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☆ Oregon parents welcome twins from donated embryos frozen 30 years ago
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Elise Sole | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

An Oregon couple welcomed twins from embryos that were frozen 30 years ago — what some experts believe could be the longest frozen embryos to result in a live birth. Twins Lydia and Timothy were born on Oct. 31 to Philip and Rachel Ridgeway from embryos that were frozen on April 22, 1992. “It’s a tremendous blessing,” Rachel Ridgeway told TODAY. Molly’s sister, Emma, was born in 2017 from a 24-year old frozen embryo. “We really wanted to find those embryos that have been waiting the longest, that have been overlooked multiple times,” Rachel Ridgeway said.

☆ Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés dies at 79
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“The culture in Cuba is in mourning for the death of Pablo Milanes,” Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz tweeted Monday night. Milanés and Rodríguez in particular became close, touring the world’s stages as cultural ambassadors for the Cuban Revolution, and bonding during boozy sessions. “If Silvio Rodríguez and I got together, the rum was always there,” Milanés told El Pais in 2003. Cuba’s aging leaders “are stuck in time,” Milanés told Spanish newspaper El Mundo. “These freedoms have been seen in small doses, and we hope that with time they will grow,” Milanés told The Associated Press.

☆ I worked 2 remote jobs during the pandemic, and it helped me break into my dream industry. But I wouldn't do it again.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Norma M. worked two remote jobs during the pandemic. The experience helped her get a foot into the publishing industry, but she wouldn't try it again. Ultimately, I decided to move ahead with interviews for the publishing role. I was relieved to see that I only had one standing meeting for the publishing job. It was still a contract role, but we had reached an agreement that they would continue renewing it for the foreseeable future.

☆ How to answer those dreaded personal questions at holiday gatherings
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The table is set, friends and family draw near, and you already know what comments or questions are going to come your way. Boundaries are hard, though, and it takes some preparation to know how to respond instead of reacting to protect your feelings, Orange added. Or you can be more playful when it comes to questions about weight loss with “I’m just thankful that my body does so much for me every day” or “I don’t know. I don’t focus on my weight.”And if the body-shaming talk continues or you don’t feel comfortable saying something, feel empowered to excuse yourself from the conversation, Rollin said. Start by redirecting with a nice comment and a new conversation like: “I love how much you love love and you want everyone to be as happily partnered as you are.

“Embryo adoption is not a legal ‘adoption’ at all, at least in the sense of a traditional adoption which occurs after birth,” the National Embryo Donation Center says. Risks of multiplesSoutheastern Fertility, which partners with National Embryo Donation Center, thawed the embryos February 28. There’s about an 80% survival rate when thawing frozen embryos, experts say. I have to have them all.”Philip and Rachel Ridgeway had twins born from embryos that were frozen for about 30 years. Studies have found that 25% to 40% of frozen embryo transfers result in a live birth.

☆ Colorado's Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected governor, addresses 'horrific' shooting at an LGBTQ club
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected governor in the United States, on Sunday decried Saturday's “horrific” deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub. “This is horrific, sickening, and devastating,” Polis, a Democrat, said in a statement addressing the attack at Club Q. He is the second out LGBTQ person to be elected governor of a state, after Gov. Before his career in politics, Polis was a tech entrepreneur and amassed a fortune worth nearly $400 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In addition to being Colorado's first openly gay governor, he is also the state's first Jewish governor.

☆ I'm a Chicago school teacher making hundreds per week doing nails as a side hustle
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Rasha Aly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm a Chicago public-school teacher, focusing on middle-school special education. My side hustle is working as a nail technician, and I'm certified to teach cosmetology. I want to get out of working in the classroom, but I'm not sure of my next move. I'm a teacher at Chicago's John W. Cooke Elementary, a public school on the city's South Side. I've also partnered with someone and become certified to teach cosmetology in Illinois.

☆ Biden’s granddaughter Naomi ties knot in White House wedding
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

It’s the first White House wedding with a president’s granddaughter as the bride, and the first one ever on the South Lawn. Naomi Biden walks to the White House in Washington, D.C. with first lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden on Oct. 11, 2021. The couple, who have been living at the White House, was set up by a mutual friend about four years ago in New York City and have been together ever since, the White House said. The White House announced the wedding in a statement following the small, private wedding in the Rose Garden. The White House Correspondents Association, which advocates for press access to the White House and the president, said it was “deeply disappointed” that the White House declined its request for press coverage of Naomi Biden’s wedding.

☆ Qatar World Cup: 'Our dreams never came true.' These men helped build Qatar's tournament, now they are struggling to survive.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Aimee Lewis Pramod Acharya Sugam Pokharel | Aimee Lewis | Pramod Acharya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +31 min

It will be a historic event, the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East, but one also mired in controversy. He had dreamed of watching World Cup matches from the rooftop of the hotel he had helped build. In Qatar, migrant workers can now change jobs freely without permission from their employer. However, a number of European federations have issued a joint statement saying they would campaign at the tournament on human rights and for a migrant workers center and a compensation fund for migrant workers. The motto for Qatar’s bid team in 2010 was ‘Expect Amazing.’ In many ways, this year’s World Cup has replicated that maxim.

☆ What we know about the 4 Idaho college students found dead in an off-campus home
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Phil-Helsel-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Phil Helsel | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The killings of four University of Idaho students Sunday elicited shock and sadness on campus, in the college city of Moscow, Idaho, and beyond. Mogen planned to move to Boise after graduating this spring, family friend Jessie Frost told the Idaho Statesman newspaper. Chapin had just turned 20, and was a triplet, his parents, Stacy and Jim Chapin, told NBC affiliate KING of Seattle. “Everything we do, is all of us, together,” Stacy Chapin told the station. “I am lucky to have had her as a sister,” her sister, Jazzmin Kernodle, said in a statement.

☆ Donald Trump and his siblings can't be sued by niece Mary Trump over inheritance money, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A judge tossed Mary Trump's lawsuit against her uncle Donald Trump and two of his siblings. Roberta Kaplan, an attorney representing Mary Trump, said she would appeal the case. President Donald J. Trump will continue to fight for the truth and against innumerable falsehoods being perpetrated by his enemies." Donald Trump has separately filed a lawsuit against Mary Trump and the New York Times, over the publication of his tax returns obtained through his niece, which remains pending. A representative for the former president didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the litigation relating to Mary Trump.

NEW YORK, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Donald Trump defeated his niece Mary Trump in a lawsuit where she accused the former U.S. president and two of his siblings of defrauding her out of a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Mary Trump's case had its roots in the 1981 death of her father Fred Trump Jr., Donald Trump's older brother, who left Mary, then 16, a profitable real estate portfolio. Now a 57-year-old psychologist, Mary Trump claimed that her uncles Donald and Robert Trump and aunt Maryanne Trump Barry were supposed to protect her interests but instead "squeezed" her out of tens of millions of dollars. The cases are Mary L. Trump v Donald J. Trump et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. 654698/2020, and Donald J. Trump v Mary L. Trump et al in the same court, No.

☆ ‘Stranger Things’ creators tease Season 5
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —It sounds like the end of “Stranger Things” might have viewers in their feelings. The show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, hinted at what’s to come on Sunday during a panel discussion in Los Angeles. The Duffer brothers said they pitched the fifth and final season to Netflix over a two hour meeting, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ross Duffer said the production was “full steam ahead” with the first script already having been turned in and work happening on the second. “Season five is already so clearly taking care of these stories of the characters because that’s always been the lifeblood of ‘Stranger Things.’”

☆ King Charles asks UK parliament to allow brother and sister to act in his place
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - King Charles asked the British parliament on Monday to amend the law to allow two more of his siblings to act on his behalf in his absence, adding them to a group which currently includes his disgraced brother Prince Andrew. That currently means that in addition to Charles's wife Camilla and his eldest son and heir Prince William, the grouping comprises the king's younger son Prince Harry, younger brother Prince Andrew, and Andrew's eldest daughter Princess Beatrice. That has led to criticism from some commentators because neither Andrew nor Harry carry out official royal roles any more. Meanwhile, Harry stepped down from royal duties in 2020 and moved to California with his wife Meghan. The change will require parliament to amend the terms of the Regency Act.

☆ ‘Here comes the bride’: White House to host its 19th wedding
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

WASHINGTON — “Here Comes the Bride” will be heard at the White House very soon. Stewart McLaurin, president of the historical association, said special occasions at the White House aren’t soon forgotten. “It’s like being part of the American fabric.”A White House wedding is no guarantee of a lasting marriage. Lynda Johnson Robb said she never thought about a White House wedding, but circumstances practically dictated that she and Marine Capt. Red is her signature color and December nuptials meant the White House was already decorated for Christmas.

☆ Holocaust survivors turn to TikTok to teach a new generation not to forget
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Emma Barnett | Emma Barnett Is An Associate Producer For Nbc News Now. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

In a recent TikTok video, 98-year-old Lily Ebert told her 1.9 million followers about the Auschwitz number tattooed on her forearm: A-10572. Like many Holocaust survivors, Ebert didn’t talk about the experience for decades. The last family photo of Lily and her siblings, taken around 1944; Lily Ebert is bottom right. The social media sensation known for her lighthearted dance videos has 8.7 million followers on TikTok and 2.8 million on Instagram. Those followers are learning through her new TikTok documentary series “How to: Never Forget” that she is also the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors.

☆ Three ex-Pennsylvania police officers plead guilty in shooting of 8-year-old girl who was killed by stray bullet
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

They were fired from the Sharon Hill Borough Police Department a few days after charges were recommended. The shooting happened after two teenagers fired shots at each other outside the football game and fled. The officers heard the shots and told other officers they believed the gunfire had come from a car that was driving toward them. From left: Sharon Hill Police Officers Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith. The Bility family has filed a federal lawsuit against Dolan, Devaney, Smith, and the Sharon Hill Borough Police Department.

☆ Lachlan Murdoch biographer breaks down his relationship with dad Rupert and why his siblings want to change 'destructive' Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A new unauthorized biography of Lachlan Murdoch explores his business profile and family relationships. Its author, Paddy Manning, speculates about who might exit if Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp and News Corp recombine. Lachlan Murdoch was named Fox's CEO, and James Murdoch, after four years as CEO of 21st Century Fox, was left to carve his own path. Why did you want to write a book about Lachlan Murdoch? Did you talk to Lachlan Murdoch?

☆ The Supreme Court’s Other Racial Preference Case
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Racial preferences will be at the Supreme Court again Wednesday, but the issue in Haaland v. Brackeen is adoption, not college admissions. Under federal law, when a Native American child is being placed into an adoptive home, priority goes to parents who are also Native American. That puts tribal interests above what’s best for the child, and it’s a constitutional violation to boot. Chad and Jennifer Brackeen , who aren’t Native American, have taken in two siblings identified as A.L.M. to live in another State hundreds of miles away with either a great-aunt or an unrelated Navajo couple, rather than with her brother A.L.M.”

☆ U.S. envoy to U.N. sends Russia a strong warning against nuclear escalation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Molly Hunter | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

IRPIN, Ukraine — America would unleash the full force of its response if Russia carried out its “horrific” threats of a nuclear strike against its enemies, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations warned Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, in Kyiv on Tuesday. During the one-day trip to Kyiv, Thomas-Greenfield also surveyed damage and met with some victims of Russia’s nine-month-old invasion, including a woman working for the Red Cross who was allegedly captured by Russian forces and tortured. Sergei Supinsky / AFP - Getty Images“So, in her pain and her suffering, she was still thinking about how she can help other people,” Thomas-Greenfield said. The child asked the ambassador if she could help the Ukrainian people, before saying she just wants to see her friends and go back to school.

☆ Le Bernardin at 50: Still Going Strong
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Gabe Ulla | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Fifty years ago this October, on Paris’s Left Bank, two siblings in their 20s opened Le Bernardin, a small seafood restaurant named after an order of monks who were also firm believers in the pleasures of the table. It would go on to expand to New York City and establish itself as one of the world’s most acclaimed dining destinations. “I guess it lasted,” says Maguy Le Coze, who co-founded Le Bernardin with her brother, Gilbert Le Coze, in 1972. Upstairs, a small legion of chefs, sous chefs, line cooks, sauciers, managers, captains, dedicated fish butchers and sommeliers, including the famed Aldo Sohm, is preparing for service. If the day proceeds as most usually do here, they will welcome up to 100 diners for lunch and another 160 for dinner.

President Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany is marrying Michael Boulos on Saturday. President Donald Trump's family made up some of the top members of his administration and frequently voice their opinions to an eager media. It's not uncommon to see Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr. flash across your TV screen or splashed across the pages of international newspapers. But Tiffany Trump, 29, whose mother is Marla Maples, has kept a lower profile than her older half-siblings. Here's a look at the life of the former president's most elusive adult child, who will wed her business executive fiancé, Michael Boulos, at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, where more than 500 guests are expected.

☆ Meet Donald Trump's children with Ivana Trump, Marla Maples, and Melania Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Business Insider | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Donald Trump has five children between two of his former wives and his current wife Melania Trump. Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump are children with his first wife, Ivana Trump, who died on July 14. Getty Images/Joe CorriganNow a father of five, Donald Trump Jr. was 12 when Ivana Trump and Donald Trump Sr. divorced. In 2001, a year after he graduated from college, Donald Trump Jr. went to work for his dad for the second time. He told New York magazine that Donald Trump Jr. is like his mentor and Ivanka Trump is like his second mother.

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Aaron Carter's older brother Nick, and twin sister, Angel, posted their first public statements following Carter's tragic death in tributes posted to Instagram Sunday. Angel Carter and Aaron Carter at their 19th birthday party in Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2006. Despite what he called a "complicated" relationship with his younger brother, Nick Carter said he has always loved him. Conrad starred in the 2006 "House of Carter" reality show with Carter and their other siblings, including "Backstreet Boys" singer Nick Carter. Carter's death at the age of 34 sparked a number of tributes from those in the entertainment industry.

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