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☆ Military life can be isolating. He found a way to help airmen find purpose and community
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Allie Torgan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“I’m like, you’re putting me in charge of home renovations, and I don’t even know how to repair things!” he said. The group has logged almost 100,000 hours fixing up homes in what is a win-win for the community and the airmen. CNN Hero Gordon Storey — CNN“A lot of times these young airmen, they’re separated from their families, their friends,” Storey said. It was on the weekends, working on community service projects, where he found solace and purpose. “They learn how to become leaders and learn how to be a better tool for the military,” Storey said.

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☆ Lachlan Morton’s historic cycle around Australia: Headwinds, hunger and ‘a very close call’ with a kangaroo
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

During his travels, the professional cyclist has braved brutal headwinds, extreme temperatures, dangerous traffic and even dusted himself off after a run-in with a kangaroo. That’s all while cycling up to 17 or 18 hours a day, stopping only to sleep, eat and mentally reset before doing it all again. “Rainy days, big, long headwind days – I think mentally they’re probably the most challenging,” says Morton. Reminding yourself that you’re just on a bike ride becomes very important.”This, however, is far from any normal bike ride. Morton has had to negotiate large trucks on his cycle around Australia.

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☆ 6 tips for maintaining a strong bond with your partner through tough times, from a couple together for 41 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

“That's been a joy in our lives, and it's been a joy participating in getting that privilege of marriage,” Morton said. Now married, the couple shared their tips for making a marriage or partnership entirely your own. “I think part of the reason for our long-lasting relationship is that Bert and I are in different fields,” Korty said. “It's been a good life because of that, and I've been lucky to share it with Lee,” he said. But once they were officially married, Morton and Korty had different views on the term “husband” and what it meant to them.

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☆ Marriage is hard, but these 3 couples share what makes their decades-long relationships so successful
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewIf one wanted to be cynical about the length of today’s romantic relationships, it wouldn’t be hard. At first glance, they’re all quite different: Rita Smith and Theodore Smith, Sr. are devout Christians in New Orleans, Louisiana who speak openly about their sex life on TikTok . Yet for all their differences, the couples all share some core commonalities that make their relationships so successful. “It gets you stimulated, and when you do go home, the next thing you know you want to take your bath and be sexual again,” Rita Smith, 62, said. “I like to have this pink piece around my neck, it just makes me feel more sexy,” Rita Smith said.

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Tatum told The Associated Press in an interview how he wants to help others in his hometown of St. Louis get that feeling themselves and buy their own homes. He said financial services company SoFi has given the Jayson Tatum Foundation $1 million to help do that. It also offers scholarships to St. Louis high school students along with mentoring. The company also announced a partnership with the NBA to be its official banking partner and is sponsoring the SoFi NBA Play-in Tournament in April. “There are some really good people in St. Louis — people who are really trying to help change their life and their situation.

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Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the 1960s pop group the Shangri-Las, whose hits included “Leader of the Pack,” has died. Miriam Linna, founder of Weiss' label, Norton Records, said Sunday that Weiss died Friday in Palm Springs, California. The Shangri-Las, formed in the New York City borough of Queens, were made up of two pairs of sisters: Weiss and her sister Elizabeth “Betty” Weiss, along with twins Marguerite “Marge” Ganser and Mary Ann Ganser. She made her solo debut with the 2007 album “Dangerous Game.”“I didn't even sing along the car radio,” Weiss told Rolling Stone in 2007 about her post-Shangri-Las years. People can take advantage of you in your youth,” Weiss told New York magazine.

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☆ Mary Weiss, Shangri-Las lead vocalist behind ‘Remember (Walking in the Sand),’ has died
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Mary Weiss, a singer who was part of the 1960s girl group the Shangri-Las, has died, according to multiple reports. The news was confirmed by Miriam Linna of Norton Records to Rolling Stone on Friday. CNN has reached out to representatives for Weiss as well as Norton Records. (From left) Mary Ann Ganser, Betty Weiss, Marge Ganser and Mary Weiss of The Shangri-Las pose for a portrait Circa 1964 in New York City. Weiss told Rolling Stone in 2007, “When we started, it was all about music.

Persons: Mary Weiss, Miriam Linna, Weiss ’, ” “ Mary, ” Linna, Weiss, Mary Ann Ganser, Betty Weiss, Marge Ganser, Michael Ochs, Elizabeth, Marge, –, George “ Shadow ” Morton, ”, Rolling Stone, ” Weiss Organizations: CNN, Norton Records, “, Aerosmith, The, Michael Ochs Archives Locations: New York City, Queens , New York

CNN —New audio has been released of Princess Diana talking about how Britain’s Prince Charles – now King Charles III – was disappointed that they were having a boy, not a girl, when Prince Harry was born. The late princess recorded a series of audio tapes in the 1990s and had them secretly delivered to author Andrew Morton before her death in a high-speed car crash in 1997. ABC’s Good Morning America got an exclusive listen to the tapes in which Diana says her husband wouldn’t even talk to her stepmother Raine Spencer. ‘Pain, Raine?’She recalled Spencer reacting by saying she had “no idea how much pain your mother put your father through.”The late Princess responded: ‘Pain, Raine? When asked if he would release more audio, Morton said, “There is global interest, but we’ll have to see what happens.”

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