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Madeline Smith shared the video she sent to her boss at 4:30 a.m. to TikTok two days ago, where it has since gained over 4 million views. In the clip, Smith told her boss exactly why she may not be able to make it in, but was still attempting to regardless—a fact that shocked many viewers. “Ash, I’m not going to lie, I don’t know if I can even back my car up because the snow is up to the door, but I am trying but this is really bad,” she explained....

The video was posted to TikTok by Alex (@alexahom), who wrote: “Truly shocked deep down to the core.” It has amassed nearly 500,000 views and has left some wondering, “What the hell happened to human empathy?” Empathetic Bosses American workers want empathetic managers, according to research from EY Consulting. A 2021 survey of just over a thousand American employees conducted by the company revealed that 90 percent of workers associate empathetic leadership with higher job satisfaction, and 88 percent said it creates employee loyalty....

Voting in Arizona has been a point of contention in this year’s election. On Tuesday, Fox News projected that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden would win the state, prompting some observers to claim the network had made the call too early. Some voters in Arizona may have been influenced by social media videos that alleged that ballots filled out with a felt-tip marker were not counted by tabulation machines....

The eight-city league which was launched by Figo in Mumbai earlier this week is scheduled to be held from 15 to 24 July. But the proposed tournament has run into trouble even before its start with both FIFA and the All India Football Federation (AIFF) voicing strong opposition. The AIFF have also informed the sports ministry that the Futsal Association of India (FAI) is an unrecognised body and it is considering legal action against it....

Young rifle shooter Ayonika Paul topped the qualification round in the women’s 10m air rifle event but missed out on an Olympic berth after she finished eighth in the final round. A top-six finish would have ensured her a ticket to the Rio Games. Jitu, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, shot a total of 191.1 to fetch the silver, while the gold went to South Korean Jin Jongh (192.3). Chinese shooter Pang Wei (172....

Argentina won Group F while Nigeria also advanced despite the loss, becoming the first African team in the round of 16 in Brazil. Messi had his best match of the World Cup so far, scoring twice in the first half to boost his tournament total to four goals, and repeatedly cutting up Nigeria’s defense with dazzling runs and clever passes. “We played against a team that wanted to play,” Messi said....

But the end of the ride came at the exact same point as four years ago: with a loss in extra time in the World Cup’s round of 16. Kevin De Bruyne finally beat goalkeeper Tim Howard in the third minute of extra time, Romelu Lukaku scored 12 minutes later to give Belgium a two-goal lead, and the Red Devils hung on for a 2-1 victory Tuesday. “It’s heartbreaking,” Howard said....

In a post on Reddit’s Am I the A****** subforum, user GottaHaveSleepyDumbo said his 4-year-old son started “freaking out” after a sleepover at the home of the child’s friend “because he couldn’t find sleepy Dumbo (his stuffed animal) and he cannot sleep without sleepy Dumbo.” Children can get extremely attached to certain objects and can prefer them over even “perfect duplicates,” according to a January 2008 study in the peer-reviewed journal Cognition....

While on first appearances, the idea of someone retaining what might be considered family heirlooms might not sit well with many, in this instance the situation was complicated further by the fact the previous owner had been a hoarder and left the property in a nightmarish state. Hoarding disorder, to give it its clinical term, refers to a condition whereby a person has continued difficulties getting rid of possessions with attempts to do so resulting in considerable distress....

Lutali, 56, from Aurora, Colorado, has stage five kidney disease that puts her at risk of dying without a new kidney — but she has refused to take the COVID vaccine because of the role fetal cell lines have played in the development of vaccines. “As a Christian, I can’t support anything that has to do with abortion of babies, and the sanctity of life for me is precious,” she told the Associated Press....

In the viral video shared by @mrsbillett1986, the woman can be seen “passed out” on a deckchair that is lifted by three men and placed underneath a tipping water feature that left her soaked. Over 315,000 people have watched the woman’s dramatic reaction to getting drenched which left her rolling on the floor. The video has received over 12,800 likes since being posted on September 29. You can watch it here....

The video, posted by @durbinmalonster to TikTok, has been viewed over 2 million times on the video-sharing app. In the video, @durbinmalonster, whose first name is Darby said she received a notification from Apple that while she was sleeping someone had changed the phone number associated with her Apple ID account. The change made it impossible to access her account or change her password. “This is my last hope if TikTok can help,” she said in the video posted on January 12....

Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who also holds British citizenship, was arrested in September 2018 in Tehran after visiting the country on a research trip. She was held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, spending months in solidary confinement, along with Qarchak prison where she was later sent as a punishment. During her time in captivity Moore-Gilbert was accused of spying for Israel, Australia and the U.K., in what Amnesty International and the Australian government described as “politically motivated charges....

Sophie Pugh said doctors dismissed a three-centimeter growth on her left ovary as unimportant eight months before she was diagnosed with stage-four cancer, the Daily Mail reported. Now, despite the fact that the cancer has spread to both of her lungs and she has had to stop working as a disability carer, Pugh is determined to keep fighting. She told the paper that “all the signs were there” as she suffered from lower back pain, and a sore upper leg....

A court in Antalya heard harrowing testimony via video link from Melek Ipek, 31, about how she had been regularly beaten by her husband Ramazan Ipek, 36, throughout their 12-year marriage. In her account in the indictment, she described how on January 6 this year, she had been handcuffed by her husband who hit her with a rifle butt and threatened to kill her and their daughters, aged nine and seven, The New York Times reported....

Katie Lehman, a Kenosha, Wisconsin, voter, told MSNBC reporter Julie Tsirkin on Saturday that she and her husband previously voted for Johnson, but will now support his opponent Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, a Democrat, instead in this year’s midterm elections. “We actually voted for Ron Johnson once in the past because he seemed honest in his commercials and he is not honest,” Lehman said. “In fact he is very dishonest....

Two-time defending champions, the Sydney Sixers, headlined by two outstanding performances from Ellyse Perry, overcame their first-up loss to the Melbourne Stars last weekend with consecutive wins over the Perth Scorchers and Sydney Thunder to get their campaign underway and move to the first place on the ladder. The Thunder, WBBL 01 champions, bounced back themselves by racking up a huge score against the Brisbane Heat, ensuring they also finished with two wins from three games to sit just behind the Sixers on the ladder....

Having barely put a foot wrong throughout her third round at Royal Birkdale, it was the South Korean’s feet that ultimately landed her in trouble as she looked set to move to the top of the leaderboard. MORE: Golf Digest leaderboard | Men’s British Open favorites Ahn was judged to have illegally built a stance in a bunker on the last, prompting tournament officials to hand down a sanction that saw the 26-year-old slip from five under into a share of second place at three under....

Without a hint of doubt, the grand T20 leagues being conducted in Nepal, Everest Premier League, Pokhara Premier League, Dhangadhi Premier League, etc. to name a few, have done a transcendent job by putting giant strides forward to extract local talents from the streets and gullies of villages and towns. Let us not forget that Sandeep Lamichanne, the Nepalese spin-sensation, was explored by the National coach and skipper of Nepal in the nets of Chitwan....

The final was moved by 10 hours to avoid the oppressive midday heat. The gold-medal match will now be played at 8 a.m. ET (9 p.m. local time) on Friday. If it ends in a tie after the 90 minutes of regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played (two 15-minute periods). If the deadlock persists, the gold medal winner will be decided in a penalty-kick shootout. The United States, which had played in all but one gold medal match in Olympic history before this tournament, won its first Olympic bronze medal, beating Australia 4-3 on two goals each from USWNT legends Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd....