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Dear Abby: Is it weird that I think this actress could be my sister?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

DEAR ABBY: I am a 52-year-old woman. I am single and have no children, but I’m a loving aunt to many.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: Why are people so rude to me lately? I’m a nice guy. Advice | Dear Abby: My financial adviser won’t listen to me, but he insists he’s not sexist Advice | Dear Abby: Our teen’s messy breakup has had awkward repercussions for us Advice | Dear Abby: I was annoyed to discover why our friends picked this restaurant Advice | Dear Abby: I had to get rid of my beautiful furnishings because of guests’ stupid comments I had a sister who died before my brother and I were born. She was born with special needs and lived for only 10 months. My parents never kept it a secret.Knowing I had an older sister makes me want to find a big sister figure. I sometimes fantasize that a particular beloved TV actress is my sister. She did a Cameo video for my 50...

Wolf Trap honors 50th anniversary of hip-hop with ‘Masters of the Mic: Hip-Hop 50 Tour’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews the 'Hip Hop 50 Tour' at Wolf Trap (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); This month marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop, which began in the Bronx, New York, in August 1973.You can celebrate with the “Masters of the Mic: Hip Hop 50 Tour” at Wolf Trap in Virginia on Thursday.The show welcomes the “original human beatbox” Doug E. Fresh along with Slic...

Mets and Pirates meet with series tied 1-1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

Pittsburgh Pirates (54-66, fourth in the NL Central) vs. New York Mets (54-66, fourth in the NL East)New York; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Johan Oviedo (6-12, 4.42 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 121 strikeouts); Mets: Tylor Megill (6-6, 5.64 ERA, 1.70 WHIP, 64 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Mets -124, Pirates +105; over/under is 9 runsBOTTOM LINE: Both the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates are looking for a series win with a victory on Wednesday.New York has a 54-66 record overall and a 30-28 record at home. The Mets have a 24-9 record in games when they did not allow a home run.Pittsburgh has a 54-66 record overall and a 25-34 record in road games. The Pirates are 28-16 in games when they did not give up a home run.Wednesday’s game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Pirates are ahead 3-2 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Nimmo has 19 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 49 RBI for the Mets. Pete Alonso is 7-for-31...

Rockies and Diamondbacks square off with series tied 1-1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

Arizona Diamondbacks (60-60, third in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (46-74, fifth in the NL West)Denver; Wednesday, 3:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Slade Cecconi (0-0, 2.84 ERA, .95 WHIP, three strikeouts); Rockies: Austin Gomber (9-9, 5.33 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 81 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Diamondbacks -133, Rockies +112; over/under is 12 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: Both the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks are looking for a series win with a victory on Wednesday.Colorado is 46-74 overall and 26-31 at home. The Rockies have a 24-65 record in games when they have allowed at least one home run.Arizona is 60-60 overall and 30-29 in road games. The Diamondbacks are 22-13 in games when they hit at least two home runs.Wednesday’s game is the 10th time these teams meet this season. The Diamondbacks are up 7-2 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan McMahon has 25 doubles, three triples and 19 home runs for the Rockies. Nolan Jones is 9-for-36 with ...

Dodgers host the Brewers, aim to extend home win streak

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

Milwaukee Brewers (65-55, first in the NL Central) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (72-46, first in the NL West)Los Angeles; Wednesday, 10:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Wade Miley (6-2, 2.90 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 53 strikeouts); Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw (10-4, 2.51 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 109 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Dodgers -235, Brewers +192; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers, on an eight-game home winning streak, host the Milwaukee Brewers.Los Angeles has gone 39-20 in home games and 72-46 overall. The Dodgers have a 38-15 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.Milwaukee has a 65-55 record overall and a 32-28 record on the road. The Brewers are 41-18 in games when they record at least eight hits.Wednesday’s game is the fifth time these teams match up this season. The Dodgers hold a 3-1 advantage in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Freddie Freeman has 43 doubles, two triples and 23 home runs for the Dodgers. Mookie Betts is 15-for...

Russia expels POLITICO reporter

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

Eva Hartog, POLITICO Europe’s reporter in Moscow, has been expelled from Russia after 10 years reporting in the country.Russia’s foreign ministry told Hartog last Monday that her visa would not be extended and gave her six days to leave the country. Hartog was told the decision had been made by the “relevant authorities,” but was given no additional information about how the ruling was made.Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last year, foreign journalists have been required to reapply for their visa and media accreditation every three months, as opposed to once a year before the war started. Hartog’s expulsion is the first known time a foreign journalist based in Russia has been kicked out by Russia since the Kremlin escalated hostilities in Ukraine, though Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich was locked up on espionage charges in March.  Since President Vladimir Putin launched all-out war against Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian authori...

Police tape off area amid investigation outside South Station

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

Boston police taped off an area outside South Station overnight as an investigation was conducted.Crime scene tape could be seen blocking off a stretch of sidewalk near Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street in the area of a black duffel bag.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again as a foreign ship tries out Kyiv’s new Black Sea corridor

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia resumed its targeting of grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, local officials said Wednesday, using drones in overnight strikes on storage facilities and ports along the Danube River that Kyiv has increasingly used for grain transport to Europe after Moscow broke off a key wartime export deal through the Black Sea.At the same time, a loaded container ship stuck at the port of Odesa since Russia’s full-scale invasion more than 17 months ago set sail and was heading through the Black Sea to the Bosporus along a temporary corridor established by Ukraine for merchant shipping.Ukraine’s economy, crunched by the war, is heavily dependent on farming. Its agricultural exports, like those of Russia, are also crucial for world supplies of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other food that developing nations rely on.After the Kremlin tore up a month ago an agreement brokered last summer by the U.N. and Turkey to ensure safe Ukraine grain exports th...

Offshore drilling rig arrives in Lebanese waters ahead of work near Israel border

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — An offshore drilling rig arrived at its location in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast and will start operations in the coming weeks to search for gas, Lebanese Cabinet ministers said Wednesday.The rig is expected to begin drilling in September in Lebanese waters near the border with Israel after the two countries reached a deal last year on their maritime border. Lebanon and Israel have formally been at war since Israel’s creation in 1948.Cash-strapped Lebanon hopes that future gas discoveries will help the small Mideast nation pull itself out of the worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history.Minister of Transport Ali Hamie wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that the rig arrived Wednesday morning at the location where it is scheduled to begin work. The rig faces the southern port city of Tyre.“We hope that Lebanon will become an oil state,” Lebanon’s Energy Minister Walid Fayyad told reporters in Beirut, adding that the results o...

Melinda Henneberger: 98-year-old Kansas newswoman died in the line of duty after police raid

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:46:45 GMT

Joan Meyer, 98-year-old enemy of the people, died in the line of duty on Saturday.A newswoman since 1953 and co-owner of the local paper in her hometown in central Kansas, she lived to see her Marion County Record, as well as her home, raided by police on Friday, for reasons that defied both law and logic.It is not hyperbole to say that this attack on the people’s right to know appears to have killed her.On Friday, police showed up looking for evidence that a reporter had run an improper computer search to confirm an accurate report that a local business owner applying for a liquor license had lost her driver’s license over a DUI.According to coverage of this story on the Record’s website, the reporter “made no attempt to conceal her identity, providing her name.” What’s more, the Record had decided not to run the story, because editors questioned the motives of their tipster.The business owner’s complaint did have this result: People across...