Harriette Cole: Should I tell my family what’s behind my unsettling behavior?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

Harriette Cole: Should I tell my family what’s behind my unsettling behavior? DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been struggling with nicotine addiction for a long time. I recently moved back in with my family and thought that now would be an excellent opportunity to quit, as I know they would not approve of my habit anyway.However, I am really struggling with my withdrawal symptoms, and they have begun to question me on some of my behaviors that they don’t understand.I’m scared to tell them what’s really going on with me. What should I do?RecoveringDEAR RECOVERING: The best thing you can do is admit to your family what you are dealing with and ask them for help.Nicotine addiction is real, and as you are experiencing, extremely difficult to break. Making your parents allies in your struggle can be beneficial to you. It is too hard to try to hide it from them as you are experiencing withdrawal.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: My friend didn’t know her crush is my ex, and things got awkward Advice | Harriette Cole:...

Reports: Dozens feared dead at migrant facility in Mexico

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

Reports: Dozens feared dead at migrant facility in Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — Local media reports in Mexico say a fire killed dozens of people at a migrant facility in Cuidad Juarez near the U.S. border.Source

Local media reports in Mexico say dozens feared dead in a fire at a migrant facility in Ciudad Juarez

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

Local media reports in Mexico say dozens feared dead in a fire at a migrant facility in Ciudad Juarez MEXICO CITY (AP) — Local media reports in Mexico say dozens feared dead in a fire at a migrant facility in Ciudad Juarez.Source

Kidjo, Blackwell, Pärt awarded Sweden’s Polar Music Prize

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

Kidjo, Blackwell, Pärt awarded Sweden’s Polar Music Prize STOCKHOLM (AP) — Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt have won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award.The three “all made such a global impact with their music,” Marie Ledin, managing director of the annual prize, said in announcing the winners on Tuesday. Blackwell, 85, whose independent label started in Jamaica and signed artists such as Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Roxy Music, Tom Waits, Grace Jones and Marianne Faithful, made Island one “of the most successful labels in music history,” Ledin said in a statement. The award committee said that Kidjo’s “striking voice, stage presence and fluency in multiple cultures and languages has won respect from her peers.” The 62-year-old singer-songwriter has mixed the West African traditions of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America. Ledin described Pärt who is 87...

Prince Harry returns to court in tabloid phone hacking case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

Prince Harry returns to court in tabloid phone hacking case LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry returned to a London court Tuesday for a second day of hearings to see if the phone hacking lawsuit he brought with Elton John and other celebrities can withstand a challenge from the publisher of The Daily Mail. The case is one of several brought by the Duke of Sussex in his battle with the press and alleges the publisher hired private investigators to illegally bug homes and cars and to record phone conversations. Associated Newspapers Ltd. denies the allegations and is seeking to throw out the case, arguing that the claims are too old and rely on information they turned over in confidentiality for a 2012 probe into media law breaking. Actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, and John’s husband, David Furnish, are also parties to the case.The lawsuit alleges Associated Newspapers, which publishes The Daily Mail and The Mail On Sunday, commissioned the “breaking and entry into private property,” and engaged in other unlawful acts that invaded the privacy of ...

Hundreds of fencers protest against letting Russians compete

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

Hundreds of fencers protest against letting Russians compete BERLIN (AP) — More than 300 fencers, including nine medalists from the last Olympics in Tokyo, signed an open letter published Tuesday urging the sport’s governing body and the International Olympic Committee not to allow Russian fencers to compete while the war in Ukraine continues.The International Fencing Federation, known by its French acronym FIE, voted this month to allow fencers from Russia and its ally Belarus to return to international competitions as qualifying for next year’s Olympics in Paris ramps up.“The FIE is not fulfilling its duty of care for athletes, especially for Ukrainians. Your insufficient leadership in completely banning Russia and Belarus is being called out by athletes and civil society across the globe,” said the open letter signed by the fencers, organized by two advocacy groups, Athleten Deutschland and Global Athlete.“You have chosen Russian and Belarusian interests over the rights of athletes, notably Ukrainian athletes, and by doing so, ...

Guerra de Rusia en Ucrania: última hora y noticias en vivo

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

Guerra de Rusia en Ucrania: última hora y noticias en vivo Haz clic aquí para ver las entradas más recientesThe-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Striking workers in France with flares block train tracks leading to a Paris station amid new pension protests

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Striking workers in France with flares block train tracks leading to a Paris station amid new pension protests PARIS (AP) — Striking workers in France with flares block train tracks leading to a Paris station amid new pension protests.Source

Man accused of stabbing Senate staffer was released from prison just a day before

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

Man accused of stabbing Senate staffer was released from prison just a day before A U.S. Senate staffer working for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was attacked by a man with a knife on Saturday as he was leaving a D.C. restaurant.The man accused of stabbing the staffer was released from prison just a day before.More Local NewsMore DC NewsThe senator’s office confirmed the attack in a statement on Monday.“This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C. I ask you to join Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions. We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery.”Police arrested Glynn Neal, 42, of Southeast, on a charge of assault with intent to kill.Police said that on Saturday around 5:15 p.m., officers were called to the 1300 block of H Street Northeast for the report of a stabbing. They found a man with life-threatenin...

ANÁLISIS | Estados Unidos le falló de nuevo a sus niños: otro tiroteo escolar silenció la vida de varios este vez en Nashville

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:37 GMT

ANÁLISIS | Estados Unidos le falló de nuevo a sus niños: otro tiroteo escolar silenció la vida de varios este vez en Nashville (CNN) — Es difícil imaginar una escena más desgarradora y típicamente estadounidense.Una cadena humana de niños, tomados de la mano, conducidos por policías, huyeron de la última escuela golpeada por una tragedia insondable. Este lunes, el turno fue de Nashville de unirse a la lista de ciudades que se han hecho famosas por una epidemia de tiroteos masivos que gran parte del país parece dispuesto a aceptar tácitamente como el precio del derecho a poseer armas de fuego de alto poder.La realidad de lo que se desarrolló en el interior de una escuela fue inhumano, pero desafortunadamente se puede imaginar dados los espantosos relatos internos que surgieron de tiroteos escolares anteriores: en Uvalde, Texas, el año pasado; o en la escuela primaria Sandy Hook en Connecticut en 2012.Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs y William Kinney, todos de nueve años, fueron asesinados a tiros por un atacante armado con dos armas estilo AR y una pistola, dos de las cuales, según la policía, fueron c...