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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Lieutenant T.C. Faulconer of the Sevierville Police Department has resigned over a comment he made on the WVLT News Facebook page. A news release from the department said Faulconer commented on a WVLT post about the recent assault on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. The release said it didn’t take long before Faulconer saw repercussions for his post. SPD said Chief Joseph Manning put the lieutenant on leave at 6 p.m. the same evening, and Faulconer resigned Thursday morning. “Comments of this nature are inconsistent with the standards and expectations of the Sevierville Police Department, particularly when directed toward an elected public official,” said SPD Chief Joseph Manning. “Such remarks are not acceptable under my leadership and do not reflect the values or professionalism of our officers or the department as a whole.” Thursday morning, SPD said, Faulconer resigned. Copyright 2026 WVLT. All rights reserved.  » Read More

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Twitch viewership in 2025 once again highlighted the enduring strength of established esports titles, particularly those supported by long-running competitive circuits and creator-led broadcasts. While newer games struggled to break through at scale, a core group of esports staples continued to dominate hours watched throughout the year. This 2025 Esports Resullts report is sponsored by Hellcase, the world’s leading CS2 skin platform and a long-standing contributor to competitive esports communities. With the esports landscape constantly shifting, partners like HellCase help keep teams and organizations afloat and strengthen the ecosystem of the world’s prime digital competitions. Twitch viewership hosts its largest bases in North America and Europe, fortified by various other international audiences. The top esports titles on Twitch reflect the most popular esports games for these audiences, which reflect the prime choices for viewers from these dominant regions. Below, Esports Charts explores the top esports games of the year on the purple platform, beginning with Rainbow Six.  #5 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege — 34.76M Hours Watched Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege rounded out the top five in 2025, supported by a smaller but highly dedicated esports audience. International majors and seasonal league play generated noticeable spikes, with the Six

Posted By: Larry Felton Johnson January 29, 2026 The Town Center Community submitted the following announcement about the popular Noonday Shanty 5K/10K: Registration is open for Town Center Community’s fifth annual Noonday Shanty 5K/10K, presented by Avonlea Apartments, set for Saturday, March 28, 2026. The race will take place along the Noonday Creek Trail and is a Peachtree Road Race qualifier. The USA Track and Field-certified event is managed by Start2Finish and welcomes runners and walkers of all ages and experience levels. Participants will travel through natural landscapes featuring bird habitats, greenspaces and wetlands while passing local landmarks such as Aviation Park, Cobb International Airport and Fifth Third Stadium. The course also includes public art installations and community features along the trail, with 10K runners continuing through additional sections of the district. The Noonday Shanty 5K/10K is one of Town Center Community’s signature events, drawing runners from across the region while highlighting the area’s trail system and outdoor amenities. Additional details, including registration and sponsorship opportunities, are available on the Town Center Community website.

Twitch's market share dropped by 8.3% due to their mid-year viewbotting crackdown and competition from the other Top 3 platforms. First-Person ...

The digital landscape is clearly divided by generation, and nowhere is this more apparent than on Snapchat. The platform has solidified its position as a playground for the young, with Gen Z (1995–2012) leading the charge. A massive 72% of this demographic uses the app, drawn to its ephemeral nature and visual-first communication style. As users age, however, the "ghost" app begins to lose its haunting power. Millennials (1980–1994) maintain a strong presence at 62%, using it to stay connected with peers, but there is a sharp drop-off once we hit the older cohorts. Only 31% of Generation X engages with the platform, and among Baby Boomers, the number falls to just 11%.  These global statistics, gathered from over 13,000 respondents ranging from 14 to 98 years old, illustrate a distinct social media generation gap. For Gen Z and younger Millennials, Snapchat isn't just an app; it’s a primary mode of social interaction. For the older generations, it remains a peripheral tool, overshadowed by more traditional or text-heavy social networking platforms.

Skip to content CONVERSATIONS ON INTEGRITY IN NATURE-BASED CARBON 2026–Q1 Where are we today? Taking stock of key integrity debates Tim Pearson, GreenCollar I am proud to be the first editor of Conversations on Integrity in Nature-based Carbon for the initial quarter. Our aim in this first quarter is to take a snapshot of where nature-based greenhouse gas crediting stands and a high-level overview of where we have come from. The quarter forms an introduction to the series and we hope to dive much deeper on many topics raised in these first pieces over the following quarters. The initial pieces will be: January 2026 The state of forest carbon greenhouse gas accounting: Where have we come from and where are we now? David Shoch, Terracarbon and Tim Pearson, GreenCollar February 2026 The state of safeguards in the VCM: Where have we come from and where are we now? Linda Rivera Macedo, Calyx Global March 2026 Finance in the VCM for NbS projects: How have demand and financing mechanisms for NbS projects changed? Authors to be confirmed Please join us and please participate in the discussion in the  Conversations LinkedIn Group. Please see our Reprint Guidelines for details on republishing our

Kim Kardashian has revealed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle asked her to delete an Instagram photo of them at Kris Jenner’s 70th birthday party because it was Remembrance Sunday. Photos of Harry and Meghan at the bash were removed from both Kardashian and Jenner’s social media accounts days after the celebrations took place on 9 November. Kardashian has finally addressed the reason behind the decision, revealing that the couple believed it would be insensitive to be seen having a good time on the national day commemorating those who lost their lives in world wars. “We were told that it was totally cool to post,” she told her sister Khloe Kardashian's podcast Khloe In Wonder Land. “And then after it was posted, I think they realised it was Remembrance Day, and they didn't want to be seen at a party, even though it's already up, you know, and then taken down.” The reality TV star and Skims founder suggested the couple regretted asking them to delete the photos because of the frenzied media attention it received. “I think they realised, like, ‘Oh, this was so silly,’” Kardashian added. “It was really innocent, which is so crazy. Mom and Meghan have been

ESET researchers have identified an Android spyware campaign that uses romance scam tactics to target individuals in Pakistan. The operation relies on a malicious app disguised as a chat service that routes conversations through WhatsApp. Behind the romance lure, the app’s primary function is to steal data from infected devices. ESET tracks the malware as GhostChat. GhostChat attack flow (Source: ESET) The same threat actor appears to be running a wider surveillance effort. This includes a ClickFix attack that compromises victims’ computers and a WhatsApp device-linking attack that provides access to victims’ WhatsApp accounts. These related activities relied on websites impersonating Pakistani government organizations as lures. Victims downloaded GhostChat from unofficial sources and installed it manually. The app was never available on Google Play, and Google Play Protect, which is enabled by default, blocks it. “This campaign employs a method of deception that we have not previously seen in similar schemes – fake female profiles in GhostChat are presented to potential victims as locked, with passcodes required to access them. However, as the codes are hardcoded in the app, this is just a social engineering tactic likely aimed to create the impression of exclusive access for the potential victims,” says

Wael Tarabishi’s family had hoped his father and primary caretaker could be present as they say their final goodbyes to the 30-year-old at his funeral on Thursday. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials denied the family’s request to temporarily release his father, Maher Tarabishi, for the service in Joshua, Texas, the family’s attorney said in a statement. Now the family is preparing to bury Wael, who died last Friday, after spending his life suffering from a serious and rare inherited disorder called Pompe disease that leads to severe muscle weakness and heart problems, without Maher. “We are profoundly disappointed with ICE’s decision to deny Maher Tarabishi the opportunity to say his final goodbye to his beloved son, Wael,” Attorney Ali Elhorr said in a statement Tuesday. “Today’s decision to keep him from saying goodbye is a reflection of the tragic lack of humanity by those in charge.” In a separate statement, family members said preventing Maher from burying his son “would only deepen the wounds left by the pain of these past few months.” ICE’s decision came three months after Maher was detained during a routine immigration check-in in Dallas. Since then, his family has held a news conference and