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It’s a sunny summer evening in Seattle, Washington, and I am running down a sidewalk in chic sandals and a floral dress, phone in hand and ponytail trailing in the wind.No one is chasing me. Rather, I’ve just gotten out of church and would like to get takeout before this restaurant closes.Sure, I could walk, catch a bus, or summon a rideshare (and I often do) — but I prefer to run. It’s at least 50% faster than walking and avoids the carbon emissions of using a vehicle. In the past two years, I’ve logged 270 miles in run-commutes, about…

Leaflets dropped on a Lebanon border village urging residents to leave were unsanctioned, the Israeli military has said. The leaflets, which were released on Sunday, were the first evacuation order that residents of south Lebanon have received amid 11 months of cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israel, sparked by the war on Gaza. However, Israel’s military told the AFP news agency that a brigade had taken the initiative to drop them without approval. “The Israeli enemy dropped leaflets over Wazzani calling on those in the area and its surroundings to evacuate,” Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. The leaflet in Arabic…

Sister Wives season premiere episode of the 19th season has been anxiously anticipated by fans for nearly a year.  A lot has happened since we last saw the Brown family graced our TVs. Relationships have fallen apart. New babies were born. Yet unfortunately, the biggest story to make headlines since the last time the show was on the air was the death of Garrison Brown, one of Janelle and Kody’s older sons. Obviously, the big question for fans after his passing was how the show would handle such a delicate subject. Would they show footage of the family grieving? Would…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces interest rates will remain unchanged during a news conference at the Federal Reserves’ William McChesney Martin Building in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2024.Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesA flurry of major central banks will hold monetary policy meetings this week, with investors bracing for interest rate moves in either direction.The Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated two-day meeting, which gets underway on Tuesday, is poised to take center stage.The U.S. central bank is widely expected to join others around the world in starting its own rate-cutting cycle. The only remaining question appears to be by how…

Getty ImagesTito Jackson is the brother of the late Michael JacksonTito Jackson, an original member of the Jackson 5 pop group and brother of the late Michael Jackson, has died aged 70, US media report.An official cause of death is yet to be determined.Tito performed in the famous ensemble with brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, who died in 2009.He was recently in Munich ahead of a performance that the group were due to give.Getty ImagesThe Jackson 5 began performing in the mid-1960sSteve Manning, a long-time Jackson family friend and former Jackson family manager, told Entertainment Tonight that Jackson died…

Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Hosts Eugene and Dan Levy were all Schitts and giggles during their 2024 Emmy Awards monologue, even if some of the comedic nominees weren’t quite so LOL. As the first father-son duo to ever host the awards show, Schitt’s Creek costars Eugene, 77, and Dan, 41, opened the ceremony — which took place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 15 — with some good-natured fun about the “universal truths” of the shows’ plot lines. “You’re here because your show struck a chord with audiences, your stories, your…

The Ukrainian army is extending the period of training for its new recruits after months of reports have shown that their soldiers are ill-trained for combat and risk dying out too quickly.The commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said in a Sunday announcement on Facebook: “Quality training is one of the main factors of saving the life of a Ukrainian soldier.””We are working to increase the duration of basic general military training,” he said in the post on the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Facebook account. “The relevant project will be started in October-November…

Japanese aged 65 or older now account for nearly 30 percent of the population, government data shows.Japan’s elderly population has hit a record high of 36.25 million people, with those aged 65 or older now accounting for almost one-third of Japanese, according to government data. Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Sunday that the elderly make up an estimated 29.3 percent of the population, a higher proportion than in any other country or region with more than 100,000 people. Roughly 20.53 million of those aged 65 or older are women, while 15.72 million are men, the ministry…

Play video content ABC Will Smith’s never going to live down his Oscars slap it seems … ’cause a fellow actor just mentioned it during the Emmys — making fun of their same name. “Slow Horses” creator — also named Will Smith — just won an Emmy for writing the series … and, when he got to the microphone, he couldn’t help but mention the most famous person with his own name. ‘ Smith says, “First of all relax, despite my name, I come in peace.” Will’s joke got a big laugh before he moved on to the thanks you’s…

Local governments in China are still building highways, bridges and railways, as pictured here in Jiangxi province on Sept. 6, 2024.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s persistent consumption slowdown traces back to the country’s real estate slump, and its deep ties to local government finances — and debt.The bulk of Chinese household wealth went into real estate in the last two decades, before Beijing began cracking down on developers’ high reliance on debt in 2020.Now, the values of those properties are falling, and developers have reduced land purchases. That’s cutting significantly into local government revenue, especially at…