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A Florida murderer lept out of his courtroom chair towards his victim’s family when a heartbroken father called his teen daughter’s killer an “animal” for fatally shooting her over a pair of Yeezys. The family of 18-year-old Andrea Camps Lacayo had the chance to speak face-to-face to Adrian Cosby, who is accused of murdering the high school senior in 2020, during Cosby’s sentencing on Friday. “You are the epitome of evil and darkness that this world represents,” Camps Lacayo’s father Anthony Camps told Cosby in a victim impact statement according to NBC Miami. “There is no forgiveness on this earth...

Recapping the build-up to the move (…and throwing a bit of fun side-eye at a pack rat peer or two), Hostin said, "We've had to, for the past couple of weeks, box up things, get rid of things… We were allotted, each host, five huuuuge cartons. I took up two, Sara [Haines] took up all five and was looking for more! "And Ana [Navarro], please don't say that you were a purger, because I think you had over 50 pairs of shoes in your [dressing] room," Hostin quipped. >p? "I'm feeling attacked!" Navarro laughed, before admitting: "They are all my...

Top tip: don’t yeet your sneakers over a power line if you want to wear them again. Image credit: Alex Farias / Shutterstock.com ============================================================================== Ever been out walking and spotted a pair of sneakers slung over a power line? It’s not an uncommon sight, and with good reason. Shoe tossing – or shoefiti – is done all over the globe and for all sorts of reasons, so let’s dive into some of the most common theories behind this seemingly counterintuitive behavior. Memorial Humans have been memorializing the dead for millennia, with graves and burial sites dating back as far as...

A number of Western New Yorkers made the few-hour drive to Butler, Pa. on Saturday to attend the rally held in support of former U.S. President Donald Trump. They shared with WBEN their accounts of what they heard and saw during the shooting that injured the former President, and left one audience member dead. "I have to state that this was surreal," said Joyce Gallagher of Buffalo during an appearance with David Bellavia on Monday.

CHICAGO — A third juvenile has been charged with robbing a CTA passenger of his shoes earlier this month. Chicago police arrested the 14-year-old yesterday. Two other boys, ages 15 and 16, were previously charged. The trio, joined by two additional accomplices who remain on the loose, tried to rob a 17-year-old boy inside a Blue Line train car near the Racine station around 1:40 p.m. on June 8, police said.

CHICAGO — Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were part of an armed robbery crew that robbed a CTA passenger at the Racine Blue Line station on June 8, police say. CPD continues to look for three more members of the group. Mass Transit Unit detectives released surveillance images of the robbers on June 10 and asked the public to call them with any information that could help with the investigation. CPD officers arrested the 15-year-old that same day, and the 16-year-old was arrested yesterday, police said. According to CPD, five young men tried to rob a 17-year-old at gunpoint...

ROBERT De Niro was spotted wearing huge platform shoes in order to tower over co-star Al Pacino on the set of their latest movie. The 74-year-old actor - who stands at a modest 5ft 8in - had to rely on specially designed footwear to look taller than 5ft 7in Pacino.

President Biden’s newest shoes have opened up renewed debate about his health and physical condition, with some speculating they were designed to prevent the president from falling. “Biden’s handlers are forcing him to wear a new pair of ‘lifestyle sneakers’ because he trips so much,” reads a tweet from RNC Research on Saturday, referring to Biden’s new shoes. Observers have likened the shoes to “boat anchors” and “piers,” but the “Inside Edition” report attached to the tweet revealed that the president’s new shoes are actually “lifestyle sneakers” that are made by the shoe brand Hoka. The “Inside Edition” report notes...

The mystery of Joe Biden's new boat anchor shoes has been solved, and the answer is bad news for the country. As RedState reported last Wednesday, Biden was filmed stumbling across the South Lawn. That's not an unusual sight these days, but it was what was on his feet that left people asking questions.

Former President Trump's high-top sneakers sold out hours after their launch Saturday at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia. The big picture: The shoes, called "The Never Surrender High-Top Sneaker," sell for $399. The pair, along with two low-top sneakers, and a $99 bottle of "Victory47" perfume and cologne were available for purchase on a new website.

PHILADELPHIA—Former President Donald Trump announced during a surprise appearance at Philadelphia’s “Sneaker Con” on Feb. 17 that he has launched a Trump-branded sneaker line. The appearance at the nonpolitical event seemed to come out of left field from the Trump campaign. But it quickly became obvious why President Trump was making the abnormal appearance: It was to unveil the merchandise called Trump Sneakers, which are available for preorder online. A website launched concurrently with his appearance shows that President Trump’s new sneaker line comes in three variants. A special limited edition sneaker, “The Never Surrender High-Top,” was already sold out...

A Russian CEO has won an autographed pair of Donald Trump’s new golden sneakers after making an eye-watering bid. Roman Sharf, the founder and CEO of luxury watch dealer, Luxury Bazaar, walked away with an autographed pair of Trump’s golden “Never Surrender high-tops” after placing a winning bid of $9,000 at Philadelphia’s Sneaker Con. … Sharf, who was born in the Soviet Union and lives in Philadelphia, describes himself as “one of the world’s biggest grey market watch dealers” – which trades luxury watches “without being authorised by the brand to do so on their behalf”…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.” Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he introduced what he called the first official Trump footwear. The shoes, gold lame high tops with an American flag detail on the back, are being sold as “Never Surrender High-Tops” for $399 on a new website that also sells Trump-branded “Victory47”...

Basketball legend Michael Jordan won six NBA championships during his prolific sporting career – and a set of the six sneakers he worewhen clinching those titles has sold for a record-breaking $8 million at auction. Friday’s winning bid for “The Dynasty Collection” reached $8,032,800, setting a new global auction record for game-worn sneakers, according to auction house Sotheby’s. The set consisted of Air Jordan VI (1991), Air Jordan VII (1992), Air Jordan VIII (1993), Air Jordan XI (1996), Air Jordan XII (1997), and Air Jordan XIV (1998).

Ward Melville, in collaboration with J. Franklin McElwain, a shoe manufacturer from New Hampshire, founded the Thom McAn brand. The name drew inspiration from Scottish golfer Thomas McCann. The inaugural retail store opened its doors in New York in 1922, offering a selection of uncomplicated styles at a fixed, affordable price. Within five years, the brand expanded to 300 stores, and by 1939, it had a staggering 650 stores.

VIDEOIt's like the Thorazine Shuffle mixed with the Frankenstein Monster Lurch caused by weighted shoes. Is Sleepy Joe now wearing weighted shoes? It sure looks that way.

I know a total vanity, but a priest died in 2006 in my parish and seeing his wake, his open coffin, had his shoes promiently displayed. The only wake priest's I ever attended, and my dad said, look that his shoes, would be prominent in his coffin. Looked like Buster Brown shoes.

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Adidas has said the ending of its collaboration with Kanye West is "hurting" the business, with sales in North America hard hit. The sportswear giant cut its ties with the designer and rapper, known as Ye, late last year after he posted anti-Semitic comments on social media. West designed trainers under the Yeezy brand and Adidas said the loss of the business cut sales by €400m (£350m) in the first quarter of the year. Overall, total revenue fell by 1%. Despite the dip, the figures were better than analysts had been expecting and Adidas said that sales were up 9%...