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Brooke Hogan Addresses Rumors She & Dad Hulk ‘Fought’ Before His Death: ‘I Felt a Disconnect’

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Brooke Hogan is speaking out following the death of her father, Hulk Hogan, with whom she shared a complicated but loving relationship leading up to his death.

In a lengthy, emotional letter posted to Instagram on Tuesday (July 29), the singer opened up about some of her favorite memories of her famous dad and paid tribute to his legacy before clearing up rumors that they were on bad terms before he died. Hulk — who passed away at the age of 71 after suffering cardiac arrest, per USA Today — shared Brooke as well as a son, Nick, with first wife Linda Claridge.

“My dad’s blood runs

New Music You Shouldn’t Miss

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Every day, Dave Segal sifts through the hundreds of tracks that bombard his inbox. On a biweekly basis, he tells you about the two artists whose music most impressed him. This time, Seattle transplant and singer-songwriter Evelyn Frances delivers harrowing art-pop songs about 21st-century NYC life and drummer-producer Kassa Overall jazzes up some ’90s hip-hop classics, including Digable Planets’ “Rebirth of Slick.”

Evelyn Frances, “Hold Yourself Together” (self-released) 

Seattle-via-NYC singer-songwriter Evelyn Frances made a powerful first impression on me when she opened for experimental-electronic duo Matmos last year at Here-After. Singing like a woman pushed to extremes to retain a semblance of calm while under severe urban pressure, she

US labor activist Chris Smalls assaulted by IDF during Gaza aid trip, group says

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On Saturday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted and boarded the Handala, an aid ship that attempted to reach Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a grassroots international collective that has worked to end Israel’s blockade of Gaza since 2010. According to the coalition, IDF soldiers beat and choked the American labor activist Chris Smalls, who was onboard the ship. Smalls is most well-known for co-founding the Amazon Labor Union.

The Handala, which carried food, baby formula, diapers and medicine, was attempting to breach Israel’s blockade of Gaza, as Palestinians there continue to starve in what UN-backed hunger experts have called a “worst-case scenario of famine” that

Blood Sport

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Dear Readers: I’m away on my last reconnecting-with-family trip of the summer. This column originally appeared in 2018. Back with an all-new, action-packed Savage Love Quickies column next week. — Dan

I’m a professional dominatrix, and I thought I’d seen everything in the last five years. But this situation completely baffled the entire dungeon. This middle-aged guy, seemingly in fine health, booked an appointment with me and my colleague for one hour of some very light play and a golden shower to finish off with. We did no CBT, no cock rings, no trauma to the dick area at all, no ass play, no sounding or catheters, no turbulent masturbation, nothing

US and China poised to extend tariff truce after failing to find resolution at talks

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US and Chinese negotiators have agreed in principle to push back the deadline for escalating tariffs, although America’s representatives said any extension would need Donald Trump’s approval.

Officials from both sides said after two days of talks in Stockholm that while had failed to find a resolution across the many areas of dispute they had agreed to extend a pause due to run out on 12 August.

Beijing’s top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, said the extension of a truce struck in mid-May would allow for further talks, without specifying when and for how long the latest pause would run.

However, the US trade representative Jamieson Greer stressed that President Trump would have

Why is UK preparing to recognise Palestinian statehood?

Keir Starmer is preparing to recognise Palestinian statehood as soon as September unless Israel meets key conditions, including reaching a ceasefire and committing to a long-term peace process.

The prime minister’s announcement on Tuesday marked a significant shift in the UK’s longstanding position that it would recognise Palestine as part of a peace process at the point of maximum impact.

Downing Street said Starmer would decide the extent to which Israel and Hamas had met his conditions before he made a decision beforethe UN general assembly in September.

This is the first time the government has set concrete conditions and a timeline for recognition of a Palestinian state.

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UCLA agrees to $6.5m settlement with Jewish students over pro-Palestinian protests

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The University of California, Los Angeles, will pay nearly $6.5m to settle a lawsuit by Jewish students and a professor who said the university allowed antisemitic discrimination to take place on campus during last year’s pro-Palestinian protests.

The lawsuit alleged that with the “knowledge and acquiescence” of university officials, protesters prevented Jewish students from accessing parts of campus, and made antisemitic threats. Under the settlement agreement announced on Tuesday, the university admitted it had “fallen short” and agreed to pay $2.33m to eight groups that support UCLA’s Jewish community, $320,000 to a campus initiative to fight antisemitism, and $50,000 to each plaintiff.

“We are pleased with the terms of today’s settlement.

376-Unit Residential Project Receives Design Review Approval

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12 Bellevue Way SE, Rendering: Runberg Architecture Group

A major redevelopment project has been approved for the southeast corner of Bellevue Way SE and Main Street. The City of Bellevue has granted design review approval for a seven-story mixed-use residential building that will bring 376 market-rate apartments, ground-floor retail, and underground parking to the downtown area.

The new building will feature 15,026 square feet of active-use retail space at street level and three levels of below-grade parking with 438 stalls, including 338 reserved for residential use. The total gross floor area is approximately 322,294 square feet.

The redevelopment will take place on a site currently occupied by five older

City Council Ghosted the Renters Commission Last Week. Will They Show Up Today?

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However devout your atheism, for the sake of Seattle renters and what’s left of Mark Solomon’s hairline, pray that his city council colleagues actually do on Tuesday what they couldn’t manage at last week’s Housing and Human Services Committee (HHS) meeting: Show the hell up.

Last Wednesday, after an 18-month delay, members of the Seattle Renters Commission were scheduled to finally be appointed—and in some cases reappointed—to the city’s volunteer renters advisory board. Commissioners, supporters, and rental advocates filled council chambers anticipating an appointment vote, only for the process to collapse. Neither Council President Sara Nelson nor Councilmember Rob Saka attended, leaving the committee short of quorum. With former

The remarkable rise of “greenhushing”

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Read the headlines and the easy conclusion is that big business has abandoned the fight against climate change. In the past two weeks BP, an oil giant, sold its American onshore-wind business; Jaguar Land Rover, a carmaker, has reportedly delayed the launch of its new electric Range Rover; and HSBC, a bank, left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (nzba), a group committed to lending in a greener way. But these bits of news are only part of the picture. Taken as a whole, companies are quietly making progress on their climate goals.