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Why Six Flags May Not Be Liable for Teacher’s Fatal Fall From Goliath Roller Coaster

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Six Flags may avoid liability for the fatal accident that sent a teacher plunging from a Georgia roller coaster—if the amusement park can demonstrate that it complied with applicable state safety laws.

Hassan Kariem, 42, was ejected Monday from the 200-foot-tall Goliath hypercoaster at Six Flags Over Georgia after apparently slipping out of his restraint. He struck other cars before falling to his death in front of horrified passengers.

“The key question is not just what went wrong, but also whether someone knew—or should have known—what might go wrong,” said Daniel Adamson, an attorney with Georgia-based Dixon-Adamson, a firm that handles theme park litigation.

Six Flags has temporarily closed Goliath and nine other roller coasters at six of its parks while investigators examine the deadly incident. The review is expected to cover every aspect of the ride, including its design, maintenance history and daily operation, Adamson told The Post.

“The biggest issue is whether this was a preventable tragedy,” he said.

Investigators will also want to know whether the park had been alerted to any potential problems, Adamson said, including whether there were previous safety complaints and what the inspection logs and maintenance records show.

If the investigation finds that Six Flags rigorously complied with Georgia’s safety codes and regulations, Adamson said the park could potentially avoid legal liability for Kariem’s death.

That possibility stems from the fact that Georgia applies a lower legal duty of care to amusement parks than it does to public transportation operators.

Under a 1982 Georgia Supreme Court ruling, amusement parks owe guests a duty of “ordinary care.” By contrast, bus and train operators are required to exercise “extraordinary diligence” toward their passengers.


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That distinction can make it more difficult to hold a roller coaster operator responsible for a passenger’s injury or death.

Still, “ordinary care” generally applies to expected risks such as becoming ill on a ride or having one’s head jostled—not being thrown from a seat while traveling about 70 mph.

“When somebody boards a roller coaster, they accept the thrill of the ride, not the risk of being thrown from it,” Adamson said. He added that Six Flags would have to argue that Kariem knowingly assumed the risk of such an extraordinary accident when he entered the park.

“It’s really context-specific,” he said.

“You have to examine the facts of each case and determine what reasonable duty of ordinary care applies in the context of that particular activity.”

Audrey Hepburn’s Diet Was Surprisingly Normal—Pasta and Ice Cream Included

Audrey Hepburn’s slender figure fueled speculation throughout her life. Her famously tiny 22-inch waist led some people to assume she had an eating disorder, but her family has consistently rejected that claim.

Hepburn stood 5′ 7″ and weighed about 110 pounds for much of her adult life, yet people close to her described no pattern of extreme dieting. Her youngest son, Luca Dotti, said the Oscar winner genuinely enjoyed cooking and prepared meals for her family every day. She even collected recipe cards from Bon Appetit magazine. Although she knew how to make elaborate dishes, Dotti said she favored the simple recipes she had learned from relatives and friends. “Her recipes were never about being a chef or making an impression,” he explained.

Much like Dolly Parton’s everyday eating habits, Hepburn’s diet was far more familiar than many might expect. Pasta, ice cream and other comforting favorites all had a place in her routine. This is what the Hollywood icon typically ate throughout the day.

Audrey Hepburn took breakfast seriously

Hepburn never skipped breakfast, and she made sure her children followed the same routine. Speaking with Bon Appetit in 2015, Luca Dotti—whose father was Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti—recalled that his mother “insisted on having a great breakfast.”

Despite growing up in Old Hollywood, Dotti and his older brother, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, began their mornings at the kitchen table with their mother. Breakfast was also a chance for family conversation, often accompanied by Hepburn’s homemade muffin-madeleine treats. Her own meal was usually much simpler: bread, butter and jam. As Dotti explained, she cared more about making everyone happy than preparing restaurant-style food. “It was more important to make everybody happy rather than be a chef like at Le Cordon Bleu,” he wrote.

Sean Hepburn Ferrer remembered much the same routine. In his autobiography, “Intimate Audrey,” co-written with Wendy Holden and published in 2026, he described his mother’s usual breakfast as “a boiled egg, toast, and jam” (via People).

Carb-heavy Italian cuisine was her favorite

Her slim build also concealed a serious fondness for carbohydrates. “She was crazy for pasta,” Luca Dotti told Bon Appetit in 2015, recalling that his mother’s friends were amazed when she ordered two pasta dishes in succession. He told People that she ate the Italian staple in some form almost every day. “Mum had a serious pasta addiction,” he joked in his cookbook, “Audrey at Home.” “She couldn’t do without pasta.”

Sean Hepburn Ferrer shared that memory. In his 1999 memoir, “Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit,” he also described his mother as having a “serious addiction” to carbohydrates, according to Town & Country. Both sons identified Spaghetti al Pomodoro as her favorite meal, noting that she prepared it with plenty of extra sauce and enjoyed it every week.

Hepburn also ate pasta with pesto and, surprisingly, pasta with ketchup. Her affection for comfort food was not limited to Italian dishes, either. Dotti told Bon Appetit that baked stuffed potatoes were among the recipes she made most frequently. She baked them and let each family member fill the potatoes with whatever ingredients they preferred.

The impact of starvation during WWII was lifelong

The hardships of Hepburn’s childhood also help explain her lifelong thinness. She was 10 when World War II began, and food became increasingly scarce. According to Luca Dotti, who spoke with People, his mother nearly died from starvation. “She survived by eating nettles and tulip bulbs and drinking water to fill her stomach,” he said. “By the end of the war, she was very close to death.” As a teenager, Hepburn weighed only 88 pounds despite standing 5′ 6″.

The worst period came during the winter of 1944–45, later known as the “Hunger Winter.” Hepburn’s family took shelter in a cellar to escape the bombing, and she later said she sometimes went three days without food (via People). Even when supplies were available, meals were extremely limited. “For months, breakfast was hot water and one slice of bread, made from brown beans,” she recalled. “Broth for lunch was made from one potato.”

The malnutrition left Hepburn with serious health problems, including jaundice and edema. Her family believes those years of deprivation also affected her body and contributed to her naturally slender frame as an adult. “People think because she was skinny that she had an eating disorder, but it’s not true,” Dotti told People.

Audrey Hepburn didn’t believe in snacking

Hepburn enjoyed Italian food and did not shy away from a generous serving of pasta. Luca Dotti told People in 2017 that she liked “a little bit of everything.” Still, her household had clear rules. “Snacks didn’t really exist in our household,” he said in 2015. “She was very strict.”

Rather than following a trendy eating plan, Hepburn approached food deliberately. She selected ingredients from her garden or local markets, choosing seasonal produce whenever possible. Her family meals emphasized fresh vegetables and grains, with meat served in moderation. Once food was ready, everyone was expected to stop and enjoy it properly. “When it was breakfast, lunch or dinner, her feeling was you should take your time for meals and stop what you are doing,” Dotti told People. The one exception was a monthly detox consisting of plain yogurt and a grated apple, which she used in hopes of resetting her digestive system.

As it turns out, dieting wasn’t her thing either

Hepburn also rejected the celebrity diet culture that surrounded her. Her sons said she maintained her petite figure by eating mindfully rather than following restrictive plans. “She cooked and baked and ate what she liked but was careful with portions,” Sean Hepburn Ferrer wrote in “Intimate Audrey” (per People), adding that she “eschewed all thoughts of fad diets.” Robert Wolders, Hepburn’s partner from 1980 until her death in 1993, agreed. He told People in 2017 that she did not diet, attributing her figure instead to a healthy metabolism and regular exercise.

Walking was Hepburn’s preferred form of exercise, though her daily outings were not gentle strolls. Ferrer recalled that she set “a punishing pace for those of us trailing behind.” Wolders remembered the same brisk stride, telling People, “We’d walk for miles — she could outwalk me.” Even so, he said she did not exercise obsessively or force herself to reach a particular distance. She simply paid attention to what her body needed.

Audrey Hepburn always indulged her sweet tooth

Fruit and vegetables were part of Hepburn’s diet, but so were sweets. “Chocolate was her favorite pick-me-up,” Luca Dotti told People, explaining that she ate some every day, especially dark chocolate. It might be just “a bite or sometimes more.” She kept her supply in a dedicated drawer that family members were forbidden to open.

Wolders remembered Hepburn’s nightly chocolate habit as well. “She had chocolate after dinner, baking chocolate,” he told People. She sometimes paired it with a small alcoholic drink, enjoying “a finger or two of Scotch at night.”

Sean Hepburn Ferrer particularly remembered his mother’s lunchtime treat: vanilla ice cream topped with maple syrup. He also recalled her homemade desserts, including a flourless chocolate cake and a signature pavlova. “Whenever we came home for Christmas, she always made her version of a pavlova,” Ferrer told People in 2026. “We’d all sneak into the cold room in the back of our kitchen in Switzerland and by the next morning, it was gone.”

Audrey Hepburn’s typical daily menu was pretty normal

Hepburn’s instantly recognizable style may have looked carefully maintained, but her eating habits were surprisingly ordinary. Breakfast was often brown bread and jam, while lunch and dinner consisted of freshly prepared food. “Lunch would be chicken or veal or pasta, often with vegetables from the garden,” Wolders told People. “For dinner we often had soup with chicken and vegetables.”

Indeed, Hepburn was a stickler for fruits and veggies and salads were present at most meals, but it was as much about aesthetic appearance as nutrition. Any meat dish that looked too drab and brown was offset with carrots and greens from the local market, as her son, Luca Dotti, told Bon Appetit in 2015. Other recipes she was particularly fond of included soy sauce chicken and pasta pomodoro made with onions, carrots, celery, and lots of garlic.

However, Hepburn didn’t just have one dish and call it a day. As son Sean Hepburn Ferrer shared in his 2026 biography, “Intimate Audrey,” the actor liked to have a well-rounded meal rather than something quick. Lunch, for example, was a three-course affair. “She’d have a salad or a soup, a sandwich, and a scoop of her favorite vanilla ice cream with maple syrup,” he wrote (per People). A nice cold beer to wash it all down also wasn’t uncommon.

Christa Pike’s Death Sentence Faces New Test After Botched Execution

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Christa Pike could avoid execution if the two doses of pentobarbital she survived caused lasting cognitive damage, according to one of the country’s leading death-penalty experts.

Deborah Denno, a Fordham Law professor who studies capital punishment, said Pike’s attorney has reported that she remains confused and has little or no clear memory of the botched execution. “If that continues, it could be very difficult for the state to execute her for that reason alone,” Denno told News Media. “You have to understand why you’re being punished and connect that punishment to the crime you committed.”

Denno also noted that executions are prohibited for people with intellectual disabilities.

A vertical photo of a death row inmate in Tenneseee

Christa Gail Pike was scheduled to be executed on Sept. 30, 2026. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP)

Courts have blocked executions involving intellectually disabled prisoners and inmates whose cognitive impairments prevent them from understanding why they are facing death, Denno said. She cited a 2019 Supreme Court decision involving a prisoner with dementia who could no longer remember the crime.

Pike had been scheduled for execution Sept. 30, after the Supreme Court lifted a last-minute stay. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 torture and killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a fellow student at the Jobs Corps Center vocational program in Knoxville.

Colleen Slemmer in a portrait photo.

An undated portrait photograph of Colleen Slemmer provided by her mother. (May Martinez/Special to the News Sentinel)

Pike’s next steps remain uncertain. State officials have not publicly disclosed how they intend to proceed, leaving several possible outcomes on the table.

Gov. Bill Lee could commute Pike’s sentence to life without parole, although he has already placed a moratorium on Tennessee executions through at least the end of the year. Even with that pause in place, Denno said a gubernatorial commutation appears unlikely.

Convicted killer Christa Gail Pike listens to proceedings on April 2008 in Knox County Criminal Court in a bid for a new trial in the 1995 killing of fellow Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer.

Convicted killer Christa Gail Pike listens to proceedings on April 2008 in Knox County Criminal Court in a bid for a new trial in the 1995 killing of fellow Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

If Tennessee officials seek a new death warrant, the move would probably trigger another legal challenge, Denno said.

The case could ultimately reach the Tennessee Supreme Court, which may have to decide whether Pike remains imprisoned for life or faces another execution attempt, she said. “If there’s going to be another attempt at an execution, that could go several ways as well.”

Randy Spivey and Luke Ihnen, attorneys for Christa Pike, deliver a news briefing outside the Davidson County courthouse

Randy Spivey, an attorney for Christa Pike, a death row prisoner who survived a botched execution, speaks to the media, flanked by Luke Ihnen, after a Tennessee court was presented a status update on Pike, outside a courtroom in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 7, 2026. (Reuters/Seth Herald)

Pike’s legal team could also argue that trying to execute her again would violate protections against double jeopardy, Denno said.

The theory is that Pike has already endured the state’s punishment: Officials administered the drugs, she received them and the state completed the steps intended to kill her. “She just simply didn’t happen to die,” Denno said, adding that the failure resulted from the state’s chosen method or its incompetence.

Dr. Murray Marks holds the victim's shattered skull at Christa Pike's murder trial in 1996

University of Tennessee forensic anthropologist Dr. Murray Marks testifies about the wounds to Colleen A. Slemmer’s skull during Christa Gail Pike’s murder trial in Knox County Criminal Court on March 25, 1996. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

That argument would have to be resolved by the courts. If it fails, officials would then face another difficult question: how should a second execution be carried out?

“Are you going to try to use lethal injection again?” Denno asked. Pike’s attorneys may have their strongest argument yet that repeating the method would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Pike has identified hanging and a firing squad as two possible alternatives, Denno said, meaning the state could pursue one of those methods instead.

Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.

Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Pike has since left the hospital and returned to prison following what her attorneys called a “remarkable” physical recovery. She is the only person known to have survived a lethal injection attempt in the modern era.

Education Secretary Lucy Powell: Put Speaking Alongside Reading and Writing

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Speaking and communication are set to receive the same status as reading and writing under Lucy Powell’s planned overhaul of England’s national curriculum.

The Education Secretary said today that confident speaking will be built into a revised curriculum and assessed through GCSE examinations.

She also intends to cut the amount of academic writing required in subjects including music, PE and drama, replacing some written work with more practical forms of assessment.

Critics, however, fear the proposals could undo Conservative reforms designed to make the curriculum more rigorous, even though a Labour review last year concluded that many of those changes should remain.

Laura Trott, the shadow education secretary, said: ‘Lucy Powell seems to be tearing up the last two years as if they never happened, with a constant change of direction.

‘Blowing open the curriculum and assessment review once again creates more confusion for schools and risks reopening the hard-won debate over the importance of a knowledge-rich curriculum.’

The announcement marks a departure from the approach of her predecessor, Bridget Phillipson, who had called for more limited changes to teaching.

Ms Phillipson’s major curriculum review, headed by Professor Becky Francis, concluded that much of the existing content should remain in place.

The plans come after the latest international tests conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development showed England climbing sharply up the global rankings following the Conservatives’ reforms.

Speaking and communication skills will get equal status with reading and writing as part of an overhaul of the national curriculum by Lucy Powell (pictured)

Lucy Powell has announced plans to give speaking and communication skills equal status with reading and writing as part of a national curriculum overhaul

Addressing school leaders today, Ms Powell said that ‘practical skills are disappearing from practical subjects, just when the world demands the opposite.’

She added: ‘That isn’t politics or ideology; it’s a fact.’

Ms Powell also argued that the rise of artificial intelligence would make face-to-face communication among young people increasingly important—an area she said state schools have not traditionally prioritised.

Speaking at the Confederation of School Trusts’ annual conference in Birmingham, she said: ‘With AI on the rise, we need to go harder on the skills that makes us human, like oracy.

‘That ability to articulate yourself confidently is central to success in work and in life, but for too long it’s been a marker of privilege.

‘Now it will become the right of every child—nobody left out because they can’t speak up. That’s why we’re hardwiring oracy into the revised National Curriculum.

‘And I can announce today that I will give oracy equal status to reading and writing, as a new strand of the English curriculum.’

She said Labour would work with schools and the exams regulator Ofqual to ensure that ‘oracy will light up every classroom’.

‘Both in content and in assessment, speaking, listening and communicating will be a core part of every child’s education, from primary to GCSE and beyond,’ she added.

‘And that is the oldest form of connection we can think of, building relationships by communicating.’

Government sources claimed Ms Powell would not rip up the Francis review.

As part of the overhaul, Ms Powell has already announced she wants new vocational GCSEs to sit beside academic ones.

Previously, Ms Phillipson was keen to ensure more teenagers could take art, music or drama at GCSE while retaining some pressure on them to choose humanities and languages as well.

A senior education source told The Times the announcements from Ms Powell were ‘vibes’, retrogressive and light on detail. 

However, a source close to Powell said: ‘If we are serious about improving young people’s life chances, we need an education system that reaches beyond the classroom to ensure every young person leaves school ready to thrive in further study, work and life.’ 

Teen Accused of Orchestrating Failed Murder Plot Targeting Man and Girl

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A promising rugby league player has been accused of helping organise a failed attempt to kill a relative of the notorious Alameddine family as the man picked up his teenage daughter from a school in Sydney’s south-west.

Police have disclosed disturbing new details of what they describe as an “extremely targeted and calculated attack” after strike force officers arrested 19-year-old David Kulitapa on Wednesday.

The 44-year-old father and his 15-year-old daughter were sitting in a ute outside a high school in Fairfield West at about 3pm on June 9 when a gunman allegedly opened fire at the windscreen.

The pistol reportedly jammed, prompting both victims to escape from the vehicle.

The alleged shooter then turned the weapon towards the girl and attempted to fire again, but the pistol jammed for a second time.

CCTV footage showed the father and daughter running down a nearby side street in an effort to reach safety.

After an extensive investigation, officers from State Crime Command’s Taskforce Falcon arrested Kulitapa during a traffic stop at Sans Souci on Wednesday.

Police do not allege that he was the gunman or the driver involved in the incident.

David Kulitapa is accused of coordinating the botched assassination attempt of a father and his teenage daughter outside a school in Fairfield West in June

David Kulitapa is accused of coordinating a botched assassination attempt targeting a father and his teenage daughter outside a Fairfield West school in June

CCTV captured the man and girl fleeing to safety after they were allegedly shot at

CCTV footage showed the man and girl running to safety after they were allegedly targeted by gunfire

Kulitapa was charged with knowingly directing the activities of a criminal group, along with two counts of attempting to discharge loaded firearms with intent to murder and other offences.

A number of the charges relate to a search of a property in Cronulla, where police allegedly found a knife and illicit drugs.

Kulitapa did not seek bail when he appeared on Thursday and will remain in custody until his case returns to court on December 17.

Investigators believe the highly targeted attack was commissioned from overseas.

Police will allege that Kulitapa, an apprentice renderer and emerging rugby league player, carried out preliminary tasks linked to the planned shooting.

Detective Acting Superintendent Jason Smith said Kulitapa was allegedly involved in several preparations, including arranging vehicles, conducting physical surveillance and using tracking devices to follow the victims’ movements.

Det Supt Smith confirmed that the alleged victims were not directly involved in the underworld conflict between the Alameddine crime gang and its rival, the Coconut Cartel.

Det Supt Smith confirmed the alleged victims were not directly involved in Sydney’s underworld feud between the Alameddine crime gang and rival group the Coconut Cartel.

David Kulitapa was charged with knowingly directing activities of a criminal group, and two counts of attempting to discharge loaded arms with intent to murder, among other offences.

David Kulitapa faces charges including knowingly directing the activities of a criminal group and two counts of attempting to discharge loaded firearms with intent to murder

“We believe the two victims were targeted simply because of their family association,” Det Supt Smith said.

‘They had not done anything to anyone to deserve to be a victim of this type of crime.

‘It’s hard to know whether they knew the girl was there or not (but) it’s in a busy street, at school pick-up time, the possibility there would be children or other people in the vicinity is quite high.’

The father and daughter were distressed but uninjured following the near miss.

They remain traumatised by the ordeal, according to police. 

‘I’m not sure how you would ever get over something like this … they are understandably still affected by the incident, particularly the young girl,’ Det Supt Smith said.

The manhunt for the alleged gunman continues.  

‘We will continue to investigate this until we identify every person involved in the offence and we will put them before the court,’ Det Supt Smith said.

Anyone with information that may assist investigations into organised criminal activity is urged to contact Crime Stoppers

Brandon Gill: Questioning Ilhan Omar’s Immigration Status Isn’t Racist

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Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) addressed a Department of Justice investigation that reportedly appears to be examining the immigration status of his colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), during Wednesday’s edition of Fox News Channel’s “The Will Cain Show.”

Speaking with host Will Cain, Gill said there were “legitimate questions” surrounding Omar’s immigration history.

Cain asked Gill how he would respond to critics who argue that investigating Omar—or raising questions about Somalia—is inherently racist.

Gill rejected that characterization, arguing that the term is being applied too broadly. “You can ask whether a question has an adequate system of rule of law, and that’s not racist,” the Texas Republican said. He added that asking about corruption in a country or whether it offers a safe environment where its people can flourish also does not constitute racism.

“It’s certainly not a racist question to ask whenever there are very legitimate questions about somebody’s immigration status or under what or how they came into the country,” Gill said. “None of that is racist.”

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Michelle Obama Reveals Fear She Faced Before Barack Obama’s Election

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Michelle Obama has opened up about the difficult process of confronting her fears before choosing to support Barack Obama’s decision to run for president.

The former first lady, 62, discussed her concerns about Barack, 65, entering the White House during the latest episode of her IMO podcast.

Michelle said she initially doubted whether she could cope with the demands of being first lady. However, after taking time to examine the source of her anxiety, she decided to stand behind her husband.

The conversation began when her co-host and brother, Craig Robinson, read a listener’s question asking her to recall a time when taking a risk felt frightening but ultimately changed the course of her life.

“How did you know it was worth the risk?” the listener asked.

Michelle acknowledged that she has faced plenty of intimidating moments. “A lot of things have come my way where I’ve been like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t do that,’” she said.

One of those decisions came in 1991, when she left a well-paid position at Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin to become an assistant to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.

“Leaving corporate law and giving up a big salary while I still had a lot of college and law school debt to work for the city and a nonprofit was extremely scary,” she explained. “Doing something that wasn’t lucrative while carrying that kind of debt was frightening.”

Michelle Obama has detailed the challenging battle she faced while overcoming her fears before she decided to support her husband, Barack Obama's decision to run for President

Michelle Obama has spoken candidly about the difficult process of overcoming her fears before supporting Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

She admitted on the latest episode of her IMO podcast that she initially felt like she couldn't handle being first lady but after spending time 'analyzing her fear' she ultimately stood by Barack's side. They're seen together in 2009

On the latest episode of her IMO podcast, she said she initially questioned whether she could manage life as first lady before examining her fears and ultimately backing Barack. The couple are pictured together in 2009.

Michelle revealed that agreeing to support her husband’s bid for the White House was another moment that left her deeply afraid.

“Over time, I’ve learned to ask myself, ‘What am I actually afraid of?’” she said. “I’ve learned to examine my fear instead of immediately allowing it to take over.”

She added that fear can sometimes serve as an important warning, but people should also consider whether discomfort or a fear of failure is holding them back. “If it’s not life-threatening, you should recognize that and think about what you’re truly capable of handling,” she said.

Michelle noted that many people can manage far more uncertainty and pressure than they initially believe. In her view, fear often prevents people from pursuing opportunities that could lead to meaningful personal growth.

Offering advice to anyone hesitant to take a chance, she said: “First, work out what is making you hesitate and decide whether it’s a genuine fear that needs to be addressed. If it’s not, and it’s simply a thought lingering in the back of your mind, then go for it.”

Michelle has previously said that her greatest concern after Barack was elected president was the impact the intense public attention would have on their daughters, Malia and Sasha.

“The biggest worry I had when Barack was elected wasn’t the difficulty of the job,” she said on the podcast last year.

“It wasn’t the pressure, the hardship, the threats or any of the things you might imagine. I was worried about my girls.”

The topic came up after her co-host and brother, Craig Robinson, read a question from a listener, who asked her to describe a 'moment where taking a chance felt terrifying but it ended up changing the trajectory of your life'

The subject arose after Craig Robinson read a listener’s question asking Michelle to describe a time when taking a terrifying chance ultimately changed the direction of her life.

She confessed that 'saying yes to her husband's run to the White House' was also one of her scariest moments

Michelle acknowledged that supporting her husband’s decision to run for president was one of the most frightening choices she had ever made.

‘I worried about moving them out of what was the only community and home they had ever known, where my brother was down the street and my mom was picking them up from school.’

Michelle explained at the time that she felt extremely guilty over uprooting her daughters’ lives, who were then aged ten and seven. 

‘I thought, “I’m gonna do the worst thing to these kids, I’m going to pluck them out in the middle of the school year,”‘ she said.

In the end, she said the girls ‘did way better’ than she expected with the transition. 

Michelle’s latest admission comes weeks after she detailed how she kept her ‘nepo baby’ daughters grounded while they were growing up in the White House.

Back in September, she spoke about the importance of saying ‘no’ to children in order to set them up for success later in life. 

She explained that it was especially vital that she told her and former President Barack’s daughters, Malia, now 28, and Sasha, now 25, ‘no’ when they were kids because of the unique situation they were in. 

The conversation started with Michelle encouraging listeners to embrace failure.

She explained: ‘Life is like a big muscle. You’ve got to build it up. Every failure is like a pushup or a rep.

‘The more reps you do the stronger you get at life. You don’t get the strength without the reps.’

Michelle previously revealed that the 'biggest worry' she had when Barack was elected was how it would affect their daughters, Malia and Sasha. The family is seen in 2013

Michelle previously revealed that the ‘biggest worry’ she had when Barack was elected was how it would affect their daughters, Malia and Sasha. The family is seen in 2013

She added that everyone has to ‘learn what their own process is for getting through failure,’ which is something she said you ‘figure out the older you get.’

Her brother and co-host, Craig, then suggested that parents let their kids fail when they’re young so that their first major setback in their 20s doesn’t feel like a ‘catastrophe.’

Michelle said that was something she implemented when her daughters were growing up, explaining that she went out of her way to tell them ‘no’ to things because they ‘needed to know what it felt like.’

She added that now, looking back, Malia and Sasha sometimes question why she wouldn’t allow them to do certain things.

‘The girls tell me, “Mom, you used to tell us no.” They’d be like, “Why?” Because you need to know what no feels like,’ she said. ‘Especially for kids like ours… there’s no natural “nos.”‘

Guest 2 Chainz then interjected: ‘Nepo babies, man.’

‘We grew up with a lot of “nos,”‘ Michelle went on. ‘It was, “No we can’t afford that. No you can’t have that.”‘

University of Arizona Cancer Researcher Rachna Shroff Dies of Cancer

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Rachna Shroff, a University of Arizona cancer researcher who dedicated her career to finding better treatments, has died from the disease at 47.

Shroff, a leading specialist in pancreatic and bile duct cancers, “passed away following a battle with an aggressive cancer,” the American Society of Clinical Oncology announced Tuesday.

Earlier this year, Shroff was diagnosed with terminal adenocarcinoma, a cancer that begins in glandular tissue and the linings of the body’s organs. She was the mother of 13-year-old Sachin and 17-year-old Simran.

Doctors initially suspected lymphoma after examining a swollen lymph node in May. However, the cancer had already spread, NBC News reported.

Shroff served as associate director of clinical investigations at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. She died shortly before she and her husband, Dr. Puneet Shroff, were due to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary.

In the time remaining to her, she made a point of sharing several important family milestones, including accompanying her daughter on college visits and attending her son’s baseball games.

She also established a Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award in her name. More than $1.35 million has since been raised to support efforts to find a cure for the disease.

The University of Arizona said creating the award was “one of her final wishes.”

Shroff, who wrote more than 80 publications, described her own cancer battle to NBC News as a “journey.”

“I’ve spent my entire life trying to eradicate cancer, primarily pancreatic cancer but also liver cancers,” she said.

Throughout her illness, she continued to follow a personal motto: “If you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine.”

“Even in the face of her own diagnosis, Dr. Shroff spent her time endeavoring to ‘be the sunshine’ for others,” ASCO said.

Shroff began exploring cancer research in the 1990s. In 1993, she received the Osler Fellowship Award, which gave her the opportunity to gain work experience in the laboratory at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.

She later attended Brown University, the Ivy League institution in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated with a degree in biochemistry in 2000.

In 2004, Shroff earned her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

From 2010 to 2018, she worked as an associate professor of gastrointestinal medical oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Shroff joined the University of Arizona in 2018 and became associate director of clinical research in May 2022.

“At the Cancer Center, she built a high-performing gastrointestinal oncology program and, through her expansion of clinical trials in Southern Arizona, worked to ensure patients could access the latest scientific advances,” the university said. It added that her “most cherished roles were those of [a] wife, mother, and friend.”

She also served on American Society of Clinical Oncology panels focused on gastrointestinal cancers.

Tributes to the pancreatic and bile duct cancer expert have been shared on the Conquer website.

“Her genius is incredible, forever an inspiration,” one mourner said.

“Dr. Shroff was a bright light who had an impact on everyone she encountered. Grateful to have had the opportunity to know her,” another added.

“Dr Shroff and her dedication to help the most vulnerable of patients will not be forgotten. Her life held purpose. I am grateful for the time we worked together,” a third supporter said. 

Panhandler Arrested for Exposing Himself to Women at University & 13th

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ryan Jay Gasser, 54, was arrested after he allegedly exposed himself to a group of young women while panhandling at the intersection of West University Avenue and 13th Street.

At approximately 6:10 p.m. on October 13, a Gainesville Police Department officer was sent to the intersection following a report about a man wearing a blue cap, black shirt, shorts and a backpack. The caller said the man was standing in the median, yelling at young women waiting to cross the street. According to the report, the man lifted his shirt and pulled down his shorts, exposing his genitals, then danced while they were “exposed and waving around” in the women’s direction and continued shouting at them.

The officer located Gasser at the intersection’s northwest corner. He was wearing clothing matching the caller’s description and was reportedly dancing and yelling at another group of women.

After being read his Miranda rights, Gasser denied exposing himself. However, he reportedly failed to provide a direct answer when asked whether he had been standing in the median.

A search conducted after the arrest reportedly uncovered a burnt glass pipe. The officer said he was familiar with Gasser and knew him to be “a heavy narcotics abuser.”

A subsequent search of Gasser’s backpack at the jail reportedly found a small tube containing a white rock. The substance tested positive for fentanyl and weighed approximately 0.01 grams.

Gasser faces charges of possession of a controlled substance, indecent exposure and possession of drug paraphernalia. His latest criminal history was unavailable because records in indecent exposure cases are not made public. However, court records show that he had three nonviolent felony convictions and 10 nonviolent misdemeanor convictions in 2023. A court document from April 2023 described him as homeless. His Alachua County record also includes multiple trespassing arrests in 2006 and 2007, along with two panhandling arrests in 2011.

Judge Susan Miller-Jones set Gasser’s bail at $52,000.

Tiger Attack Victim Suffered Multiple Injuries, Inquest Hears

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The family of 24-year-old William Chapman, who was killed by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, raised concerns about his contact with mental health charities before his death, an inquest heard.

Doncaster Coroner’s Court was told that Mr Chapman died after climbing over two fences and entering the enclosure containing 30st tiger Altai on October 10, 2026.

A post-mortem examination provisionally identified the cause of death as “multiple traumatic injuries” and “animal interaction”.

His family, who did not attend the inquest, told the coroner that the former child star had “a history of mental illness”.

They said he had previously experienced episodes of psychosis and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

An officer told the hearing: “His family have expressed a number of concerns in relation to his contact with mental health services leading up to his death.”

Keepers reportedly did “everything they could” to move Altai away from Mr Chapman, firing five loud acoustic gun blasts in an effort to frighten the tiger off.

Two ambulances and a helicopter were sent to the scene at 1.35pm in an attempt to save the former child star. However, Mr Chapman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The former child star, who appeared on ITV and BBC programmes, had a history of “significant” mental health problems and was considered vulnerable.

Visitors described him as being “not attached to reality” as he danced to music through his headphones and paced along a walkway before entering the tiger enclosure.

Visitor Del Taylor recalled that Mr Chapman approached her and asked for a photograph with one of the tigers visible behind him shortly before the incident.

“He was so happy,” she said in a TikTok video, which has since been deleted, as she urged cruel trolls to stop making jokes about the tragedy.

She said: “And then he’s come and placed himself next to us, and he’s passed me his phone, and he’s asked me for his photo, and if you’d have seen him, without saying too much, you would understand why I’m saying what I’m saying.”

Distressing footage shared online showed the tiger pawing at Mr Chapman, who could be seen sitting and lying on the ground. The zoo has confirmed that Altai will not be euthanised.

William Chapman, 24, was mauled to death after entering the tiger pen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon

William Chapman, 24, was mauled to death after entering the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon

Zookeepers were said to have done 'everything they could' to drive tiger Altai off, firing five loud acoustic gun blasts in an attempt to scare him.

Keepers reportedly did “everything they could” to drive Altai away, firing five loud acoustic gun blasts in an attempt to scare him off.

Tiger Altai, who mauled Mr Chapman to death after he entered the enclosure, will not be euthanised, Yorkshire Wildlife Park has said

Yorkshire Wildlife Park has confirmed that Altai, the tiger that mauled Mr Chapman to death after he entered the enclosure, will not be euthanised

The former Jackie Palmer Stage pupil screamed “stop” several times during the attack and appeared to make the Makaton gesture for “bad”, using a language system generally associated with people who have difficulty communicating.

He also told the 200kg tiger to “stop being naughty”.

Video captured the moments before he entered the enclosure. In it, Mr Chapman, who was named by this newspaper, can be heard asking a visitor to photograph him with a tiger in the background.

Altai, the animal that killed him, could be seen lying in the background under a shaded tree, playing with a fallen branch.

Mere minutes later, Mr Chapman began climbing over the walkway in an attempt to enter the pen as a heroic older woman tried to pull him back down. However, according to witnesses, she simply ‘wasn’t strong enough’. 

A final video clip before the tragedy, shared to Instagram, showed Mr Chapman filming Altai, who was resting on a wooden raised platform, and began to slowly approach him. 

In the background, the 24-year-old’s heavy breathing could be heard, as shocked onlookers cried, ‘oh my God’.

In a statement this week, Mr Chapman’s family said they are ‘utterly devastated by their loss and are struggling to come to terms with what has happened.

‘The publication and circulation of deeply offensive media content is causing them severe distress at an exceptionally vulnerable time. We ask people to stop doing this.

‘The family are hopeful that the relevant authorities will do their utmost to get to the bottom of why our amazing son did what he did.’

As well as being mocked by trolls online, footage of the attack was also posted by US President Donald Trump last night, who wrote: ‘Don’t ever mess with nature!’

On Wednesday, he shared an AI-generated video of himself wrestling with and ultimately embracing the tiger, as The Lion Sleeps Tonight played in the background.

Mr Chapman’s family added: ‘William was a bright, warm and engaging young man whom his family dearly loved – and William loved them back.

‘Sadly, William suffered from significant mental illness over a number of years and was consequently prescribed strong medication.

‘It will be for the coroner to decide what part this played in his death. We would ask everybody to respect that process.’

On Wednesday, Downing Street said people should respect the family views over the footage of the incident. 

However, No10 would not directly comment on Donald Trump posting the video online.

The Prime Minister’s spokesman said: ‘I think obviously the family have made their position clear. Of course, we respect that position.’

But he added: ‘I’m not going to comment on the president’s social media channels; he’s got a press secretary who can speak to that.’

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard condemned the president’s actions, saying the Chapman family had contacted his office.

‘They spoke to my office yesterday, sharing the pain and suffering it’s causing them, knowing that videos and pictures of his death are being shared across social media,’ he said.

‘The president of the United States now using AI to mock that incident and the pain felt by the family of Mr Chapman, for little more than a cheap laugh on social media, should be greeted with the contempt it deserves.

‘So I’m asking you, please, not to add to this family’s pain. If someone shares the content with you, please don’t pass it on. ‘

The mayor added: ‘What happened at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday was tragic, not least because it’s a place so many people associate with a family day out.’

‘The family of Mr Chapman remain utmost in my thoughts. I know all decent people across South Yorkshire will be sending them their love, thoughts and empathy.’

Yorkshire Wildlife Park, which remains closed, confirmed that Altai will not be euthanised in the wake of the incident.

City of Doncaster Council, the licensing authority for Yorkshire Wildlife Park, has now launched a health and safety investigation into the man’s death.

The scene at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday after emergency services rushed to the scene

The scene at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday after emergency services rushed to the scene

An air ambulance and police van are seen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon

An air ambulance and police van are seen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon

Dan Swaine, executive director of place at City of Doncaster Council, said: ‘As the relevant licensing authority for the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, I can confirm that, in line with our statutory duties, the council has launched a health and safety investigation.

‘We are also working with multiple agencies, including the police and health agencies, and are supporting the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in response to the incident.

‘At this time, we won’t be commenting further on the individual or the investigation and we ask that the privacy of those involved is respected at this difficult time.’

As a child, Mr Chapman appeared in the ITV production May Contain Nuts alongside Shirley Henderson and Darren Boyd.

He also played Edward Jenner in the BBC series True Stories.