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Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office.

A reader writes:

I work at a K-12 school in a teacher-leader role. This means I do not have my own classes nor do I have management powers over any staff. Our school hires a substitute teacher to come to the building every day on the chance that one teacher is going to be unexpectedly absent. Our staff attendance has become much worse over the last five years, so this is a worthwhile bet on the part of the school. Her job is tough in that she substitutes for classes with last-minute notice, and some days — though not often — she sits around all day with nothing to do because all teachers were present that day. We also hire additional subs on a day-to-day basis when we know more than one teacher will be absent that day. Our principal likes the flexibility and consistency of having one sub who we know will show up every day and who gets to know the kids. As a teacher leader, I often have to provide in-person support for this sub.

Here’s the thing. Her breath stinks. I mean it really stinks. We have single-occupancy staff bathrooms. You can tell if she was the previous person to use the bathroom because her breath lingers. You can smell her coming from 100 feet away. She can tell from my facial expressions that I don’t like talking to her, but I think she thinks I just don’t like her. But that’s not it: it’s her breath. I can’t keep a poker face around her but have the sense not to directly say anything as I do not have any rapport with her nor any standing to say anything to her about it. I’ve tried wearing a mask when I know I will have to be around her, but this just results in kids asking if I am sick and I have to make up a story. What can I do?

Oh no. It would be such a kindness if someone would talk to her about it, but I can see why no one (presumably) has; that’s an awkward conversation to have. But especially in a field like teaching, where you have to talk to lots of people and often will be in close proximity to them, and you’re also working with an age group that will have no problems talking unkindly about it … agggh, someone really should say something. (Of course, it’s possible she’s aware and it’s a medical issue she can’t do anything about, but it’s also possible she has no idea and could do something about it if she knew.)

Any chance you’re up for it? I’d say it this way: “Phyllis, can I bring up something uncomfortable? I feel awkward mentioning this, but I’d want someone to tell me. Your breath often has a strong odor. That can be a medical or dental issue, so I wanted to mention it in case it turns out to be something important for you to know about.” (And for the record, I would cringe my way through saying this — but awkwardness isn’t the worst thing in the world.)

If your immediate response is “agggh, no, that’s not my job,” then is there anyone whose job it more naturally would be, and can you discreetly suggest to that person that they do it? You’re probably not the only one avoiding conversations with this coworker, and at some point she’s going to overhear kids talking about it. (Which I guess could be its own way of solving the problem, but not an ideal one.)

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The Texas Legislature has already passed a bill requiring age verification to download apps and is seriously considering another to ban children from social media.

Joe Exotic – star of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary Tiger King – is publicly pleading for Donald Trump to pardon him from federal prison after his husband was deported to Mexico.

“It’s really past time to have one of your people watch Tiger King Season 2, where they all admitted to perjury and a plot to kill me on world television and let me out,” Exotic, whose name is Joseph Allen Maldonado, wrote late on Sunday on social media to the president whom he has politically supported. “I know that you are not fond of my lifestyle, but I supported you just allow me go to Mexico with my husband.”

Exotic’s husband, Jorge Marquez Flores, had been jailed in Texas over immigration issues. He was released on Friday – but then deported to Mexico.

Referring to members of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Exotic’s post to Trump said, “The Ice agents didn’t understand why he got sent back so fast. He had a hearing scheduled for tomorrow.”

Exotic’s post urged Trump, “Just let me go to Mexico and you can keep Carole Baskin,” with whom Exotic feuded on the Netflix show that vaulted him to fame.

Exotic, 62, is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence in Oklahoma after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot against Baskin, an activist and big cat rescuer. He was sentenced in January 2020.

He had initially been given 22 years, but the punishment was reduced in 2022 by a year in response to his pleas for leniency as he began early-stage prostate cancer treatment. The cancer reportedly went in remission in July 2022 but had come back earlier this year.

Exotic wed Marquez, 33, in October after the pair met in prison. It was Exotic’s fifth marriage.

He had posted earlier this year on social media that his husband would self-deport and he would go to Mexico if Trump fulfilled Exotic’s pleas for a pardon.

When asked in April 2020 during his first presidency whether he would pardon Exotic, Trump replied: “I’ll take a look.”

 

Historic Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum mansion in the U.S., burned to the ground this week after a fire broke out on Thursday. There have been no reports of injuries or deaths connected to the fire.

Fire crews worked to extinguish the flames with water reportedly being poured onto the rubble as long as 18 hours after the fire started, according to Fox 8. As of Saturday, the cause of the fire was still under investigation.

“Some staff members stated they had gone into the museum and there was smoke. When they returned, the whole room was in flames,” Iberville Parish President Chris Daigle told Fox 8, adding that it was “a total loss.”

Daigle noted in a post on the Iberville Parish Government’s Facebook page that “The loss of Nottoway is not just a loss for Iberville Parish, but for the entire state of Louisiana.  It was a cornerstone of our tourism economy and a site of national significance.”

The 64-room mansion was built by John Hampden Randolph in the late 1850s, according to multiple sources. It sat on more than 53,000 square feet and — in addition to the dozens of rooms — it contained 365 doors and windows and 22 white columns, Fox 8 reported. The property overlooked the Mississippi River.

Randolph first arrived in Louisiana in 1841 and began by planting cotton, but ultimately shifted to sugar cane, according to the LSU Scholarly Repository. The scholarly repository article also notes that the mansion was named “Nottoway” after the county in Virginia where his ancestors lived.

U.S. Department of the Interior records cited by Axios show that Randolph owned 155 slaves and 6,200 acres of land by 1860.

In addition to the luxurious mansion, the property also featured several trees that are over 100 years old, several of which are more than 120 years old, according to Nottoway Plantation’s website.

In modern times, the mansion and the surrounding property functioned as a museum, resort and wedding venue. Nottoway Plantation’s website states that it sat on 31 acres, which included 40 overnight rooms, a bar, a restaurant, event space, a pool, tennis courts and more.

“While its early history is undeniably tied to a time of great injustice, over the last several decades it evolved into a place of reflection, education, and dialogue,” Daigle wrote in the Facebook post. “Since the 1980s, it has welcomed visitors from around the world who came to appreciate its architecture and confront the legacies of its era. It stood as both a cautionary monument and a testament to the importance of preserving history — even the painful parts — so that future generations can learn and grow from it.”

América Sánchez, 20, and Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos, 23, died when the tall ship lost power and drifted into the bridge.

Forty-three firearms were confiscated during the event that drew crowds of officers from more than 15 local law enforcement agencies this year. The arrests include 290 misdemeanor charges and 53 felony charges, according to the sheriff's office.

In brief: Houston will see temperatures spike on Tuesday ahead of a weak front that may (very) briefly provide some drier air. The rest of the week looks warm and humid, with a chance of rain returning by the weekend.

Above average temperatures

As we have been discussing, Houston has been experiencing a warm spell in the middle of May. During the last five days, the average temperature (the daily high and low, divided by two) has been 9 or 10 degrees above normal. This weather has largely been driven by a high pressure system that brought sinking air and mostly sunny skies. This high pressure system has now shifted away, but for reasons discussed below we are still going to be quite warm this week, with one especially hot day (Tuesday) in the forecast.

Monday

Highs today should peak in the low 90s, and skies that are at least partly cloudy should help keep a lid on temperatures. In addition to high humidity, we will see fairly strong southerly winds, gusting up to 30 mph this afternoon. Lows tonight will be muggy, perhaps only briefly dropping below 80 degrees in the city of Houston. Coastal locations, of course, will see moderately cooler days and warmer nights.

Tuesday

A cool front will approach the area on Tuesday, and this will result in compressional heating as winds turn to come from the southwest. (Effectively, the front is compressing and heating air ahead of it as it advances). How hot we get on Tuesday will depend on cloud cover during the afternoon, but much of the region has a solid chance to get into the upper 90s. One other thing to watch for is the possibility of isolated showers and thunderstorms with the front. I think a capping inversion will be too much for the front to overcome, but it’s something we cannot rule out.

Drier air from this front should eventually move into the area over night, possibly reaching all the way down to the coast. Most of the area could see lows in the lower 70s by Wednesday morning.

Wednesday

The front, to the extent it impacts our area, will be briefly lived. But it should have some impact on Wednesday’s weather, bringing mostly sunny skies, highs in the lower 90s, and somewhat lower humidity. But it will be washed away quickly, with humidity climbing by Wednesday night. Expect low temperatures in the mid-70s.

Thursday and Friday

These look to be a pair of mostly sunny, humid days with high temperatures in the low 90s for most, with overnight lows in the mid-70s. We should see southerly winds, but gusts probably won’t get above 15 or 20 mph.

Saturday and Sunday

The weekend should see ongoing, mostly sunny weather with high temperatures in the low 90s. However, with only modest high pressure in place I think there is perhaps a 10 percent chance of some showers on Saturday afternoon, and 30 percent on Sunday. So that will be something to watch for.

Next week

The overall pattern for next week looks slightly cooler (highs around 90 degrees, maybe) and wetter. We sure could use some rain, and the atmospheric setup would support it. But I certainly am not going to confidently forecast rain 7 to 10 days from now after an extended dry spell. However, we can at least have some hope for change.

LOW EARTH ORBIT—Dreading a scenario in which He showed up early and was forced to make awkward small talk with mankind, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, circled the earth a few times so He wouldn’t be the first to arrive for Judgment Day, heavenly sources confirmed Tuesday. “It’s still looking pretty quiet down there, so I’m just gonna take a couple laps around the planet until the End Times get into full swing,” the Son of God said as He anxiously hovered high above South America, adding that almost everyone He was looking forward to seeing wouldn’t show up until the resurrection of the dead anyway. “Man, I really should have made plans to head over with the Four Horsemen. It’s way less stressful to arrive for the Day of Wrath as part of a group. I could text Abaddon, the king of the locusts, to see when he’s getting there, but that guy never checks his phone. If I’d been smarter about it, I’d just be leaving heaven now. Oh well. I’ll give it one or two more trumpets, and then I should be good to head down.” After arriving upon the earth in the divine glory of His Second Coming, Christ was reportedly dismayed to find that everyone had already judged the souls of the living and the dead without Him. 

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LANSING, MI—Assuring herself it wasn’t even that late, local woman Natalie Sissons reportedly allowed herself one more anxiety episode Tuesday before going to bed. “Just one more episode of paralyzing apprehension and fear, then I’ll call it a night,” said Sissons, admitting that she knew she should try to get some sleep since it was a work night, but that she simply couldn’t resist another 30 minutes of gripping existential dread. “It’s not even 10 p.m. yet. As long as I turn off my feelings of inescapable doom in the next hour or so, I’ll still get plenty of tense, unfulfilling rest by morning. It’s so compelling that I doubt I’ll be able to sleep unless I see this surge of visceral terror through to the end. I’m just so excited to finally find out what happens to me!” Sissons later confirmed she was still awake at 3:30 a.m. after deciding to binge an entire series of panic attacks all at once. 

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Lots of space in this end-of-the-row unit you can walk or roll into. Located in the basement of the public library, this place comes with water and one roll of scratchy toilet paper.

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WASHINGTON—Promising to stamp out the extremist movement as well as its sympathizers, the U.S. State Department announced Thursday that the WNBA had been designated as a terrorist organization.

According to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the organization has as many as 156 terrorists spread across 13 known cells in the United States, and several of its members can be tied directly to the notorious acts of basketball carried out last year at the Paris Olympics. Rubio confirmed the terror group also includes foreign-born nationals from countries such as Croatia, Cameroon, Brazil, and Hungary, giving it devastating reach both at home and abroad.

“Their radical anti-American ideology is centered on the empowerment of girls and women,” said Rubio, who stressed that the group’s members are easily recognizable by their signature uniform of sleeveless jerseys and nylon shorts. “The WNBA is a danger not just to this nation, but the entire globe. They won’t stop until every woman on the planet believes they can do anything they want, on the court and off.”

“The United States will defeat the WNBA,” he added. “Make no mistake: If you wage women’s basketball in America, you will be held accountable.”

Key leaders of the terrorist organization were identified as A’ja Wilson, 28, of Paradise, NV; Arike Ogunbowale, 28, of Arlington, TX; Angel Reese, 22, of Chicago; and Caitlin Clark, 23, last seen in Indianapolis. In addition, the FBI named 42-year-old Diana Taurasi as a senior ranking member who is believed to have helped lead the organization for 20 years, but whose current whereabouts are unknown.

FBI director Kash Patel said his agency’s Counterterrorism Division has been monitoring the WNBA’s associates and activities for decades. He shared footage from a video intercepted by U.S. intelligence officers that shows the fundamentalist group’s members at a training camp where they appear to be running drills and shooting.

“These are strong, incredibly skilled individuals capable of staying coolheaded under intense, high-pressure situations,” said Patel, who told reporters that many of the terrorists have trained overseas in Europe. “Don’t underestimate these zealots. From watching tape of them at work, I can tell you they’re ruthless, highly coordinated, and hell-bent on advancing the goals of the WNBA.”

A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center found that 56% of Americans considered the WNBA a critical threat to the United States.

“Their demands for equality and respect are absolutely chilling,” said 38-year-old Madeline Hagan, a mother and sales executive from Naples, FL, and one of the many poll respondents who described themselves as “very worried” by the threat of women’s basketball. “I have young daughters. I don’t want them being radicalized. Who knows what kinds of barriers WNBA leaders could be planning to destroy?”

Patel emphasized that although the group has been emboldened in recent years and their number of fanatical supporters is rapidly growing, federal agents would come down on WNBA abettors with “the full force of the law.” The FBI chief vowed that any person who provided “material support or resources” to the organization would be charged in accordance with the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which was enacted on Apr. 24, 1996, in response to the founding of the WNBA on the same date.

“Whether they provide transportation and lodging or financial support in the form of ticket sales, merchandise sales, and brand partnerships, individuals who knowingly assist the WNBA may face up to 20 years in federal prison,” said Patel, who pointed to the Justice Department’s open case against Skims, the official underwear partner of the WNBA. “There will be zero tolerance for WNBA supporters within our great nation’s borders.”

“If you want to cheer on the disturbing acts of Chennedy Carter, you will do so from behind bars,” he added.

Rubio warned of the danger of the WNBA’s international alliances, stating that they have ties to the foreign terrorist organizations EuroLeague Women and the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association. He told reporters that one member, Brittney Griner, a 34-year-old WNBA operative first drafted by the militant organization in 2013, spent nine months in Russia in 2022.

“What could she possibly have been doing there for 293 days?” Rubio asked. “Rest assured, we will get to the bottom of it. And when we catch up to her, she’ll wish she had never come back to the United States.”

At press time, the FBI announced that it had foiled a disturbing WNBA plot to converge at arenas nationwide starting May 16, when tens of thousands of Americans were expected to be present.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill banning “the use of certain additives” in public water systems, making Florida the second state, after Utah, to ban fluoride from drinking water. What do you think?

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HAMILTON, ON – Researchers are sounding alarm bells about the NHL Hockey Challenge on the Tim Hortons app, claiming the in-app fantasy hockey game is a ‘gateway’ that can lead users to drink the highly addictive and destructive beverage known as Tim Hortons coffee. “Sure, fantasy hockey is fun, and everyone loves free food and […]

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Supporters of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are cheering on the Health And Human Services secretary’s plans to “Make America Healthy Again.” Here is everything you need to know about the MAHA movement.

Q: What is MAHA?

A: It’s like MAGA but with food dye instead of immigrants.

Q: What is their official motto?

A: Rub Some Dirt On It.

Q: Who is behind MAHA?

A: It is a grassroots coalition of your worst cousins and coworkers.

Q: What is their main focus?

A: Making sure Americans live either much longer or way shorter lives.

Q: How does the movement propose curing disease?

A: Harnessing the natural power of leeches to purge ghosts from the blood.

Q: Why are they obsessed with cooking with beef tallow?

A: It’s easier than fighting for a functioning health care system.

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A Wisconsin man has voluntarily been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, with scientists now studying his blood in hopes of creating better treatments for snake bites. What do you think?

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Well, that’s Charlotte drowned, then. Hopefully Beate will be a great replacement as central character.

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Why don’t you just f-f-fade away?

Can I have another meal?

To our readers and supporters:

Today, May 15, 2025, Houston Landing says goodbye.

After more than two years of producing independent, nonpartisan, deeply reported journalism, we have ceased operations due to financial challenges. While this outcome is disappointing, I also feel an immense amount of gratitude and pride in what our team built and accomplished.

When Houston Landing launched in February 2023, we set out to make Houston better, one story at a time. Since then, we’ve published thousands of stories that reached millions of readers, spotlighting issues that matter most to Houstonians.

This final chapter has been among our most meaningful. In just the last month, our newsroom was honored with dozens of awards and recognitions — celebrating the courage, integrity and impact of our reporting. These honors affirm what we’ve always known: outstanding journalism can spark change, uncover truth and transform communities.

We are deeply proud of what we built. But more than anything, we’re grateful for your trust, readership and belief in our mission.

Though this is goodbye, we know the work will live on in every journalist who refuses to look away and in every reader who demands better.

With sincere gratitude,
Peter Bhatia, CEO, Houston Landing

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