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A 36-year-old Singaporean man died after encountering difficulties during a triathlon event in Portugal on Oct 15. The man, identified by Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao as Mr Derrick Tee, was participating in the Ironman Portugal-Cascais race. Cascais is a coastline town in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. In a statement posted on its Facebook page, Ironman Portugal confirmed the death of a race participant during the triathlon, which comprised the full distance (3.8km swim, 180km bicycle ride and 42km run) and 70.3 event (1.9km swim, 90km cycle, 21km run). “During the swim portion of Saturday’s race, the athlete required and...

The news of Nash’s death was initially broken by a reporter from Fightful.com, who also had a statement from the family regarding their son’s death. “On behalf of Kevin and Tamara Nash, I have to unfortunately report that their son Tristen Nash has tragically passed away at the age of 26,” reads the statement. “Tristen recently started working on Kevin’s new podcast and the two enjoyed their time together. The Nash family asks if you could please respect their privacy during this time.” No official cause of death has been given to the press.

Playboy magazine announced that it will be ending its print edition, due in part to the coronavirus pandemic. Playboy's CEO, Ben Kohn, said the decision to stop printing the magazine had been discussed for some time, but was expedited by the global outbreak. “As the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic to content production and the supply chain became clearer and clearer, we were forced to accelerate a conversation we’ve been having internally: the question of how to transform our US print product to better suit what consumers want today … [and] engage in a cultural conversation each and every day,...

were silent when Obama gave $150 billion to Iran silently in the middle of the night. Democrat candidates continually attack President Trump while showing their lack of patriotism and disdain for the United States. It’s hard for them to defend their socialistic big intrusive government platform.

Rule No. 1 for Being Taken Seriously: Don't post pictures of yourself on the Internet that are not safe for work (NSFW). Rule No. 2 for Being Taken Seriously: Don't whine and cry when people criticize you for posting NSFW photos. Meghan McCain doesn't know either one of these rules. But then, Meghan McCain doesn't know much of anything. McCain is obviously not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. This is a woman who, while appearing on Bill Maher's show, explained that she knew nothing about Ronald Reagan because "I wasn't born yet." (Paul Begala, no intellectual titan himself, quickly...

Last night's "Evening News" featured Katie Couric's interview with Karen James, the widow of Mt. Hood climber Kelly James. The interview dominated the second half of the show, ultimately absorbing about nine of the 22 minutes of the broadcast. Reactions to the piece, in the comments section of both the Web version of the story and Couric's blog post on the subject, have been mixed. Some lauded the interview. One commenter, vriss, called it "one of the best interviews I have ever seen on TV." Wrote blrichard: "I liked the interview. It was really a personal story that I think...