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NASCAR’s Austin Dillon feels as fast as high-speed Internet heading into Bristol playoff race

EXCLUSIVE – Austin Dillon is having his best NASCAR season ever, and some of the credit for that may go to his “Ace in the hole.”

Austin Dillon had two top-5 finishes in the first two NASCAR playoff races.
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The Richard Childress Racing driver finished the regular season in 10th place and is currently sixth after back-to-back top 5 finishes in the first two playoff races.

Dillon said he’s felt fast all year, and things are coming together at just the right time as he heads into Saturday night’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

“We’re bringing cars that are as fast as Xfinity Internet to the track every weekend and if we do that, we can accomplish our goals,” he told Fox News Autos.

Dillon has had an even more eventful year than most drivers this unusual season. In June, he and his wife Whitney celebrated the birth of their son, Ace R.C.

Ace is Austin’s nickname, but he said his grandfather, Richard Childress, often used the term “Ace in the hole” and the name and initials are a dedication to him.

The 30-year-old said he’s loving being a dad and thankful for the reduced travel this year, which has allowed him to spend more time at home.

“It’s made me a happier person. Things that used to bother me, don’t bother me as much.”

Dillon finished second at the Southern 500 in a car that paid tribute to NASCAR great Junior Johnson.
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Dillon also tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms in August and had to sit out the Daytona road course race, but is happy that fans are starting to be allowed to attend some races. These include Bristol, which is sold out at a reduced capacity, but expected to host around 30,000 people, which would make it the largest audience of any U.S. sporting event since the pandemic began.

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“I think it’s awesome that our fans are getting to come back to the track, NASCAR and all of the facilities have done a good job of keeping us safe,” Dillon said.

As for the race, don’t expect him to play it too safe. He finished sixth at the track in May and is ready to take the opportunity to grab the checkered flag this time around.

“You just let it come to you. If you’ve got speed, you go for the win.”

Lonely widower flooded with thousands of messages following plea for friendship

Talk about a friend request!

A widower in England said he’s received thousands of messages from new pals after pitching a plea for friendship during the pandemic and following the sudden death of his “soul mate” wife in May.

Tony Williams recently spelled out his wish for companionship by posting a sign in the front window of his home that described the solitude as “unbearable torture,” South West News Service (SWNS) reports. The Alton, East Hampshire, man had previously passed out business cards in a bid to make new connections, with no such luck.

A widower in England said he’s received thousands of messages from new pals after pitching a plea for friendship.
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Still determined to branch out, the 75-year-old shared his story with local media, and the plan paid off.

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In the days since, the retired physicist said he’s been inundated with phone calls and emails from the U.S., Germany, Holland, Egypt, India, Japan and Australia, as well as local folks.

The widower described his late wife as his “soul mate” and best friend.
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“The love and compassion people have shown has actually brought tears to my eyes,” Williams explained in a Thursday interview, per SWNS.

“People have sent me the most delightful emails. They’ve sent me pictures of their kids, their pets, told me about their aspirations and telling me they are thinking of me.”

A local teacher asked Williams if her students could write him letters, an offer which he accepted “straight away.”

All the way in Florida, a woman even offered to show him around the Sunshine State if he ever hopped across the pond.

Tony Williams recently put a poster up in his window asking for pals.
(SWNS)

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“One lady phoned up and said if I get on a plane sometime she would pick me up and show me her area of Florida,” Williams said. “Another lady who lives relatively nearby has invited me round for a [gin and tonic] which I’ll be keen to do. It’s just been gorgeous.”

“The love and compassion people have shown has actually brought tears to my eyes,” Williams explained.
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Now, Williams enjoys chatting on the phone with those who have reached out from around the world and plans to meet up with some new friends nearby, once coronavirus restrictions ease.

In the meantime, the retiree has tons of correspondence to catch up on, having received so many emails that his inbox crashed.

“I’ve just been completely overwhelmed and am so thankful for it all,” he said.

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Williams’ wife, Jo, passed away in May, nine days after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The couple of 35 years had recently relocated from Kempley in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, in order to be closer to Jo’s sister.

With no children or friends in the area, the man said he felt “cursed” by loneliness since his wife’s passing and would often go for days without talking to anyone.

Fortunately, the tide seems to have turned for good, as Williams has been flooded with new friends.

Beauty brand apologizes for Anne Frank-inspired makeup item, removes product from sale

A beauty brand from Hong Kong is no longer selling a makeup item named after Anne Frank following backlash on social media.

The product, a liquid blush called “Dream Like Anne,” was originally offered alongside four other “Face Dabs” named after famous women, including: “The Ray of Rosalind,” named after chemist Rosalind Franklin; “Viva La Frida,” after artist Frida Kahlo; “In Woolf’s Words,” for author Virginia Woolf; and “Lift Like Melinda,” after philanthropist Melinda Gates.

The other four blushes are still available on the Woke Up Like This (WULT) website.

The series of Face Dabs had debuted in honor of the brand’s one-year anniversary, The New York Post reports.

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Criticism of the “Dream Like Anne” product soon followed after the brand’s new offerings were featured in an article published in Time Out Hong Kong, which described the makeup as ‘aim[ing] to promote Sexual Health Awareness Month by naming the products after inspiring, famous women in hopes to inspire WULT customers to live their dreams and break through gender barriers.”

The brand has since apologized for the offering and removed its “Dream Like Anne” blush from sale.
(Woke Up Like This)

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The products, and the articles, soon faced backlash on Twitter.

“Naming a shade of blush after Anne Frank, who was a victim of genocide is revolting,” tweeted Jewish author Ben M. Freeman. “Dead Jews are not a marketing opportunity. [Time Out Hong Kong], shame on you for not noticing and for promoting this disrespect.”

Time Out Hong Kong has since removed the article and issued an apology, Jewish news agency Algemeiner reported.

“We are deeply sorry for the insensitivity caused by covering this product in our article,” WULT wrote in a statement obtained by Algemeiner. “We are committed to empowering and uplifting people of all races, religions, sexual orientations and backgrounds, and this article did not meet the high standards of respect and sensitivity we expect from our coverage.”

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WULT, too, issued a statement containing an apology.

“One of WULT’s Face Dab products ‘Dream Like Anne’ paid tribute to Anne Frank’s immortal inspiring quote: ‘What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet,'” the statement reads, in part.

“The miracle of her legacy, ‘The Diary of a Young Girl,’ is that even in the face of extreme hardship, isolation and ultimate tragedy, her seminal expression of hope for the future continues to inspire generations.

“We are extremely sorry that paying tribute to her in this way appears to have caused offence and is considered disrespectful. Our intention was quite the reverse, to bring positive energy and shine a little light through unprecedented testing times during the global pandemic.”

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News of the makeup line’s “Dream Like Anne” offering follows similar backlash against Target, which was accused of selling a third-party Halloween costume that was likened to clothes worn by Anne Frank, while others pointed out that perhaps the item was more likely modeled after clothes worn by some of the British child evacuees, rather than Anne Frank specifically.

Here’s what the electric Ford F-150 looks like

Ford released the first image of its upcoming all-electric F-150 earlier this week, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the factory that will build it.

The battery-powered truck will be manufactured in the dedicated Rouge Electric Vehicle Center at the automaker’s historic Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Mich.

Teaser image shows the front of the first electric F-150.
(Ford)

The black-and-white teaser photo only shows the front of the truck, which will be based on the same platform as the rest of the F-150 lineup that was redesigned for the 2021 model year.

It features a full-width lightbar wrapping the top and sides of the grille, which may be decorative as is the case with many electric vehicles that don’t require large radiators for cooling.

End-to-end lighting features have become a theme among the electric pickups coming to market, including the Tesla Cybertruck, GMC HUMMER EV and Rivan R1T that are scheduled to go on sale in 2021, a year before the F-150.

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Ford said there will be a large trunk under the hood, since there’s no engine there, and that the electric model will boast the most horsepower and torque of any F-150, but hasn’t released any figures. Both the Tesla and GMC will offer up to 1,000 hp, while the Rivan will be available in a 750 hp model.

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Massachusetts home where Lizzie Borden lived is selling for $890G

A house that once belonged to suspected ax murderer Lizzie Borden is up for sale.

The Victorian-style home in Fall River, Mass, where Borden lived until her death in 1927, was recently listed with Century 21 for $890,000.

The property itself, located at 306 French St., is not directly connected to the infamous murders of Borden’s father and stepmother (they were killed at a separate residence in Fall River), but it is still considered a historical landmark by true crime enthusiasts.

Also known as the “Maplecroft” mansion, the restored 4,000-square-foot home features seven bedrooms, 3.5 baths and six fireplaces, and comes fully furnished with “today’s modern conveniences,” according to listing agent Suzanne St. John with Century 21.

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Other Victorian additions to the home include stained glass, mantle pieces, coffered and tin ceilings, walnut wainscoting and inlaid parquet floors.

The house, which was originally built in 1887, sits on a just under half an acre.

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The property was most recently sold in February 2018 for $600,000, according to the home’s Zillow listing. The couple who purchased the mansion, Donald Woods and Lee-ann Wilber, put in an appeal to turn the house into a bed and breakfast but scuttled those plans once the coronavirus pandemic hit, Boston magazine reported.

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Meanwhile, the Fall River house where Borden’s father and stepmother were murdered on Aug. 4, 1892 — 230 Second St. (formerly 92 Second St.) — has been operating as a bed and breakfast since 1996.

Borden was arrested and jailed for the murders but acquitted on June 20, 1893, after a sensationalized trial.

Florida bar owner bans masks, will eject patrons who wear face coverings: ‘I don’t want them here’

The owner of a bar in Florida has outright banned any patrons from wearing masks or face coverings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he doesn’t “agree” with the idea.

“I personally don’t agree with it. So that’s why I made the decision to… I don’t want them here,” said Gary Kirby, the owner of Westside Sports Bar and Lounge in West Melbourne, in an interview with Fox 35 Orlando.

Kirby reportedly began banning patrons with masks as of Sept. 11, claiming that the CDC-recommended safety precaution is “hindering our lifestyle as we know it.”

Kirby, however, claims he has another reason he’s wary of face coverings: He alleges that he was robbed a few weeks back by a man in a surgical mask. However, he did not appear to indicate if he had reason to believe the suspect wouldn’t have just worn a mask anyway even in pre-COVID times.

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Kirby was not immediately available to comment on the alleged robbery for Fox News. The West Melbourne Police Department has also been contacted for further information.

The bar’s new ban on masks has been unpopular on social media, with people as far away as Texas and California writing bad online reviews for the business. Kirby, though, claims that for as many people who hate the idea, just as many support it.

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“I’m getting messages on my Facebook saying, ‘Hey, football, we’re coming there to watch the game,’” he told Fox 35.

Masks are prohibited at the bar, according to owner Gary Kirby. However, he said a doorman will still be taking temperatures before allowing anyone inside.
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But even with Kirby’s mask ban in place, customers won’t be able to walk into the bar without any type of screening at all. According to Kirby, a doorman greets guests out front and takes patrons’ temperatures before they can enter.

Once inside, any patron who dons a mask will be asked to remove it, WESH 2 reported. If they refuse to comply, they will be thrown out.

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West Melbourne, which is located in Brevard County, does not mandate that businesses require patrons to wear masks before entering. Instead, county commissioners decided in July that businesses must clearly state their own mask policies — and whether they require them — at entrances.

“We simply encourage residents to follow CDC recommendations — which is to wear a mask. Period,” said Don Walker, the communications director for Brevard County, in a statement shared with Fox News. “There is no enforcement, etc., on mask wearing.”

Ram ‘Built to Serve’ pickup salutes the US Air Force anniversary

To help celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 18, Ram is releasing a version of its 1500 pickup honoring the uniformed service.

The Ram 1500 Built to Serve’s Anvil paint is an aeronautically-inspired color option.
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It’s the latest in a series of “Built to Serve” trucks pegged to five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and was preceded by pickups saluting the Army and Navy.

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The $2,750 option is available on any Ram 1500 configuration with either Billet Silver or Anvil paint in limited runs of 1,500 and 1,250, respectively.

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The package includes American flag decals, Velcro patches on the seats for military patches, PALS/MOLLE webbing on the seatbacks to for gear attachment, all-weather slush mats, unique 20-inch wheels and Ram’s off-road package, which adds all-terrain tires, an electronic locking differential, skid plates, tow hooks and heavy-duty shocks.

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The automaker is also encouraging customers to get involved in its Ram Nation volunteer community service effort.

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The next batch of trucks saluting the U.S. Marines is expected in approximately three months and will be followed by a U.S. Coast Guard-inspired model.

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Country star Luke Combs, Ford donating $25G in guitars to vets managing PTSD

Ford is teaming up with country singer Luke Combs to help veterans of the U.S. Military deal with post-traumatic stress disorder through music.

Combs won the 2019 CMA Male Vocalist and Song of the Year awards.
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The 2019 CMA Male Vocalist and Song of the Year winner is helping Ford give $25,000 worth of instruments to vets through the Guitars 4 Vets organization, which promotes the use of music as a therapeutic method for PTSD.

Combs will appear in a TV spot ahead of Wednesday night’s CMA broadcast as he meets with one of the recipients and gives them a lesson.

“Ford has supported the military and veterans for nearly a century, and Luke Combs has paid tribute to the brave men and women of our armed services,” Ford marketing executive Mark LaNeve said in a release on the collaboration.

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The donation is part of Ford’s Proud to Honor program, which last week launched a new line of military-inspired merchandise to raise money for the DAV and Blue Star Families charities.

The custom guitars being donated feature camouflage pickguards, Ford logos and the Proud to Honor name.

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Bride accuses parents of ruining her wedding after they can’t attend for medical reasons

A bride is accusing her parents of ruining her wedding because they aren’t able to attend — but there’s a reason why.

The bride’s stepmother posted about the incident on Reddit’s “Am I the A–h—” forum, where she explained that she and her 64-year-old husband — the bride’s father — were originally supposed to watch the bride’s three small children for the several days around the wedding.

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According to the post, the bride’s father and stepmother would arrive at the bride’s apartment two days before the wedding to watch the children — all under 6 years old — get them ready for the wedding itself and then watch the kids overnight while their parents stayed at a hotel after the wedding.

“If it sounds like my husband and I [are] more babysitters than parents of the brides, [sic] celebrating her big day, well that’s because it’s probably the case,” the stepmother wrote.

Even still, she added, she and her husband agreed to help because they wanted “her big day to go smoothly and 3 kids won’t make that easier.”

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However, the father of the bride had some health needs that changed their plans.

According to the Reddit post, the bride’s father underwent “intense dental surgery” last month that ended up not working. He had to schedule another operation, but the new date would be two weeks before the wedding.

A bride accused her parents of trying to ruin her wedding because her father had to have dental surgery two weeks before and wouldn’t be able to watch her young children during the ceremony, according to a Reddit post. (iStock)

“I pressed for my husband to take it because of the agony he’s in,” the Reddit user wrote.

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She said she and her husband were “heartbroken” when they called the bride a month before the wedding to explain that they would be unable to watch her children during the week of the wedding.

“I knew my husband wouldn’t [be] suitable for the drive in both his condition and with the pandemic,” the stepmother wrote. “He also wouldn’t be [able to] handle 3 kids in a small apartment. Surely, he wouldn’t be able to get proper rest.”

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“I expected her to be hurt/angry, but not unhinged,” she added. “A good solid 5 minutes him and I are getting called every name in the book. She goes on to say I plotted her dad against him and I hate her and did this purposely to ruin her wedding since no one else is willing to watch the little ones, now it will be her new husband’s job. Are we the a–h—s?”

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Though there were a few responses saying that the stepmother was “bailing” on the wedding, others argued that the bride was in the wrong.

“Where’s the bride’s compassion and concern for her own father … during a pandemic, no less?” one person wrote. “The step daughter sounds like a typical, entitled, bridezilla.”

Someone else asked: “How is having needed surgery bailing on a wedding?”

“Poor dental health can lead to all sorts of medical complications besides being extremely painful,” the commenter added. “Parents get sick, it wasn’t intentional. That doesn’t make them bad people because they are unable to babysit their grandkids.”

“The stepdaughter didn’t care about her dad being there and enjoying the wedding with her,” another person said. “She only wanted free childcare for 24 hours straight, and she’s only mad now because she has to find someone else to enslave on such short notice. Their only mistake was agreeing to go in the first place.”

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San Diego bar manager assaulted by maskless customer over PPE enforcement

A bar manager in San Diego says he was assaulted by a man who refused to wear a face mask over Labor Day weekend, and will need surgery to fix his broken nose.

The alleged act of violence was captured on video by a security camera outside the 710 Beach Club on Saturday, Sept. 5, and it shows a man in a white or light gray shirt run up and punch Tony Aversa.

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“I can’t breathe out of my nose. It’s been about 9 or 10 days of swelling. Bruising has gone down a bit, but I still can’t touch my face. My cheeks are bruised, my mouth is bruised. I’m just kinda gradually starting to eat solid food again,” Aversa told Fox News over a phone interview.

His entire right nostril has collapsed and will require surgery. He has a consultation with a facial surgeon this week.

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A GoFundMe was set up on Aversa’s behalf by Felice LaVita, which is intended to help him cover medical costs and lost wages.

The man who allegedly assaulted Aversa was a part of a group of men who tried to enter the bar without masks.

The 710 Beach Club is a sports bar that is located in Pacific Beach, San Diego. (Google)

San Diego County began allowing indoor dining on Aug. 31 so long as masks, social distancing and restaurant capacity protocols are being followed, according to California’s dedicated COVID-19 health information and reopening website.

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However, the men were reportedly unwilling to put on masks in order to be seated. As the manager for the bar that day, Aversa said he went to the entrance of the 710 Beach Club to assist the security guard with the uncooperative group.

The exchange escalated when one of the men allegedly pushed a female bartender who stopped by the entrance in search of Aversa.

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“It seems like the longer the bars, restaurants, stores, salons are staying open, the more comfortable people are getting with things being back to normal, the more issues they’re having with following these rules,” he said regarding other recent attacks against service workers who have had to impose face mask rules. “It’s like the last month has gotten exponentially worse as far as people just complaining about being over it. We’re the ones forcing the rules, unfortunately. So we take the brunt of it.”

Not enforcing coronavirus-related mask rules could put a business at risk of a state-enforced shutdown, according to Aversa. And when it comes down to restaurants and bars, a liquor license could be in jeopardy.

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So far, Aversa has not heard of his assailant or any of the other men present being identified.

The San Diego Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.

LaVita, who organized the GoFundMe for Aversa is also launching a petition to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to make mask-related assaults on service workers a felony charge. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker passed a law like this last month.

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“In a perfect world, everyone would follow rules, mind their manners, be socially responsible and care for the well-beings of others,” LaVita told Fox News via email. “But we don’t live in a perfect world. So, we need deterrents to make people think twice.”

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