Leanne Morgan came to standup relatively late. Born and raised in rural Tennessee, she got married at 26 to her college sweetheart and raised three children while the couple built a jewellery business together. It was the door-to-door selling she did and the Tupperware parties she hosted for extra income that first got her a local reputation for being funny …
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Shannon Sharpe, a former National Football League (NFL) star and popular US podcaster, has been dropped by sport network ESPN after settling a legal case which accused him of rape. The case, brought by a woman who alleges that Mr Sharpe assaulted her during a nearly two-year relationship, asked for more than $50m (£38m) in damages. Sharpe, 57, denied the …
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This splash of paint on the canvas of space is the planetary nebula NGC 6072, the dying embers of a ruined star that has reached the end of its sun-like life. Cocooned inside the nebula, within its own ejected outer layers, the fading star is undergoing a transformation into a white dwarf. As the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows …
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Earlier this month, astronomers noticed a mysterious object speeding toward the inner solar system from outside of our star system. It’s an exceedingly rare occurrence, marking only the third confirmed interstellar object to have ventured into our solar system, all of which have been detected since 2017. Harvard astronomer and alien hunter Avi Loeb was quick to raise the tantalizing — …
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PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks have traded star third baseman and fan favorite Eugenio Suarez to the Seattle Mariners ahead of Thursday’s MLB trade deadline, according to Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro. In return, Arizona will receive first base prospect Tyler Locklear and two pitching prospects. Locklear is a 24-year-old corner infielder and the No. 9 prospect in the Mariners’ system …
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EXCLUSIVE: Following the news a Social Network sequel may finally be moving forward, Aaron Sorkin may already his sights set on the two rising stars to lead this next installment to his Oscar-winning classic. While various things are still being worked out, including a budget, sources say Sorkin’s top choices to star in The Social Network Part II are Oscar-winner …
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Earlier this month, astronomers noticed a mysterious object speeding toward the inner solar system from outside of our star system. It’s an exceedingly rare occurrence, marking only the third confirmed interstellar object to have ventured into our solar system, all of which have been detected since 2017. Harvard astronomer and alien hunter Avi Loeb was quick to raise the tantalizing — …
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This disastrous Atlanta Braves season got a little worse Tuesday night. Outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. exited Atlanta’s loss to the Kansas City Royals (KC 9, ATL 6) after complaining of right Achilles tightness and was placed on the injured list Wednesday with a Grade 1 calf strain. Tuesday was Acuña’s 55th game of the season after coming back from last …
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Astronomers have been left baffled by a cosmic discovery that defies longstanding theories about how stars interact with supermassive black holes. A powerful flare, linked to a star being torn apart by a black hole, was observed twice—two years apart—by a team of researchers led by Tel Aviv University. This phenomenon challenges current understandings of tidal disruption events and raises …
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Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday alongside five other men on conspiracy charges for allegedly running an illegal “high-stakes” poker game in Encino that included hiring women to provide “companionship” for gamblers, court records show. Arenas, 43, rented out an Encino mansion that he owned between September 2021 and July 2022 “for the purposes of hosting high-stakes illegal …
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