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Packers legend Brett Favre stars in new PSA warning parents about the dangers of CTE and urging them against enrolling their kids in tackle football until they're 14

Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre is continuing to push for an end to youth tackle football in a new public service announcement in which he warns about the long-term dangers of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 'Having kids play before high school is just not worth the risk,' Favre said in a statement for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, which is aiming to reduce to the risk of CTE by encouraging children to play flag football prior to enrolling in high school. Boston University researchers found in 2020 that each year of playing tackle football increases the odds a player will develop CTE by 30 percent, and a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said those who play tackle football are 15 times more likely to suffer a head injury in a game or practice. 'CTE is a terrible disease, and we need to do everything we can to prevent it for the next generation of football players,' said Favre. CTE, as the degenerative brain disease is known, can only

Dad, 31, is charged with murdering his girlfriend, 26, and nearly killing their four young children by driving into oncoming traffic after 'talking to God'

A Los Angeles man allegedly murdered his girlfriend and nearly killed their four children by driving into wrong-way traffic and crashing into a tractor trailer on a California highway after telling his brother-in-law that 'he had to give his family to God' and that the government was after him.  Prosecutors say Cesar Iban Torres, 31, crashed the family's white 2003 Lincoln Navigator head-on into a semi-truck on the 101 Freeway in Encino, a neighborhood north of Los Angeles, last Thursday with the intent to kill his girlfriend, 26-year-old Aimee Garcia, and their children.      Torres faces numerous charges including murder, attempted murder, child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon.  The uninjured dad was tased by cops after resisting arrest and trying to attack members of the California Highway Patrol, reported NBC Los Angeles. Aimee Garcia was a victim of domestic violence at the hands of Cesar Iban Torres , her boyfriend, for many years, her family said California H

Pete Buttigieg reveals he and husband Chasten are becoming PARENTS after trying to adopt for a year

Pete Buttigieg, 39, announced on Tuesday that he and husband Chasten, 32, are now fathers as they complete the adoption process.  'For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family,' the Transportation secretary tweeted. 'We're overjoyed to share that we've become parents!' 'The process isn't done yet and we're thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. We can't wait to share more soon,' Buttigieg continued. He did not, however, share any more details on their new parental status.  The couple has previously shared their desire to adopt and be parents.  Chasten reposted his husband's tweet along with: 'Some News!' 'Congratulations to you and @Chasten!' first lady Jill Biden posted to Twitter on Tuesday. 'Welcome to parenthood!' she added with an emoticon of two hearts.  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced on Tuesday that he and husband Chasten ar

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says the images from Kabul are 'heartbreaking' - but Biden had to 'think about the human costs' of keeping the US in the conflict

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan opened the Tuesday press briefing by addressing Monday's chaos at Kabul's airport that produced images including what looked to be people falling to their deaths from departing aircraft. 'The images from the past couple of days at the airport have been heartbreaking,' Sullivan said. 'But President Biden had to think about the human costs of the alternative path as well, which was to stay in the middle of the civil conflict in Afghanistan.'  Sullivan was asked by DailyMail.com specifically about the imagery of stowaways falling from a plane, which has been compared to New Yorkers leaping to their deaths from the burning Twin Towers on 9/11, which kicked off the Afghanistan War.  National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called the images from Kabul's airport 'heartbreaking' during Tuesday's White House press briefing  DailyMail.com specifically asked Sullivan about visuals that seemingly showed stowaways falli

Mother of British 'danger tourist', 21, who went on holiday to Kabul says she had no idea he was even there but is 'relieved' he is now safe after he landed in Dubai aboard evacuation plane carrying Afghans

The mother of the 'danger tourist' who went on holiday to Kabul days before it fell to the Taliban spoke of her relief that her student son is safe. Miles Routledge was evacuated to Dubai on a military flight with hundreds of others fleeing the Afghanistan capital after the Taliban took control. The Loughborough University student will now have to make his own arrangements to return to the UK on a commercial flight. His mother Susan said she was 'relieved' but still in a state of shock over his exploits that have drawn fierce criticism. She revealed she had no idea her 21-year-old son was even in Afghanistan until she saw his online posts. 'Of course, I am very relieved he is safe,' said Susan at her home in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. 'But I am still in a bit of shock that he was even there. I had no idea until I saw some of his posts. I am just glad he is safe.' Mrs Routledge said it would be at least another 10 days before she can be reunited wit

Texas death row inmate, 54, who murdered his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her seven-year-old son is set to be executed in October

Stephen Barbee, 54, is accused of asphyxiating Lauren Underwood, then 34, and her son Jayden, 7, and then taking their bodies to a wooded area to bury them in a shallow grave.  A Texas death row inmate convicted of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her son before burying them in a shallow grave is scheduled to be executed in October.   Stephen Barbee, 54, strangled to death Lauren Underwood, 34, in 2005 after an argument over his refusal to leave his wife. At the time, she was seven months pregnant with his child. On the night of the murder, her seven-year-old son ran into the room before he was also killed.  Barbee then took their bodies to a wooded area where he buried them in a shallow grave.    He was convicted after a three-day trial in 2006, though he has maintained his innocence, having filed multiple petitions and having had a 2019 appeal rejected by the state. Barbee met Underwood in 2003 at a bagel store she co-owned in Fort Worth, Texas, according to MSNBC. They broke

BBC's Young Composer of the Year 2012 winner, 26, avoids jail after stealing images of women from social media and uploading doctored versions to pornographic sites

The BBC's Young Composer of the Year 2012 winner has avoided jail after stealing images of women from social media and uploading doctored versions to pornographic sites. Alexander Woolf, 26, from Cambridge, downloaded images of 15 women and uploaded them to Reddit threads with sexually explicit and derogatory comments, the Crown Prosecution Service said. He encouraged users of the online community platform to paste the victims' faces onto the bodies of porn actresses before posting the doctored pictures on adult sites. None of the original images were pornographic or indecent, the CPS said. All of the women were acquaintances of Woolf. He was handed a 20-week sentence suspended for two years, the CPS said, and ordered to undertake a 40-day rehabilitation programme.  Alexander Woolf (pictured above), 26, from Cambridge, downloaded images of 15 women and uploaded them to Reddit threads with sexually explicit and derogatory comments, the Crown Prosecution Service said The compos