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The Detroit Lions decided to halt team practice on Tuesday, in response to the police shooting of 29-year old Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The incident, in which Blake was multiple seven times in the back by Kenosha police officers as he walked to his SUV, was caught on camera and has inspired renewed protests and demonstrations across America. On Tuesday, Blake’s father revealed that his son was paralyzed from the waist down. Blake was shot in front of his children. The Lions were the first NFL team on Tuesday to halt activities in demonstration for social justice. The players spoke to the media following the decision, in which they said that football was not as important today as using their platform to create change. Lions demand justice pic.twitter.com/Bvx23hRW3o— Jennifer Hammond (@HammerFox2) August 25, 2020 “What happened to Jacob Blake is not okay and we’re going to speak on it,” said safety Duron Harmon. “Coach [Matt Patricia] pulled everyone aside and said, ‘what happen

A self-proclaimed 'wine snob' has praised a $6 bottle of shiraz from Australian Aldi stores. Posting to the Aldi Mums Facebook group, Danielle said she 'highly recommends' the $5.99 'Small Talk' Shiraz, which is available in a one litre bottle. 'I'm a total red wine snob, Penfolds come at me! My friend got me into this and for $6 for a 1L bottle seriously get out of town I'm hooked! Highly recommend guys,' she said online.   A self-proclaimed 'wine snob' has praised a $6 bottle of shiraz from budget supermarket giant Aldi Australia. Danielle said she 'highly recommends' the $5.99 'Small Talk' Shiraz, which is available in a one litre bottle According to the product description, the red wine is made in a south eastern region of Australia and is best paired with red meat, such as beef sausages or steak.  Other social media users part of the Facebook group agreed and said the Aldi wines taste 'fabulous'. The 'Smal

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Environmental groups wasted no time challenging the Trump administration´s attempt to allow oil and gas drilling in an Alaska refuge where polar bears and caribou roam. Two lawsuits filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Anchorage sought to block the Interior Department's plan to allow oil and gas lease sales on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - a 1.56 million-acre strip of land along Alaska´s northern Beaufort Sea coast, or about 8% of the 19.3 million-acre refuge. In one lawsuit, the National Audubon Society, Center for Biological Diversity, Natural Resources Defense Council and Friends of the Earth sued David Bernhardt, the Interior Department secretary who approved the oil and gas lease sales last week. "Birds can´t vote, and they can´t file a lawsuit - but we can. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment to defend the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and protect America´s bird nursery from drilling," David Yarnold, president an

A vegan Instagram model who allegedly filmed herself snatching piglets from a factory farm has also been accused of breaking into a chicken farm.  Lauren Ann McGeachin, 28, was accused of breaking into Cameron Pastoral Company’s piggery near Toowoomba, southern Queensland, in November last year.  She was charged with stealing stock and entering a premises with intent and later accused of breaking into Williams Poultry, The Courier Mail reported.  Scroll down for video  Instagram model Lauren Ann McGeachin (pictured with a piglet), 28, allegedly broke in to a piggery near Toowoomba, southern Queensland, in November last year  McGeachin was charged by police after sharing a series of videos featuring her and others inside the farm with the baby pigs to her Instagram account  The activist allegedly broke into the chicken farm in Canningvale some time between July 12 and 14 last year.  McGeachin fronted Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday and has indicated she will plead guilty to both i

Garcelle Beauvais is set to join The Real as a co-host for the series' seventh season premiering September 21.  The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star was announced as the new co-host by Variety on Monday.   Beauvais, 53, will join Jeannie Mai, Loni Love and Adrienne  Houghton to helm the show after Amanda Seales and Tamera Mowry-Housley departed earlier this summer. New co-host: Garcelle Beauvais is set to join The Real as a co-host for the series' seventh season premiering September 21 (pictured in February 2020) 'I am thrilled to be joining the dynamic, bold and diverse women on the award-winning talk show The Real,' the actress said.  Adding: 'My love for pop culture and news, blended with my natural gift of gab, has always made me gravitate towards a talk show environment.' Beauvais' latest gig comes after she joined RHOBH for season 10, which premiered earlier this year.  She came the first Black cast member on the Beverly Hills version of the hit r

Aug 24 - Serena Williams shook off some COVID-19 layoff rust to grind out a 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(0) win over Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus on Monday to move into the third round of the Western and Southern Open. Williams' matches are usually a huge drawcard but with no fans allowed due to COVID-19 safety protocols there was an atmosphere of relief rather than excitement after her hard-fought victory. "I was fine," said Williams, when asked about playing without fans. "At one point I was pumping my fist and saying, 'Come on'. "I had a crowd in my head or something. It was actually funny to me. For me, it was like there was a crowd there." Japan's Naomi Osaka, competing in her first WTA singles match since the season resumed, battled past Karolina Muchova 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 to set up a clash with Dayana Yastremska. She was joined in the third round by former champion Victoria Azarenka, who staved off a late comeback attempt by Caroline Garcia to prevail 6-2

Jimmy Kimmel is back on set for ABC. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host was slated to return in person for his second season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, after not having been in the studio for more than five months, Deadline reported on Monday. Kimmel had last recorded episodes of the game show on March 14 sans an audience at the beginning of the national shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. Back on the job: Jimmy Kimmel was slated to return in person for his second season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, after not having been in the studio for more than five months   The Sony-produced game show, which airs Sundays, is implementing strict social distancing and health statutes in accordance with guidelines set forth by both state and local officials in addition to union protocols. Kimmel is returning to the show for the second season after celeb guests including Anderson Cooper, Eric Stonestreet and Kaitlin Olson appeared on the first season of the reboot. ABC exec Rob Mills told the

When a massive wildfire swept through California´s oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old and among the tallest living things on Earth, may finally have succumbed. But an Associated Press reporter and photographer hiked the renowned Redwood Trail at Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Monday and confirmed most of the ancient redwoods had withstood the blaze.  Among the survivors is one dubbed Mother of the Forest. An old-growth redwood tree named 'Mother of the Forest' is still standing in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California, on Monday Another ancient redwood given the name 'Father of the Forest' is seen above on Monday in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in California after surviving the CZU Lightning Complex wildfire A helicopter and crew releases water to extinguish a section of the LNU Lightning Complex Fire near Middletown, California 'That is such good news, I can't tell you how