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Lifestyle exclusive by Janet Settembre issued May 13, 2024, 7:29 PM ET After Miss Teen USA Umasofia Srivastava resigned last week, runner-up Miss Teen New York Stephanie Skinner also told the Post that she no longer wanted the crown. “Ultimately, I decided to say no,” said Skinner, 19, of New Hartford, New York. “I didn’t think it was the right decision considering all the circumstances.” In the past week, 17-year-old Srivastava and 24-year-old Miss USA Noelia Voigt have relinquished their titles, and Claudia Michel, social media manager for the Miss USA organization, has also resigned from her position. Sources told…
Lisa Bruder has stepped down as the University of Iowa’s head coach after 24 seasons. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bruder announced her retirement on Monday.Jan Jensen, a longtime assistant at Iowa State, will be the head coach.iowa shared the news on social media.Bruder, 63, coached the Hawkeyes for 24 seasons from 2000-2024. She led the Hawkeyes to her 18th NCAA Tournament appearance and was named the Naismith Coach of the Year in 2018-19. She is stepping down after overseeing the Caitlin Clark era, which saw significant growth in women’s basketball.”Being part of the Iowa Hawkeye family has…
Voters for Responsive Government, a political group founded last month to rally Portland voters against Congressional candidate Sushila Jayapal, spent an additional $1 million on negative ads last week and It was revealed that the total expenditure was over $2.3 million.Negative advertising is inflammatory and somewhat misleading. They are trying to pin the failures of the Multnomah County Commission and its powerful chairman solely on Jayapal. Jayapal was one of five commissioners who ran the county from 2019 until his resignation at the end of 2023.One flyer features a photo of a dog in a cage, taken from an Oregonian/OregonLive…
In the aftermath of the glamorous Met Gala, a powerful movement is sweeping TikTok under the hashtag #BlockOut2024. In this viral trend, TikTok users advocate mass blocking of high-profile celebrities such as Zendaya, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé, in response to the perceived silence of influential figures on important humanitarian issues. This shows that dissatisfaction is growing. “Let me eat cake.” The origins of this movement can be traced back to a boiling point caused by an audio trend on the platform titled “.let them eat cake” Creator Haleyybaylee, who boasted 10 million followers before posting, used the audio while wearing…
Ariana Remus said in a statement that she stands in solidarity with Noelia Vogt and Umasofia Srivastava, who resigned from the title last week. DENVER — Miss Colorado Arianna Lemus announced Friday that she is stepping down from her role in solidarity with the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA winners. Current Miss USA winner Noelia Vogt and Miss Teen USA Umasofia Srivastava shocked the Miss Universe organization last week, resigning their titles within days. The resignations left the long-running beauty pageant group without its top two title holders for the first time in 72 years and put a spotlight…
In February 2021, weeks after January 6, Larry Hogan, then the Republican governor of Maryland and a frequent critic of Donald Trump, told Katie Couric that the battle for the soul of the party was on the line. He said it’s ongoing and that Trump’s influence is really big. , will eventually decrease.He realizes that declaration was a bit premature.”I guess I’m not as smart as I think I am,” Hogan told me this morning.Hogan knows that his side of the party, what he calls the “Republican wing of the Republican Party,” has lost that battle. He knows that many…
Facebook and Instagram may not be having as much influence on people’s politics as some critics fear. A study published Monday by researchers at Stanford University, Mehta and other institutions found that some 35,000 people who took a break from Facebook and Instagram in the six weeks before the 2020 presidential election were more likely to do so as the election approached. It turns out that it did not significantly change politics. Researchers found that not using two social media apps, both part of parent company Meta, affected how people viewed candidates, whether they voted, and how they perceived legitimacy.…
HYDERABAD: Ten years after the formation of Telangana state, the political equation of the state has changed once again. Ten years ago, the BRS (then TRS) was at its peak, the Congress was at its nadir and the BJP was barely within the fold. This Lok Sabha election will not only decide the fate of these three parties but also has the potential to determine the future political direction of the state. The Congress, which came to power in the state after a decade, is looking to consolidate its position with the following policies: It won a majority of the…
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees on Monday announced funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs amid campus protests across the country and a review of the state university’s diversity policy. It resolved to allocate $2.3 million to public safety measures.The unanimous decision comes ahead of next week’s vote by the UNC Board of Governors that could limit DEI efforts and lead to layoffs. The board’s governance committee approved the changes for all public colleges and universities in April, but the changes require a vote by the full board.Trustee Marty Kotis, vice chair of the…
Voting for the fourth assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh’s 13 seats ended on Monday amid accusations of cheating by the Samajwadi Party (SP).Voter turnout of around 58% was recorded in Daurala (63.19%), Kheri (63.07%), Sitapur (61.17%) and Kannauj (61%) where SP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is a candidate, exceeding 60%. Voter turnout was recorded. According to the Election Commission of India, the turnout in Akbarpur was 57.66%, Baraichi 57.45%, Etawah 56.38%, Farkabad 58.90%, Khardoi 57.51%, Kanpur 52.49%, Mislik 55.79%, Shah It was 53.24% in Jahanpur and 55.44% in Unnao.”As soon as we arrived, the Bharatiya Janata Party miscreants fled,” said…