McDonough named to IHSAA HOF
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McDonough named to IHSAA HOF
Matt McDonough has been named to the Class of 2025 Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame induction will be before the Finals of the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, February 22. McDonough was a three-time state champion at Linn-Mar(Marion)...
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Aaron Rodgers Gives Senate Warning on RFK Jr. Confirmation
The Jets quarterback was a contender for Kennedy Jr.‘s running mate during his failed presidential campaign.
I find it interesting that many years ago I became apart of the healthy food revolution.
Not so long ago, we had to fight for food labeling, and the identification ofGMOs.
We had to fight against Roundup.
Big surprise for some posters here. Back then, I was a Green Republican. There are such things, although the MAGAs will not accept that.
IMO, everything going on is counterproductive and counterintuitive.
People are yelling, rah rah, we won.
What exactly did you win? Please be specific. Documentation would help your arguments.
LA fires might affect upcoming games: Tues Jan 14 at USC, 9:30 pm CT tip & Fri Jan 17 at UCLA, 8:00 pm CT tip
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At USC, the campus remains open and the spring semester will start on Monday, January 13, 2025 as planned, with in-person classes to be held fully indoors until the current fire situation has abated.
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SIAP: Woman Gives Away Everything....for Fake Brad Pitt
I will never be able to understand how and why people fall for this type of thing. Throwing away their entire lives for something so incredibly fake.
Tue, January 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM CST
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Brad Pitt fans are being warned about scammers after a French woman purportedly lost $850,000 — and her marriage — after falling prey to AI images and fake messages impersonating the actor.
"It’s awful that scammers take advantage of fans’ strong connection with celebrities," a spokesperson for the Moneyball star tells Entertainment Weekly, "but this is an important reminder to not respond to unsolicited online outreach, especially from actors who have no social media presence."
That statement echoes a similar comment EW received upon reports of another Pitt-related scam in September.
The victim of the most recent episode, a 53-year-old French interior designer named Anne, first detailed her experience in an interview with Seven to Eight on France's TF1 channel, France 24 reports. Anne said she was first contacted by a figure claiming to be Pitt's mother on Instagram. "She told me that her son needed someone like me," Anne said.
A few days later, an account claiming to be Pitt himself reached out. "At first I said to myself that it was fake, that it's ridiculous," Anne told TF1 (per France 24). "But I'm not used to social media, and I didn't really understand what was happening to me."
The scammers told Anne that Pitt needed funds to cover his kidney treatment, which he could not pay for himself due to his divorce proceedings freezing his bank accounts. To convince Anne that the real Pitt was behind the account, the scammers sent doctored and AI-generated images of the actor in a hospital bed to verify his identity.
Upon believing she and Pitt were in a romantic relationship, Anne ultimately sent the scammers $850,000, and also divorced her husband so she could pursue Pitt. "I was in love with the man I was chatting to,” she said on Seven to Eight, per The Guardian. “He knew how to speak to a woman."
Anne only realized her mistake when she saw news of Pitt's real-life romance with Ines de Ramon, and she ultimately filed a police report over the scam. "I ask myself why they chose me to do such harm like this?" she told Seven to Eight. "I've never harmed anyone. These people deserve hell."
After prompting a wave of memes and mockery, TF1 pulled the Seven to Eight episode from circulation to prevent further cyberbullying. The network reported that Anne had experienced mental health difficulties, including depression.
In September 2024, Spain's Interior Ministry announced that five online scammers had been arrested for defrauding two women out of $350,000 by impersonating Pitt. It is not immediately clear if the incidents in Spain and France are connected.
The Wolfs actor recently reached a settlement in his divorce from Angelina Jolie, which had been the subject of lengthy legal proceedings dating back to 2016, when the Maleficent star accused Pitt of abuse. The FBI investigated Jolie's claims regarding Pitt's abuse and ultimately dropped the case without pursuing any charges, per AP.
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Brad Pitt is not messaging fans for money, rep warns after French woman loses life savings in scam
The scam cost a fan $850,000, which impersonators said Pitt needed for a kidney procedure.
Wesley StenzelTue, January 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM CST
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Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways
Brad Pitt fans are being warned about scammers after a French woman purportedly lost $850,000 — and her marriage — after falling prey to AI images and fake messages impersonating the actor.
"It’s awful that scammers take advantage of fans’ strong connection with celebrities," a spokesperson for the Moneyball star tells Entertainment Weekly, "but this is an important reminder to not respond to unsolicited online outreach, especially from actors who have no social media presence."
That statement echoes a similar comment EW received upon reports of another Pitt-related scam in September.
The victim of the most recent episode, a 53-year-old French interior designer named Anne, first detailed her experience in an interview with Seven to Eight on France's TF1 channel, France 24 reports. Anne said she was first contacted by a figure claiming to be Pitt's mother on Instagram. "She told me that her son needed someone like me," Anne said.
A few days later, an account claiming to be Pitt himself reached out. "At first I said to myself that it was fake, that it's ridiculous," Anne told TF1 (per France 24). "But I'm not used to social media, and I didn't really understand what was happening to me."
The scammers told Anne that Pitt needed funds to cover his kidney treatment, which he could not pay for himself due to his divorce proceedings freezing his bank accounts. To convince Anne that the real Pitt was behind the account, the scammers sent doctored and AI-generated images of the actor in a hospital bed to verify his identity.
Upon believing she and Pitt were in a romantic relationship, Anne ultimately sent the scammers $850,000, and also divorced her husband so she could pursue Pitt. "I was in love with the man I was chatting to,” she said on Seven to Eight, per The Guardian. “He knew how to speak to a woman."
Anne only realized her mistake when she saw news of Pitt's real-life romance with Ines de Ramon, and she ultimately filed a police report over the scam. "I ask myself why they chose me to do such harm like this?" she told Seven to Eight. "I've never harmed anyone. These people deserve hell."
After prompting a wave of memes and mockery, TF1 pulled the Seven to Eight episode from circulation to prevent further cyberbullying. The network reported that Anne had experienced mental health difficulties, including depression.
In September 2024, Spain's Interior Ministry announced that five online scammers had been arrested for defrauding two women out of $350,000 by impersonating Pitt. It is not immediately clear if the incidents in Spain and France are connected.
The Wolfs actor recently reached a settlement in his divorce from Angelina Jolie, which had been the subject of lengthy legal proceedings dating back to 2016, when the Maleficent star accused Pitt of abuse. The FBI investigated Jolie's claims regarding Pitt's abuse and ultimately dropped the case without pursuing any charges, per AP.
Brad Pitt is not messaging fans for money, rep warns after French woman loses life savings in scam
The scam cost a fan $850,000, which impersonators said Pitt needed for a kidney procedure.
DeSantis picks Florida attorney general to replace Marco Rubio in Senate
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Election denier asshole:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said he would appoint Ashley Moody, his state’s attorney general, to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate, elevating a close ally.
Moody, 49, was elected to the state attorney general’s office in 2018, the same year DeSantis won the governor’s mansion, and has been a vocal defender of DeSantis’s policies and actions. President-elect Donald Trump is nominating Rubio for secretary of state, creating an opening for DeSantis to fill until an election in 2026.
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Moody was considered the favorite to replace Rubio. Trump and his allies had advocated for Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, who co-chaired the Republican National Committee this past election cycle — putting DeSantis in an awkward position. But DeSantis continued to signal interest in other candidates, and Trump said publicly last month that he did not expect DeSantis to pick her. Lara Trump said Dec. 21 that she was removing her name from consideration.
Moody previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Florida and became the youngest judge in Florida when she won election to the Circuit Court in Hillsborough County. She is a fifth-generation Floridian whose father and late grandfather also served as judges.
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As state attorney general, Moody has aligned closely with DeSantis. Her office recently sued to keep an abortion rights amendment off the Florida ballot in November, and she also defended the state’s use of taxpayer dollars to advertise against the measure. The amendment, which DeSantis also opposed, was defeated. Moody also supported DeSantis’s controversial moves to use state funds to fly undocumented immigrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard and California to make a political point about immigration.
In 2020, Moody backed a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block the election results after President Joe Biden defeatehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/16/desantis-ashley-moody-senate-rubio/d Donald Trump.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said he would appoint Ashley Moody, his state’s attorney general, to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate, elevating a close ally.
Moody, 49, was elected to the state attorney general’s office in 2018, the same year DeSantis won the governor’s mansion, and has been a vocal defender of DeSantis’s policies and actions. President-elect Donald Trump is nominating Rubio for secretary of state, creating an opening for DeSantis to fill until an election in 2026.
Get the latest election news and resultsMoody was considered the favorite to replace Rubio. Trump and his allies had advocated for Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, who co-chaired the Republican National Committee this past election cycle — putting DeSantis in an awkward position. But DeSantis continued to signal interest in other candidates, and Trump said publicly last month that he did not expect DeSantis to pick her. Lara Trump said Dec. 21 that she was removing her name from consideration.
Moody previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Florida and became the youngest judge in Florida when she won election to the Circuit Court in Hillsborough County. She is a fifth-generation Floridian whose father and late grandfather also served as judges.
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As state attorney general, Moody has aligned closely with DeSantis. Her office recently sued to keep an abortion rights amendment off the Florida ballot in November, and she also defended the state’s use of taxpayer dollars to advertise against the measure. The amendment, which DeSantis also opposed, was defeated. Moody also supported DeSantis’s controversial moves to use state funds to fly undocumented immigrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard and California to make a political point about immigration.
In 2020, Moody backed a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block the election results after President Joe Biden defeatehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/16/desantis-ashley-moody-senate-rubio/d Donald Trump.
