By : Taylor Mims Source : Billboard Through a virtual appearance Wednesday, Britney Spears made an impassioned request to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny to end her 13-year conservatorship. The 39-year-old singer spoke openly in court about her conservatorship for the first time since 2008 and likened her experience to being enslaved and sex trafficked. read more...
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By : Kyle Chivers Source : Norton There’s no sugarcoating the truth that different generations interact with technology differently. For a sweet comparison, just consider how it used to be the norm to knock on a neighbor’s door to borrow a cup of sugar — and your grandparents still might do just this. Nowadays, we can have an entire bag of sugar delivered to our doorsteps within a few clicks on a grocery delivery app. Tech-savviness isn’t necessarily something that runs in the family. To some degree, it’s...
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By : Mike Wells Source : ESPN INDIANAPOLIS -- The bond between Colts coach Frank Reich and quarterback Carson Wentz can be traced to a three-minute car ride across the North Dakota State campus to the football facility. It was 2016 and Wentz was expected to be one of the top picks in the draft. Reich, then offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles, wanted to sneak in a few extra minutes with his future quarterback -- and avoid being cramped in the rental car with his Eagles co-workers. In going over some of the things discussed in...
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By : Katie Atkinson Source : Billboard  Here are all the winners from the 2021 CMT Music Awards, held on June 9 in Nashville, TN! 
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By : Alexandra Olson Source : AP Karen Glidden’s loneliness became unbearable during the coronavirus pandemic. The 72-year-old widow, who suffers from vision loss and diabetes and lives far from any relatives, barely left her house in Champion, Michigan, this past year, for fear of contracting the virus. Finally vaccinated, she was looking forward to venturing out when her beloved service dog died last month. It doesn’t help that her circle of trusted friends has dwindled to one neighbor she counts on to help her shop, get to...
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By : Protect Young Minds Staff Source : Protect Young Minds The number for poison control is hanging on the fridge – check. You’re ready to hug your kids and wave goodbye to the babysitter. But wait! Did you go over any rules to keep kids safe from pornography? Consider this: The minute a babysitter enters your home (yay, date night!), you’ve also likely invited in a smartphone. Let’s go over a few ways to protect your kids from pornography when they’re being cared for by someone other than YOU. read more......
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By : Julie Jargon Source : Wall Street Journal Lauren Anjema was in sixth grade the first time a boy asked her to send him a nude photo of herself. “It was a ‘If you love me you’ll send me this’ kind of thing,” said Ms. Anjema, now 18. As social isolation and device usage soared during the pandemic, digital-media experts say the sharing of nude selfies and other sexually explicit messages among teens and tweens has only gotten worse. Bark, an online safety service that parents and schools can pay to monitor...
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