On July 1 the right to buy goods free of taxes and excise duties is set to vanish on any trip inside the EU. No more cut-price gin or cigarettes to ease those end-of-vacation blues; no more flagons of cheap perfume for last-minute gifts. Stock up now, is the message from Eurotunnel, owners of the megastore beside the British entrance to the Channel Tunnel, before the Eurocrats crack down. The company has added 16 tills to cope with the expected pre-abolition rush and has installed an outsize countdown clock to remind shoppers that their bargain-hunting days are numbered....

Craig’s humiliating story, amplified in more than 10,000 blog posts, isn’t new, and not just because homosexual men have been trysting in the toilet area since the introduction of public restrooms more than a century ago. The conservative-hypocrisy angle goes way back, too. When I first moved to Washington, D.C., in 1980, Maryland Rep. Bob Bauman, arguably the single most anti-gay and sanctimonious right-winger in town (quite a feat), was busted for sex with a 16-year-old male dancer....

“60 minutes,” Dye answered. Dye, 80, died Monday. He had been dealing with kidney-related issues and tested positive for COVID-19 in the last few months, his family said. The affable coach was a regular on radio stations in Alabama in recent years and still lived the Iron Bowl 24/7 like everyone else in the state. It was always about the anticipation for the next 60 minutes. Dye deserves credit for breathing life into a rivalry that was dormant before his arrival in 1981....

The bad news is that “Light Elements” favors puns to a painful extent. An essay on a mummification factory describes the “stiff competition” and “esprit de corpse”; a discourse on portable toilets goes off on a “johndarmes” tangent. If you can keep from wincing, you’ll get to essays that manage to convey the lunatic side of science while also slipping in some information. Stone’s topics range from unusual causes of the greenhouse effect (belching cows) to why nails scraping a blackboard give people the willies (which provides an excuse for a discussion of complex acoustic wave forms)....

Wisconsin junior Sam Dekker recorded a career night, scoring 23 points and grabbing 10 rebounds for the Badgers, which advanced to the Elite Eight for the second season in a row. MORE: Bill Walton gets weird on Reddit | Must-see photos | Pangos is “Baby Steve Nash” “I just stayed confident, stayed patient and the game kind of came to me,” Dekker told Turner Broadcasting after the game. Wisconsin went on an 9-0 run to take a 65-60 lead with just over five minutes left in the game after trailing by four just minutes earlier....

The viral sensation who became affectionately known as “mop boy” (real name António Lourenço Van-Dúnem), and who also goes by ‘Toy’, captured people’s imagination with his emphatic displays of athleticism and joy when cleaning the court. It is this dedication and love of the game that led to a cameo for him in FIBA’s latest promotional video for the upcoming qualifiers, which will be taking place across all continents from June 28th to July 2nd....

In the clip that spread like wildfire across the internet on Tuesday, Arroyo mentioned the popular Netflix show You and an episode that contained mention of the measles disease and vaccine as the pair discussed viewing figures. Many viewers took to social media to weigh in on the interaction with some claiming it was genuine while others insisting it was staged. Ingraham then, seemingly confused, questioned when on The Ingraham Angle had she mentioned the measles disease or vaccine....

Speaking to Real America’s Voice at Turning Point USA’s “AmericaFest” conference, Boebert appeared unapologetic for her infamous “elevator story,” in which she implied Omar—a Minnesota Democrat and practicing Muslim—could have been carrying a suicide bomb in the Capitol. “I don’t have a victim mentality, I very much have a victor mentality,” Boebert said in her interview. “And I guess not everyone has that.” “Ilhan Omar, I would imagine if I were in that same situation as she was, I would’ve turned and said, ‘It’s fine, Lauren Boebert doesn’t have her AK-47,’” she continued....

Boebert is seen speaking on a stage to a crowd of people at an event for Representative Anthony Sabatini in the video. Sabatini is a candidate in the 2022 House of Representatives elections in Florida. The video was posted on Twitter by the page Patriot Takes on March 4, but it’s from an event from February. It already has had over 130,000 views. In the video, Boebert discusses a conversation she had with representative Matt Gaetz about shooting wolf pups....

MORE: LaVar Ball did Steve Alford a favor by removing LiAngelo from UCLA LaVar says he sent some of Lonzo Ball’s signature shoes over to the White House, and then mocked the situation by saying Trump should thank him for it. LaVar was referring to the fact Trump wanted the father to thank him for his part in helping LiAngelo out of China after his shoplifting scandal. LiAngelo was indefinitely suspended from UCLA as a result of the shoplifting arrest, and hasn’t played this season since....

The National Republican Army (NRA) leader, identified only as “Aleksandr,” told the Kyiv Post in an interview published Thursday that Putin will be removed from power “as soon as he becomes inconvenient for elites.” “Maybe, he will spend three days lying around in his cabinet like one of his predecessors. But it is very possible that he will lose his head in exchange for sanctions relief,” Aleksandr said. “In other words, the old man will become the fall guy and will be charged with everything that happened....

John Fitzgerald Johnson, 57, also known as The Real Grandmaster Jay, is accused of assaulting federal task force officers in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 4. According to the criminal complaint, Johnson “forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated, and interfered” with Louisville Metro Police officers, as well as federal officers and the Secret Service, by aiming a rifle at them one day before the NFAC were due to hold a rally to coincide with the Kentucky Derby demanding criminal charges over the shooting of Taylor....

Unlike some of the baffling Christmas Day uniforms of previous years, the NBA appears to be going all in on yultide glow with details from greeting card-eqsue script, to the NBA logo stamped in old fashioned wax seal, a natural cream color called “greige”, and “glazed sugar ornamental shiny surfaces” on the fabric and trim. MORE: Next Pelicans coach: 8 candidates | Curry’s importance, quantified | Must-see second round photos...

Known also as ear tubes, ear grommets, myringotomy tubes, tympanostomy tube, or pressure equalization (PE) tubes. Most Common Reason for Ventilation Tubes Fluid in the ear is a common condition in children, but it can also occur in adults. Children have a more horizontal ear tube which is smaller and can more easily become clogged, trapping fluid and other debris inside the ear. Fluid in the ear sometimes results in symptoms such as:...

Just by themselves, plain cookies are still scrumptious because they contain flour and sugar. I hope I don’t have to explain to you how chocolate is mouthwatering because of its tasty flavor. Wakefield is the brilliant food inventor who combined cookie dough and chocolate into a single nutritious pastry. Back in 1938, the dietician and her cooking assistant, Sue Brides, were attempting to make their own homemade cookie dough. Unsatisfied with how the dough came out, Wakefield decided to add another ingredient and included baker’s chocolate....

The Cavaliers have played in four of the six most-watched nationally televised NBA games through the first four weeks of the season, including the top two — the season opener against the Knicks on October 30 (4.0M) and a game against the Bulls the following night (3.9M). Each of the Cavaliers’ five national TV games ranks among the season’s ten most-watched (25 telecasts in total). Three other games in the top ten had a Cavaliers lead-in, and the only two games that did not involve Cleveland in some way aired on Opening Night....

James took the controls of a backhoe Monday to help fix up a crumbling house for the family of a sixth-grader in his Wheels for Education mentoring program. His sons — LeBron Jr. and Bryce — pitched in to help remove the front steps, a retaining wall and some porch railings under the direction of reality TV show host Nicole Curtis. Work on the house will be featured later on Curtis’ show “Rehab Addict” on the HGTV network....

The Cavs are back in the Eastern Conference finals after sweeping the Raptors in the second round Sunday, and a James-led team is back in that position for the seventh straight season. MORE: LeBron is only one of three reasons why Cavs are coasting We’ve seen this kind of one-sided dominance in a conference before. James’ run is strikingly similar to the run that the “Showtime” Lakers put on from 1982-89 with eight straight appearances in the Western Conference finals....

Since the NBA season restarted at the end of last month, the majority of players have knelt during the national anthem to protest against racial discrimination and police brutality after the NBA waived its rule requiring players to stand for the anthem. On Wednesday, Trump described the sight of players taking a knee during the anthem as “disgraceful” and claimed the NBA no longer held any interest for him....