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Mari Pepin and Kenny Braasch got engaged on season 7 of “Bachelor in Paradise” and married in 2023.Photo: Dolce Amor Co.Theoretically, contestants on ABC’s “The Bachelor” are looking for love. What they often find are business opportunities.Mari Pepin, 28, got both.Pepin was a participant on “The Bachelor” season 25, which aired in 2021, and then returned for “Bachelor in Paradise” season 7 later that year. She went home with Kenny Braasch’s final rose — they’ve now been married for more than a year — and an Instagram base of more than 300,000 followers, up from 50,000 before her reality TV…

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An explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday.More than 20 others were injured after the blast in South Khorasan province.It is reported to have been caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks of the mine in Tabas, 540 km (335 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran.The explosion occurred at 21:00 local time (17:30 GMT) on Saturday, state media said.South Khorasan’s governor Javad Ghenaatzadeh said there were 69 workers in the blocks at the time of the explosion.According to the AP news…

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(Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Luminamovie LLC) In his memoir, Eric Roberts praised his daughter Emma Roberts for becoming the type of parent he wasn’t able to be. “I loved my little daughter with the strength of Hercules, despite my own weaknesses,” Eric, 68, wrote in Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far, published on Tuesday, September 17, as reported by Entertainment Weekly. “However, I couldn’t handle the realities of an infant coming into my life, and I couldn’t handle being a parent!” Eric continued. “I’m still not a father figure. Emma, on the other hand,…

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Loyalty bonds between agents and brokerages are fragile. How hard can you push without breaking? Wallace Real Estate’s Claudia Stallings has tough love tips for agents in today’s market. September means Back to Basics here at Inman. As real estate navigates the post-settlement era with new commission rules, real estate professionals from across the country will share what’s working for them, how they’ve evolved their systems and tools, and where they’re investing personally. Today’s real estate leaders are on edge, ever concerned that they must navigate their relationships with their agents without pushing too hard, lest they push them into…

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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone in for a snack and ended up grocery shopping or popped in to repurchase makeup remover and left with three new beauty products.I’m also a big fan of Target’s clothes, shoes, and accessories. Though I try to thrift most of my wardrobe, I’ve often turned to the department store, like when I wanted to buy trendy ballet flats but didn’t want to drop $1,000 on a designer pair.I was influenced to visit Target again this week after seeing TikTok chatter about its fall garments, which shoppers have described as Pinterest-perfect pieces and autumn…

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Play video content TMZSports.com Warren Moon believes Deshaun Watson’s legal woes are contributing to his recent stretch of poor play … telling TMZ Sports, “I think a lot of his problems are mental.” The Cleveland Browns star, of course, has battled double-digit cases in courtrooms throughout the past few years … and, just recently, he was sued once more by another woman accusing him of sexual assault. The quarterback hasn’t ever said publicly if it’s all affected him on the field … but when we talked this week to Moon — who developed a friendship with the 29-year-old signal-caller during…

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As part of eXp, Grand Lux Realty will operate out of White Plains, New York. Founder Michael Levy touted eXp’s technology as one of the brokerage’s selling points. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. As brokerages across the U.S. compete to beef up their agent rosters, eXp Realty announced Thursday that it just picked up an independent…

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Alphabet ‘s self-driving car unit Waymo is finally shifting into high gear. After years of heavy investment and losses, Waymo ridership is picking up momentum in its existing West Coast markets, and the company just inked an expanded partnership with Uber to bring its robotaxi service to the ride-hailing giant’s app in Atlanta and Austin, Texas, in early 2025. That will put Waymo in five markets, including Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Waymo and Uber are partners already in Phoenix. The ridership growth and deeper ties with Uber represent significant milestones for Waymo and its parent company, which has…

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On live television, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided Al Jazeera’s occupied West Bank bureau in Ramallah and handed the bureau head, Walid al-Omari, a notice to shut it down. The soldiers ordered everyone working the overnight shift at the bureau to leave, telling them they could take only their personal belongings. What happened and why? Here’s everything we know: Who closed the bureau? The order came from the Israeli military authority despite the bureau being in Area A, an area delineated as being under Palestinian control in the Oslo Accords. Wait, so if Ramallah is under Palestinian control, how can…

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