Lacey Chabert didn’t give herself the title, “Queen of Christmas,” but she loves everything about the holiday season. After starring in 40 Hallmark movies, Chabert has a special love for Christmas and everything that comes with the season.The “Mean Girls” star recently partnered with Russell Stover to extend her love of the season while reminiscing about her special childhood holiday memories. She had some time to sit down with The Blast to share more about her partnership, acting career, how she feels about being called the “Queen of Christmas,” and more. And if you’re wondering just how much Chabert loves the…
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What’s at stake for Southeast Asia? Undersea cables have become increasingly valuable – and vulnerable – for countries in Southeast Asia, said Ms Elina Noor, a senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think-tank. She wrote in a research paper that by virtue of its geographical location, Southeast Asia is a key node in the web of undersea cables around the world, and acts as a communications gateway to North America and Africa. By 2025, an estimated 10 major cable projects in and around Southeast Asia are due to come online to meet growing bandwidth…
A United States federal judge has rejected a deal that would have let Boeing plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading US regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. US District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas on Thursday said that diversity, inclusion and equity – or DEI – policies in the government and at Boeing could result in race being a factor in picking an official to oversee Boeing’s compliance with the agreement. The ruling creates uncertainty around the criminal prosecution of the aerospace giant in…
Nine college football conference champions will be crowned by the end of the weekend. There are plenty of questions to be answered, including: Who will earn automatic byes in the College Football Playoff and who will be left out?But perhaps the biggest question of all is this: Are these games necessary?The allure of the conference championship weekend is a day and a half of football between some of the best teams. Most of the games, including the SEC title game between No. 2 Texas and No. 5 Georgia in Atlanta, will be played in front of packed houses at NFL…
John Cronin, a 28-year-old entrepreneur with Down Syndrome, started John’s Crazy Socks in 2016. The Farmingdale, New York-based company now sells more than 4,000 different types of socks and has hit a major milestone: over two million orders fulfilled, per a report published Wednesday by the New York Post.The socks on offer range from holiday-focused to Harry Potter-branded. There are also special designs that raise awareness for Down syndrome and autism, and gift packs, like a women’s dog rescue gift containing three different pairs of dog-themed socks.Cronin, his parents Mark and Carol, and his older brother Jamie run the business…
A highly infectious strain of bird flu has been circulating worldwide since 2020ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images The H5N1 bird flu virus that has spread worldwide is already better at infecting people than earlier strains. What’s more, a single mutation could allow it to infect the cells lining our noses and throats, making it more likely to go airborne. This change alone is not enough for the virus to be capable of causing a pandemic. However, if a virus with this mutation swapped genes with a human flu virus, it could acquire pandemic potential almost instantly. “The more people get…
Brigham Young University quarterback Jake Retzlaff, the first Jewish quarterback in program history, has signed an NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) sponsorship with the kosher food company Manischewitz, it announced Thursday. Retzlaff, who has adopted the nickname “BYJew,” is one of only three Jewish students at the Latter-day Saints university. A junior who was named the starter before the season, Retzlaff has led the Cougars to a 10-2 record and a No. 18 ranking in the country. He has thrown for 2,796 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Manischewitz, which was founded in 1888, makes kosher products, including matzo, macaroons and wine. Retzlaff said the…
When the lights went out on the BCS East-West Interlink fiber optic cable connecting Lithuania and Sweden on 17 November, the biggest question wasn’t when internet service would be restored. (That’d come another 10 or so days later.) The outage—alongside a cable failure the next day of an undersea line connecting Finland and Germany—soon became a whodunit, as German, Swedish, and Finnish officials variously hinted that the damage to the lines could constitute acts of “sabotage” or “hybrid warfare.” Suspicion soon centered around Russia or China—especially given the presence of a Chinese-flagged cargo vessel in the area during both incidents.The…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 119.21 points or 0.30% to 39,395.60 • Shanghai increased 4.21 points or 0.12% to 3,368.86 • Hang Seng decreased 182.02 points or -0.92% to 19,560.44 • ASX 200 increased 12.30 points or 0.15% to 8,474.90 • SENSEX increased 809.39 points or 1.00% to 81,765.72 • Nifty50 increased 240.95 points or 0.98% to 24,708.40 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD increased 0.00199 or 0.31% to 0.64504 • NZDUSD increased 0.00120 or 0.20% to 0.58840 • USDJPY decreased 0.526 or -0.35%…
Credit: AT&T, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons AT&T is one of the oldest and largest companies of its kind in the United States, with a storied history. Unfortunately, a major data breach exposed the personal information of millions of Americans, including those who are not AT&T customers. Are you one of them? If so, you may be eligible for a class action lawsuit. AT&T Data Breach Earlier this year, AT&T announced that a significant data breach had occurred. “In April, AT&T learned that customer data was illegally downloaded from our workspace on a third-party cloud platform,” the company said in…