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Miss Manners: The bride hung up on me, and her mother was rude, too. Was I in the wrong?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My long-distance niece, whom I only see every few years, hung up on me when I called to give my regrets that I could not make it to her wedding.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: This lady at church got stuck, and I accidentally laughed out loud Advice | Miss Manners: This well-off bride’s wedding shower has me baffled Advice | Miss Manners: I’m plagued by how I mishandled this neighborly interaction Advice | Miss Manners: One guest ignored my buffet and raided the refrigerator Advice | Miss Manners: What should I do when my co-workers glare at me? I explained that we had a prepaid, nonrefundable vacation planned, and that we would like to make it up to her by taking the newlyweds out to dinner the next time we traveled there.She said, “That’s not good enough,” and hung up the phone. I haven’t spoken to her since.Is this acceptable bridal behavio...

Dear Abby: She stages these embarrassing displays, and I can’t deal with it anymore

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

DEAR ABBY: A family friend, “Simone,” makes the time we spend together unbearable.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: He’s just a little boy, but he’s already on the wrong path. What can I do? Advice | Dear Abby: I have a wedding dress and a man I love, but I’m ready to scrap everything Advice | Dear Abby: The family letter is meant to be upbeat but I can’t bring myself to read it Advice | Dear Abby: Do I need to make a formal goodbye to an unwanted friend? Advice | Dear Abby: I took in her cat and it was a big mistake. How do I get out of this? She’s married to my husband’s best friend, “Earl.” We see them often and spend many holidays together.Before Earl married Simone, we thought she was a pretty normal person and a great match for him. Over time, we have come to realize that she’s anything but.Simone is loud and dramatic, and she love...

Player of the Week: Gaithersburg’s Gideon Ituka

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

(new Image()).src = "https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384&cid=c2ffed0c-3624-46c0-b10f-97c976d290a3";cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: "fdb49a08-e061-4bda-a513-a8bfd45bc16d"}).render("831d10cf73e3464ba7c3ff4dc1a52f2a"); });There are not many secrets when it comes to the Gaithersburg High School football team’s offensive game plan.The Trojans have 5-foot-10, 240-pound senior running back Gideon Ituka — a powerful runner who has accepted a football scholarship offer from Wisconsin — and he is going to get the ball. A lot.While opponents know what is usually coming, stopping Ituka is another matter. This past Friday, he rushed 26 times for a career-high 304 yards and four touchdowns, carrying Gaithersburg to a 28-14 win over Seneca Valley.For his efforts, Ituka was named the Military Bowl DC Touchdown Club High School Football Player of the Week.Gideon Ituka, a big, strong powerf...

Biden tells Netanyahu that explosion at Gaza hospital appears to have been done ‘by the other team, not you’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Biden tells Netanyahu that explosion at Gaza hospital appears to have been done ‘by the other team, not you.’Source

Afghanistan wins toss and opts to field against New Zealand in Cricket World Cup

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won his second toss in four games and opted to bowl first against New Zealand at the Cricket World Cup on Wednesday.New Zealand, the runner-up in 2019, and India are the only unbeaten sides in the tournament.The Black Caps are second behind India in the standings. Both teams have six points from three games, with India leading on net run-rate. New Zealand has beaten England, Netherlands and Bangladesh.Skipper Kane Williamson is again unavailable, this time owing to a thumb injury sustained during the match with Bangladesh, and is replaced by Will Young. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi misses out for a fourth successive game.Afghanistan is coming off a stunning 69-run win over England in one of the biggest shocks in the tournament’s history. The victory lifted the team to sixth in the standings with two points from three games. Afghanistan is unchanged and again the focus will be on its trio of spinners – Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rah...

Indonesia’s ruling party picks top security minister to run for VP in next year’s election

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s ruling party on Wednesday named the nation’s top security minister as the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate in next year’s election in Southeast Asia’s largest democracy.Muhammad Mahfud will be seeking the vice presidency alongside the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle presidential hopeful Ganjar Pranowo, former Central Java governor.The announcement by PDIP chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri was attended by three leaders of PDIP’s partner parties for the February election and sets up a potential three-way race, with Pranowo expected to face former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto.Baswedan choose his running mate as Muhaimin Iskandar, the chairman of National Awakening Party, which has strong ties to the country’s largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, which boasts over 45 million members.PDIP’s pick is considered by many as a move aimed at boosting Pranowo’s popularity in the w...

Biden arrives in Israel on mission to contain Israeli-Hamas war and encourage delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Biden arrives in Israel on mission to contain Israeli-Hamas war and encourage delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza.Source

Biden on Gaza hospital strike: Looks like the ‘other team’ did it

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

U.S. President Joe Biden landed Wednesday in Israel and told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the attack on the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza which killed hundreds on Tuesday night appears to have been committed by the “other team, not you.”“Based on what I have seen, it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden said. “But there’s a lot of people out there who are not sure. So we’ve got to overcome a lot of things.”Biden said that “he’s deeply saddened and outraged by the incident,” adding “the U.S. will continue to support Israel.” He did not provide evidence for his remark that the deadly explosion might have been caused by Palestinian militants. “I’m looking forward to having a discussion about what happens from here,” Biden told Netanyahu, as Israel continues its war on Palestinian militant group Hamas. This story is being updated.

Biden says hospital blast in Gaza ‘appears as though it was done by the other team’ and not Israel

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden opened his visit to Israel on Wednesday vowing to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with the Jewish people and offering an assessment that the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital appeared to have been carried out “by the other team” and not the Israeli military.“Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting, referring to Hamas militants. But Biden said there were “a lot of people out there” who weren’t sure what caused the blast.The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike caused the destruction and hundreds of deaths. The Israeli military denied involvement and blamed a misfired rocket from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group. However, that organization also rejected responsibility.Biden had been scheduled to visit Jordan after the stop in Israel, but meetings the...

OBF: Apathy – and empty seats – await these struggling Patriots

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:37 GMT

Robert Kraft opened Gillette Stadium in 2002.His Patriots have never played a home game at The Razor with fans in attendance after the team has been eliminated from the playoffs.Never.That run ends this season.Of all the negative superlatives achieved by the current version of Belichick & Sons, this one is perhaps the most sobering.It demonstrates the success this team (not to mention Tom Brady, whose streak continued in Tampa Bay) enjoyed in the 21st century. And it offers a blinding 500-megawatt beacon of reality about the current squad emanating from the new lighthouse.It took the Kraft Family nearly 30 years of team ownership, but their Patriots have finally turned the Red Sox triple play:Unwatchable.(They are the only team in the NFL yet to score more than 20 points in a game.)Unlikable.(See DeVante “Fingertips” Parker and Mac “Nut Tap” Jones.)Unable to win.(The Patriots went 39 drives without a touchdown before Sunday, a run that consumed 197:42 of game time.)Their goodwil...