guilty of fraud and malice in failing to disclose hazards it knew about. “The verdict sends a message to Dow Corning,” says Hopkins’s attorney, Dan C. Bolton, “that it cannot sacrifice the health and safety of women to enhance its balance sheet....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 351 words · Benjamin Oates

Another Reason To Beat Madrid Dybala S La Liga Team Is Barcelona

It was Los Blancos, after all, whom Dybala had gone to see get beaten by Barcelona at Camp Nou in March 2015. The Argentine had been a long-time admirer of the Catalan club. He publicly admitted that Blaugrana were of two clubs he nearly always picked when playing football games on the Playstation - interestingly, Manchester City were the other - and, just months before his first Clasico, he confessed that he would “swim to Barcelona and play without a contract” if they wanted to sign him from Palermo....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 368 words · Kevin Fallon

Another Uswnt Star Heads To Europe As Carli Lloyd Signs With Manchester City

Carli Lloyd, the current FIFA World Player of the Year, on Wednesday signed a deal with the FA Women’s Super League club for the 2017 Spring Series, FA Women’s Cup and UEFA Women’s Champions League campaign, becoming the latest U.S. women’s national player to leave the NWSL for Europe. Lloyd, however, will return to the Houston Dash at the conclusion of City’s season. Is Hope Solo’s career over? “I’m incredibly excited to be joining Manchester City, a club which is leading the development of women’s football both on and off the pitch,” Lloyd said in a statement....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 323 words · Charlotte Labbie

Ansel Elgort Says Relationship With Accuser Was Consensual Not Assault

In a new Instagram post, Elgort has denied the claims from a woman known only as Gabby, who accused the actor on Friday of assaulting her in 2014. Gabby released a long statement on her now-deleted Twitter account @ItsGabby, in which she said she messaged the actor on Twitter two days before her 17th birthday. Elgort responded, she said, with a link to his personal SnapChat account and requested she send nude photos of herself....

December 31, 2022 · 4 min · 688 words · Dora Byrd

Ansen Zodiac Is A Haunting Riveting Film

Anyone who followed the story or who read Robert Graysmith’s two best-selling books about the Zodiac knows that almost four decades later, the case has not been solved. That fact alone places Fincher’s movie outside convention. Hollywood movies crave resolution no less than homicide detectives do, but Fincher, who played by the rules of the genre in his pitch-black serial-killer hit “Se7en,” is after different game here. His movie, based on the two books by Graysmith (he’s the main character, played by Jake Gyllenhaal), has its theory about who the killer was, but it’s not ultimately about who done it, or why....

December 31, 2022 · 6 min · 1149 words · Ronald Jamison

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December 31, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Lisa Hendrix

Anthony Davis Drops 30 As Pelicans Defeat Frustrated Heat

In what appears to be a boiling point loss for the Heat, Davis put up 30 points and 11 rebounds and received praise from Miami's LeBron James. “He’s spectacular. He’s getting better every single day,” LeBron James said of Davis. “When you know you’re a star and your team looks at you as a leader, as a star, you make plays and that’s what he’s doing.” Davis has been on a run unlike any in his young career....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 102 words · Noe Marks

Anthony Joshua To Appear In Fifa 21

Joshua will be a playable character in the video game’s “Volta” mode — in which players are able to test their skills in a small-sided game with five-a-side rules. Olympic gold medalist and world heavyweight champion Joshua is being introduced as a “Groundbreaker,” alongside Kaka, Eric Cantona, Thierry Henry, Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, Atletico Madrid youngster Joao Felix and “FIFA 21” cover star Kylian Mbappe. Diplo, a three-time Grammy Award-winning DJ and producer, also features....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 96 words · Nancy Bobo