According to Brian Baumgartner, the success of “The Office” might just be its own Christmas miracle.The actor, best known for his role as Kevin Malone, joined former co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey on a special holiday bonus episode of their “Office Ladies” podcast to reminisce about the beloved sitcom’s festive episodes and the impact they had.Baumgartner, who starred in the hit NBC series from 2005 to 2013, reflected on how his memories of the show’s holiday episodes are deeply tied to what was happening “outside” the fictional world of “The Office.”Article continues below advertisementBrian Baumgartner Credits ‘The Office’’s Christmas…
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PARTY INVITE Judges on Thursday upheld a ban on H6 from entering the country, saying that the government had been “entitled to conclude that his exclusion was justified and proportionate”. In the ruling, judges assessed H6 as being in a position to “generate relationships between senior Chinese officials and prominent UK figures which could be leveraged for political interference purposes by the Chinese state”. “The fact is, there are many more like him in the UK,” Duncan Smith told BBC radio. Duncan Smith is seeking an urgent question in parliament on Monday about the issue, with reports saying that other…
Remarks attributed to al-Assad, released by the Syrian presidency’s Telegram channel, say state fell into ‘hands of terrorism’.In the first public remarks attributed to Bashar al-Assad since he left Syria, the deposed Syrian president has defended his rule and denied planning his departure as armed opposition fighters closed in on Damascus earlier this month. A statement said to be written by al-Assad and released on the Syrian presidency’s Telegram channel on Monday presented an account of how and why the former president fled Syria. “First, my departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur during the final hours…
San Francisco 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell was sent to the locker room when he refused to play in Thursday night’s game, but not before he received an earful from general manager John Lynch.Campbell has likely played his last snap with the 49ers after he chose not to play in the team’s 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday. The veteran was reportedly unhappy that he had been demoted to second string with Dre Greenlaw returning from an injury. Campbell was blasted by several of his teammates over the stunt. Campbell was seen heading to the locker room in…
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An adult skull from the Charterhouse Warren mass grave in the UK, featuring cut marks and a blunt force fractureIan R. Carwright/Institute of Archaeology Oxford University Around 4000 years ago, at least 37 men, woman and children were brutally butchered, dismembered and possibly eaten by their enemies before their remains were tossed into a 15-metre-deep cave shaft with cattle bones. It is the largest and most extreme episode of mass violence known from prehistoric Britain. The archaeologists behind the discovery think the perpetrators did it to dehumanise, or “other”, the victims, possibly as revenge to send a political message.… Source…
Austin Tice’s mother said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” she knows her missing son is alive. Sen. Schumer demands drone trackers for New York and New Jersey. And the Green Bay Packers defeated the Seattle Seahawks, closing in on a playoff spot.Here’s what to know today. Austin Tice’s mom says discovery of another missing American in Syria feels like ‘rehearsal’Debra Tice said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” she knows her son Austin, who was detained in Syria in 2012, is still alive.Tice said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the discovery of American citizen Travis Timmerman in Syria last was…
Getty ImagesOnline platforms must begin assessing whether their services expose users to illegal material by 16 March 2025 or face financial punishments as the Online Safety Act (OSA) begins taking effect.Ofcom, the regulator enforcing the UK’s internet safety law, published its final codes of practice for how firms should deal with illegal online content on Monday.Platforms have three months to carry out risk assessments identifying potential harms on their services or they could be fined up to 10% of their global turnover.Ofcom head Dame Melanie Dawes told BBC News this was the “last chance” for industry to make changes.”If they…
President Biden has commuted sentences for 1,499 people and issued 39 pardons. The majority of these commuted sentences were on behalf of people who were placed on home confinement rather than prison during the pandemic years. The people he has chosen to give a second chance seem suspicious. Dixon, Illinois comptroller Rita Crundwell was found guilty and ADMITTED to funneling $53 million from her city since the 1990s. A career criminal politician, Crundwell opened a bank account in 1990 on behalf of the city of Dixon, but only she had access to the account. Over the decades, Crundwell admitted to…
The FBI released a wanted poster Thursday after 14 North Koreans were indicted for fraud and theft against U.S. companies and nonprofits, according to an FBI news release. The bounty? $5 million. It’s a small sum compared to the $88 million the alleged criminals stole during their six-year conspiracy. The 14 conspirators were nationals of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea posing as American information technology workers. They worked for the DPRK-controlled companies Yanbian Silverstar and Volasys Silverstar, which are located in China and Russia, respectively. The Department of Justice has accused 14 North Korean nationals of conspiring to use…