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Released on August 24, 1995, Internet Explorer was a primary web browser that rose in popularity by the early 2000s before other competing browsers such as Apple’s Safari, and Google’s Chrome entered the scene. The last update of Internet Explorer was released in 2013. Now after 27 years, the browser will be rendered inoperable this Wednesday. Microsoft announced in 2020 that Internet Explorer was set to retire and encouraged its users to move to the new browser....

Posting to Reddit’s r/TrueOffMyChest forum, user u/housepartyended explained that his 9-year-old brother had moved schools and was struggling to make friends. He wrote: “He still invited his whole class to his birthday party that was on Friday but nobody came. None of the kids. It was really heartbreaking seeing all the empty tables when he was really looking forward to it.” However, his 27-year-old girlfriend came up with a plan that turned the birthday disaster into a party to remember....

However, once you get inside your destination, do you really want to carry around your winter warmer? Instead of tying it around your waist, which ruins your look, or draping it over the side of a chair to be lost forever, one TikTok video claims to offer a fantastically unique solution. Footage posted to the app on November 17 by B. Long Fashion, which can be watched here, has gone viral because it demonstrates their trademarked creation “The Jurse....

Shared on Reddit on Wednesday, Paul, who is from Butler County, Pennsylvania, posted the picture on the popular forum r/Damnthatsintersting where it now has more than 9,600 upvotes and hundreds of comments. With the caption “Seen outside my local Dairy Queen,” the picture shows a sign that reads: “Please respect our Staff. For many of them, this is their first job. They are someone’s child. Do not be rude to them....

The original poster (OP), or u/trustworthy_expert, wrote about the situation in Reddit’s u/tifu subreddit where it received nearly 9,700 upvotes and 600 comments. The post can be found here. According to the data website YouGov, two in 10 Americans have taken a mail-in DNA test and 27 percent report a close family member has taken a test. Among these individuals, 36 percent reported being surprised by some of the test results, with one in three individuals learning about relatives they did not previously know....

In a viral post boasting nearly 17.8K votes and over 600 comments, u/Fuzzy-Exchange9045 said they withdrew their application after an interviewer wouldn’t turn on their camera, said they did not read the applicant’s resumé and refused to divulge the pay range attached to the position they were interviewing for. u/Fuzzy-Exchange9045 added that the interviewer asked questions like: “Will you leave us if you get another job?,” and justified the inquiry by saying that “the last girl did....

The woman was blasted online after she took to Reddit for some parenting advice under the username u/Jazzlike_Ad492. She asked if she was “the a**hole” for wanting her daughters, 21, to bring along her best friend’s younger kid. That’s where she was told she was being completely unfair. In the post, the woman explained that for her twin daughters’ birthday gift she was paying for their two-week trip to Italy....

Posting in Reddit’s “Am I The A******” (AITA) forum under the username u/amateur_baker_, the woman asked: “AITA for making my ex a birthday cake even though his girlfriend told me she had already ordered one?” The post has amassed over 18,000 upvotes and sparked a heated debate amongst commenters about “boundaries” and “respect.” You can read the full post here. ‘AITA’ In her post, u/amateur_baker_ said her ex doesn’t love sweets; however, she and their kids traditionally bake a cake for his birthday every year....

In her post, SmudgestC wrote that her nephew has always been uncomfortable with being confined and preferred to move freely. However, she said her sister believes that it is just a phase. The issue at hand came when the Redditor’s nephew had to undergo some testing that led to the need for an MRI when a scan showed he had a mass in his brain. The machines that are used for these scans involve being enclosed in a tight space....

Indeed, so great is the insecurity of Iranian gays that even the few who have found a safe haven in the United States are still afraid of speaking out about their old lives. NEWSWEEK’s Patrick Falby spoke with Reza, a gay Iranian man who would identify himself only by his nickname. Reza, who received asylum four years ago, talked about his life in his home country in the pre-Ahmadinejad era—and what it’s like for those still living there....

Over the last three years, Mack has treated 76 people-housewives, musicians, businessmen-who claim aliens snatched them. “Abduction” looks at 13 of the cases. All give similar details: a beam of light, a circular ship, big-eyed humanoids and often the services of an outer-space proctologist. “Ed” remembers being coolly seduced by a space succubus; he was a teenager at the time and had been asleep dreaming of girls. Catherine recalls being forcibly stripped and delivered of a half-alien fetus....

The TSSAA began investigating after MLK’s assistant principal and athletic director both sent a complaint to the association on Monday alleging the verbal abuse. The slurs allegedly occurred during a final soccer match to qualify for the state’s championship tournament. “There were at least five MLK students that were personally targeted by the Page fans,” the complaint said, according to The Tennessean. “This unruly and disgraceful act created a hostile and unsafe athletic environment for our students and spectators....

But don’t even think about partying like it’s 1999. To play it safe, seek companies whose earnings grow roughly at the same rate as the figure that is their price-earnings ratio. So if a company’s share price is 19 times its earnings, its earnings should be growing at roughly 19 percent a year. “The ecstasy associated with making a lot of money in these stocks hasn’t completely died,” says Kessler....

2 p.m. ET, ESPN Line: Texas A&M -4 Total: 155 MORE: College hoops live odds | ATS standings Last 10: Iowa State 7-3 (6-3 ATS) Texas A&M 9-1 (5-4 ATS) Effective FG percentage: Iowa State 56.6 (11th), Texas A&M 53.0 (50th) EFG% against: Iowa State 49.5 (158th), Texas A&M 45.8 (36th) Analysis: The Cyclones have been money on the road recently. Iowa State is 8-2 SU in its last 10 away from home and 7-1-1 ATS in its last nine road games....

Bray, 43, collapsed while working out, according to AllCyclones.com. MORE: Top 10 for 2014 | Notable deaths of 2013 Bray was the defensive line coach for the Cyclones since 2009. “Curtis Bray was a dear friend to me and to all he ever came in contact with,” Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads said in a statement Wednesday. “He was a trusted and loyal assistant coach who always put the kids and the team in front of his work....

Mark Chelgren, R-Ottumwa, seeks to have the three state universities — Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa — prohibited from future collaboration with Stanford’s marching band by introducing Senate Bill 2081 on Wednesday. MORE: 20 impact winners who returned to school | Big Ten: Reasons to be excited, skeptical “I think it’s unfortunate because here in Iowa we try to teach sportsmanship,” Chelgren told the Des Moines Register. “We try to teach courtesy, and when someone behaves in a way that is contrary to that, we need to point it out....

Line: Gonzaga -6.5, Total: 136.5 (current NCAA Tournament spreads and totals) Iowa Record: 22-11 ATS: 15-13-1 O/U: 10-14-1 Overview: The Hawkeyes reclaimed their strong ATS form by smashing Davidson by 31 points as 2.5-point favorites in the second round. Iowa has now covered in six of its last eight games, with one loss and a push. In terms of total, the Hawkeyes are trending UNDER, with four straight games coming in below the posted number....