Around 6.5 million Japanese elementary school students cast their votes to select their favorite mascot designs Ever since the creation of Waldi, born on December 15, 1969 at a Munich Games Organising Committee Christmas party, and eventually became the first official mascot in the history of the Summer Games in 1972 in Munich, mascots have become an integral part of the Games. Waldi was a colorful dachshund, a popular animal in Bavaria, famed for its endurance, tenacity, and agility.

Simone's biological mother, Shanon Biles, admitted that she had given her up when she was two, along with her three siblings, for adoption in 2000, after struggling with drug and alcohol addiction The fans of might have seen her parents supporting her as she became an all-time great in the world of athletics, but what many did not know was the fact that her parents were actually her grandparents, who adopted her at the age of six.

Gaetz's communications director parts ways out of 'principle' with the Florida Congressman The office of Matt Gaetz announced that longtime aide Luke Ball is no longer employed by the Flordia Congressman. Ball has played multiple roles for Gaetz over the years and was recently the Communications Director for the Congressman. According to the press release, "the Office of Congressman Matt Gaetz and Luke Ball have agreed that it would be best to part ways.

A veteran educator from the Bronx recently claimed she was fired after she denied mimicking a salute to Black power from the 2018 film, 'Black Panther', during her superintendent meetings. Another veteran also made serious claims and said she was also targeted by Department of Education, Chancellor Richard Carranza. Both of them have sued him. The Department of Education Chancellor is now stepping down after three controversial years, city officials said in a surprise announcement Friday, February 26, 2021.

'..it actually started from becoming very good friends,' Zara Tindall once said about her husband's immense support for her career Zara and Mike Tindall, the daughter and son-in-law of Anne, Princess Royal, are among the exclusive thirty invitees in Prince Philip's private funeral service. Parents to two daughters, the Tindalls are royal family members who seem to remain quite busy with their own sporting careers. While Zara is an Olympian equestrian, her husband Mike Tindall is a former rugby union player.

A jilted woman sobbed in court during her murder retrial on Tuesday as three of her former cellmates said she killed her boyfriend because he was leaving her for Miss Ohio 2012. On Tuesday, three felons testified in court that Shayna Hubers shot her former boyfriend Ryan Poston dead because he was leaving her for Miss Ohio 2012, Audrey Bolte. According to them, Hubers had no remorse when telling them about Poston.

Dillon encountered some dark days in Hollywood after trying to make it as a young actor but overcame his addictions to reunite with his family and chase his dreams of becoming a singing star The latest episode of 'American Idol' just aired on Sunday night, April 19, and once again, thanks to the ongoing coronavirus, it featured a closer look at the Top 20 contestants through a special recap portion called 'This Is Me'.

Parties, boys, friends are all part of the fun, what's not are the extreme measures to prove your loyalty in university just dropped its remake of the original 'Dying to Belong' and we have mixed emotions about it. '' plays along the same lines as its 1997 original which starred Hilary Swank. '' follows the of two university freshmen as they get sucked into the sorority scene unaware of the threats that are yet to present themselves.

Stratton's memoir, 'Kingpin: Prisoner of War on Drugs,' about the eight years he spent in prison, is being turned into a TV show Richard Stratton is the man who made A&E's docu-series about the famous and often-romanticized mob boss a reality. The director, producer and writer met the subject of his biography during his own incarceration in the 80s and went on to meet the primary subject of the series – Gotti Jr — eventually, during his trial.

AJ quite possibly tried to kill himself out of guilt, but over what: killing Angel? Or for lying about being Grace's real son? Spoilers for 'Greenleaf' Season 5 Episode 1 The fifth and final season of 'Greenleaf' the OWN megachurch drama just premiered and by the looks of it, they aren't messing around. Pulling out all the big guns right from the start, Season 5 Episode 1 ended on a rather tragic note for Grace Greenleaf (Merle Greenleaf) and her newfound son AJ's (Jacob Gibson) storyline expectedly coming to an end.