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This time of year, everyone is likely to wear a fancy mask. No one bats an eyelid when you carry around a giant ax or machete or wear gloves with knives in the fingers. People throw open doors, hand out candy to beasts and madmen, and otherwise scream.Article continues after ad Literary monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Werewolf have been replaced by modern fictional killers like Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and the thug from “Scream,” but without a mask. Doesn’t Halloween seem like the ideal thing to do, since you can wear it and carry weapons? Do you have…

Typically, when a company decides to sponsor a major event, they are trying to increase awareness of their product to a wide range of consumers. So it came as a bit of a surprise when TCS, the technical services arm of the Indian conglomerate Tata Group, little known in the United States, first announced that it would be the title sponsor of the New York City Marathon in 2013. head scratcher. After all, TCS sells services to businesses, not individual consumers, and is not doing business. But on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first race under the…

In a not-so-meaningful game, Virginia men’s soccer earned a victory over a perennial Mary Washington team ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division III. The Cavaliers (8-5-3, 3-3-2 ACC) ended the season on a high note at Kleckner Stadium with a 4-2 victory over the Eagles (15-1), making it their second season of the season. tied for the highest total score. 1-1), suffering their first loss of the season. Early in the game, Virginia played as calmly as an autumn breeze blowing through Kleckner. Keeping nearly the same starting lineup as the previous game, with senior defender Austin Rome starting in…

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Emily Montgomery, one of our beloved colleagues and longtime ABC7 News employee, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday.It’s safe to say she was a long-time employee.Montgomery began her career at KGO-TV in 1983.She has worked in news archives and as a teleprompter operator, and recently trained to become a director.Dave Figura, who hired Montgomery for the teleprompter position, said, “Emily had amazing energy and a lively spirit. She’s the kind of person you want to watch your back.”Joan Jung, who has worked with Montgomery for more than 40 years, recalled working with her in the early 1980s.…

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Two more locally transmitted cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue fever have been confirmed in Los Angeles County, making it the county’s 11th case this year, health officials announced Wednesday.One of the new cases was at Baldwin Park. This is the seventh case in the city’s cluster and “demonstrates the continued community spread of dengue fever caused by infected mosquitoes,” the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a release. The second new case is a resident of the Hollywood Hills. Health officials did not provide details about where the person may have been…

Clay Smith was wandering the aisles at Spirit Halloween in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood this week, deciding whether to change his costume from a warm one-piece banana suit to something lighter, perhaps a pool boy. .Crystal Colon, who was also shopping for Halloween, said she would skip the annual parade in Greenwich Village and instead celebrate her favorite holiday away from the city.”The heat and the subway and the costumes would be unbearable,” she said.Temperatures in New York City on Halloween are expected to reach the mid to upper 70s, a far cry from the crisp fall days New Yorkers are…

Roxy-Emma McAleese considers herself a normal 19-year-old who studies and works, loves Christmas and has a cat named Dog.She is also a drug addict and is in recovery after being sober for five months.“I didn’t care what I was eating, what I was doing, who I was seeing, as long as I had that medication,” she said.Ms McAleese will share her story at the NSW Drag Summit in Griffith tomorrow.”I just want to raise awareness because there’s a lot of stigma attached to[drug use]and to say it’s normal and I’m just a normal person.” she said.Roxy-Emma McAleese has been to…

JORDANTON, Texas (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred are busy moving across Texas as the nation’s most expensive and high-profile Senate session draws to a close. , is making its final pitch to Texas voters. race.Mr. Cruz, who narrowly won a second term in 2018 and is once again facing a tough race, spoke out against tougher border measures and policies supporting transgender people, including at a bus tour rally outside San Antonio on Tuesday. leaning toward conservative pledges that call for attacks onRelated: Our Recommendation to the U.S. SenateAllred, Texas’ first black senator, will…

There’s less than a week left until Election Day in the United States. Here’s what you need to know about how the 2024 presidential vote will be conducted. Who can vote? In the United States, citizens must meet very basic eligibility criteria to vote. They must be: U.S. Citizen Resident of the state where you are registered to vote 18 years or older Voter eligibility may vary from state to state, especially regarding criminal convictions. For example, individuals with criminal records may face restrictions such as losing their permanent right to vote in certain states. There are approximately 160 million…

TACOMA, Wash. – At Spanaway, being best friends and two of the top 2025 high school football freshmen in Washington state means no worries.Zydrius Rainey-Sale, a linebacker from Bethel High School and the consensus No. 1 senior recruit in the state, and Daryan Clemons, the No. 5 ranked running back and wide receiver from Spanaway Lake High School, are on the future team. We are planning to become mates. washington huskies.But that had to be put on hold as these two standout teams and their respective teams faced off for survival in a loser-elimination 4A SPSL mini-tiebreaker game this weekend…