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Sunrise host Nat Barr reveals the emotional family milestone that had her packing the tissues: ‘The years go fast’

Sunrise host Natalie Barr has shared a tearful family update on Instagram. 

The 55-year-old took to Instagram on Wednesday to unpack her emotions about her 18-year-old son Hunter’s Year 12 speech night.

In a selfie posted to her 112,000 followers, Nat wrote: ‘Last speech night. When they say the days go slow but the years go fast, they mean it. Packed the tissues.’

Numerous fans took to the comments, relating to the bittersweet feeling of such significant moments.

One follower wrote: ‘Why do our kids grow up so fast. Wishing you a memorable night,’…


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Migrants, host family to share first Thanksgiving together: ‘Thanks to God we’ve always found good people on our trip here’

Michel Sandoval has never celebrated Thanksgiving before, but Thursday evening she knows exactly what she’ll be giving thanks for — family, good health and all the people who helped her and her partner, Luis Alfonso, in their long journey from Venezuela.

“I’m grateful God has always been with us, hasn’t left us, and thanks to God we’ve always found good people on our trip here,” said Sandoval, 21. 

That list includes the family in Mexico that put her and Luis up for a month last spring and Ruth Lamour, an Austin resident who has been hosting Sandoval and other migrants in her house and will be hosting their first…


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What is it like to host a migrant family in Chicago?

Since last summer, more than 21,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have been bussed from Texas to Chicago. New arrivals are staying at police stations, O’Hare Airport and city-run shelters.

With winter on the way, city officials are scrambling to find housing alternatives.

They’re considering converting a variety of buildings into living spaces and plan to build a tent encampment in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side.

But in the meantime, some asylum seekers are finding relief on a much smaller scale through semi-independent communal living.

Some of the more creative approaches include living with host families or in dorm-style spaces. Unlike city-run solutions, these communal living alternatives are not overseen by the federal or local government and instead rely on…


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Family Ties and Fierce Competition: The Shared History of Nvidia and AMD CEOs

“Jensen Huang and Lisa Su: Inside the Family Connection Between Two AI Chip Industry Powerhouses”

Jensen Huang and Lisa Su, the CEOs of Nvidia and AMD respectively, share not only their positions as influential figures in the global AI chip industry but also a family connection. The revelation of their familial relationship came to light in 2020 and has recently been detailed by Taiwanese genealogist Jean Wu. Despite growing up separately, their shared family history traces back to Taiwan, an island caught in the middle of the ongoing US-China rivalry in the high-tech industry.

According to Wu, who extensively researched public records, newspaper clippings, yearbooks, and interviews, Su is Huang’s “biao jiu” in Mandarin Chinese, meaning they are distant cousins…


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Dingdong Dantes finds his groove hosting ‘Family Feud’

Dingdong Dantes  has recently opened up about his unique experience as the host of the hit game show,  Family Feud. Despite generally being reserved in his personal life, Dantes has found a surprising sense of therapeutic fulfillment in his role as the show’s main man.

In an interview with Manila Standard Entertainment, Dantes shared how hosting the game show transformed him in front of the cameras and how it made him step out of his comfort zone.

“I’m generally a quiet person, but when I’m on the  Family Feud  stage, I can be loud and lively. And I think it’s therapeutic for me. Hosting a show like this is also a performance. I get a different kind of energy from the contestants. Every day, I get to meet different kinds of people, and I really have to talk to…


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