My parents and I have always been very close, so it’s no surprise that I expect my father to support me financially with the money he got from selling the motorbike repair shop he had been running for 50 years. Now that my mom has passed away and he’s retired, I figured he’ll settle into a quiet life, but no, he does the exact opposite.
With the money he got from selling the shop, my father is purchasing a brand new Harley that costs $35,000, planning a cross-country journey “before it’s too late.”
Well, his so-called “last great adventure” means spending all the money on himself while I am drowning in debt, struggling to pay bills and getting myself a small condo.
Honestly, him chasing a midlife crisis instead of helping me or investing wisely is something I can’t accept that easily. But whenever I mention that to him, he starts laughing, saying, “At my age, all crises are end-of-life crises.” I really can’t understand how he can just waste that much money on stupid things when I can use it to stand on my feet.
On top of everything, I’ve had to scrap my Bahamas trip, which I was planning to pay for with what I believe is rightfully my inheritance.
My friends are with me on this one, saying it is every parent’s job to support their children and help them financially as much as they can.
What my dad can’t understand is that I have a future to build, unlike him, who doesn’t have that much time left, so if he won’t do the right thing, I’m ready to claim what should already be mine.
He claims this foolish trip is some sort of tribute to my mom who wanted him to keep living fully once she passes away, but I know mom would want me to have that money and start my life over.
At this point, part of me wonders if I should just walk away and stop expecting anything, stop calling, stop caring. But another part of me still hopes he’ll come to his senses. I don’t know which voice to listen to anymore.
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Lone gunman forced his way into a large building housing major offices, including the NFL and Blackstone, at 345 Park Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, and opened fire, killing four people before taking his own life.
Among those killed was a beloved NYPD officer Didarul Islam, 36, a Bangladeshi immigrant praised as a hero by city officials. At the time of the mass shooting during which he lost his life, Islam was off duty but working as a private security guard wearing his police uniform.
Officer Didarul Islam/ NYPD
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a press conference Monday night, “[Islam] was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way, he made the ultimate sacrifice – shot in cold blood, wearing a uniform that stood for the promise that he made to this city. He died as he lived, a hero.”
Tisch explained that Islam was working on a paid security detail, adding, “Paid detail is a program that we have set up at the police department that allows companies to hire officers in uniform to provide extra uniform security.”
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Islam had been with the NYPD since December 2021 and was assigned to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx, Mayor Eric Adams said at the news conference.
He met with Islam’s family, saying of Islam, “He was a hero and we admire him for putting his life on the line.”
“Everyone we spoke with stated he was a person of faith and a person that believed in God and believed in living out the life of a godly person,” the mayor said. “He was saving lives. He was protecting New Yorkers, he embodies what this city is all about. He’s a true-blue New Yorker, not only in a uniform he wore.”
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Islam was a father of two, and he and his wife were expecting their third child.
NYPD paid tribute to the hero officer, posting on X, “Police Officer Didarul Islam represented the very best of our department. He was protecting New Yorkers from danger when his life was tragically cut short today. We join in prayer during this time of incomprehensible pain. We will forever honor his legacy.”
His funeral was attended by hundreds of officers.
The shooter was identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura who came to New York from Las Vegas shortly before the shooting. His motive is still being investigated, but officials revealed that he had a “documented mental health history.”
According to the CNN, before getting to the 33rd floor, where he injured an NFL employee and then took his own life, Tamura killed Julia Hyman, an associate at Rudin Management, Wesley LePatner, a Blackstone employee and a mother, and Aland Etienne, a security officer.
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It was late in the night when the police got a call from five-year-old Mia, who was visibly distressed and wanted someone to help her. Her trembling voice could barely whisper, “Please… can you come? Someone’s under the bed. I’m scared.”
Her parents noticed her speaking to the police and tried to assure the operator that their daughter was just imagining things. “You know how children are,” her mother was quick to say. However, the dispatcher wasn’t fully convinced. It could be just her imagination, but based on her voice, little Mia was genuinely scared, and she probably needed someone other than her mom and dad to assure her that she was safe.
It didn’t take long before two officers arrived at Mia’s family’s suburban home.
When they saw her, she was gripping her stuffed bear tightly and led them to her room. They checked under her bed, and there was nothing but some forgotten toys and some dust. One of the officers smiled at Mia and was about to say goodbye, when the other one held up a hand, signaling for silence.
Then they heard a faint metallic scraping coming from under the bedroom floor. It was real. Mia hadn’t imagined it.
Sensing something wasn’t right, the officers took a closer look at the floor. One of them knocked near the bed, and the sound echoed hollow. They went to the garage for tools and started prying up the floorboards. Just beneath, the soil looked freshly disturbed.
After they started digging carefully, they uncovered a sealed metal hatch.
They discovered a narrow tunnel running under the neighborhood.
The officers called for backup and in no time, Mia’s neighborhood was crowded with other officers and detectives.
Soon, they located three escaped convicts, dirty and exhausted, hiding in the shadows. For days, maybe longer, they’d been digging through the night, staying quiet enough to avoid being heard and caught. But they weren’t quiet enough for Mia.
Her sharp instincts brought the escape attempt to an end, with the three men arrested and the tunnels sealed off.
That night, as officers cleared the scene and returned to the house, Mia could finally get some rest and fall asleep. She was glad someone heard her cries for help, despite her mom and dad believing that she was just imagining things.
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Some movies just pass by unnoticed by the audience, and others remain classics and attract the attention of millions. Dirty Dancing definitely belongs to the latter. The love story between Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman and dance teacher Johnny Castle sold over 1 million copies on VHS. The original song for the movie, ‘I’ve Had The Time of My Life‘ won numerous awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
For the lead actors, Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, the door to a whole new world was opened. Suddenly, all eyes were on them and they found themselves under the spotlight. However, a tragic incident that preceded the film premiere prevented Grey from enjoying her enormous success and all the attention she was given by the huge number of fans.
Today, years after Dirty Dancing saw the light of the day and became one of the best movies of the decade, Grey speaks of her fame and her decision to turn her back on Hollywood at the age of 27.
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In 1987, the year the movie premiered, Grey was living in Ireland with then-boyfriend Matthew Broderick. The two were were involved in a car crash in which a mother and her young daughter lost their lives. As per reports, Broderick was driving on the wrong side of the street and killed the family in the other vehicle. He was charged with dangerous driving, later reduced to careless driving.
Grey didn’t suffer any serious physical injuries, or at least she thought so, but she was never the same person she once was. The tragedy touched her deeply and she had a hard time moving on.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, the promising actress said, “The juxtaposition of that deep sorrow, the survivor’s guilt, and then being celebrated as the new big thing just didn’t jibe. It didn’t feel good to be the toast of the town.”
“My head was never the same, my ambition was never the same,” she told People.
As she struggled with survivor’s guilt, Grey finally decided to do something for herself and underwent a nose procedure. However, it didn’t turn out as planned and instead of making her feel better about her looks, Grey’s face became unrecognizable.
“I went in the operating theater a celebrity and come out anonymous,” she revealed in 2012.“It was like being in a witness protection program or being invisible. It was the nose job from hell. I’ll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes because of a nose job.”
Some ten years ago, Grey felt that she wanted to be part of the film industry again. She won the TV show ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and that finally helped her leave her past behind. This show was exactly what she needed to feel alive again.
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“It’s like I’ve starved myself because of what people could think about me. This is like eating a delicious steak after having been on a diet for 23 years,” Grey told People.
Today, she’s back on the big screen and starred in the movies Untogether, Red Oaks, Bittersweet Symphony and I am Patrick Swayze.
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However, there was a time when she was going through severe medical issues. A medical checkup revealed Grey was at risk of being paralyzed.
“Her spine was actually literally falling off. One good fall or a rear end accident or throwing her head suddenly and it could have done serious damage to her spinal cord,” neurological spinal surgeon Dr. Robert Bray, Jr., told ABC. “We are talking about complete paralysis.”
Dr. Bray performed several operations on Grey and a titanium plate needed to be screwed into her spine. Unfortunately, more shocking news followed, Grey had cancer.
X-rays showed a cancerous growth in her thyroid, but according to the actress herself, doctors were able to remove it before the cancer spread to other areas.
In 2010, Grey underwent four major surgeries, including the one mentioned before. She was also forced to have her thyroid removed.
Luckily, she now feels great.
We are sure that Jennifer Grey’s career would take a completely different turn if it wasn’t for that accident that changed her life forever. We are, however, happy she’s back where she has always belonged, in Hollywood.
If you loved Dirty Dancing see the unforgettable scene from it in the video below.
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On May 10, four bodies were discovered inside a lakeside Nebraska home by the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities believe that Jeremy Koch, 42, killed his wife, Bailey Koch, and their two sons, Hudson, 18, and Asher, 16, before taking his own life in what is being treated as an apparent murder-suicide.
Days before the tragedy, Bailey took to Facebook, pleading for help to save her husband’s mental health.
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Allegedly, Jeremy was battling depression since 2009 and had attempted to commit suicide several times over the years. Bailey even started a GoFundMe in order to raise funds and help her husband’s struggles. “May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so here we are… making you aware,” Bailey reportedly wrote. Further, she explained that Jeremy’s depression became increasingly severe, writing, “Jeremy cannot get out of bed unless forced. By not eating or drinking, Jeremy is slowly completing suicide.”
His mental health declined in March, when Bailey awoke to him standing over her bed with a knife, saying, “Something is wrong.” She was able to talk him to access a round of electroconvulsive therapy, which sadly didn’t help him much.
“It didn’t work. Jeremy became a shell of himself,” Bailey wrote at the time.
“I have no pride left. Mental illness is taking my husband from me, and I’m begging you to open your eyes and see the reality that is this society’s mental health crisis.”
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On May 8, Bailey posted on the social media that her husband was released from inpatient care so that he could attend Hudson’s high school graduation which was supposed to take place just hours after after the family was found dead.
“Our boys are doing well living their lives, and for that, we are thankful,” Bailey wrote. “Please just pray Jeremy is able to somehow be with us on Saturday for our oldest son’s high school graduation.”
Authorities determined that Bailey and her sons were stabbed with a knife.
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Bailey Koch was a special education teacher at Holdrege Public Schools, who issued a statement shortly after the tragedy took place, writing, “Our hearts are with everyone impacted by a tragic event that has deeply affected us all.”
In an open letter posted on the social media, Bailey’s father, Lane Kugler, who found the dead bodies of his daughter, grandsons and son-in-law, expressed his anger over the tragedy.
“Jeremy had been fighting mental illness for many, many years,” Kugler wrote. “His depression had turned into psychosis. It was not Jeremy who committed this horrific act. It was a sick mind.”
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If you have visited a zoo, which is very likely you have, you have certainly noticed all the signs which remind visitors not to feed animals and not get close to them. This is done for both the sake of the people and the animals.
Sadly, accidents happen, and sometimes people put themselves in dangerous situations on purpose which is sadly the case with a teacher who was left in despair after she failed finding a job for some time.
Namely, while at the Berlin Zoo, the woman jumped inside the enclosure of the polar bears. In order to do so, she had to climb over a fence, a line of hedges, and a wall. What’s most, she jumped inside the caged area while the bears were being fed.
As expected, a polar bear that spotted her was quick to attack her, leaving her with serious injuries and wounds from the strong bites she sustained.
Luckily, one of the employees at the Zoo was able to scare the bear off and save Mandy.
She was severely injured on her arm, her leg, and her back.
Witnesses, including families with young children, were horrified by the unfolding scene, convinced they were seconds away from witnessing a tragic mauling.
Following the incident, reports emerged highlighting the woman’s recent personal challenges, including unemployment and a breakup, which likely contributed to her unorthodox behavior. A number of people who saw videos of the incident dubbed her behavior a cry for help. What’s more, the event ignited conversations about whether zoos are secure enough and what drives a person to risk their life this way. Still, Berlin Zoo officials said they wouldn’t change security policies because those who are determined will always find a breach.
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In a lengthy Truth Social post, president Donald Trump accused pop star Beyoncé, among other celebrities, of receiving $11 million to endorse Harris’ presidential bid — an act he claimed had broken campaign finance regulations.
He stated that the singer was paid “to walk onto a stage, quickly ENDORSE KAMALA, and walk off” without actually providing any musical performance, Newsweekreports.
He went on to accuse Oprah Winfrey of doing the same, alleging she was paid $3 million to publicly support Harris. According to the president himself, “very low-rated TV ‘anchor'” Al Sharpton received $600,000 from the Harris campaign.
His post on the social media site read, “I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!), Three Million Dollars for ‘expenses,’ to Oprah, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to very low rated TV “anchor,” Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely NOTHING!
“These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO. Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them.
“All hell would break out! Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should all be prosecuted!”
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Trump didn’t provide any proof for the large sums he shared in his post.
In fact, Harris rejected the rumors that the Cowboy Carter songstress was paid $10 million for being part of her campaign — an amount that circulated on the social media after she and Beyoncé appeared together in October 2024. In fact, at the October campaign rally for then-Vice President Kamala Harris, Beyoncé said, “I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother—a mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we’re not divided.”
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While the Federal Election Commission had no record of an $11 million payment to Beyoncé from Harris’ presidential campaign, the records do show a $165,000 payment to Parkwood Entertainment, the media company Beyoncé founded in 2008.
According to Deadline, Rev. Sharpton’s National Action Network received $500,000 and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions received $1 million for planning a livestreamed event in Michigan.
At this point, the White House hasn’t confirmed whether they would be pursuing any legal actions against Harris’ campaign.
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Hours after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific on Wednesday, prompting tsunami waves, Russia’s Klyuchevskoy volcano has erupted on the Kamchatka peninsula.
Klyuchevskoy, situated about 450 kilometers (280 miles) north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of the region, has erupted multiple times in recent years.
The Russian Academy of Sciences’ United Geophysical Service confirmed the eruption, writing on Telegram: “A descent of burning hot lava is observed on the western slope. Powerful glow above the volcano, explosions.”
The Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula began erupting shortly after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the peninsula’s eastern coast. pic.twitter.com/oBCj5eU3FD
Tsunami waves made landfall on Hawaii’s Oahu island, sparking panic as beachgoers rushed to evacuate. Officials urged those residing at coastal and low-lying zones to seek shelter on higher ground or at least on the upper floors of sturdy buildings. Sirens sounded across Hawaii at 10 minutes past the hour, every hour, for three hours before the tsunami was expected to hit, as part of a statewide alert system.
A tsunami warning was also in place along the West Coast, including California, Oregon, Washington, and Canada’s British Columbia.
Also, warnings were issued for Japan and parts of Russia.
Later on, evacuation orders were lifted for the Big Island and Oahu, Hawaii’s most populous island, though the state remained under a tsunami advisory.
Chile, however, has escalated its warning to the highest level for the majority of its Pacific coast.
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Klyuchevskoy Volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula has begun erupting following the powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the region. pic.twitter.com/GE1ofcojdN
“The impact of the tsunami could last for hours or perhaps more than a day,” said Dave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator with the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska.
“A tsunami is not just one wave,” he said. “It’s a series of powerful waves over a long period of time. Tsunamis cross the ocean at hundreds of miles an hour — as fast as a jet airplane — in deep water. But when they get close to the shore, they slow down and start to pile up. And that’s where that inundation problem becomes a little bit more possible there.”
Danila Chebrov, director of the Kamchatka Branch of the Geophysical Service, said on Telegram: “Aftershocks are currently ongoing. Their intensity will remain fairly high. However, stronger tremors are not expected in the near future.”
No causalities or major damage were reported.
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