Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

As fall begins, the days become shorter, and the nights longer, especially at higher latitudes. Fall changes our routines. People tend to return home earlier, resulting in fewer people on the streets. In many cities, evening traffic starts earlier, and the streets become empty at night. The start of school and universities in the fall causes much of the young population, who typically spend time outdoors, to leave the streets and recreational areas. Instead, spending time at home, attending parties with friends and family, and visiting pubs and coffee shops have become popular activities. However, this shift from summer to…

He’s still in the game! The Mets may have crapped out this year, but Steve Cohen’s $8 billion casino plan won a vote of confidence Tuesday. A state local siting board voted 6-0 to allow the proposal, from the Mets’ billionaire owner and Hard Rock, to move forward for further consideration.  “While the Mets didn’t make the playoffs, I consider this a home run,” said Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, who served on the casino community advisory committee. The proposal — to build a casino dubbed “Metropolitan Park” near Citi Field — now will be reviewed by the state gaming…

President Trump has given Hamas “three or four days” to agree to his Gaza peace deal or else the Palestinian terror group will face “a very sad end.” Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump touted his 20-point peace deal as the best way to end the two-year-old conflict in Gaza after Israel agreed to the terms yesterday. President Trump gave Hamas “three or four days” to agree to his Gaza peace deal. REUTERS Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation. REUTERS Members of Hamas gather in Feb. 2025. MOHAMMED SABER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock “We’re just waiting for Hamas,” Trump said as he presented…

Late-night comedian Jon Stewart blasted right- and left-leaning news hosts in the “narcissistic media ecosystem” for politicizing recent mass shootings by rushing to blame the other side. “Who the f–k cares?” Stewart exclaimed Monday during “The Daily Show.” “These mass shootings do not fit neatly into our left-right paradigm.” “But unfortunately, left-right paradigm is the only way our narcissistic media ecosystem sees anything anymore. That’s the system they built, so it must fit into the right-left paradigm, because that binary is the foundation of all of their programming.” Late-night comedian Jon Stewart blasted right- and left-leaning news hosts in the…

The Cincinnati Bengals opened their Monday night road matchup against the Denver Broncos with a field goal. And that is where the positives end.Following the opening-drive score by Cincinnati, the Broncos out-scored the Bengals 28-0 the rest of the game, holding Cincinnati to just 178 yards of total offense. Ja’Marr Chase has an idea why that happened.”Urgency is there, man, it’s just you gotta want it. At the end of the day, we gotta want it. Today, it didn’t look like we wanted it,” the star wide receiver said about the Bengals after the Week 4 loss, according to ESPN.Chase,…

This fall, horror fans across the U.S. are in for a blood-soaked treat as Evil Dead In Concert brings Sam Raimi’s legendary cult classic to life in an entirely new way. Produced by Black Ink Presents, in partnership with Terrapin Station Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment, the tour launched September 22 in Buffalo, New York. It will slash its way through 50 cities—including a special three-night run in Los Angeles over Halloween. Evil Dead The event pairs a newly restored screening of Raimi’s Evil Dead with a live ensemble performing Joe LoDuca’s original score in real time. Known for his…

Wild video shows a drunk British dad fighting with police who then drag him off a plane by his ear after he allegedly tried to open an emergency door mid-flight. Now-viral video shows the bald Brit resisting French police who try to haul him off a budget Ryanair flight that was forced to make an emergency landing, with him telling them, “No, no, no — no f–king way!” He was then marched off the plane to cheers from other passengers — with a cop grabbing him by the ear and twisting it to get him to obey his orders. Ashley-Law…

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Keith Urban opened up about difficulties in his marriage to Nicole Kidman one year before their split. In April 2024, Urban, 57, honored Kidman, 58, at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala and recalled in his speech how his addiction struggles nearly tore apart their relationship. “We got married in June 2006 and barely four months into our marriage, my addictions that I’d done really nothing about, blew our marriage to smithereens,” the country singer said onstage. Keith Urban during his speech at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala in June 2024. American Film Institiue/Youtube Nicole Kidman at the…

A gutsy cyclist taunted US Customs and Border Protection officers in downtown Chicago — shouting “I’m not a US citizen!” — before sparking a wild street chase caught on video. The tense interaction shows the unidentified cyclists riding up to a herd of agents on Sunday as federal immigration agents patrolled the streets of the Windy City. “I’m not a US citizen! Come on!” the man is heard repeatedly yelling at the agents. A cyclist provoked US Customs and Border Protection officers by shouting “I’m not a U.S. citizen!” before fleeing, as the dramatic encounter was caught on video. Christopher…