Forgotten Cost Of Inflation Food Banks Worry How They Ll Feed Families Through Holidays

For food banks, the costs are two to three times what they used to be. According to the AP, some families may get reduced servings or substitutions for staples such as peanut butter, which costs nearly double what it did a year ago. Michael Altfest, the Oakland food bank’s director of community engagement told the AP the cost of canned green beans and peaches is up nearly 9 percent and a case of 5-pound frozen chickens for holiday tables is up 13 percent for them....

December 24, 2022 · 5 min · 923 words · Kenneth Howell

Former Bundesliga Player Wins The Lottery

According to newspaper Expressen, the former Bochum player picked up a cool 5 million kroner, which corresponds to approximately £585,000. Bochum 7/5 to beat Kaiserslautern Bechmann, who retired last winter, was on holiday in Spain with his partner when he learned about the happy news via email. “I checked the sender’s address and saw that it was the same one that had notified me when I had won 50 krone before,” he told Ekstrabladet....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 206 words · David Coons

Former Canadiens Defenseman Andrei Markov Retires

Markov spent the last three years in the KHL after leaving the Canadiens at the end of the 2016-17 season. He made 23 regular-season appearances for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl this season and played in all six games of their first-round loss in the Gagarin Cup playoffs; the KHL then shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His decision to retire comes after Lokomotiv reportedly opted not to extend his contract. The Russian was a stalwart on Montreal’s blue line for 16 seasons, playing in 990 games, the sixth-most in franchise history....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 247 words · Pablo Spelman

Former Fbi Official Andrew Mccabe Says Matt Gaetz Investigation Very Serious

Appearing on CNN Wednesday night, McCabe claimed federal officials did not open investigations into sitting members of Congress without “a significant degree of information,” and called news of the probe into Gaetz “substantial.” The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the Department of Justice was investigating whether the GOP lawmaker had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid for her to travel with him, citing unnamed sources....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 396 words · Richard Lowman

Former Gamecocks Rb Shot

Richland County Sheriff's spokesman Curtis Wilson said Miles was shot in the upper body around 1 p.m. Monday in the lot just off Interstate 26 near Irmo. According to WIlson, via USA Today, the man confronted Miles and an argument ensued. Wilson said the suspect may have been trying to get money and Miles' USC championship ring. Wilson says Miles was able to give investigators a description of the person who shot him, but no arrests have been made....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 569 words · Janet Thayer

Former Hospital Worker Charged With Dozens Of Child Sexual Offenses

Paul Farrell, a 55-year-old man from Camden, north London, is faced with 84 charges, the Metropolitan Police said, including rape, attempted rape, sexual assault of a child under 13 and indecent assault on a male. The alleged offenses took place between 1985 and 2018 and relate to seven victims, police said. Farrell will appear at Wood Green crown court on Friday, November 27 for a plea and directions hearing....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 410 words · Raul Kuennen

Former Kerala Blasters Striker Michael Chopra Takes Up Aiff D License Course

The course, which lasts 6 days, deals with teaching the bare basics of football coaching to beginners. Michael Chopra, at 33, looks to be planning ahead and targeting a role on the touchline. Goal spoke to Henry Menezes, who conceptualized the D-License course in India. “Yes, he [Michael Chopra] is doing his D-License course. We don’t know his plans but yes, he is doing the course” confirmed Menezes. Also read | Steve Coppell to join Tata Group’s football venture...

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 280 words · Anna Reese

Former Leicester City Boss Ranieri To Leave Nantes After One Season

Ranieri was only appointed in June on a two-year deal but the Italian is set to depart after just one campaign with Nantes 10th in the table heading into the final match of the season. The 66-year-old, who guided Leicester City to the Premier League title in 2016, was linked to the vacant Italy post before Roberto Mancini was named coach on Monday. “We can’t hide anything. We had a meeting with the sponsors, he thanked everyone,” Kita said....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 142 words · David Holliday

Former Louisville Players Help Pay For Kentucky Legend Jared Lorenzen S Funeral

“The rivalry between the schools is intense, and it’s great, but at the end of the day, all that doesn’t matter,” Brown told Forbes.com. “What matters is that you remember that we’re all in this game of life together, whether you played for the blue or the red.” Brown and his foundation are donating $5,000, the foundation’s executive director, Danny Mosby, confirmed in an email to the Louisville Courier Journal, adding that former Cardinals players Deion Branch and Chris Redman also will be donating unspecified amounts toward funeral costs....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 242 words · David Daniel

Former Mlb Player Agrees With League S Decision Not To Punish Players Involved In Astros Sign Stealing Scandal

“It opens up pandora’s box if you start punishing players,” Holiday said while appearing on ESPN’s Golic & Wingo. Holliday’s comments come one day after the MLB announced their punishments for the Astros’ management team for their involvement with the sign-stealing scandal. The punishments resulted from the MLB’s investigation into the team during the 2017 season, which stemmed from the former Astros player Mike Fiers admitting that the team used sign-stealing methods during that season....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 390 words · William Nalevanko

Former Nba Player Tough Day Being Reported Dead

Ross lives near Dallas and was attending Monday night's NIT game between LSU and SMU. MORE: Adam Silver critiques Michael Jordan, the owner | Best one-and-done players He says he woke to a phone loaded with messages from people concerned about his well-being. He went online and found The New York Post had run a story identifying him as a man found dead and buried on a beach. The newspaper later corrected the story....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 117 words · Alexis Maxwell

Former Nebraska Coach Bo Pelini Says Big 12 Lied In 2009 Conference Championship Game Loss To Texas

The former Nebraska coach appeared on a recent episode of “Pardon My Take” and delved into his view on the Cornhuskers’ controversial loss to Texas in the 2009 Big 12 Championship Game. A little backstory: the Longhorns entered into that game with a perfect 12-0 record. Mack Brown’s squad was the No. 3 team in the nation, but No. 1 Florida was playing No. 2 Alabama in the SEC Championship Game....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 329 words · Betty Kurylo

Former Nfl Linebacker Tim Shaw Says He Has Als

In a 25-second video posted Tuesday on the Titans’ web site, the 30-year-old Shaw reveals he was recently diagnosed with ALS and pours a bucket of ice water on his head as part of the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money and awareness to battle the disease. MORE: Athletes and coaches who have taken the challenge Shaw then challenges “the Tennessee Titans organization, James Franklin and the Penn State football team and my Clarenceville community” to do the same....

December 24, 2022 · 1 min · 202 words · Danielle Hilyer

Former Nfl Rookie Of The Year Says He Smoked Marijuana Before Games To Treat Anxiety

Harvin made the revelation during an interview on Bleacher Report’s YouTube series, Untold Stories. Harvin said he was prescribed multiple different medications to help deal with anxiety and migraines throughout his NFL career, but marijuana was the only thing that seemed to help. “That’s what I kind of want the world to see today, is it’s not a stigma and people doing it and getting into a whole bunch of trouble....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 554 words · June Jacoby

Former Nhl Player Jeff Parker S Brain To Be Donated For Cte Research

Parker, who was drafted by the Sabres in the sixth round in 1982, played 137 NHL games in five seasons, mostly in Buffalo. He also had a brief stint in the International Hockey League before retiring from professional hockey in 1991. On Wednesday, Parker’s partner Melina Miller announced that his family’s plans “to donate his brain to CTE studies in hopes that it can help prevent brain damage in others,” Miller wrote in an email to TSN , a development significant to the future understanding of the degenerative brain disease and its link to hockey....

December 24, 2022 · 4 min · 843 words · Wayne Hirt

Former Patriot Aaron Hernandez Commits Suicide In Prison

Hernandez was found hanging in a cell at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center just after 3 a.m., according to a statement from the Department of Correction. “Mr. Hernandez was in a single cell in a general population unit,” the statement said. “Mr. Hernandez hanged himself utilizing a bedsheet that he attached to his cell window. Mr. Hernandez also attempted to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 343 words · Rita Chapman

Former Piston Josh Smith Booed In Big3 Opener

Smith spent one year with the Pistons early in his 15-year NBA career and Saturday he again took the court at Little Caesars Arena for the BIG3 season opener. Smith, who plays for the Bivouac, was not only booed during the game but he was also ejected. He and Royce White, who plays for the Enemies, were both tossed after getting into an altercation early in the contest. Smith’s coach Reggie Theus didn’t mind seeing that intensity from his player....

December 24, 2022 · 2 min · 217 words · Adeline Northcutt

Former Predators Goalie Chris Mason Talks Nashville S Stanley Cup Chances Season Turnaround And Connor Mcdavid

At one point in the season — as late as a 6-3 loss to the Lightning on March 13 — things looked bleak for the Predators’ playoff hopes. Nashville was 11-16-1, and all signs pointed to a trade deadline firesale. But then, things began to turn around. When fans awoke the morning of April 14, the Predators had gone 13-3-0 since the loss to Tampa Bay, and were five games above ....

December 24, 2022 · 11 min · 2150 words · Paul Bumgarner

Former Republican Chairman Of Ethics Committee Blasts Gop Trump Defenders My Nose Is Not A Heat Seeking Missile For The President S Backside

Speaking on CNN’s New Day, former Republican representative Charlie Dent scoffed at the suggestion that Trump had not acted inappropriately while debating former Republican representative Sean Duffy. Dent, who served Pennsylvania, said during the segment that the quid pro quo was stark and questioned why Republicans are not challenging the president. “The Ukrainians have to know that Donald Trump is taking something away from them to have a quid pro quo,” Duffy who served Wisconsin, said during the disagreement....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 452 words · Sonny Roybal

Former Trump Chief Of Staff John Kelly Opposed Troop Deployment To The Border Because They Should Only Fight The Away Game

In an event at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the retired U.S. Marine Corps general outlined his misgivings about the dispatch of thousands of active-duty troops to the border The White House policy was aimed at helping Homeland Security deal with immigrants on the U.S. border, a mission that had been carried out by National Guard members. But Kelly, who served as Trump’s chief of staff until January 2019, said he argued that U....

December 24, 2022 · 3 min · 465 words · Grace Reid