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The Calallen Wildcats football team may be preparing for the biggest game of the year on Friday, but some of the players are getting a little perspective from the charity work they’re doing. Heaters for heroes was started only a week ago when David Salinas Jr. of the United Veterans Burial Association heard from a veteran that his heater was broken.So he brought the idea, to find and donate space heaters, to his son and his son’s friend, who both play for the Wildcats football team.“It helps me know that I’m invested in the community whether it’s not necessarily doing…

A Texas Starbucks customer claims she and her culture were the target of an “offensive” joke written on the lid of her drink by one of the store’s employees. Blanca Lopez, who is Hispanic, ordered a horchata latte during a trip with her two daughters to the Starbucks inside the Irving, Texas Target store on June 23, CBS Texas reported. One of Lopez’s daughters noticed their mother’s cup had a message scribbled in black marker across the clear lid, an abnormality for a company known for writing customer names on the side of its products. “What do you call a…

WOOSTER, Ohio — For Rita Dush, Christmas trees hold many meanings. “Stewardship of the land, beauty, and happiness for families,” said Dush, owner of Pine Tree Barn in Wooster.At the barn, there is a list of different types of trees that take a while to grow. “It’s usually about eight years before we harvest,” said Brad Moore, Pine Tree Farm’s nursery manager.It also takes time to pick the perfect tree. Once customers pick, they cut them down, shake out the pines and wrap them up to go. Though the tree may last a month or two, the joy carries forever.“It’s…

Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war. Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed. A Russian drone hit a residential building in Odesa, Ukraine overnight. Ukrainian State Emergency Service/AFP via Getty Images Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for Ukraine’s air force, told the Associated…

Digital Brief: Dec. 3, 2022 (AM) Digital Brief: Dec. 3, 2022 (AM) 02:59 BRICK, N.J. (CBS) — Two people in Ocean County were arrested for animal cruelty and child endangerment Friday night, police say. Officers responded to a house in Ocean County following an anonymous complaint about a possible puppy mill. When officers arrived they rescued nearly 200 animals, but for at least two dogs help was too late.Police in Brick, New Jersey were at a home on Arrowhead Park Drive on Friday at 7:30 p.m. where they were met by the residents, 49-year-old Aimee Lonczak and 58-year-old Michele Nycz. During the…

Editor’s Note: The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writers. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide news analysis and commentary. The content is produced solely by The Conversation. The Conversation  —  Hugh Hefner launched Playboy Magazine 70 years ago this year. The first issue included a nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe, which he had purchased and published without her knowledge or consent. Hefner went on to build the Playboy brand off the backs of the countless women featured in its pages, whose beauty and performance of…

Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again – for a possible bomb – in “a matter of months”, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said.Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the US strikes on three Iranian sites last weekend had caused severe but “not total” damage, contradicting Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “totally obliterated”.”Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there,” Grossi said on Saturday.Israel attacked nuclear and military sites in Iran on 13 June, claiming Iran was close to building a…

Editor’s Note: This story was updated with the final sale price and other details following the auction. CNN  —  In 1998, Michael Jordan laced up a pair of his iconic black and red Air Jordan 13s to bring home a Bulls victory during Game 2 of his final NBA championship — and now they are the most expensive sneakers ever to sell at auction.The game-winning sneakers sold for $2.2 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday, smashing the sneaker auction record of $1.47 million, set in 2021 by a pair of Nike Air Ships that Jordan wore earlier in…

Wycliffe MuiaBBC News, KampalaRobert KatendeFor more than two decades, Robert Katende has been getting children in Katwe to take chess seriouslyA famous chess club in a slum of Uganda’s capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of Katwe is still producing champions – but faces a daily struggle to survive.Run by chess coach Robert Katende, played by actor David Oyelowo in the Disney film released in 2016, he still believes that despite financial struggles he is managing to change children’s lives for the better through chess.”We use chess as a teaching tool. To identify the potential of…

CNN  —  Paul Templer was living his best life. He was 28 and conducting tours in his native Zimbabwe, with a focus on photographic safaris. He had been away for a few years, including a stint in the British army. But he had returned to Africa’s bush country “and fell back in love with it. The wildlife, the flora, the fauna, the great outdoors, the space – just everything about it. I was at home.” Templer said Zimbabwe’s guide certification program was rigorous, and there was a lot of pride among the guides who passed. He reveled in showing tourists…