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Get Ready for the 2021 Watty Awards 2021 sees the return of Wattpad’s annual awards for budding wordsmiths. If you’ve got a chilling horror tale ready to scare the globe, or a love story we can all relate to, then you’re in with a shot of becoming one of the next Watty Award winners. Wattpad—a platform for writers to make their voices heard (or rather, have their words seen)—runs this competition once a year, so anyone who has got a book in them should consider getting it finished and enter it into the Wattys!...

The first wave of lawsuits hit college sports’ major governing body in 2016 and more than 200 more were filed recently by Edelson PC, a Chicago-based firm that focuses on class-action cases, and Raizner Slania LLP in Houston. Most of the cases were filed in the U.S Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The sheer volume of the cases seems daunting, but experts say those seeking damages akin to the NFL’s billion-dollar settlement with its former players have a challenging argument to make....

As of Wednesday, August 19, 2020, a total of 68 people have been infected with the strain of Salmonella enteritidis bacteria associated with the outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The majority of cases have been recorded in Minnesota (23) and Michigan (17) followed by Iowa (8), New York (8), New Jersey (4), Virginia (3), Wisconsin (3), Maryland (1) and Pennsylvania (1). Illnesses began in the period ranging from June 29, 2020, to August 3, 2020 with the infected people ranging in age from one to 92....

The 31-year-old went into the FA Cup third round clash with Jaap Stam’s side one goal shy of the mark set by Sir Bobby Charlton between 1956 and 1973, but his goal put United 1-0 up and took him level with the legendary club director’s tally. The skipper turned home Juan Mata’s pass with his knee after a driving run on the left by Anthony Martial, giving United a seventh-minute lead in the third-round clash at Old Trafford....

Van Gaal said: “For me it’s always very important the choice of captain. Wayne has shown a great attitude towards everything he does. I have been very impressed by his professionalism and his attitude to training and to my philosophy. He is a great inspiration to the younger members of the team and I believe he will put his heart and soul into his captaincy role. “Darren Fletcher will become the vice-captain....

Click here to view the video: “I’ve beating Africans, and I just beat the f*** out of a Mexican.” MORE: What’s next for Mayweather? | 2014 Boxing HoF class Four days later, the WBC (World Boxing Council) issued a suspension and demanded a public apology from the member of Floyd Mayweather's "The Money Team." From the official WBC release:The World Boxing Council holds human equality as its banner and will not accept a former WBC champion to make racially offensive statements....

These televised scenes of violence show it is not just those fighting on the front lines who are suffering, though many women are fighting there as well. Before the start of the war, women made up 22.8 percent of the Ukrainian military and since the February invasion, thousands more have taken up arms and joined the service as volunteers. Over 10,000 women are in direct combat roles. In the earlier phases of the war, as Russian soldiers invaded cities and villages, sexual violence became a way to assert power over the enemy....

Nonetheless, the conservative response to Lott’s comments was instinctive and scathing. The Wall Street Journal editorial page understood the importance of the story quicker than the rest of the national media. Among Republican politicos, the response was just as telling. They were bewildered. Most Republicans see themselves walking in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, Theodore Roosevelt or Thomas Jefferson. Whom does Lott follow? “Sometimes I feel closer to Jefferson Davis than any other man in America,” he once said....

Tarasenko’s amazing one-handed shot “forced” TheFlippist.com artist Ben Zurawski to immortalize the goal in a unique way. Zurawski is a flipbook artist who used his craft to recreate what may be the NHL’s best goal of the season. MORE: ‘Porn-star mustache’ makes NHL debut | Peter Laviolette gets hit in the face with puck | Blackhawks’ Winter Classic jersey’s did not leak “I have to admit I don’t watch much hockey,” Zurawski captioned the video, “but I think this goal hypnotized me into making a flipbook....

As it currently stands, the main course of Microsoft’s showcase will likely be its powerful new console, Project Scorpio, and the company is expected to finally reveal its official name, price, and release date at the event. The system was initially revealed at the end of the tech firm’s E3 2017 exhibition, and it has since provided a lot of information about the hardware’s capabilities with official specs, so Phil Spencer might kick this year’s presentation off by revealing all of the remaining details left to share about the console....

Housemates worked together to prevent the fire from spreading inside the Central African Biggy 237 house. Clips of the incident on social media show people preparing food in the kitchen before a huge fireball blasts open the oven door. No one was standing directly in front of the oven when it happened, but one housemate is seen running out of the kitchen upon seeing the blast. The oven door appeared to shut itself, as a result of the force of the door being flung open....

Starring Cage in the lead role as an unnamed janitor, it looks to take place in a twisted riff on a Chuck E. Cheese-esque family entertainment center, complete with creepy animatronics and lots of murder (one of which may or may not be standard procedure). Cage gets hired on as an overnight custodian, only to quickly discover he may be in for more than he signed up for. RELATED: 10 Horror Movies That Should Get Video Game Adaptations...

Courtesy of IGN, fans hungry for more Destiny 2 now have a video showcasing Shadowkeep’s opening mission, “A Mysterious Disturbance.” At 11 minutes long, it doesn’t show everything, nor does it really delve into the story, but it does give a pretty solid glimpse at the first bits of gameplay that players will be experiencing next week. RELATED: What Are Destiny 2’s Plans for the Future? Set on the moon, the opening of Shadowkeep will see players taking their Guardians to confront Hive forces that have reappeared on the lunar surface, having emerged from the Scarlet Keep, the imposing and mysterious fortress at the heart of Shadowkeep’s story....

The video, posted by a Twitter account maintained by writer Terry Shepherd for his fictional detective, Jessica Ramirez, and subsequently shared by Chrissy Teigen, shows a young boy in a vampire costume approaching an empty bowl of candy. He pauses, stopping to think, soon followed by a young toddler in a bee costume. Reaching into his own bag of candy, he fills it for trick-or-treaters yet to come to the approval of his watching guardian....

The remaining contestants on coaches Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson’s teams will go head-to-head on stage in the last round of sing-off-style competitions on Monday night’s eighth episode of the season. Like with last week’s battles, coaches will pair up artists on their team, after which the contestants will have to sing the same song against one another at the same time in front of all four coaches....

Neither of the games has a release date yet, but we know that Arms is aiming for a spring release and Splatoon 2 is aiming for a summer launch (and already has one successful global testfire weekend under its belt). In addition to lots of new gameplay footage and details, fans can keep their fingers crossed that today’s event may also confirm a more concrete release date for at least one, if not both, of the games....

Apple Watch Series 3 users have had some problems with watchOS 8 since its launch last month, which Apple hopes to fix with the latest watchOS 8.0.1 update. While the watchOS 8.0.1 update notes don’t get too specific, they state that it addresses the issue of Accessibility settings not appearing for some users. The update also should fix the problem of software update progress not displaying properly. If you use an Apple Watch Series 3 and have been experiencing either or both of these issues, this update is for you....

Taylor led Watford to three promotions between 1978 and 1982, before guiding them to a second-place finish in the top flight in 1983 and the FA Cup final in 1984. Wenger: There will be no retirement He returned to the helm in 1997 and guided them from the league’s third tier to the Premier League with successive promotions, and news of his death on January 12 prompted an outpouring of grief from Watford’s supporters....

He admitted that his physical struggles, including significant weight loss, sapped his confidence and even had him considering retirement. “I was close,” Watson said. “My wife was not close. My wife basically told me to quit whining and play golf.” Watson finished two strokes in front of Kevin Na and Tony Finau, who both carded 69s for 10-under 274. Watsons 10th PGA Tour victory capped a halcyon week in Hollywood for the two-time Masters champion, who recorded a show with US comedy icon Jay Leno, dropped in on comedian and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, took in a taping of TV sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” and played in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday night....

The better and more realistic MVP candidate? That’s Andrew Luck, who just led the Colts over Watt’s Texans 33-28 on Thursday night. Luck has been great through six games, but even with some more dazzling quarterback play (25-of-44, 370 yards, three TDs, one INT), Watt was the most dominant player on the same field. The official stats for the pass-swatting, havoc-wreaking, triple team-drawing defensive end: seven tackles, three for loss, two sacks, a fumble recovery and a fumble return for a touchdown....