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In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/ThrowRAmyBFisanidiot (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said her best friend “Ben” pushed his wife to open their relationship but detailed how that decision backfired spectacularly. Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for telling my Ex Best Friend that he caused his divorce?” the post has received nearly 10,000 upvotes and 1,000 comments since September 23. “I…recently got into an argument with my now Ex Best friend,” OP began....

Published to Reddit’s infamous r/AmITheA**hole forum, a woman under the anonymous throwaway account, u/Fun_Self_5904, shared her story. The viral post has over 10,000 upvotes and 1,000 comments. “So my (28f) husband (31m) had to spend two months in a different state for work,” the Redditor began, “He came back 9 days ago. I am obviously thrilled he’s back and I’ve missed him a lot. I was hoping we would be able to spend some time together just the two of us....

The 31-year-old woman was arrested after police said she intentionally drove into a police barricade outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower. She was driving a Honda sedan in the 400 block of North Wabash Avenue when “she intentionally drove around officers onto the sidewalk and struck a barricade outside the tower at around 4 a.m., a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department told Newsweek. The woman, who was not named, was not injured and was taken into custody....

Amanda Gommo told South West News Service (SWNS) via Indy100 that she and the dog Belle were taking their daily nap when Belle suddenly experienced “violent diarrhea.” For whatever reason, Belle walked over to Gommo—who had fallen asleep with her mouth open—and defecated on her. Gommo promptly woke up and spent the next several hours “hurling violently.” A few days later, she was hospitalized with a “gastrointestinal infection”—one of several illnesses humans can contract from their dogs....

At around 2:50 p.m. local time on Tuesday, the Grand Canyon Communications Center was alerted to lightning striking several people at Bright Angel Trailhead, the national park’s most popular hiking trail. A 30-year-old man and 28-year-old woman were found unresponsive at the scene. The woman regained a pulse after she was given CPR and other life-saving treatment. The man regained consciousness without treatment. The storm came during Arizona’s monsoon season, which happens between mid-June to mid-September....

In a statement to Newsweek, Minneapolis Police said they were monitoring a protest in the area of West Lake Street and Girard Avenue South when they observed, on camera, a vehicle traveling eastbound on Lake Street and drive into a group of protesters at around 11:39 p.m. on Sunday, June 13. One adult female was taken to hospital in a very critical condition. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital as a result of the crash....

Chesterfield County Police said in a statement they responded to a report at around 1:50 p.m. on Monday about the woman placing the backpack in a dumpster behind a store several hours earlier. She then entered the store without the bag and left the area afterwards. “A store employee checked the backpack, saw what appeared to be blood on it and called police,” the statement read. “Officers on scene found what appeared to be human remains in the backpack....

Kim Taia was speaking in the wake of news that scientists are now helping Maori tribes to take testing for the toxin that caused her ordeal into their own hands, to make sure what happened to her is not repeated. Taia, who had gathered some pipi (a type of clam native to Australia and New Zealand) from Little Waihi Beach on New Zealand’s North Island in 2014, began experiencing a tingling sensation in her lips within half an hour of eating them....

In the hothouse of Russian politics, the temperature has shot up again. This Sunday Russians are scheduled to vote on four questions, essentially choosing between the president and his parliamentary opponents, whom Rutskoi generally supports. Last week Yeltsin vowed to step down if he loses the vote on either of two questions: whether voters “trust” him and whether the Parliament should have to stand for early re-election (Yeltsin thinks it should)....

What if you have three starters? Does that mean you have less than none? MORE: Week 7 scoreboard | Stats | Must-see moments There are now a lot of starters running around Washington, but there aren’t any good answers to the above questions. The immediate answer: Colt McCoy is in the running to start the next game, after winning off the bench over one-win Tennessee Sunday at FedEx Field. The short-term answer: Robert Griffin III will get his job back when he returns from his ankle injury in a few weeks....

Holiday movement and gatherings could heighten the spread of COVID-19 and Pfizer is trying to mitigate cases this winter. At the moment, the only adults eligible for Pfizer or Moderna booster shots are those who are more vulnerable, including those 65 or older, and people at higher risk due to underlying health issues, their occupation or living conditions. However, many adults are already receiving boosters because some pharmacies use the honor code and assume adults fit into said eligibility categories....

While polling indicates that she occupied a distinct lane as a progressive Democrat with a law-and-order disposition, it also showed that her supporters cannot be typecast so easily, begging the question: Which candidate will they follow next? The answer: a centrist front-runner and an unabashed progressive. A Morning Consult poll released Monday found that former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren could be the chief beneficiaries of Harris dropping out....

The Wizards are 19-6 in his first season with the team following a come-from-behind 105-103 victory over the Heat on Friday night in Miami. That’s tied for the best start in franchise history, matching the 1974-75 Bullets. MORE: Top NBA moments of 2014 | TNT crew freestyles with Nicki Minaj Pierce’s tip-in with 1:32 remaining in the fourth quarter gave the Wizards the lead for good. “I thought the one thing they were lacking was a veteran leader in the locker room,” Pierce said, according to The Associated Press....

The contract, which begins this season and runs through 2027, will pay players an average of $130,000 and guarantees full salaries while on maternity leave. The agreement also provides enhanced family benefits, travel standards and other health and wellness improvements. “I call it historic," WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a phone interview. “The CBA guarantees substantial (financial) increases. The way we are paying these players is different than the past....

The WNBA’s Indiana Fever paid tribute Sunday to the inspirational basketball player, who lost her battle with brain cancer in April. MORE: ESPN award doesn’t define Hill | Hill’s ‘one last game’ in photos An Indiana native, the 19-year-old achieved stardom last year when she fulfilled her dream to play in a college game for Mount St. Joseph college despite the inoperable tumor discovered months earlier. The Fever put a No....

So how come there’s so little electricity when they meet? After their third face-to-face meeting in six months, President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emerged in Amman, Jordan, on Thursday to face a hotel ballroom fairly bristling with cameras and excitable Iraqi reporters. But the energy level among the media was far higher than it was between the two leaders. At one point, President Bush turned to the prime minister to ask if he wanted to take any more questions....

“Marcelo is an actor. I have told him to stop his acting,” Hecking said after the match on Wednesday. Wolfsburg won the match 2-0. “It doesn’t belong here and it’s unsportsmanlike.” The Brazilian international placed his head into the chest of Arnold before dropping to the floor while holding his face, with both players booked after the incident. According to Bild, Marcelo and Hecking clashed at the Volkswagen Arena ground after the match....

The Germans were celebrating a memorable last-eight debut after Ricardo Rodriguez’s penalty in the 18th minute and Maximilian Arnold’s strike in the 25th stunned the visitors only four days after their ‘Clasico’ win in Spain over Barcelona. Despite making just one change to the lineup that started against Barca, Real coach Zinedine Zidane’s team will now go into the return leg in Madrid next week with a clear disadvantage....

Then, in came ‘The Special One’, Jose Mourinho who altered the landscape of football in the Premier League. Apart from these two legends in the game, there have been many of their compatriots that like Luis Nani, Ricardo Carvalho, Pedro Mendes, Raul Meireles and others less notable than these men, who made the league exciting to watch. The Portuguese influence on the Premier League is vast. Coaches in the league have turned have always looked at talent from the country in the Iberian peninsula....