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As a parent coach, I see firsthand how an adult child’s anger cuts deeply. It is not just the words that are spoken in the moment. It is also about the history behind those painful words. Old hurts, unmet expectations, and miscommunications pile up over the years, leading adult children to lash out at their parents in frustration. Parents in these situations tell me they feel helpless and often confused. They wonder if they should walk away, defend themselves, or feel guilty and apologize. Perceived Understanding May Be More Crucial Than Love I have written over the years that understanding…

The son of Mango fashion tycoon Isak Andic is reportedly being probed as a suspect in the billionaire’s sudden cliff fall death some 10 months ago. Andic, the founder and owner of the global fashion empire, died after plunging from the cliff near Barcelona while hiking with his family last December. Despite cops initially indicating his death was likely an accident, multiple local media outlets reported Thursday that his son — Jonathan Andic — is now officially being investigated for possible homicide. Isak Andic died after plunging from the cliff near Barcelona while hiking with his family last December. WireImage…

Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton spent years trying to make a sequel to The First Wives Club before Keaton’s shocking death last week. On Thursday night’s (Oct. 16) episode of Watch What Happens Live, Midler revealed just how hard the trio pushed for a sequel to the 1996 comedy. “We tried and tried and tried,” she said. “All of us tried. We got together and tried. We tried singly, doubly, triply. We really, really tried. We got all sorts of producers involved, but there was something going on at Paramount. They just dug in their heels.” Milder added,…

Washington brought in some offensive help at a time when its receiving room is banged up. Former Titans first-round pick Treylon Burks is signing with the Washington Commanders ahead of Sunday’s NFC East rivalry matchup with the Dallas Cowboys. The signing comes as star receiver Terry McLaurin was downgraded during this week’s practice schedule after missing the past three games, logging a limited practice Wednesday before being a non-participant Thursday while he battles a quad injury. Treylon Burks is an intriguing signing with upside for the Commanders. Getty Images With McLaurin looking seriously questionable to miss Week 7’s road tilt,…

A powerful explosion tore through two stories of an apartment building in Romania’s capital on Friday, killing three people and injuring at least 13 others, authorities said. The explosion affected the fifth and sixth floors of the eight-story building, according to the capital’s Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. More than a dozen emergency vehicles, including 11 fire engines and four mobile intensive care units, were dispatched to the scene of the blast on Calea Rahovei in Bucharest’s Sector 5. Several floors of an apartment building were destroyed after a powerful blast in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 17, 2025. AP First responders remove a…

A federal grand jury indicted two alleged Antifa members with terrorism-related charges for a July 4 attack on an ICE facility in Texas. The indictment, issued Wednesday and unsealed Thursday, charges Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts with providing material support for terrorism, attempting to murder federal and assisting officers and discharging firearms during attempted murders. “For the first time ever, the FBI has arrested anarchist violent extremists and charged these Antifa-aligned individuals with material support to terrorism,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. “This was a planned and coordinated terrorist attack on the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, where…

The Yankees fully expected to be playing in the ALCS on Thursday. Instead, the only action at Yankee Stadium was bulldozers going to work on the infield, with Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone inside in a press conference room trying to explain away another year of coming up short, the 16th straight since the franchise captured its last World Series championship. Hal Steinbrenner, who has not held a press conference since the one in spring training announcing the lifting of the club’s ban on facial hair, was not in attendance. But in the week since the Yankees were knocked out…

The man suspected in the disappearance of Philadelphia beauty queen Kada Scott was captured on video stalking outside another woman’s home an hour before he allegedly kidnapped and assaulted her. Keon King, 21, appeared to hop over a backyard fence of the woman’s North Philadelphia home in January before he crept up to a bedroom window, and stared inside at his target as the unidentified woman yelled at him to leave. “Go away bitch, don’t come over here,” a woman behind the camera told King, according to the video posted to TikTok on Oct. 15, which officials confirmed with NBC10.…

An explosive device detonated under the car of one of Italy’s leading investigative journalists that was parked outside his home, prompting condemnation Friday from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and others. No one was injured. Report, the investigative series on Italy’s state-run RAI3, said the explosion overnight destroyed the car of Sigfrido Ranucci and damaged a second family car and the house next to it in Pomezia, south of Rome. It said the blast was so powerful that it could have killed anyone passing by. Italian journalist Sigfrido Ranucci in Rome, Italy, on April 22, 2017. Corbis via Getty Images The…