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08/26/2026

A woman was arrested Tuesday after investigators said she tried to mail drugs to an inmate at Louisville Metro Corrections: https://bit.ly/4zDpeJs

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08/26/2026

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612.869.0.pdfJUST IN: Judge Engelmayer denies Ghislaine Maxwell's bid for release from prison, saying her claims of "new evidence" that undermines her guilt are frivolous/meritless.

08/26/2026

Going to the shoe store was never a quick stop when I was a kid. It was a whole procedure.

First, you sat on that little padded stool while the salesman slid your foot into that cold metal measuring contraption. He moved the pieces around with the seriousness of a man checking machinery, while you sat there wondering if your feet had somehow grown into an unusual size since the last visit.

Then came the shoes.

Mom would pick out the practical pair, not necessarily the pair you had been staring at on the shelf. You slipped them on, stood up, and walked back and forth across the tile while every adult in the store watched your feet. The salesman checked the heel. Mom pressed her thumb firmly against the toe and announced that there was “plenty of room.”

That usually meant they felt a little loose, looked slightly too long, and were expected to last through at least one more growth spurt.

Sometimes there was even a promise that they would feel better once they were “broken in.” Until then, you wore thicker socks, tied the laces extra tight, and tried not to trip over the front of them.

We didn’t buy new shoes because the old ones had gone out of style. We bought them when the soles wore thin, the toes pinched, or our feet had finally reached the end of all that carefully planned growing room.

And somehow, walking out of that store carrying a fresh shoebox still felt pretty special.

08/26/2026

There was a time when Dad didn't have to negotiate a contract before asking you to carry something.

“Give me a hand with this.”

That was the entire compensation package.

No allowance discussion.

No five dollars per log.

No asking what you were going to get in return.

You lived there.

The wood heated YOUR house too.

So you helped.

Saturday morning might mean stacking firewood, raking leaves, pulling weeds, washing the car, carrying groceries, or holding the flashlight while Dad worked on something you barely understood.

And yes, sometimes we complained.

We were kids.

We weren't marching outside thrilled about spending two hours moving wood when our friends were riding bikes.

But Dad had a remarkably effective response:

“We all live here.”

End of negotiations.

Your sister carried kindling.

You stacked logs.

Dad handled the heavy stuff.

Everybody had a job.

And somewhere between complaining about it and finally finishing, you learned something nobody needed to explain.

A family wasn't a hotel.

You weren't a customer.

You were part of the operation.

Sometimes you contributed simply because other people were counting on you.

There didn't need to be a prize attached to every responsibility.

The reward was that the job got done.

Then Dad looked at the finished woodpile and said:

“That ought to do it.”

And suddenly you felt strangely proud of something you'd spent the entire morning wishing you didn't have to do.

Maybe chores weren't really about firewood, dishes or leaves.

Maybe they were teaching us that being part of a family meant carrying some of the load.

Not because somebody paid you.

Because it was your home too.

08/26/2026

One box, one wish come true. Mine was a red truck that smelled like fresh paint.

08/26/2026

I remember Mrs. Jensen arguing with her sister every Thursday at 3:00. You couldn't miss it.

08/26/2026

Kentucky secured $358 million in a landmark settlement with Meta as part of a multistate lawsuit. See link below ⬇️

📸 Manuel Orbegozo, REUTERS

08/26/2026

Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to settle a wide-ranging social media addiction lawsuit with the state of California and a number of other states.

A court filing indicates that Meta agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion to bring the case to an end. The filing also says that the company “denies the allegations against it and that it has any liability to the Plaintiffs,” which are a collection of 29 states.

As part of the deal, “Meta commits to establishing daily limits and blocks on nighttime use for teenage users” as well as “enhanced age assurance measures to prevent children from accessing the platform, or age restricted content available on the platform,” the court filing also says.

Read more: nbcnews.to/4gjaPdY