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Funerals begin for 6 victims of Nashville school shooting

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Funerals will begin Friday in the wake of Monday's mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville. Mourners will gather on Friday for the first of six funerals in the wake of Monday's mass shooting at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. Friends and family of 9-year-old victim Evelyn Dieckhaus were asked to wear pink and green to her funeral service on Friday afternoon. "Our hearts are completely broken," the Dieckhaus family said in a statement. "We cannot believe this has happened. Evelyn was a shining light in this world." Evelyn Dieckhaus is seen in this undated photo. Courtesy The Dieckhaus Family MORE: Nashville school shooting updates: Slain head of school lauded for her forethought The service for 9-year-old victim Hallie Scruggs will be on Saturday. Hallie's funeral will be at Covenant Presbyterian Church -- the church connected to the school where she was killed and where her father, Chad Scrugg

Chaos in Italy as Eintracht Frankfurt fans riot & clash with police in Naples

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The build-up to Napoli's Champions League round of 16 second leg clash with Eintracht Frankfurt has been marred by violence and disturbances involving supporters and local police . Frankfurt fans clashed with authorities in the centre of Naples on Wednesday afternoon after an altercation initially involving a group of home supporters The streets were littered with debris after glass bottles were smashed, tables and thrown were launched and flares let off, while there was also significant damage caused to local shop fronts, cars and motorcycles. There had been concerns that Frankfurt fans would attempt to incite trouble in Italy prior to their arrival in the country - there were issues before their first meeting in Germany - and authorities had attempted to implement a travel ban. But a legal appeal saw permission granted for those born or a resident of Frankfurt to purchase tickets. Photos and videos circulating on social media have revealed the extent of the carnage caused, with

Twitter announces new API pricing

After a long delay, Twitter has finally announced new API price structures. The pricing strategy has divided users into three tiers. The new structure offers a free tier which has limited functionality. The users of this tier can post up to 1,500 tweets a month but will not have access to other vital functions. This tier mainly focuses on bots and testing purposes. The second tier is for $200. With this tier, developers can post up to 3,000 tweets monthly at the user level and up to 50,000 at the app level. In addition to that, it offers a read limit of 10,000 tweets a month. The third tier, which targets commercial projects and Business es, still needs to be determined regarding pricing and limitations. As per the company, access to this category would be enough to satisfy the Business 's and its customers' needs. Twitter still needs to clarify access for researchers or academics who rely on this platform. However, the platform is working on it. Source: https://the

ART! Roberta Segal, “Design brings order to my world”

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Photo: Purple Bowl – kiln formed glass with vitrograph and inclusions “Isolation gave me the opportunity to express myself in solitude, without the confines of rushing to the next appointment or meeting. A commission for a private waterfront home. There are glass inclusions which reflect the light from the ocean view window…” says well known artist Roberta Segal, reflecting on her time as an artist during COVID. Roberta Segal says, “Design brings order to my world . My love of color brings life. My expression incorporates my passion. I resist definition, for I work in oils, acrylics, encaustics, printmaking, and often in combination But my love of the use of light, has introduced me to glass and all of its mysteries. Glass may be fragile and show strength; it can appear solid, yet in reality be in motion; it can be without color or be vibrant. The medium of glass holds limitless possibilities for the creator. She has produced work in Wall Art, Vessels/Interiors

Nintendo To Show Off 10 Minutes Of Tears Of The Kingdom Gameplay

Tears of the Kingdom is set to be Nintendo's biggest launch of 2023 by quite some way, and potentially the biggest Game on Switch so far. With a little more than a month to go, Nintendo is doing a pretty great job of keeping the hype train going, and it will continue to do that tomorrow by showing off ten minutes of Game play from the Breath of the Wild sequel. In typical Nintendo fashion, the studio dropped the bombshell that it will be showing off an extended look at Tears of the Kingdom's Game play with barely any time for us all to prepare. Revealed via Nintendo of America's Twitter account, Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma will be our guide for the video which will air at 10 am EST on Tuesday via Nintendo's YouTube channel. RELATED: Tears Of The Kingdom Needs To Double Down On Divine Beasts Even though a great deal of what to expect from Tears of the Kingdom has been shown through trailers, Nintendo has also managed to keep a lot of wh

Is Nicki Minaj collaborating with Taylor Swift? Here is what we know

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The Queen rapper has got both Swifties and Barbz riled up as she tweeted Taylor Swift ’s lyrics from chart topping hit Anti-Hero With her recent tweets Nicki Minaj has people wondering whether collaboration between her and  Taylor Swift  is in order. The Queen rapper has got both Swifties and Barbz riled up as she tweeted Taylor Swift ’s lyrics from chart topping hit Anti-Hero. With these tweets it is also proved that all is well between Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift after their infamous feud on Twitter seven years back. The feud between these two musicians started when Nicki tweeted about getting snubbed from 2015 Video Music Awards as others had slim women in the videos. Taylor took this as a personal jab on herself as her Bad Blood music video was nominated. Taylor later apologized for misunderstanding the situation after Nicki explained that her tweet is not about the former. However, these recent tweets surely indicate that their respect and friendship remains intact f

The most expensive aircraft in the world is the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

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The B-2 Spirit is a heavy stealth bomber with flying wings. It is one of the most unique planes in the world. In fact, the B-2 is the only stealth bomber in use around the world. The B-2 is also the most expensive plane in the world, with a total c.o.s.t of $2.13 b.i.llion per plane.. Product of the Cold ധąɾ The Spirit was designed during the Cold ധąɾ’s climax, under the Carter administration’s “Advanced Technology Bomber” project, for the purpose of penetrating increasingly-sophisticated Soviet air defenses and striking high value targets. To bypass the sensitive and deadly Soviet air defenses, the B-2 was designed around stealth technology, allowing the bomber to penetrate contested airspace, undetected. The B-2, with its low observability, is capable of deploying both conventional and thermonuclear ωεɑρσռs. The program’s remarkable costs were palatable during the Cold ധąɾ, when the B-2 was first designed and ordered. Initially, 132 bombers were expected to be built

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West set to welcome ‘fourth child via surrogate’

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West set to welcome ‘ fourth child via surrogate ’ Kim Kardashian looks set to become a mum again. The 38-year-old is expecting a fourth child with Kanye West in May. The delighted pair are understood to be using the same surrogate who carried their daughter Chicago, born 11 months ago .   The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was advised not to have any more kids for medical reasns following the birth of three-year-old Saint. But according to US Weekly husband Kanye is determined to have a big family. The famous couple had a single fertilised embryo left after little Chigago’s birth, and their baby boy is due in May. In the last Keeping UP With The Kardashians Kim told her pal: “Kanye wants to have more children. He’s been harᴀssing me. He wants like seven. He’s like stuck on seven.” Kim and husband Kanye also have five-year-old North. Speaking about her choice of surrogate Kim, who also has a daughter North, five, by Kanye, prev

Blazers likely to shut down Damian Lillard for remainder of season as play-in berth looks doubtful, per report

All-Star guard Damian Lillard may have played his last game of the 2022-23 NBA season. With the Portland Trail Blazers sitting 3.5 games out of the race for the play-in tournament as of Saturday, the team is leaning toward shutting down Lillard for the remaining nine games of the regular season, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Lillard, who is averaging a career-high 32.2 points per Game this season , missed Portland's 124-96 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday due to a calf issue. According to Charania, the Blazers simply don't want to risk subjecting Lillard to further injury with the team unlikely to reach the post season for the second consecutive year.

Resident Evil 4 Remake's Denuvo DRM Seems To Cause Performance Issues On PC

Resident Evil 4 Remake has been met with overwhelmingly positive reviews across the board, but that doesn't mean the launch has gone off without a hitch. PC players over on Steam are complaining about the Game 's use of Denuvo DRM, saying that it's leading to performance issues on setups that should be able to handle the remake. This is just the latest example of a Game coming under fire for using the controversial DRM, which is intended to prevent or at least slow down efforts to pirate the title. True enough, that means that the remake is far from being cracked, but that only seems to be creating issues for some of the legitimate players. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Related: Resident Evil 4's Professional Difficulty Is Way Easier Than You Think "The demo worked great with the right settings, no issues whatsoever," reads one of the (admittedly few) negative reviews on Steam. "However, the full r

Luka Doncic fined $35,000 for making cash gesture towards official late in loss to Warriors

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic has been fined $35,000 for making an inappropriate gesture towards an official during Wednesday's loss to the Golden State Warriors, the NBA announced Friday. The moment came with mere seconds remaining in the game. Doncic attempted a layup that could have cut the Dallas deficit down to a single point. He missed, and he didn't get a foul call as Golden State recovered the ball and secured the 127-125 victory. As Doncic ran back up the court, he rubbed his fingers together toward an official, making the unofficial cash gesture. Luka Doncic makes the money motion at the referee after a no-call late vs. the Warriors 😳💰 pic.twitter.com/MJnjIvdyO1 — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) March 23, 2023 This was far from the only controversial moment in the game involving officiating. In the third quarter, the Mavericks were awarded the ball after it we

Discovering a giant stingray crawling ashore to lay eggs surprised everyone first (Video)

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In a гагe and exciting discovery, a group of fishermen have саᴜɡһt a massive 27kg stingray off the coast of a small island in the Indian Ocean. The stingray was саᴜɡһt after a grueling 45-minute Ьаttɩe, and its sheer size has left the fishermen in awe. The fishermen, who had set oᴜt on a routine fishing trip, were taken aback when they noticed a sudden tᴜɡ on their line. They immediately knew that they had саᴜɡһt something big, but little did they know that they had саᴜɡһt a stingray of this size. After an іпteпѕe ѕtгᴜɡɡɩe, the fishermen were finally able to reel in the stingray, which weighed over 27 kilograms. The discovery of the 27kg stingray has саᴜѕed quite a ѕtіг in the fishing community. The fishermen, who have been fishing in the area for decades, have never саᴜɡһt a stingray of this size before. The discovery has also been celebrated by marine biologists and researchers, who are now studying the stingray to learn more about its behavior and habitat. Stingrays a