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☆ Victoria Lee, rising MMA star, dies at 18
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Francesca Gariano | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Mixed martial arts rising star Victoria Lee has died at 18. In an Instagram post on Saturday, MMA fighter Angela Lee shared that her younger sister, Victoria, had died last year on Dec. 26, 2022. The best daughter, the best granddaughter and the best godma / aunty to Ava and Alia.”“We miss you so much sis. “The ONE Championship team is devastated over the tragic passing of Victoria Lee,” a post on Twitter read. In recent years, she defeated Victoria Souza with a TKO in the second round in September 2021.

☆ Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster following fumbled presale
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Francesca Gariano | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The plaintiffs are seeking a penalty of $2,500 against Ticketmaster for every violation of Business and Professions Code, section 17200. The lawsuit specifically cited the “ticket sale disaster” that occurred on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 during the Verified Fan presale, which caused the site to crash, and the Capital One presale. “We believe that both Taylor Swift and her fans were hurt by Ticketmaster,” said Jennifer Kinder, an attorney for the plaintiffs, in a statement. “Even when a high demand on sale goes flawlessly from a tech perspective, many fans are left empty handed,” Ticketmaster said. “It goes without saying that I’m extremely protective of my fans,” Swift wrote.

☆ Maya Rudolph says David Letterman 'humiliated' her on his show
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Francesca Gariano | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Maya Rudolph recently reflected on her first appearance on "The Late Show" with David Letterman in 2009. During an interview with WSJ Magazine on Friday, Rudolph did not look back on the moment in her career fondly. I didn’t know how to handle it. I didn’t know how to come up with something funny to say. “Believe me, I am not a Pollyanna who’s like, I smile all day, every day,” she explained.

☆ Disturbing video shows man with an ax ‘menacing’ customers at New York McDonald’s
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Francesca Gariano | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A man in New York City was arrested Friday and accused of “menacing” customers at a McDonald’s, including using a small ax, police said. The man in the video appears to then remove his backpack and pull out what appears to be a small ax. He then approaches several patrons but does not appear to inflict any injury using the ax. At the end of the video, after he punches a patron and approaches several others with the ax, the man appears to leave with his bicycle. “The safety of our customers and crew is always our top priority,” McDonald’s restaurant owner-operator Paul Hendel told "TODAY" in a statement.

☆ Chick-fil-A says tweet that seemed to refer to the Black community was a ‘poor choice of words’
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-11 | by ( Francesca Gariano | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Chick-fil-A is under fire for a tweet that social media users said called out a Twitter user’s race. Many Twitter users called out the account’s decision to use the term “your community,” questioning whether it was targeting the identity of the user, who appears to be Black. Another user wrote: “Your community? “All jokes aside, they reply like this frequently,” the user wrote. “We often use the term ‘community’ in a broader sense to talk about places where we operate restaurants and serve the surrounding community.”

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